Taco Ole Restaurant

Charro beans are to die for! Really authentic and delicious. Best spot we could find in McAllen area for actual, really really good Mexican food.

Always packed but I like this place whenever we go. Pretty cheap and foods are delicious!

This place sucks and is overpriced for what it is. The meat was so hard to bite and so was the chicken. The ships were burned and the rice was gross. You can find better tacos at a food truck and for half the price. Do not recommend.

Sometimes we can take too much for granted and not even realize that we have… until you go without.
Having sampled mexican food all throughout the state there really is no better bang for your buck, tried and true mexican like Taco Olé’. Wholesome, hearty and hits the bullseye on full-​on mexican flavors from fajitas, tacos, chalupas, meats, beans, rice and the TORTILLAS! O GOD… yes…the TORTILLAS… those bad boys require their own review!
Been coming here for years across the street from work and have tried most of the menu from breakfast, lunch to dinner, but for this review we will focus on their bountiful BUFFET and my all-​time favorite you-​cannot-​go-​wrong dish «Poquito de Todo» Translation por favor!!! It means «A little bit of everything».
Some reviews have shown displeasure with the advertisement of their Mexican buffet not showcasing enough Mexican food. Understandable, but for what Taco Olé’ is supplementing the buffet with you will have your fill! Half of the buffet has your standard fare like enchiladas and mole or rice and beans, bt it’s the other half your carnivorous side will be drooling over! All roasted and grilled BBQ meats including juicy pork ribs, HUGE brontosaurus style beef ribs, grilled chicken, fajitas and mollejas… those are called sweetbread and many folks don’t know that those crispy, succulent, plump pieces are endocrine glands. Don’t be scared to try one!
My favorite dish is the «Poquito de Todo» and comes served with cheese enchiladas, chalupa, some nachos and panchos, taco and rice and beans. It covers all your main flavors and favorites which is why I recommend this dish to anyone that has ever been stuck on what to order on a menu or a first time guest. YOU CAN’T GO WRONG!
Make sure to have a few flour tortillas with your meal as they are just churning those suckers out nice and hot! Ask for a little bit of delicious butter to add to it and you have got yourself the best dang all purpose snack God ever created. We tend to eat that for dessert…
The review would be a full 5 stars, but I did have to knock it down one due to the chips served pre meal… they do tend to be a bit greasy at times and many folks will find this a turn off. If they could fix that problem then this would be a full 5. Prices are standard for mexican plate fare although the buffet with it’s variety of beautiful meats will run you close to $ 13. Make sure you are hungry if you brave it! It’s not the smallest joint I’ve ever eaten at and has just recently been expanded with a second room add-​on. When the place is packed which is often expect spaces to be tight sometimes. The ambiance is casual, laid back and full of hustle and bustle. Taco Olé’ is a perfect spot to fulfill your mexican food cravings that far surpasses much of the blander fare out there.

The $ 12.95 buffet was great. beef ribs, giant pork ribs, 4 Mexican soups,
including Menuto. Everything was hot and tastey. The staff was exteremly helpful.
Fun family atmosphere.

I grew up on this food and now live in Chicago but still make this a must stop whenever I’m back in town!

to start of the place was to small for the people they had in there (very crowded), the other thing is that it was not all Mexican, it looked more like a BBQ buffet to begin with, the food wasn’t bad but be more specific next time when you say «MEXICAN» another thing to be pointed out is the fact that you all should have some personal guarding the buffet line we happened to see some little kids under the age of 10 grabbing all the ice cream cones licking them and putting them back (not very cleanly) any ways work on your skills and hope the next time I visit I have a better experience.

After my Ab Fab breakfast buffet at the location on Freddy Gonzalez, I was supper excited to go to the Sunday Lunch buffet at the flagship location in Mission. MAJOR LETDOWN. First, it’s listed as a Mexican Buffet. Should be listed as Barbecue buffet, as ribs (both beef and pork), grilled wings, and grilled sweetmeats were the main event. Had they been good ribs, I would have been somewhat okay with the offerings. Both types of ribs were entirely too salty. It tasted like they had spent at least 24 hours in a pure saltwater brine. Barely edible. Aside from the above, there was NO MEAT offerings. A bit of scattered ground beef on the cheese tacos for decoration, and a stuffed pepper layered thing, that was mostly pepper and corn tortillas. Again the salsas lacked flavor, and the pico needed additional help.
The hand rolled flour tortillas were the saving grace, but for $ 12.00 I could have bought a slab of beef and a couple dozen tortillas. Point being, when you pay for the «primo» of a restaurants’ buffet offerings, you except BETTER than the $ 7,00 «bargain.» Then again, it does make the bargain even better.
Notes for Taco Olé — Again, update your website. The offerings do not match what is listed, says barbacoa is on weekend lunch, and the coupons are for 2013. Monitor the buffet, we could not bring ourselves to have a cone, and several other offerings after watching children under age 8 taste and put back, drop and put back, and other gross things children that have never been taught better will do when not supervised. We had to request water refills. If it’s too busy for someone to make the rounds more often, perhaps leave several pitchers available for self service by the buffet. Have a working Internet connection if you offer an App. We could not use our Taco Olé App as there was not connection available. Therefore we could not use the coupons, or get our virtual rewards card stamped.

We thought the lunch buffet was very good. Ribs were excellent, rice pudding and peach pie excellent. Tortillas rolled and made fresh as you watch. Oscar was excellent and all the servers were very attentive. Restrooms were so clean and lovely. This is going to be a repeat!

We ate here for the first time in about 7 – 8 years. Now we remember why we don’t go here very often. They claim to have the best Mexican food in the Valley but it is not true. The chips are super greasy (but the fresh salsa is good). The flour tortillas are great, made on the spot in a cramped corner near the buffet. But so much of everything else is greasy, greasy, greasy. They pull in the customers and it’s nice that they offer a buffet all day. But for $ 12, it should have better quality offerings. And some of the waitresses do not speak English at all. We can order in Spanish, that’s okay, but Heaven help the Winter Texans who can’t!
If you want tasty, homestyle Mexican food that isn’t so greasy, there are some very good restaurants to choose from. (See my other reviews.)

Taco Olé has some of the best Mexican food in the valley! this particular location does a good job but the one in Edinburg and even the one in Sharyland seems to be slightly better. I recommend the sombrero plate. Yummy! All locations have a BBQ buffet for lunch too. BBQ menu slightly varies depending on day and locations. But u will usually find enchiladas, ribs, chicken, mollejas, rice, soups, and more!