Mama Olivo Mexican Restaurant — Restaurant in Tyler

Three stars is generous for this place. The food is so bland, a microwave dinner has more flavor. The service was good, the aqua fresca was good, but thats it. This food tastes like it was made for an old folks home. The salsa is basically tomato soup, there are no recognizable tomatoes onions or cilantro in it. The chips should be good, they look legit, but are so hard I thought I bit into a rock at one point. The beef again has zero flavor and the tortillas hardly had any sign of being warmed in a pan or however its done, it was like a packaged mission tortilla. The rice had no taste at all! It was like uncle bens from the microwave, but worse. The refried beans were sub par. I ate here with 4 other people and nobody finished their food, which is unusual for this group. This isn’t a trash review, I just think this is the worst Mexican restaurant in Tyler, there are so many options that are miles ahead of this place, Taco Bell tastes better than mama o’s! Get it...

The Food: My girlfriend took her little brother to Mamá Olivo, but their experience was ruined when she found a screw in her meal. This is unacceptable and raises serious concerns about the restaurant's food preparation and quality control. The Service: To make matters worse, the staff's response was rude and unhelpful. Given that her little brother was with her, the situation was especially disappointing. Recommendation: Unfortunately, I would not recommend Mamá Olivo to others due to the poor food quality and subpar service. Families with young children...

I love AUTHENTIC Mexican food and a lot of Tyler's "Mexican food" Chuy's, Javi's, Mercados etc.. don't even compare to Momma Olivio's. The food here was AMAZING and would highly recommend to anyone I know.

For an appetizer we got the bread and queso which was really good! And for dinner Pozole and a beer with chamoy and spices on the rim which was some of the best Pozole ive ever had from a restaurant!

So not only was the food good but the service was really good as well! Our waitress was super friendly and was asking about my kids and it was over all a really...