Manny's Uptown Tex-Mex — Restaurant in Dallas

My experience was so-so. It wasn’t necessarily bad, it just could have been better.

Let’s start with the chips and salsa. The salsa is cold, which is fine, but hot in my opinion is better. Hot salsa shows attention to detail. Cold salsa is a predictor of a subpar experience. It was served in a small, shallow dish that I think could double as a water bowl for a small reptile. I had a hard time even scooping the salsa it was so shallow. The chips were good. They’re served in a metal cylinder with a waffle cone design on the outside. Its cute, and I commented such, but soon realized it’s not practical. There were a bunch of broken chips under a facade of full-sized chips. I quickly ran out of both salsa and chips.

I ordered sweet tea. I left with diabetes. It was too sweet. My server did substitute unsweet tea at refill. Thanks, Emmanuel C.

I ordered the Enchiladas Poblanas. I received 2 enchiladas, some green rice, and black beans. I ate it all. I have to say, though, that while the rice & beans were ok, the enchiladas left alot to be desired. The green sauce was thick and pasty and could have used some salt and depth of flavor. The chicken inside was just that - chicken. Just shredded dark meat with nary a complimentary flavor. No seasoning, sauce, onions, cheese, peppers, nothing. I give my entree a 5/10.

The only problem I have with service is Emmanuel C. kept calling me Miss. Miss Miss Miss. Sir. SIR. I am 45 years old. It bothers some people, doesn’t bother other people. It bothers me to no end. Ma’am. MA’AM. I’m not 12. Thank you.

Atmosphere and decor were good. My only note is that maybe they could bring the lights down a smidge. It’s not an interrogation. It’s dinner. Being that it was dinner I was surprised (not really) that they weren’t busy. Oh, I almost forgot: when I unwrapped my silverware I found I had a dirty napkin. 🤮

Overall, this place was forgettable. In a major Texas city like Dallas there’s are 3 types of places that can’t afford to be mediocre:

Taco joints BBQ places Mexican/Tex-Mex...

I wanted to take my granddaughter somewhere different for our afternoon last Saturday. It was 2pm so I figured this shopping center wouldn't be too busy and they weren't. A clean dining room with bold colors here & there, greenery in the right places, but they had the music way too loud for an almost empty room. When I finally asked them to turn it down, they did immediately.

Our food was so fresh! I didn't want rice and beans, so I ordered a chicken enchilada, a soft cheese taco and a crunchy taco. I never eat all my food, but I forced myself to this time - that tells you how good it was. I could have used a little less sauce on the enchiladas but they were very good. The shrimp taco was fresh, the shrimp was full of flavor and a good size, I loved that it was cut up into small bites. All ingredients were served on the side, so I was able to choose how much to add to each bite. It was delightful. My granddaughter ordered the Yoselina's plate - a beautiful plate and she loved it. Her taco was perfect - crunchy with fresh ingredients. Our server was professional, friendly and brought our food out fresh and hot. She checked on us a couple of times and asked if we wanted anything else - good thing, because we wanted some dessert! The only disappointment of the day, the sopapillas were bland and we both tasted a hint of not-so-fresh-oil they were cooked in. The butter pats were almost frozen, so useless and didn't taste fresh. The syrup wasn't too bad, but I won't be ordering this dessert again. Overall, a nice place, friendly staff, good...

Service was fine. Server had on so much cologne I got a little nauseous, and he wasn't super attentive but our drinks stayed pretty full and our chips were refilled. Chips were fine. Salsa tasted like horseradish somehow? It was fine, I still ate it. The guac, which was touted as tableside on the menu, came out already made and was SUPER limey. We took more than half of it to go so I can add more avocados at home. The worst part of the meal by far was my husband's "ribeye" in the carne asada. It was most def not 10 oz. I get carne asada is thin, but it was FULL of gristle. Not fat, straight up connective tissue. We order ribeye at other restaurants a lot, this was absolutely not a ribeye cut. The server came and asked if everything was okay and we told him it was inedible. He brought a new one back, which was slightly more edible, and when he checked on us again we told him it wasn't great. He shrugged his shoulders and said "that's a ribeye". Over half was still on the plate when he took it away. If this was not billed as 10oz of ribeye in the menu, it wouldn't be such a big deal. But we def didn't get that. We got the check and the steak was still on the check. We didn't ask for it to be removed, but as a former server honestly I was surprised it was still on. Probably not a repeat for us considering there is so much other good Mexican...