First, this is the best El Bosque. I've been to this one, the one in Conroe and the one in Montgomery, but this one is special. It's one of the best Tex-Mexican restaurants in the Conroe area. The waiters are awesome. They are quick and friendly. They're very nice to my kids. The food is delicious, everything I've tried has been great--classic Tex-Mex and Mexican food. I especially like their breakfast menu on the weekends. Their salsa is the best, especially the green sauce. read more

Food was adequate but not exciting. Lunch steak fajita meat was dry with no onions/peppers. Chicken quesadilla was a chicken taco. Beans were ok, nothing to write home about. read more

This is our go-to Mexican restaurant. We eat here 1-2 times a week. Service is excellent. We usually have several people waiting on us. Margs are so good! Food is always great! read more

I ate there when they were still across from Home Depot in Conroe and then again at their location next to Kitchen Tales. I usually get beef enchiladas and they were okay but not authentic taste. Everyone makes them differently but wasn't impressed at either location. So many better Mexican restaurants to choose from: San Miguel s or Lupe Tortilla are much better. read more

The Fried Shrimp were absolutely horrendous- ever Mexican restaurant that l've known is expert at making this dish ,the Chef should be fired ! No lemons , no tartar sauce or cocktail sauce, the shrimp were breaded with some weird,inedible mixture - a MINUS ZERO RATING! El Bosque owes me an apology and a meal ! read more

Every time I'm in Montgomery, I head to El Bosque. The service is so excellent, the atmosphere is welcoming and the food just melts my heart! The shrimp tacos are a particular with plump juicy shrimp. I love their Charo beans, and I always ask for green sauce, which is outstanding. My sister loves their taco salad with fajita meat. I wish there was an El Bosque in Philly; I tell them that every time I go. read more

After eating at nearly every Mexican restaurant in the area more than once, I can attest to El Bosque being the most consistent, and the most flavorful. The prices are a little higher for similar dishes at other Mexican restaurants in the area, but you get what you pay for. I highly recommend the enchiladas. read more

The food here is really good, and the service is also very quick. We love the chips and queso, and their tacos and quesadillas are also great! read more

Fajitas were decent and plentiful. It's hard to find your Mexican food "spot". We may give it another try but so far we are still looking. Friendly staff and a reasonable price point. read more

The food is basic and seriously overpriced. Since the pandemic, management has claimed that inflation increased their prices. They were overpriced to begin with and increasing the prices has made it even more so. I'm not paying $18 per quesadilla or almost $20 for a fajita salad. read more

Worst Excuse for a Mexican restaurant. Chicken was absolutely disgusting I would've been better off 3d printing a piece of chicken and putting salt and pepper on it and somehow they managed to make beef fajitas the worst thing I've ever tried in my 20 years of life, I would've been better off putting the $40 towards groceries and grilling myself. read more

I love the food here. But can anyone explain why a chicken chimichanga in the restaurant is priced at $16.95 but the same chicken chimichanga for takeout is $20.69? I was going to order takeout today but that price is ridiculous. I checked their menu on line and it showed $16.95 but then went to order and it showed $20.69. Disappointed read more

We eat here every Tuesday evening. It is that good. Food portions are large. My husband and I share.

The food and drinks are delicious, the portions are good sizes, and the staff are friendly.

Ordered through door dash Cheese enchiladas were tasteless, very small portion of everything. Tortillas had not even been warned or cooked. Very poor quality. My taco salad was very over cooked meat. Almost tasteless. Chips were stale. No salsa were included. Very disappointed $41 way too much for what was received. This was not a good meal at all read more

I wish I could give 10 stars! I come here on Sundays for breakfast and the food is ALWAYS GOOD! EXCELLENT customer service!!

Probably more like a 2.5. Food was as expected. Nothing special. Staff were friendly and responsive. The salsa is much better if you bring it home and refrigerate it. read more

The food is consistent every time. If you like Tex-Mex and basic traditional dishes this is the place for you. If you're looking for something trendy and upscale this is not the place for you. The staff is very friendly and accommodating. It is a plus if you can speak Spanish is the conversation is that much better. read more

This place was disgusting! First, they got my order completely wrong. I thought it's ok, I will just go ahead and eat it. Unfortunately, when I started eating, it tasted so bad that I honestly thought meat was no longer good. I explained the first mistake, then explained why I'm sending back. She brings me the check for full price of meal. I tell her there is no way I am paying full price, then she comes back with only $2.00 off the meal! Awful service! Food was terrible! I would give negative stars if I could! read more

