Passing thru Gladewater at lunch time and stopped by. Our waitress was Briley and she was excellent. The chips and salsa were great. We tried the fajita chalupas and the fajita enchiladas. The beef fajita meat was so tender and delicious. Recommend Tele’s and will be back if in the area again.

Salsa was smooth and tasty and didn't burn you out..the spicy green tomatillo sauce was a good choice for the chile relleno... looking forward to going back.

I'm a big fan of their chips and salsa. The food here is delicious, at all of the Tele's I've been to in East Texas. You can call for takeout or walk in for takeout, they are fast. The one on Judson road in Longview has a drive thru. Always good service.

The food was delicious! Lots of flavor, great waitress, the only thing I would change is the salsa , it wasn't spicy , and liquidy...but all in all I enjoyed their amazing food

Great service fast very friendly staff even with as busy as it was. Food was delicious. The restaurant was clean my husband and I enjoyed our lunch stop.

Okay when we first got there they were finally escorted to a table no menu was given to us or anything else we waited a good five or more minutes and finally this one waitress came over apologize and want to know if we'd been waiting on and we told her no she was very very nice and friendly she helped us in every way she could. The lady that brought the chips and salsa to the table was the one person in that restaurant that I saw working all the time. I will go back to it because I enjoyed the food and I did enjoy this one waitress and I hope and pray that they learn that when someone comes in you be friendly to him because when you're friendly to someone and help them out then your reward is more.

We went on a Sunday afternoon. Service was good and the food was delicious. Portion size is crazy big. My husband I shared the fajitas for 2 and had a huge to go box full after we ate our late lunch. We will definitely visit here again.

Busy tonight but staff was in excellent form! Kitchen was fast and terrific! Never disappointed. I love the Pablo..avocado enchiladas with spicy green sauce and fajita chicken on top ❤ chips and salsa are always the best!

They are attentive and the food is delicious. What else could you ask for? I love the fresh salsa and the queso is good! Delicious good food. Will eat here every time I am in Gladewater. Thanks

Tastey food and great service.

+2

They always serve us hot food, good portions and it tastes delicious! The staff is amazing. The chef even did shrimp street tacos for us. They were yummy!

It was great. 5:48pm on a Thursday afternoon the restaurant wasn’t busy so the service was super fast. Got a drinks, salsa and chips within 3 minutes of sitting down. Our food came out 10 minutes later. One look at my waitress and she was at my table quickly Incase we needed something. I like the atmosphere, it’s very clean and the decorations made it feel homie!

Nice people . Our server was awesome! Very friendly staff. Our food was delicious. We have a few dietary restrictions and they accommodated them perfectly even substituting compliant foods and giving us extra portions at no charge. Would definitely eat here again!

Nora and her family have always been gracious hosts. I've been going to eat here since I was a kid. Fantastic food and great customer service. You won't regret a meal or 10 here.

The meat on the crispy tacos are excellent! The white queso is also good.

Tele's provides a relaxed atmosphere, excellent food, and the best sweet tea I have ever had. Portions are ample and on price point. Staff is amazing 👏 Bathrooms are clean and there is plenty of parking available. Best Beef Fajitas in Texas. Highly Recommend!!

The food was excellent, and the service was great! We closed the place down, not literally... We were the last people to leave, and then stood in the parking lot talking and visiting with family we met there. It was a great dining experience, and the staff were friendly.

We had the chicken enchilada plate and it was really good! Great flavor and perfect portion. The chips were very fresh tasting, too.

Our waitress today was excellent! The food was ready in record time, and was quite tasty. Our waitress was cheerful, attentive, and prompt, even though they were short on wait staff. I wish I told our waitress how excellent she was -- if you could pass this message on to her, that would be amazing! Even the cashier was cheerful and kind. We had a great experience today, thank you!

Very fast service, excellent food

Great Mexican food and the owner is so nice and personal with everyone. The cook made chilaquiles one time and it wasn't even on the menu. Haven't tried any other location besides Gladewater.

We liked the food. The restaurant was very neat, customer service was great. We fixed our meal really quick which was unusual I guess because it was not a busy time. We always eat here. We love it.

