Would give this a zero star rating if I could. This restaurant has completely changed from what it used to be and after 20years of going to this restaurant I will never be going back. Ordered a buffet worth of food and was given an unreasonably small amount of chips to go with my large queso. I kindly went in to ask for some more chips and was met with the rudest employee I've ever experienced who knows nothing about customer service. This restaurant should fire whoever that short guy is who works the to go line, and I'm pretty sure he's some type of manager. Was very argumentative and demanded money for chips instead of understanding. read more

ordered a chicken "boom boom" enchilada plate that looked good. delivered to me was a very large burrito with only beans in it who orders a plain large bean burrito? read more

Ordered through door dash to my Buda location. Ordered the NEW! appetizer plate, Tex-Mex enchilada plate and Hatch green chili chuychanga plate. Took 45 minutes to arrive, but expected since it is a ways from Buda on William canyon. Still, none of it was of the calliber of mexican food I am used to. All of the food was more or less without flavor and more dried out than it should have been even allowing for distance. The dash delivery had a hicup or 2 in that there were delivery driver changes and long waits for food preperation. Appears both dash divery and Chuy's failed on my order. read more

This is the worst location to go to. We only come here because it's the closest to us but the service here always sucks. The waiters never let us get a word in because they're in a rush and try to run away fast. read more

Strangely, we've not been to Chuy's until today. We hit the William Cannon location. I'm aware that there have been mixed reviews, but I am putting them aside to deal with just our experience in this location. First, they are careful about masks and social distancing, which I appreciate. We were seated well apart from other diners. All the staff wore masks, and we saw things being sanitized. As per usual with a Mexican food outfit, we got chips and salsa at the outset. While the chips might have been thicker, the salsa, which verged on pico de gallo, was wonderful. The onion and tomato flavors came through, and there was a perfect amount of kick (and we like kick). In fact, we went through our first little bowl in no time. Our server, Suzanne, brought us a second without even being asked. That's attentiveness. That's customer service. Suzanne was outstanding throughout the whole experience. The menu is naturally pared down due to the current situation. So there was not the overwhelming number of choices that there would be in an ordinary time on a Mexican restaurant menu. Nonetheless, the choices were varied. I chose the soft taco with beef. Suzanne offered the option of fajita beef, which I took. The plate arrived with the expectedly huge portions of beans and rice and two tacos each the size of Cleveland. My partner ordered the tacos al carbon, but the only difference between hers and mine was that she had grilled onions. Mine was excellent. The fajita meat, while chewy, was well marinated and flavorful. The flour tortilla was flakey but firm enough to hold everything in. I enjoyed the beans, though my partner thought they tasted slightly scorched. No complaints about the rice. Their guacamole was a little skimpy but very passable, as was the cheese. My partner was equally pleased with her al carbon version. We took two boxes home and had them warmed up for dinner. Suzanne even included a container that that excellent pico/salsa. Even warmed over the flavors held. Good job, Chuy's. read more

This one star review is based on customer service, not their food. I placed an order online for their happy hour nachos take home kit. I was told it would be ready at 5:06pm. I arrived at chuys curbside at 5pm and texted I had arrived. I got a "we're working on it and we'll bring it out once it's ready" text. So I sat back and patiently waited. Not a single person mentioned anything to me until 25 minute later when I got out of my car and went inside to make sure I hadn't been forgotten. The employee responded they were working on my order. I told her I just had nachos - beans, beef, queso, and chips - placed into containers. I mentioned that I've watched many cars pull up, receive their order, and leave. She responded "they placed their order 3 hours ago." I kindly pointed out that I should not have been told 5:06 for my order to be ready if that wasn't possible. No apology. No kindness in return. Nothing. I waited back in my car. At 5:35 my food finally arrived. Opportunities for good customer service were present and all they would have had to do is act on them to make this a 5 star review. If they notice an order is behind, maybe offer a drink while they wait or go personally to their car and let them know it's running behind instead of making them wait and wonder. A few easy gestures could go a long way. I really enjoy Chuys, but I won't be ordering curbside again. read more

