Abuelita's Mexican - Shawnee

My family has been dining here for about 25 years. We have never been disappointed! People are great!

Weirdest thing happened at Abuelita’s in Shawnee, Oklahoma. I shared my sisters meal (we do this a lot because we always have left over food if we order separately) and my husband didn’t want anything. My niece and her husband each had a sopapilla. They brought the bill at the end and it had a $19.96 “set up charge”. We asked what that was and they told us they charge 4.99 for people who don’t order food. Now, had someone told us this in the beginning we would have either ordered something small or agreed to the charge, because why pay them for something we didn’t get. But we weren’t given that choice. I’d be okay with it if we had been told about the charge. There’s no mention of this charge on the menu, the entrance door or the wall. We asked the cashier about it and she had nothing to say, she just looked mad that we questioned it. We asked to speak with the owner but they said it was his day off.

The food was just okay. I ordered the taco salad. I asked for no meat. It came with no meat like I asked, but there was just a TINY bit of lettuce and tomatoes, a ton of refried beans like soup, and a tiny amount of guacamole. It was not good. I've never had a taco salad with almost no salad. And I did pay full price, even though no meat, which was okay; however, they could have put a little more salad to make up for no meat. The good part was that the waiter was amazing. We were in a large group, and he was great. But I wouldn't go back.

Staff is polite and ready to help with anything you need. Food is reasonably priced and good. Service is good and food comes out fairly fast depending on how busy it is but still not waiting for a long time.

We just got done eating here for mothers day. Worst experience. There were 7 of us, he brought us 2 straws. I had to go to the counter to ask for more since he didn't hear us asking for more apparently. I also had to get up and go ask for limes for my son's carne asada tacos that he didn't bring even after we asked. My oldest liked his burger. My mom's steak fajitas was cold. My husband's chicken nacho Supreme was bland. My chicken Verde was good, the beans are bland but real beans and not canned, so that was good. He never came back to ask if I wanted another ****** Mary. He brought us 2 lemonades even though only one person ordered one, and he tried to charge us for both. This was the worst experience I've had eating our in years. We will not be back.