The old Chuy's that my family knew and loved is no more. Overloaded waitstaff, a severely cut back menu, and running out of items (beans, dessert, dressings) left me unimpressed. The taco salad (no more tortilla bowl??) was barely acceptable, and I found wilted greens hidden beneath "good" greens that I would have thrown out at home. Our waiter had way too many tables to work efficiently, and he WAS trying his best. This isn't the first time that I've had an experience like this here (Research location) and had I not been with a group, I wouldn't have come at all. Nothing has changed since my last visit, I am sad to say. There's much better places to enjoy out there. read more

Food was good but the issue with this Chuy's is staffing. Every aspect of service here is glacial. I'll wait til the facility has its staffing problems solved before going again.. But if you have 2 1/2 hours to burn to get an enchilada go for it! read more

Chuy's is generally my first stop when I make it back to Austin to visit home. I grew up with Chuy's, so not only is it a fond memory, but they got me hooked early on creamy jalapeno and no matter what I try to do, I can never forget it. First note, you should always expect to wait. This location is packed all the time. I highly recommend getting there before you are absolutely starving, but if you can't, they offer free chips, salsa, and queso in the bar area while you are waiting. The bartenders are quick to serve and never complain about making a complicated margarita. I love the frozens because they are made in machines and never give me that grainy, crunchy ice feel. The flavors change, but the huckleberry is my favorite so far. For food, the specials are where it's at. Chuy's stays on top of what is seasonal, and the green hatch chilie items are always fantastic. When in doubt, the fajitas will never disappoint (pro tip: make sure you ask for extra creamy jalapeno to put on them). With the exposed kitchen, you can watch (and drool) as the homemade tortillas make their way around the circular oven. Prices are reasonable, staff is quick and helpful, and food is great. Definitely good when you need to feed a crowd. read more

Chuy's - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

After Covid they reduced their menu and some items changed in quality. A favorite of mine since my teenage years, 30+ years...Will never return after cut backs in quality. read more

Disappointed by this Chuy's. I've never had a problem with Chuy's but the last time I went I was with a party of 6. It was lunch time and busy. While the server was taking my order he noticed that another server had taken one of his tables and completely ignored me while I was telling him my order. All he said to the other server was "hey, that table is mine." And didn't proceed to write anything down about what I ordered. He got everything wrong on my order. I wouldn't have actually ordered any of it myself. I feel like he knew that since it was lunch time and that we were a group of professionals that he didn't have to worry about being stiffed on the tip and didn't put as much attention into my order. Anyway, the part that I could actually eat (due to dietary restrictions) was good. But since everything else was wrong I basically just ate some rice. I'm disappointed. read more

This place is awesome. Friendly staff with good service and great food. Everything that we had was good. You can't go wrong with anything that you order here. They have home made flour tortillas that you can order as a side. Ask for hot ones because ours were cold. I ordered a patron margarita with a topper of patron lime, very good! read more

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Chuy's used to be our favorite restaurant. We went once a week for 15 years! We knew the waitstaff but four out of the last five times we've gone there, the wait has been 45 minutes! Sorry. As much as we love it, we just can't waste that much time waiting! Good-bye old friend. read more

Such a fun environment with lots of cool seating outside. We went on a Friday afternoon and it was slammed so you know it's a favorite local spot. Our server was very friendly and made great recommendations. I was between two margaritas and he surprised me with what he said was one of the favorites. And it was pretty amazing (grand ma's margarita). My parents split the special of the day and said it was good, full of flavor. I ordered the chuychanga to try something outside of my usual mexican usuals. It was pretty cool! They have some great sauces that accompany different dishes so I ordered half of them of course great spot, great food and great vibes! read more

Chuy's - Grand Ma's Rockin' Rita (per Jay's request) - quite good! - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

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I went to a wedding reception and the food was catered by Chuy's. Excellent chips and salsa. Great beans and rice and guacamole.

Always good. This location is fully staffed and hardly any wait. Love their Newmex martini.

Consistently good food, good service, and friendly environment! I had a salad with steak fajita meat and it was delicious.

Crap service and cold food. This by far is the worst experience I have ever had at Chuy's. Usually Chuy's is a must stop for our out of town guest. Not anymore. This will be the last time we ever come back to this Chuy's. I asked where out food was and both a manager and the server to us it was in the window. And in the window is sat. It came out cold and the plate was hot, a clear indication that it sat in the window and died. Crap on top crap read more

An Austin classic that my family loves. Tex-Mex with a funky style and deep roots that have spread throughout the country. Fajitas and chile rellenos are always top of the list.... Bottomless chips and salsa makes it a done deal! read more

Chuy's - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

Chuy's is another restaurant in Austin you will need a car to reach any of its 3 or 4 locations. It has a wide selection of the usual, large serving sizes, with very reasonable prices. However, keep your expectations in check. I found the food to be bland and the drinks to be terrible. But... I'm glad I stopped by. read more

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Love Chuy's! Its always packed and he parking lot is tiny and crowded. New construction near by. But food and drinks are worth the wait. read more

