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Adelita’s Restaurant

4.3 (64 reviews)
Open • 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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Pableno Relleno with shrimp and steak
Rick P.

Service was great, walked in and was seated right away. The waiter spoke English, and communication was easy. The lighting and music were at a good level to keep a conversation and see the menu. The menu is huge, and you can find anything you want on it. The chips were typical corn tortilla chips, but the salsa was outstanding, not too hot, and plenty of cilantro for your taste buds. The main dishes arrived in a decent time. I had the spicy Tacos with chicken and chorizo; it was fantastic, a little spicy. The chorizo had a smoky flavor, and the chicken was not tough. Side dishes, rice, and beans. The rice was not sticky at all, and the beans had a smoky flavor unlike that of other Mexican restaurants. They were very tasty. The extra beef taco was filled with beef, no shortcuts there. Wife had the pableno dish. I tried the beef, which was very tender, and the pableno was excellent. My daughter and my wife said the shrimp were bigger than at most restaurants and had a great flavor. ( I'm allergic and could not try the shrimp) My daughter's dish was the spicy Nachos. Again, the beef was the most tender I have ever had at a Mexican restaurant, and I loved the white cheese queso and chorizo. It all just came together. This Mexican Restaurant is definitely a winner in my book. I will be back to try many other dishes. By the way, we went on a Monday night around 7:00 pm, it was not very busy at all.

Quesabirria tacos with street corn

The food here was so good. The staff was quick and attentive. We went on a Tuesday and there was a wait which I think tells you how good they are. Everyone else I went with got a combo with a quesadilla and tostada. The quesadilla had real chunks of chicken and melty cheese and looked delicious. My quesabirria tacos were good. The street corn was the best thing! So messy to eat but definitely flavorful. There are photo ops around if you are into that.

Left over choripollo with a piece of masking tape that was in it!!!!

We have always had good service and good food here so I'm not sure what happened but we went there last week on 8.6.26 brought home my leftovers and as I was eating the chicken found a piece of masking tape in it labeled 7.31!!! It was so gross there was something else questionable but I couldn't make it out so now I feel like parts of my meal were dug out of the trash or something. I wish I would have saw this in the restaurant. I just can't get past it needless to say we will not be going back. So let me know if there any good CLEAN Mexican restaurants in the Imperial area.

Amazing Elote and steak Quesadillas!
lucy t.

We wanted an early dinner (4:30) found Adelita's on Yelp. The restaurant is huge and we were a little worried because there were not a lot of diners. However we soon found out this place is FAbulous! Our waiter was so gracious and helpful. We loved the chips and salsa. The salsa is in a little carafe and you pour your serving into little bowls so everyone has their own salsa. Great Idea. I ordered the steak Burrito with black beans and My sister ordered Steak Quesadillas with Elote. We loved every morsel. Fun decor ..great staff ...high quality food. We are returning!! The restaurant was much busier when we left and we hope it will be around a long time so we can try all the items on their extensive menu!

Jodi R.

We wanted to try this since it was recently opened. It is a HUGE space and they made it very beautiful! Every single worker was super friendly and the owner or manager was the one that came over multiple times in addition to our waitress to refill our drinks and make sure everything was good. The food was average Mexican food, but good. We will definitely be back!

Caroline W.

Probably would not go back... They have a huge parking lot. Even if you see the lot full, your wait will probably be 15 minutes or less. The service is fast. Chips and drinks brought to your table right away. Chips and salsa were okay - have had better. Margarita- ordered Cadillac/top shelf, but there was so much Grand Marnier in it wow. We were just stopping by to try it out, so only ordered the "the sampler". It came out like loaded nachos when I thought it would all be separate. Was missing our street corn too. Fries were so soggy. Cheese dip not much on the plate. Place was nice and big but was loud inside. I think this may be because of the acoustics in the place. I may go back again to try something different if friends wanted to try the place, but that would be it.

Poblano Relleno and street corn, delicious!
Keith J.

I'm happy to have the newly opened Adelita's Restaurant in my neighborhood in Imperial, MO and had a wonderful first lunch there. I ordered the Poblano Relleno plate and the food I had was on point and this dish came with one steak and one shrimp poblano and I was so full after eating the steak poblano that I brought the other half home for a great dinner, it was delicious. Also, I ordered the Mexican street corn as a side dish and thought it tasted yummy. I thought the complimentary chips and salsa were really good as well. I'll definitely be going back and liked the servers and the atmosphere was great and I found it interesting that they kept the same layout of the wood paneled booths and bar that was the previous restaurant there that was Scotty's Irish Pub. I didn't see any lunch specials but that's not a problem for me, I'd rather have a full hardy meal anyway.

poblano Re RELLeno
Chris H.

Mexican restaurants are a big competition in this area I'm gonnagive a great review everybody with our party of six (pi ku friends) raved on their meals. Definitely coming back and courage anybody who sees this post to please come check this place out the margaritas our pricey, but worth it.!

Chorri pollo! Delicious!

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Food and service are consistently excellent! Can't say enough good things about this place. Our "go to" restaurant.

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Food was good as well as the margaritas. The qyacamoli was very very hot. We got the steak tacos and the burrito

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Service was terrible, and the veggies were barely cooked in the fajitas. Wouldn't recommend.

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1 year ago

First time here and can not complain at all. Great food and great service! We will definitely be coming back!

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Loved the spicy steak tacos. Kids scarfed like 4 quesadillas & white queso. Mom got chicken fajitas. Their sopapias are amazing!

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I have been here twice but this is about my most recent visit (08/2026). I am not the margarita…read moreimbibing guy I used to be, so I'm not the best authority on that part. My friend and I stopped here for a last minute drinks and dinner. We each had the house special, I think it was called the Cadillac margarita with salted rim, iced not frozen, and we got the jumbo. OMG I couldn't even finish the jumbo. It was very strong and big, had to take it home to try and finish it. A wait staff dropped off chips and salsa and the chips were just not that good. I asked my friend what she thought and she said the same thing I did. The salsa did help but if I opened my own Mexican place I would serve the best chips I could find. I know they're free but many places offer some kind of free snack (Helen's has popcorn, some places still offer salted peanuts...) and I think it should make one think the chips are good the food will be better. As I was drinking I wanted some food and we got two chicken burritos, they were large and very good!! They were 2 for $14 if that gives an idea on cost. While I live just a few minutes from here, I haven't seen enough in 2 visits to say I'll keep coming here for Mexican, there are many other places in South St Louis to try. Oh and I swear the bar "stools" are big enough for two people. I probably look comical on one as my friend and I may have been able to fit into one stool.

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