Abelardo's Mexican Fresh — Restaurant in Papillion

It turned out that not all Abelardo’s are the same. This location is killing it. Consistent quality of service and food. As a bonus, it has more meat options for tacos. They always get my order right.

Let’s start with the Adobadas. Huge tacos with marinated pork and topped with guacamole. The meat is tender, slight char and moist thanks to having a good mix of fat to lean meat ratio.

Their tripes tacos are even better than the ones I’ve tried in California and missed so much. Soft corn for tills with flat top grilled crunchy tripes. They are like crispy uncured bacon bits but with beefy flavor.

Tacos de cabeza, super tender meat with full beefy flavor. The fat is like butter that soaks into the tortilla.

If you are not that adventurous, give the queso taco a try. It’s golden birria tacos with cheese and the broth where the meat was slow cooked is provided as a side door dipping.

I’ve been driving 10 miles to this location even though the Bellevue location is closer to where I work. I wish I had taken pics of the other location to compare. It’s day and nigh difference. The portions, the cut of meat, availability of items and service are very different despite being under...

This is my first visit to Abelardos. Late night dinner and I didn't want fast food. I got to admit, I thought it would be just as bad as the other mexican place that is open 24hrs. I was very sceptical. I read all the reviews. The hard shell tacos are big. Not mostly lettuce, like most places. I couldn't believe how good it was! Different than I'm used to, but I couldn't stop eating it, not even to let my son try some! Also had a beef enchilada. I'm not familiar with what "authentic" is, but I'm not a fan of the enchilada sauce. Very bold, is the only way I can think of to explain it. We came back 2 weeks later to try a burrito. I was a bit surprised that it cost $8. But it was extremely big. My son (12yrs old) and I actually weighed it. It was 1 pound! Stuffed with ground beef and a little bit of beans and cheese. It was definitely a lot to eat for the 2 of us. I probably won't get it again though. I prefer a variety of flavors. At least in a hard shell taco, you have more of the cheese and lettuce to add...

This is probably the last time I will go to this location. Served me rancid fried food twice. The first time I thought it was just an oddity since I’ve never experienced this before with Abelardos. Well, tonight I was disappointed again. Got super Nachos and the chips were so old they had a bitter rancid taste that ruined the nachos entirely and now my stomach hurts. I don’t get why it’s so hard to fry fresh menu items. Clearly these were days old.

EDIT- response to the owner: I worked at taco bell for 5 years. Nice try but I know the difference between rancid fried food and a “different oil distributor”. What did you switch to peanut instead of canola because honey that definitely was not the problem. It was OLD.

Also, my boyfriend got food poisoning from this location and we reported a foodborne illness with Nebraska.gov because he was puking and had diarrhea. I won’t...