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Love the jalepeno ranch and boom boom sauce. One of favorite Mexican places. Love their chips and great priced food. Always get warm and appropriate portion food. They don't charge extra for other sauces other than couple of them but they let u know and it's on the menu. I have gotten food to go and it's been great. Only minor complaint is service can be a bit slow. It could vary by location but I encounter this at 3 different locations where we found ourselves having to flag down the wait staff bc they were not checking on us enough read more

It's clear they rely heavily on their sauces to flavor the food and not spices/seasonings because the chicken inside the enchiladas resembled plain dry boiled chicken. I've had better tasting food in an underfunded public school cafeteria to be honest. read more

Overall food was decent. We got the enchiladas and taquitos as well guacamole for our appetizer. Our entrees came out extremely quick even before our margaritas got to the table. I wouldn't necessarily dine in next time instead I would just order the food to go. read more

Had an awesome experience at Chuy's 183 tonight. We originally tried to go to Chuy's N Lamar but they were having a rough night of power outages and smoke, so... On to Chuy's 183! We had a short wait for our table and were seated on the porch where Noah served us. Noah was awesome! He was super attentive to all of his tables. Anytime I needed anything he was there checking in and got things to us in an efficient and timely manner. Went the extra mile to find some mosquito spray to share with us, which was much appreciated. It was a nice relaxing evening on the porch. Thank you Noah for the great service! One suggestion for this location: add step stools under the bathroom counters for the kids. They can't reach the soap. read more

Chicka chicka Boom boom, New Mexican Martini, thin and crunchy chips, spicy salsa, creamy ranch dIp ... and wow! First visit to Austin, and thank you Chuy's for making it tasty and refreshing !! read more

Chuy's - Chicka-Chicka Boom-Boom and New Mexican Martini - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

Great place plenty of chips and salsa portions are great prices are reasonable, servers are great

Just love this place the hostess Was absolutely amazing Soo customer service oriented food was great the waitress Christie was awesome we had a great experience read more

Yelp rating: a-ok. With its honky-tonk charm, I end up going to a Chuy's more times than I'd like to admit to but it's petered out to 2-4 times per year. This trip happened to be a group dinner and I have to give credit to the wait staff. The service was good. Also the happy hour taco bar is legit; go for that. This review however is about the yawn-worthy regular menu. Chuy's has a saying: "When you've been to one Chuy's, you've only been to one Chuy's." Well, I'm here to dispel that notion. It really does seem like if you've seen one Chuy's you've seen them all, and they're all "just okay." Nothing at Chuy's really stands out as being extraordinarily good or special. Being a master of nothing, Chuy's serves up a relatively decent, limited Tex-Mex menu consistently so you can't go very wrong no matter what you order. The "secret" of the creamy jalapeño sauce is a highlight, but that's about it. It'd be awesome if every location has an special dish that was just theirs. Or even some more adventurous dishes, but when you're running an operation as large as this, the best you can hope for is food that meets the level of "good catering." My go-to dishes are the Chile Relleño, Enchiladas, and Taco Salads. The Elvis plate is a common pick as well but it's really more novelty than special. I want to love you, Chuy's, because of your roots and your wanting to be weird, but you're just not doing it well. @Chuy's - consider offering some more daring dishes or even a steak! You've already become successful, take some risks! read more

Let me state up front that I LOVE Chuys 183 and have for 20+ years. It is a huge family favorite and I will continue to go back. But this review is specific to their take out service. I have done take out 50+ times from the 183 location for years with minimal issues but the increased demand on this part of the restaurant operations is simply broken, at least from 5-8pm on many days. My most recent negative incident was this past Friday when I called in the order directly to make sure I got an accurate wait time estimate (45 min, no problem). I arrived at this time, texted from my car as instructed, and began a wait that was 30+ minutes despite assurances they would be out 'very soon'. This is has been my experience for the past 3 times over the past 2 months and is simply unacceptable IMO. If the wait is going to be over an hour let me know and it's no big deal. I can at least make an informed decision and get other things done beforehand if needed. The icing on the cake Friday was that I got home and found that my daughter's kid meal had been left out and yet I was charged for it. I called in and got a refund for that $6 but I had to make something else at home for her, which made the experience even more painful. So 183 Chuys please please please take efforts to get better in this area however necessary. Everyone obviously loves you with the volume of orders but you're disappointing many of us during our time of TexMex need! read more

Online order, I arrive 5 minutes early to the pickup time and text them. And I wait...and I wait.... and I wait....then I wait some more. We're at 20 minutes PAST the scheduled time. I call the wife "WTH are they?" She calls and relays a flimsy excuse of "very busy". 5 minutes later... FINALLY! Get home in 5 minutes. Enchiladas in foil pan are STONE COLD, but strangely rice and beans are warm. In other words, the food was ready at scheduled time but they kept screwing around and screwing around and screwing around after my arrival notification text, served rice and beans at last second and delivered to vehicle 25 minutes past the scheduled time! Complete failure on their part. read more

I was disappointed because the faijita beef that my mom ordered were too chewy. I'm not sure what happened to this location. I won't come back for a while. read more

