The food was great and atmosphere. Trinity was a lovely young lady. Moyne our server, (I hope I spelled his name correctly. If not I apologize.) He was polite, attentive and an overall Rockstar server. read more

Food and service used to be great !! But they changed things up Must be some smart person that was given a job from a friend or relative that works in the office !!! So sad it has changed ,, they set you down from hostess after going going going long time thru the iPad to find a table when there tables open everywhere!!! So aggravating that it takes 3 hostess to figure out where to sit you after 5 minutes . Then no menus till servers come up the table like it took 8 minutes then longer to get your tea , chips and salsa just not a good experience today from the servers ,, there was a trainer trining server and between the 2 of them couldn't get it right !! The drinks took like 10 minutes we had to ask for it again then no lemons like we asked .. and asked for 3 Salas for 1 for 3 people . Had to ask for refills on drinks , I was paying with cash that took forever getting that and still wasn't the right change !! Just go back the old way of papasitos ,, NOT a good experience at all !! Should not be like that bill was 30.00 and that should be a treat to do that but was really aggravating!! I would think twice before going ,, unless you want to wait and wait and still not get it right !! Maybe try university in Fort Worth .papasitos?? read more

Oh My where to begin The atmosphere is so fun. The food and drinks everything about This restaurant just wanted you to be happy and enjoy good food,drinks and friends. read more

We have been coming to Pappasito's for 25 or 30 years as long as they've been around. We've been to this location dozens of times. They are consistently very good. Most of the restaurants in the chain are good but this is one close to us so we're here a lot and we have never been disappointed. Good ambience great food. In fact being from Texas we eat a lot of Tex Mex food and the way I judge a restaurant that's new to me is how good are their cheese enchiladas. The cheese enchiladas at Pappasito's is head and shoulders netter than every other restaurant that I've eaten at. They are not even in the same category. It's a meal that I look forward to so much, every time the first bite is incredible. My wife loves the chicken flautas just as much. We don't come here all the time because we want to kind of save this, but we're always consistently rewarded with great service, and great food. The challenge is always not to eat too much because their chips and salsa are fantastic and you can easily order a margarita, chips and salsa and by the time your meal gets there which is fast, but you know the chips of salsa go fast too, you could be kind of full and we have to take home part of our meals because we're both light eaters We highly recommend this place. We come back at least every couple of weeks or so. Today our server Jakob, was very attentive and did a great job. read more

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Came here for lunch and we were seated immediately because we had a reservation. It was pretty crowded though so I would recommend making a reservation if possible. Both our hostess and server were incredibly kind and attentive, and the food came out in a reasonable amount of time. I got a Caesar salad and the other 3 people in my party got beef fajitas for 3-4. The salad was amazing, but I thought $22 for a salad was a little much. The fajita crew said the food was great, but the portions could have been larger for a 3-4 portion serving. The restaurant was clean, and we would return. read more

Pappasito's Cantina - Caesar Salad - Tex-Mex Near Me - Arlington, Texas

It was the first time we visited this restaurant. Last Friday, my husband and I went to have dinner. If staying at the Drury hotel it is walking distance to this restaurant. We didn't make reservations. We waited close to an hour for a booth to become available. The warm complimentary thin chips and salsa were delightful. The chicken and beef fajitas for two were a good portion. Our server, Alechia was very attentive and outstanding. She made our dinner experience extra special. There were three choices for dessert. We ordered the tres leches cake and it was great. Highly recommend this restaurant!!! read more

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I never have to be convinced to eat at Pappasitos. We decided to grab a quick lunch before going to a meeting. Brilyn was our waiter and he was very attentive and helpful. We went during lunch but it wasn't super packed. We ordered appetizers of queso with beef and guacamole. Since we were in a bit of a crunch for time, we ordered food shortly after. I had the shrimp quesadilla with a side of fresh jalapeño, my go to meal. Everything was good per usual. I also had a mango tea. The service was really slow and we had delivery to our table in increments. We found ourselves rushing them to bring the ticket and to go boxes. They did not have any lids for the cups so I didn't take a drink to go. Food was good, service was a miss. I think it was the kitchen backed up but the wait team tried their best. read more

