Bigotes

Reviews

• Rickey W.

  star star star star star 23 July 2026

  This is a small Mexican food place thay serves great deals and great food. May not have brand new furniture or be modern but it serves up gtrat food at a great price. I prefer the taste and value over new tables. This place has been open for more than 20 years and once you try it ypu will know why...

• Doug S.

  star star star star star_border 19 July 2026

  Bigotes is a staple that has been in East Arlington for a bunch of years. I actually do not come here that often and it had been 15 years since last time. No reason just not on my side of town I guess. We came at lunch time they have all you can eat plate which is taco, enchilada, beans chalupa and bean and rice. It is all you can eat but one plate is a lot. The food is good very straight forward in taste may need a little salt or more seasonings. But I like it.
  
  The restaurant is not fancy almost a dive setting. You go into a small seating area and sit yourself. Very small place more of a diner setting. They do have other food but All Can Eat is the best bet. Food comes out fast and hot. Good crowd on weekends but we got a table no problem. Good service great chips and salsa. If you want to try a different place for Mexican food I would give them a try.

• Rick And Jenn C.

  star star star star star 15 July 2026

  Everyone has an off day, so after frequenting this little gem for the past couple of months, they've redeemed themselves as one of the best "hole in the walls" in the DFW area.  They are consistently delicious, know our order and make us feel like family!  Kudos!

• Texzilla Z.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 12 July 2026

  We have many fine TexMex restaurants in Arlington, some good Mexican restaurants featuring different regional cuisines, and this one is unfortunately, not one of them.  Bigotes is a little cafe that at one existed all over Texas selling breakfast and lunch, and often focused on Tex Mex cuisine. It positions itself as a Tex Mex restaurant which brings certain expectations no different than one that serves Oaxacan or Yucatán cuisine.
  
  I was in the area and dropped in, questioning its cleanliness a bit from the looks outside.  It's a tiny dining area, you seat yourself, and the place was nearly full which I hoped would be a portent of great food to come. Nope.  I ordered the all you can eat lunch which starts with chips, salsa, two cheese enchiladas, two crispy beef tacos, a bean chalupa, refried beans, and rice.
  
  Chips were a bit stale and thick, hard and with the sourness of tired oil.  Salsa was ok.  The sweet tea came in a big glass but had a serious offtaste, either from instant tea or bad ice.  It was terrible and there is no excuse for that in these parts. The plate arrived.  
  
  The cheese enchiladas were awful.  Soft tortillas were the only positive.  They had a some flavorless overly stringy cheese, no onion, and worst were covered in a watery flavorless sauce devoid of spice, body, or character.  This should have been a traditional chili gravy or chili cob carne, with a strong note of ancho chile and cumin, and enough fat to round out the flavors.  It appeared to be some canned red enchilada sauce, some ground beef from the taco bin, and a heavy dose of water; this is inexcusable in my book.  
  
  The two tacos were in smallish shells with unseasoned ground beef, a few strings of cheese, a little lettuce and chopped tomato. If the meat had bee seasoned they would have been passable.  The chalupa is redundant, as it's beans on a tortilla with a few of the same cheese shreds and some lettuce and tomato.  They laid it on top of the refried beans so the flat crispy tortilla was quickly rendered a soggy mess that was indecipherable from the portion of beans.  The refried beans were the best item though bland and needing the traditional smokiness of lard.  Rice was ok.  
  
  Service was friendly and quick.  I won't be back unfortunately.

• Catlin S.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 4 July 2026

  Mislead with all the good reviews.. food is completely blan!! Waitress was super nice so it made things easier but it just wasn't the best mexican food, none of it was authentic.