Better than I expected! We weee a party of 4 including 2 little boys. I ordered a beer from a choice of 5 taps. Kills boro was cold and fresh. An order of guacamole and chips for the table was pretty good. Wifey ordered a shrimp taco and Korean steak taco. She said both were good. I ordered a "big daddy burrito". It was delicious! Kids had quesadillas kid meals. Service was decent. read more

Love this spot! it's my to go spot whenever i'm in staten island! great fun spot to go with my friends. i always get the mission bae burrito which is always fresh and flavorful. And it always leaves me super satisfied and content. the waitress was very attentive and ready to assist! read more

Ho’ Brah Taco Joint - Mexican Near Me - Staten Island, New York

Dinner time! We had been meaning to visit this restaurant for a while and finally made it in. Upon arrival, we were greeted with very loud music. The ambiance is visually appealing, with plenty of interesting art to enjoy. We were seated promptly, though our server, who came by a few minutes later, did not introduce themselves--a detail that can impact the dining experience and is often overlooked. We ordered the guacamole, which was flavorful, though the chips were served cold, which detracted from the dish. On the bright side, the drinks--Pineapple Express and Sam Adams Summer Ale--were both enjoyable and well-made. Our server was attentive, noticing when my partner's beer was getting low and promptly offering to replenish it--a nice touch. Both of our entrées arrived quickly and were quite impressive. I had the quesadilla with jack cheese and shrimp, while my husband opted for the steak chimichurri. Both dishes were flavorful and well-executed, adding to a positive dining experience. For dessert, we decided on the flan and brownie sundae. Both were beautifully presented and tasted just as good as they looked. While the customer service could use some improvement--something that particularly bothers my husband--we were overall quite satisfied with our experience. -M&M read more

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Service was great. The drinks were a delight. Every food option we had was outstanding. The fish taco and that chicken quesadilla. Tremendous. read more

The service here is absolutely trash. We walked in here and there were only three people sitting at the bar and the whole restaurant was empty around 6 PM. The server told us we have to be up before 8:30 because the seats were reserved..... I'm pretty sure we would've been done in 2 1/2 hours which we were because we were only 3 people but the fact that the whole place was legit EMPTY seemed a bit funny. The server was rude and not friendly at all. We ordered drinks which were $14 and tasted disgusting, our tacos were cold and not the usual "Hobrah" experience that we are very familiar with from the Brooklyn location. If I can give this place, no stars I would I recommend that they go into the Brooklyn location for training- especially for customer service. We still ended up leaving a tip but she really deserved nothing as I'm still in shock at the rudeness. Even in McDonald's you'll get a thank you have a good day, Abs nothing. We walked out asking each other WTF was that! Never again! read more

Terrible service with no one in the restaurant. Very long time to take order, never brought menus, had to go to bar to ask for more drinks and check, food came wrong, with ridiculously tiny portion for guac and literally ten chips on a giant oversized plate that looked like it was taunting us, drinks smelled like dirty rag, no one came to give us the check or ever checked on the table. Felt discriminated against for my visible disability as one server would not even look me in the eye and pretended not to hear me then said: I'm not working today. The last time we were there that server helped us with the exact same order, ordered the exact same way but my psoriatic arthritis was not visible that day and I was not visibly swollen with sensitive skin. I mean she couldn't even make eye contact she literally pretended we weren't there. It was too hot in there and they didn't bother to acknowledge us when we walked in or take our order until other people showed up as if we were invisible. One waitress pretended not to hear is it was incredibly awkward. Ambiance was depressing. The other locations are great tho. I hope this one improves and gets rid of the bigoted staff read more

Nice margaritas. Nice salt. Great staff. Bugs were friendly. Great napkins. Nice tap set up. Normally I would only come for a drink but this night was special. We had a really great time. Nothing exciting just a great time... GREAT TIME read more

