Ernesto's Mexican Specialties

In town for the first time. We found this amazing Mexican restaurant was hands down one of the best Mexican restaurant we have been to in a long time. We are from Las Vegas Nevada, where we have a lot of great chiefs. We will definitely be back. Both brothers were brilliant at their job! Family owned businessess two brothers are keeping it going. I love it!!The Kirks

OMG! This was so delicious! Have you ever heard of avocado butter sauce? Well I will never forget it it was soooo good! My steak was so tender I cut it with my fork! My husband had the shrimp and red fish stuffed with lobster and Veracruz sauce. Not one drop was left on his plate. The tres leches and flan were to die for. Please go, you won't regret it. Our bill was about $50 plus tip.

Hadn't been in a couple year. I was glad to see the Resturant completely full. There is no finer service in any restaurant in San Antonio. I miss Ernesto but his sons do him proud. I've been a fan for over 40 years

5-stars go to the kindest staff in the city's restaurant scene! They make you feel like family the moment you walk in, and their passion for sharing their specialty dishes and creating a great dining experience for guests is unmatched.The food, for us, was not quite the same level, but it was good. Maybe our expectations were too high based on all the reviews. Ceviche to start was tasty, but served on top of a pile of lettuce. We've never had ceviche served that way, but it created a nice illusion of a bigger portion of ceviche that was, in reality, fairly small. Shrimp and crab nachos were next, and they were just ok. The "lump" crab was a bunch of shreds and they were on the fishy side of flavor. DH ordered the special recommended by the owner- a chicken breast with a ground beef (picadillo) enchilada, and it included rice and beans. DH thought the enchilada was on the dry side and lacked flavor. He felt the chicken was also lacking seasoning even though it was covered in cheese or sauce or something. For me, the owner recommended a fish dish with "lump" crab (shreds again) and shrimp, rice, and veggies. The veggies were two small mushrooms and one skinned tomato that still had its hard core inside. Everything on the plate was covered in a buttery lemony sauce. The sauce was delicious, but I feel like covering EVERYTHING in sauce is like covering everything in ketchup. Some things, if they are truly good, should be able to shine on their own. Plating could definitely be better. The restaurant is super clean, even though there's an unusual smell to it when you walk in. Maybe it's a cleaner, maybe not, but it's definitely striking.Value for money... I don't really think it's there. We've had far better seafood and Mexican dishes at some of the city's best, but only our bill at Ernesto's was on par with those places.Again, 5-stars for the service, 3-stars for the food, so I averaged it out to 4 overall. We'll go back for the service but with more reasonable expectations for the food now that we experienced it for ourselves.

Had lunch here and between the four of us we loved everything we ordered. The seafood was delicious and if your looking for great service; this is the place! The place was quiet and the seating very comfortable. So poppa Ernesto started the restaurant then his son Ernesto Jr took it over and now Jr has his son working there. Our friends have been coming here for twenty plus years and it is their "go to" place for a great meal. We loved the shrimp and crab nachos, the special redfish and crab in Veracruz sauce, the steak tenderloin w shrimp enchilidas and the shrimp and crab crepes. No room for dessert but maybe next time. We all cleaned our plates! What an SA treasure! Thanks Ernesto

Everything is perfect - food, service & great memories of when Ernesto (the father) was alive. His son is doing a great job.

Ernesto, the Owner, is a lovely person came to great use and tell us about the menu. They had the best mojito I've ever had with delicious queso and Ceviche. My friends had seafood dishes and ate every bite. The menu is unique and not the run of the mill Tex-Mex. A must try when in the area!

I would probably give this place a better review, but for the fact that Ernesto Junior and Ernesto the third are very proud of the food they serve, but it did not live up to their hype. The fish was very tender, the butter sauce was very rich, but it did not match up to the description on the menu. One dish came with onions, tomatoes in the sauce, and there was plenty, the other one said it would come with olives, capers, onions... But there was only one caper and one slither of onion. The service was very, very good as the Co-owners were very attentive. The restaurant is in a strip mall with not a lot of ambience, but it is clean and they are definitely friendly there... but because the atmosphere is not the best, we're there for the food. The sauce that I had was not as described on the menu. The sauce that they served my husband was the exact same sauce, but with different ingredients thrown in at the last minute, so both dishes were precisely the same flavor. I thought it would have been better had the owner not said that we were in for an amazing experience that he would predict which kind of sauce we wanted and we should trust him... The presentation was great, but the flavor did not follow.

This is what my dad's favorite places, he always talks about. How delicious is how awesome Ernesto is. So he took the whole family out for a special celebratory dinner. It was everything he said it was. The food was amazing, delicious, and very fresh. Because it's a Fusion place, there was a choice, different seafood sauces that he makes specially there on the premises. And all the ingredients were wonderful and very very fresh. I think Service was also amazing. I swear my waiter was psychic, I was just about to finish my tea. I looked over my shoulder and he was standing there with the pitcher ready to refill it. I had the Mexican special, which was that was steak so tender almost didn't need knife topped with avocado sauce. It also came with an enchilada and you could get a choice of green chili with chicken, which is what my father got and he really enjoyed it and I got the shrimp enchilada, which was very very delicious. It was filled with shrimp. Came with rice and beans and the rice was really tasty. For dessert I had the freshly made crêpes that morning. They came with a splash of Lacour and caramel sauce. They were so tender and light. They literally melted on your tongue. Really enjoyed them. I would highly recommend you coming to this amazing restaurant. It's super cute and they have a very nice intimate restaurant.

Great service, delicious plates, and they were happy to push some tables together for our large party. Highly recommended.