The Local - Abilene

The food was outstanding. Our waiter was not as attentive as I thought he should be, but he did give good recommendations. The soft lights and low music made for a pleasant evening.

Our Son brought us to their favorite place while we were visiting and it definitely did not disappoint. The food was delicious! Laid back atmosphere and a super friendly and always there when you need them wait staff! We loved it!

Y'all, this is not your typical Mexican food, but boy, is it yummy! The atmosphere is so relaxing, and the music is at the right volume, where you can still have a conversation. We opted to sit at the bar. The bartenders were so friendly and made our drinks to perfection. We later took our drinks and went to sit in their lounge area, which was super comfy. There is also a patio. I love to sit out on patios (when it's not scorching hot out). We would definitely return.

The food was terrible. No flavor, fried shrimp tacos were so greasy. Chips were stale. Margaritas were plain, mine wasn’t even properly mixed. Tasted like a drink I made in college. Disappointing.

Update:Came here for dinner and we were probably the first people to arrive in the restaurant. I ordered the 8oz Sirloin wanting to try something different. I believe it was cooked in chipotle butter sauce and beer onions in a small cast iron. It definitely was not my thing I actually really really disliked it. I'm so saddened because I absolutely love steak and to eat this one just made me feel sad while eating. I also really dislike their sides here. They are just odd sides that don't go with anything. I grabbed chata beans and they were decent but also had cojita potatoes which were basically fries. I believe other options were lime rice, elote corn, another type of beans and asparagus. Next time I'll just do beans and asparagus.I told my husband this would be my last time coming because I just don't like anything on the menu.Service wasn't that great either. I enjoyed a different waitress attend to another table hoping ours would do the same. My son was so thirsty and she refilled his drink after we were paying and leaving.So my husband and son can some back but I'll skip out. Service was a little slow in the beginning but was pretty good after receiving our drinks.I ordered the Ruthie Chicken taco and it was a little bland despite all the yummy toppings. The Carne Asada taco was very delicious but I got full quickly so I didn't finish it.Ordered chips and salsa and the chips were very stale also I think they are HEB chips lol. I mean I love me HEB but I wouldn't expect finding store bought chips in a restaurant.Overall I would give this place another try they have a lot of good items on the menu.Oh yea, it would of been nice to have more cutlery to eat with besides a fork.Couldn't cut the burrito in half that my husband ate.