The Local

Restaurant was overpriced and food was below average. They gave us no plates and the taco shells were stale. They charged for chips and salsa ($4). Appetizer portions were small and chips only came with one plate of chips. The rice and bean sides are not mexican rice and beans. They are served in paper boats like you would see at a high school football game. Service was slow and not professional. Waitress rarely refilled and forgot several requests during serving and did not know what she was doing. It costed us over $60 for 2 meals along with chips, salsa, and queso. Food was not good and we did not even finish our plates.

Very good food!! We got there right before close but clean and nice atmosphere!

Food was great! But the customer service was horrible I commend the bartender and Sara but everyone else treated us poorly. After telling us we could sit. Changed their mind and took the table back mid meal. Not the way you should do business especially being a local restaurant. And claiming the local name I would say 2/10 for that service.

I went to this restaurant for my birthday with my family. Although we were not a party of 8 all of tickets were charged a 20% gratitude. I said since it was not posted that I had to pay a 20% gratitude I didn't want to pay that. At that a point a woman posing as the Gm came up and got in my face like she wanted to fight me. She said since you don't want to pay the gratitude watch this and she began calling the police on me. Her name I found out was Ashley. Thanks for stealing my money and eveyone in my birthday party group. THIS WAS A HORRIBLE 56TH BIRTHDAY! I will never return! The food was generic at best BTW 👌

Avacodo dip was delicious but the bacon shrimp was not what we expected

Totally yes, great place in Downtown Abilene.
Didn’t get to try the food, but the cocktails are delicious, and the customer service is in point.
I shall be back for sure.

I was recommended this place by several people for their tacos. Googled it and saw pics. Looked interesting and fancy. Went by, sat at the bar. And Seth the bartender and zack the training bartender were super friendly and awesome. Made me feel like i was A regular. Atmosphere was awesome. It’s something you’d see on a 6th street bar type. But with a small town coffee shop vibe. Being Hispanic I’ve eaten lots of tacos. And tacos al pastor were BOMB. The way the juices and the salsa lock together and bring in the flavors were 🔥🔥🔥🔥. Also recommend the chips and queso! Will be back again.

For as upscale as the place looks and the prices, I expected much more. The service was good, the portion sizes were great (smaller than most places, which is more realistic & healthy). But the food was a huge let's down. My grilled pork had big chuncks of burnt fat in it. I literally had to spit out about a third of the meat. My queso was bland and the cheese was grainy. I couldn't even eat the portobello mushroom. It was slimey and chewy. My husband wouldn't even eat it and he loves mushrooms! To top that off, we took it home and the dog even refused to eat it. I don't mind paying high prices for good food and service. But I do expect a level of quality to match that price. We will give the place another shot, just in case it was an off day. But I'm really hoping for more quality next time.

We came here for the hype reviews but the only pros from our visit was the atmosphere and friendly waitress. Everything we ordered was over salted and the frito pie was extremely dry. Sadly, we will not visit this place again.

Food is always delicious!