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Pappasito's has the best beef fajitas! We got 2 to-go orders of the Wednesday 's fajitas. The food was nicely packed & ready to go when I got there. I was greeted immediately by staff. Quick & painless pick-up. However, when I got home, the 2 queso's that's a part of the 2 packs were not in the bag. I talk to the manager, Rachel, who was apologetic & said that she would send gift cards as an apology. I was skeptical about it (some other restaurants would not keep their works) but nearly 3 wks later, the promised gift cards came in the mail. Great service!! Anyway, their beef fajitas is medium-cooked beef that's so flavorful & tender. The queso is a perfect blend of well seasoned cheesy goodness with and creaminess. The chips are so thin & crunchy. The salsa is mild-medium spicy, with just the right consistency. The home made flour tortillas are so fluffy & just melts in your mouth. read more

Pappasito's Cantina - Wednesday's fajitas deal - all these plus one big ziploc of chips & queso - Tex-Mex Near Me - Arlington, Texas

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Fajitas were great, but the restaurant smelled like a moldy musty dish towel. The service staff was pretty good.

I'll lay it all out-- Staff is exceptional. Truly hard working. Venue is rather adorable and quite large. We had a large party and the food took a while but that's ok- I get it fully. The food was good-- just not anything to write home about. It certainly wasn't bad!! Drinks were excellent They make fresh tortillas all day long and they are a Truly amazing!! Definitely check it out and make your own opinion. read more

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Really great atmosphere & service , food is excellent. The restaurant was clean & nice, & the staff was friendly & helpful. We will be visiting again soon. read more

Pappasitos has been a consistent favorite of mine for decades! Always good food and great service. I stopped by for lunch on the way back from Fort Worth and was surprised at how easy it was to get a table. I got the special fajitas that came with more than enough food! Their paper thin chips are always delicious and their house salsa is a winner. This location is super easy in terms of parking and seating is plentiful. Will definitely be back! read more

Love their fajitas. My husband & I sat thru a tornado and eat by our phone light about 2 yrs ago. Didn't know it was a tornado. Finished & came out of restaurant and it was trees down , debris everywhere... it was scary to know we sat thru it and was unaware. read more

Enjoyed happy hour and dinner last night. Food was delicious and we had excellent service from Cali. The restaurant was clean and employees are friendly. read more

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The service at the bar was excellent. It was very busy and I can see why. I ordered a Monterey combo and wow, it's a lot of food! The cheese enchilada was very, very good. Great food at a great value. You won't leave hungry! read more

Pappasito's Cantina - Monterrey combo - Tex-Mex Near Me - Arlington, Texas

This is one place that is very huge and still mostly fully booked. I am just glad that I finally ate here. Food is in abundance and very very yummy. Guacamole with chips were the most fresh I have ever had anywhere else. I like how the chips were super thin. Even cheese dipping was hot n tasty. My chicken tamales platter was delicious and my friend's salad was healthy, fresh and yummy too with crunchy grilled fish in it. I wish I had more appetite but enough for one time visit. See you next time. read more

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Went here for lunch on a Monday, beat the crown by getting here about 11:20. Ambiance was amazing. My wife and I were immediately seated by a super sweet hostess. Our waiter Frankie was awesome. We started off with a flight of margaritas and they were all delicious!! They brought out the potato taquitos for our appetizer which were delicious but warning... they have "kick"! We ordered the Plato Del Mar (beef) and it was enough for the two of us after the chips and appetizer. Every bite was truly amazing. They make the quesadillas right there in house. Great place, highly recommend. read more

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WTF!! Calm down ... WHAT THE FAJITA!!! These chicken fajitas are outstanding! I don't know what they do to get the flavor and the crust but oh myyyy. Delicious! Service was outstanding and atmosphere like a party. Emili was incredible! She was kind and funny. Super fun and FAST service! Most enjoyable Mexican food experience in a while. Thanks Pappas!! read more

