Abuelo's Mexican Restaurant

Mexican restaurant
Accommodating gluten-free
Lunch
Dinner
Open Late
Mexican
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Casual Mexican spot with a dedicated gluten-free menu and careful preparation ensuring safe, flavorful meals.
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Accommodating

Some risk of cross-contamination

Trained staff
Checked by Atly
Always inquire directly about health and safety.

Good to know

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They have a dedicated gluten-free menu available.

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Caution is advised for those with celiac disease.

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Prices are considered great for the offerings.

3700 Lakeside Village Blvd, Lakeland, FL 33803, USA
2.4km

People are saying

M
Great choices, even gluten free! Delicious!
K
Margaritas are good, very good gluten free options.
J
I'm not sure what is going on at this Abuelos. This used to be our go-to Mexican restaurant. The food is really good, but now I don't think they know their menu. It looks like new staff here. If so, they need to retrain quickly, or they are going to lose customers like us fast. I ordered the Tamale meal with the toppings cause I told them im not gluten sensitive, so put all the goodies on top, my two sides charro beans and papas con chille ( mashed potatoes with cheese basically). We also ordered chicken fajita with charro beans and Mexican rice. They bring our food chicken fajitas, all the dishes that come with that, and my Tamal....? The server comes ask if everything is ok...ummm no I ordered tamales, and I get 3 taquitos put on a 3 corn husks with the papas con chille and refried beans. Yes, those are our new tamales, she told me and said she can get more if I don't think it's enough you know let me get the manager for you. The manager even comes over and confirms that we have some new tamales, and we will be more than happy to give you more no charge. Ok, ummm, and is this your charro beans? Yes, those are our charro beans. These are refried beans that are not smashed. No, those are charro beans. I'm looking at my meal dumbfounded that they will pass taquitos as tamales and now refried beans as charro beans. No, I think we're going to go. Probably wait a year or two before going back. Maybe by then, they will have their food labeled correctly to where the customer will get exactly what they ordered. Both server and manager were polite and respectful and nice about this, but to tell me a taquitos or it could have been a flautas, but they never had flautas at Abuelos before, so going with taquitos as tamales really, ok good luck with that. One actually two disappointed customers.

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