A lot of food, but can't say it was the best. I got the Elvis memorial combo and it was not very good. Coming from California, I've had some bomb ass enchiladas. These were just ok. Nothing special about the sauces. Bf ordered the fajitas and he liked them. They were well seasoned. The flour tortillas were really good and so was the queso. Should be noted the queso was $8. read more

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It was pretty busy at night-had a long 30 minute wait. The chips and jalapeño sauce are amazing...I could eat that all day. The Margarita was very good - good mixture of alcohol and sweetness. There was no salt or sugar around the rim though. My quesadilla was also good but I wasn't in a hungry mood so I took it to go. I wish there were heaters outside so people could sit outside during this weather and decrease the line wait. There could also be someone taking drink orders for those waiting to be seated...that'd be great but what a great place to dine. Hubcaps are awesome. read more

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Good drinks and dip but horrible service. I've witness two separate people sit next to me and get all the service. I had to fight for service while two separate people who sat next to me get full service. I won't call it a race thing but don't be black at his side of the bar. read more

Chuy's - I had to fight for service while two separate people who sat next to me get full service. - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

After my dining experience today I won't ever go back. National tequila day and $5 queso so what the hell, went for lunch with a friend. I ordered my usual bean and cheese burrito. 4th bite- I bite down on something extremely hard. Pulled it out of my mouth and it's a quarter sized bone or possibly even plastic, Gray/bone in color. I put it on the napkin and mentioned it to the server. She immediately took the bone wrapped in the napkin away and to the kitchen. Manager comes and apologizes saying the chicken is kept next to the beans and it must've slipped. I said, sure it happens fully thinking something beyond and apology would be done. Nope. Bill came out and we were charged for EVERYTHING. Seriously!! The manager apologized but I almost broke a tooth. Like they could've at the very least comped the queso. Won't be going back. Shame on your Chuy's. Get your sh*t together. read more

As with any Chewy's it's good Tex Mex food reliable good reliable consistent from one Chewy's to another It's always good we enjoy it very much much great wait staff cost is right seasonings are well done- good dose of chili powder in the enchiladas fresh ingredients. Great customer service always friendly. Everybody's here!! Restaurant is "jumping"! read more

Waited 20 minutes at our table and weren't even acknowledged while tables sat after us had drinks and apps when we left.

Big Head Todd and the Monsters blaring "Bittersweet" on the outside speakers, a table of 30 twenty-somethings--recent college grads unaware of the tsunami of career decisions headed their way--who look like they were up till 4am the previous night, decked out in alma mater t-shirts, and waiters carrying trays with dozens of margaritas, we're back baby! Chuy's never was and never has aspired to be some elite culinary institution, they're about Tex-Mex, ritas and the environment they provide. This isn't the place you send recent Fremont transplants to if you want to show off our foodie scene. This is the place, however, you send them if you want them to experience a little piece of Austin flair. read more

This has to be the absolute worst restaurant in Austin and surrounding cities. How is this place still in business? Walked into the restaurant, sat the host stand for over 10 mins while the ladies at the front ignored me. (Funny cause they have a sign called "Hostess with the Mostess" that says to greet everyone immediately). Which they failed! Next they offered the cocktail area, sat there for 15 mins. Asked for a table and waiting for some time. I should have left after I was sitted. My waitress was amazing. But honestly, the food is horrible! The tortilla was STALE, so hard to cut with a knife! , I had the hot plate but cold food. The chicken was TOUGH. The queso is $10 for running water! Very thin and gross. I honestly should have went to Torchy. read more

