To be honest I was worried about coming here after the reviews. However, my roommates and I live nearby and drive by regularly and regardless of what you think of the food you cannot deny the setting is beautiful. Finally our intrigue outgrew our wariness and we decided to go for dinner. We were pleasantly surprised by everything we encountered! We were seated promptly and our server was awesome! We order the queso as a starter and the serving size was massive and fed our group of 4 PLENTY of cheese. I personally ordered the chicken fajitas and while I wouldn't say there was anything impressive about them I did think they were good. Additionally we ordered the lobster Mac and cheese, pork sliders, and chicken tortilla soup. All of us came to the conclusion at the end of dinner that we really enjoyed our time at Lago Del Pino and thought our food was good. It's definitely a place you go to more for the view and atmosphere than the food but that doesn't have to mean that the food is bad! I'd recommend coming out and trying it for yourself if you're on the fence. read more

07/30/26 we arrived just after 7 pm for dinner. They evidently had just redone their floors. They offered us outdoor seating, but damn it's 100 degrees out. The only indoor seating was around the bar. Place is dirty because of the new flooring. Probably should have just shut down for the night to clean. We started with the trio appetizer. The queso has been sitting for a while and there was a skin on top when they served it, the street corn is old, and the salsa is middle of the road. We met our daughter and her boyfriend for dinner. When the waitress came over instead of taking drink orders she asked if we wanted to do shots. We opted for water. He had the shrimp Alfredo. It only came with 4 over cooked shrimp. My wife and I had the fajita special. This is nothing special. They cut the meat with the grain instead of against it, so it made them chewy. And just tasted like grilled flank steak not really fajitas. The waitress through the whole meal was hard to find and we ended up waiting for about 20 minutes to get the check. Mind you there were only 6 people at the bar plus the 4 of us. We were the only people in the whole place. We might come back in the fall for drinks and the live band but not the food. read more

We come here on Sundays, bottomless mimosas with brunch. The food is amazing, the drinks are really good. Cody is always playing his guitar and a great entertainer. The servers are always on point and have a smile on their face. It's always a good time with beautiful views! read more

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The service was phenomenal and the food was good, but this is a place to come for the atmosphere and ambiance of lakeside dining. read more

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A morgue would have been more welcoming than Lago del Pino. Our server was extremely rude and degrading because we paid in cash (had to get change for $100 boo hoo). We didn't even drink our cocktails and left due to how nasty she was to us. This place has so much potential but is severely lacking in several areas and this is coming from someone who has worked in the industry for 16 years. Staff appears miserable, it's more quiet than a library, and awkward throughout the restaurant. The patio is in shambles and dirty. Like come on, you own a restaurant worth millions of dollars and it's clear you have no pride in your building or employees. Below is a photo of our server (intentionally did not include face for respect, but it's obvious to staff who this person is). read more

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BLUF: The staff are friendly, the location is beautiful, and the restaurant is clean -- but the chef is the issue. The steaks were overcooked, and the Caesar salads were served at room temperature instead of on a chilled plate, as they should be. Menu is $22 - $38. A safety concern worth noting is the raised deck by the water should be roped off. The stone wall has been removed to repair the main beam supporting the deck. is cracked and leaning out toward the side walk by the water's edge. read more

This place is absolutely breathtaking! The bartender, Cadence, was so helpful with the drink menu and offered us amazing drinks that looked like they came out of a magazine! She entertained us while we waited for our table. Such a sweet, hilarious and hard working girl! The wait staff were all very great to be honest! I had the tortilla soup and it was delicious! My friends had the fajita platter! The only thing I think they need to bring back according to the other reviewers is the live music! That would have been amazing to have with the beautiful atmosphere we were surrounded by! We will DEFINITELY be back! read more

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Literally no one in the restaurant but apparently they were "at capacity". She just said the wait will be "awhile" with no specific information. Pretty sure she just didn't want to seat us because we had our kids with us. read more

