I wasn't in town for a bit after a short visit to the Caverns with my best friend. He has never experienced real Mexican food and just like every other person I've come across in New Mexico he didn't know the difference between NEW Mexican and MEXICAN Mexican food. There's a huge difference! Of course you know we had to start it off with the Choriqueso! It's a personal favorite of mine. The melted cheese blended with some Chorizo. Excuse me while I wipe the drool off my phone... My friend went with some ribeye street tacos, while I settled for the flautas with a mix of both chicken and beef. It was delicious. My friend was instantly hooked! Not to mention he got a margarita for 4 bucks. Lucky dog! Overall we had a great experience and he now knows the difference between New Mexican food and Mexican food lol. Definitely worth trying. Another personal favorite dish is the golden tacos extra crispy! So freaking good! read more

Carnitas Queretaro - Mexican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

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You have to figure when in El Paso you're going to have Mexican food at one time or another. And when my friends suggested this place, I was very eager to try it, since I love carnitas, and it has carnitas in their name. Place is super easy to find, has great parking, and the overall ambience of the outside of the building is very rustic and almost mission-like. Lots of stone work and a very easy to spot logo. Inside, there are plenty of seating. The atmosphere is bright and cheery. We got seated right away, and ordered some drinks. I will say this, service was a little bit slow for a Sunday night and there wasn't a ton of people there. So I'm not sure what was up with that but I got my iced tea and it was one of two glasses that I got during the meal. Because our waiter never came back to check on us. We had to ask another waiter to get our waiter to get the tea. Anyway, the carnita showed up and it was very very good, they have fresh made tortillas there and they were excellent. I would have given this place five stars but the service was definitely lacking for me. Bottom line? Would I come here again? Yes I believe I would. Hopefully the owner will get the staff up to snuff on service and make this place run as good as it looks. read more

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My favorite thing is chicken mole- I need to learn how to make this dish! This place offers quick service and reasonable prices for pretty tasty food! read more

Carnitas Queretaro - Chips and salsa - Mexican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

First time trying flautas here at carnitas Q and flautas were on my mind. Placed my order and 10 minutes later 4 thick chicken flautas arrived bathed in guacamole salsa and sour cream. The plate looked delicious rice and beans can't go wrong with that. At first bite the flautas were crunchy and the chicken inside was super good still hot. That plate didn't stand a chance I finished everything. The meal was good, lunch in mid week and not to busy. Definitely recommend. read more

Carnitas Queretaro - Chicken flautas - Mexican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

There's no doubt that the Zaragoza location has the better chefs. The same plates here aren't as good as the other locations. I made a reservation for 8 and the tables weren't ready on arrival even though the place was pretty dead. There were only 2 other couples and us during lunch. Our waiter had to be hounded to refill our drinks. The chips were stale and the salsas flavorless. I ordered the desebrada tacos and they were ok. Nothing special there. I tried the enchilada off a friend's plate and it tasted like canned chile colorado. My other friend ordered the chicken tampiqueña and it was a huge breast but sadly it was dryey. I tried a bite of the 3 leches cake and even it was dry. . Very unimpressed with this location. Will not be returning. read more

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Very good experience, excellent customer service the food was great and did not took long to serve

The food was dry the service was forced, felt like outsiders sitting at the bar eating our dry food. Very unpleasant and unwelcoming. I'm surprised because I usually get great service from some of the male waiters. Maybe we'll go back when they change the unhappy staff. read more

It was a good stop. The food was good, we went for a brunch moment. My husband loved his soup. My tacos were good! The service was good. The ambiance is nice, the decor is really pretty. read more

Carnitas Queretaro - a variety of mexican food - Mexican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

Loved it,, very good n will be back loved the food , service,, and ambiance a place that you would return

The restaurant itself looks great and staff was friendly. However, service was SLOW, the Jalapeño margarita looked like a smoothie and tasted way off. My husband ordered a bottle of beer, it was brought in a can, the water tasted weird and the chips were too thick and greasy (in my opinion). I ordered a michelada instead with XX Lager, I think she brought me a Radler instead (lemonade and beer). This was all before the food y'all . So I ordered guacamole and the queso fondido with sirloin to be safe. Husband ordered the chicken fajitas.... I don't even need to wait for the food to come to know that I'm never coming back here ‍ Update, food was overpriced and salty. Tortillas were on point though!!! It's gonna be a no for me read more

