Campo Verde Mexican & American Cuisine

Food is okay but not worth the price. Atmosphere is awesome with all the Christmas light & the little train that go around. Service is absolutely horrible, I came in 5 days after giving birth, with my baby & not one person offered a something to sit her down on, half the staff gave me mean looks just for bringing my baby in. Service at the table was not much better, the server was nice but our orders came out way wrong & we were charged for the wrong items & the manager refused to change it, would NOT recommend coming here for dinner!

Thank you Ruben for saving me a table for 15. I called you from a family funeral and asked a favor. You didn’t even know me
Nor was a regular customer. I AM NOW! Great job. Wonderful friendly service and great food. We will be back.

It is a unique atmosphere. Colorful, lights everywhere, train trolley rolling throughout, but I have to say the food really isn’t spectacular. However, this was a place a late friend of mine love so I am kind of biased. Definitely a decent happy hour though. Just don’t expect super authentic mexican food. More like tex mex and ketchupy salsa.

I eat there once a month and food is always good. I always eat in the bar area, I’m a smoker, sue me, and service has always been decent, even when busy. The food is good Tex-​Mex, if you want true Mexican food Arlington has a bunch of places that have that.
It’s not the Ritz but it’s clean, food is good and the people are friendly. Beer is Ice cold and the Margarita on the rocks is decent.

I took my brother and his family here in December because they always are decked out with Christmas decorations. My brother has a toddler and twin one year olds. We sat there for an hour and a half waiting for a table. They kept telling us 15 more minutes. Finally we hear our name and we go up and they say they already sat us. The hostess took the wrong family to the table, ones that showed up an hour after us! They didn’t offer anything to us to rectify the situation. The manager on duty kept running around with his hands over his head like he was overwhelmed. I will never go back here again.

Campo Verde is freak’n amazing. The margaritas aren’t the best, actually one of the worst I’ve ever had. But — the year round Christmas décor totally makes up for it in my opinion. If you like Christmas and kitchy kind of atmosphere, you will love this place. And the food is really pretty good. Not the best I’ve ever had (I live in San Antonio so their Mexican food is tough to beat) but probably the best I’ve ever had for the price. And definitely probably one of the best in Arlington. Oh — and our server was really good too. Very upbeat and attentive kid. Loved it.

So first off, we had some of the BEST service from Amanda tonight! She was working both parts of the restaurant and still made sure we had drinks, food, chips, cheese sauce, and all done with a big smile on her face! We will be asking for her every time we come in! Oh and she gives great recommendations for food, as well!
Second off, the atmosphere was super rad! So cool seeing the trains and super funky Christmas decorations!
The only thing wrong was the clientele– specifically the family next to us. They couldn’t be happy about anything and you could tell they were miserable human beings. Not even Christmas lights in February could lighten up their souls.

I want to begin by saying my husband and i have been in the restaurant business forever. I bartended for 17 years and my husband has been a gm for 20 years so we understand when things happen. I teach full time, but may get back into the restaurant business again soon with summer looming up and even thought about applying when i saw the help wsnted sign, but… we had the worse service I have ever had anywhere! My husband and I went there on friday, feb. 5 at about 8. We grabbed a couple of seats at the end of the bar. After 15 minutes we went over to where one bartender was washing dishes and the other was eating dinner and asked if we could possibly get some drinks. The margaritas were very watered down.
We moved to the front of the bar when someone left, but still couldn’t get anyone to take our food order. We were getting ready to leave when we were able to get the bartenders attention to order food about 9.
When we finally got our food, it was bland. At that point I had been without a drink for 17 minutes (at this point itwas such a joke i was timing it). At 9:50 the manager told the bartenders he was going to close the doors and not to serve anymore.
We will NEVER go here again!!! There is a serious problem with the culture of this restaurant. We actually heard one of the bartenders say if one of their bar tables wanted their check they would have to cone to them to get it. How disrespectful to the customers. I can’t believe this behavior is allowed by the owner and managers.

I rate 4 stars for a reason. This place is what you expect. It is 4 stars. It has VERY cheap lunch specials and it has lower than normal food prices. I have been coming here for maybe 15 years. The lights and decorations around Christmas are awesome.

IF I could select no stars, I would.
The food is ok… but if PRICEY Tex-​Mex is what you are looking for… Taco Bell may be an improvement for both your wallet and your taste buds!
Whatever you do, do not send back a plate that is not cooked correctly or not what you ordered! The manager could not care less about incorrect orders and will very rudely ask you to leave his restaurant rather than make it correct. Even the roaches they have are nicer than their manager, Ruben!
Horrible decision for dinner… Arlington tradition or not!

We went here for our annual campo verde/​interlochen tour of lights. We were early so no line for dinner. The food was very good as usual and the service was great.
I gave it three stars because of the restroom. If your not handicapped this won’t be important to you but I am. The men’s restroom has one stall and the toilet in it is very low. It’s difficult to get up from it. The restroom was also very trashy with lots of paper towels on the floor.
If you’ve never been here during the Christmas season, you really should go.
They know how to decorate. Between the trains and the Christmas lights it is worth a visit.

A regular place for my wife and I to go out at the end of a long week. Thursday special Guadalajara fajitas are the most amazing item on the menu. Lunch menu on the back are available all evening. Combination fajitas will feed two and have some leftover to take home. Everyone gets chips salsa and queso. Great flavor for very little money. A great local hole in the wall. I’ve moved away to a new city and this will be the restaurant I missed the most.