Beautiful setting but food is very bland and mediocre. Everything was cooked fine, but had absolutely no flavor. All four of us had different entrees, and we all had the same comments. Too bad as it's a lovely venue. read more

Checked out this place on a day trip to Tyler and it's a must for tourists and locals. The setting is beautiful! Highly recommend going during sunset so you can experience both day and night on the lake, and they even have live music. The food was great. Was it my favorite? Not quite just because it did feel a bit limited compared to other Mexican restaurants. But I don't think this is a "Mexican restaurant," they just had elevated Mexican food on the menu. And the staff was super nice! We were celebrating an occasion which they didn't really do much for, but we got a great seat on the patio and that was nice. Really good spot to celebrate things. They even have a big bar and seating area inside. Like someone mentioned in another review, it is more casual inside/outside though. It's not super fancy like you would think. read more

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Waited for ten minutes for hostess Waited another ten minutes before a frazzled wait staff appeared Eggs Benedict arrived with scrambled instead of poached eggs and with no sauce Asked for sauce on the side Sauce arrived - good but cold The location is beautiful Ordered mimosa Bottle of Prosecco and jar of Oj provided We were expected to serve ourselves Glasses were dirty Eat before you go read more

We went for Sunday brunch. This is a hidden gem, well worth finding. Food was well prepared. Service was on point. And the ambiance was like no other. Live entertainment for brunch. You would have to drive to Dallas to find any place close to this establishment. The only reason I didn't give them 5 stars. The brunch menu could have had more options. We have eaten here several times for dinner. And the dinner menu is excellent. Will definitely be going back. read more

The ambiance and food was awesome. We decided to eat outside. The service was wonderful, super friendly! They even suggested to do half queso and half tomatillo sauce on the chilaquiles, and I am so glad I did they were amazing!!! Desert was great, the cake was a little frozen but it added to the experience. It was different than a traditional cake. Can't wait to visit again!!! read more

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We came here for a family dinner on a Saturday night on a holiday weekend (the Saturday before Easter), which may account for why they were so understaffed. Our waiter, when present, was incredibly friendly and we liked him a lot, but he was clearly swamped. We were served our first drinks right away, but our meals and re-order of drinks took forever to arrive. When they did, some of our food was good, and others were not so great. Overall the best thing about this place is the ambiance. The building itself is beautiful, and it's on the water with a great view. However, most of the outdoor seating is set up for couples or two-person groups only without a reservation well in advance. While we were there it looked like a band was setting up to perform, with ample room for dancing. So maybe a place to go back for a date night as long as you don't mind slow service. read more

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Easter Brunch was a joke. The unopened bottle of champagne I bought was the best thing I had. Service was terrible and all they had to do was serve drinks. Food was ice cold and not good at all. We would've had better tasting and HOT food going through the drive through at McDonalds and saved $75.00. Complete disappointment for our holiday. Could be such a nice place to come to and enjoy because of the ambiance. read more

I've only been here for brunch a couple of times, food is decent but the brunch menu is basic, nothing special and not many options. Kick it up a notch and offer some bottomless mimosas read more

What a beautiful place - great for events, weddings, bridal showers, Bachelor parties, bachelorette parties, Christmas parties, or just Sunday Brunch! Food was great and cocktails too! We will be back read more

Lago Del Pino - New American Near Me - Tyler, Texas

Great food, great service and we really loved sitting by the lake listening to great music. Atmosphere was really neat.

