I've eaten here a few times before the got their VABC license, and have had take out several times since. What can I say, I love the food! The vegetarian dishes are above and beyond what I usually expect from mexican food. The vegetarian bean burrito is amazing, the sauce makes it perfect! And the vegetarian taco salad, I ordered it thinking I would be disappointed in either the taste or portion, I was so wrong, and glad to be. the tortillia bowl it was served in was just yummy, very crispy (surprised considering it was take out). And the "fried" ice cream, you have to try it, but I would recommend sharing it. The only reason I didn't give 5stars was because the decor was from the previous restaurant that was there, but the food makes you forget about that. And I do wish they jarred and sold the salsa! read more

Fast service, though the waitress forgot my extra sour cream and jalepenos and one small napkin is not enough for an order of fajitas and I had to ask for extra. The food, was great! Fajitas delicious. Hubby declared the guacamole perfect as were the refried beans and rice. After we'd finished the server was over in a corner eating and we had to wait a while for her to notice we were done and get us our box and check. Improve the service just a bit is my only suggestion. read more

This location is not as good as the one in Warrenton, and even that one has gone downhill over the years. This location used to be an Asian restaurant so the ambiance is a little off. There is always one guy working here, he has waited on us every single time we've been here. He is always a little rushed and confused. Also the drinks always taste bad here since the water in Bealeton is disgusting. read more

Big fan of the food and the drink specials when they have 'em. Service is pretty casual and staff are super friendly. Queso is awesome, guacamole portions are a bit on the small size for the $. Over all a great place. Wish they had more space to expand the bar but the little two-seaters are perfect for date nights and still give you that "bar feel". Restaurant layout is family friendly too (partitions and such). They have wifi and also participate in local coupon deals too. Great place! read more

Ignored the whole time. Cheese dip was cold. Waited 5 minutes to order and 10 more to get it.

Used to love this place, was there Sunday end of January, with my grandkids, ordered, got served but had to get waiter to get more drinks!! Young Male waiter!!! Not acceptable, never had that problem before! Was not that busy! read more

I would return here, but I didn't like the taco. It had a strange taste. Probably because of the heavy onions, but there was also something else that was a bit off. The enchiladas were good...they needed more cheese, but it was still a good dish. The rice was excellent...best rice I ever tasted and that's a strange thing to say. But it was really good. My husband enjoyed his dish of nachos with no complaints. I want to give it 4/5 but I'll be generous because maybe people like onion dipped tacos and dry enchiladas. read more

I haven't been inside the restaurant but I've ordered takeout. I got the Speedy Gonzales meal which comes with an enchilada, hard shell taco and a side of rice all for $5 along with an appetizer of nachos and cheese with salsa. This is a great deal to me personally as the rice was nice and soft and the enchilada was cooked well and not too chewy. The only complaint I have is about the nachos. The bottom half of the nachos was covered in cheese while the top wasn't, would've been nice if it wasn't a little sloppily drizzled on. The chips were kind of chewy and not so crunchy, but that's okay. The food tasted just like any other Mexican restaurant and it definitely wasn't bad, it's average but good for the price! read more

Just tried this last week for the first time. I have been craving thoughts dang enchiladas everyday since. Sooooooooooo GOOD!

The service is horrible, the decor is off, and the food is not on par with their other locations. If you want to try this place don't waste your time at this location. Drive the extra 15 minutes to Warrenton. read more

Good food and prices. Service is not so good though. Decent place to go if you don't mind so so service.

The food is mediocre. It's not the best Mexican food around but it's the closest location near where I live & it's decent. I've found that the Warrenton location's food is better. Also the service is terrible in Bealeton. I went in to grab a call-in order and the manager and one of the waitresses saw me walk in and basically ignored me. They were sitting in a booth speaking with a customer and fully ignored me until I got up from my chair to leave. Of course then the waitress came and asked if I had a call-in order. I was very disappointed because I am a frequent customer...until today that is. I won't be back. This is not the first time I've had bad service at this location and have overlooked it several times. read more

My family loves this place!! The food is awesome and the service is fast! We have dinner here twice a month!!