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This restaurant is our family's favorite. Plus sides are decent parking, the restaurant is nice and clean and the staff is friendly. The carnitas are flavorful and not dry, tripitas were nice and flavorful, and can't forget the margaritas were good balance of flavor and alcohol, Lol! We ordered a beer and the glass was super cold and the base was lemon/lime, and it was so good. 10/10 would order that again. our whole table was FULL of food, we had to move things around to make room, so for the price point the portions are equal. FRESH tortillas is the star here, I can't get enough! read more

Cute and inviting restaurant. We finally had the chance to make it in for lunch and we were all excited to try it out. The hostess quickly sat us down and he left us with menus. The sever came on over right away to drop off chips and salsa and also our drinks. The menu had alot of different dishes and they all sounded really good. I ended up ordering two sopes with the shredded beef. My husband had a small chicken tortilla soup with a steak salpicon salad and my friend had the large bowl of posole. The green salsa that came along with the chips was to die for. The red one... not so good. We didn't wait too long for our food and everything smelled good when it was brought out. My sopes were delicious!!! The meat was full of flavor and it was perfectly seasoned. The chicken tortilla soup was AMAZING. That is definitely my future order. The posole was a big ol NO. It had no flavor. It was literally red greasy water with a bunch of fatty meat. The meat had so much fat, ew. Even after squeezing like 6383919 pieces of lime, the broth had no flavor. The sever was ok but was really awkward. She had a big ol staring problem and made it obvious. Definitely will be back for some more of that chicken tortilla soup, but definitely not for that posole! read more

They don't do curbside which is messed up for those taking COVID seriously Also, got home after picking up my food and they left out the trimmings So no onion no cilantro none of the stuff that makes the meal complete I was also amazed at how badly the pack the tacos They set them up so you can't pick them up without spilling the meat. I do not recommend this place. Hopefully, they will get their stuff together. read more

Carnitas Queretaro - This guys don't give a f.... - Mexican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

I just had dinner tonight. Our order was 2 flauta plates, 2 bean burritos to go and a lemonade. Our tab was $43.00 How? Each burrito costs 6.00 dollars and a glass of lemonade is $3.75!!!!! How? The server explained that prices had gone up 2 days ago. This restaurant visit was so expensive, I will never go back. read more

Beware of Zaragoza location. Dined in with my husband and two children and it was a slow Monday. Anyhow they automatically included the tip gratuity of 18% which was additional $19.50 charged to my bill automatically with bill. Then had the audacity that says additional tip??? I'm sorry but our server was poor and didn't even offer a drink refill and a tip should not be included. The tip amount should ALWAYS be what you feel server earned. I always tip well and this time I refused to tip anything additional read more

I ordered an order of the golden tacos in chicken and one order of the beef. Both were very good. It came with three tacos each and rice and beans were the side we chose. It was a good amount of food (I could only eat half) and the price was good. read more

This is a nice restaurant. Nice ambiance. Nice modern facility. Service is always the best. But how can a mexican food restaurant not have perfected their Mexican food. Don't these Mexicans taste their own food??? Beans and rice are a staple in Mexican food. Their charro beans were so salty. And the rice so generic. Put some peas in the rice. Use some tomato sauce to make them moist. I don't know...but do something. I've had better rice at Taco Cabana! My girlfriends Caldo de res was really tasty. But do NOT order the tacos de Papa. They don't salt the potato and the taco shell reminded me of Old El Paso brand taco shells. I know..it's a crazy thing to order. Who would order a taco filled w potato?? But it's such a basic dish that they should be able to make it like grandma used to make. I just can't understand how a chef doesn't use salt. I will say this: this place serves the coldest beer in town! read more

Carnitas Queretaro - Tacos de Papa - Mexican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

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My stomach started to hurt midway through the meal and the potatoes and chorizo were soggy. The service was ok at best.

