Reuben’s Mexican Restaurant
Located right in downtown Hilo next to Hilo’s Farmer’s Market lies Reuben’s Mexican Restaurant. The restaurant is run by a wonderful Mexican family, and you can taste the love in all the food, which makes this place my favorite place for Mexican food on the Big Island. Reuben’s food taste so soo good, and their margaritas are very very generous with the tequila. I try to frequent here at least once a week.
Here’s the entrance to Reuben’s. Notice the help wanted ad. I want to apply just to learn how they make their food.
It was pretty packed on a Saturday night, so make reservations if you come after 7pm. They are closed on Sunday.
The bar with loads of different tequilas and beers.
Tequila shot menu.
I ordered my usual double margarita on the rocks. The double actually means 3-5 shots of tequila. I see them pouring it and they just keep pouring!
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They serve salsa verde to every table. It’s very hot and flavorful. It goes great with their chips and with most of their dishes. One taste and you’ll know that this is no Taco Bell.
I ordered the beef nachos ($6.00).
The beef nachos are amazing. The beef is very tender and full of flavor, like they stewed it for hours. The chips are homemade and taste so crisp and fresh. I like to pour on the hot sauce and sprinkle pepper as I go. You don’t know how good this tasted since I missed lunch today!
From another visit, a Beef Enchilada with beans and rice ($7.00).
The beef enchiladas are very tasty with the same tender beef used in the nachos and the enchilada sauce is just wonderful, bringing everything together. The beans and rice are equally ono, too… the beans have a really rich moist flavor.
Paying…
Reuben also makes great chicken flautas, pork chile verde, guacamole, chile relenos, and more! The prices are very reasonable.
Thank you Reuben. See you next week.
Reuben’s Mexican Food
336 Kamehameha Ave
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
(808) 961-2552
August 13th, 2005 at 11:17 pm
Jim, you make the beef nachos look soo gooood!!
August 14th, 2005 at 12:44 pm
reubens musta been dea foevah brah! nothing like greasy tacos and one margarita bruddah!
August 16th, 2005 at 8:40 pm
James da beef nachos look real hearty!! da kine u inhale den get da hawn stroke latahz… lol
August 17th, 2005 at 12:04 am
Salamat Bev
Kelly, i not sua how long dey was hea, but as long as i remember, dey was hea! how long ago you saw dem?
Reggie, yeah brah!!! dose nachos make u jus comatose brah.. pass out on da couch afta.
August 22nd, 2005 at 3:06 pm
lol…whose dat sexy chick wit da sick tat on her back? heheh oh yeah oh yeah…alkohol heaven!
August 22nd, 2005 at 9:03 pm
mebe is u miss d?!!
February 26th, 2006 at 5:13 pm
James, thanks for the site, but I gotta disagree with you about Reuben’s. The food is so-so and wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy overpriced.
They have no lunch menu — which was when I came in — so I had to pay dinner prices. The food is probably the best Mexican I’ve had in East Hawaii, but that’s like saying it’s the best loco moco in South Dakota.
The menu has nothing interesting or exotic — mole, for instance, or maybe just some al Pastor pork. Just the same old tired stuff. Nachos, tacos, enchilladas. Had Carnitas and it was like $12 (again, this was at lunch), so I feel totally ripped off by this place.
And charging for chips & salsa is like charging for ice water.
November 1st, 2006 at 8:03 am
Although it is not saying much, Rueben’s is better than Liquins any day.
November 1st, 2006 at 8:01 pm
Reuben’s is a Hilo Bayfront Institution for sure : )
June 13th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
We stopped by to eat lunch at Rubens today - DA BEST!!. We were plesantly surprised to see they had undergone some renovations (we haven’t gone for a year or so). It doesn’t look as dark and grungy as it once looked. It is much brighter and classier. Most importantly, the food is still as good as we remembered it to be We had their Crab Enchildas and my husband had their Tamale and Enchiladas.
October 1st, 2007 at 9:37 am
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October 30th, 2007 at 1:45 am
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May 8th, 2008 at 7:03 am
I doubt sky credit cards, when are the next bet awards, and
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February 19th, 2008 at 10:37 am
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May 8th, 2008 at 7:06 am
Just a repost.
I doubt sky credit cards, when are the next bet awards, and
aarp personal health insurance quote are real people. But then, I could be wrong. That said, I’ve never been to Reuben’s, despite my being born and raised in Hilo, but my interest was piqued anew when I read this post at Hattie’s Web: http://hattie.typepad.com/hatties_web/2008/05/nancy-nall.html .