Chela’s Tacos Mexican Restaurant — Restaurant in Alamo Heights

A hard and heart heavy review to write. It's not the same anymore. 💔

There's been an apparent change in ownership or management. If true, and without any sort of public signage to indicate this seems disingenuous as an effort to use the existing brand.

I support small and local businesses, and I write this with hope of some quick implementation of this and any other feedback the new staff receive. I understand times are hard, rent on the Broadway strip must be insane. I would be fine with the price increases if the quality and/or quantity of the food matched. Even if it meant waiting longer for food to be prepared and cooked. I believe this will allow for rebuilding clientele with the lower volume of patronage, then as it increases hopefully prices can be reduced to offset ticket times.

Everyone seems nice enough. No current complaint in service received. I hope everyone does their best so we can have delicious food for years to come.

The atmosphere was a bit dead, gone are the decorations that adorned and brought out the cultural charm. I hope this returns especially as it's dia de los muertos soon. The music videos that used the play also made everything more vibrant, made me feel like I was in Monterrey. Finally it was a bit dim which made things feel cold and unwelcoming, let's get some warm lighting back up.

The biggest things I noticed, the salsas are very different. I will miss the very spicy old salsa Verde and the very wine-ish salsa roja.

Huevos Rancheros and Huevos Divorciados do not come with bacon 🥓 anymore 😞

Menudo is gone, I hope for it's return now that is just starting to get cool out for autumn 🍂

The tortillas weren't as fluffy. Mine were actually a bit rough and chewy that took some effort pulling that resulted in a snap to break off a piece. Could've just been a bad batch 🤞 as this happens at other Mexican restaurants on occasion.

I'll make periodic updates here as I give this a few more visits with any...

There is new ownership here and I think they should change the name. I have a great suggestion: Karen’s tacos.

The tacos have become bland. The salsa has become bland. The bacon taste like a strip of baconbit. The chorizo, and I can’t believe I’m saying this, Has almost no flavor at all. I don’t know how that’s possible. The corn tortillas have changed for the worse, although they are still made fresh.

The clientele… Skews very heavily to the white over 60 years old crowd. You can guess why. I will say, there seem to be more customers than I ever saw before. I believe they made a good decision for the business, but a bad decision for people who...

came here after being a regular customer at the St Mary’s location. it’s not the same, what food they do have is still good. the menu here is a lot smaller. no menudo or breakfast burritos here. this location is smaller and cramped and they still have boxes stacked in one of the few booths. I know this isn’t quantifiable but it doesn’t have the same feel. Small detail, they have a picture of a shrimp taco on the wall and my son got excited about that but they don’t actually have that here. I think this will be our last chelas experience after a long run at the st...