Good food. Good drinks. Friendly staff. Reasonable prices. Worth checking out.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Justin Russell
One of the best restaurants in town. Never a disappointment.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Honest review
Our steak was pretty tough and the fajitas tasted like lighter fluid, like it wasn’t burned off the charcoal. The waitress may think she’s being sassy but she was pretty snotty and we all got the same impression.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
Tristen Hart
I usually don’t write reviews, but this just irks my nerves, I need to say something. Always love coming here for the food and atmosphere, but always end up getting bad luck with service. I went out with my boyfriend and our friends on a double date and before we were even sat, the server was yelling for peoples names for their tables and when no one would answer she would viciously stare at the waiting area, waiting for us to verbally say no, get upset and then storm off with an attitude. When we got sat, we got the same server that was putting up that childish act at the host podium. As soon as she sat us down she didn’t give us an opportunity to look at the drink menu, or even speak, and she just yelled “water water water, waters, okay!” And ran off to get us waters, AND THEN came back to ask if we wanted anything else to drink. She’s in such a hurry but she wasted her’s and our time doing that. Lol. Then when appetizers came out I was trying to make room so she could set them down and she says with such an attitude “that’s RIGHT where I’m going to set the food down”. The attitude in her tone made me actually nauseous. I’m a server as well and would never display any tone/attitude of that kind to my guests. For not even doing anything but trying to help anyways. After that and throughout the dinner, she only came to check on us once until she came with the bills. Idk what type of tip she was expecting with her attitude, but she’s lucky we tipped anything. Work on your attitude and maybe you’d deserve more lol.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Wonton Tacos
JR Ruiz
Great service, the food was excellent!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
John TheDM
Food was delicious and the bartender Kara made excellent cocktails. Would definitely recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Robert Marshall
Heard a lot of great things about this place. Daughter and I dropped in on a Sat evening. Wasn't busy. Was asked if we had a reservation before being sat down near the main door. We picked out our drinks, appetizer, and entrées while waiting to be acknowledged. No one ever came to give us water...for 10 minutes. Watched other service given to tables that walked in after us. No one even told us that they were finding our waiter/waitress. It was like we didn't exist. Got tired of waiting, so we informed the hostess of the lack of service and walked out. Will be a while before I consider coming here again despite the rave reviews I've heard of the food. So much for being a "special" and Local place.
Service: 1
alonso zimmermann
We are from out of town. Strange that we had to wait 30 minutes when their were tables open the time we were waiting. The food was bad. The rice had good flavor but was not cooked all the way so there were hard pices. The beans were also not cooked all the way they were still hard. Had carne asada tacos were the corn tortillas were cold. Ordered the salsa and chips. Red salsa was tomato catchup with seasoning and the green salsa was green water with I think a pice of garlic.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: 3 Tacos with Rice & Beans, Al Pastor
Polly Porter
The Local is a spacious and attractive place. The patio/courtyard was inviting. We arrived at 11:35 a.m. and were seated promptly without much wait. The employees were courteous and pleasant, but the service was just average. The kitchen was "out of" two menu items which was odd, but okay. We waited 45 minutes for our food. Only two out of six people enjoyed their food: Migas and Wonton Taquitos although the queso was served cold and had more than just a thin "skin" from sitting at room temperature. The steak salad would have been good if the steak hadn't been so overcooked it was completely charred. A few bites were actually inedible. I doubt that any of us will be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 3
joerayrg1
I’ve been wanting to try this place out for a while since we moved to Abilene. Our first attempt didn’t quit work out. They asked if we had a reservation and we did not. I did not know we needed one. When we finally went it was for a work event. We were in the “party” room. It was freezing in there. Our sever failed to write all of our order so we did not get all that we wanted. It was difficult to get refills. However, the most disappointing parts of the visit was the food. It looked pretty but was over salted and lacked any other flavor. I’m glad we went. Now we know what it is like and will not be returning.
We ordered 2 local pastas, after an hour we were served it was absolutely gross! Best thing was the queso, chips were stale, guacamole was bland, green salsa was straight lime, and red sauce was spicy but bland! Very sad actually!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
David Kasselman
Burger from the burger brawl was great. My wife had the salmon and raved about it. Had good service and always love the
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bryan Bankhead
Food and service was good. We had a reservation but still had to wait a bit for our reserved table. They were out of a couple of food items already at 6:30pm.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Street Tacos, Carne Asada Taco
John Burgess
Awesome place to go. The americanos tacos are very delicious. The staff was excellent. The service was excellent. Will definitely visit this place again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips and Queso, Salsa
Amy Wendell
I was not expecting how fancy this establishment was when I walked in. The service is good, just takes a while. The queso was absolutely delicious! My tacos were good, but they were more filled with toppings rather than meat, very little meat. The rice is not good, super dry & hard.
