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“A little piece of our homeland” is how Don Pancho describes Palenque Grill®, the Ochoa family’s latest venture. It began in 2005 in Laredo, Texas, after Don Pancho’s long journey in the restaurant business. In 1975, he started with El Pollo Loco® in his hometown of Guasave, Mexico. The chain expanded across Mexico and then to the U.S., with Brad Pitt once handing out flyers. In 1987, he created Taco Palenque®, a successful Mexican fast casual chain. Don Pancho’s dream was always to open a full-service restaurant with live music, which he achieved with Palenque Grill® alongside his son Carlos in 2005. The Ochoa family plays a key role in the restaurant’s success, with family recipes on the menu. Palenque Grill® offers 100% Mexican food, …
Unassuming restaurant & bar serving gourmet Mexican-inspired seafood, steaks & cocktails.
Address and Contact Information
Address: 2200 S 10th St, McAllen, TX 78503
Phone: (956) 994-8181
Website: https://palenquegrill.com/
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This is our new favorite place. We have been here several times and its always delicious. We have ordered their specialty lemonades, cucumber, Jamaica and guava, and they are so refreshing. This last time I had Puntas de bistec and my husband had Enmoladas. The staff is so courteous and attentive. This is a wonderful space for family meals and celebrations.
… moreBerrie Russell
This is such a nice place. The people and service is amazing and the food is authentic and great! Loved it.
… moreJulio Cesar
Went for the food and stayed for the service! Jessica was an awesome waiter. Got my order right and was very attentive with my needs!
… moreCelina Cisneros
We took our Godson to celebrate his birthday this evening, and we had a wonderful experience. The food was great, and the service was excellent. Fernando was prompt, kind and attentive. In fact, there wasn’t a worker there that was not nice. Will definitely visit again.
… moreEdith Carrillo
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5 Review
Every time I visit Palenque Grill, I always ask to sit in Eduardo’s section (we call him Lalo) because he is truly the BEST waiter there. From the moment you sit down, Eduardo is welcoming, friendly, and so attentive. He checks on us regularly without ever being intrusive, always makes sure our drinks are refilled, and goes out of his way to be helpful and kind.
You can tell he genuinely cares about his customers and takes real pride in his work. He remembers faces, gives great menu recommendations, and treats everyone with respect and warmth. Because of Eduardo, Palenque Grill has become one of my favorite places to eat — the service he gives is consistently amazing every single time.
If you visit, definitely ask for Eduardo (Lalo). Hands down the best waiter I’ve had anywhere. He truly deserves recognition for the outstanding service he provides!
… moreEvery time I visit Palenque Grill, I always ask to sit in Eduardo’s section (we call him Lalo) because he is truly the BEST waiter there. From the moment you sit down, Eduardo is welcoming, friendly, and so attentive. He checks on us regularly without ever being intrusive, always makes sure our drinks are refilled, and goes out of his way to be helpful and kind.
You can tell he genuinely cares about his customers and takes real pride in his work. He remembers faces, gives great menu recommendations, and treats everyone with respect and warmth. Because of Eduardo, Palenque Grill has become one of my favorite places to eat — the service he gives is consistently amazing every single time.
If you visit, definitely ask for Eduardo (Lalo). Hands down the best waiter I’ve had anywhere. He truly deserves recognition for the outstanding service he provides!
Juanita Ramirez
We absolutely love it here! The food is fantastic and absolutely authentic! Our server Jose Luis was amazing. He was very courteous, attentive and extremely friendly! We come all the way from Houston, Tx and this is always a MUST to have dinner here!
… moreBeach Bum
There’s plenty of choices for Mexican food in town, we chose this one and definitely made a good choice. Our server was friendly, very efficient, kept our drinks filled, checked on our table several times after we were served. The food was unanimously very good, well prepared, fast service. Attractive venue, we were seated at a table for 6 and had plenty of room. My order of chicken fajitas was very good, the chicken was tender, just lacked flavoring.
I should mention, one person ordered the beef fajitas and the beef was tough.
Overall, I recommend this restaurant.
