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    Ernesto's Mexican Restaurant

    3.3 (90 reviews)
    ModerateMexican
    Closed 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Casual
    Quiet
    Happy hour specials
    Outdoor seating

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    Trinh H.

    A great restaurant with some savory, delicious , and authentic Mexican food. We ordered the brisket tacos and the pulled pork tacos - both were fantastic and filling. They really stuffed the tacos and gave us ample toppings/sauce on the side. Service was wonderful and we had a great experience with Maya. She was prompt, professional, and friendly. Had great tableside manners and genuinely warm. We came on a Sunday afternoon and there was relatively low service. There were periods where the music stopped playing so the restaurant was very hushed and people started whispering so that was a bit odd. Generally though, we thought it had a good, welcoming atmosphere.

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    Justin G.

    For the order, we had: 1) Fajitas for Two 2) Salsa and Chips 3) Chili Con Queso with Brisket 4) Frozen Margaritas The Food - 5 Stars: The fajitas were seasoned really well and had plenty of tortillas. The variety of salsa was great! Oh, and the margaritas were amazing! The Service - 3 Stars: Service was attentive (though nothing outstanding), especially compared to other reviewers. We had refills of drinks and chips promptly and food was delivered quick. The Price - 2 Stars: In general, a little on the high but you do get a lot of food for the price. For example, Fajita for Two was $32. The Vibes - 4 Stars: The restaurant is the quintessential Tex-Mex with spacious booths and wonderfully decorated. Overall, rounding up to 4 stars. Anyone visiting the local State Park down the street should stop in after a hike and get some grub.

    That's terrible!!!!
    MaxxRussia ..

    Tacos Mi Pueblo. Didn't know that came with over an ounce of grease and oil. Utterly disgusting. If I had known they were going to be this sloppy with tacos. I would of never even walked through the front door! Paid for a premium beer and was given bottom of the barrel beer. Next time I'll just go down the street to McDonald's. At least I know their quality of food surpasses this trash dump of a Mexican restaurant. Owner/ Managers need to go back there and figure out what's going on. Can't believe I paid $20.00 for a box of greasy wet tacos. I don't even want to come back inside period. I do not care for places like this. Owners will respond claiming to make it right, but it'll just happen again cause this happened ONCE before months ago and I thought I would give them another chance before I post on yelp! THIS IS BEING SHARED ONTO GOOGLE REVIEWS AND FACEBOOK!!!!

    Happy guest at the graduation party... thanks for the great food, Ernesto's!
    Kendra D.

    Fantastic catering!! Ordered fajitas for 20 people and Ernesto's prepared great food with more than enough for everyone. The food was hot, fresh and, as usual, delicious! I'll hit the easy button and cater more often now.

    Shrimp fajitas !! Yum yum !!

    Wow some of the best Mexican food I've had. Love their shrimp !! Their service is great and the atmosphere !!

    Don't remember name but they said it was roasted brisket and this is roast bee!  I would not recommend this place to anyone.

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    Excellent food ans wonderful bartenders ! Lots of parking ...nachos are my favorite and thr skinny margirita !

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    Love. Love. Love. Margaritas are awesome have to try the pec hugs empanizada best thing I've ever had!

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    Yearby's BBQ & Waterice

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    It's always so nice when you know you're about to eat fantastic bbq and it's not in some newly…read morerenovated shiny instagramable joint. Yearby's is the greasy spoon hole-in-the-wall you been dreaming of. We arrived Sunday Aug 31 2025 at 11:30 am thinking we'd be late but they moved up the open time at noon. We were maybe 8th in line. Wanted to deduct points for being out of turkey and hot links before they even opened but the food was just too dang good! The brisket is top tier. Have had better, but not by much. Great bark. Perfect tenderness. Adequate smoke. What more do you need? The smoked chicken though, wow wow wow... if you leave without getting some you really did yourself a disservice. The smoked meatloaf was a pleasant treat. It wasn't dry, the glaze was superb, and they gave you a lot of it! The potato salad and mac and cheese weren't spectacular but definitely did the job and anchored down the meal. Everything on platter was 60 bucks. I've spent more for worse. Get to Pilot Point and give em a try!

    "An hour's drive for BBQ this good feels like cheating the laws of physics."…read more TL;DR: Yearby's BBQ and Waterice is a brisket-and-elote blessing straight outta the smokehouse heavens, run by Sabrina and CJ who know their way around both a pit and a frozen treat. Friendly folks, flavor-packed plates, and a mango waterice that deserves its own holiday. Twelve out of ten, will burn more gas for this again. An hour on the road is nothing when the horizon promises smoke and good folks. I rolled into Yearby's at 1:30 with an appetite big enough to make a rack of ribs nervous. Turns out, I was late to the party. The earlier crowd had already cleaned house on a few menu items, but brisket and turkey were still calling my name. I grabbed both, plus brisket elote, potato salad, and slaw. Let me tell you, that chopped brisket was tender enough to make a grown man question life choices and the turkey had a peppery kick that played nice with every bite. The elote? A messy, glorious mountain of corn, cotija, sauce, and brisket piled high. It was the kind of side dish that could run for mayor and win in a landslide. Potato salad and slaw backed it up like seasoned pros, no weak links on this plate. The dining room was full but there were still a few open spots waiting for hungry travelers. I snagged one and boxed up half the feast so my wife, the reigning Side Dish Queen of Texas, could hold court over the flavors later. She approved, which in my household is the BBQ equivalent of earning a Michelin star. Banana pudding wasn't on the menu, but the mango waterice saved the day. Cool, tangy, and perfect for a man who just wrestled brisket and elote into submission. I might've looked like a kid on summer break eating that thing, and I didn't care one bit. Sabrina and CJ know how to feed a crowd and treat folks like family. Yearby's is the kind of place that makes you start planning your next visit before you even leave the parking lot. Stamp collected. Only 37 more to go on this Texas Monthly Top 50 trek. If happiness had a flavor, it'd taste like Yearby's chopped brisket with a mango waterice chaser.

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