This too is a great place to eat for lunch or dinner. Wonderful customer service that seem like family to you while your there and definitely attentive to their customers needs. Foods to die for so give it a try if your ever passing thru, you won't regret it!!!!

Good food and great service. My goto!

As always, a great dinning experience in a home town atmosphere. We have had some of the best Mexican food at Tele's. I enjoy the enchiladas and tamales. Today, my husband fell hard for the carnitas quesadilla! He said it was the best he has ever had. We don't get down south very often, anymore. When we do, we alway stop at Tele's for a great meal. Dana was our server, she did a great job, also. All the employees and family members are very friendly. Stopping to suggest different dishes to try. A thought, a Tele's in Mt. Pleasant?😊

Great place. Excellent customer serve!

I think this is the best place to eat in the tri-city area. With your food they give you like at least half more meat than other Mexican food restaurants! I had so much chicken on my sour cream chicken enchiladas that I got full and so did my 🐕 dog. This is and will always be a favorite eating spot!

Amazing food and had a nice waitress who helped us get a group photo since we were in a wedding party and eating with the bride and groom.

We happened to come upon this restaurant last night as we were passing thru. I had the Guerrero and the chicken enchilada was the best I ever had. Very generous servings and great prices. I got 2 meals out of mine. We were pleased and impressed.

My FAVORITE Mexican food restaurant in East Texas! We eat here at least once a week. The food is always amazing and the service is the best around! I’ve never been to any other restaurant and had our food arrive as quickly as it does here, every single time.

The food is American Mexican. The ground beef. Fajita beef, and shredded chicken had good flavor. The service was great. If you are in the area, check it out.

david sizemore

Good food at a great price. Awesome staff and food. Way cheeper than the Jalapeño Tree.

Ceciliajoc

Love love 😘 this place. Matter of fact I'm fixing to go eat there now...love it

Matthew Gehring

If you are in the mood for excellent food, stop in here! The service was good too!

Perry Pennington

I just had the lunch beef fajita plate and it was delicious!! Tender and tasty! Highly recommend Teles in Gladewater! Everything was great!

Josh Phillips

Delicious! I had asada street tacos. 5 was probably too many, but I couldn't stop eating them. Probably only negative was that each taco was only in 1 corn tortilla, and that one tortilla was pretty oily. But overall, great food and the waitress was great!

Cindy Slaughter

Tele’s is always our go-to Mexican food. Their specials are so reasonable and almost always my husband’s choice but my favorite is their spinach enchiladas. Those are not all we want to brag on though, we have probably had 80% of the menu and never found any we don’t like. Don’t forget the chips and salsa they are so yummy you might just fill up if you aren’t careful.

Heidi Walther

Wonderful authentic Mexican food. Made fresh. The wait staff is very nice and attentive. The atmosphere is relaxing and we even got sang to. Will definitely be back.

The Angel You Know

Casual as can be, good looking flavorful food, they will get your chips and salsa as soon as you arrive, salsa is delicious and the chips are fresh and warm, the plates are huge, and the fajita meat tender.

+1

Barton Dunn

Previously I had a not so great review, But continuing to go here they've actually gotten better in their kitchen and things have been proved and I'm really pleased with the service that I get when I go there and I'm also pleased with the food that I receive.

Macy Williams (Miss Lethal)

It was absolutely delicious. My husband got the flameado and I was amazed . I got carnitas street tacos and mmmmhmm! Loved it 😊

Jim Pierce

I've had better Mexican food but at higher prices! And to get that perfect Mexican food is few and far between especially in these times! The enchiladas I ordered were above average for Mexican dishes in and around NE Texas. My server was new but she explained what I needed to know about my order. Food came out fast, there were 8 other tables seated at 6 pm. I noticed food was being served to patrons a little slower because the restaurant began to fill completely up! The chip and salsa lady filled my bowl of hot sauce 3 times and refilled my basket of chips. I could have made a meal out of just salsa and chips! I enjoyed my food even though I cook my own enchiladas a little spicier, but a lot of people can't eat a lot of salt or super spicy foods. At $20 dollars I got my money's worth out of quality and service. Besides you can't sit down to eat dinner anywhere anymore for less than $20 for the amount of food I received unless your having a lunch special! I ordered 3 chicken enchiladas with a chicken fajita topping and white queso. Most could probably get by with just two enchiladas at around $15.50 with a drink and refills. The Chili Relleno I saw being served at a close by table looked amazing.

