Papa Chulo’s

Okay, does the smell of burned food excite you? If so come in and eat until your heart content. I will say that the fajitas were on a sizzling skillet with a flour tortilla on the hot iron which creates this burnt smell, I think the intent was to ensure the meat had a good aroma for the meal, to us not a good idea. My guests who are ethnically Mexican mentioned the beans refried are from a can. I will say my Charo beans were ok. The rice was over cooked. I had the steak ranchero, highlight here was the ranchero sauce, that was as outstanding, I asked for my steak medium, it came out well instead. One of my guest had coffee, how can you screw that up… well serve it up burnt! The onions served with the meal weren’t even peeled, do you like having onion paper with your meal? I don’t…
The service, not sure what to say. They tried real hard, but inexperienced; I think the realized the food didn’t help the experience.

Ate there last week for lunch. I arrived at 11 a.m. and was seated promptly. The waitress came quickly and took my order. I could tell they were still training staff. The chips and hot sauce were very good. First time there so I chose the combination where I could choose the entrees I wanted to try. I got a chicken enchilada, soft cheese taco, and a beef chalupa. All three items were good. I would have liked a few jalapenos with the chicken enchilada to spice it up a little.
I’m going back tonight to get their carne guisada and chicken flautas to take home. I’ll let you know how good they are.

Went Friday, 01÷17÷14, 7:00 pm (prime time), for a second visit. The parking lot was packed so we thought, why not give it another try… BAD IDEA. Inside the restaurant was nearly empty, not a dozen people inside so no idea who all the cars in the parking lot belonged to. Still took almost 10 minutes to be seated at a table in a nearly vacant restaurant. The margaritas, both house and top shelf Patron were dismal. WAY more sugar sweet mix than anything and the tequila was undetectable in either one. Taco shells were cold, stale, and soggy from swimming in the grease from the absolutely flavorless taco meat. The combo fajitas were very, very heavy on the bell peppers and onions and very, very light on the chicken, beef, and shrimp. The salsa is the only redeeming quality if you like some spice, which I do. Spent almost $ 60.00 for two entrees and 3 margaritas and it was TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY, again, just as it was on opening day. It is beyond my comprehension how this place is still open for business. Deprive people of decent food for long enough and they’ll say anything is good.

Our second time here and much improvement over the first visit. Service this time was timely and friendly. Food was served quickly and was hot and had good flavor. The only complaint we had was the chips that were served seemed to come from the bottom of the bag. Very small pieces that were hard to dip with. Overall, a very pleasant lunch.

Our second time here and the service was awesome today! The waiter brought out our kids food first because it was already ready and he didn’t want it to get cold! They were very attentive and super quick! The food was hot and crazy tasty!

2 stars because the waitress was good. The food left a lot to be desired. The fajitas were edible… that is about it.

Food was decent and service was slow. Not sure why if it was not even busy. Overall an okay experience.

Enjoyed lunch here

We have visited this restaurant several times recently. The food is good and so is the service. It is much better than thw place that was here before.

Waited 10 plus minutes to be seated with plenty of tables open. Chips /​drinks came out fast. Tea is nasty due to using city water. The salsa has ‘bite’. Which I like. Probably too hot for most though… Received food 30 minutes later. Chicken and steaks for wraps were bland, no flavor at all. Fajita taco salad was literally full of lettuce w/​like 4 small cubes of meat. The best thing so far was my seirra mist. It’s was overall a pretty dreadful experience… Although Our waitress was nice and constantly checked in on us. but to top it off you had some clown wannabe floor manager talking down to a waitress about firing her. (at the front door) That was wonderful.

This restaurant literally just opened. We went on a Tu night. I had a beef burrito w/​queso a la carte & it was very good. Will definitely be ordering again. Service was okay, maybe a little slow. Our waiter would disappear for several minutes at a time, other than that he was fine. Kind of noisy, don’t go here if you want to have a heart to heart talk. Between the music and crying babies I couldn’t hear much of anything. On the food front, I do highly suggest you check this place out.
*update 3÷14÷14 We’ve eaten there a few times now. Food quality is below average & service is worse.