aldaco's mexican cuisine

nice restaurant with a beautiful view.  the service was terrible and by terrible i mean really, really terrible.  she barely came by and when she did, she had forgotten something.  we finally got chips and salsa after we'd already been sitting there 20 minutes.  our queso came out with our food.  luckily the food was good, but it's hard to past the service.  there are so many othergoodmexican food restaurants, i would have a hard time returning here.  

i had the divorciados chicken enchiladas and they were good.  the queso was delicious as well.  i could have sat there and eaten tortillas, chips and queso.

we like aldaco's and come here often. it seems that since the one at the dominion opened the quality has slipped a bit. the chips taste like the ones you get in the huge bags at heb. i used to slways remark about howgoodthe chips were. no more. our meal today was just so-so. makes me sad. hope blanca comes to the rescue here & brings it back to the excellent place it was even one year ago.

even the martians didn't care for this poor excuse for texmex. today for lunch.

martians landed in our back yard and we decided to take them to a mexican restaurant.

the leader's name was gorp and he had heard great things about "our" texmex. i told them i was not excited with this place but they had heardgoodthings - i had gone there a few years back.

he ordered the jose plate - the enchiladas were tough and the beef fajita was average; gorp said it tasted like "brokjabaraia" - which in english stands for garbage you get from the frozen section of the local "martianmart."

he couldn't believe that people called this mexican food - they're trip to the southern peninsula of mexico was way better.

further, he couldn't believe how easy people were in san antonio in accepting this cuisine as authentic quality fare.

i couldn't agree more. i sure hope san antonio has more to offer. incidentally, they had stopped at a local taco cabana while fueling up 3 years ago - and this was no better at twice the price.

service was poor - unfriendly imo.

so, to all you intergalactic travelers? don't bother stopping at aldaco's.


-----31 oct, 2012-----

average - at best. went today for lunch.
the person who seats you didn't even try to smile - he was tedious - tho not unfriendly.
we both had a luncheon special #5 - cheese enchiladas and a beef fajita.
i swear - i think a frozen meal from heb would've been just as good.
beef in the fajita was tough. service was adequate.
will not go back - not worth the time or energy.
can't recommend.

fish was fishy. me and a friend went to aldacos for lunch because of howgoodthey we're suppose to be, but after ordering the fish tacos i was extremely disappointed , from the first bite i couldn't take a second . the tortilla tasted as if it was made from stale old oil that was reused several time over . when i asked about getting something else the waiter was kind enough to have me select a different dish . the second dish i ordered was the half chicken which was ok. not what i expected expected especially for the price. what was even more upsetting was that by the time they brought my second dish my friend had already finished her meal so i had to hurry up and eat alone . any time i eat at a restraunt i rarely finish my food but at this restraunt i left still hungry.... the only positive thing i have to say is the view is beautiful and the alvarado margarita was absolutely delious!!!! so if your not to hungry but what somewhere that has a great view and have a drink this is the only reason to come here.

sub par for price. the gals at the hostess stand are great but that's about where great ended. as a frequent business traveller i am accustomed to wait times but not once seated. we were seated outside and after 20 minutes of wait staff running around finally asked one who was going to wait on us. a party of 2 can be lucrative if handled well. last night that wasn't happening. i took a day before reviewing to attempt to find moregoodthan the hostess staff but alas, no go. food was bland and greasy and while plate was hot food not so much. chips were cold and stale as well. i had enchiladas and the sauce was nothing to write home about. husband had puffy tacos and was as boring as taco cabana. margeritas were ok but not worth 9$. went to del fuego tonight - way way way better. taste, service, price points similar. skip aldaco and head to del fuego if you only have a few nights to experiencegoodtex mex!

a great patio and food!. for anyone looking forgoodmexican food and a great patio......aldacos stone oak is the place to go. the owners are wonderful people and the service is great. i have my favorites but the centerpiece is fantastic! margaritas of any kind aregoodhere. love it!

on wed jan 22nd ordered a tres leeches cake & made dinner reservations for my wife's birthday friday night. the cake was a surprise for desert & to take home for weekend company. when arriving for the reservation, the host asked my wife, "are you here to pick up your cake?" what an idiot. i told him yes later after dinner, since the surprise part was over. dinner was very tex - mex
average. hoped to receive chicken monterrey. a roasted chicken breast smothered in jack cheese peppers, tomatoes, & avacodoes. instead sysco
processed chicken fillets with no flavor and watery cheese over the top. very disappointing. also a large table in the corner with at least six children screaming, running, and yelling toddlers whos parents undoubtably thought they were cute, as they disrupted everyone else's
dinners. .
at least our waiter wasgood& margaritas were good.

