Carlito’s Mexican Restaurant

Delicious! Wonderful salsa, reasonably priced meals, great atmosphere. Looks a little shady when you drive by, but the food is so good!

Great family-​run establishment. The service is friendly, attentive, and quick! Great food at a great price. Nice place to grab lunch.

Carlito’s … It’s a great place to get my a TexMex on with soft taco’s and rice and beans … The salsa has a bit of a kick to it, and I can not eat it normally as most do. I don’t like pain. I have my own method of enjoying the salsa without all the extra heat. I soak the chips in my salsa bowl until they are softer, and then enjoy them with the meal. Each chip makes two bites to enjoy with your food. This used to be my favorite TexMex place between the cousin’s, but now I mostly eat at Elena’s due to transportation issues. I still like Carlito’s although it’s a bit harder to get to for me … !~

The food is great but the service is always terrible.
To get a refill is not a easy task. The prices on the food items are very reasonable. You can definitely get full at this place. The hot sauce is my favorite. They don’t seat you most of the time. You need to do that yourself.

We love this restaurant. They have the best quesadilla’s! Get half beef and half chicken. You won’t be disappointed. Excellent. Friendly atmosphere.

$ 1 beer and Potachos — home fries covered in cheese and fajita meat. I always stop here when I come through town.

I love finding great hole in the wall joints while on business trips. This spot is definitely one of those awesome spots! Carlitos has a full bar, fresh tortilla chips, and the best homemade hot sauce I’ve had in a long while. The bean and cheese nachos I ordered to «tide me over until dinner» was a heaping pile of chips, beans, perfectly melted cheese and fresh jalapeños. The margarita was strong but not over powering. The staff was also very friendly! I will definitely bring colleagues here on our next trip.

It was so nice being back home close to my hometown enjoying some of the best Mexican food I can remember. It had been almost 5 years and the same lady who used to wait on us remembered me. After thinking about it a little while she ended up telling me what I used to order and she was right! Also, I had the best margarita on the rocks here the other day and it was only 2.99!!! Winning!

I used to love this place 5 years ago, but it has definitely gone down hill. The food lacks flavor and the whole place looks dirty.
I have even been told by a friend that they let 2 large dogs roam inside the restaurant at night as security, but I have not witnessed this myself.

Not the best Mexican food, cramped seating area, food was bland, waitress got drinks wrong, how do u do that !?!

Horrible seats. The fajitas are usually good but this week the chicken had a funny smell and the taste was not good. I think they must have changed chicken brands or it was spoiling? Definitely not worth the money go somewhere else. Taco Bell was better. Queso also was bland and no cilantro in the salsa. I am going elsewhere.

Yet another disappointing restaurant in Beaumont. Warm, uncomfortable seats and the food. Never in my life have I ever been served salsa w/​o cilantro. Bland salsa made of tomatoes and onions. That’s it. Chicken Flautas were… well I didn’t eat em. Just didn’t tasted good. Rice was strong of cumin and really canned beans guys? I could totally taste it. Left and picked up a burger at Checkers since… I really couldn’t eat this job. Very disappointing.

Delicious !! Everyone I was with (4 others) enjoyed their meal. I had the Flautas Dinner, which is 2 huge chicken Flautas, salad, cheese and I added some rice. First of all a ton of food. Secondly the meat was well seasoned and marinated and the dough was delicious, not like the generic taquitos other places make. Awesome dinner. Service was good as well and reasonable prices.

I love Carlitos. It by far my favorite place to eat Mexican food ever. Sometimes I’ll drive in from Houston just to eat there. In fact, anytime I’m in the Beaumont area, it’s just about the only place I’ll go these days.
I’m currently addicted to the Potachos, which surely include crack and magic fairy dust in their recipe. They make my mouth feel like rainbows and sunshine. They’re nothing fancy, but whoever came up with them deserves an award.

In addition to Elena’s, this is one of the best Tex-​Mex Restaurants in town. When I worked downtown, I use to always come here for the $ 5.99 lunch special. The patio is nice to enjoy when the weather is cool. Service here is always excellent; I’ve yet to have a bad experience. The Queso is great, and I highly recommend ordering the Potachos. Unlike Nachos, Potachos use thin slices of Potatos instead of chips, so they are similar to Nachos. I usually order them with beans in place of ground beef since I am a vegetarian.
Their Gorditas are also excellent as well.

Great lunch and dinner specials as cheap at 5.99 great service with a smile. Come to lunch early because it gets extremely busy during the work week. When Elainas is having drink specials down the road Carlito’s will one up them with better beer. Great shaded eating area outside as well for a nice day. If you like tex-​mex and never tried it, you are missing out!

Deepest regrets…
I lived in Beaumont for almost ten years and hoped a visit back would knock the tortilla chip off my shoulder, as this seems to be a popular and well-​loved place. As it turns out, I only feel free to write this review knowing my sister-​in-​law won’t read it, as she is a die-​hard fan of this place but not a Unilocaler.
Carlito’s is about the lowest form of Tex-​mex you can find, anywhere. Given the high reviews from other Unilocalers, you will have to put my opinion in context, but I stand by it. And to be sure, my idea of «lowest form of Tex-​Mex» could easily be someone else’s idea of highest form… things get extra-​subjective when it comes to comfort food, eh?
Sis-​in-​law proclaims this her favorite salsa, but my dad wonders if there’s anything other than tomatoes in the mix (as he tries to pronounce «cilantro»). I stay mum but agree with my old man. Margaritas all around the table — yay!
No, wait… FAIL! I’d forgotten these are wine-​based drinks so what you get is some low-​rent pinot grigio with a spash of sweet-​and-​sour. More power to you if that satisfies your margarita jones…
Normally I’d give a place like this a place an opportunity to redeem itself with dishes that go beyond the Tex-​Mex pandering, but $ 10+ for tacos al pastor or barbacoa wasn’t goiing to woo me away from the lunch specials. So chicken enchilada lunch plate it was. Chilii gravy over mystery meat = completely de rigueur in this milieux!
Dad’s cihile relleno might threaten to be the most redeeming thing on the menu… oh, but no… the poblano pepper has stem intact and no seeding…über fail. One doesn’t leave seeds in a stuffed pepper.
With all the people who love this place, the best I can say is «sorry, I just don’t get it…»

Carlitos is a staple in Beaumont Mexican food. Good place to kick back and have a great meal. The staff is super friendly and the bright pink interior makes you feel warm and fuzzy. I always get Tacos Al Carbon with some charro beans. All the joy of a fajita without having to make it yourself. The serve beer and margs, but the margs aren’t made with liquor so stick to beer. Try everything cuz it’s all good!

The best Mexican Food in Beaumont, TX, by far. Everything is delicious, but their fajitas are top notch. There’s also no way to beat the $ 1 beer special (occurring daily for as long as I can remember). They have a covered patio. Super busy at noon and parking isn’t wonderful.

Carlito’s seems like the Mexican restaurant of choice in Beaumont. A wide variety of customers were eating lunch on the Tuesday I was there — from business to blue collar, families and large groups.
Carlito’s serves up the standard Mexican fare, not much different than most other places. I got tacos al carbon and they were greasy and fatty, just like you’d expect. Tortillas were handmade, so that was a nice touch. The sides (rice and charro beans) were flavorful.
Carlito’s beats the chains anyday.