MI PUEBLO MEXICAN RESTAURANT & CANTINA — Restaurant in Fredericksburg

Overall great.

The atmosphere was non-existent (you'll see what I mean in a moment), but when food and service quality are taken into account, atmosphere is completely overwhelmed. The restaurant was one large room, with bright panel lights on the ceiling. It was basically an office building. There was music though. The salsa was excellent, and they serve breakfast as well, which is uncommon for Mexican restaurants. It is open late because there is a bar. The waitress came quickly, and we got our drinks quickly. My family got their food pretty fast, but mine specifically took a very long time. My family was almost finished with their food by the time I got mine. It was ok because the food was great. I got a carne asada burrito, my usual Mexican restaurant order. It was strange because the burrito had ONLY carne asada in it. Of course, there were rice and beans on the side. I ended up mixing the burrito with the beans and the rice, which made it better. Next time, I will order something different. I think the long wait time was a fluke; I don't think it will happen again. I have high hopes for Mi Pueblo in the future. I just ordered the wrong thing. It happens. Highly recommend. I don't think there is a better Mexican restaurant in...

Mi Pueblo was clean but seemed kinda sterile compared to most Mexican restaurants I've been in.

Surprisingly no chips and salsa to start. Or maybe that's not common here in Fredericksburg. The tortilla soup was so bland I thought Norwegians might be in the kitchen. I envisioned the carnitas to be succulent cubes of pork slowly cooked in fat then crisped up under the broiler and seasoned with I dunno - salt, pepper, oregano, garlic, cumin, coriander, and finished with a squeeze of orange or lime like they do in mi pueblito en Colima, Mexico. This version was shredded and fried to overdone and had the hard chewy consistency of jerky but was unseasoned. Maybe the culinary strengths are in their...

The breakfast menu is misleading about which plates include beans and potatoes. The menu clearly says items with ** do not include them, but many items where they don’t include them are not marked.

They billed me $13 for an $11 omelette (menu price)

They billed me $6 for tacos that should’ve cost $5 (according to menu price)

Wife ordered 1 x $2.50 breakfast taco, they brought 2 and charged $3.00 for each one.

Waitress Ruth told me it was $2.00 to add potatoes to the plate. Charged me $3.50 otherwise she was polite.

The decent quality of the food is overshadowed by very bad billing practices. They should just be upfront about costs and stick to what they print...