Our server was awesome!!! The food was great. The manager on the other hand was rude. He moved tables for a group of 9 to block the walk way. My husband had to move the extra chair at our table so he could move over so the people at the other table could sit down. When I mentioned it to the manager he said there is plenty of room. I’m not sure the fire dept would have agreed with him.

Expensive but entertaining. Christmas lights strung everywhere accompanied by a train that goes around the restaurant on the wall. The chicken tenders I ordered were nice but I thought the crust was kind of overcooked. I dipped it in the queso and it was nice. The ranch sauce was AMAZING. I would like to go back when it is not so crowded as I have misophonia and the sounds of too many people overwhelm me,

Most horrible meal, service, and atmosphere I’ve ever experienced. Cheese from a can, butter in a plastic bottle, and food made in bulk, left to sit for hours. The fajita meat was freezer burned and you could taste it, I found the hard end of an avacado with my tooth, that ended up in the guacamole, ouch, and it was soured probably from sitting all day, I won’t even go into it about the server… oh my. I Will never return.

Campo Verde boasts themselves as providers of «fresh delicious quality food with the utmost superior atmosphere and wait staff» but this place was the complete opposite. They’re known for their extravagant Christmas lights which you can actually see all year long because they’re probably too lazy to take them down. One cool thing is the little train that goes around the entire restaurant. That alone can entertain the little ones for a significant amount of time. That is until they start coughing up a storm from the stench of cigarette smoke, which is allowed at the indoor bar.
Mini Lunch — For $ 7.50 on a Friday, my mini lunch consisted of a grilled white fish, a cheese & chicken enchilada, beef taco, rice and beans. The grilled white fish was decent but I had this sick feeling at the pit of my stomach the entire time. I guess I was preparing myself for what was to come later that night.
A colleague of mine ordered the Panchito Lunch, which was less expensive, and was able to change his cheese enchilada to a spinach enchilada. When I asked if I could do the same, the waitress said no. Don’t get me wrong, she felt bad for saying no but she did say the chef would simply laugh at my request and give me the cheese & chicken enchilada. That kind of irked me a bit but the waitress made up for it by bringing me a complimentary spinach enchilada.
I think they try to compensate for their overly greasy, mediocre food by drowning it with cheese. Every item lacked in flavor and had an incredible amount of grease. It was difficult to enjoy but I ate what I could. Their beef taco looked/​tasted spot on to what Taco Bell serves. Their only redeeming quality is the chips and salsa. They supposedly make their own chips and their salsa had a nice kick to it.
Campo Verde? More like Campo Nunca!

I ate here for lunch on a Sunday; the #1 Lunch Special: 1 cheese and 1 beef enchilada with rice and beans including a ¼ cup of tortilla soup for about $ 9.00. We were also served chips, queso and salsa prior to our ordering. I thought the queso was ok but still lower quality than I expected, but it was free right? The menu prices at this restaurant are significantly higher than comparable places; I’m certain that «free» queso brought out with the chips is rolled into the price!
I really enjoyed the seasoned tortilla chips which were served up warm with room temp salsa which I prefer; however the bowls of salsa or should I say dipping bowls were a little small for my appetite; I had two or three stacked on top of one another as I emptied them. El Fenix also uses these small bowls for their salsa too, what’s up with that?
My cheese enchilada tasted good, but it was also covered with this same queso I previously mentioned. My beef enchilada tasted better than the cheese enchilada. The rice and beans were, well, rice and beans. The quality of ingredients greatly affects the flavor of any dish you serve and I felt this place cuts corners on the ingredients. IMO this place is charging $$ prices for $ quality. The atmosphere and décor of this place is fantastic by the way and my kids loved the model train running through the restaurant. This place draws big crowds during the evenings on weekends so they must be doing something right. They do have a full bar and it smelled as if smoking is allowed here. This is In Pantego, not Arlington, so I think smoking is allowed. Non-​smoking areas are plentiful and we never smelled smoke while we were eating.

I can always tell a good restaurant by the way they make their rice and beans. Today here at Campo, I really enjoyed my meal. This place is solid with their great flavor and large portions. My flautas were tasty and you gotta love their chips and salsa and their queso. Good job Campo Verde!
Cheers!

I adore Campo… i lived in tx many years ago and frequented it so its a must when i’m in town. The décor is lively and food is excellent. Our last visit did not disappoint. The chicken taco in a fried flour tortilla is killer. Enjoy!

As a restaurant, it’s pretty clear Campo Verde is an utter failure. For the sheer spectacle and holiday tradition of going in November or December to see the lights, the horrors of service and «food» are hard to overlook unless you’re entertaining guests without tastebuds who have never been before.
Campo Verde is a Pantego/​Dalworthington institution with terrible food upstaged only by (inexplicably) even worse service. Want to start off with a margarita once you walk through the wall of smoke behind the hostess counter? Don’t, they’re just lime flavored blended ice. Your fajita entrée, or really whatever you order, will be bland and chewy. If you made any special modifications, don’t expect your order to show up correctly. The tortillas taste like (and probably did) they came from the grocery store down the road. And for some reason the waitstaff can’t be expected to even ring you up correctly, as you’ll have to queue up to pay on your way out.