… moreI should mention, one person ordered the beef fajitas and the beef was tough.
Overall, I recommend this restaurant.
Michelle Ramirez-Lopez
Our waiter was fabulous… very kind and patiently
The food was hot and delicious….. thank you for wonderful dinning experience
… moreThe food was hot and delicious….. thank you for wonderful dinning experience
Enrique Campos III
First time ever eating here and it’s definitely not Your ‘regular’ Mexican place. Great food at reasonable prices. Ordered the classic parrillada. Substituted mollejas and they were delicious.Service is excellent, shout out to OSIRIS. Will definitely return and get something ‘different’.
… moreDaniel Lopez
To be honest, this place is all right. It’s pretty nice in terms of the look and the feel.
I want to start out with the things that I did not like mostly because there’s plenty to like about this place and in my opinion if they fix these things, it’s worth the four stars and maybe 5. I’d need to go at least 2 more times to give the 5.
Anyway. The small Ramekin used for salsa is illogical. It’s too small to dip a chip into. See photo. The bartender did not give his name. How can I praise him here if I don’t know his name? So from a standpoint of being personable, he wasn’t really. But he was also doing several things including service bar so maybe he was too busy.
Bars should NOT put the dish washing sinks near the bartop if at all possible. Because what happens is that the dirty dishes and the dripping water from the ones just washed, will invite gnats. Plus someone eating nearby doesn’t want to eat near the dish washing.
The tortillas were inferior. Too thin. Stuck together. Unevenly cooked.
Now. The margarita was good. And very affordable. The fajitas were dry but had taste. Definitely better than some other places but I’m still on the hunt for the best fajitas that I can eat indoors, at a bartop, that isn’t fast foody.
Overall my meal was okay. I would go back. In fact I will go back and try the tacos and then another time I’ll go back and I’ll try the chicken plate.
The manager was very nice and checked on me more than once. That is worth 1 star alone because too many places have managers who suck.
Here’s the places with managers that DONT suck according to MY experience so far: howling rabbits, reynas n.10th, here, ambra, oak uptown, olive garden mission, pappadeux, prime, salt grass, and there are plenty of places in haven’t been or haven’t interacted with the mgrs.
Back to Palenque. I can definitely come back. Most people probably won’t be disappointed with the experience. They’re festive for your birthday. It’s a bright decor.
I say if you haven’t been, give them a shot. My first time wasn’t bad at all. I’ll be back.
… moreI want to start out with the things that I did not like mostly because there’s plenty to like about this place and in my opinion if they fix these things, it’s worth the four stars and maybe 5. I’d need to go at least 2 more times to give the 5.
Anyway. The small Ramekin used for salsa is illogical. It’s too small to dip a chip into. See photo. The bartender did not give his name. How can I praise him here if I don’t know his name? So from a standpoint of being personable, he wasn’t really. But he was also doing several things including service bar so maybe he was too busy.
Bars should NOT put the dish washing sinks near the bartop if at all possible. Because what happens is that the dirty dishes and the dripping water from the ones just washed, will invite gnats. Plus someone eating nearby doesn’t want to eat near the dish washing.
The tortillas were inferior. Too thin. Stuck together. Unevenly cooked.
Now. The margarita was good. And very affordable. The fajitas were dry but had taste. Definitely better than some other places but I’m still on the hunt for the best fajitas that I can eat indoors, at a bartop, that isn’t fast foody.
Overall my meal was okay. I would go back. In fact I will go back and try the tacos and then another time I’ll go back and I’ll try the chicken plate.
The manager was very nice and checked on me more than once. That is worth 1 star alone because too many places have managers who suck.
Here’s the places with managers that DONT suck according to MY experience so far: howling rabbits, reynas n.10th, here, ambra, oak uptown, olive garden mission, pappadeux, prime, salt grass, and there are plenty of places in haven’t been or haven’t interacted with the mgrs.
Back to Palenque. I can definitely come back. Most people probably won’t be disappointed with the experience. They’re festive for your birthday. It’s a bright decor.
I say if you haven’t been, give them a shot. My first time wasn’t bad at all. I’ll be back.