Charlas Restaurante &amp; Bar

Birria tacos were perfect. Horchata was good as well. The servers were polite and very quick to…read morebring out our food. Absolutely recommend

If you're looking for delicious and authentic tacos, this is the spot! Such amazing food and fast…read moregood service. I highly recommend giving it a try for a quick lunch break. Don't forget to get a Mexican Coke with your meal, the best drink with the tacos.

Under the tv area is a station for salsa and onions and other toppings

Asada plate. Not pictured are the beans.

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Chicken tacos

El Mariachi Mexican Restaurant

3.8(26 reviews)

2.5 mi

I liked it here after visiting Rosas Tortilla Factory(yuk). El mariachi has a nice bar with good…read morehappy hour drinks $3 for draughts and bottles alternating on weekdays. You get chips and salsa as you sit down. We were pretty much ignored by the staff who pretended to not know the happy hour rates until a local told us within earshot of them. Now I wish I had ordered their $8 carnitas plate Monday special instead of going elsewhere. Overall good place for Midland for which I have low expectations

The waitress was very attentive and on her game. Food has a great taste and seasoning to it. Not…read morebland at all. Friday 7.99 special was the chicken with cheese sauce served with rice and beans plus tortillas. It was so good. Their queso is the best I have had by far in midland. I recommmend this place and will be back.

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The Cantinita

3.7(17 reviews)

3.3 mi

First time eating here, my friend and I were working and stopped for a quick lunch. The ambience…read morewas great, not too loud, around 2pm on a Saturday. The waitress was very attentive and checked on us often throughout - all the telltale signs of a good place to eat. So far so good - while looking though the menu we saw pictures of the Chicharones Cantinita - it looked amazing - so we decided to start with that. Needless to say, it was the single most delicious plate Ive have had in a long time! My friend told the cook that came out to serve it and plate it for us that it was the best thing he had ever had - Ever. Not idle praise but sincere commentary from a pair of Big Backs lol and I urge you to give it a try! Pictures are attached. Moving on to our main plate.... Ribeye tacos with bone marrow on the side....yeah.... The food got better.... They were also unbelievably good. Savory- with the light green salsa, and sprinkled with the extras to taste, all nestled in a soft corn tortilla taco with carmelized cheese layered under the ribeye beef.... Crazy Good....

Great food! Best barracks tacos. We had a blast server was fast and patient with our big groupread more

Dom perignon at the bar

Kid pizza

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Margarita Sampler

El Capitan

4.0(10 reviews)

1.0 mi

Haven't been here in years, it's under new ownership. It's great, we loved the food! It was clean &…read morehelp was so friendly. Owner came out to talk to us, so refreshing here in Midland.

Great Food, Great Jeffe, staff are wonderful, keep it up. 5 times now, Mango Cervichi is great,…read more plenty of Parking, even I won a free lunch on local radio station .KWEL. CWO3 IAN MICHAEL GARLAND

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Taqueria Jalisco Midland

3.6(111 reviews)

3.3 mi

Lunch at Jalisco was a pleasant experience. Just the right environment for me and friends to enjoy…read more The recommendation of Birria plate was excellent with a wonderful flavored dipping sauce . The waitress was friendly and asked how we were doing several times during our meal. I highly recommend this place for the food and friendly environment. This restaurant deserves a 9.

Great food, fast service and always accommodating with changes to items to meet my Carnivore diet…read more Love coming here for Sunday lunches.

Might not look it.... But this is massive volume food @ normal $$! How do they do it!?

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Drinks to make to super Saiyan!

Candilejas

4.6(43 reviews)

2.3 mi

Found this spot and have not stopped going. There food is great, the service is also great, and the…read morevibe is calm.

Food & service was fantastic. There's a large parking lot and plenty of tables for big parties. We…read moreate at an off time, so it was not crowded. I'd definitely come back here.

Tacos al pastor

Shrimp Rancheros

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Asada con camarones Steak and shrimp

Abuelo's Mexican Restaurant

3.4(260 reviews)

3.1 mi

Ashley is an amazing server! Food was great too! Margaritas were awesome!…read moreLoved the ambiance!

This place has a beautiful layout for small and large parties. We had a group of 6 and were able to…read moresit in the central area of the restaurant. The waitress was very polite but extremely busy serving everyone there. The management tended to making sure tables were cleaned by the bus boys and didn't notice that our table and the tables around us didn't get our food or refills for a while. I will say I do love their lunch options here where I ordered the chicken tortilla soup with the beef Reynosa salad at a reasonable price. This was a good meal.

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Don Tomas Cafe

4.4(116 reviews)

2.9 mi

Love this place!! You can tell the tortillas are fresh and are sooo good! Always great food and my…read morego too for breakfast burritos. Around $6-8 for a burrito depending on the add ons

All the food here is great. The Asado, menudo, chile verde, even the queso. Place stays busy but…read moremost people are courteous and leave you the table when they are finished eating.

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Gerardo's Casita

3.9(70 reviews)

3.0 mi

Ordered the chili rellano plate. The Charro Beans were amazing. Overall a good meal.read more

Vegetarian review- this place is just wow! The service was so fast! They took our drink orders…read moreimmediately upon sitting, then quickly came back to take our order, and the food magically appears in like 5 minutes! We were shocked! It was so quick! I love that kind of service! We were given complimentary chips and salsa. I got the veggie enchiladas, and my oh my! The plate was huge! 3 enchiladas with squash, onion, tomato, with rice and beans on the side. I ate half and took the other half home. The building was cute, trendy, clean, and lively. The floor was a bit slippery. If I ever come to midland again I will come back for sure!

Pina Colada

Sour cream chicken enchiladas

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Veggie Enchiladas

La Mision

3.3(144 reviews)

2.3 mi

Great food with very reasonable prices. Service was…read moreexcellent Food was hot and tasty. Ratings should be higher.

My husband loves this spot so while we were near he had to take us to try them out…read more Typically he comes during the week for work and they have a lunch buffet which I'm sure is what they're best at because I was not fully impressed at all with our dinner on a Saturday night. The restaurant is humongous and beautifully decorated with vibrant colors. Service was okay but didn't feel very welcoming. They have complimentary chips and salsa which he bragged about but our visit the salsa was overly salty, unfortunately. My chicken meal was dry so I started eating off the chicken fajitas my son ordered and it was better. I'm guessing the cheese enchiladas my husband gets were great since he devoured his plate. I had high hopes especially when we drove 2 hours out of our way to try them but we may have visited on a bad day. I know my husband will keep coming so I'll definitely have to try them again possibly during the lunch buffet and hopefully I'll love them like he does.

Waiting area of restaurant

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David M.

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3

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16 years ago

Wow, the best Mexican food I have ever had and hamburgers taste like old fashion ones. Great environment and live music.

Sam C.

152

10

12

8 years ago

Excellent service and great food! Everyone's always friendly...never disappointed with the food they serve.

Ashlen Z.

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1

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8 years ago

Best place ever gonna come again

Charlas Restaurante & Bar - mexican - Updated September 2026

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