Chuy's - Queso - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

Back to an old favorite, use to be only an Austin Texas thing but now it has grown all over.. Decor is neat.... Loud, so don't come here looking for a quiet meal. Staff are friendly, young group. Food is above average, it's tex Mex, nothing is bad, just bad for you lol. Crispy tacos are always a good bet and the enchiladas are always good. Unlimited chips and salsa.. Which is the only downside.. The chips art paper thin and the salsa has little depth or bite. Come for a margarita, and a chuychunga... Or the famous Elvis Plate... You will have fun read more

Chuy's - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

I love Chuy's! Everybody's food was great as always. The service was amazing, and our server was very attentive. I can't wait to come back again! read more

If ur prepared for a bit of campy Mexican decor and moderately good food- your in luck! I do enjoy the salsa bar and the happy hour on occasion and must mention the jalepeno ranch because your gonna want to sensually slather yourself in it at the restaurant and that makes it weird ...so.. yeah... read more

Take out service is abysmal. They are never on time for when they say it's ready. We are now 28 minutes past the time it was supposed to be ready. There are 8-9 people inside piled up waiting for their take out orders as well on top of 20 cars in pickup spots. read more

Was my first visit. Ask for-the jalapeño dip.. was so good. Staff was efficient and friendly . Food was fresh and tasted good . Service is fast considering it was busy and everything tasted as good as it looked. I will be back. Portions were a little big so come hungry read more

Absolutely disgusting and low quality ingredients. Chuy's used to be good back in the day, but on my recent trip to Austin I honestly could not have been any more dissatisfied with my food. You can certainly tell Chuy's is using cheap Taco Bell type ingredients. I'm glad a had a bathroom nearby before my flight. I will NEVER go to a Chuy's ever again. I really wish I would have gone to Taco Cabana down the road. I have no idea why they were so busy except that maybe their customers were all "locals" from out of state and didn't know what real Tex Mex was. read more

Chuy's is dear to Austin but has also grown to be popular around the US in many large Metro areas. I think this is because of the eclectic and personal interior designs that show the extravagant culture and unique taste of Austin. The menu is loaded with calories as you can imagine from a Tex Mex icon. This location is one of the best and I typically sit in the bar area because it just has a really homey feel and is a little bit less noisy. Help yourself to as many chips and salsa as you like but be sure to save some room for the guacamole which is out of this world! read more

BIG disappointment this time! First of all, why in gods name did you get rid of the taco shell for the taco salad???!!! Today my lettuce was very wilted and consisted of maybe 3 spinach leaves! The menu has become very skimpy since Covid! Bring back your item choices from before COVID! Won't be back here! read more

LOVE THE JALAPEÑO RANCH!! In the Togo parking right now getting some! And the margaritas are to die for!

I love Chuy's and have been to several locations over the years. This is the first time I was ordering from this location. I simply asked for extra tortillas in my order, but she refused because they were too busy. I chuckled and said I will clearly pay for the extra, but was still refused. I told her I was willing to wait. Refused. I worked food service for years. This one star is for your customer service. You handled that terribly. I was very respectful and you were rude enough for me to cancel my order. I hope you're less busy without my business. read more

yummy in our tummies! jalapeño ranch always hits the spot. chuy's will forever have a special place in our hearts -- it was one of the very first places we went on a date together! read more

Chuy's - fajita Steak Burrito* - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

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We had great service from our waiter Stephen. Best service we've had from a restaurant in a long time. Food was really good and service was prompt. One of the best restaurant experiences we've had in a while, due in large part to our excellent waiter Stephen! read more

So my friends and I come to eat. It's already drizzling and they sat us down outside. We order food and drinks. It starts raining like harder and we ask to get on a waitlist to get a table inside and they said they can't because they're too busy. We suck it up and stay. It's getting worse and worse and now we're the only ones left outside and they said they can't do anything to get us inside. I think they handled the situation very badly. They said they even asked a manger and said they couldn't do anything. Very upset, just wanted a girls night without getting sick or wet. read more

Chuy's - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

I ate here tonight and got horrible food poisoning. Be warned! There's something wrong with their food prep or sanitation.

