El Bracero of Owensboro

Everyone is friendly, make you feel like family-at home. Good food, good drinks, El Bracero is the Best!! 👍

If you want authentic Mexican food this is it. Save yourself the trouble and eat here. If you're looking for a good traditional Mexican adult beverage order the Paloma. Squirt, lime, salt and tequila. Nothing else in Owensboro compares.

First time here. Waitress was extremely friendly and the food was very good. I thought the guacamole was a little bland.

I highly recommend El Bracero to anyone looking for delicious Mexican food and a great time. It’s definitely one of my favorite restaurants in town, and I always look forward to my next visit. The pricing is affordable and everyone is so kind and welcoming. I love it

Not authentic Mexican food. Cheddar cheese melted on top of our food and chicken had no seasoning. 🤢

They must have a different cook because I have been there before and gotten flavorful food but today was a different story. The food was greasy, bland, & disgusting. We voiced our concerns to the waitress. She said all they could do was bring something else. So we got different meat. That too was the same. Voiced our concern again and she said sorry. Won’t go back again. No manager was present.

We thought we would stop on our way through Owensboro and so glad we did. The food was delicious! We got the giant burrito ranchero. It was stuffed full. The atmosphere was inviting and very clean. We will definitely be coming back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was bland @ best, it was served hot (fast

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa

The chicken on the beach was incredible!! Some of the best chicken I’ve ever had.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was alright loved the queso sized servings

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa, Chips

I confirm with this visit that Native Americans love Mexican food... just like me ?. Well, the Brazier.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

My wife and I's visit started off with chips that were starting to go stale, mediocre salsa, and freezing cold, flavorless guacamole. For those who don't know, avocados lose the majority of their flavor when chilled below a certain point. Cool guac I am okay with, but this was nearly frozen and a waste of money.

My wife and I both had enchiladas. Poblano cream for me and veggie for her. Thankfully, the server who delivered our plates knew which was which because both plates were dressed identically. So much so that the server who took our order asked if my wife had gotten the correct dish (the enchiladas on both plates were covered in the poblano cream and garnished the same).

The poblano cream looked good but fell short in the flavor department compared to similar offerings in town. Salt helped, but not much.

The tortillas were, again, flavorless. Admittedly, we have a Latino grocery near our house where we get some top-quality, fresh-made tortillas, so I will concede that my expectations in that regard were high.

Perhaps that nail in the coffin for me was the lack of flavor in the enchiladas' filling. The chicken and spinach tasted and appeared to have been cooked without any seasoning, spices, or marinade, just slapped on the grill with some neutral oil.

When the black bean side dish on your plate is the star of the show, there's a problem.

In the end, I dumped the filling out of the enchiladas mixed it with some of the rice and beans, since the rice was properly seasoned, mixed in some of the guac that we had not eaten (which never happens in our family) and scooped up the mixture with the stale chips. A disappointing way to finish a plate of enchiladas.

Sadly, this account closely mimics the experience we had at the Madisonville location. Even down to the teeth-hurtingly cold guacamole. I had hoped that the Owensboro store only had a similar name, but that is apparently not the case.

El Toucan, Don Mario's, Mi Ranchera, La Veracruzana, Ernesto's... literally any Mexican restaurant in town offers better fare than what my wife and I experienced.

When living in Madisonville, I went to the El Bracero there one time and never returned. The same will be the case for the Owensboro location.

After saying all that, I do want to mention that our server was pleasant, prompt, and attentive. She was a definite high point of our visit.

Now if they can just get the food up to a similar level of quality.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 5

Good food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

First time here and the food was amazing. I ordered enchiladas with meat. And we also ordered strawberry margaritas with our dinner. I decided to take home the Tuesday special which was tacos. I will be back to try more on their menu another day. gracias

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa, Enchiladas, Cheese Dip

Above average, very impressed with our meals. Everything was better than I expected it to be. I ordered a paloma and it came out in a fancy painted glass rimmed with I believe tajin seasoning. I want to come back and check out some of they're weekly specials!