Carlos Tequila Grill

last weekend I was in carlos tequila grill restaurant, everything here is excellent. The staff, the bartender and the food more … I’m Mexican, born in Tampico, Mexico and had not tasted such a well prepared and so delicious tampiqueña. Congratulations to their owners, they are always attentive to customers and especially with warmth and simplicity that you feel as if you were eating at home.
Este fin de semana pasado estuve en carlos tequila grill, todo aquí es excelente. El personal, el camarero y la comida más … Soy mexicano, nacido en Tampico y no había probado una tampiqueña tan bien preparada y tan deliciosa. Felicidades a sus propietarios, que siempre están atentos a los clientes y, especialmente, con la calidez y sencillez que te sientes como si estuvieras comiendo en casa.

Really good experience. The service was excellent. Our server was very personable, and quick. The fresh chips and salsas were very tasty. My husband ordered the most amazing, delicious mole ever. My tacos were very good but I couldn’t so eating his mole!

We were super excited about this place opening, watching as the construction was in progress & waiting for the «coming soon» banner to be replaced with a «now open» or «grand opening» announcement. We actually thought the place closed before it opened because one day the «coming soon» sign was down & the place looked dark. We had to take to Unilocal to see what was going on to find out that it had been opened for a few months.
My hungrier half decided that he wanted to try out Carlos’ for his birthday dinner, so we checked it out. The atmosphere is eclectic; I swear their tables and chairs are from other chain restaurants (Chili’s tables, Champs Chairs), which sort of adds to the charm of the place. It is HUGE, almost too big. When we walked in, there were about half a dozen tables that were occupied & the rest was empty space.
The food and drinks were pretty standard, Americanized Mexican fare. Their margaritas were sort of indistinguishable from other places. The chips & salsa was pretty tasty & came with 3 kinds of salsa (pico de gallo, salsa verde, and «hot» red salsa). The chips were fresh & warm, homemade tasting, if not actually homemade. The salsa had a little kick to it but wasn’t hot by any stretch of the imagination. My mother-​in-​law was less than impressed with their chicken tacos, which she said lacked seasoning (even salt?). They were out of the mole, which I’m hoping means that it is good, so I got chicken enchiladas. The shredded chicken was pretty tasty.
I’d go back to try to mole, but nothing that we had made me want to run back in a hurry. If you’re looking for decent Mexican food that’s not offensive, Carlos is your guy.

Carlos Tequilla Grill offers some unique selections that helps set it apart from all the other Mexican restaurants in the area. The service is friendly and the food is freshly made. And the horchata is very good!

Meat undercooked heavily. Beers poured half full, everything poured directly out of the can and onto a flat top.
I give them a star for trying because the staff was really nice and I feel bad because this place probably won’t last very long.
Also — the place is awkwardly HUGE. Can seat about 200 people. We thought it was empty until we walked about 100yds into the place.

Worst service ever! We never even ate as we walked out after sitting there for 25 minutes without someone someone ever acknowledging us after we got our initial menus. We were seated and then no one ever came back again! There were three servers to probably 7 – 8 tables, tables literally right behind us and yet no one even gave us water, chips or checked on us when they were at the table one foot from us probably 10 times. We walked out after we heard the table behind us complaining about the lack of silverware, their food taking too long and no napkins. They clearly need to get their act together.

Wanted to try this new restaurant and we were very pleasantly surprised. The food was very fresh and delicious.
I had the steak burrito plate and it was very satisfying. The others in my group also enjoyed their meals.
The restaurant is huge. The staff is extremely friendly and eager to please. It looks like they have a very large room off the main dining area where they can have banquets. We will definitely be going back.

From the moment we walked in it was very inviting. The staff was very friendly and professional. A large variety of Mexican food. I recommend that you save room for dessert as the chocoflan is delicious!
The chile relleno, with the combo platter that also included a tamale and a taco was delicious. The meat was very tender, the sauce on the chile was amazing.
The bistec a la mexicana was excellent, it was a perfect balance of meat and vegetables, very tender meat and like the chile relleno, the sauce was perfect.
I will tell you, make sure you save room for dessert. The chocoflan is simply amazing!
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