El Patron

Amazing service and food never disappoints. The protein bowls are one of my favorites.read more

Came in at 8:00 supposed to close at 9;00 wouldn't seat us will not be back we're rude when asked…read moreif they were open

Diablo Wings and pastor tacos

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Rosie's Mexican Cantina

4.0(156 reviews)

21.5 mi

My server Jessi was fantastic, amazing food. She took very good care of my roommate and I and we…read morenever had to wait or wonder where she was when we needed something.

Excellent fresh food! It was a nice day to sit out on the patio, cool atmosphere with fun decor…read more Our server came right away. Once ordered, the food did take awhile considering that we had ordered salads. ( a family of four sat down and ordered well after us, yet received their meals before us. ) Over all we enjoyed the dinning experience and thought the food was delicious.

Dining room

Taco Salad with ground beef

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Main entrance with patio dining.

No Way José

2.7(59 reviews)

95.2 mi

Had lunch at No Way Jose's which advertises itself as Tex-Mex. Bland enchiladas-sauce tasted like…read moretomato soup! Refried beans had been totally blended so they were puree. Service was good although they delivered one of our entrees about 6 min before the other. A kitchen issue not our excellent friendly server. Loved the salsa and large basket of tortilla chips.

I've given this place chance after chance and every time the continue to remind me why I'll always…read morechoose to go somewhere else. The food is great but the staff and management is horrendous!! The first time I visited it took them over 45 minutes to bring out my friends food that by the time she received her food we had eaten, paid and packed up. And when they were asked to discount her meal due to there discombobulation the manager threw a lousy 10% off discount, we let him know that we would rather give the food back and just leave and he had the nerve to catch an attitude! Today I placed a grubhub order for a single large cheese dip, I even waited 10 to 15 minutes after it said it would be done so the restaurant had time since it is a Friday. I went to the pick up counter and stood at the counter for over 5 to 7 minuets before a hostess finally acknowledged me asked if I had been serviced yet, when I told her no she informed me that she was new so I'll give her the benefit of the doubt. She tried to help me but she didn't know what she was doing so another coworker tried to come sort it out, then decided to take a phone call in the middle of her trying to retrieve my order leaving her helpless. She got the manager for me and in the middle of him helping me the young man comes up to him and they proceed to have a full conversation, completely ignoring me. And on top of that the manager had the never to scold me about ordering on grubhub suggesting that next time I should use Uber eats , trust me there will NOT be a next time. It's ridiculous that these works can't seem to take a few minutes of their time to actually interact with the customer and get them situated before they break off in to their unnecessary conversations!! Something that should have taken 5 minutes at MOST took over 15 minutes!

The sign

Chips and salsa

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Margarita

Taqueria El Palomino

4.6(84 reviews)

43.0 mi

Stopped on our way home from the beach and it was fast and really fresh. Best rice I've ever had…read moreand the steak torta was delicious. Good thick chips and queso was a good one! Small little place but the flavor is big.

Amazing breakfast burrito. Fast service, good prices. Even a place to sit and eat. Only thing I…read morewould add-potatoes-just for texture since there's no meat.

Walk up window

What's left of my vegetarian breakfast burrito lol

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Outside. You'll miss it if you aren't looking.

La Fiesta Bar And Grill

4.5(28 reviews)

104.8 mi

I came here for dinner since I was at the hospital near by . It's a cute place with a lot of…read morefestive decor around the restaurant. My server was very good and was helpful throughout. I was feeling tacos so I got the alpastor tacos(2) which came with rice and I think beans. The price was decent at 10 bucks . I was feeling extra hungry for some reason and had to order another plate . The tacos could have been a little bigger but they were fine to say the least . I got a coke with free refills and bill was like 28. The restaurant had a good crowd and can see why, the food is good and want to try the others items on the menu .

Great, standard Tex Mex flair. The art around the restaurant was nice. Our server had a great sense…read moreof humor. And the food all came out perfect.

Dining area

Tacos Al pastor

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Big chimichanga

No Way Jose

3.3(37 reviews)

80.5 mi

The entrance people were great and the whole setup is very nice. The food was surprisingly…read moredelicious too. The server I had wasn't very great at serving and that server even pressured me constantly to hurry up and leave(even though that sever never said anything mean not aggressive nor told me to hurry up. But just kept pushing that vibe towards me constantly so I got up and left before I was even finished with my order). Still a great place to eat.

I had street tacos with chicken. Chicken and was dry but there was a good bit of it. They came as 3…read morebut I only at one. The place is ok. Nothing exciting to write home about ‍

Cover of their menu. They've got pictures of the full (and pretty long) menu on their Facebook page- 'No Way Jose West Point.'

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"Pollo Chipotle"

El Agave Mexican Grill - New Albany

4.4(92 reviews)

74.0 mi

I absolutely love El Agave. I go there every Sunday. Day out with my bestie. Servers are so nice…read moreand friendly and attentive employees The good is excellent.

The food was so good. The service was attentive and…read moreprofessional. The dining room was clean and comfortable. Don't miss out! Get you some of the best Mexican food around!!

Happy Halloween sign from new Albany light gas and water

Grilled Nachos - Half Nachos Supreme Chicken Fajitas - Single Cheese Dip - 5 oz.

