My wife and I were in Tyler for a windshield replacement to our vehicle. Decided to use the repair time to enjoy a good lunch. On the Border was selected based on Reviews and the proximity of the res…

was seated immediately and server brought salsa and chips. Gave me time to look at menu. I ordered guacamole live where they make it at your table. Avocadoes were extremely good and server did a good…

was seated immediately and server brought salsa and chips. Gave me time to look at menu. I ordered guacamole live where they make it at your table. Avocadoes were extremely good and server did a go…

was seated immediately and server brought salsa and chips. Gave me time to look at menu. I ordered guacamole live where they make it at your table. Avocadoes were extremely good and server did a …

Sheri Taylor

After being seated it took a little too long before anyone came over to our table, but our waitress Jessica was awesome and we were glad we did not decide to leave before she got to us. We understand places get busy.

B & C Seamless (The Gutter Company!)

I love this place. The people ate great and the atmosphere is perfect for a nice, sit-down dinner. I had a tropical Margherita and it was good. I don't recommend the taco salad. But, the salsa, chips, and tortillas were amazing. They took away all the things I liked on the menu like their chile rellano and the green chile selections. But, we had a great time.

Dannielle Molesworth

After a doctor's appointment, we stopped for lunch. Hubby had fajitas and I with my lunch carnitas enchiladas. Service was friendly and enjoyable in a clean restaurant that was pleasantly lit any day decorated for Christmas. It quickly became busy as trays of foods went by . A great place for large parties, families, date night, girls night and a place to meet up!

+1

Racheal Moe

Loved it! They've closed all locations in Houston so it was an unexpected treat to find this location on my trip to Tyler. Sat outside and enjoyed a wonderful watermelon margarita.. food came out quickly and was as delicious as I remember it. Chips were thin and crispy, salsa was fresh. Had the shrimp Tacos and it was soooooo good!!! It's a bummer I have to drive all the way to Tyler to get great Tex Mex. I hope they reconsider reopening a location here in Houston.

+2

The service was amazing!! Our waitress Victoria was so sweet and kind. She went above and beyond for our food and drinks. The food was delicious! I got the fajita quesadilla, and it was nice and juic…

The service was amazing!! Our waitress Victoria was so sweet and kind. She went above and beyond for our food and drinks. The food was delicious! I got the fajita quesadilla, and it was nice and …

The service was amazing!! Our waitress Victoria was so sweet and kind. She went above and beyond for our food and drinks. The food was delicious! I got the fajita quesadilla, and it was nice and …

The service was amazing!! Our waitress Victoria was so sweet and kind. She went above and beyond for our food and drinks. The food was delicious! I got the fajita quesadilla, and it was nice and ju…

I ordered the fajita salad. The small portion of chicken was dry and the lettuce was brown. At my house we throw out brown lettuce

Phil Patterson

The food was good and the service was great. However, my bill was $62 including the tip but my card was charged $65. I know $3 isn't much, but it is the principle of it and is bad/sloppy business. I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt that it was unintentional and I hope the extra went to the server. (It is also odd that I was given an orange felt tip pen to sign the check, which is why I took a picture in the first place.) If I ever go back, I will definitely pay with cash.

Tommy Berry, Jr.