One of my favorite local places

Good food and good service.

Typically good, fast, food. The server is usually attentive and friendly. Last time we went there was a misunderstanding of my order but it was fixed fairly quickly and while I feel it should have at least been discounted or something it wasn't. We will be back though as we have hardly ever had any bad food or service.

Good beef fajita tacos. Was just passing through from Arkansas to San Antonio and wanted Whataburger. But it was the first restaurant I saw, so I u turned to grab a bite to go. Very delicious and the staff was super nice.

Pretty great Mexican food I have been happy with the service and the food every time I have been there. It was a byob situation so that’s the only reason for the 4 stars. Looking forward to visiting again

Service was the best thing about this place. the food is descent at best. One of the people I was with Ordered tacos. Before they could eat them ,the taco became soggy. But the service was so go that I give it that many stars

We ordered over the cell phone while driving in from out of town to be delivered to a hospital patient. It was ready when I arrived. The price very reasonable, and the patient ate it. I myself have yet to eat there.

Moving from CA to TX, sometimes I feel like a fish out of water. This was one of those times. Our waitress was truly a sweetheart, a junior in high school, working for her college tuition. The rest of the staff fell flat, and it had an odd smell inside. That said, my husband and I split the large nachos. I thought the waitress was joking when she said there are 12 chips, she wasn't. There was plenty of beef, beans and cheese on top. It came with a bowl of tomato, sour cream and guacamole. I did order a side of guacamole as well. We enjoyed it, very tasty meal. Teles makes a wonderful mango daiquiri too! Sorry no pics, use your imagination.

I take the ribeye steak topped with shrimp, it was flavorful tender and juicy. Excellent service from all the staff members. No regrets. Definitely come back again.

Great food and excellent customer service.

The service was good. The chips were fantastic. I ordered the ribeye steak which was seasoned great. It was a little undercooked, tough as boot leather and mostly fat but full of flavor. Due to toughness and poor quality of steak, I probably wouldn't order it again. We also ordered chicken enchiladas which were not bad. Prices were not too high and everyone was very nice at the restaurant. We would try this place again but probably order something different next time.

Food was good will go again

Melanie Brazeal

I had the tacos Mexicanos it was good but didn’t have much flavor. The tortillas were tough. The service was great. She was friendly. The place was nice but the holder for salt and pepper was all rusty and shouldn’t have even been on the table. All in all is was god food for a reasonable price.

m Jayne

This is a good place to eat. Food was good prices are great. Service is good. Inside is a little outdated with deco. They do have daily specials. One of 4or5 Mexican restaurants in town.

Joseph Lindley

It seemed like a really nice place. When I was there, they had network issues. It made for slow going when ordering and checking out, but it seemed like they were short-handed or were I'll prepared to deal with issues like that. The food was good, but there were things that could have been better.

Catherine Wrasse

Service is excellent, friendly and efficient. Food is plain; the vegetables and meat in my fajita order were burned and over cooked. Chips and salsa were good.

They just started a 4.5% "Non-cash" addition so be forewarned. Also did not receive any utensils or napkins with the last takeout order. The food however is among the best around.

Most of the food was good al pastor Street tacos were mostly grissel. Had to change to a steak quesadilla which was good. Watched a group that arrived before us leave after not being served. Watched table next to us send one plate back. Wait staff was very apologetic and done great.

The owner helped the staff made it better

The food here was ok. It wasn't bad or anything. The service was great though. The atmosphere here was pretty regular, nothing to rave about.

The salsa was ok, cheese dip was watery Their rice is not fluffy but it was cooked. I did like my my steak meat was soft in my enchiladas. Its afforadable we paid for 10 to eat! Its clean! Service is good and nice!