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Storefront

Chuy's

3.1(195 reviews)

66.5 mi

Great food. Ask for Arie; she is the best! Nice atmosphere and great staff! Thanks so much for…read moreeverything

There are quite a few Chuy's around the south east. There is the Chuy's at the Summit. It has a…read moresister store at Opry Mills. There is another sister store. It's this one and unfortunately, this one is the ugly stepsister. I've had Chuy's take out from here many times. The family fajitas were our go to during Covid. This was the first (and last) time we've eaten inside. We were first seated in a booth. The whole thing was vibrating. Kind of funny at first but it quickly became annoying. Of course the engineer husband had to investigate. The bar was on the opposite side of the wall and the frozen drink machine was against that wall. It was like sitting next to a washing machine. Since we hadn't been waited on, we went back to the hostess stand to be reseated. Though there were many empty tables, the booth she insisted we sit in was covered in sauces, food and lots of crushed chips. Obviously children had graced this table. (Maybe it's just me but I'd never even dream of leaving our table in that condition.). She grabbed a rag and while she was brushing broken chips under the table, onto the floor, my husband noticed another table being cleaned. Over the hostesses insistence that we wait for her to finish "cleaning", we sat at the freshly cleaned table. We were finally waited on. We were given water and told that they were refilling the chips and they'd be right out. We ordered and looked at each other as we waited for chips and that drool worthy white sauce. We received our drinks, me a grande house margarita, husband a Dos Equis. Our chips finally came shortly before our meal. We shared the green chili chicken enchiladas. They were ok though the chicken was very dry. I wouldn't order these again. My husband and I share meals quite often. This plate really wasn't large enough to share. Maybe if we'd been able to fill up on chips it would have been fine. We were presented our check. I did a brief once over. The marg caught my eye. $14. That wasn't right. I looked at the drink menu. It should have been $11. There was only one item on the entire menu that was $14 and this wasn't it. The engineer once again did a bunch of funny math and still couldn't figure out a way to come up with $14. We asked our server. He said happy hour was over and this was the upcharge. Huh? He said I ordered a flavored margarita. No. And it still wouldn't have been $14. He said he'd go get the manager. While we were waiting, my husband saw the manager a few tables over. He called him over. The manager said he had nothing to do with it, it was the system. (Uhm, yes, you do have something to do with it. You need to ensure your customers aren't being overcharged). He said he corrected our check. Great! For us. What about the rest of the customers? He said he sent an email. What about the rest of the margarita drinkers? Would they even notice they were paying more? I'm betting not. This obviously didn't seem like it was a big deal to the manager. After all, just about everything was wrong with our visit. Where does an overcharge rank in this mess? And speaking of messes. Two women were seated at the formerly messy table. I kid you not, I heard the crunch when they sat down. They both looked under the table to see the mess that the children and the employee made. I guess they didn't have to wait for their chips. Ick.

GUACAMOLE - Fresh avocados & Salsa Fresca, all mashed up.

PANCHOS - Tostada chips, refried beans, cheese and your choice of fajita chicken, fajita beef or seasoned ground beef.

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QUESADILLAS - Flour tortillas stuffed with cheese, green chiles & onion. Served with guacamole, sour cream & tomatoes.

Cafe Tula Taqueria

4.7(15 reviews)

62.5 mi

Only fresh tortilla tacos for miles, trust me I have looked…read more Standard ambiance, small building Service is not the worst, bit of a language barrier some days.

Very authentic!! Quezabirias were delicious! Charro beans were delicious! So glad we found it.read more

Beef taco plate $7.95

Beef tosdada special

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Al pastor y carne asada

Alex's Tacos & Wings

4.3(66 reviews)

85.3 mi

Amazing food and service highly recommend you visit this place often everything was fabulousread more

Hidden off the main road, Alex's Tacos & Wings looks like the kind of place you'd expect to uncover…read morea local treasure. Unfortunately, the food was just okay. My colleague and I both ordered the lunch special: three tacos with rice and refried beans. I chose tilapia, shrimp, and chicken. The tilapia was the clear winner. Well-seasoned and cooked properly. The shrimp and chicken? Dry and short on flavor. My colleague had steak, beef, and chicken tacos and came to the same conclusion. The proteins were serviceable, but nothing memorable. And that's really the theme here: average. Not bad. Not great. Just average. The bigger question is whether this is a taco restaurant or a wing restaurant. The menu seems to have an identity crisis, and after eating the tacos, I'm wondering if the wings are actually the star of the show. Maybe we ordered the wrong thing. Maybe the magic is in the wings. As for the tacos, they were fine.

Carne asada taco

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Joey S.

12 years ago

K so I gave this place another go a while back after my neighbor came over with some take out. You would expect a city with such a large Hispanic population to have better standards when it comes to Mexican food but apparently that is not the case. This particular place serves bland, unspiced entrees. Recently it was shut down for food poisoning by the CDC and they placed a sign on the door "closed due to plumbing problems." Save your money. If you crave Mexican then you should drive towards Phil Campbell and hit Rancho. That's about 1 or 2 miles out of town on the right; however, If that's too far, there are a few spots in the downtown region that you can try. They're all a bit more authentic. read more

Chelsea D.

9 years ago

Service and staff were great and friendly... The salsa has a different taste, but the food was overall okay.

stephanie M.

16 years ago

Service is good and I recommend the chicken fajitas.

Lee M.

4 years ago

Everything about this place was awesome!

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