Mexico Viejo BAR & GRILL - Abilene, Texas

Sunday K

The entrees were pretty good. I enjoyed the rice and beans. The red sauce on the enchiladas was a bit salty for me, but the green sauce was good. Only 3 stars on the food because the chips and salsa were terrible. I think they are potentially the worst chips and salsa I have had at a Mexican restaurant. The man who seated me, my guess is one of the owners, was not welcoming. He wasn't rude or anything, but he wasn't warm or personable. When you walk in to a restaurant you want to see a smile and get greeted. Waiter, I believe is the manager, provided good service. There are a lot of Mexican restaurants in Abilene so the competion is fierce. I don't see myself returning here, sadly.

Alejandro Ezquerra

Mexico Viejo
Why do people lie in their reviews? I do not know. Some people want to help businesses by saying nice things or exaggerating their experiences. Perhaps they think they are helping the employees or the economy. But what about the customer that relies on reviews to visit a restaurant? I read several great reviews and decided to visit Mexico Viejo. I was deceived.

We arrived at 4 pm, and there were only two other tables with customers. One of those tables was already done with their food, and their plates and empty beer bottles were everywhere. Our first impression was that this was a messy place with dirty and sticky tables. The waiters watched the movie "Cars" from a corner table while swapping their phones. The beans, rice, and pico de gallo came right away, and two things happened: One, I burnt my hand since the plate, I assume, was put into the salamander, and I was not informed. Second, we realized the pico de gallo was old; maybe that is intentional to honor the restaurant's name: Viejo.

We order the molcajete. That was the first time I saw beef, shrimp, and chicken mixed with chorizo and cheese. The combination is mouthwatering and delicious but greasy and unhealthy. I wish I had known about the mixture before; that is my fault for not asking. Our meat was burnt, as shown in the picture, and soaked in grease. Our waitress was the only one serving the tables while the others continued sitting at the corner table, watching the movie and their cellphones.

Based on this experience, I would not recommend this place, and I have zero plans to return. The people lying in their reviews have created a monster!

Shara

The food here was good, the drive thru does not work so don’t pull up, even though there is a menu. You will be waiting. They serve drinks if you like, and they have a knowledgeable staff. The guy at the bar helped us and we ordered takeout, he was very friendly and made sure we were comfortable while we waited. It was a simple restaurant and cute. We ordered fajitas and birria tacos.

Amador Esparza

The food was delicious and the restaurant was cleaner than I read in the reviews. Will be returning for sure.

Isela Rios Esquivel

I recommend this place 110%. Their food was delicious and the services was great. It's a family friendly environment. The owner took time to talk to us and welcome us. We'll be stopping by every time we have a chance.

Fred Stegner

Just fantastic. New manager has made improvements. Combo fajitas were great. Tamales best in Abilene. Waitress was attentive and manager double cheeked on us to make sure we were happy. A+++

Kim Pierce

We were quickly seated even when it was busy. The bartender acted as our server and managed both tasks very well. Food was delicious and authentic. Would highly recommend.

Judy McCrary

Stopped by to grab some take home, we had a sick grandson with us and didn't want to spread any germs.
We were under the impression that this restaurant was in the same category as Chipotle's, Panera's, and Mooyah's Burgers. It's not a fast food place like Taco Bell, but not an Abuelos where you spend $20 on one person per plate or more, but it was, dang close enough! They did renovate the old Jack in the Box, but didn't expand the building, and no advertising for grand opening and VERY VERY SMALL DINING so going in we had no clue it was an "upper priced" place.

Boy, were we wrong! Had to wait to be seated. They had a bar except no service there. When we asked if we could just order for takeout, our waitress didn't seem to be happy. We ordered, and 4 other tables came in at the same time or or up to 10 minutes after. They all were served, and two were completely finished before we received ours. Nothing we received needed the 40 minutes we waited to get our food. We had already paid out, so we just set at a table with not even an offer of a glass of water!!!
I, at first, order one of the specials.
One taco, one enchilada, and one tamale. This is my favorite combination type/mix of Tex-Mex. Well, they had no tamales. So I asked for the taco and 2 enchiladas. My taco shell was so hard I just emptied the contents on my plate and trashed the shell, refried beans were some of the best I have ever had, beef enchiladas were ok, the rice was almost tasteless for $12.99 not worth that price!!! Have had much better for much less.
Hubbies had the 4 Barrita tacos (street size) with 1/2 cup of pinto beans, and that was $14.99. He said they had good flavor, but we would not be back to eat there. I can get higher quality, flavor, and quantity at Oscar's or Casa Herrera.
Now, Scott's kid's burger was the size of an adult one except he never received his drink.
With our take-out and the price, you would think that we would have received chips and hot sauce. NOPE
What makes me angry is that they are passing on the fees, to their customers, that the banks are charging them for certain types of accounts/certain types of payments/general business fees.
It's like charging a customer for a glass of water, eating utensils, napkins, or the dinner wear you're using to dine on.