We went with friends to Lago del Pino to celebrate their wedding anniversary and had a good time. We started with the Cheesesteak Spring rolls, man were they ever good ! We also had the Queso Blanco / Salsa and chips. For the main course, we had the following: Fajitas- beef and chicken served with cilantro- lime rice and basic set up. Smoked Jalepeno Meatloaf, which came with garlic mashed potatoes and sautéed vegetables. Pork Chop served also with mashed potatoes and veggies. The good was all good ! Since it was raining, the band scheduled to play outside, played inside. They were very good, but very LOUD! Probably would have been better if we had sat further back. The atmosphere is what we like at Lago, too bad it was such a rainy evening. When in Tyler, give them a try. Go get Full read more

I had Easter Sunday lunch with the family. The brunch had breakfast and lunch choices but every single thing was cold. How can you charge someone 25$ for a buffet and not have heaters on the food you are serving? All of the food was salty, the building and venue look so nice but there is completely a lack of respect for the food. I would not recommend this place. read more

We've been here several times. Lunch, dinner, brunch, drinks. The food is consistently okay, but nothing special. The brunch buffet is not watched carefully so I'd be cautious about what you eat being at the right temperature. Here's the catch, service is notoriously bad or invisible. No one is properly trained and there is a consistent turnover so that no one seems to truly know how to run a restaurant. I'd be hard pressed to say there is a manager since one is never present. This place has the right ambience to be truly magnificent if the food portion could be brought up to speed. My recommendation: go for drinks. read more

We definitely set our expectations too high. We walked in and the hostess desk was a mess with no one at it. we had to wave someone down to seat us at our RESERVED table that ended up being dirty with dishes. We just stored there while it was being cleaned. We sit down and there are 3 other groups there eating. There was no music playing over the speakers 30 minutes into our experience. We had to ASK for it to be turned on. All the servers were wearing something totally different from each other and it just looked very unprofessional. It's basically mexican food but you have to pay for chips and salsa, so not complimentary. All four of our menus were in a different format and mine was all cracked so i couldn't even read it. The plates they brought us to eat in were like tiny dessert plates. The bill was over $100 and we will not be returning unfortunately. The pictures online are very deceiving. They make it look fun and cute and a nice place to have a date of a party, but it is not. We checked out the outdoor seating and it looked like it was abandoned. Even if we wanted to sit outside the lighting was almost pitch black and it just looked sad and dingy. All you got was the light coming from the windows inside the building. Our waiter was way too soft spoken and acted like he didn't care at all about his job. The food wasn't horrible but not worth the price. Wish we could return but i can't bring myself to spend money there ever again. read more

Have brought my family here 5 or 6 times now. Beautiful venue, warm personal greeter, Christine, always makes you feel special, great service, love the menu and especially love the Sunday brunch with Cody Norman singing and playing his acoustic guitar. I think this place is a well kept secret, a little off the beaten path but close to Tyler and Chandler, just off 49. Beautiful place for groups and weddings too. read more

Went to Sunday brunch with my mom & was seated immediately but we had to wait a bit before a server showed up. Once he did, he was attentive & the food & views were amazing. We will definitely be back!! read more

Was perfect for what we were looking for. Wife had the smoked meatloaf and I had the chicken on a pretzel bun. Was excellent. Service was good but learning. No issues. We got there at 5:00 pm on a Thursday. Weather was perfect to sit outside by the lake. Very relaxing. Highway visible through the pines, but it's not far outside of Tyler, so still peaceful and nice. read more

Amazing place - one of the best restaurants in Tyler! Extremely dog friendly on the patio and they even refilled our dogs water several times. Jalapeño meatloaf was some of the best I've ever had I HIGHLY recommend this spot read more

Location and design of property is reall great. Although, when it came to food and service, especially for the price I paid to take my parents there who recently moved to Flint, I would rather drive them to Dallas than come back here. To give our server, or knowingly seat us with a server, about to be sat with a 20 top and not have TEAMWORK, with any of your staff.. This either speaks for that server or the establishment.. Currently do not plan to return. read more

I am not sure why this restaurant is 2.4 stars. Just the location alone, starts it at 3 stars. By the time I had lunch with my waiter Kaylin, and then came back and attended a private party, there is no doubt this restaurant experience is 5 stars! Let's talk about the meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and vegetables! So yummy! Looking forward to going back. read more