Our family of 4 ordered chile con queso, 2 orders of red enchiladas, and 2 orders of beef flautas. The chile con queso was terrible-tasted like the chiles came from a can. After waiting 45 minutes for our food and being assured constantly by the waiter that the food was coming, he came back to tell us that they had run out of beef flautas. A Friday night at 7:00 pm and you're out of flautas? And it took you that long to tell us. We changed the order to chicken flautas and barbacoa. The waiter brought us the chicken flautas and enchiladas but we still waited 20 minutes more for the barbacoa. The chicken enchiladas were cold and tasted terrible. The chicken was not shredded, rather it was in huge chunks. And the barbacoa was inedible-no one at the table could eat it. The best thing we had that night was the glass of water and the chips. We will never be back! read more

Terrible food. Great drinks and service. Sorry, but I will not go back. Better places in town for Mexican food like KIKI's downtown.

Delicious restaurant! I am so excited that this location opened up so close to my home. Primarily, the restaurant is gorgeous, both interior and exteriorly. The interior is ample with a large bar and seating area. Staff was very accommodating and our server was fantastic! He was very amiable and provided fantastic service. As for the food, the food was delicious! We started with an appetizer of chori-queso, which was to die for! I am a huge lover of chorizo. The combination was perfect, the cheese was cheesy, and the homemade tortillas that accompanied the cheese made a great combination! My husband and I also had some of their alcoholic beverages, their mango margarita was delicious! A little too large for me but regardless, it was tasty. I ordered their shrimp cocktail- Highly recommend! Very, very good! My husband had their suiza enchiladas-also very good. The restaurant does stick to their motto, of cooking homemade Mexican food. Being from San Antonio, this Mexican food wad delicious by far the best I've had. Overall, I love this restaurant! Beautiful décor inside and outside, drinks are delicious and large! Staff is great and food is to die for. Definitely will be returning here, I highly recommend this restaurant! So glad it's so close to home! read more

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This prob one of my worse restaurants! We been here several times and almost always have trouble, something bothers out stomach so bad! At first, we thought oh, it's prob not the restaurant, just us. But no! Horrible!! And the fajitas! They have the sharable, $26! So not worth the price! No skillet, just on the plate, the food was even hot! And soooooo greasyyyyy! The meats and the vegetables alike! It's like you eat fat! The chips were the same way! You're a Mexican restaurant and can't even do Mexican right?! My one star is for the interior decor, looks nice.. read more

Carnitas Queretaro - Fajitas with no skillet... -.- - Mexican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

Probably one of the best mexican restaurants i got to experience in all El Paso!!! What made this place so great was not only how new and almost upscale quality the place is, but the customer service was outstanding! Of course, like every new establishment, there are still some kinks they need to work out. Since i went with a bunch of my girlfriends, it was a group of 5 at a table and there were some mistakes with our sides we ordered. It also took awhile for some of us to get our drinks and when we got our seperate checks, there were extra charges and mixed up orders on our receipts. But we got to point it out and our waitress Mariela was happy to fix any issues. The manager of the place made stops at the tables to check on the food and how everything was. As for the food and drinks. Nothing less than stellar! Firstly, they make their tortillas fresh in house!! Omg, were those corn tortillas amazing!! We tried their queso fundido appetizer, carne asada taco plate, carnitas plate, and posole. And we finished off with their sopapillas for dessert. Nothing was short of amazing! And their charro beans??? You have to get it!! We must have stayed and talked for over 3 hours and they kept asking if we needed anything else. They prolly didnt want us to keep loitering for as long as we did lol. But we were just enjoying ourselves so much in that comfty booth table we had and the ambiance of the place and good food and good friends, we just didnt want to leave! Lol Not to mention, happy hour is from 2-7pm, thus $3 margaritas!!! And 2$ bottleneck beers!!! All the margaritas we're fabulous!!! You guys gotta come thru!! This was my first time and i am so thankful my friend suggested this place that night cuz now im hooked! read more

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Tried to go there for breakfast this morning hostess said a 20 minute wait .....fine even though the place was half filled. I asked the hostess if we could sit at the bar and wait and have a drink which mind you no one was sitting at the bar. She flat up told me no that it would mess up the count whatever that meant. We stood there for 10 minutes and then she proceeds to sit a gentleman at the bar and they served him coffee!!!! WTF!!! Worst service and I do understand that they are short staffed but this was purely about the color of my skin it wasn't dark enough I guess. Told them I will never come back! read more