Well, I wanted to go down memory lane so I choose to dine here, alone, tonight. Mistake? Some would say, yes. Me, nah, as I'm likely never to return. Honestly, I see a soon to be end to this Tyler OTB era. I feel they'll be gone within 6 months. If I'm wrong, good for them, maybe they can survive in Tyler. I don't believe so. It's a Saturday night, 7:45pm...on the corner of Broadway and the Loop. It should be packed, or at least full. There were 5 cars out front. That should have been a sign, but I'm generally optimistic. I sat at the bar. I'm the only patron in the bar area, period. Sad. Now there's several, I'm assuming wait staff sitting behind me (likely because there's no tables to work). They're just watching TV. Service, eh. The kid (bartender) is super nice (Cyrus), and he managed to stay busy making the occasional drink for the few tables out in the restaurant, or cleaning to back bar. It took several minutes to get salsa refilled, something that should be done without me asking and almost immediately. I like the kid, so manager...don't blame him. He's likely not well trained. But, I liked him enough that he should definitely keep what seems to be his first job, at least until you close your doors for good. BTW, it's now 8:30, on a Saturday night, and he's already cleared everything from the bar...the bar mats, put the cherries away, etc. Why? Because I'm the only one here? Sad. Food, well, eh...again. Now I see why it's empty. They no longer have much of the beloved OTB food from the 90's through 2010's. They recently changed the chips, bad choice IMHO. They changed the sangria in the margaritas, it's bland. My normal order of Queso Flameado is no longer on menu. I asked, they can make it, yay! I received it, it's mostly already chewed up beef fajita meat and sour cream. I believe there was at least 23 shreds of grated cheese...ok, maybe I'm exaggerating...but there's a photo. 🤷 The price, I'm too disappointed to properly comment...or better yet, just ready to go home. Oh wait, I was just joined by a dad and his little 5 year old kid on his tablet...beside me, at the bar. Why? I might sound shallow, but I'm at the bar in an empty restaurant and I guess I'm a little over this place. Maybe I'm picky. Sure. But I think the fact that hardly anyone is here, that speaks more than I can. Honestly, it's just really sad. I almost wish this place was just still Spaghetti's (does anyone remember that, here in this location...early to mid 90's?). I won't return, unless I see or hear of something better in the future. There's simply a ton of better options in the area. 😢

Ryan Honaker

My mother and I were in town shopping and decided to eat here for dinner. Our server was very attentive and friendly. I ordered a drink and my mother ordered a margarita, mine tasted like straight tequila and hers was super strong as well. When we were done eating we asked the server if we could finish our other drinks on the patio outside; my mom asked if she could smoke a cigarette out there or if we’d need to step away, he said we could definitely smoke on the patio. A couple minutes later the manager comes out and says we can’t smoke to which my mom replied “Okay sorry the server told us we could” then the manager walks of saying “No no no” very disrespectfully. I went in to leave our empty glasses at the bar and on the way out I told the manager “Thanks again, we would have left earlier if we knew y’all were closed” (it was 15 minutes after closing time) he stays looking at his phone and says “ yeah yeah” i don’t know if he was having a bad day or something but that’s not my problem and is no excuse for the level of unprofessionalism displayed. Would have left a better rating if it weren’t for that manager. If he wants to avoid situations like what happened with the cigarette he should have no smoking signs on the patio, oh or better yet properly train his employees 😭😭 We felt very unwelcome at that point so we will definitely not be returning.

Aaron Kinney

Food was pretty decent, and service was about average. Server had a smile and was competent while performing her duties. I'd recommend the restaurant strictly because it was good average service and a pretty tasty meal. Meal was delightful minus the fact that my steak meat was way overcooked, and just a touch on the hard side when it came to chewing through it. On the other hand, my tacos AL carbon was a good meal. My wife had the chimichanga and said it was very good. My reasons for the 2 star rating are as follows: #1- the handicapped parking is off to the left of the front entrance and quite a further walk than it would be if those spots were directly in front of the entrance. Instead the "to go" parking spots are directly in front of the entrance. REALLY?? This is not desirable for my current situation since I'm handicapped from an accident at work. #2- the young lady who seated us ended up being our server, which was fine, except she sat my crippled butt at a table that off balance and super wobbly. To fix the wobblyness someone tried to cram napkins under 2 of legs. This didn't even come close to working. I almost fell while trying to get up using the table for support. So without the restaurants approval, I grabbed our belongs and set up on a different table. Give OTB a try. It's a great place except for the reasons I stated above, and if you sign up for the queso club, you get free queso for a year. Who doesn't love free food. I know this fat boy does.

FIRST the service was horrible and I kindly asked where the restroom were and he said it's literally right there. I will not be coming back. And the food was dry and the chips were steel and it was…

FIRST , the staff was mean. me and my cousins asked where the bathroom is and he said "right there" rudely.\nThen there was small pieces of black hairs in the quesadillas, which was disgusting, I wil…

FIRST the service was horrible and I kindly asked where the restroom were and he said it's literally right there. I will not be coming back. And the food was dry and the chips were steel and it w…

FIRST the service was horrible and I kindly asked where the restroom were and he said it's literally right there. I will not be coming back. And the food was dry and the chips were steel and it was…

