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Abuelo's Mexican Restaurant

4.0 (1.2k reviews)
ModerateMexican, Tex-Mex, Seafood
Open • 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
Updated 3 months ago

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Casual
Moderate noise
Dogs allowed
Outdoor seating

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Dolores D.

First time here. They give you 3 types of salsas with chips complementary. Menu is pretty big. The portions are big too. I got the steak quesadilla. It was okay. Tasted like it had beans in the quesadilla. Came with rice and beans on the side. They do pina coladas. It was okay.

Tres Leches Cake
Kemlyn B.

Abuelos hits different! Chips and 3 complimentary salsas: roasted chipotle, Roja and a pineapple verde. Happy Hour daily from 11 am to 6 pm. Great $5 cocktails and apps like guacamole, queso, chile diablo and beef empanadas. We love the huge helping of queso and the fresh and bright guacamole. The Grande is huge: share it between 2 people: Crunchy beef taco, chile relleno, cheese, chicken and beef enchiladas, beef tamale served with guacamole and two sides. The papas or cheesy potatoes is to die for so we always get both papas. Save room to the magical tres leches cake!

Watermelon margarita!
Becca W.

We've been to Abuelo's a few times, and it's always good! I came here for lunch this time, and I really like how open and nicely decorated the restaurant is. The statue, the sky ceiling, and all the paintings make it feel really unique. The portions are huge, and the food is delicious. I got the Shrimp Fajita Salad, and my son had the Green Chile Chicken Quesadilla, we both loved our food! Their salsa is super good too. Definitely coming back to try their happy hour and Family-Style Feast next time.

Tawnya H.

Really nice "high-end" Mexican restaurant. We had a lunch special- and I had a margarita. Their salsa is amazing - 3 different varieties of deliciousness Service was great!!

Cheers Raspberry Hibiscus Margarita
Anetra T.

I wish I can give this place 20 out of 20 stars. So this past Thursday was my friend's 50th birthday. We had a total of 20 people in our party group. For some reason she did not make reservations ahead of time. Luckily her daughter did and they were able to accommodate us before we arrived. I have never been here before, since I'm visiting currently. However, the service alone was beyond amazing. While we waited for our table, which, by the way was not a long way at all, a few of us went to the bar and a few of us ordered the same drink, the raspberry hibiscus margarita. Now I was impressed because I purchased my own plus a drink for the birthday girl and they were under 30 bucks. Also, the taste of this drink was perfect. Once our table was ready, we were seated appropriately chips and salsa on the table, the two waiters that were split to service. Our tables accordingly were on point and the food was delicious. They were even kind enough to take our picture our particular waiter Giovanni went above and beyond for our table. The other gentleman helping out as well did amazing as well. I was so impressed with how they were able to get the tab settled and just how easy without any hassle everything went.

Mi Abuelo!
Mike G.

Our second time to this location. Again I got the chile rellenos. They messed up my order and brought rice instead of the papas con chile, so they brought me some as a side. Food was good, but service was a little hit and miss. I could've used more iced tea but didn't get a chance to order more. I'm guessing we'll be back next time we're in town.

12'31 -  Green Chile Pork Chimichanga, GOOOOOD
Nonie B.

Great food, great service and great prices. It's our go-to for Mexican food!! I usually get the Tilapia Veracruz, which I love love love. Went off, menu this time and and was not disappointed.

1/2 of this chimi had to travel home: so good!
Joyce S.

Update 9/25 Tried their empanadas and was very pleased with the flavor of the filling and the dipping sauce. My friend loved the chimichanga and had to take 1/2 home. I still can't get enough of the murals and that great central courtyard area with the clouds ceiling, but hard to get good angles of the murals because of the way they have the light shining off them. Once again the server was superb! My out of town friend remembered the old fountain in the center and missed it. I had to laugh since my review last time stressed that too! *******

Suzanne C.

Wow! Came to Peoria for Dodgers Spring Training and this place is across the street from our hotel. Such a pleasant surprise! Wonderful service, thanks to Paul. $5 happy hour daily from 11-6!

Brenna D.

Beautiful restaurant! Service was very good and my margarita was great. I had a steak special that was also very good.

Abuelo's Dip Sampler
John H.

Dined: 3 people on 3/21/26... We came to sample their Steak/Chicken fajitas, Cheese/Chicken/Beef Enchiladas and Chicken/Beef tacos for our banquet... plenty of open space seating which allowed us to talk at a reasonable noise level. Everything was very well seasoned and tasty! The free chips and 3 salsas are worth it! The Abuelo's dip sampler is an excellent starter! We ordered The Grande sampler & Steak/Chicken Fajitas Combos. We ranked the enchiladas chicken, beef and then cheese. Steak and Chicken fajitas are well seasoned. We did book our banquet and will be back for other occasions!

Enchiladas with black beans and rice.
Rick P.

Great service. Iced tea would empty and he was there to refill. I had the fajita tacos with rice and beans. Soft shelled tacos loaded with steak. Very good and very filling Good service good food and a really interesting art work all around for the restaurant.

Mexican stack - no lettuce.

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Nice atmosphere and good authentic Mexican food. I would recommend it. Not your typical Mexican restaurant

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Ask the Community - Abuelo's Mexican Restaurant

Is the patio dog friendly?

There is no Patio dining at Abuelo's in Peoria.

Do they use lard in the beans and fried food?

Yes in the refried beans. There is bacon but not lard in the charro beans and the black beans are vegetarian. Hope that helps.

Does Abuelo's have gluten free options?

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We have never eaten here since it opened a few years ago. We decided to try it out because it…read morealways seems to have a long line so there must be something good about it. The service was fast, but the food was not good at all. Rarely do I go somewhere to eat and feel this disappointed. Upon arriving in the drive-thru, the menu board looked horrible for a restaurant that has only been there a couple of years. There were remnants of stickers all over it where they'd crossed out menu items, but then apparently decided they were selling them again and didn't bother to get some goo gone to take off all the sticker parts, and one of the panels had nothing in it at all. The whole thing looked like it's been beat up. I don't usually notice these things that much, but I think it stood out to me because it's so new. I had checked out the menu before going and wanted the cod sandwich. We got there and they had a "discontinued" sticker across it on the menu board. So, we had to quickly figure out what else to order. We ended up with the fried shrimp meal, a lobster roll, and a chicken quesadilla. The only thing good about any of it was the fried shrimp. While it tasted a little salty, the flavor was good. Fries were meh. Lobster roll, I spit out my bite. Quesadilla was the most underwhelming excuse of a quesadilla I've ever seen. Smallish tortilla and cheese that didn't go to the ends with just a couple of big chunks of chicken. No good flavors here at all. We are both super disappointed and frankly I'm a little upset that I wasted a meal while also trying to talk myself out of feeling gross the rest of the day. While maybe someone could argue we ordered the wrong foods, this experience was so bad, I'll never give it a second chance.

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Left is chilled lobster roll, right is warm lobster roll and fries combo

Abuelo's Mexican Restaurant - mexican - Updated October 2026

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