Reservations are a must especially if you have a large party of 5 or more. The staff was friendly. It's good authentic TexMex cuisine. The salsa was freshly made. I ordered the summer special which was the summer shrimp fajitas and they were delicious. The mango lemonade was refreshingly good. I love the location of the restaurant because there are so many things to do around there. I will definitely be visiting again. read more

3 stars for the food. 5 stars for the service. The restaurant itself is really nice & a great spot for late night eats/drinks, but I honestly wouldn't visit here again because the food wasn't spectacular especially for the price tag that was attached to the meals. We made incorrect reservations for a Saturday night so once we got there it was easily changed and we were seated immediately. Our waitress, Franchesca, was fabulous! She took great care of us and easily engaged in conversation. We asked her for recommendations on what to order and she was easily able to break it down and explain what would be best. In the meantime, we had chips and salsa (addicting) to munch on that kept rolling in. Our food did not take long to get to us. My shrimp tacos were a little underwhelming. The slaw and mango/pineapple salsa were cut into big pieces as big as the shrimp. I will say though, there was a good amount of shrimp on the tacos. Just not the flavor I was expecting. I also ordered refried beans to replace the black beans. The food was just okay. Wasn't satisfied. Wanted to order dessert but I only saw 2 options which were both price at over $25...hard pass! Great location and it's spacious on the inside to include outside seating with views of the shopping center. read more

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I try not to write reviews about places that I go to regularly. Well, tonight is last night we will be going to eat here. We ordered the taco kit to go. I expect to wait at least a half hour once we pull up and I have kind of come to expect that. However, when I pay $60 for a meal, I do expect to at least have all of my food and have it be edible. I'm a sucker for churros. Took a bite of one on our way home, super cold. Maybe it was a sign I shouldn't be eating them. Fine. Come home, start pulling the taco stuff out and there are no tortillas. Okay. Well, we will call. My husband waited on hold for 30 minutes to talk to a manager while continually having someone pick up the phone, not say anything to him and put him back on hold. When we finally got ahold of the manager, this dude proceeds to tell my husband that we can come pick them up. Bruh. You just wasted how much of our time? Nah. So this dude proceeds to tell us he will refund the $16 for the tortillas. No apology. The customer service and professionalism was atrocious. Also, why in the hell am I paying $16 for some tortillas?! read more

Food wasn't the best, its typical whitewashed Méxican. Service was awful, we ordered the chocolate piñata thing and my mom and I had to clear our table because the waiter never picked up our table. The ambiance was okay it was way too cold and smelled like feet. I wouldn't recommend this location at all though we thought they were going to sing happy birthday like every restaurant but they threw the piñata thing and left, the waiter treated better the white people next to us. It all felt racist, nothing was expensive but the service was poor, we waited 2 hrs for food when the place wasn't full. In all a 0/10 never coming back. The lady in the picture and the one making tortillas were both texting and talking next to each other and making tortillas and they looked us like we were about to dine and dash, like you know a face of "ew". read more

Uncle Julio's - Tex-Mex Near Me - Woodbridge, Virginia

Best chips and salsa. Chips are thin and crisp. Frozen swirls are perfect. Easy to book reservation on Resy app read more

Uncle Julio's - Tex-Mex Near Me - Woodbridge, Virginia

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This place was delicious!!! My boyfriend and I wanted to eat here because it was very nice outside and wanted good dinner and drinks. It was crazy packed when we walked in and there was a 30min wait for a table but that didn't guarantee an outside table. the bar had no wait so we just decided to eat inside. I ordered a frozen sangria and we split the chicken and steak fajitas for two. No sooner than I was sipping my drink our food came to the table. It was SOOOO fast, hot and tasty!!! The chicken wad juicy and nicely seasoned and so was the steak. It wasn't skimped in pieces or anything. We each got a plate of rice, beans, guac, cheese, sour cream and lettuce. We spent a total of 25-30 min at the bar and that included or while dinner, wait and finishing our drinks. If the service stays this great we will deff be back. read more

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Ordered through DoorDash. Paid over 90$ for two people. Ordered two Swirls (margaritas with sangria). Drinks did not arrive. Tried to reorder drinks and restaurant wouldn't let me without the purchase of more food. We didn't want any more food. Called restaurant and asked for a manager. Was put on hold for 15 minutes. Decided I was no longer in the mood for Swirls... read more

