Bad service Food no good I order pupusas I was disappointing The tamal with chicken was disgusting read more

The hot chocolate does NOT look like hot chocolate, it looks like WATER. The food, tastes BAD I got a chicken alfredo and the sauce BARELY has flavor, the food looks ok but the taste is not. THE SERVICE IS BAD, we got here and they took so long to take our order and get our drinks and food. the ambiance , its small and barely any people here , no wonder it has 2.0 STARS read more

El Carbonero Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

Literally just walked out of this place Upset like just angry especially at the owner he is a garbage of a human. I will get to the point. We were sitting there for ONE HOUR for our food to come out. The food is not all that great to be waiting there for that long especially to make. Then the guy had the audacity to tell us that they don't separate checks when we THAT WAS LITERALLY THE FIRST THING WE TOLD THEM! We were not rude to them or anything. we just said okay that's fine no back and forth. But I will say I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PLACE. Then the owner was just rude really really didn't like this man after all this. read more

Servicio muy grocero, y lo peor es que la comida que sirven está podrida y no vergüenza les da. Cómo van a servir un aguacate negro? Mejor digan que no hay. No es la primera vez que la comida nos sale mala, pero si la última. Ya no planeamos en regresar. Las pupusas son pasables pero comida, la verdad es que hay mejor comida en otros lugares. read more

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Great quick service. Really hit the spot and very big quantity and quality for the $. Thank you.

My family and I love this place, we come here often and always have a good time :) I order the pechuga a la plancha and pupusas every time. I see a lot of negative reviews, but they all seem a few years old. The place is clean, and the waitresses are always welcoming. They also sell yummy pan de quesadilla and pan de elote. read more

El Carbonero Restaurant - Pechuga a la plancha, esta muy rico! - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

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La comida estaba dura y sin sal atienden muy mal el precio no es lo que está en el menú no venga.

Compre un caldo de gallina la sopa no tenía sabor pura agua, y el arroz estaba helado y se sentía que ya se estaba arruinando mal servicio este día , fue en el nuevo carbonero sobre el FM 1960 read more

El Carbonero Restaurant - Caldo de gallina - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

We popped in here looking for a quick breakfast and we were not disappointed at all. The food was delicious, the coffee was perfect and the service was outstanding! We will definitely be back! read more

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I love this place. I've been a few times now and the food is delicious. My only gripe with the food was that the Fajitas for 2 do not come with two plates of beans and rice, which I thought was the whole point of fajitas for 2. Their pupusas are some of the best restaurant pupusas you'll get. The rice ones were a bit hard and not how they should be, so I wouldn't recommend getting them. Their tamales were delicious and had a surprising amount of chicken in them. My server was attentive and helpful, I have nothing against them on that. Overall a good, cheap, and authentic eating experience. read more

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Love the pupusas and great pricing. Great place for a family breakfast and they stay open until 9pm! Nice bakery next door as well!

Gave my grandpa the wrong food, we were charged $102 and lady who attended us didn't know what she was doing plus the owner had a very bad attitude. DONT RECOMMEND THIS PLACE AT ALL read more

fuimos a cenar y pedí una mariscada estaba picante y le pregunté a la mesera y me dijo es el pico de gallo que le pusieron ? pero si yo no la pedí de esa manera no me supieron resolver.. pésimo servicio read more

The service is absolutely horrible. Waited 20 minutes for drinks . The waitresses all have attitudes and i would rather go to a different salvadorian restaurant than this one even if it's more expensive. read more

This place is horrible. As soon as we walked in we noticed how dirty the floors were. Nevertheless, we opted to try it as we heard the pupusas were great. We ordered, and over 30 minutes later we received our food. We ordered a cheese pupusa for my daughter that tasted like paper. The salad that comes with the pupusas tasted old. My mother in law asked if it was old and the manager came out and told us he had just tried it and it was fine. He then proceeded to take a handful of the salad from her plate and taste it in front of us saying "it tastes fine." Before I stopped eating, (again, manager just took a handful of salad off of her plate with his fingers and ate in front of us). The chicharron and cheese pupusa was ok, the bean and cheese pupusa tasted like cleaning solution. The fried tamale was harder than cardboard and had no flavor. I told my wife to stop feeding my daughter the food. $50 dollars later we were out of there. Had the manager been nice, I would have ranked this 2 stars, but treating customers like that is absolutely unacceptable. Will not be coming back and certainly will warn others. read more

