El Huequito Bolivar

5 Collin Brewer - 6 months ago

I highly recommend this restaurant. It's old, well established, and the food is excellent. Everyone in our party ordered different, and everyone loved what they ordered. I highly recommend the Pastor Especial.

5 S. K. Hill - 8 months ago

Absolutely DELICIOUS tacos. Authentic and real, not like the fake stuff at most restaurants in the USA.

3 J. R. Fernandez - 8 months ago

Food (5) + Service: (1) u003d overall (3)

Food:

My friend and I had the Pastor Especial (a.k.a. the tower of meat) and the tacos de pastor y nopales. Both were excellent, served fresh and hot, and were complemented nicely by the eight different salsas that were brought to the table.

Service:

Throughout the meal, the service was satisfactory, but nothing outstanding.

(Let me make a note that my friend is Mexican, fluent in Spanish, and I am Chicano, with passable Spanish. Throughout our meal, we conversed with the waiter in Spanish but between ourselves in English. I'm stating this because it's pertinent to what happened next.)

After asking for the check, the waiter brought it over, and then asked for a tip. (Odd for Mexico, we thought.) Since we paid in cash, my friend told him (in Spanish) to just bring back our change first. After doing so, we realized that he'd shorted us 50 pesos, which I guess is what he thought he deserved as a tip. While it's not necessarily a large sum of money, just the fact that he first asked for a tip, and when decided to take it upon himself to deduct it from the change, is clearly dishonest. If he hadn't have asked for the tip first, we may have just assumed he'd made a mistake, but this was obviously intentional. Once he brought back the correct change, he then lingered by the table for about ten seconds, as if waiting for us to give him a tip. It was a really bizarre and offputting experience.

Since Mexicans rarely tip, it's obvious that he asked us for one because he'd overheard us speaking in English. Had we not been able to communicate the issue in Spanish, it could have been difficult to resolve. In actuality, we would have probably tipped him 40-50 pesos, but after this, he got nothing, for being dishonest.

So, overall, I really, really liked the food and would recommend checking this place out, especially for the Pastor Especial, but be on alert when the check comes. If the server asks you for tip, it's up to you if you want to give one, but if you pay in cash, definitely count your change afterward, as they may just decide to take it anyway.

4 A Lee - 3 years ago

Good tacos, gringas, and quesadillas. Located in a touristy part of centro but you can always find a table to eat. I’m not sure how the customer service is when they are busy but they were attentive when there was only one other table besides ours. Would come back if it’s convenient to but would not go out of my way to come back.

5 Clent Jones - a year ago

Went with a local tour guide and she recommended the al pastor which is a must!! Highly recommend, definitely try if you are seeking one of the best tacos in the city!

P.S. and definitely get the Horchata!!!!

5 fatgypo - 4 years ago

Great place for Mexican fast food. Great service. Good serving sizes and reasonable prices

5 Frances Flores - 4 months ago

Great food. We had the Arrachera plate and the rib tortas and it was delicious. The wait staff was friendly and accommodating. I would definitely come again. Highly recommend.