Food is good, but I'm limited on what I can eat here. I'm allergic to tomatoes and they put them in taco meat, enchiladas and even in the queso. We would eat here more often if I could eat anything other than quesadillias.

The food was really good. I'm just used to it being hotter. The plate was cold which I'm not accustomed to. Hot plate means hot food. Service could also have been better. Place was not that busy but waitress only came back to check on us once.

My first time here was lunch on Sunday. They were really busy. It looked promising, looked like a very popular place. Everyone was really nice. Service was alright. They have people that go around and make sure that you have plenty of chips and salsa. We got chips and salsa before anything. It was 5 minutes before a server asked us "have anyone helped you yet?" We said, no. She immediately took our order for drinks. She was very nice. She came back with drinks. There were 6 of us at our table, but she only brought 3 drinks, evidently they don't have server trays to carry drinks on, so she had to go back again. She took our orders. Everyone except myself had their drinks, she said she would bring my water. We got our second batch of chips and I still didn't have my water. I finally got my water, at the end of our second batch of chips. Our food comes out. Their menu has food classified my color coding, for mild to medium to spicy, which I thought was helpful. Their "spicy queso" sauce is nowhere near spicy. As far as mexican restaurants go, I thought their food was bland. When our food was brought out I asked for a whole fresh Jalapeno. I finished my 3 enchiladas and rice and beans. About 3 minutes later, the server arrives with a jalapeno on a saucer. Then she says, wow you are fast! Um.. no, I am not a fast eater. I'm kind of torn on if I'll go back or not, because everyone was so very nice and they were packed. I have worked in restaurants and understand that everyone has an off day. But, that along with that I just wasn't impressed with the food. That's the reason for 3 stars. Really, I'd rather drive 20 minutes south into to Tyler to go to my favorite Mexican restaurant in this area.

The ownership must have changed or the cooks. The food is not as very good. And no small plates for kids.

It's ok but never order cheese enchiladas.The Cheese is like rubber. Also get an extra side order of queso if you don't want dry food by the time you finish anything with queso. Bad thing is that will add $3.00 to your order. The chips and salsa at the start of meal are really good. You can also get squeeze bottle of butter with the salsa. You can get a good deal on weekly lunch specials too.

Carrie Rauch

We came here a lot in the past & it was always decent for the price. I cannot say the same for our Sunday vist. Usually we order some type of enchilada plate & it's always been good. I switched it up & ordered a Guerrero, I believe it was called. We'll pass the Old El Paso and throw it in the microwave! It was room temp, the tortilla got no love from the cook and then they covered the whole thing with red enchilada suce that tasted like it was straight out of a can. The food arrived in a reasonable time & fashion, but truthfully the only bright spot of this meal was the rice and the leftover fries from my kids meal. Maybe an off day, but if I do give them another chance and it turns out like this, it will definitely be the last time. C'mon guys- you're better than this!

Chris Reed

Self proclaimed "Home of the best fajitas in Texas" wow what a bold claim i had to try them! I made sure to get the combo chicken/beef just to make sure. Well I'm not sure who they're quoting said that but they don't know anything about mexican food. In my opinion Ninfas on Navigation in Houston is the best fajitas in Texas to whom which is the originator of the fajitas in the early 70s. This was simular to fajitas in had in Seattle the furthest from the Mexican border you potentially can get. Overall I didn't throw up and their water was okay.