Sat down and the server had placed a water jug on our table without any cups. Got our cups 30-40 minutes even when we asked for it. Service was bad and the server knew she messed up on our table because we overheard her tell that to another server. Thanks Yahaira. Service so was bad that our gauc came while we were boxing our food lmao. read more

I will never go to this location again. I and my family attempted to have dinner at this restaurant last night and experienced one of the worst displays service thus far. Once the waiter submitted my order, I noticed 4 other couples that where seated after my family received there meals well before us. When I made this apparent with my waiter and going as far as to point out the families little to no action was taken. I then discussed my frustration with this treatment with the manager (a mid height spanish man with short hair) he stated that he would check the kitchen. I which he never went to the kitchen, but outside to straighten chairs. I then made my waiter aware that myself and my family would no longer require service and leave. Being a prior military veteran and a business owner, I have never seen hospitality this aweful before. I personally will never return. date: 09/30/2023 time: 1936 read more

The food is delicious and the prices are reasonable. The portions are huge so I would recommend taking a big appetite. The service is cordial and efficient. There is seating outdoors and social distancing inside. The restaurant is clean and well maintained. read more

I've thought about this review since we visited Uncle Julio's yesterday. We have family in Texas and when we visit, going to dinner at Uncle Julio's is something we look forward to every, single time. I was initially pumped when we moved to the area and have an Uncle Julio's just minutes away. Unfortunately, although the names are the same, the experience is simply night and day. The food is good, the meat is seasoned well, but honestly, that's as good as it gets. We met friends after a movie, so it was well after the lunch rush when we arrived. I'm not going to describe in detail every mistake the server made, but no tortillas with fajitas (while waiting for someone to come by the meat ended up cold), and we had to ask about every we ordered. Cheese dip was not hot, addition shrimp with the fajitas not brought out, and one of the appetizers we ordered never came out. Someone finally replaced our server and he was left to try and unscrew what had not been a pleasant experience. There was a manager on site, but he wasn't walking around asking customers how things were going. Perhaps he's new or something, I don't know. Although the food is good, they have lost a customer. With so many other options, why would we return to a place that is just not where it should be. read more

My husband and I went with another couple here to enjoy some Mexican food (One of the couple is Mexican). Truly one of the most awful experiences food and drink wise. They brought out 2 different salsas. The regular was so full of salt, no one could eat it! The spicier one was slightly better but also salty. My margarita was awful. They use a sour mix that they make every day. I sent it back for a different one, also bad. The 3rd was a watermelon one with a fresh slice that made it tolerable. Now the food... the refried beans were a lump of cold whatever. The black beans were full of salt. My husband's guacamole was fermented and fizzing. The stuffed poblano with crab and shrimp was good. Our friends' chicken and steak bowls were good as well as my husband's shrimp. This place has gone downhill since it changed hands a short while ago. The manager Robert was very kind and understanding but he didnt even discount our bill. How does a Mexican place not be able to make a fresh Margarita, probably never going back. Don't waste your time here, it's not the same! read more

Dirty dishes. Dirty napkins. Brought out fajitas with no tortillas. Waited another 10m before getting the wrong tortillas. Never refilled drinks. Side dishes brought out cold. Staff were friendly and tried their best. This is the absolute failure of the restaurant GM. Do better. read more

The time has finally come that I can no longer support this Uncle Julio's location after years of regularly dinning in and supporting them via carry out orders during over the last year. With carry out order is literally a crap shoot when yo I arrive, the lack of a standardized process can leaving you standing around waiting for someone to help you. Even when you try and say: something you get the "someone will be right with you". The biggest issue for me is the lack of quality control. This evening we purchase the family dinner of fajita with the bacon wrapped shrimp. The chicken fajitas were burnt and extremely dry. The Steak wasn't to bad, prepared to a nice internal medium to medium rare but the outside was burnt and that is all you could taste. Same with the bacon wrapped shrimp. They were all burned so bad all you tasted was the horrible burnt meat taste.. The cook or whoever prepared the order flipped the meat over to hide how charred the meat was, specifically the chicken. They didn't seem to try and even hide the burned shrimp. I really feel for the servers at this location, having to rely on tips and to lose regular customers who alway gave generous tips will now lose out in much needed money b/c of the "back of the house" staff who aren't reliant on tips to make money. I hate leaving reviews like this, especially for a restaurant I have frequently dinned at since it opened. However, a point in time comes after numerous bad experiences that you have to move on. It's like a relationship that starts of good, but after a while your partner starts to take advantage of you and your generosity. At some point you just have to let go no matter how much you once loved them.. Oh, I loved the chips and salsa. I will miss the chips and salsa dearly. See below when "management" send the same copy and paste message they send to everyone.. Sure I know you will forward this to the correct person and no I will not patronize your business again.... To many other establishments around who go above and beyond of guest and actually fixes issues vs providing lip service You want me to give you another shot, sure I'll do that at your expense... If you are confident on your restaurant and fixing the issues, that should be a problem.. I'll be waiting for the offer for you to earn my business back! read more

