Don Agave — Restaurant in Texas

Based on our experience and in my opinion. Was looking for a proximate spot for dinner with family (3 persons) last night and upon reading the positive reviews, ended up at Don Agave’s. Place was sparsely populated. We were welcomed promptly and seated. Restaurant looked clean and had the usual Tex-Mex ambience. Our waiter was very friendly and helpful. Chips and salsas (three varieties, two reds and a guacamole-based) arrived promptly and were tasty. One of the red salsas had a welcome kick to it (perhaps a touch of habanero). Ordered two mojitos (mango and pomegranate), which arrived quickly. The mango one tasted just fine while the pomegranate one tasted like medicine/syrup. Overall, not bad. Food, consisting of a veggie enchilada appetizer, and two entrees - Chef’s Special (chicken, beef and shrimp fajitas for one) and grilled fish platter, too was served promptly and was hot/freshly made. Taste and quantity were just fine, typical Tex-Mex with the side trimmings of guacamole, refried beans, pico, rice, and some sour cream. Not a bad experience by any means, but nothing extraordinary. What was extraordinary was the final check! Set us back close to $100, including a sneaky surcharge of over 3% of the food price, supposedly to cover credit card charges!! This, for an appetizer and two entrees and two alcoholic drinks!! There was no warning of this surcharge and if I hadn’t looked at the check carefully, would have missed it entirely. Wonder how many patrons are taken in this way…unsuspecting. Wonder too how that squares with the merchant- credit card company agreement. Upon highlighting the sneaky surcharge to the waiter, he nonchalantly mentioned that all the local restaurants followed this practice and mentioned two other names, another Tex-Mex and a Mex seafood place! Overall, good service, decent food, clean place, but watch the check and...

Given all the great Tex-Mex options in this part of Texas, I can not, and will not recommend this place to anyone. The high reviews here on google gave me the impression that this place would be good. When I walked in, the cement floor walls, and untreated ceiling created one of the loudest dinning experiences I have ever heard. We ordered a large chili con queso for $10 which consisted of a bowl of canned yellow cheese with some pickled jalapenos on the side (yes that's it). Any high school stadium concession stand would serve something similar at half the price. We ordered shrimp fajitas... Living this close to the gulf coast I feel like the owner of this place really owes an apology to for the disservice they did those shrimp. They were way over-cooked, and under-seasoned, served on a bed lukewarm, half-raw onions. The fajitas were served with gumbo of all things which I thought was an interesting choice, but I like to live dangerously. I do believe that gumbo came strait out of a can. It was not good at all. We tried two of their top tier margaritas (cowboy killers or something) at $15 each. They were not good, and I suspect may not have used the top-shelf tequila they advertised on the menu. Very watered down tasting. With so many other good choices close by, I would pass...

Meh. Not sure why this place is rated so high. We tried it due to the high rating and were pretty disappointed. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t good either. With all the choices we have in Mexican food around here, I would pass on this one.

We had the chips, salsa and queso to start. All lacked flavor. Nothing special, spiced or spicy.

The iced tea wasn’t fresh. I’m a stickler on this. Tea is cheep to make . No reason to let it get old.

I ordered combination steak and shrimp quesadillas with a side of rice and beans. The portion was large. The steak was pretty good. Not great, and the shrimp was ok, but lacked seasoning. It came with tomato, guacamole, and lettuce garnish. In my opinion pico would be better. I tried the pico from my friends plate. It was fresh and flavorful and added something to the quesadillas.

I liked the rice ok, it was plain with only a couple carrot pieces in it, but seemed fresh. The beans were no bueno. Seemed unseasoned and canned.

Overall the food seems to lack love. It was empty for a...