A M-J

First time here and by myself would not go back but if somebody invited me I would. Food wasn't bad but it wasn't that great either. Well caught me off guard is when the waitress asked if we wanted butter when she gave us our chips and salsa. Me and my partner looked at each other kind of weird and said sure. Both of us were not sure what to do with this butter so we looked around the restaurant and saw people squeezing butter into the salsa. Why they squeeze butter into their salsa is beyond me because the salsa is delicious on its own. Okay after that weird interaction we definitely did not squeeze any butter into our salsa. We ordered our food find out how to spicy shrimp dish, child had the beef quesadilla with guacamole, sour cream, jalapenos and tomatoes. Because she chose these items there was no rice or being served with this dish which I find kind of odd but we just went with it. I ordered off their appetizer menu and got a mixture of different items. It's got a difficult for the waitress to understand I did not want this as a appetizer I wanted this as my meal. You see I don't eat a lot so a full plate is just not practical for me. My mail consisted of two corn chips topped with beans and cheese, one chicken taquito cut in half, two chicken stuffed deep fried jalapenos and three tiny mini cheese quesadillas. The food was good but ad mentioned before I would not return just to return. There are way too many other restaurant options that are better in this area and I'd go to those before I'd come back here. The waitress was okay she could have been a little bit better. The restaurant was full and they had four servers which was more than adequate for the size of this restaurant. All the stuff was very friendly and they kept on top of their job busing tables immediately after the customers left. The only problem I had was with their male staff member who was removing a high chair from a table and forcefully pushed it into the back of my chair. Didn't even get an oops I'm sorry from him he just kept on going. As far as prices go, it's a little bit higher than the restaurants we have been going to and the food just not warrant the higher prices.

Great service but the food was pretty bad. I had the enchilada plate and the cheese inside them wasn't melted and the corn tortillas were crumbling apart and slathered in a brown sauce which left a foul taste in my mouth.

Good queso but our food came out horrible, soggy tortillas and what seemed to be watered down beans, the beef tasted weird. definitely wasn't happy with it and seemed like the food wasn't fresh, our waiter was very kind though.

Didn't get a refill on our tea. Food was warm not hot.

Got there about 6:30pm, was finally able to place our order about 20 minutes later and an hour later received food with burns on top from the heat lamp. Also had to ask several times for tortillas for our fajitas and was informed of the price of the tortillas. Lady behind the counter was super sweet and personable. Service was awful.

Very bland chimichanga dinner. Asked for questions on top, got cheddar cheese. Also ordered Tejanas Mexicana and tortillas were soaked in chili powder. It was all he could taste. Have eaten Tele's in other local establishments and enjoyed it thoroughly. This location was a disappointment to say the least.

Food - meh quality - eatable when hungry if you like it greasy Service - decent, the young woman waiting on me at this visit was nice Restaurant - terrible - don't go there unless you're just super hungry - my visit on 12- 20- 2021 was horrible - they set me down at a filthy table, then set my drink and chips on top of the nasty table - food was greasy as can be - there was a roach like bug crawling in the booth in front of me and NOW they CHARGE YOU to use your debit or credit card, I have a debit card but they ran it as credit. 3.99% service fee that I have never had to pay this before. I was in the place less than two weeks prior, order the same meal like I always do, wasn't greasy that time, no bugs crawling and did not get charged to use my debit card. The lady said the service they use now does this... what it really means, is that the place wants US to foot the service charges that accrue with the credit card service, which means we are now paying for the company, not them. It's like going to McDonalds and paying a service charge to stand in a line to order your food. Being a local citizen of the town. I will never step foot in this place again and you should not either.

The casher said the debit card system wasn't working and asked us to write our card information on a piece of paper and give it to him, so he could take the money out later. We said No. My husband spent about 40+ minutes going to get the money and returning to pay. The Cashier said one of us had to stay there until we paid. So I had to sit at a dirty table until my husband returned. The card was and still is a good card.

The tortillas stick to each other with Soo much oil on the street tacos. No flavor on the beef meat. Beans taste like they burn, if your not ready to order on the spot bartenders get mad. Ask for hot salsa or they wont even bother to give u. Over all flavorless meat tasteless tortillas . Manager was nice. Their hot salsa was really good tho.

A friend and I stopped in today to eat lunch. It smelled delicious when we walked in, there was about a 15 minute wait. I had never eaten here and had been wanting to give it a try for awhile. Our drinks were brought out and before we could even reach out straws, my friend noticed a nice sized roach crawling down the wall and heading straight for me. We grabbed our things and left. A waitress noticed and stuck her head out the door to ask what was wrong. We told her and she said "Oh, ok. Sorry." and went back in. I was disappointed since my friend and her family had eaten at that location before and had nothing but good things to say about the food. Glancing at the reviews, this has apparently been a problem for awhile.