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Literally waited for 15 min without a server to come and greet us, let staff know and still didn't get served after waiting another 15 mimutes. Ended up having to just leave. Spoke to a manager who first said she sent another server and a manger to speak to us/help and no one came. Used to always come here but service has been terrible lately. read more

My family and I have been coming here since it opened and it is usually pretty good. Tonight's service was absolutely terrible. If I could give less than one star I would. This is not the first time things were slow, but this is by far the worst experience we've had. We made a reservation today at 2pm for a party of 14 for 7pm. So 5 hours notice, which in this area should have been fine. We arrived on time and were seated quickly, but that is where the quickness stopped. It took over 20 minutes for us to even be first approached with chips and for water and drink orders, and another 30 to receive our cocktails, water refills, more chips, etc. (primarily simple margaritas). 3 people in our party did not receive their FIRST cocktails (which we ordered after sitting there for 20+ minutes, which was still 15+ minutes before ordering our food) until HALF WAY through their food. That is completely unacceptable. Our checks (4 of them- we stated at the very beginning that we would be splitting the checks- the waitress even took our orders according to each check- and we even sat according to who would be on each bill from the start) took easily another 30 minutes to arrive after our plates were cleared. Once they arrived, 3/4 of them were wrong (overcharding us, increasing numbers of drinks, etc.), and then took AN ADDITIONAL 20+ minutes to track down (who we assume to be) the manager to get it fixed. Overall, it took us nearly 2.5 hours which is completely insane. We had family who have been traveling all day and were tired, this was unacceptable. As usual, the food was pretty good. But after this experience, we will not be returning. We did not even get an apology (at least I didn't, as the reservation holder, but I don't believe others in the party did either). We did get roughly $50 off of one bill (that was still over $200), I am unsure about the other checks in our party. However, $50 and no apology does not solve this problem. This was completely unprofessional and embarrassing, as we had family visiting from out of town on our recommendation. We will not be back. read more

The place is nice. Service is good. But the food is so average. I've had food from here three times in the last three years and it's never been better than average. Not sure if it's like this at every Uncle Julio but if it is then I'm not sure how the chain is successful. The food would be acceptable to me, if it were a small Mexican delivery restaurant near my house. But for the premium these guys charge it's a let down every time. Salmon was average, carne asada was average and chicken fajitas were okay as well. The shrimp in the salad and fajitas was portioned so little. Guacamole was okay, salsa was not that good. The chips were good though. No value any where on the menu unfortunately. If someone offered me free chipotle or free Uncle Julio's. I would pick chipotle and throw some smoked Tabasco on it every time. This place hasn't changed their food in years and I don't think they will. Most likely I won't eat from here again. read more

Stopped in for a quick lunch on a Monday afternoon. This restaurant has a large selection of frozen and non frozen margaritas. Did not have a chance to try any due to the absolute freezing outside temperatures but they seemed decently priced. Decided to get the fajitas, very delicious and huge pieces of chicken. The salsa that came with the chips and salsa was very strange it was oily ? Other then that everything was good! Prices are higher then other Mexican places but expected in that complex. read more

Uncle Julio's - Chicken fajitas - Tex-Mex Near Me - Woodbridge, Virginia

Not a huge Mexican food fan, but this place is tops on my list. The chips are warm, thin & crispy. The salsa is pleasantly different than every other salsa, at every other Mexican restaurant. Not a fan of Guacamole either, but their table-side Gauc is quite good and fun and their tacos are outstanding. They even have a conveyer belt, where you can watch the chips being made! Very nice experience. I can't believe Fredericksburg doesn't have one by now. Fred-Vegas has every food chain known to man! read more

Uncle Julio's - The piñata is to die for! - Tex-Mex Near Me - Woodbridge, Virginia

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The wait time was short, although it was super packed, the waiter was amazing, very attentive, very polite, and very knowledgeable about the menu options, the new dinnerware chairs and tea light candles is a nice touch to the dining experience. The food was nothing short of amazing. read more