Carnitas is a favorite of mine for Mexican food. They never disappoint. Great service, good food, and nice environment. Usually a recommendation of mine for others wanting some Mexican food. read more

Ate here for the first time today. I had the skirt steak plate and we also had the cheese enchiladas plate. They was also a kids menu. Amazing food already even down to the horchata. I would come back again for sure. The decor was great. Good job carnitas. read more

Carnitas Queretaro - Delicious - Mexican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

Absolute BEST FLAUTAS EVER!!! They had this wonderful avocado and sour cream sauce over them. The rice was super moist and delicious! Service was super fast! Definitely one of our faves! read more

This place "ESTA CON MADRES!!" I highly recommend it to all (from single to whole family). The service is on point and not too pushy nor over-hovering. Very clean and traditionally classy. Professional staff; very elegant, courteous, and hospital. read more

Carnitas Queretaro - Todos mis antojitos Mexicanos de sera mañana - Mexican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

Showed up for breakfast and was very disappointed in the food and service the servers didn't remember the order and the food looked like they just grabbed ingredients and threw it into a bowl. I would not recommend coming to the one on Montana for breakfast. read more

The food here is very good. We ordered just about everything over the course of the last year. My favorite is the enchiladas. My daughter loved the Posole and the sopas. The service is also amazing. This has quickly become our go to place for dinner. read more

Friendly staff and clean restaurant/bathrooms. Enchiladas were okay. The salsas were all spicy/hot. I like spicy, but my husband doesn't. There was no medium/mild for those that need it. Kids didn't like their tacos. They got just ground beef, but the ground beef has diced potatoes in it. We thought they tasted okay, though. Just not a lot of flavor. All around just okay. read more

Amazing tacos el pastor, I just so happen to get there when they were closed , shut these two gentlemen definitely heaven sent ! They offered up their last tacos el pastor and blessed me , it's really strange how god children can see someone struggling and bless you! I'm very thankful of them allowing me to share a special moment with y'all , I've lost everything and struggling with some mental issues and these tacos were amazing, flavor and everything you could ask for in an authentic taco... thank you and god blessed everyone!! read more

This review is for the Pozole, it was just not good at all! The flavor was off and didn't taste at all like pozole. I had a few spoonfuls of it and left most of it because it just didn't taste good. read more

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5-Star food, 3-Star service = 4-star rating overall The food was well seasoned and came out quickly enough. Great selection of Mexican food and the carnitas were outstanding!!! Our server wasn't rude, but she was hardly friendly. She was practically whispering and didn't give us much of an introduction to herself or the menu. Although, Lizbeth was a warm young woman who was friendly and attentive. Will return if we're in the area. read more

Excellent food. the carnitas were superb and the adobo asado sauce was excellent we also had the chicken flautas and they were very well prepared. The staff was very friendly and the food was very well presented. Will definitely come again. It didn't get 5 stars because their drink glass although pretty are very small. But everything was very good. read more

They got my take out order wrong, but it was chicken mole instead of mole enchiladas. I ate it anyway and it was very good! It's a nice place, will definitely go back. read more

Ate at the Montana Location. What a great place. My friend had just flown in from Seattle & wanted TexMex. Well she wasn't disappointed. Everything we had was excellent. Place is very clean. And service was excellent. I can't believe we driven by here so often and never been in. Will definitely go back. read more

This place has two for one breakfasts! The two for one menu includes favorites like migas, huevos divorciados, chilaquiles, etc. and range from $8-10 a plate. The interior was well decorated and clean. Our server, Adriana, took great care of us and made sure our glasses were never empty! Great breakfast for a great value! read more

We love this place! Yummy food, super cool ambiance, and the service is right on point. We are planning to join a few family members here soon. The manager, Jesus Fontes was not just polite, but went above and beyond for us. We are meeting a few family members here and we really appreciated his help planning how to accommodate our small party. This type of gracious service has almost disappeared but Mr Montes made us feel like family. And I haven't started to praise the food! One of my top 5 favorite places in El Paso. Thank you !!!! read more

Do not let the skeptic reviews mis lead you. This place is nice. I just moved here and they are very close so I decided to give it a try. Wow Service was on point! I went in to get my dinner to go and I was in and out in 10-15 mins. I even sat down at the bar for some Carioca sticks. They were amazing and served with excellent green sauce. read more