Aloha Wings turned out to be delicious and ended up to be the best dish we tried that night. They were done to perfection and had a very flavorful interesting sauce/glaze. We then ordered several different tacos and one Steak Chimichurri. Long Beach All Star, Korean BBQ, and Bohemian tacos had very dry hardly-chewable meat, very little of no-meat ingredients, and almost no sauce which made them even more dry. Add to this a thick dry corn tortilla and you get a worst-tasting-taco :( Out of all ordered tacos only Cabo Fish and Classic Cali Fish tacos were decent. Not perfect, but ok. They also were quite dry due to scarce sauce and additions, but better than the other three. Not sure, why this was the case with all tacos. Was the chef feeling greedy that day? The fish was good though, so these fish tacos could be made delicious, but they were not. Steak Chimichurri (ordered medium rare) came looking great but turned out to be well-done. Later on the receipt I found it was written down as "medium". My son ate it but it was unimpressive, just ok to stuff the belly of a hungry teenager. The beans served on the side were from a can. We all agreed on this based on their taste and this was not nice. The service was average and unremarkable. Unfortunately, the place didn't meet expectations on food and we are not coming back. We cannot recommend this restaurant. I wonder if the food is better in other locations but I'm not too eager to try. Couple of suggestions to the owners: a) For tacos provide a choice of "Homemade Corn Tortilla" and a regular thin soft flour taco/tortilla. I understand it's the matter of preference but it's so easy to give your customers a choice on this. b) Please don't serve canned beans or any other canned food. read more

Ho’ Brah Taco Joint - Long Beach All Star; Classic Cali Fish; Cabo tacos - Mexican Near Me - Staten Island, New York

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Second time I've walked out of this place. Service sucks. 3 months ago I waited and waited for a waitress and ended up leaving Today I thought I'd give it another try. Wrong. I was seated right away but a waitress never came. check in girl on her cell phone. Bartender on her cell phone. Had to go up and ask for a waitress after 10 mins and the girl gave me an attitude. Save your money. Go elsewhere. Too bad because I've been going to other locations forever. read more

The food was bussin, like if you want some good ass birria tacos on Staten Island. The inside was nice not too crazy crowd the day I went (on a Friday afternoon) the service was alright our server was kinda getting lost but I still got my food and it was good The birria tacos was meaty and cheesy so good A little pricey, also a table for two is pretty small we had one appetizer, 2 meals and it was on the edge so I recommend to get a bigger table if you decide on order more then three thing read more

Ho’ Brah Taco Joint - TRES BIRRIA TACOS - Mexican Near Me - Staten Island, New York

Reservations were made for 70 people for a fund raiser. The host had no idea what were talking about confused and handed 2 menus only to tables who had as many 10 people. The restaurant was not able to handle the amount of people that showed up. My personal table had 7 people at it. Appetizers came out with entrees for some dishes . My self and husband food was never brought out . Drinks forgotten. Definitely not a place I would recommend for crowds . Siting over an hour and half. One person with allergies alert had. The tomato's all over the food . Trying to cancel the food the waiter would not cancel the order. Certainly will not return or recommend there is no organization, experience or enough staff to accommodate the customers . The bill comes they do not ask if your paying cash or card added extra charges to the bill added tips to bills with out informing customers read more

Ho’ Brah Taco Joint - Empty plates for over an hour and half after ordering!!! - Mexican Near Me - Staten Island, New York

Jahawd at the bar was so attentive and friendly to us. The food was delicious and drinks were perfect! Definitely a great and chill place for taco tuesday, and you get your moneys worth! read more

Ho’ Brah Taco Joint - Mango margarita - Mexican Near Me - Staten Island, New York

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Even tho this is a chain , they still have great tacos . We stopped for lunch since we were in the area . Prices are a few dollars more from the last time we ordered from the store in New Dorp. The waiter was very nice and friendly and wasn't very crowded when we were there. Great service . Casual atmosphere is always good . Recommend for those taco lovers. Private parking lot as well. read more

Came here with my mom, aunt, and grandma for lunch on a Friday. We were given menus, but there was no mention of a lunch special, which my mom had seen online. We thought maybe it was just if you ordered online takeout, but we figured we'd ask anyway. The waitress only responded with "yes we do." We had to ask her what the special was. It felt like we had to pry information from her, which should've been given to us on the menu. Also, we had to ask her for chips and salsa, which every other occupied table had already. Don't know how they missed us, as the place was pretty empty. Anyway, the food was good and the special is a good deal (i believe $10 for the entree plus chips and salsa or rice and beans). But was strange how it wasn't presented to us initially and when we asked it was like it was a secret. read more