I usually go to a place at least twice before submitting a review, but won't return here. This review is specific to this location. I've been to Pappasito's in Austin and Houston and they weren't like this. The two hosts at lunch did not seem to know what they were doing, had no idea how long the wait would be despite numerous open tables. There were 8 of us. I had called and put us on the call-ahead line. Several 4 tops were open. They said they were putting a table together for us and 10 minutes later we saw no one doing any such thing. However other parties of 3 and 4 showed up and were seated. I asked if they knew how much longer and she just said, no, she had no idea. It didn't help that they never smiled and spoke very softly. A front host is not where to put two shy people. They sat us at a dirty table. The waitress was very polite, but got several drink orders wrong. It took1.5 hours to receive our food! I kid you not. Not from the time we arrived, but from the time we placed our order! At no time did anyone come and explain what the hold up was. We asked and were told, "I'll check on it" and then waited more. Then dishes were brought out slowly so that some in our party could have been finished before the rest of us were served. Several of us noticed signs of our plates had been waiting a while under a heat lamp--dried crust across the refried beans, rehardened cheese, dried out rice. Never again will we go to this location and it will be a while if we go to any Pappasito's again. read more

Excellent texmex food with great service! Definitely will visit for dinner again in the future when in the area.

Rashita was our bartender and she was so sweet and informative of the menu and drinks. She made our experience very pleasant. read more

Pappasito's Cantina - Mimosa - Tex-Mex Near Me - Arlington, Texas

Restaurant is loud, I don't see how the wait staff can even hear what we were ordering. Chips, salsa and queso were good and kept filled. Flour tortillas were good as well, but they are pretty chintzy with them. I ordered the taco plate, tacos are huge but honestly they contained the worst taco meat I've ever tasted. All you could taste was chili powder. Didn't eat one at all and only half of the other, waitress noticed but didn't offer a replacement meal 9r comp. read more

My wife and I went to one the location many years ago, a different location than this one, and at the time we weren't really impressed. A lot of that impression was becuase it was advertised at Tex-Mex, but from experience and travel, this was more Baja Mex and not what we were expecting. Fast forward a few years to today when I decided to try it again, once again, not impressed. this is saddening, as I like the their seafood and bbq stores. Today I went during lunch, on a Thursday, and oddly enough on opening day of baseball, which is pertinent to mention as this location is close to the Globelife field where the Texas Rangers play, so today it was really busy for lunch at 1230 which was a few hours before game time. It was very loud with everyone talking. TV's over the bar were one and closed caption, no volume was coming from the tv's. I did sit at the bar since it was just me today. The bar itself had half the chairs open for seating. I was served chips and salsa within 5 minutes and given ample time to look over the menu. I was actually amazed at how expensive it was. Wow! $28-$36 a plate, with some going higher. Chicken plates were cheaper than beef plates by about $10, which I found as odd since chicken plates are usually more at other restaurants. They like their chicken, which was moist but not very flavorful. I'll get to the meal in a bit. The chips were light and thin tho coated in some sort of oil. At first I thought it was just moisture, tho it never soaked in or evaporated. It added a bit of a flavor to the chips, not a bad flavor, just something different than just plane ole ordinary corn tortilla chips. The salsa had a smokey flavor to it, not very spicy or peppery. It was also warmed up, which was also odd I thought, but it worked. The meal I had came from he lunch menu, it was $16.99. The tea I had to drink was $3.49. Sitting at the bar there was 2 to 3 gentlemen behind the counter the whole time. The person that was serving me was the busiest, which lended to him neglecting the bowl of chips, salsa, and my empty tea glass. Not a good start, the meal hadn't arrived yet. Jerome, one of the other bartenders even asked at one point what my drink was, I told him, and he went to serving other people. The salsa trough was in front of me that they used to fill bowls to give to others, at one point I put my empty salsa bowl in from of him, and he never did a thing with it. Ok, so he's a bartender that only helps his patrons, good to know. I ordered, and the food came out more than 30 minutes later. I took a long time to assemble the Chicken Tinga Enchilada and the one taco that was on my plate. I will say, the enchilada was good and the taco was larger than I'd expected, but the taco shell was stale and hard, and the chicken that is supposed to be shredded was slightly shredded an had a huge piece of tendon in it that I had to pull away from the edible part of the chicken. Not the best experience, and seeing as how this is the second bad experience at their brand of "Tex Mex" I won't be back and I definitely won't recommend this brand to anyone that asks. read more

