Gabriel’s Restaurant & Bar

My friend wanted to have some «real Mexican» food… so I took her hear. Then she starts to order tex-​mex… embarrassing. But alas… we ordered and ordered and damn it was all so good. He brought spicy salsa, loved it… loved the regular stuff. The nachos were off the hook and massive! The drinks were so good too and my main dish of pork really hit the spot.
I’d love to go here again if I were in town!

While visiting in El Paso, we went to Gabriel’s restaurant for breakfast on a Sunday The service quick and I had some great red enchiladas topped with eggs, with a side of beans. Delicious! Will go back again, next time I’m in town.

Good authentic Mexican food, nothing fancy, just good food and really good service.
I was worried at the start of our visit when they told us they didn’t have a high chair for my 16 month old boy. We used a booster chair with great hesitation. The place was pretty busy and there were a lot of families with children in high chairs but they need a few more.
My family ordered a variety of items on the menu and we were all pleased. Everything was pretty tasty. Even my sons were happy with their food. It’s not fine dinning but it was good and very filling. I saw a lot of items coming out of the kitchen that I’d like to try on our next visit.
I was surprised at the level of service that we received. The food came out quickly and my drink was never empty.
We will be back to try some of the other menu items. If you go try the flautas rancheras, I think they’re a family favorite although they are too spicy for the kids.

I really love Gabriel’s. I go there quite often as a customer of mine always chooses to go back. I have had a wide variety of their dishes and they are consistently VERY good! The staff is consistently excellent, no matter who waits on me. Their salsa is quite ‘picante’ so watch out if you haven’t developed your taste to jalapenos, but it is SO good!
I believe our favorite is the ‘tacos alambre’ but you won’t go wrong no matter which dish you choose!

I’m shocked to read the only other review on this restaurant. I’ve been living in El Paso for about 3 years now. I consider myself to be an extreme foodie. I have not had dinner here, but the breakfast is the best breakfast I’ve had in El Paso. I go here once a week with a group of military buddies. We all love it. We always get great service and the waiters are always extremely kind and attentive. I have never had to ask for a refill on my lemonade. Best fresh squeezed lemonade you will ever find by the way. I always get one of the breakfast skillets, they are to die for. The place is kind of old and the bathrooms not the best but I come here for the food. This is one of my favorite restaurants in El Paso. It sits alone off the freeway but it’s a hidden gem nonetheless. I took my family from Indiana here when they visited El Paso and they were extremely happy with the service and food quality as well. I wish I could give this place 6 stars for their food. They definitely have a good thing going.

This place is a walking Health Department violation. A large group of us went there for dinner and here is our assessment:
Bar: The bar was substandard. They ran out of Dos Equis within 10 minutes. No sparkling water, Club Soda made from tap water, no limes, no mint.
Facilities: The bathrooms were filthy. In the mensroom was vomit and grafitti. In the women’s room it stank like an open sewer, there were no paper towels and the toilets had clearly not been cleaned in over a week. In one stall appeared to be smeared fecal material. The fish tank in the entrance was filthy.
Check this out: there were used utensils on the window ledge next to our table.
Food: Horrible salsa. Steak extremely fatty: more fat than meat. One entrée described as having three jumbo shrimp but they were were not jumbo by any stretch of the imagination. Pollo Asado: Needed a steak knife to cut the chicken. The baked potatoes were undercooked.
Service: Terrible service; of course, since we were a large group-​the 18% service charge was included. At one point a waiter stood up on the water fountain and bellowed out a question regarding whether he had taken all our orders. The waiters did not write down who ordered what meal so did not know who got what steak, etc. We had to go to the bar on our own on several occasions to get drinks: That’s how bad the service was.