Brownsville Coffee Shop No. 2 — Restaurant in Brownsville

I visited this establishment 2 weeks ago with my parents and our relatives who live in in Brownsville. I don't even know where to begin. The first impression of the establishment is the interaction with your waitress. I don't recall the waitresses name but that's besides the point. From the moment I saw her walking to our table I knew it was going to be a bad experience. She had a bad attitude when taking our order. I was not aware that the Gordita dough didn't have salt or did not have beans and cheese." You would expect your waitress to inform you of how food is prepared". When I asked her to add beans and cheese to my Gorditas, she snapped at me and told me that she was not going to add that to my order since she had already wrote it down. Then she told that I would have to add the beans and cheese myself. I was shocked and told her that the whole point of dinning out was so I didn't have to prepare my own food. If I wanted to do that I would have stayed home. Now comes the meal, the food was blend and greasy. I found a hair in my barbacoa Gordita and lost my appetite after that. I still tipped her very well despite her attitude. I will never eat...

I was expecting "the best menudo" as quoted by other reviews. The customer service was so bad, a lady took our order then I saw her arguing about something then they sent a young man over. The menudo was mostly meat even after we ordered more hominy than meat. We also ordered two bread and one tortilla order and they brought out all tortilla. Service was slow. There was only us and another table. The menudo was the most flavorless that I have ever tasted. The pozole was not good. Worst $30.00 ever spent. I just moved to Brownsville so I was really hoping this would be the "best menudo". I usually don't care about the decor. But this place has gone way out of its way to make the place look tacky. I understand budget cuts and all but come on, I've seen cute things at the dollar tree that could make this place look better. Oh, and they didn't bring napkins my husband had to get up and ask for some....

Food is good, especially if you like old fashion mexican food. Sadly if you only speak english you will have a hard time ordering as a majority of the waitresses only speak spanish. Nothing fancy about the food or proportions. We paid $20 for a carne guisada plate that consisted of the meat, rice, beans and a tortilla, and a deluxe platter that had ground beef, 2 tacos, 2 enchiladas with rice and beans and a side of avocado. Can't say it is a great price for what proportion we got but it being open 24 hours made us choose...