Date night with baby Saturday night Didn't have on the menu Shrimp enchiladas but they made them and they were amazing kudos to you read more

I visited the newest location in Montgomery yesterday. The food was good, the staff stayed right on top of things. However, after being presented with my check I saw the food and liquor sales had the tax separated. I had 1 beer, the sales tax was billed at the subtotal amount even tho the receipt specified no Liquor tax. They charged sales tax on the other beer. read more

El Bosque - El Bosque bar - Mexican Near Me - Conroe, Texas

My husband went to El Bosque with friends and enjoyed the food and service (apparently the friend who organized the event is a regular patron). He was excited to take our family back there but the experience was completely different. When we arrived he mentioned to the owner that he has been there with his good friend (mentioning his friend by name) and the owner could not have been less interested. Only three other tables were occupied (Thursday night at 7:00) which I guess should have told us something. Despite the small number of patrons our food took a long time. One family member ordered tamales which arrived cold and dried out. Another ordered chile rellenos with fajita chicken, only to discover a large piece of plastic inside the pepper! When we mentioned it to the waiter he just shrugged. No apologies. We asked him to take it off our bill and he did. We ended up having a very good dinner at another restaurant. Definitely will not be going back. By the way -- the restaurant smells like people have been smoking there. Ugh. read more

Absolutely amazing! Fresh! Homemade! Delicious! Outstanding customer service! We have no words to express our gratitude to Jonathan and the staff for the way they took care of us. They went above and beyond to cater to our needs and if that wasn't enough the food was so GOOD! Zero greasy flavor. High quality grade ingredients and you can tell they cook with a lot of care and attention. You must try them and see for yourself what an incredible Mexican restaurant this is!! read more

Food was very good, however they ran out if fajita meat and substituted Carne gusada meat. The Barria tacos are great, they could use better servers. I may visit again, but if my next trip isn't better I'll never return. read more

Some of the best Tex-Mex in the lake Conroe area. Great food and service time after time. This has been our Tex-Mex go to for lunch or dinner for years. Consistently providing great for and service at a very reasonable price. Also enjoy both the red and green salsa. read more

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I like El Bosque for local Mexican food. The chips and queso come with a bowl full of jalapeño's. It's a good quality queso too. The beef enchiladas are really good as well. This location just got a remodel inside and out. The service is good and the prices are about as good as it gets for dining out. read more

El Bosque - Beef and cheese enchilada - Mexican Near Me - Conroe, Texas

I was visiting Texas from another state a few years back and my daughter took me to El Bosque for dinner. I was so impressed as I felt at home, everything was outstanding, the food and service. However, I visited the restaurant on Saturday (11/20) and was insulted by the poor quality of food. Previously, everything was fresh, the beans were top notch and, oh man, the guacamole was superb. It had lots of avocado chunks blended in perfectly with the spices and vegetables. My enchilada had the best grade of cheese steaming from the shell, not too much but just enough to blend with the tasty red-brown gravy. This is how it was three years ago! *This time I ordered cheese enchilada and a taco. I was shocked to see a stale taco shell that came from a box on my plate. You know the crunchy ones you buy from the market? Every Mexican restaurant I've eaten at had a tortilla bar where it was made fresh. The taco would have a fresh fried hot shell tasting suburb, not a cold stale crunchy shell. This time, I didn't see a chunks of avocado in the so-called guacamole on the plate with the stale taco. It looked so disgusting I didn't touch any of it! I wasted money! *I was insulted and in disbelieve that a restaurant would serve a store-bought taco shell. Also, the chips that were served as an appetizer, tasted stale and were not freshly made at the restaurant. So, they were not steaming hot!! They could have been left over from the previous evening or purchased from the market! The cheese on the enchilada tasted like Velveeta cheese....it had a flat process cheese flavor that seemed out of place as that cheese is generally not used in preparing Mexican food. It was definitely the worse enchilada I've ever tasted. There was no pride in the food prep. They definitely took shortcuts for a profit! Or maybe the cook was drunk! There was no wow factor or ingenuity! *I can cook better Mexican food at home with my eyes closed, using fresh ingredients. The cook or chef should have been ashamed! There were other issues that are too boring to mention, but all I have to say is never again will I eat there. I also would not recommend it to anyone! Yuck Yuck and Yucky!! read more

Been here a few times - food is consistently better than average Mexican food, prices are average, and service is just ok.

