Fuentes Cafe Downtown — Restaurant in San Angelo

The wait was really long, but its not their fault, i noticed at least 3 parties of 12 waiting and several parties of 6 or more. They recently reopened so its no surprise that its busy, it was also a friday night. Just know you may be in for a wait. I got sat in a booth with my girlfriend and the booth we sat in seemed rather larger than normal, i had to lean very foward to reach the table and it was just uncomfortable, the booth cushions also seemed to sink to the hard boarding after about 30 min seated. Regardless the food was ok, we started with the cinco nachos and it was simply great and tasted wonderful this includes all the toppings added to it. I later ordered a deluxe mexican plate so i could try a little of everything. The portion size was very odd. There was about 40% of the plate covered in beans which were very over salted, 20% with the chicken enchilada which was awesome that i could substitute instead of the original cheese enchilada but still not very impressive as the inside didnt really have a flavor to it, 10% directly in the middle was the tamale which wasnt very good given the fact it was mixed with all the surroundings and i usually have received my tamales in their casing fresh and steaming and it just wasnt quite so, 15% was the rice that tasted fine but seemed to have absorbed too much water and was kinda mushy but it did taste good although small portioned in comparisonto the beans, 10% was the taco which was overall not impressive and didnt seem much different from something i could make at home except it had less flavor and half the shell was soggy because the plate was overfilled with sauces and juice so i could not eat it like you normally would a taco, and then 5% was the guacamole salad which didnt have guacamole and extreamly small portioned and i just used mixed with the remainder of my soggy taco. Overall the food or what i received was mediocre at best and ok enough that i will definitely return, mostly to try the fajitas which when i saw coming out looked very good and probably what they are best at. Atmosphere was nice and pleasent, there is definitely a lot of potential in the food and i cant wait to return and try...

Before I start I would like to say that the waiter was really good.

When I went to the restaurant they sat myself and the family in a room off to the side where there was nobody there. There were tables available in the main area. I sat there and finally figured out that the only people in the main area where white. Not sure what’s going on there but I could give a really good gues. They started sitting people there only after I asked, what was the reason that I was sat at the timeout area, which I didn’t really get a truthful answer. As for the food it was ok at best. I would not go there unless you like the segregation.

Mr Fuentes, I hope your restaurant has many more years to come. All I’m commenting about is the perception of three people sitting there. As I stated before several people were in the main seating area and we were the only ones seated in the overflow, extra room or whatever it is called. When I asked even the waiter said I’ll ask why. I was told that there is a rotation. Several people in the main seating area and only one family in the empty separate room did not make sense. I sat there and watched more people get seated in the main area after I was already seated. Yes I was given the opportunity to move after I said something about it. Please don’t question my character as you don’t know me. I simply stated what we saw and felt. And as I stated before your waiter was really good and he is the only reason why we just didn’t get up and leave. If you knew that I had such a question while you were there as the owner, you or your manager could have came out and cleared it up but you chose to ignore it. I might not be in that business but I am a customer. Have a great night and I wish you and your restaurant...

Our server was nice, checked on us often, and refilled our drinks promptly. The restaurant is lovely inside with lots of natural light. The salsa and chips were great. That is the extent of the good unfortunately. The queso was bad, it tasted like chicken broth with canned nacho cheese? My boyfriend enjoyed it though. I ordered the shredded chicken quesadilla. I’m not sure if it was canned chicken or rotten or something but it tasted truly awful. I scraped it all off and just ate the tortilla and cheese. Weeks later I still can’t forget that taste. Rice was good but dry. I thought the beans were alright - they definitely taste like canned refried beans. Boyfriend tried one taste and his stomach hurt for hours after. My boyfriend ordered the chicken calavasa, it was good but he thought it was bland. There was almost no seasoning and there seemed to be about 2 whole onions worth on the plate with a little chicken and zucchini on the side. The chicken in this dish was edible, unlike the chicken from the quesadilla. It needed more flavor but was not bad. I would not recommend this restaurant and would...