Happy hour margaritas! loved my fish tacos, perfectly prepared! My husband had a barbacoa burrito…read moreand loved it- gave me a bite and i concur! Legit charro beans! Chunky guacamole was amazing! Very reasonable price for the quality and friendly service!

Visiting my girlfriend and her family in Amarillo led me to trying some of their favorite places in…read morethe city. My girlfriend's mom was especially excited to take me to El Tejaven while I was visiting. This dinner was a celebration of my girlfriend's sister playing in the top All-Region orchestra. It has nothing to do with the food itself, but I want to mention it because she did a great job performing and I think it deserves to be remembered here. It is the reason we went in the first place. It was a busy night at El Tejaven before we arrived. A group of 32 was just wrapping up dinner. Thirty two people. At that point, just cater, dawg. It took about 20 minutes after arrival to get seated, but it likely would have been much quicker if it were not for a group that size. Once we were seated, we were served chips and salsa. The salsa was spicier than I was prepared for, but it was good. The chips were excellent as well. Most people at the table ordered margaritas on the rocks, while I got a dressed Dos Equis on draft. From what I tasted, the margaritas were solid. For appetizers, we ordered the small queso and the small ceviche. The queso was standard but good. The ceviche, on the other hand, was exceptional. I could have eaten a large bowl by myself. I was pretty hungry, so I ordered the Orden de Tacos, which comes with four tacos on corn tortillas. I got all of them with al pastor. I also added a side of rice and beans, which normally comes with the three taco order but can be added on for the four tacos. The tacos were very good and exactly what you want from street style al pastor, especially with the cilantro and onions. It comes out to roughly four dollars per taco if you do the math. The rice and beans were both great and I ate all of it easily. The plate also came with a side of guacamole that had a nice kick, which I enjoyed. Living in Austin with family in San Antonio, it is easy to find good and authentic Mexican food. That does not always seem to be the case in Amarillo, so it is nice to know there is at least one spot in the city that feels authentic and not overly gringoified. My girlfriend's family knows ball. RIYL: the best tacos you can get in Amarillo

Stopped through Amarillo on a road trip. So glad we found…read morethis place. Delicious salsa and some of the best fish tacos I've ever had. I'm 99% sure the corn tortillas were made in house. For a busy Friday night, they were quick to get us seated and our food out. Highly recommend.

They moved to their new location . Thought I would give them a try . Wait time was 25 min. Three…read morein our party . They seated us at a table that seats 8. Two tables together . Like they were going to seat another party at the other table . I'm not sharing a table . Not good service . Looked around a lot of the tables pushed together. Was another room empty with no tables. They should have spread out the tables in all the rooms . So everyone could have been seated when they came in instead of waiting 25-30 min. Then after we ordered. On a scale of 1 to 10. I give them a 2. One person's in my party couldnt eat the tacos. Meat was full of fatty meat and the taco was full of grease from when cooked. Mine also had a taco . The taco instead of having the color of a corn taco. It was brown and greasy because of all the grease it was cook in . Ate maybe half my meal . I made up my mind that is the last time I will go there and if anyone ever suggest to go there to me . I'll tell them the reason .

Lots of good things I could say about this place, but I've never had better carne guisada ANYWHERE!…read more Lots of good, tender, flavorful, well seasoned, juicy beef in soft, tasty, fresh tortillas. Yes, I got the carne guisada burritos. I was asked if I wanted to add cheese and I love cheese, so I added cheese, so I don't know how it's like without adding cheese, but by adding cheese it's GREAT! You better like cheese, they add a LOT OF CHEESE AND I LIKE CHEESE! It's sometimes hard to get in, but worth the wait!

The food was delicious and I'm very picky when it comes to Mexican food, the food has a very good…read moretaste. The restaurant seems like a hole in the wall very old school but the food is great and our server was great.

Excellent food, the menu was too large to order from, lol…read more Very tasty good drinks. Zack did an great job. The ambiance was great. We're from Socal and this was a great experience.

Food: This place is outstanding! The salsa is made fresh daily and it's addictive! Ask for a sample…read moreof the green salsa. It's so delish! We had the fajita trio and the queso fundido. You can't go wrong! Service: April was fantastic. Checked in frequently. Super friendly. Aaron was on point as always! Seriously love these guys! Ambiance: It's a quaint spot. Super clean. The back of the building is warmer than the front so if you are climate challenged just tell them and they will seat you appropriately :)

Good fast friendly service, clean, good variety of delicious food, easy to get to off of I-40, fair…read moreprices in my opinion. My favorite is "ceso birria" but burritos are just as good. Buen Provecho!