I have never seen this restaurant give the kind of service we had today. We arrived well after the busy lunch hour was over. The two who seemed to be in charge spent all their free time texting or surfing the net. When the girl in charge brought us our food, she asked at that moment if we wanted anything else and then went back to her phone. I had to go to the register to get my total and let the gentleman know that I wasn't too excited about being ignored....not that I needed anything besides my ticket....it's just so annoying to be abandoned because they both had such important business on those phones.

Went to try this place for the first time today. I walked in and saw the sign that says please wait to be seated. A lady behind a counter at the back of the restaurant just stared at me. I waited for a few more minutes, she said hello but never came to seat us. We left!

Went there the first time and ordered a takeout and this is the worst Mexican food I had ever eaten. It's an insult to Mexican food. All you customers that eat here don't know what real Mexican food is the enchiladas had no sauce on them they were dry the beans tasted burned the rice was okay and that was it. Before you go to this restaurant go to Little Mexico in Longview and you will see the difference I will never go there again and I will tell everyone not to waste their money

Awful awful experience. We knew going in that they were short staffed and it would be a while. We were fine with that. My partner ordered meat tacos and I ordered some sides to create my own vegan tacos. Their beans have lard, which is expected. The server said that the charro beans didn't have meat. I thought that was strange. She listed the ingredients. So I ordered them. My partner is allergic to beans and poultry. They said that the rice had chicken stock, which again was expected. So he opted for red potatoes as a side instead. Our food took about an hour. We noticed that several tables that arrived after us were getting their food before us. Finally our server came back and said that the cook didn't see the potatoes on the ticket and that caused the delay. When another person came out with our food, they said it was delayed because they had to "cook the meat in the tacos and that takes a while..." Um okay. So the meat tacos were an oily mess. Greasy bar food at best. I made a couple of my vegan tacos with tortillas, veggies, avocado, and I was going to add beans until I saw them floating in bacon! I mentioned to the server that she told me there was no meat, but yet they came out with bacon. She exclaimed "oh! I didn't even think of bacon as meat!" 🙄 Wouldn't go back.

Only thing that was remotely good was our waitress. I had enchiladas mexicanas. My go to at Teles. Only thing you could taste was chili powder. That's it. Never saw a cheese enchilada that was dort brown from chili powder. Was just nasty. Will never go to that location again, shame cause it's 3 minutes from my door. Rather drive to white oak! Gross

Hands down the absolute worst mexican food ive ever had. I wouldnt even stop at mexican food... just food in general. Everything was obviously thrown into a microwave and reheated. Vegetables in the fajita mix were burnt and chicken was horrendously dry. When the food came out it it smelled so bad my niece commented on it. I dont even know how to describe the smell coming off that plate. My wife and i couldnt bring ourselves to finish a single fajita. How in the world this place has 4.3 stars at the time of writing this i have no idea. Not gonna lie ive been waiting for food poisoning to set in all day. Ill avoid this place like the plague.

Have been a fan of Teles for many years. This visit, well, I may not go back. I have raved about Teles nachos for a long time but this visit they were horrible. So much grease on the platter the chips were dripping soggy. I was able to eat about three before the sogginess made me nauseous. I showed the waitress who did offer to make me another plate but she made no promises so I passed. I also told the lady running the cash register. Neither the waitress nor the woman taking our money offered to comp my meal which was not edible. Paid $11 dollars for a plate I could not eat. Think I'll skip next time.

I ordered 3 tacos. Was craving tacos. Taco Bell made this place look like dog food. The meat was so not seasoned it wouldn't have even been a good hamburger. I ate 1 out of 3 because I was hungry. Told the waitress what I just told you and was charged the full price. HORRIBLE even the picante sauce was boring. No zip to it at all.my rating is IT SUCKED. GLADEWATER TEXAS

Brian Ferris

Nastiest mexican food ive ever had

Walter Owens

I just left there my food came out absolutely cold pulled the cheese right out of my enchilada we were first customers and first too order server had nothing else to do but chose to leave my food setting in window for 10 minutes or more. Only people in restaurant and took almost 20 minutes for our food Whole lunch should have been compted i paid $14 dollars to not eat