One thing that is consistent here is the terrible service. I have gone here a handful of times and each time the service is horrible. The food is not that good to continue to put up with it. The last straw was on Father's Day, the place smelled of pine sol something fierce. That was probably the red flag to leave but Bealeton being Bealeton the only other option was McDonalds. We were not greeted. We were put at a table and about 15min. went by no drinks or chips were offered. I had flagged down a server just to be told ours would be with us soon. I reminded her we had already when waiting a considerable time. Not that that seem to matter to her. Finally we were able to order drinks and food at the same time we didn't feel like waiting any longer to place our order. Food was ok as usual. We were only checked on once. We had to continue to ask for refills. We won't be back. Side note the manager/owner was enjoying some beers and chips as we looked on parched. What a great example of leadership. read more

I have eaten meals at El Agave a number of times. Overall I am quite satisfied with the quality of the food, the service provided and the cost of meals. I have never had a negative experience here and intend to continue supporting the establishment based on my several positive experiences dining there. read more

When we entered this Chinese inspired Mexican restaurant we were seated right away. Not busy at the time and we were looking forward to this after seeing the YELP ratings. Waitress had a cold personality. Their queso was served on a plate with two stale tortilla shells in the middle. My kid got the kids quesadilla and they didn't even cut it. I got a steak quesadilla and that's all that came with it - had to ask for sour cream however if I ordered the plain quesadilla it came with sour cream and guacamole. Enchilada had a red sauce on it that tasted like a tomato sauce not a Mexican red sauce. The waitress cracked a smile before we left - surprised me. I do kinda wish I could have gotten a fortune cookie after this visit. read more

Here on a Friday afternoon. Awesome salsa, fresh food and very attentive staff. Not really sure why other reviewers found fault with the decor. It's clean and comparable to other Mexican places I've been. I'm looking forward to coming back with my husband after we officially move to Bealeton. read more

Came here with a group a few days ago. The restaurant was nice, clean and the service was standard. The food was OK but what killed it was they seem to drown everything we ordered in a spicy red sauce. I ordered the tamales which I planned on sharing with my baby but I couldn't. Others in my group ordered enchiladas for their children and they to were smothered in this spicy red sauce. Maybe it was the chef we had that night or our waitress assumed we wanted it that way, I don't know. It wasn't in the menu ( that I saw) and the waitress didn't give us an option when we ordered, they just came that way. read more

the food is great. you can't go wrong with anything on the menu. Only complaint is they didn't change anything on the inside from the previous place. read more

Service bites. Took forever to pay the bill. Food took forever to get but was hot. One server was really rude. For what you get it was pricey. read more

My husband and I tried it for the first time. We live closer to I-95, with more choices, but wanted to try this one in Bealeton, Va. (west of all the busy traffic on a friday afternoon). I noticed the chinese look, as some said here, that it may have been an old chinese restaurant, per the decor?? There was NO music, but there was a very loud tv with a man yelling about soccer in Spanish. They turned it down for us, since, at the time, we were the only ones there. We both said "this is not a good sign", at the same time, being that no one was there . The food was very bland. We had to whisper, as others came in, since it was so quiet with no music, just the tv in the background. We had hoped that the prices were better, being that most of the meals did NOT include rice and beans, not even the combo meals. Then I asked if sour cream was included, she said "NO". So, for sour cream, she cringed as she said "it's $1.10 for that". So, i declined. I'm surprised that they didn't charge for the chips and salsa at this point. I normally get water, but we both got diet soda. Later, we found it was almost 3 bucks per person, for soda. The ground beef had no flavor. The "free" chips were good and light. The rice was a bit crunchy. We will not go back. Oh, and at the end, I commented, very quietly to the hubby, that she forgot my 3 cents of the change we got back. She then slapped it down as if she heard us. I am a high tipper, but kept it at the 15% in this case. We will not go back ever. read more

I came here with my fiancé on a weeknight. We love Mexican food and wanted to give this place a try. We walk in and there is no one in the restaurant (customers) but there were 2 waitresses sitting at a table, on their cell phones. We stood there for a while after they finally decided to get up and seat us. We sat at a booth, the waitress was friendly -at first- but our service was absolutely terrible throughout our time here. She forgot our drink order multiple times and had to keep asking us what we got to drink, even though I had seen her write them down. Keep in mind, we we're the ONLY customers in there! So there's no excuse for bad service! My fiancé and I ordered some enchiladas. It took 30+ minutes for our food to come out, average wait if you're dining in a restaurant that's slammed, but they only had two customers -- us. By the time our food came out we were already pretty full on the chips and salsa we scarfed down since we were waiting so long for the food, we were starving. So we asked for two to go boxes for the enchiladas. The waitress gave us a dirty look and continued to go get our boxes. We tipped her and left. I don't know, the restaurants in this area don't seem too fabulous. I'm not opposed to giving this place another try. But I did hear there was another one in Warrenton, so I'll just try that one instead. At least the food here was delicious. read more