Good food. Good drinks. Friendly staff. Reasonable prices. Worth checking out.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
One of the best restaurants in town. Never a disappointment.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Our steak was pretty tough and the fajitas tasted like lighter fluid, like it wasn’t burned off the charcoal. The waitress may think she’s being sassy but she was pretty snotty and we all got the same impression.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
I usually don’t write reviews, but this just irks my nerves, I need to say something. Always love coming here for the food and atmosphere, but always end up getting bad luck with service. I went out with my boyfriend and our friends on a double date and before we were even sat, the server was yelling for peoples names for their tables and when no one would answer she would viciously stare at the waiting area, waiting for us to verbally say no, get upset and then storm off with an attitude. When we got sat, we got the same server that was putting up that childish act at the host podium. As soon as she sat us down she didn’t give us an opportunity to look at the drink menu, or even speak, and she just yelled “water water water, waters, okay!” And ran off to get us waters, AND THEN came back to ask if we wanted anything else to drink. She’s in such a hurry but she wasted her’s and our time doing that. Lol. Then when appetizers came out I was trying to make room so she could set them down and she says with such an attitude “that’s RIGHT where I’m going to set the food down”. The attitude in her tone made me actually nauseous. I’m a server as well and would never display any tone/attitude of that kind to my guests. For not even doing anything but trying to help anyways. After that and throughout the dinner, she only came to check on us once until she came with the bills. Idk what type of tip she was expecting with her attitude, but she’s lucky we tipped anything. Work on your attitude and maybe you’d deserve more lol.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Wonton Tacos
Great service, the food was excellent!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was delicious and the bartender Kara made excellent cocktails. Would definitely recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Heard a lot of great things about this place. Daughter and I dropped in on a Sat evening. Wasn't busy. Was asked if we had a reservation before being sat down near the main door. We picked out our drinks, appetizer, and entrées while waiting to be acknowledged. No one ever came to give us water...for 10 minutes. Watched other service given to tables that walked in after us. No one even told us that they were finding our waiter/waitress. It was like we didn't exist. Got tired of waiting, so we informed the hostess of the lack of service and walked out. Will be a while before I consider coming here again despite the rave reviews I've heard of the food. So much for being a "special" and Local place.
Service: 1
We are from out of town. Strange that we had to wait 30 minutes when their were tables open the time we were waiting. The food was bad. The rice had good flavor but was not cooked all the way so there were hard pices. The beans were also not cooked all the way they were still hard. Had carne asada tacos were the corn tortillas were cold. Ordered the salsa and chips. Red salsa was tomato catchup with seasoning and the green salsa was green water with I think a pice of garlic.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: 3 Tacos with Rice & Beans, Al Pastor
The Local is a spacious and attractive place. The patio/courtyard was inviting. We arrived at 11:35 a.m. and were seated promptly without much wait. The employees were courteous and pleasant, but the service was just average. The kitchen was "out of" two menu items which was odd, but okay. We waited 45 minutes for our food. Only two out of six people enjoyed their food: Migas and Wonton Taquitos although the queso was served cold and had more than just a thin "skin" from sitting at room temperature. The steak salad would have been good if the steak hadn't been so overcooked it was completely charred. A few bites were actually inedible. I doubt that any of us will be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 3
I’ve been wanting to try this place out for a while since we moved to Abilene. Our first attempt didn’t quit work out. They asked if we had a reservation and we did not. I did not know we needed one. When we finally went it was for a work event. We were in the “party” room. It was freezing in there. Our sever failed to write all of our order so we did not get all that we wanted. It was difficult to get refills. However, the most disappointing parts of the visit was the food. It looked pretty but was over salted and lacked any other flavor. I’m glad we went. Now we know what it is like and will not be returning.
Atmosphere: 2
Restaurantji Recommends
We ordered 2 local pastas, after an hour we were served it was absolutely gross! Best thing was the queso, chips were stale, guacamole was bland, green salsa was straight lime, and red sauce was spicy but bland! Very sad actually!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
Burger from the burger brawl was great. My wife had the salmon and raved about it. Had good service and always love the
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food and service was good. We had a reservation but still had to wait a bit for our reserved table. They were out of a couple of food items already at 6:30pm.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Street Tacos, Carne Asada Taco
Awesome place to go. The americanos tacos are very delicious. The staff was excellent. The service was excellent. Will definitely visit this place again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips and Queso, Salsa
I was not expecting how fancy this establishment was when I walked in. The service is good, just takes a while. The queso was absolutely delicious! My tacos were good, but they were more filled with toppings rather than meat, very little meat. The rice is not good, super dry & hard.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chips and Queso