Pappasito's Cantina - Chicken Tinga Enchilada and Chicken Taco. - Tex-Mex Near Me - Arlington, Texas

Our server tonight was Alexandra. She is an excellent server and beneficial to Pappasito with her professionalism and friendly attitude . I observe how observant Alexandra worked, as she not only gave excellent service to me and my family, but her other tables received excellent care as well. Whatever we asked for she got it for us in a timely fashion, and we didn't have to wait on drink refills. Alexandra thank you for making our night pleasant and good luck in your future endeavors. God bless you read more

First time here and it was busy on. Friday evening luckily we had reservations. Service was friendly and attentive. I got a peach sangria to start off with. Big bowl of tortilla chips and salsa was brought to the table. We order some queso as well and that was delicious. I got the Pappasito's grill. It was very well seasoned and cooked to perfection. I would highly recommend this restaurant. read more

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Ordered Beef Fajitas to split. Perfect and hot. Sides were good too. Got the Grand Gold Margarita (no longer on the menu), fantastic. Dallas location is my favorite. read more

Great Tex-Mex spot near Cowboys Stadium. I was in between the Plato Mariachi and the Reynosa but the bartender recommended the latter. Very, very happy with his decision. Starting with my favorite item on the plate, the green chile chicken tinga enchiladas were so good. The chicken was seasoned nicely and the chile sauce on top provided a nice kick. The tortillas were house made and amazing. Next came the tamale which was the second one I've had in my life. The pork was tender and the flavors boded well with each other. The masa was a little more dense than the other one I had which I'm not sure is normal. The final item was the crispy chicken tinga taco which was a nice switch from the soft tortillas. A good crunch, flavorful chicken, and some fresh vegetables on top. All three items were good and I loved being able to have some variety. Very reasonable priced and free chips and salsa to start. read more

Pappasito's Cantina - Reynosa - Tex-Mex Near Me - Arlington, Texas

Food was great, but the place, even at 5 on a week right was extremely noisy inside. People these days don't know what inside voice means and the louder they talk the louder everyone else has to talk. Service was good but the margarita took quite a while to come out. read more

family Plater #1 Beef and chicken paid us, ribs, shrimp Brochette, and the fixings. It is a great value if you have 4 to 5 people at your table It always taste delicious and the staff is super friendly. Now it's your turn to try it. Yum read more

Pappasito's Cantina - Family Platter 1 It's ribs, shrimp, brochette, beef and chicken fajitas with all the fixings. - Tex-Mex Near Me - Arlington, Texas

Alma M. - fabulous service didn't miss a beat and did it all smile at in Arlington. High 5 !Alma we we loved your service. (Smile). The BIG girls.. read more

Pappasito's Cantina - The big girls - Tex-Mex Near Me - Arlington, Texas

The service, quality of food, and attention to detail were evident from beginning to end. The scenery and atmosphere topped off the visit. And tres leches cheesecake, chefs kiss. As a business owner I know all things start at the top and it was evident that this is a well oiled machine. Get the fajitas. read more

I love this place but the service has gotten terrible We got are alcohol drink after the food, had to ask for refills on water ... went up to the bartender to check on drinks are selves and they said it's been sitting the for a min continue to bring us the water down drink on top of forgetting a whole bunch of stuff and messing up a whole bunch of people's orders We are not leaving until 1030 and they close at nine mind you we are a big top but also understand service industry read more

