Abuelo's Mexican Restaurant

today is December 6, 2023, approximately 5:24 PM. I went in there to eat dinner and the young lady her name was Brianna was very nice. I told her I was allergic to onions and she went and spoke to the manager and the manager came out and went over everything with me that did not have onions on it to be able to make sure that I was able to eat a good meal. I want to say thank you so very much you do not find this type of service anywhere anymore. Brianna went way beyond to be able to make sure that I was able to eat comfortably and so did the manager. Thank you so much. I will definitely be coming back to this location to eat again.

The first restaurant I had to visit coming back to Dallas after 15 years. I was extremely happy that the high quality of both food and service has held up. The menu has changed but the components of the dishes are more or less the same. I still love the jalapeño-stuffed bacon-wrapped shrimp, which comes as an appetizer or as part of entrees, and I tried the perfectly tender blackened chicken smothered in a delicious cream sauce. Oh, and I absolutely recommend swapping out the beans with papas (mashed potatoes) if your entree doesn’t come with it.

After reading several positive reviews about this restaurant, I was confident that it would be good, and thanks to Google Reviews it ended up being a great choice. Pretty much all the 1-star ratings had more to do with the service rather than the food. I did not experience any poor service whatsoever. Not only was our server very friendly and attentive, but another server volunteered to take our picture after she saw us struggling to get a group selfie. Food-wise, for starters, the chips and salsa were absolutely amazing. They were thin and crispy, and the 3 different sauces gave a variety of flavours. The best one hands-down was the green one. I knew there was something citrusy about it, but I couldn't figure out what fruit it was. After asking the server, we found out it had pineapple in it. It was subtle and not overpowering. When we were out of chips, our server brought a new batch without us having to ask for more. One small recommendation: the larger circular dishes should be used instead of the square ones, because it's not easy to dip the chips and they don't hold enough salsa. For my main dish, my burrito was absolutely perfect. The shredded beef was tender and easy to cut into. The guacamole was buttery smooth. The rice was fluffy, not hard like with many mexican restaurants I've been to before. 5 stars all the way!