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    Sandra's Cantina & Grill

    3.2 (300 reviews)
    ModerateMexican
    Open 9:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Happy hour specials

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    Sandra's  Cantina Hwy 281 N

    As wonderful as the food, service, and atmosphere are at Sandra's cantina, i must say that their gift certificate policy absolutely sucks. If you don't use the entire gift certificate, you forefit the balance. This absolutely ruined the experience for me. How inconsiderate. I couldn't even leave the balance for my waitress. What a shame.

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    Lisa N.

    Tacos are all I've had here for 3 years every time I leave San Antonio heading back to Lawton Oklahoma. I get excited knowing I'll take tacos back to Lawton. Lol!! They aren't greedy with their food! They stuff them tacos! Homemade tortillas. Beans are so GOOD! The service is always good, order at the bar for " To Go" . Restrooms are always clean & smell nice. The furniture in here is very nice heavy wooden chairs & tables. The atmosphere is cozy and comfortable. The temperature is perfect!

    Chalupa's with ground beef and bell peppers.
    Sherry D.

    All their ground beef has bell pepper in it. We ordered the chipotle burrito., and it was horrible. Neither me or my husband could eat it. I then went to the restaurant to pick up their tortillas soup, which is the only thing they have that's good that we've eaten, I was told that their burritos don't have peppers. We went there today and got an to go order or beef Chalupa's only to find that they put bell pepper and all their ground beef. So neither of us could eat that. Maybe they should try to make ground beef without bell pepper peppers, and add it only upon request or allow someone to request no bell peppers. If we're going to have bell peppers in with their ground beef, they should put it on their menu.

    Spring Plate (2 cheese enchiladas and a greasy beef puffy taco; sub borracho beans; and the tiny pile of rice is behind the bean bowl)
    Jennifer F.

    Just meh. Probably won't be back and I live only 3 minutes away. Service was slow and the waitress made it abundantly clear that she would rather be literally anywhere else. She was not friendly or attentive AT ALL. I don't think she even smiled once in the 90 minutes we were there. It was difficult to get her attention when I needed something because she wouldn't even scan her 5 tables to look at people. I asked the hostess for things a couple of times. Everyone had a margarita on their table, so I figured they were on happy hour on a Tuesday evening, but they weren't. $10 but it tasted ok. Kitchen is gruelingly slow. Order an appetizer, so you don't notice the 45+ minute wait for your 2 enchiladas after you order them. I asked for more chips & salsa at one point and 15 minutes later I had to ask again because no one ever brought it. Food was mediocre. I thought the enchilada gravy was lacking flavor and the little chunks of tender beef that really good gravy has, puffy taco was dripping so much grease so I only ate half, nothing to write home about on the flavorless rice even after they caught all the puffy taco grease, and refried beans were unappealing. The borracho beans had a bit of a kick to them and the salsa was great. I just expected a lot better for $45 (2 plates and 1 margarita). Prices are pretty high for Mexican food, IMO. Do yourself a favor and go to Limestone on 46. Better food, better service, better prices, but not better salsa.

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    Griff was a awesome server! Food was amazing I will for sure be back. And the atmosphere was very cool too!

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    The food was amazing. Good service. The drinks were delicious. We had the pound of fajitas and mojito Rita drink. Mmmm mmmm

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    Good food, slow service. The puffy tacos are great. Outside patio with play ground for the children.

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    Great food, Exceptional service. Ambience was superb. Chelsea, my waitperson was outstanding. Keep up the great service.

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    Always good food here. We've sat inside and taken out food when it's too busy. Great variety of margaritas.

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    Griff crushes it. The food is good too. The playground is great for the kids. Thank you for the great service.

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    griff was the best server ever! food fantastic but service was superb! Friendly ambiance!

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    Grif good service food. Great water!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!¡!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Griff our server was amazing! Food was amazing too, fantastic job! We will definitely be coming back.

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    Our favorite local spot. Amazing margaritas and food- Griff always takes the best care of us!

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    Do their beans have lard in them? What about the tortillas?

    Yes, I was told by the waitress that the refried beans did have lard in them. Haven't tried them yet but I had the borracho beans & they were delicious!

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