All Reviews
Melinda Davis
3 weeks agoFast, friendly service. And the empanadas are AMAZING!!
Cliff
6 months agoAfter visiting Argentina and enjoying their empanadas, I was happy to discover an Argentine style empanadas restaurant in McAllen. Solo Empanadas is located in the North cross Shopping Center a couple of doors down from the Barnes & Noble bookstore on 10th and Nolana Ave. When I walked in, I was greeted by the young ladies at the counter. They have a cozy and classy dining room which, at 4 PM, had people at two of their tables. O thought the interior was well designed and provides a pleasant atmosohere. It's small for large groups, but would be a great place for a business lunch, a small group, a family meal, and nice enough for a date night. Everything was very clean. The menu offers 14 different fillings for their empanadas, ranging from beef, chicken, cheese, ham, Caprese, bacon, mushrooms, shrimp, or a variety of combinations of those ingredients. They even have one that says "carne dulce" (sweet meat).. You can order them a la carte, in a combo, or by the dozen. To accompany the empanadas they have either a green (delicious) hot salsa or chimichurri. They also offer salads and drinks. Prices are reasonable... For three empanadas, I paid about the same as a burger combo at a fast food place, and this was much better and more filling. I found their empanadas to be authentic, with the same style and flavors I experienced in Argentina. That made my day! I will certainly be back! My empanadas were freshly baked after I ordered them, hut it only took between 10 and 15 minutes. That's not as fast as most "fast food" joints, but still quite fast. Each was literally branded with the name of the filling so I could tell them apart without opening it up, and they were presented in a nice box for take-out. I thoroughly enjoyed my order and look forward to trying the other flavors.
Rodney
7 months agoFirst time visit…will visit again. Food was hot when served 15 minutes after ordering. Ordered a #2 combo. Service was less than noteworthy. A couple across from me finished eating and left the location. I was disappointed that their table was left dirty for at least twenty minutes…disappointing because my first impression was a clean and warm location.
Brian McSteen
10 months agoSolo Empanadas in McAllen has the best empanadas that you will ever try in your LIFE. They are amazing 🤩 🔥 🤤 the Carne Picante (Spicy Beef) are my absolute favorite. I bring them as gifts to my office staff and they always go mmmm 😋 where do you get these? Where is it located. Do your self a favor and get you a dozen and pass them out at work. You’ll be everyone’s favorite ❤️
Patricia Leal
2 years agoNothing special, the salad is pretty sad iceberg lettuce, which has absolutely no nutritional value, overload of cheese , 1 slice tomato, and an olive. They got my order wrong, I ordered 3 different ones, got 2 the same, 1 different.. But what really baffled me was that they are SO weird about giving you a little 1/2 ounce plastic container to take ur little chimichurrie to go that they Serve you! They will straight up lie to you and say they don't have any.. while they have a bunch of them filled up in the front for togo orders. They rather throw away the chimichurie they serve you than give you a little container to go. Also the chimichuri is not that good. - cheap oil in Dry seasoning and Dry herbs. When good authentic chimichuri is FRESH herbs. Overall, There's no love put into their food. Service was nothing special, food was mediocre. Can't say I'll be going back
Graciela Conklin
Edited 3 years agoA great hole in the wall to get meat & veggie empanadas. The service was simple for takeout, young lady was patient and helpful. First time trying the Argentina empanadas and I will return! We thought the best one was rajas con queso (roasted poblano and corn with cheese). We tried the others which were very good too, beef, spicy beef, spinach and cheese, chicken and carne saltena.
Eileen
6 years agoIt was a very nice experience. Variety of empanadas to select from. My favorite were the shrimp and cheese. We ordered one dozen. All the empanadas are a little over 2 dollars so you can order a mix if you'd like. Enjoy.
Alberto Perez
Edited 10 months agoSolo Empanadas just reopened. The place got a new look, the service is still good unfortunately their salad was drastically downsized and is not as good as they used to be. On a positive note the empanadas got a little bigger and are still delicious. Thumbs 👎🏻 on salad thumbs 👍🏻 on empanadas .