La Abuela

Ridiculously great food. Like, unbelievably flavorful, excellent presentation, and a huge variety in the menu. Super friendly. Place rocks. If you're in the area looking for authentic Mexican, you owe it to yourself to visit this place.

Went here today for dinner and as usual the food was delicious. We were a party of three and got the fajita taco salad with veggies, the vegetarian enchiladas with salsa roja, and the cheese quesadilla with veggies. The quesadilla and enchiladas were outstanding - easily an 8/10. A special mention for the salsa that is served with the chips - very flavorful and had the right amount of heat.
Overall, this place is definitely worth the great reviews and the traditional decor inside is also worth a visit!

The food was under average for me. They use different condiments and spices from authentic Mexican recipes. I did not want to take my left overs home unfortunately.

Tasty food, nice atmosphere, and friendly staff.

Thanks for a good dining experience.

Having many words and no words, I write this review.....
First off, those are $15 shrimp tacos!!!
Honestly pathetic.
No sides, no accompaniments. Blah!

My boyfriend and I decided to try a new to us Mexican restaurant, through Delivery Dudes.
We are absolute advocates and supporters of small, local business so I suggested La Abuela.
Mind you I live about 6 blocks away and the food arrived lukewarm.

So I ordered the shrimp tacos, which were just sad.
We ordered the guacamole, which was tasty, chunky and accompanied by a good helping of chips.
But my boyfriend's chicken burrito....mediocre, given with about 2 tbsp. side of refried beans and emaciated pico (other picture).

With our dinner, I MADE additional beans and queso. Why am I making more food with my paid order that should already be satisfying???

I certainly hope that this was just a bad experience for La Abuela and not their standard.
Because this food was just embarrassing.

We went here for a late takeout dinner on a weeknight and we were the only people in the restaurant. Since we ordered and waited, we decided to get chips and quac while we waited. It was served in a stone bowl and was delicious.

I got the Carnitas platter which was really well cooked, not too greasy, and travelled well.

They had a HUGE juice menu on the chalkboard on the wall. I'm not sure why it took me so long to find this place but I will be back to try their tacos/ burritos!

Authentic Mexican food at reasonable price - highly recommend - the food is fresh and flavorful - you won't be disappointed

I've gotten food from La Abuela twice now and each time it was fantastic! Both orders I called ahead and the food was ready on time. With COVID you pull into the parking lot BEHIND their building on Penn - remember the parking lot is behind the building. There isn't a TON of room, so take your patience.

I've ordered both tacos and enchiladas and they were both AMAZING. I got chicken both times but my friend and spouse each got pork and enjoyed it. Their chips and salsa that comes with the meals are good too. Their salsa is like no other! We also queso fundido one time too - amazing.

The workers are incredibly friendly and when they bring out your food it's always with a smile and a thank you! I can't wait to grab more takeout from here - you should too, it's amazing!!

I go here often. In my opinion, the best Mexican food around. Tortilla soup, enchiladas verdes, taco bowl salad, steak fajitas.... My favorites on the menu and I haven't had everything yet!

This is one of those experiences that was almost great but a few weird things happened and so it wasn't very satisfying. Stopped in for a take-out lunch on a Friday afternoon, and the ordering process was fine, the counterperson was helpful. There's a special lunch menu that seemed to be a good deal: ordered an appetizer and a lunch dish. Went to the cool record store across the street, then came back 20-minutes later to pick-up and pay. Waiting at the counter, two receipts were laying on the counter- one was mine. But the numbers didn't look right. I asked the helper about it and she said that the meal was put in as 'full-size' not lunch. Asking what was the difference, I was told there'd be more food than the 'lunch version'. If I wanted the lunch deal, the cook would probably just take some of the food out of the box. Not wanting to cause any extra work, I said it was fine and I'll take the full order and pay the extra money (60% higher than the lunch price). So I was already Splurging in ordering a $18 lunch, but ended up spending $25+
Getting the food out to the car, I dug in for a bite before even leaving the parking lot. The flautas were good, the salsas both tasty. Opening the big meal, I was immediately underwhelmed by the size of the servings. The rice and beans were meager, and that's the cheap part...other places load up on those. Opening the beans to mix with the rice, there were hardly any beans- it was all the brown gravy and maybe a dozen black beans in the 3-ounce serving.
The entree was equally disappointing (size-wise), although it looked really good. For the 60% up-charge, I thought there'd be a nice pile of meat and veggies- maybe enough to have leftovers. Not so. Two very small chicken breasts and a few ounces of chorizo, plus a few nice pieces of pepper and onion. I have to say the dish was good, but i am hoping that the cook made a lunch portion even though I was charged for the dinner version. If that was the dinner version, it was a rip-off compared to most other Latin restaurants that I have been to; and that's a lot! So being overcharged at the counter, then not getting the appropriate amount of food, (although tasty), it just added up to a bad deal.