Gringo Review: I still have not acquired the taste for food from El Salvador, but from the local small-budget restaurants I have tried it, this one seems a bit average. That is not saying much, though. Judging the food so far, I say to Mexico 'secure the southern border' ! (just kidding, folks) Obligatory note in these Politically Correct days: this review's statements are not to disparage legal Salvadorans, whom I am sure are as fine as USA or any other country's people. The chips are not greasy and appear purchased. Salsa is weak. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/HaMwqZR2jiS5aQLwJGkYwA?select=a2UIk5Y7oIuziCoFPIWowA The pupusa (revuelta) containing chicken and cheese (hiding in the pupusa blanket) was the best part of the #3 combo meal (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/HaMwqZR2jiS5aQLwJGkYwA?select=F_OhOuM4QApSXC0grs3fww), but is not something I would recommend or try again here. The pork tamale had good-tasting pork, but not very much of it, and the masa-flour coating was too fatty (seems to be a Salvadoran thing). The chunks of pork served with the combo were small, very dry and crunchy, as if they had been exposed to desert heat for days. The fried yucca had a non-greasy but thick crunchy outer, and a slightly moist inner core (overall: more solid that soft). I am the only customer at lunchtime. Young waitress speaks good English, and service was fine. The eating area looked clean. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/HaMwqZR2jiS5aQLwJGkYwA?select=eHmuG2XyqkbJEW4wYBHKTQ Maybe the bakery next door is better... http://www.yelp.com/biz/el-carbonero-bakery-houston#hrid:vveyUpQuhPaD0tWJxVeedw read more

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Food is really good but when you have your server slam the plate in front of you and don't even come back and check if you're food is ok or if you God forbid need anything else. Clearly she is bothered that she even has to attend to any one. Also when asked if she could place our appetizer order before she rudely responded that "your food is gonna come out all together any way" Also I was the last to arrive and anyone with common sense and a little bit of consideration she would give me a little time to look over the menu but NO she rushed me and made it seem like I was taking up her time and I was an inconvenience to her. So I had to hurry and order pupusas because she didn't let me look over the menu. Not like the restaurant was packed 5 tables max. She clearly needs a lot of work and please train her on being a little friendly.. not a good luck on your restaurant and definitely makes people not want to be back! Food is so good but what's good food when you have poor service. read more

The food is ok. The customer service is HORRIBLE! I don't know why they always have a nasty attitude. The hire kids and they care more about talking and being on their phone instead of attending their customers. If you want some salvadorian food this is the place to NOT go! read more

I always place to go orders. They are very fast and careful with food. No big deal with customer service. The price is fair compare to other restaurants nearby. The place is kind of small and parking is limited. read more

I went here for my 3rd anniversary and the waitress had this look on her face that she didn't want to serve us and was annoyed the whole time. She ended up switching with a younger server. In the end when we paid for the check, she asked how much i tipped in spanish thinking I couldn't undetstand and got mad when I left the boy a nice big tip. The food is mediocre but you pay for what you get. read more

I ordered sopa de pata, and let me tell you it was not ok. However the vegetables were not well cooked, some of them were really hard. And the green beans were just as if they were frozen and just heated to put on the soup. The taste was just weird... truly don't recommend this dish plus it's expensive!! Other salvadorean restaurants even give rice, lime, and cut onions to put on the soup.. and this one limits itself to serve what it is reasonable with the plate. The pupusas we ordered were more tortillas than pupusas. read more

I'm reviewing for takeout only. Restaurant is really small, very dark and not inviting. I would not stay to eat ... but! Do call ahead and order the pupusas to go. We've tried all of them but liked the beef and pork the best. Very hot and flavorful. Really moist and delicious! read more

Worst place ever and service. Food beats your hunger but it's not going to exceed your expectations. Management was rude also. We decided to cancel an order before it was placed to cook and they forced us to purchase it anyways. FORCED. Manger was rude himself as well. If I could give 0 stars I would. read more

We visited Houston back in November 2018 and were looking for authentic Central American food. This place was AMAZING! It completely surpassed our expectations. We live in a smaller town and Central American cuisine is not something you can enjoy unless it is home cooked. Try the atol de elote, you won't regret it! read more

Horrible customer service, we had an issue with our drinks and the manager didn't even bother to offer anything else or get us anything else when we asked to get a different drink. Rude af read more

I like this place, they have some pretty good food. There is a lot of variety, my favorite thing though would be the Pupusas. The atmosphere of the place is nice, but it's better to dine when there is not a lot of people. Once it gets busy, i fell like the place gets overcrowded really fast. For that reason, often i order to go. The decoration on the place it's pretty dark, which i like because it makes it look classier than what it actually is. The set up of tables could be improve so that you are not too close to the next table. The serving it's pretty average, but considering this place gets busy i don't expect to much. However, i think it would be a smart decision to schedule more servers when it's busy. I have a big issue with people getting my order wrong, because it takes almost 30 minutes to get your food ready. There is a lot of thing that the management should do regarding service at the restaurant. The food is amazing and people are nice, but the service has to step up. I recommend this place for people who want to try, the very underrated Salvadorian food. If you do go, you best go during the weekdays in the afternoon, when there aren't that many people. read more

Went for breakfast, tipico. Coffee was good, food ok except they served thin dried out flour tortillas, no corn. They tasted like I imagine cardboard would taste. Couldn't eat them. read more

I love pupusas and have tried many. I've been to El Salvador and had the authentic traditional food. I was so disappointed when I ordered pupusas to go from this restaurant. When I got home, (10 minute drive) found this so called pupusa. I wouldn't even feed my dog something as disgusting as this looks. I'm not going back to that place. read more