The best bean and cheese burritos. A little pricey but everything is now days. Good burritos.read more

The best Mexican restaurant in the entire area. highly recommended! We enjoyed the salsa, queso,…read morechips blue corn enchiladas. Atmosphere is excellent and the staff is incredible especially Kiera. She went above and beyond to make us feel welcome and we enjoyed everything so much! Blessings and prayers that this place will prosper beyond measure! In God alone we trust!

We had a wonderful experience, we were seated quickly. The restaurant was clean. The atmosphere was…read morefriendly and professional. Food was really delicious. There was plenty of chips and salsa at the table, the queso was delicious. I personally love flan and their homemade flan was amazing.

A friend recommended this restaurant for authentic Mexican food. They were so right. Quick service…read moreto sit and serve me on the patio. I took the advice of my server and went with a pollo dish covered in a spicy shrimp cream sauce. Salsa and guacamole with chips. The icing was a housemate margarita. Great taste, great service and great prices. When visiting or a night out with friends. Stop by Braceros and try the authentic taste of home, simmering flavors.

- 1000000000000000 STARS - SCAMMERS, THIEVES, and CROOKS - 1000%!!! Ate here with my family on a…read morenight that was not busy at all. There were two other tables with two people each that left shortly after my table of three arrived. Ordered our drinks and it took 57 minutes to get them. The bartender actually noticed that we had been sitting there without anything and he brought them over even though he was not our server. Our server did not understand English, and we kept having to use our phones to translate so we could communicate with her. We asked for appetizers that we never got, yet were on the bill. Our food came out 98 minutes after arriving, and again the bartender was the one that was serving us. The female server sat at an empty table on her telephone the entire time. When I asked for the bill, she didn't understand me and had to get a coworker to actually print out our bill. I tipped-out the bartender because he's the one that actually provided us our service. When I checked my credit card statement the next day she had given herself a $10 tip even though I had lined through it on the receipt. I immediately called the Amarillo Police Department to file police a eport for theft, and I did a fraud against my credit card with my bank. I explained to the Amarillo Police Department what happened, and sent them copies of my receipt and the receipt that I had left for her. The APD attempted to contact Braceros management. Every time the detective called he was told that the manager was not in the office and that they did not know when he would be in the office. At my insistence, the detective went to Braceros and asked for the manager and watched the manager walk away and had his employees say that he was not available. Management was absolutely refusing to speak to the police. When APD asked the employee about my waitress, because her name was on my receipt, the Braceros employee said oh I don't know who that is. So the detectives couldn't even talk to the waitress. They sent the detectives two more times attempting to talk to management and they refused to talk to them. Another 1000% sure management is in on this scam. I filed a complaint with the local Chamber of Commerce and come to find out, Braceros is known for this and there are banks in the Amarillo area that will not honor any charges on their credit or debit cards at Braceros restaurants. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!!!!!!!!!

Well priced local family owned Mexican restaurant. My son and I both had a Wednesday night fajita…read morespecial ... a veritable bargain. Both of us had chicken but special included beef and shrimp as well. Delicious and fresh. Excellent salsa/chips too!

I was staying at a nearby hotel and had been in the car for over 7 hours and wanted a place I could…read morewalk to - this was it. I walked in to a clean restaurant and was greeted by a friendly hostess then seated immediately. They bring complimentary chips and salsa and the chips were warm and the salsa had a slight kick and tasted fresh. I tried to order a margarita and was informed by the server that they don't have alcohol. They do serve beer and have bottled margaritas and a couple of other drinks. Imagine my surprise! I have actually never been to a Mexican restaurant that didn't serve up margaritas. So, I opted to try the bottled one, and it was refreshing but not a margarita if you know what I mean. I hadn't eaten other than some crackers and nuts, so I ordered the asada smothered burrito in the verde sauce. The burrito was packed with tasty asada and the verde sauce was spicy and delicious! I ate the burrito and a few of the beans but couldn't finish them or the rice - the servings are large. I probably shouldn't have eaten the entire burrito because I was stuffed and needed a long walk after dinner.