pecked by the beak of the rooster. when you arrive here, you will first notice that the restaurant location is high on a hill and has some sweeping views particularly from the outdoor patio. cool! . . . or it can be with prevailing breezes from the sse. inside you will find the modern architecture eye pleasing with graceful curves and sparkling pendant lights. the ear is another matter. hard concrete floors make for easy clean-up, but raise the decibel level 15 or so marks when there is a crowd. and there was a crowd when we went. i shouted across the table to one of our dinner companions and it sounded like normal speech given the surrounding cacophony.

service lagged after we we were seated. however, an enterprising young waiter noticed our plight and sallied forth to serve though our table was out of his area. through most of our lunch, the waiter jack-rabbited in and out with our requests and in serving the requested items. he told us his name was chris. however, it could easily have been mario (as in andretti) as he accelerated through the restaurant careening through tables and turns, slimly avoiding diners and other waiters to speedily service our food and drink needs.

appetizers of queso and bean & cheese nachos were rather unremarkable. the refrieds on the nachos were bland and the cheese sprinkler must have had an unsteady hand from over-consumption the night before as half of the chips were only half covered with cheese. several of us selected the jose special which consisted of two average tasting white cheese filled enchiladas with gravy and a nicely grilled, well seasoned, beef fajita taco, clumpy rice andgoodbacony frijoles a la charra. another diner had the cheese filled chile relleno which she said was a little small and that the ranchera tasted like unadulterated tomato sauce.

as part of the order, my wife decided to substitute a beef enchilada for one of her cheese and i asked for some pico de gallo to accompany my fajita taco. unfortunately this just happens to be one of those "sneaky, penny-pinching" restaurants. the kind that is accommodating to most requests, but fails to mention that the request will impact the check's bottom line. it's not the amount, it's the principal and the courtesy (or lack of it) of divulging these "little secrets" at the time of order and giving the diner the election to approve or disapprove the charge. we had also ordered 4 rounds of drinks. so it is not as if they were not going to make a nice profit from our group (a happy hour price quote on our drinks is another matter which i will not go into here). $1.00 for a tiny cup of pico and $2.49 to substitute a beef for a cheese enchilada . . . .really!?!?!?!

above average prices for average tex-mex, nice ambiance but noisy with a crowd, lickety-split service, and a need to develop some integrity and respect for the customer is my one sentence review and "recommendation" for aldaco's.

this place should be kicked out of san antonio for its sad excuse for guacamole and queso. the queso was just melted velveta with no spice or anything and they went cheap on the guac by mixing in a copious amount of sour cream or some other filler. the chips are the thick kind, which some may like, but i prefer thin and crispy. we also tried several margaritas, all of which were weak and overpriced. the service at the bar was terrible. at 4 o'clock on a saturday my 2 friends and i were literally the only people at the bar for the 5 bartenders and barbacks to take care of but we had to call them over every time we needed another round. they acted like we were interrupting their personal conversation. there's way too manygoodmexican restaurants in this town to ever go back here.

used to like it, its gone down hill. blanca used to make suchgoodfood, but its quality has gone down. i have been a fan of aldacos sine it was downtown, but i have seen the quality of the food diminish with time. thought i'd give it one more try and had the shrimp enchiladas, very bad..frozen popcorn shrimp in a mushy tortilla..we were entertaining 4 guests from out of town and no one had anythinggoodto say about the food. everyone comment was "it was ok"...at those prices it needs to be better than ok. come on blanca fix this.

food was alright. i prefer the drinks over the dinner plates.goodatmosphere and a great staff make an enjoyable time along with the beautiful patio view. must try the 'avocado' drinkbita very delicious!!

pleasantly surprised. figured this would be where rich people think they getgoodmexican food but food was good, service good, view great.

thank you. thanks to the lady who took the time to call on wednesday (6/15) to bring these comments to my attention. i have posted and shared with our staff.
we are asgoodas your last visit and we must correct this issues. thank you.


-----05 jun, 2009-----

hostess. our clients asked for it and we listened. the patio is now smoke-free. that makes aldaco's stone oak 100% smoke-free. enjoy!

hit-and-miss. i have given this restaurant several opportunities because it has such great potential. of the dozen or so times i've been there, i've only had agoodexperience about 40% of the time. bad service, screwed up orders and overly expensive drinks that are not that fabulous. my last and probably final visit resulted in having to cancel our credit card because of compromised security with their credit card processing. too bad...the patio and fish tacos (when i get fish not shrimp) were awesome.

nice patio. we visited as the sun was going down.....an adult beverage of an excellent top shelf,goodfriends. without the patio....this place would have nothing to offer.
food is marginal at best and waiters were just a plate delivery service.