We are staying at the hotel behind Pappasito's and decided to walk over after seeing the reviews! We were told about a 20 minute wait for 3 of us but it turned out to be 5 minutes! We had the Caesar salad with shrimp, the quail, and the pappasitos grill (beef, chicken, and shrimp)! We could've shared the pappasitos grill between two of us it was so large! The food as a whole was wonderful!! The beef was some of the best we've had! I would love for them to add more corn to the salad and have an option for a mild salsa but otherwise, wow!! Tierra was an excellent waitress! Very attentive and knowledgeable! I would highly recommend this restaurant! Absolutely fantastic food!! read more

It's honestly of some of the worst food I have ever eaten. The quality of the meat they use, whether it's chicken or steak taste like complete crap. You can tell that they buy some of the cheapest quality meat in order to make better profits. I ordered a steak burrito and the steak was extremely rubbery and chewy. My friend ordered a chicken quesadilla, and the chicken was extremely rubbery and tasted awful. The service itself was good and the chips and salsa was good as well. We had a few drinks and that was all so good overall I would never ever come back here. read more

Dined here on New Year's Eve. My husband and I wanted Mexican food and always prefer a local establishment over a chain, but apparently all other restaurants closed earlier for NYE. So we came to Pappasitos reluctantly to begin with. Pros: 1. Caitlyn, our server. A pro, indeed. Please let her manager know she 100% deserves the management position she is on her way to Houston to train for. This was the busiest of nights and even after being on her feet and hustling for 11 hours straight, she had the best attitude and biggest smile on her face. 2. The food and margaritas were tasty, although it took a really long time for them to come out. However, the restaurant was kind enough to comp our queso and dessert for the inconvenience (without us asking). Thank you. Cons: 1. The aforementioned long wait for our food and drinks. 2. The prices are so much more expensive than at other smaller, family-owned restaurants in the area. There is absolutely no reason for prices to be so high for food and drinks ($47 for fajitas?? $15 for a margarita??) that are not as good as we've had elsewhere in the neighborhood. 3. The bar area where we sat (again, this was the only Mexican restaurant open at 8 p.m. so there was a 90-minute wait for a table) was unbelievably, inexplicably, uncomfortably freezing. The rest of the restaurant was a bit more comfortable, so I don't get why the bar area needs the AC blowing on a chilly night on December 31. (Ironically, the outdoor patio was heated, but they were not sending servers out there.) Reasons 2 and 3 are why we don't see ourselves returning anytime soon. read more

For what they charges for their dishes this place totally sucks. The last two times we've had horrible horrible service. The last time we saw tables come after us get their food and leave and we were still waiting on our lunch and it was just two of us with simple lunch menu items. The food finally came out and was cold telling me it had been sitting there awhile. I really like the food but it will be awhile before I can try again. Maybe we'll try the ft worth location next time. read more

Greeters aren't friendly, waitress was sweet, and food was terrible. Never have I ever ordered tacos off a menu and not got actual tacos. Cheese dip also tasted like nacho cheese. $100 for a family of 4 with terrible food. Would not recommend. Restaurant itself was nice and clean. Will give it that. read more

Lamb chops oh my! I literally was telling wife a few days ago I wanted to try lamb chops! And the yelp Gawds delivered! They were so good and tender they had a little green sauce but I didn't even need it! The kids had max and cheese and chicken tenders which I'll assume was good because they ate ALL of it! My wife had the loaded nachos which she also enjoyed. I really liked the salsa the chips were kinda thin but kinda the norm for restaurant chips I guess...I still packed them to go...lol all in all try the lamb...lol read more

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Great customer service! You can tell it's family-owned, which I absolutely love. I was greeted warmly and felt very welcome. I ordered the birria taco -- it was okay, a little on the dry side -- but the drink was absolutely amazing! read more

We came here on Monday night for our office Christmas Party. Elijah, our waiter, had sine help from another waiter. The service was great considering we had 10 adults and 2 kids. Everyone's meal was delicious. They also had our drinks out promptly. I would definitely come here again. Just be cautious if you come in the weekend around football/baseball game or another major event. I have read some previous reviews on where the restaurant can get a little overwhelmed. But, I am assuming this is the case for all the restaurants in the vicinity at the same time. read more