Very nice atmosphere. Menus printed on black and white ink and noticed other guest had colored ink menus. Servers wore T-shirts and casual atmosphere. When walking to the front door the place is extremely elegant. Shocked to find how the staff was dressed. Ordered the combination fajitas and the steak was chewy and stringy. Ordered the salsa sampler with guacamole, pico and queso which was not placed together on a platter or dish. Thought this was strange. read more

Not a good food experience. The Sunday brunch, cold, all "hot"dishes were cold. Salt, each dish very salty. No vegetables on brunch buffet. Can't imagine management will improve the food. My impression cannot be new... read more

I brought my daughter and mom here on Mother's Day, May 8th 2022....yikes. I was embarrassed, overcharged, and left hungry. Instead of a menu, they were only offering a buffet. This buffet would have made a Super 8 Motel look like the Four Seasons...and that's being generous. They had: cold scrambled eggs, bacon, frozen circular sausage patties, diced potatoes, toast, beans, runny queso with chips about 5 empty trays that were never refilled. One appears to be some sort of french toast and an enchilada tray...but since they were never refilled, I can't be certain. They were offering mimosas so I ordered a bottle of champagne for $20 and they offered juices (oj, cranberry, pineapple), but then tacked on a $3.50 charge for each juice. In total, I spent $100 on the 3 of us for brunch....and had 2 triangles of toast, a piece of burnt bacon, and a few bites of cold eggs. The mimosas were the best part. We all left disappointed and hungry. The venue is beautiful. The patio and views, amazing! But the food and service needs ALOT OF WORK. Fine dining is a definite misrepresentation. read more

Lago used to be very nice. Now it's not. The food is very mediocre Mexican food and is outrageously priced. It's very hot inside we wanted to get away from the heat so we sat inside instead of out but we would've honestly been cooler outside. The service was not at all that good, our waitress didn't fill up our drinks once until our food came out which was about 40-50 minutes. I can see why the place was desolate on a Saturday night. There is nothing good about this place at all. read more

Was looking forward to a great night for our 15th anniversary. Heard great reviews and several people recommended so we gave it a shot. HORRIBLE! I dont know if we caught a bad night, but service was sloooooooow, food was terrible and it was like a ghost town inside. I had grilled salmon with rice and vegetables. Salmon was dry. The rice wasn't edible and definitely wasn't freshly made... tasted old. Husband had carne asada. He said it was ok. Drinks were just ok. AND ALL SERIOUSLY OVERPRICED. WILL NEVER GO BACK. read more

One star is too much. My kids went there tonight for dinner before prom and the service was sub-par. The server spilled water on my daughter and her friend and he just laughed and never apologized. The large party that came after them were served first! And to top it off the food was not great. They ran out of limes and all of the kiddos ordered tacos. Wished they had had a better experience for their first time their. I expected better for the price. read more

About a decade ago, a coworker told me about this place and I've always wanted to visit. Today was the day. At 1 pm, it was full sun HOT, but we wanted to enjoy the view of the lago so we sat outside. The host pointed the massive fan in our direction and with the patio shade, we were set. Aidan was our waiter. He greeted us and the restaurant was not busy at all so he was very attentive. We ordered water with limes and avocado egg rolls. These were swiftly delivered and were even tastier than the ones we recently tried at BJ's. Husband ordered the meatloaf. It was tasty but he'd wished the sauce was not drizzled over his potatoes and veggies. I ordered the Texican Chopped Salad, but they were out. They accommodated my vegetarian request by making street tacos with black beans even though it wasn't on the menu. They were excellent with the sautéed veggies and cilantro lime rice. Portions were hearty and delicious. We enjoyed our visit, food, service, and the views. read more

