We’ve been here many times—the food is always delicious and the portions are generous. But staff training might need some improvement… someone drops a plate almost every visit.
Larry Knapp
I was there for happy hour. The website indicates wine is available 50% off. My server wasn’t sure so when she checked with the manager, she was told wine is not included in happy hour. I ordered a vodka martini $15 for a two ounce martini. It was gone in two sips! They were generous with the olives though. The pulled chicken enchiladas were good. I want to compliment my wonderful server LUCIA. She was so gracious and apologetic. I won’t go back to Uncle Julio’s.
Nadine Kangni
This is the second time I am having a negative experience at Uncle Julio Reston. After we arrived, we were seated quickly. We first ordered 2 margaritas that came leaking in dirty glasses and the pieces of watermelon tasted like they have been cut a few days ago. We placed our orders right away and told the waitress we didn't have much time as we were going to a concert at 8:PM. One of the chips was so salty I had to spit it out. The food was taking long and we asked the waitress why. She stated the chicken and steak Quesadillas were not ready because they had to cook the meat a certain way. Yet, a young couple seating at the next table got their steak and shrimps out. So we told her we would have to have our food boxes or we could just cancel the orders if it was going to take longer. She said she would go check and she would also get a manager we could talk to. Shortly after, some plates with the main dishes were brought out and the server rudely asked if we ordered them. We were confused as the appetizers still did not come and we didn't expect to get the main food before the appetizers. So we asked what they were to make sure they were ours. Another server also came with an attitude. Now they were looking at each other like we were dumb or something. Our waitress then brought the quesadillas so we told her we would have to box everything to go. The 2 servers looked at each other with an attitude again. The waitress came back with the our food boxed and our bill, which iwas around $105. We were like we shouldn't even leave a tip but I left a 20 anyway because the waitress looked pretty young and I thought about my teenage daughter being in her shoes someday. We didn't ask to see a manager on our way out because we were out of time. Pretty much, we left the restaurant hungry and went to our concert. The quesadillas were very salty as well and the side of Guac looked like poop or vomit because they didn't care to put them separately in a small container so they could be fresh. My friend didn't not like her tacos and I haven't even tried my steak fajitas.
Alexander M.
Our family visited this restorant last Sunday in general, everything was ok except one main thing: very small portions of meat in Steak Chiken Fajitas meals, much less than they promise in their Nutrition list
Shanika Jones
Food is always hot & delicious 😋
Anna Strickland
In town on business and decided to order delivery. Went with the steak fajita bowl, however when it arrived it barely had any of the ingredients listed in the menu. This was nothing more than a bowl of rice & beans with a few bites of steak and tortilla strips. If any of the other ingredients were included they were in such small quantities it was undetectable. Glad they provided salsa with the order because I had to pour it in the bowl since it was so dry.
Brian Stewart
We had a party of 20 and they still managed to take good care of us through our the meal. I didn't get a chance to try the live guacamole but everyone else that did said I was fantastic. Next time I'm back on the east coast in Reston I'll gea chance to try it out with a smaller group of friends.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Sherman Chandler
Quality: 4.5* Taste: 4.5* Service: 4* Ambiance: 4.5* Value: 4* Recommend: Steak & chicken fajitas Tip: Tableside guac is fun for kids
Michelle
Food was good, salsa and chips was tasty and service was fairly friendly. Would recommend for a dinner out with friends or family.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Sweettambis
Chicken slightly undercooked and not tasty . Rice tastes like Uncle Ben’s out of a box . Beans its like from the can . Beef seasoned well but onions are dry , not served enough onions, peppers . The only one we like was the hot flour tortillas and the chips and the salsa. And the soda. The server was not that attentive.
Parking: Hard to find street parking . Garage parking has to walk far.
Uncle Julio's Reston does not disappoint. The food was good, although I didn't care for the slightly greasy pan-fried taco shell on my street taco's. All of the flavors combined were good, though. If you like drinking the best of the best margarita, go for the Cadillac. I had two of them, will be my go-to drink every time we eat here. Would have had three but the wife gave me that look...
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Fredrick Ferguson
Great experience
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Duane Collie
We started going to Reston Uncle Julios when there was nothing but a gravel parking lot where Jackson's now stands. Something happened to Uncle Julio's - the food isn't very good any more. Maybe when it was sold to an Investment Groiup in 2017, or when they laid off 4,300 employees nationwide. I was hugely disappointed when I had lunch there today. Cheap ingredients, nothing taste good - while it wasn't spoiled or rancid Chipolte does a far better job. Too bad, in the 80's and 90's they served very good food. Now....its all price point cheap.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
Cigar Snobs
First time placing the order for take out. They couldn’t figure out the order even with the name (asked my name half a dozen time) Waited for more than 50min nothing to be found.
I’d suggest if you guys would train some team members to resolve order issue(s) with one person at a time instead of dealing with multiple people may be that’d help.