FIRST , the staff was mean. me and my cousins asked where the bathroom is and he said "right there" rudely.\nThen there was small pieces of black hairs in the quesadillas, which was disgusting, I w…

FIRST the service was horrible and I kindly asked where the restroom were and he said it's literally right there. I will not be coming back. And the food was dry and the chips were steel and it was…

FIRST , the staff was mean. me and my cousins asked where the bathroom is and he said "right there" rudely.\nThen there was small pieces of black hairs in the quesadillas, which was disgusting, I w…

I hate to say it, but On the Border was a bad idea to eat Mexican food. I was seated outside on the patio and there was a disgusting smell where we were seated. The chips and salsa were not bad, bu…

First come in We were greeted by a friendly Host and was seated quickly. Are Waitress was very sweet but when we were brought our chips and salsa we did not get any glasses of water and most Restau…

First come in We were greeted by a friendly Host and was seated quickly. Are Waitress was very sweet but when we were brought our chips and salsa we did not get any glasses of water and most Restau…

Tuesday, May 3rd\nFlew in from Florida to celebrate my son in laws moms birthday with the family. She wanted On The Border. We called ahead and they said we don't take reservations but wanted us to…

Our queso was cold , the rice tasted like microwave in bag rice , the chicken had a really hard stringy texture ... but the sweet tea was good

When eat lunch with my husband, I was super hungry since i skip breakfast ... foods was disappointed ... i ordered tacos and it's come with rice. Since i didn't like beans so i ask double rice. The r…

Jerry Guthrie

My wife and me went to On the Border for lunch. It was very slow, our waitress had two tables, including ours, but she was never around. She came around when I was completely out of coke for awhile. She asked if i wanted a refill, I said yes and I asked for more salsa. She brought our meals but no salsa, and she never did. After we finished we waited for her to come by. When she did I asked for the check, fifteen minutes later she brought it. I wasn't happy at this point, we still were christmas shopping. I was also going to buy a OTB gift card for my daughter, but after my experience I chose not too. I will not go back there again because of the poor customer service we received.

Janet Moreno

Took my husband out to eat for early Father’s Day since the weekend of Father’s Day well be bussy I order enchiladas they were good and he ordered steak fajita all the veggies were burnt he also burned his finger of how hot the wood and plate were we asked for different veggies so we moved the meat from the platter and we talked to the manager West and showed him the burn meat and veggies and he said “oh it isn’t burnt” clearly in the pictures is burnt the manager West very was rude and didn’t really care for our complaint never going back I see why it was empty not much people there today .

Jennifer

Do NOT recommend this restaurant. We were greeted with a friendly hostess and seated immediately. As the restaurant was not busy. You will find out why later in my review. Our server came to our table immediately. AJ was our server. The food arrived quickly to our table after placing our order. AJ was funny, friendly and attentive. Here is the bad part. The food was awful. We shared combo beef and chicken fajitas. The chicken was dry with no flavor. The beef tasted like regurgitated chewed up beef. The rice was super dry and not warm. It tastes like last week's rice. The rice and beans I couldn't eat. Didn't even attempt the beans. Husband ate some of the rice and beans, what he could. We got maybe a teaspoon of shredded cheese for 2 people eating fajetas. Maybe a table spoon of sour cream and guac. The quac had zero seasoning. It didn't get eaten. Tortillas, oh my. They were in a wad. It looked like they grabbed them in their fist and mashed them all together. They were rubbery and hard to chew. Salsa had a somewhat good flavor with a spicy kick. But it was like water. Didn't eat the salsa. Over all the food was edible, but it was awful! Didn't complain to our server. But I hate sending food back bc you never know how it will come back to you. We just ate what we could and left. Not many people were there when we arrived. Not many were coming in when we left. After eating there I know why. Quality of food can not compare to other Mexican Restaurants in Tyler. Definitely will never come back to this restaurant.

+1

America 1

Our food was burned we told the waiter and all he did was he said he was going to let someone know. We paid $94 for burned food. I don’t give this place not one star, the food has no seasoning , and the guacamole live was salty! I would not recommend this place. We had to tell our waiter to have our flour tortilla cooked again, he took them back and put them back on the drive the same ones and then brought them back. All the food was burned, the beans were dried because the food was left on the grill or burned too long.

+2