El Viejo Tony Port Arthur — Restaurant in Port Arthur

I like the fajitas poblano and they're white queso dip is awesome as well. Good food good service UPDATE 2-18-2018 I ordered my standard fajitas poblano and it came to the table with bell peppers it's easy to tell the difference between poblano and Bell by the color alone bell peppers are very light green poblano sauce or much darker and have a very different taste. Anyway they brought the dinner to me with bell peppers which I do not care for. I tasted the pepper and confirmed it was a bell pepper and I sent the dish back. The manager showed up pretty quick and ask me what was going on, I told him he disappeared for a little while and came back explaining to me how that they were actually poblano peppers in the dish, something about cooking temperatures and colorations. Well at this point I could have made a scene and ask him to bring them back out but it really would not have been worth it just to be right. I know that I'm right I've had this dish there probably about 20 times and I can tell the difference I buy poblanos I cook with them they're my favorite pepper. So I'm hugely disappointed in their response Tony's has lost a long-time customer. And I've lost my favorite restaurant because they don't have the ability to say...

I haven't lived in Port Arthur since 1995, but had to return for a family funeral. Afterwards, 30 of us went to Tony's for an early dinner. We were promptly seated after numerous tables were moved together and we were quickly served their salsa, chips, and bean dip. Our orders were quickly taken and I personally had a difficult time deciding what to order from their numerous offerings. I settled for the beef fajitas for one. All of us were served about 10 minutes after ordering and the food was hot, fresh, and wonderful. The staff was VERY accommodating and made sure our glasses were filled and that everything was to our satisfaction. The fajitas were flavorful and tender and were served on a sizzling platter with onions and peppers. Homemade flour tortillas and beans and rice rounded out the meal. You can usually judge how good the food is going to be by the quality of the refried beans and the salsa. Both were fantastic! Will gladly return on our next visit to PA. NOTE: Wife and sis-in-law have been raving about the PRICKLY PEAR MARGARITAS...makes me sad that I was driving and couldn't partake! Great job and kudos to the...

Parking lot: a little small for the amount of business this place sees.

Cleanliness: from the tables and floors to the bathroom, everything has been properly taken care of.

Friendliness of the staff: very friendly and extremely knowledgeable of the menu items. The staff is very attentive and check on each other’s tables to make sure chips are filled as well as drinks. The manager is typically checking on your table at least once during your visit.

Food: for somewhat of a Tex-Mex, it’s really good. You can’t go wrong with queso, but their queso blanco is wonderful. My go-to favorite dinner is the el borracho (of course it’s covered in queso blanco). I’m not a fan of refried beans, so I get them to swap those pintos out for the black bean dip they have. They have free soft serve ice cream when you are done. It’s just your typical restaurant soft serve.

Pricing: $$ Not bad considering the amount of food...