We’ve been here many times—the food is always delicious and the portions are generous. But staff training might need some improvement… someone drops a plate almost every visit.
I was there for happy hour. The website indicates wine is available 50% off. My server wasn’t sure so when she checked with the manager, she was told wine is not included in happy hour. I ordered a vodka martini $15 for a two ounce martini. It was gone in two sips! They were generous with the olives though. The pulled chicken enchiladas were good. I want to compliment my wonderful server LUCIA. She was so gracious and apologetic.
I won’t go back to Uncle Julio’s.
This is the second time I am having a negative experience at Uncle Julio Reston. After we arrived, we were seated quickly. We first ordered 2 margaritas that came leaking in dirty glasses and the pieces of watermelon tasted like they have been cut a few days ago. We placed our orders right away and told the waitress we didn't have much time as we were going to a concert at 8:PM. One of the chips was so salty I had to spit it out. The food was taking long and we asked the waitress why. She stated the chicken and steak Quesadillas were not ready because they had to cook the meat a certain way. Yet, a young couple seating at the next table got their steak and shrimps out. So we told her we would have to have our food boxes or we could just cancel the orders if it was going to take longer. She said she would go check and she would also get a manager we could talk to. Shortly after, some plates with the main dishes were brought out and the server rudely asked if we ordered them. We were confused as the appetizers still did not come and we didn't expect to get the main food before the appetizers. So we asked what they were to make sure they were ours. Another server also came with an attitude. Now they were looking at each other like we were dumb or something. Our waitress then brought the quesadillas so we told her we would have to box everything to go. The 2 servers looked at each other with an attitude again. The waitress came back with the our food boxed and our bill, which iwas around $105. We were like we shouldn't even leave a tip but I left a 20 anyway because the waitress looked pretty young and I thought about my teenage daughter being in her shoes someday. We didn't ask to see a manager on our way out because we were out of time. Pretty much, we left the restaurant hungry and went to our concert. The quesadillas were very salty as well and the side of Guac looked like poop or vomit because they didn't care to put them separately in a small container so they could be fresh. My friend didn't not like her tacos and I haven't even tried my steak fajitas.
Our family visited this restorant last Sunday
in general, everything was ok except one main thing:
very small portions of meat in Steak Chiken Fajitas meals, much less than they promise in their Nutrition list
Food is always hot & delicious 😋
In town on business and decided to order delivery. Went with the steak fajita bowl, however when it arrived it barely had any of the ingredients listed in the menu. This was nothing more than a bowl of rice & beans with a few bites of steak and tortilla strips. If any of the other ingredients were included they were in such small quantities it was undetectable. Glad they provided salsa with the order because I had to pour it in the bowl since it was so dry.
We had a party of 20 and they still managed to take good care of us through our the meal. I didn't get a chance to try the live guacamole but everyone else that did said I was fantastic. Next time I'm back on the east coast in Reston I'll gea chance to try it out with a smaller group of friends.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Quality: 4.5*
Taste: 4.5*
Service: 4*
Ambiance: 4.5*
Value: 4*
Recommend: Steak & chicken fajitas
Tip: Tableside guac is fun for kids
Food was good, salsa and chips was tasty and service was fairly friendly. Would recommend for a dinner out with friends or family.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Chicken slightly undercooked and not tasty . Rice tastes like Uncle Ben’s out of a box . Beans its like from the can . Beef seasoned well but onions are dry , not served enough onions, peppers . The only one we like was the hot flour tortillas and the chips and the salsa. And the soda. The server was not that attentive.
Parking: Hard to find street parking . Garage parking has to walk far.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Tableside Guacamole, Chips & Salsa
Restaurantji Recommends
food is outstanding
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Uncle Julio's Reston does not disappoint. The food was good, although I didn't care for the slightly greasy pan-fried taco shell on my street taco's. All of the flavors combined were good, though. If you like drinking the best of the best margarita, go for the Cadillac. I had two of them, will be my go-to drink every time we eat here. Would have had three but the wife gave me that look...
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Great experience
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We started going to Reston Uncle Julios when there was nothing but a gravel parking lot where Jackson's now stands. Something happened to Uncle Julio's - the food isn't very good any more. Maybe when it was sold to an Investment Groiup in 2017, or when they laid off 4,300 employees nationwide. I was hugely disappointed when I had lunch there today. Cheap ingredients, nothing taste good - while it wasn't spoiled or rancid Chipolte does a far better job. Too bad, in the 80's and 90's they served very good food. Now....its all price point cheap.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
First time placing the order for take out. They couldn’t figure out the order even with the name (asked my name half a dozen time) Waited for more than 50min nothing to be found.
I’d suggest if you guys would train some team members to resolve order issue(s) with one person at a time instead of dealing with multiple people may be that’d help.
Place looks nice but sadly service failed me.
Wasting time, no exception.
Service: 1
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