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    Pablo's Mexican Kitchen

    3.9 (690 reviews)
    ModerateMexican, Tex-Mex, Seafood
    Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Carl S.

    Pablo's offers very good food and drinks consistently from one visit to another. My most recent experience was the Mahi Mahi fish tacos with red cabbage. I love this fish but this one was a little overcooked and dry. The seasoning drives the flavor making it acceptable and a good dish. However, the cilantro rice had no flavor and adding salt at the table couldn't rescue the dish. The service is fast but our server was very mechanical focused more on execution than customer service. I like Pablo's but the busy periods with large crowds makes it less favorable.

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    Carla H.

    My friend decided she wanted to come to this restaurant because it is her favorite spot and she wanted to celebrate her birthday. She had spoken so much about it I was excited to come. Open arrival in the evening we were greeted by staff food smelled good so I was excited. The location has plenty of parking as it is liked in a plaza. The ambiance was clean and the bar was pretty big. We ordered a chicken quesadilla, beef chimichanga, and I ordered the Puebla which had shrimp and habanero glazed shrimp. My beef on the plate was well seasoned and but the glaze on the shrimp was a lil too spicy. Everything else was fresh. I was disappointed that my friend ordered her chimichanga and the waiter brought out chicken was suppose to be beef then when it finally came out there was a long hair strand in the food. Then the third time she just kept it cause she didn't want to cause any trouble. We all ordered a margaritas I ordered the top shelf which was good. Overall it was my first time and the time it took to receive the chimichanga and the inexperience of the waiter not knowing the items and various substitutions on the menu was disappointing. I'm just concerned on the cleanliness of the kitchen. I had such high expectations on the spot. I'd tell people to give it a try as I'm not sure if I'd should come back. Also when the manger came to the table we showed him the meal he said a curse word and took the dish.

    Margaritas, tacos, and salsa. Amazing. Service byAlyssa,  impeccable.
    Tesha M.

    Alyssa was on bar tonight. She is a always composed, NEVER gets an order wrong, and always attentive. I have seen her swing from hostess to bartender and never falter. She is a definite asset to their esta in.

    Matador on a sizzling plate. Came out room temperature without any sizzle.
    Joe L.

    Walked in around 7pm with wife, kids, and in laws. No one greeted or seated us. We sat around for a few minutes trying to get the attention of anyone working there to no avail. Realizing we would not be seated, I had to walk to the back and let them know there was no one at the hostess desk (From the look I was given, I'm assuming the hostess desk up front is supposed to be unoccupied) Then I was asked "how can we help you?" A bit strange considering this establishment is a restaurant. I didnt think I had to let them know that we are here to eat dinner. Anyways, we are then guided to a table by another employee and we noticed almost every single booth is open and asked if we can sit in one of those. He said to give him a minute and walked away. The entire family now are just standing next to people eating, waiting for this guy to come back. Once he comes back he did not allow us to pick which table to sit at. He guided us to the other side of the restaurant and put us in a far away corner. At this point, it just seemed like they did not want our business. Our server was pretty much nonexistent. The plus side was that he smiled and was somewhat friendly. From walking in and getting our food was about 35 minutes. The sizzling plate came out without any sizzle and was room temperature. Food was overall okay but the poor experience definitely did not help. It would have been nice to have picked our table since the vibe was much more alive on the other side of the restaurant compared to being stuffed into the corner by the bar. If we sat where we wanted, maybe we would have seen our server more than twice. All of us wanted dessert but agreed it would have been too difficult to order and we did not want to be left hanging here for another half an hour. Luckily I was able to find and flag down our server before we were done eating to get the check so that we wouldn't need to sit around for a while when we were ready to go. Have gotten food here to go almost every time Im craving texmex (since it's 5min away from home) but this was my first time dining here. Will most likely be taking my business elsewhere now after this experience. 2 stars because the food was ok and servers/employees smiled (even though the service was non existent)

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    Tracy D.

    Easy to find and plenty of parking. The bar area had plenty of TV with lots of seating as well as the regular area. The waitress was nice and attentive, she gave my daughter flour play dough and that kept her quiet the wholeeeee time! Queso (5/5) - perfectly spicy and creamy Ceviche (2/5) Beef fajita & shrimp (4/5) - love the butter dip with it Tamales (4/5) Overall, good food and nice atmosphere with a big menu that'll make everyone happy. I would definitely come back.

    Jay J.

    Crawfish Quesadillas!!! Damn they were good. So good, I went back two weeks later and got them again Not sure if I'll be able to frequent this place cause it's far from me. But if I'm near it, I'll be eating their for sure

    Salad with homemade ranch. Chicken and steak, enchilada w/ white sour cream sauce, cilantro, lime rice.

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    4 years ago

    Pretty good. The bar service can be pretty slow but the drinks are strong. The food is good.

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    4 years ago

    Food is pretty good but very expensive. Service is very hit or miss. Margaritas are way too sweet, not good.

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    4 years ago

    Great food and service! I appreciate the consistency. I love that quesadillas! The drinks are yummy!

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    3 years ago

    Overpriced. Not good food. Not good service, actually terrible service and food. Will not be eating there again.

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    3 years ago

    The food and customer service was amazing I would 100%recommend this to anyone who loves Mexican and Tex med food places

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    3 years ago

    Expensive and smaller portions. It isnt the same as it used to be. I am just filling in this sentence for the character limit requirement

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    4 years ago

    Loud, overcrowded and overhyped, food is mid - like SUPER MID and I usually love Mexican as well as Tex mex.

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    3 years ago

    pablo es el mejor con diferencia. el servicio es de primera categoría. la comida SIEMPRE es DELICIOSA y el lugar siempre está limpio.

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    3 years ago

    Great Food and great service!! Wonderful ambiance! I highly recommend Pablo's Mexican Kitchen!!!

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    3 years ago

    Went on a busy Saturday night. Even though it was busy, our server, Thomas, was still very sweet and attentive! :)

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    5 years ago

    I guess someone bought out Pablos? But it's awful don't recommend coming here. And I for sure don't recommend the Mexican martini.

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    4 years ago

    Omggggg let me tell you about Pablo's tacos . I am literally in love, this is my new spot

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