Best taco salad ever! Everything is so fresh and delicious . The covid protocol made me feel safe dining inside. read more

Uncle Julio's - El jefe margaritas - Tex-Mex Near Me - Woodbridge, Virginia

Horrible. Never again. I get there and want to be seated on the patio, beautiful day so one would think it's a reasonable request. Only three tables with patrons; the rest empty. I'm told no because they just sat two tables out there so it wouldn't be fair. Umm, excuse me? I work in a windowless area, just spent 10 hrs inside, and I needed fresh air not to mention it's nice out but I guess that's not there problem so.... Okay, no problem, I'll sit inside. Hostess takes me, my one self, all alone to a 5-6 person half moon booth. Okaaay. Mind you, literally the whole place is empty except for one other table and a few people at the bar. She wanted me sat at the bar and I didn't though I should have because last time at the bar, the ladies at the bar were phenomenal. Next, the young male server comes and asks is anyone else coming? Nope. I say they sat me here all alone. So then I want to order a Birria appetizer for my meal and ask him is it enough and he said it's substantial, cool, nice guy seems like he might be high but hey? Why not if ya can? So, on to the birria, I say super!!! I'll have that please but with flour instead of corn tortillas. Nope, no can do he tells me. Oh, I say, is it pre-made? Oh no they just don't do modifications. What? In this day and age where everything is modified, gluten free, lactose free, meat free, this free, that free, etc., and I never ask for mods since I eat everything....except corn tortillas, something about them I cannot handle. Still, little homie says no can do. So I say okay, what can I have on the menu with flour tortillas? He has no clue. I just say thanks and sorry for being rude but I'll just go. He walks away without another word not even okay have good night, sorry about that, or even whatever Karen. So I get up and leave and consider speaking to the manager but I'm assuming they are as useless as their ridiculous staff. Of course, they want a huge tip and I'm a huge tipper because I was a server so I feel the pain but it must be earned, sorry. You need better staff but bad staff starts with the management who should be mentoring the servers. read more

We came here today and had made a reservation and we got seated pretty quickly. The food was phenomenal as always but I had to update my review because I wanted to mention how fantastic our server was. Her name was Zoe, she was sweet, she was attentive, she was just all around awesome. It was the best service we have had at this location. She made sure our tortillas came out with our food, made sure our steaks were cooked to order, and she was just amazing she deserves an award for being that attentive while the restaurant was full. read more

This restaurant has changed a lot since it opened years ago. Not sure if it has to do with management or cooperation trying to reduce food cost, but service and food is not worth the cost the charge for their food. We went yesterday and we try about once a year, just to see if anything may have changed for the better, and we have not had a good experience in the past five years. read more

The food once you actually get it is decent. Online ordering could be improved. Things like steak tacos have to be ordered on the phone because there's never an option online. The service here has always been questionable. No need in ordering curbside because they won't actually bring it out. You have to either call and ask for it or go inside and get it. read more

Stopped by on an rainy day. Service was slow. margaritas with the floater of tequila in the lime peel was awesome. Appetizers quite tasty Food great. Was impressed with the at table check out with the "ipad" check out. Swiped our card. Our card never left out sight. Impressed. read more

The first time we came we did not have a good experience at lunch. We were surprised because it seemed out of the norm. The manager invited us back to try again. We came back for dinner and it was an amazing experience. Our waiter was fantastic and attentive. The manager, Olivia, stopped by mutliple times to makes sure we enjoyed our experience. We have Uncle Julio's locations near us but we would travel further to come here. I leave 4.5 stars. I can wait to try it again. read more

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This restaurant is delicious! My go to is the carne asada but honestly I haven't had anything I don't like. I have to give a shout out to RJ, our waiter because he went above and beyond. He was attentive, polite, and friendly. We will definitely be back! read more

Uninspired Mexican food--will never go back! And the overpriced dishes make it that much worse!

14 Oct 16-Brian, our waiter, was absolutely fantastic. He was attentive and fast. The food is still amazing with generous portions. The carnitas tacos is great if you want more than just one type of taco. Get the table side guac! ---- The food is excellent. Try the table side Guac. It us fresh and made to your taste. The Guadalajara is a great choice with steak, chicken and shrimp. The out side seating is a great place to listen to the summer concerts read more

Food was horrible, service was horrible and very pricey. This place is ridiculously overpriced. read more

Uncle Julio's - This is supposed to be chicken fajita bowl. - Tex-Mex Near Me - Woodbridge, Virginia

This place is my go to diner when I don't know what to eat. Great food, waiters, and don't get me started on the salsa. Highly recommend.