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We really enjoyed our visit here.. Friends had recommended it to us so we all went together for a late lunch. The property the building and the view were absolutely phenomenal.. It was a little surprising when we got a menu that that had items and prices blocked out as this looks like a very upscale place. Takes only a few minutes to change and reprint especially with great menu apps available. So beautiful there...Looks like it should be in the middle of wine country somewhere.. Our friends had been here before so they asked about a special Margarita they had gotten and the girl said she didn't know what it was and brought him a regular Margarita.. We asked for the drink menu and the 1st thing on the drink menu is a special pineapple Margarita.. When I asked what type of tequila was in it because it says it had pineapple tequila, she answered that they don't have that anymore so they just use regular tequila and pineapple juice.. Hmm..she was apologetic on the confusion over the margarita and offered to bring the proper one which was nice, but we declined and enjoyed the regular margarita. They were good but honestly the tequila was not evident when served in a 16 oz Mason jar. We ordered the Avocado spring rolls and they were good. Our friends had the jalapeño meatloaf and Dolly Pardon salad. They said the meatloaf was excellent although jalapeño was not spicy at all it still had jalapeño chili flavor. It is glazed in sweeter bbq sauce and he enjoyed it alot. She liked her salad but wished she had ordered the Pico bowl which is what my husband and I had. It was excellent and met my expectations. Would have been even better with fresh roasted corn and cojita cheese for extra flavor! Presentation was nice. We had a gentleman come by and ask how our food was and he also talked to us as we were looking at pictures of the bldg plans and family that were up front. I assume he was the manager. I saw many bad reviews that talked about so many bad things that were not evident on our visit. I would definitely return based on this visit and i would recommend you going and giving it a try. I will say the staff looks very young, and that can be great as long as they receive lots of training, have systems in place and are taught what customer service means..it sounds from reviews that lack of staff training has been a past issue. Sara did a good job at our table this trip. She complimented our menu choices, checked back on us and didn't balk at splitting our check. She made us feel welcome and thanked us for coming. Sorry I didn't take pictures as food and property were beautiful! read more

Wow, we really didn't want to believe the negative comments about this restaurant, but they are spot on. Complete fail by management. We arrived with no hostess to greet us. We wandered around for a few minutes, no greeting or acknowledgement by the bartender, and were finally assisted by a waitress. The establishment is absolutely gorgeous, and we asked to sit on the patio with a spectacular view of the little lake. The crab cakes arrived first, and unfortunately it seemed the crab had turned, or was very close. It was sour and fishy. Sent the app back. Dinner showed up more than an hour later, and we were one of only five tables on the patio. The meatloaf sounded great, but the mashed potatoes were sour and the meatloaf was swimming in sweet bbq sauce, which completely overpowered any flavor of the dish. After a few bites I was done. My father had the Pollo Blanco, and the white wine sauce was okay but the chicken was tasteless. He ate half of it was done. The only success was the Shrimp Alfredo, ordered by my stepmom. I say this is a total management failure because the table next to us got one of their entrees our first while the other entree was MIA. The couple sat there as his dish cooled, waiting for hers to arrive. When hers finally did, the man's dish was sent back. The manager care out to check, apologized, and was never seen again. In the restaurant business if a table has a bad experience you bet the manager is making the rounds. There are too many other restaurants out there to waste your time and money on this one, and that's a shame. read more

Attended an event Friday 7/21 and had an awesome time. The staff were attentive, the ambiance was great and the food was really good. Will definitely go back read more

We were greeted outside with a fountain that wasn't working and was a skummy green. There were very few cars in the parking lot. We were met at the door by a very pleasant hostess and we were seated immediately. It took about 10 mins for a waitress to come take our drink order. While she was there we ordered an appetizer as well. Another 10 mins later she returned with our drinks. We ended up waiting about 20 mins before our appetizer arrived. We ordered the queso fundido which was very tasty. Our appetizer was comped due to the wait. My husband ordered fajitas and I had the carne asada both came with cilantro lime rice. It didn't seem that there was any cilantro or lime in the rice. It tasted like buttered rice. The chicken fajitas were good. The carne asada could have had more flavor. The place definitely has potential with both a beautiful setting and building but needs to work on service with food and drinks arriving timely. Well give it another shot to see if it was an off day. read more

Went from heard about it to been there tried it. AMAZING atmosphere! Outside patio, inside dining, bar = !! Very friendly service & food is exceptional. read more