Can't believe I've never reviewed this place. First off let me say we tried multiple multiple nexican food places before finding this place. ALL the reviews on Yelp for mexican food places in Conroe are garbage! There are alot of really horrible Mexican food places in Conroe. This is the ONLY place worth going to. We go here at least 1 time a week. The food is fantastic....all of it! The staff is phenomenal! Martin, Isiah, Pablo, Alfredo. Those dudes are AMAZING!!! We always sit in the bar area. Like I say...food and staff are consistently excellent! read more

Free chips and sala,including a couple nachos free! Lunch specials 6 days a week (Monday - Saturday) 11am to 3pm. Bar with liquor, TV in the bar. Salsa: Red served heated warm, green served cold - it is a creamy tomatillo/cilantro style. Both fresh and yummy. Lunch prices a little high ($6.50 to $8.75), but they had a $6.95 special that was very good (combo fajitas this day)... and the free chips/salsa. My fajitas special was very good, plenty of veggies on the plate, fresh. Beans flavorful (bacon) and fresh. Rice decent, moist. iced tea good, both sweet tea and unsweetened available. service was excellent. I was here a while working on my laptop and was never ignored or neglected. WiFi available as a dlink router that seems to be theirs. As seems convention in the area, smoking is allowed in the bars. read more

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Fantastic place to eat. Fajitas are big enough to feed 2 and they are very generous with the portions of chicken.

So we're driving around Montgomery county , from Houston, just to get out , we stumble along this gem , ordered chicken fajitas and the guacamole, both were fantastic and the corn tortillas were awesome . The waitstaff was friendly read more

This location is the best Mexican food in the area and I was never one to move from 7 leguas but after 7 leguas switching up the quality of their food to beyond edible we went here and never looked back. In the past 2 years there has been very few times we have had issues, sometimes the steak is a little crispy but they are always willing to remake and happily do so. The steak fajitas had GREAT flavor seriously! Awhile back it seems they upped the prices to get more quality food on the menu and it was worth it. It also seems like they have an actual chef most days other days just a regular cook but it's still very good! Only complaint I had was my charro bean soup was most certainly past its reheat date and tasted very sour which kinda worried me. I meant to mention it and I know they would have fixed it but I actually forgot after I put it to the side. read more

When you walk in the greeting was great, then it went downhill from there, service was awful, fajitas was so bad if you dropped them on your plate you can hear them, spoke to the waiter they sent another waiter then another waiter we finally got tired of waiting and we paid the bill and left, there is a hotdog place next door we should of went there to eat. Never again read more

Food was awesome service was also. Even during this pandemic they followed safe dining rules. Nice atmosphere.

El Bosque used to be a restaurant we visited at least once a month. No more. The last time we went in, they'd raised all their prices by $2 or more per item, to add insult to injury they served us several items that were still frozen. When we addressed this, they microwaved them and brought them back on a plate all droopy, soft, and liquidy. Disgusting. After this, the waiter we had was extremely rude and dismissive. Every time we visited we spent at least $80 and we tipped very well. You have permanently lost good customers. read more

Pros: Delicious Tex-Mex dishes at a reasonable price. Nice atmosphere. Kind/friendly servers/staff. Home made tortillas. Nice atmosphere as far as decor. Cons: Occassionally you can experience a sassy/not so kind server. What to Order: Any enchilada dish, burritos, tacos, ect. Anything with "gravy " on it, is BOMB. Idk what they put in that "gravy", but it's addicting. Their fajitas are not the best. If you're craving fajita meat, go w/ the tacos al carbon. I only get fajitas from Lupe Tortilla, but I'm a bit spoiled. read more

We were on our way home and decided to try them out. All employees seem to be friendly guys, however that wasn't the problem, there were five of us in our party. Most of us had the Taco Beef Carbon and the other had a Chicken Burritos, Everything was fine until about two hours later when we all felt like we been hit in our stomachs. The next day we all felt sick and nauseous, we knew that the last thing on our stomach was from EL Bosque!! Like we said the service was good, but not so with our food. read more

The food was so good!! Had the chicken enchiladas with green sauce like i get at almost every Mexican restaurant & they were delicious!!! Awesome customer service. They were fast & very courteous!! A waiter took our drink request and not long another waiter made sure our drinks were being taken care of. They stayed on top of our needs as we ate & was just amazing. :) read more

They serve lettuce and a tiny portion of whatever you order. Too expensive for not very good food.