Been coming here for many years. Progressively getting worse. This weekend I ordered curbside to go. I waited over an hour in the car with a baby crying while the girl with blue hair never approached my car. She blamed me for not checking in on the app even though I did. Food was cold when I arrived home. It had been left out for an hour. Never coming back. If you are short staffed, close the to go orders or inside dining. Unacceptable. Didn't get free food or an apology. Food has always been mediocre at best so this was my last visit. There are better Tex mex places in Austin, Texas. read more

So we went to lunch here today cause it's close tot he house and we wanted some Tex-Mex and a patio. Have been here many times before, but today we decided we will never return. While the patio was quite nice, the service was absolutely horrible. I'll keep it short. they got our order totally wrong, so we pointed it out to our waitress and we "re-ordered" . When she brought the check she actually charged us for the wrong order AND the re-order!!! brought the check and told us she was giving us our tea and soda as a comp!!!! So we have to pay in full for both orders--even the ones they got wrong!! Unfrigginbelieveable!!! Needless to say we won't be going back here ever again. read more

This chuy's has declined, green sauce eh. hubcaps only for decoration. decent food but it's lost it's pizzazz.

I've never understood the hype about Chuy's. Apparently it's an Austin staple, but I have to disagree with those folks who say that. Now, I can't tell a bad margarita from a good one (personally I don't care about them) but apparently they are good here. The only other thing I could recommend here is their free chips and salsa. Other than that, the food here is pretty dismal. It's supposedly Tex Mex, but it just tastes like enchiladas from Lubys. read more

really good spot for tex mex. very cute retro decor with rims hanging from the ceiling and many colorful fish in the main dining room. Chips and salsa while you wait. I got the elvis Presley memorial combo. Soooo much food for how much you're paying ~$13 would go back again. there was a line but they gave out buzzers which is nice read more

Food was good but the temperature in the restaurant was WAY too cold. Couldn't even get comfortable and ended up having to just pack up the food to go. We didn't get good service this visit either, besides the host. He was great. Anyways, had to ask for refills, had to ask for to go boxes twice. read more

The only downside is we were quoted 15-20 minutes and we waited at least 30-40 for a table. I know they were busy, and even though the waitress was kind, we waited way too long for every piece of our meal and for the check. It shouldn't take 10-15 minutes to get a second round of drinks, even when busy. Otherwise, the jalapeño ranch was as good as it always is and the appetizer plate was perfect to split with another person. The margaritas were on point. I would definitely go back for the food and drinks and hope the service improves. read more

Our group of 3 took about 15 minutes to get seated indoors while there was no wait for outdoor seating -- but Texas outdoor seating is HOT, no kidding. Anyways, we got free chips and salsa while we waited to order; the salsa was very high quality and actually a little spicy, which was nice. Our table got the queso to share and it was AMAZING! I don't even like cheese and I thought this was tasty af. Maddy, our server, was wonderful and had great recommendations! I shared a small tortilla soup and the chicka chicka boom boom with my boyfriend; it took about 25 minutes for the food to come out. The soup was great comfort food and I actually really really enjoyed this. The chicka chicka boom boom's tortilla quality was not the best. Everything else was great though: the salsa was yummy, the portion was huge, and the chicken with the sauce was so succulent and good. They even have their own merchandise for sale at the front of house! read more

Chuy's - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

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Very busy for a Tuesday night. Indoor and outdoor seating. Our waiter was friendly and was hustling. I had the chicka chicka boom boom. It comes with beans and rice. The sauce on the enchiladas was nice with a little spice. Their margaritas are well made. read more

Chuy's is a Tex-Mex original. A funky place with attitude and confidence in the food and atmosphere. Cool place that is lively, good food, almost always good service. Try Green Chile Fest every late summer/fall is you're a fan of a true treat. Although fairly hot, these Chiles are the real deal. From the Elvis Presley to the overly stuffed burritos, you won't leave hungry. This is a good place to bring your out of towners as it's very "Austin". Enchiladas, tacos, Rellenos and more. Plenty to choose from and and keep everyone happy. read more

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I'm a fan of this Texas chain but this location has legit customer service! I sat at the bar for lunch and the bartenders were so nice and even made suggestions! If you've never been- the chicka-chicka- Boom Boom always is the route to take. The spicy chicken enchiladas covered in a spicy chili sauce will have your belly happy!! read more

Chuy's - chicka-chicka Boom Boom and WatermelonRita - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

Love this place. My bf and I go here all the time. It's our location. We've always had a good experience here. We love going to happy hour here. Food is always hot and delicious. Honestly eating chuys all the time is the reason I got fat. I've since slimmed back down, but that doesn't stop me from occasionally going and stuffing my face full of delish chuys Tex mex! Also, I'm a vegetarian and this is a good place for vegetarians to eat. Lots of options. Vegans not so much (lots of cheese). read more

Best service and carry out staff they really try their best if a mistake happens but they always have a great attitude

Always good. The Mexican Martinis are great for those of us who get brain freezes from frozen drinks! The fish tacos are my favorite dish, but you really can't go wrong with the fajitas either. Pro tip: Ask for a side of creamy jalapeño sauce to dip your chips in! read more