Food was fantastic! Our waiter Everett was absolutely wonderful, he refilled our chips and water so fast and it was very accommodating to all our needs. I got the chicken flautas which tasted like my personality, crispy on the outside warm and soft on the inside. read more

Really now, Can't chop up the cilantro? Just gonna throw entire leaves and STEMS in the food. It was like chewing grass, fibrous stems were NOT easy to chew nor enjoyable. Two stars over this disappointment...also the guacamole is just okay, could use more like. Turned by morning, couldn't even eat it read more

Chuy's - Chuychanga - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

I ordered the deluxe chicken enchiladas to go with the sauce on the side. What I received was hardly seasoned chicken rolled in an uncooked corn tortilla, there was hardly a pinch of cheese between both enchiladas and they barely gave me any sauce to cover both of them. If I wasn't so starving I would've driven back and asked for it to be remade but I was left severely disappointed, especially when it was a meal I was so looking forward to. :( read more

Chuy's - "Deluxe" chicken enchiladas - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

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this isn't my first time going to this iconic tex mex restaurant and the food is overall always good but today I decided to get the new churros and they disappointed me first of all they are supper small and they are barely heated But the staff was amazing. read more

We love Chuy's Happy Hour and usually go a couple times a month. We like to sit in or at the bar, sip on a few margaritas while we enjoy the nacho bar, queso, beans, seasoned ground beef and salsa. Don't forget to ask for the jalapeno ranch, that stuff more addicting than crack! We've been enjoying Chuy's since we arrived in Texas, back in 2011, but have only actually been back in the restaurant area once or twice. At one point you could only order a la carte in the bar, but I think that has since changed. read more

Chuy's - Happy hour queso bar. - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

Yuck, I love Chuys....bad location at best! Horrible food, drinks, and service . I was very disappointed as this is one of my favorite restaurants in Austin. Just don't go to this location. read more

What a terrible experience. We walked in and it was a circus. I counted 8 employees, none of which could be over 16 years old, with sad defeated faces. I approached one with "hi, how are you?" and the response was "Not great, you should go somewhere else it's a two hour wait". And so we did and will not return. read more

There is so much about Chuy's that makes me want to hate it. The religious prayers on the silverware pouches.. the fact that its a somewhat huge chain .. and the fact that all the people I know who have ever expressed any love of Chuy's to me are complete douchbags. The whole Elvis theme/Tex-Mex theme doesnt make much sense together... I dont think Elvis ever ate at Chuy's so I dont even understand what they are implying with all the Elvis themed dishes. Maybe they are insinuating the food is so rich it can make you fat like Elvis.. I realy dont know or get it. I do know that there is some seriously good food to be had at Chuy's. The chips and salsa is great. The salsa is always fresh and chunky and the chips are crispy an deliscious. I always ask for a side of the Jalapeno Ranch for dipping.. its definitely one of the best ranchs sauces I have ever had the pleasure of dipping a chip in. The food.. the food here is what keeps me from being able to hate Chuy's no matter how tacky and trendy it is. The Carne Guisada Enchilada special is amazing.. The boom boom sauce is amazing and they will gladly put it on anything for you! My favorite dish at the moment is the Elvish Chicken... I know its stupid its called the Elvis Chicken but whatever. It's a cutlet that has battered in potatoe chips and deep fried served with your favorite sauce. My thing lately is to get it topped off with Chili Con Carne and Queso.. Chuy's also has great Queso! Its not that kinda queso where you feel like someone heated up a crock pot of velevtte and added some rotel but that I'm at a legit Tex-Mex restraunt and this queso is more like a chili filled gravy than fake plastic cheese kinda queso. I also love the Queso Compuesto option.. the only way I can think to make this queso better is by dumping avacado, onions, and meat in it. Oh the sides here are legit also. I get so tired of the same old spanish rice at every Tex-Mex joint .. but these guys spice things up with a super tasty green chili rice. The charro beans are great also and while I'm no fan of re-friend beans they do have some of the better refriend beans in town. So.. bury your coolness ignore the religious statments and stupid elvis jokes and go enjoy Chuy's.. it realy not bad at all. P.S. Save room for the Tres Leches Cake ... its one of the best deserts ever and they do it proper here! read more

