Chente’s Restaurant

Super friendly staff — which is no surprise this place has been an Alice staple I learned for a very long time and you don’t last without good food and service. We ordered some nachos and they were delicious — just chip, bean, steak, cheese and guac. The beef had a lot of flavor too. They were delicious! For lunch I got the special — chicken enchiladas with chicken fajitas — ok the chicken enchiladas were amazing seriously some of the best I’ve had and I can’t wait to go back and try the cheese I hear they are to die for. The fajita chicken was unique as it had no vegetable just pan grilled chicken and was yummy as well. Can’t wait to go back !

Don’t judge a book by its cover. Inside is the city’s best chicken-​fried-​steak in a city that really knows its way around a deep fat fryer. The service is always friendly, but can get bogged down during rushes really easily. Very good food, pretty good price, service is usually hit, but sometimes «miss».

This place serves bad tasting Mexican food
The chips are not even made in house
Our family of 4 left 85 percent of our food on plate
That’s how bad this place was. Just drive another few miles and go somewhere else

Whats this all about? … On Facebook!
Jennifer P.
Who thought having supper with family and friends would cause such chaos? Today at Chente’s we were asked to get up and leave because our children were giggling and having a good time? The owner came up to our table and states that, «her customers were upset because our children were being „loud“ and we needed to leave.» We told her this is a public place and there is no sign that says no children allowed and we are paying customers as well. Rationally upset, we get up and leave since they refused our service. Our plates were still intact! Waitress came out and told us, «y’all need to pay the f****ing bill!» While writing down out license plates. We went to the nearest store and called the police ourselves to state out side. In minutes we were surrounded by 5 police cars because Chente’s pushed the panic button for $ 46.00. The principle of the matter is not to pay the bill although we did not touch our food but the way we were approached and asked to leave because of giggling children. My family, friends nor I will ever return to such a disrespectful, discourteous restaurant! Please share!

Five stars for embodying what «good food» was during my childhood… for being the first place I ever tasted cheese enchiladas, pico de gallo, and house made flour tortilla chips… for being what we looked forward to after church, what we order and take home in hideously huge proportions for family gatherings… for being a part of my youth in general.
Two stars for changing. I mean, I know nothing stays the same, but if you’re willing to play the game, I’ll keep comin’ around again.
Anyway, enough nostalgia.
I know this place has gone through some changes from the beloved Mexican food destination it’s been, an absolute staple in Alice, perhaps the most well known restaurant we had (Ya know, before Jaliscience…). I know that sometimes flies buzz in the window or it’s loud or the service isn’t amazing or you’ve had better or whatever. If those things bother you you’re probably not drinking your margarita correctly. And probably you aren’t me, and you didn’t sit in those chairs since before your feet could touch the ground.
So, five stars and I’ll hear nothing else.

best restaurant in alice in my opinion… we go there regularly!
It’s loud and the place is showing signs of wear but… Still best Resturant in town!

Always consistently good mexican food and well worth looking for. Good chalupas with guacamole and barbacoa plate on Saturday.

Loud, sodas were flat, left food. Nasty. Go somewhere else

Cold gordita and poor quality. Gringorized to blandness. Chips average. Salsa not hot. Tortiallas good. Waitress does not know what is being served. I have been here before. It has gone down hill and if you like Mexican food with sour cream, this may be ok. But if you want good food, this is not the place.

They take Amrican Express AND they speak ENGLISH! O … all that and the food is great. If you are staying at the Holiday Inn or La Quinta in town, it is about 2.5 miles out. If you are using GPS to get here, it looks like you are headed out of town. Be careful on going in to the lot because the parking is terrible but, like the other reviewers said, it is definitely worth the trouble. They told me 15 minutes on my enchilladas so I went out to the car to wait. After only five, the manager brought my food out smiling and telling me thanks … that is DEFINITELY not normal for any place I have eaten in ANY other part of the country. I felt like a regular instead of an interloper from TN who couldn’ order in Spanish. This is a great place for non Texas travelers.

Three stars for a restaurant in Alice is a really big deal. This town knows NOTHING about decent food.
However, Chente’s is the only place so far who’s enchiladas were good enough to eat. (I am from New Mexico, so I have very high standards for enchiladas… Texas just don’t know how to do it very well.) The margarita was pretty good, made with decent liquor. However you can only get it frozen.
The chips were very tasty, and the pico and salsa weren’t half bad either.
The service was great, very friendly, and even gave me a fried egg on my enchilada, even though they already put away all their breakfast items.
Well, if you ever find yourself in Alice, TX and you’re thinking about trying some Mexican cuisine, check this place out over anywhere else.

this place doesn’t fuck around. great food. just screams home. Love it. Everytime I visit home I go and eat a bite of chentes.