Glad to see others agree with me that this place is terrible. I really wanted this to be good considering other Uncle Julio restaurants like the one in Bethesda and Gaithersburg are great but the food was extremely bad when I went and very overpriced. read more

I can't believe this place is still in business I came here 3 years ago with my wife and the food had so much oil in it I could cook with it for months, Then we decided to go back last month the chicken taco tasted like nothing the food was so bad even when I came home I gave it to my neighbor he spit it out really quick the food is disgusting I don't understand how you guys are still in business. And the funny thing is the food costs us $70 it was extremely expensive. I will never ever ever come back here again read more

What's the point of taking reservations if when the entire party gets there not only are the tables not available but the hostess lied and said they were cleaning off the table..... For 20 minutes??? They even called us at home the day before to confirm that we still needed the reservation.... What was the point of that??? On top of that they had the nerve to tell us don't stand by the door at the time of our reservation. Its kind of hard for 15 people to stand anywhere without getting in someone's way. Then I asked the manager (Jerrick maybe) what's hold up and he tells me that the people seated there before us we still there after over and hour and half. I'm just trying to figure out when did they seat them 3 days ago when I made the reservation? The drinks are good but they changed the size of their glasses from when they first opened like no one would notice. Lastly like all the other reviews I ordered my steak medium-rare and it came out well done. So apparently you can ask to have your steak cooked how you like but they're pretty much gonna do what ever they want to do. Hostess were so rude, they didn't say hello they didn't make eye contact and there was like four of them. When I asked them a question I felt like I was bothering them. They remind me of pidgeon's how you can see them walking around making little noises but when you approach them they fly away like just so happens now she has something she has to do in the back. read more

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Don't look like much when you walk up and it gets even worse these days when you go in. I was a fan before the pandemic but down hill from there. I tried to give it one more try on Wednesday, BIG mistake. The chicken had the look and texture of bad frozen chicken from a bag and the stake, (ordered medium well) was blackened with ashe, overcooked and was like chewing a rubber band. And on top of all that, I made the big mistake of picking up my plate and ended up with black ashe all over my hands, my light colored shirt and anything else I touched. The server was sarcastic and the manager was even worse. Here is a tip for anyone interested. Save your time and money, go to FIREBIRD Bar and Grill instead, it's just seps away. read more

I heard great things about this location from family and friends but unfortunately it did not live up to the hype. I ordered to go because we're in a pandemic. I got home and reheated some items so everything was streaming hot (I had no problem doing this). However this is the issue with this location: the food lacks flavor / seasoning. The salsa is also bad (not sure how that is possible). Do not waste your money; go somewhere else for "Americanize Mexican" food. read more

If you didn't have time to read the entire review, come here only if you are curious, having extra bucks to spent for no reasons, bored or just want to experience the hype. This restaurant is always busy, no matter what. Been here twice or thrice I believe. The Ambiance is what we supposed to expect, nothing extra special. The waitress not the friendliest but not the rudest. Food wise, it's something that you eat and the next day you already forgot how it was. It doesn't make you keep thinking about nor craving for it immediately. But it's not taste bad just not that memorable. Price point, as expected, Stone bridge has their own "price point" and so this place of course. I am not an expert restaurant critics, so I will just make it easier. The whole point is, if you want to spend $ to enjoy food that has better taste, please go to another place that offers good food and good price. read more

Uncle Julio's and I got off to a really bad start. OK, its not like this place is cheap, so I was kinda pissed when they brought me some guacamole that tastes like mayonnaise. Those of you who know your guac know what I am talking about. Why do some of these restaurants cheapen the food like that, damn. The chips and salsa were decent, but that damn guacamole makes me want to cuss. This is not taco bell. My sister ordered the salmon..dry as hell. I ordered some type of combination that came with a cheese chile relleno, tamale, chicken enchilada, and a steak taco. The steak taco was the best thing on my plate, even though I didn't like the flavor they put on the meat. It tasted like mesquite or something. My plate was huge, too bad I had to leave it all behind. I think that Don Pablos and On the Border are much better if you are looking for a tex mex chain. This restaurant won't get any more of my money. read more

Poorly managed, smaller portions than prepandemic, and extremely slow service. We waited nearly 40 minutes for our order, had to flag down our server water refills, and had to ask for plates. Go elsewhere read more