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Ok..here come the disclaimers... I ate at the original Chuy's the first weekend they opened... $1.25 Frozens... I dated one of the waitresses for a spell... free Frozens.. I tried to impress another waitress after being dumped by the first by purchasing numerous fish art off the walls, putting it on the bill and tipping her on the total...$340 plus, now, $2.50 Frozens... was invited to the Chuy's Employee Christmas party with new waitress and drank free Frozens, and was asked to leave...There used to be a picture of me with a Chuy's T-Shirt on at an Auburn Football game at the original store, probably gone by now... enuf said.. think you get my drift... Tequila and dating at Chuy's never really panned out.... However the food always did.. Back in the day, Chuy's was the only Tex-Mex for us gringo's, who didn't know any better... I still enjoy it... fried egg on my blue corn stacked chicken enchi's.. hell yeah.. good stuff... Free nacho bar.. absolutely a must especially in these hard times....the stage is set for the new store in my hood. I was very happy to see all the fish hanging from the ceiling, classic booths, Nacho Car Bar, and all the decor which is definitely Chuy's.. nice long bar so Suz and I plopped down at the bar, which had two patrons at the end and us. We wanted to just have a little sumthin sumthin so it was the best choice of seating. We sat down, and I was a little excited, all my old memories were flooding back, and ordered a Dot. We also ordered the classic bean and cheese nachos. Drinks arrived, as ordered.... another couple came in and sat to our left... we sipped our drinks.. Bartender came back, and I asked for chips and salsa. She abruptly told me it was behind me.. and that's when everything started going in the shitter. Service that is, not the meal. * She could of nicely brought me a basket of chips and salsa or at least mentioned that I could help myself at the nacho bar.. * The couple next to us order nachos and while we continued to sip our drinks, their nachos arrived, we still hadn't seen ours. Bartender forgot to put the order in..finally got nacho's.. ordered blue corn enchi's. * Two bartenders and to busy to help us. They were constantly doing their side work and forgetting that we happen to be there wanting another drink or a water, silver ware.. etc.. There was 6 of us in the bar area. * The icing on the cake, one of the bartenders starts talking with the father and son to our right... somehow this ends up with a glorious review of the other restaurant she works at. Along with recommendations what to order, when their specials are so on and so forth.. it just seemed so very odd that she would do this.. I mean, I get it.. but perhaps in a lower voice and simply come by and see me if you get a chance.. but an oral "yelp" review right there and then.. weird. Food was great, Dot was yummy.. need to get those bartenders whipped into shape... read more

I've never been to a Chuy's but I'm sold. First of all, our waiter was the bomb. He was so friendly and attentive. I couldn't decide what drink so he made a suggestion and did his thing and it was spot on. Then he got a rainbow plate brought to us so we could taste all the sauces. there's not one bad sauce here but I mean bang bang is my fav hands down. Ended up with shrimp tacos and holy wow thank you Chuy's! read more

Great atmosphere. Tasty margaritas and the spicy Texas tini is worth the trip. Guac is on point. All around good food and fun times

Managers there need to retake their training program with their headquarters office. Was in there last night and had a manager repeatedly bother and embarrass my girlfriend about her service dog. "As Texas law and the ADA state, staff may NOT ask about the nature of the persons disability or about the qualifications of the service animal, require medical documentation, require a special identification card or training documentation for the animal, or ask that the animal demonstrate its ability to perform the work or task." Manager checked all the boxes , will not be coming back nor will my acquaintances. read more