Reviews for El Chico Cafe in Abilene, TX

The restaurant staff were awesome. I told the owner/manager that, and I said how they operated like a finely tuned orchestra. ... He was really appreciative and took the time to tell me how he was blessed to have the staff he has. He told me how important ElChico is to him and how he started there at 15 and worked his way up to manager and owner. I could tell he really cares abouthis customers, the business and his employees. The food was really great. I had tacos and a beef enchilada with rice and beansand it was all perfectly cooked. I never had to ask for a refill. The wait staff, even in a busy environment, had eagle eyes,and they really hustled to get us everything we needed in a timely manner. I was super impressed. I live in Austin and my wifeand I were visiting family in Abilene. If all of my family were to leave Abilene, El Chico would be reason enough to make thevisit. Thank you for a great experience and your kindness. Read more

This is the most friendly restaurant. Caesar is very welcoming and another woman who said it was her restraunt. The waitress... (Juanita, I think) was super sweet and informative about the menu. Free chips and salsa. Sweet tea was a little too sweet, andI'm a southern gal so that's saying something. I added a little water and was good. The food was delicious, fresh and hot. Wewill be back. ???? Read more

This place was horrible. My family and I tried this place for the first time and it was awful and expensive. The waitresses were... nice, I'll give them that. They sat us, greeted us, and took our orders in a timely matter and overall were super nice. But whenthe food was brought out, my plate was cold. I ordered the taco dinner and all of my tacos were cold. You could tell the flourtortillas had been sitting out for a while because not only were they cold, but they were stiff. One of my family members got acompletely different order, the extra tortillas were burnt and falling apart, and the guacamole was brown and bad. Overall,there are better restaurants in abilene if you want Tex Mex. But I personally will never be dining at El Chicos again. Read more

If I could give zero stars, I would. We went to El Chico for lunch today. We were sat at a booth at 2:45. As we were looking at... the menu others were sat and brought chips and drinks. By 3:00, we still had not had a server come to our table to take a drinkorder. Several other waiters came by and refused to make eye contact with our table. Since no one would look at us, instead ofasking for someone to take our order we left. No one even noticed we left. We were not acknowledged or thanked for coming. Willmost likely not return based on this experience since their are many other restaurants in Abilene that will serve customers. Read more

Food was okay, waitress was really nice and attentive. 14.99 for 4 pieces of fajitas that come on a small dish, with the rice... and beans, seems a little too much, for that small of a portion of food. Flour tortillas were hard, and food made our stomachshurt. We ended up in the rr most of the night. Other than that the atmosphere seemed nice. But we probably will not bereturning. Read more

This place is always FABULOUS!! JUANITA is always my waitress always knows exactly what i eat and drink.. Yall ask for her she... is the best Read more

We went for lunch. The food was really good. Our server was attentive, kind, and efficient. I would recommend.

The meat was dry and crumbly, the tortillas could not be cut because they broke apart. Nothing was fresh. It was too Spicy.... Tasted like a frozen dinner from the grocery store. I ordered online and the delivery driver had to tell me that they did nothave the dessert that I ordered. I will never eat at this restaurant /location again. This was the first and last. Read more