El Novillero

This place has become our go-​to for delicious Mexican food. Place is clean, prices are affordable, and service is always great. The charbroiled chicken is super tender and juicy. A must have!

Wow. The service here is horrible. They are so rude in the drive through its crazy. And they don’t care. The owner is never there. They wanted to charge me extra for 3 green sauce but I got 8 tacos. I don’t care if I have to pay I just want green sauce. They don’t have to be rude. There’s only one nice woman and she’s the only English speaking person.

The extremely loud Mexican music turns me around every time. Tried this place three times and have yet to make it through the door.

Awesome pollo is awesome and service and the food I recommend it. The pollos are the best chicken I’ve ever tasted in my life and the fideo is nice and flavorful. The aguas frescas are amazing especially the lemonade. On weekends they have the most amazing pozole, which is really good

I liked their food, but will never return.
I dropped in earlier this week, not realizing that they were nearing closing time. Honestly, I don’t remember what time it actually was. The gentleman in front of me, who happened to be Hispanic, placed his to go order, then it was my turn. The woman gave me that «we’re closed» look, which was met by my «What the hell? I’ve been standing here and your door was unlocked.» look. «To go?» she asked. «Yes.» I replied. I always take their food to go. As I waited, she had a friendly exchange with the guy who was ahead of me. I got the feeling he’d been a regular longer than I. When I got home, the cheese enchiladas I ordered were chicken enchiladas.
Tonight, I was looking forward to their cheese enchiladas as I drove up. I looked at the time and the black and red light up sign displaying their hours. It was 9:55pm, and they close at 10. I looked inside the window and saw a waitress seating two Hispanic gentlemen at the table just to the left of the entry. She slides them menus and takes out her order pad. I walk up to the doors and find they’re locked. The women behind the counters waves both hands at me to indicate that they are closed. I point to the clock behind her — in the restaurant — that is showing 9:55pm. She looks at it, looks back at me and shakes her head and hands.
Three visits ago, the extra tortillas I paid for were not, in fact, corn, but wee flour.
Like I said, their food is good. However, they either can’t tell time, show favoritism for their friends, prefer not to serve whitey, or just don’t really care about what they’re doing. Something is making them unreliable for me, so I’ll just go somewhere else.

El Novillero tiene el mejor pollo asado en San Antonio! Los pollos son asados y tienen un sabor y olor riqusimo, el fideo y el arroz tiene un sabor muy casero y fresco y todo a un buen precio, también los tacos de bisteck están de maravilla!!! Me encanto este lugar.

Really good food, very inexpensive and clean. Staff is friendly and attentive. I was afraid when it changed hands, one of my favorite neighborhood places for breakfast was gone, but am happy to report that all is well!
Update :! Pollo AL carbon/​asada will have you drooling just driving by! Absolutely killer chicken… Authentically paired with Fideo soup, rice, and 3 different salsas! The Mexican version of Tandoori chicken… YUM! 10 greasy fingers up!

¡Que ríco! Esta comida era increíble. Comí las fajitas a la plancha. ¡Gracias El Novillero! Muy bien :)

Delicious mini tacos and gorditas. Definitely recommend the food. They also have karaōke after 8 on Fridays!