Las Haciendas Mexican Bar and Grill — Restaurant in League City

(1-23-22) Arriving at noon and being the only patrons should have been cause for alarm, but we chose to stay. The red salsa was served warm which was enjoyable. Our waitress, Alejandra, was evidently poorly trained. Our glasses were in constant need of being refilled. We asked for ice tea and water "full of ice" and were given glasses with a few cubes of ice. We asked for extra napkins and were given little square cocktail napkins. The chicken fajitas were delicious, but the onions were raw and not grilled. The beef fajitas were not best and the rice was undercooked. Alejandra didn't understand the concept of removing empty plates and glasses from the table to make room for new plates. The daily special was chicken fajitas for 2 for $21.99, but we were charged the normal price which was promptly adjusted. However, this restaurant charges you MORE for sweet ice tea than unsweet tea and the pricing is beyond ridiculous - $3.49 for unsweet ice tea and $3.75 for sweet tea. Warning to examine the menu and pricing carefully. While we were there, only two other tables were occupied - one for drinks and the other for a meal, which is odd as the nearest mexican restaurant, San Lorenzo, is closed on Sunday. Our recommendation is to avoid...

Watch out if you go here late. They say they're open until 10 on here. Thats what's posted. If you go at 9:15 they'll lock the main door as you're walking up and just stare at you as you pull on it. The side door is still unlocked though, and if you go in there you'll see the restaurant is still half packed. A waiter will intercept you as you walk to the bar and tell you that despite the restaurant being packed and despite the posted closing time being 10, they actually close at 9 because of covid and just haven't updated any of their business hours in OVER TWO YEARS.

UPDATE YOUR BUSINESS HOURS. MY WIFE AND I CAME ALL THE WAY OUT HERE FOR YOUR FOOD ALMOST AN HOUR BEFORE POSTED CLOSING TIME JUST TO BE TURNED AWAY WHILE THE RESTAURANT IS STILL PACKED BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO LAZY TO LOG INTO GMB AND UPDATE A SINGLE NUMBER.

You've wasted my time and I won't be giving you any more business because this incident has ticked me off so much. And if you can bother to log in and respond to this review someday, go ahead and update your business hours while you're at it. Its been over 2 years since you apparently started closing at 9, stop procrastinating and wasting your potential customers...

Food was great as always. We usually love this place...

My issue was with the bartender. We've been here a few times and this time we had a new bartender. We usually drink two or three margaritas apiece depending on how long we stay. We both asked for a margarita, and instead of asking whether we wanted top shelf or regular, he just upcharged and gave us top shelf. I usually wouldn't have a problem with that, but they're not great here. So as we are drinking and discussing how different they taste, we realized he was doing it to everyone. When we got the check we asked if they still serve the regular margaritas, and he kind of laughed and said yes, but I figured you would want top shelf. I let him know we were disappointed in his judgement, and I was going to help him learn his lesson by not tipping. My gf gave him $5 dollars on a $41 tab. He could have had another $10-$20 dollars on the bill and got 20%+ had he not chose for us.

Make sure you ask for what you want with the short bald guy...