Another great find while driving around; Quick lunch after a day of shopping. I love a restaurant with cute and trendy decor. This restaurant has amazing selfie props and great lighting. We arrived at 2pm with only 3 other ppl already dining. Food was nothing spectacular to talk about but it also wasn't horrible. If your looking for a quick lunch with great flavor, fast service and creative drinks this is the spot for you. I will visit again; later in the day to get the full experience because apparently they have a great dinner menu and entertainment. read more

nice place. great food. super busy but excellent service. professional staff. they have good strong drinks. recommend the appz like Guac Salsa Chips (awesome) Baja Street Corn (amazing) & Aloha Wings (delicious finger licking) ... They got some nice Cabo Fish Tacos and Grilled Chicken Tacos (Thunderbirds) ... for dessert def try the Churros and/or Tres Leche cake (my fav) read more

Hobrah is a fun restaurant and the atmosphere is fun but the service here is absolutely horrendous. We walked in there were two tables and 2 young kids working. We were told to sit anywhere so we did. We sat for about 10 minutes and no one came over. No one said we will bring you water, no chips and salsa. We walked out. We have been to other locations and the food has been great. This is the second time here with terrible service. read more

My boyfriend and I went to the Forest Ave location and they did not disappoint. They were accommodating and the food was cooked to order.

Seated, then told we needed to be out by an hour for other reservations, then took 25 min to actually place order...like what?! Also turn away people alot, place was empty and kept turning away people for a band....place is run by kids and none of em know what they're doing read more

Worst tacos I have ever eaten. Horrible taste and def not fresh. You place order and taco come out in less than 5 mins like they are sitting there waiting !! Couldn't even eat them. read more

Got take out from them on a Saturday night. Food came relatively quickly, was hot, and delicious. Would definitely do take out from them again, but looking forward to dining in next time! read more

I love coming here the food is Si good every time but the service is what keeps me coming back. The bartender, Jay is the best he really knows what he's doing. read more

Bad service, waitresses suck. Food is bland. Overpriced. Ho'Brah's other locations are much better.

Forest Ave and New Dorp Plaza are the best places. They have happy hour until 7:00pm and you can sit down. This location, bar only. Service was slow and with a couple of customers. Food is better at the other locations. They don't give you as much food as the location. We will never go to this location again. read more

I give this place 1 star for having edible food. Service is horrible, slow, orders are wrong. Drinks are watered down and made incorrectly. I watched the bartender squeeze lime in a drink w/ dirty hands and no gloves. I've place orders over the phone twice and when I went to receive the order they had nothing placed. The only reason I have frequented this restaurant is because I work in the area and food options are limited. read more

I was pleasantly surprised by my visit to the new Ho Brah location. I am not a huge fan of the original location; however, I decided to give this one a shot as it is closer to me and one of the few Mexican restaurants around this area. To start, their lot is small and the urgent care (around COVID times) is extremely busy so parking was not the easiest. Menu appeared to be the same, prices are alright, full bar open and ready to serve. Service was attentive and quick, chips and guacamole came out within minutes of ordering! We all got different dishes and enjoyed our food. I got a "wet burrito" which was a huge portion and really quite yummy. A bit messy to eat, but I'd say worth the mess! Overall, it was a pretty solid meal without any major complaints. Will definitely return read more

I was so excited about this place opening and trying a new spot. I know they just opened and they are working out the kinks, but I'll review on my recent visit. No fault of there own, but parking is hard, they lot is small and the spaces are tight. I walked inside and I was liking the decor. It was a little dark, the music was loud then got low and then loud. It was strange. I was greeted warmly and they checked for my vaccine card and ID. The server was nice. Got my kids food in right away and said chips and salsa would be right out. My kids food came out and the french fries were ice cold. 15 minutes later no chips and dip. While they were a little crowded, they were not understaffed. I had to ask someone else to get them. The tacos came out small,I thought they were like white castle size but a hefty price. They weeokay, the food was bland just like the chips, lack of flavor. What really pisses my off was I ordered a drink and they asked if I wanted salt or sugar on the rim. Come to find out when I got the bill, there was a $2 charge for salt. Never in my life was I charged for salt on a rim, talk about nickel and diming customers. The least the server could have done was say there was an additional price. My experience was okay and unless they fix the issues, I'll take my money elsewhere. read more

