Papas & Beer Mexican Restaurant — Restaurant in Anderson

Let me start by saying that I have never actually eaten here, although I attempted to, but I have gotten food from the Greenville location. I ordered a burrito from there which ended up having hardly any meat in it and mainly consisted of filler vegetables, such as squash? I'm not saying that it was inauthentic, because I'm no expert, however I am coming from the central Texas area, and to me it (the squash) seemed bizarre. Nevertheless, I decided that I would give them the benefit of the doubt and try the Anderson location since it had some decent reviews. Big mistake! Where to begin? It was around 3:40 when my wife and I first walked in. Although they were not busy, we had to wait for few minutes by the entrance until someone acknowledged us and led us to a booth, no big deal. The lunch specials are advertised as being served until 4 pm, however when we asked the server to see a lunch menu she rudely replied that it was no longer available because it was so close to the change over time. If that is the case do not advertise that it lasts until 4 pm. Next we were brought some of the house bean dip and our drinks. Once again, I have never been to a Mexican restaurant that does not make and serve its own salsa fresh every day, and trust me I did see the salsa bar at the front entrance which was messy and unappealing. To me the bean dip is a lazy and cheap alternative to fresh salsa, but whatever, we decided to try it anyways. Unfortunately, it was cold and on top of that our sodas were flat. When we politely brought this to the attention of our waitress she seemed annoyed as if we were being unreasonable or too picky. She did remedy the situation, however after we requested some more time to look over the menu, she turned and left with an audible groan, and we decided to leave. Before we did, I made sure to I pay for our drinks, which they in no way tried to refuse. Needless to say, we will never go back, and we encourage anyone who reads this to avoid this restaurant, especially when there are better options available. I was not even going to leave a review, but after having a truly pleasant experience at El Jimador on Pearman Dairy Rd, I felt compelled to warn others of Papa's and Beer, and to steer folks to a Mexican restaurant more deserving of...

Had a good experience at the other location from a previous time and wanted to come here for Father’s Day and with our family. The vibe was very colorful and festive just like the other one. They had a pretty nice outdoor patio but it was too hot for that. We had a really nice server, young handsome guy. He was very attentive and replenished our chips periodically when they ran low.

We stopped by the salsa bar and grabbed a plethora of different kinds. Unfortunately there were a couple that were “bad” or started to ferment. It was not a pleasant way to find out and I didn’t want to point it out to the server because it may just be me. My husband did taste it and agree that it was like that but didn’t want to make a big deal of it so we just ate the chips.

I got carne asada because it was so good last time and hubby got some asada tacos. When my entree came, I noticed the rice looked to be either undercooked or possibly al dente because of the texture, you could see each grain and it wasn’t soft and fluffy looking. When I went to take a spoonful it was actually cooked but could tell it was overly saturated in butter. I have never had Mexican style rice cooked this way and it was a bad representation of it. I understand if they want to be more Americanized or cater to a certain demographic but rice is simple and it tastes best made the authentic way, not with a bunch of butter. It was inedible for me and I just worked around the rest. The steak had a good char and had nice flavor, but was a bit dry. The tacos my husband ordered seemed a bit messy, and the meat was in large chunks rather than chopped in smaller pieces like how we’ve normally had steak tacos. Just didn’t seem like there was a lot of effort put into the food made that night and we will most likely go back to the other location instead. Service was good, food and drinks were...

I have seen Papa's and Beer in a lot of places since moving to the upstate and I have wanted to go for the last year. I was a little nervous because a lot of chain restaurants turn out to be less then satisfying. So finally after a long couple of hours of running errands we decided to try it out. Walking through it had a very good atmosphere and they have a salsa bar right near the door with large amounts of options, everything from kids salsa that is light on the seasonings to fresh habanero salsa that has an amazing flavor and you can definitely tell that it was fresh.

I ordered my beer 32oz Dos Equies Amber, from tap, my favorite! They offer guacamole that is made right next to the table to show the freshness of their product. They have a kids menu which features the usual kids menu items, tacos and fries, burrito and fries, enchilada and fries, hand made chicken tenders and........thats right, fries. You can also substitute fries with rice and beans. The wife and I had two different check dishes that absolutely blew our minds with the flavors. The service was amazing, the food was amazing, the drinks were amazing, and of course, the dips were Outstanding. If you haven't been to a Papa's and Beer lately I highly recommend you go!

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