La Botana Mexican Grill & Tequila Bar

Tasty food. Wonderful service. And amazing decor and background music. If I had the option to come here over a better restaurant. I would come here. Oh wait, there is no better restaurant

Food was great as it always has been. Service however was horrible. Our waitress was Yolanda We ordered our tea and asked for lemon, did not get it, not a big deal. We had to ask for chips and salsa and our tea glasses were empty for awhile before she took them for a refill, then she set the glasses down and forgot about them, we had to ask another person who seemed to be working at the drive thru to ask for more. This is the worst service we have ever had here. The man sitting behind us had the same waitress and got much better service than we received. When she brought our ticket to us she turned and left immediately after setting it down, so we assume we could could pay upfront, however we were told the waitress takes the payment so we had to wait for the waitress to come back to the table to pay. I will be back because the food is always great and the servings are generous. We will however ask for a different waitress if sat at her section again.

Had a great meal based on the waitress suggestion. The salsa verde just added that something extra to make taco jalisco super. The charo beans were great. They have a small bar area with $1 off for draft beer during happy hour.

We had a good afternoon meal and rather enjoyed the experience. I had the chimichangas and my wife had the mole enchiladas. Both with rice and beans. The mole enchiladas rated at about an 8. Bit spicier that what she generally prefers but didn't kill her. Beans and rice were both about the same 8. Also had chips and salsa. Chips were good and crispy and salsa was o.k. chips an 8+ and salsa probably a 7ish. My chimichangas with steak were very crispy, in a good way. The meat was fresh inside and the cheese sauce was pretty tasty. When it comes to this meal it's hit or miss at most places. La Botana hit for a 9 on my entree. Beans and rice for me were tasty and had some good flavors. About an 8 for me as well. The beer was nice and cold. Not many choices on tap. 4 I believe. But XX was available and it was pretty good. Overall a 9. Selection... I would have preferred a cold Shiner or even a dark Modela. Wife had a house margarita on the rocks dressed. She gave it an 8. Enjoyed it and realized it wasn't supposed to be fancy. Was not bitter, which is a typical complaint for a house margarita. She liked it. Our server was a young man likely in his early 20s. Great attitude, nice and quite competent. Took good care of us. Very noteworthy is to say that while my wife was talking to me, he came close to our table, but not up in our grill and he waited for my wife to finish saying a thought and waited until we addressed his directly, meaning he was patient and respectful as to not just walk up and interrupt my wife. We thought that was pretty awesome of him. Atmosphere was alright. Included some pictures. The bar area was small, but I could see sitting there if we wanted to get a quick drink. Quaint area. Nice experience overall. Would totally go again when we are in town. And as a side note. We also went to Fuzzy that same day and she got a margarita there also. La Botana's margarita was far better.

This place is perfectly… reviewed, it’s definitely a 4.5 but I’ll round up to a 5. I was forced to take a detour in brownwood and had a friend who grew up here recommend this place to me. It was delicious, the portion was large, the salsa that came with the chips had a hint of spiciness but wasn’t overwhelming. The French sauce tasted slightly like orange and a bit sweet. I ordered the chicken bacon salad to be… “healthy” and the fajita chicken was flavorful, I didn’t get food poisoning and it was enough for 2 meals. It was sincerely good and that combined with the service which I was very satisfied with makes me want to stop by again if I’m ever in Brownswood. Overall good spot in a small town!