Ho’ Brah Taco Joint - a margarita in a glass - Mexican Near Me - Staten Island, New York

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The food is just as terrible as the entertainment at this place. Needs a new chef and new performers. A man screaming 'lose yourself' by Eminem on the acoustic guitar isn't exactly what I'm trying to hear at dinner. read more

I've been the first two letters of the name for this place since Forest Ave, and let me say! The Arthur Kill location is the best thus far. The food here is sensational! Always fresh always on point! I had Jahawd the first few times and literally have never seen someone so fast and attentive, never messed up any of our orders ! I also had Grey a couple of times and she was so sweet and so personal! The staff over all is amazing! Even down to the amazing host Lauren that sat us a few times! I will Keep coming back to this establishment! I love when I have a great experience and am able to give back to restaurant and their amazing staff! read more

My friends and I were so ecstatic to see that they opened up a new location in Arthur Kill and knew the service would be nothing short of great. Fortunately for us, our server Jay was the first person we were greeted by and he honestly set the ambiance for the evening. He not only is an exceptional waiter but his knowledge of the menu and drinks was phenomenal. We tried so many new entrees and margaritas that we loved, based on his recommendations alone. Definitely will be returning and spreading the word about the new and improved Ho'brah! read more

I got the Cali Classic Fish taco and I think it was the best fish taco I ever had. The bartenders were so friendly and the place had live music with an all around great vibe. Not sure what's going on with the other people and their reviews but I enjoyed it very much. read more

There is no doubt in my mind Ho'Brah is one of the most authentic Mexican restaurants on Staten Island. The Birria tacos have delighted me time after time, thank you for bringing something new and interesting to SI. read more

Super cute spot! Great environment, very comfortable. Staff was friendly and the food was great! The tacos were amazing and the drinks were tasteful! Definitely would like to return ! read more

This location is just NOT good...I've been to every other location and have always enjoyed my food. This one needs serious work...my shrimp empanadas which I normally LOVE were so gross...there was oil spilling out of them and did not have the same flavor I'm used to having. My quesadillas were sloppy and soooo cheesy and the pulled pork had to much fat on them I kept biting into clumps of fat. I would rather just go to their other locations... read more

I don't write reviews normally but I work com-hab and take my disabled clients here regularly for lunch. This establishment is extremely accommodating and the food is delicious read more

This place is first off so stunning.. modern, fun, vibey. The decor is so nice. The tacos and entrees are INSANE!!! Everything I have had there has been amazing!!!! Let alone the drink menu is HUGE.. biggest one I've seen from all the locations. This is a hidden gem of the south shore and I will continue to spread the word because I LOVEEE this place !!!! read more

Food awful, fajita meat not seared and seemed to be steamed instead, tortilla chips out of a bag and stale. Tacos tortilla tasted raw and nachos were soaking wet and inedible. Drinks weren't bad. read more

Will not be returning. Came here a few times and has been ok for a quick bite. Yesterday was awful. The waitress was too busy hiding behind a wall to flirt with a waiter. I asked for water twice; never came. She forgot what I ordered and I had to verify she got it right. There were only four tables so it shouldn't have been an issue to do her job. Not sure who manages this place but I think it's run by kids. We will take our business elsewhere for the price! Save your money! read more

The food has 0 flavor the tacos and even the street corn.No flavor at all.The corn was even watery

While yes even before inflation, across the board the ho brah locations are more expensive, the food is good and are big enough that if you don't stuff your face you can get two meals out of it. Have been here numerous times during lunch hours at this location and the service wait times for service is normal. Ordered takeout one night for dinner and it was a large order that they got everything right and it was made on time. Parking is hard no matter the time of day. Can't say anything about the entertainment as during lunch they don't have any it the ambient music was loud. My family and I will continue to go here when we want some good food that is a variation of the usual tex-mex. read more