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Uncle Julio's Fort Worth

3.5 (811 reviews)
ModerateMexican, Tex-Mex
Open • 11:00 am - 11:00 pm
Updated 1 month ago

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Moderate noise
Casual
Happy hour specials
Outdoor seating

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This food is the bomb !!!!!!
Robin W.

This location has the best staff. I want to recognize many.... just can not pick one. Arely, Daniela, Ashley, Martin, David, Mikayla, and Josue for a great job every week! They are prompt, friendly, and thorough. We have tried other locations, but we keep coming back to this one as it has the absolute best food and staff! Huge shout out to the management team, AJ, Joanna, Victor, and Ben.

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Tiffany C.

We sat on the patio, which was really nice, although there were quite a few flies. That's certainly not the restaurant's fault--we chose to sit outside because it was such a beautiful day. For drinks, I had the Cadillac Margarita and my son ordered the Trio Flight. He described it as sweet and salty, and we both really enjoyed our drinks. They were refreshing and well made. We started with the Quesadilla-Birria appetizer and substituted corn tortillas for the flour tortillas. The tortillas were packed with flavor and had a great crunch. I would absolutely recommend this appetizer. For my meal, I ordered the carnitas tacos. They were good, but the flavor wasn't quite what I expected. They had a little more tang than I prefer, so I added some crema, which helped balance the flavor for me. My son ordered the shrimp enchiladas, and they were excellent. We both had the cilantro rice, which was a great side. Service was okay. Our waitress, Dora, seemed to be having a tough day and wasn't very personable. Service was a bit slow, but everyone has off days, so hopefully this was just one of them. Overall, we enjoyed the food and drinks and would return.

Chicken and skirt steak fajitas for 2
Emily T.

Quality has definitely gone down since the last time we visited. Service was friendly but a little slow. The food was average on par with what you get at Rosa's. Dining room is well lit. (Super bright) There was a lot of mosquito and flies in the dining room.

Place is packed and we got right in!  Plat Gordon for four!!!
Jim T.

The drinks are great, well made and to order. Queso was on point. It and the chips were so tasty, but don't fill up on chips, dips and Queso!! We got the mixed beef and chicken fajitas with 6 jumbo shrimp. Always add the Shrimp, they come 3 to an order. Arm wrestle for the extra shrimp! On a sad note, we are from out of town, they stopped the sopaipilla's and switched to Curro's. They are good, but we miss our sopaipils's.

Chicken tacos
Christopher O.

Came in here for lunch after it reopened. Service was fantastic and our waitress was very attentive. The salsa was slightly bland but the chips were fresh. The queso definitely was creamy and had ok flavor. The Baja fish tacos were good and the mango pico in the salsa was refreshing. The chicken tacos were unfortunately very bland and tasted like they were boiled in water. This place has some good spots but also needs some work.

Early dinner time.
Chuck M.

We decided on an early dinner and hopefully take advantage of Happy Hour prices. We didn't want to sit in the bar area, so we asked to be seated in the dining room. Since we were there for early dining, we asked Miguel, our server, what was available for Happy Hour. He shook his head and said nothing in the main dining room, only in the bar area. Unbelievable, oh well, unsweetened iced tea for the two of us. Since we hadn't had Uncle Julio's fajitas before we decided to split an order for one between the two of us. A hot basket of chips and salsa were soon delivered to our table. Unfortunately, the chips and salsa were underwhelming. In our basket there were several clumps of chips stuck together and were really greasy. Someone in the kitchen wasn't stirring the chips in the fryer well enough. Since the salsa was only OK, we didn't request replacement chips. In a flash, our chicken fajitas, were brought to our table sizzling along with all the accompaniments. In our honest opinion, the fajitas were good but not great. They did have a very nice Mesquite grilled smokey flavor. We left the restaurant with full tummies. Miguel did provide very attentive service during our visit. There were several disappointments during time at Uncle Julio, no happy hour prices in the dining room, so strange, the chips and the so-so fajitas.

My Mom, Sister, and I for girls night.
Amanda C.

Love this place for girls night. The noise level is kinda loud but it has great food. If you wanna share or just have a great meal yourself. The staff are awesome and make sure you have everything you need.

Fajitas
Airon A.

The Uncle Julio's in Austin closed so I always try to make a stop when I am in the Dallas area. The meal starts with free chips and salsa. It is hard to find a restaurant with good chips and salsa, but this is one of them and I am a fan of both. The chips are served warm and are thin and crispy with a good crunch. I love their margaritas that are fresh and made with muddled fruit. My go to order is the Guadalajara that includes mesquite grilled bacon wrapped jumbo shrimp stuffed with Monterey Jack and jalapeño with chicken and beef fajita meat served with flour tortillas, Mexican butter, cheddar cheese, guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo. I added diced tomatoes as well. I am not a fan of the Mexican rice or beans. We were able to split the fajitas and there was generous portion size. My favorite dessert is the Mexican piñata, a one of a kind smashable dessert that has fruit and churros inside of a chocolate ball. The restaurant was busy but the server was attentive and efficient. Overall a great dining experience.

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Olga was so much fun and helpful and her customer service was great and the food was good

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Food is really good our server Olga is very kind and very speedy and the host is maddddddd fine too

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Had the combo fajitas and the tortillas were so fresh and the queso was delicious! Will definitely be back.

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This has been the best Mexican food since I was a young child. Best fajitas in the world and amazing homemade tortillas.

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