Carlos O'Kelly's Mexican Cafe - Lincoln

A couple of friends wanted to go out for dinner tonight. One of them suggested Carlos o Kelly's for dinner We arrived and the place is 10% full. There seemed to be some confusion as the hostess asked us to wait a couple of minutes. Must have been consulting as to which section to place us in as it was apparent that additional servers weren't necessary. We were seated and greeted graciously by our server. Bringing chips and a decent salsa. Immediately asking if we knew what we wanted. Two of the group responded immediately. I get it, cheap drinks.... The meals arrived. I ordered the chimichanga diablo. While my friends ordered combination plates. A few minutes later, our orders arrived. Out server told us to be careful as our dishes were hot. Smoking hot, I had to wait 10 minutes for my plate and food to get to tolerable levels. Speaking of tolerable. The house salsa was thick but lacked any spiceness or real flavor for that manner. I asked for a spicy salsa and it was outrageously hot. Perhaps grilled jalapeños and a tablespoon of house salsa. Too bad they don't have anything in between. The food was acceptable. Better than places with drive thru windows but not as good as restaurants were you can order in Spanish and know it's authentic. As one of the previous reviewers said. Its kinda like an Applebee's for Mexican food. It was alright and I would go back. If someone else insisted. We placed our order

What a disappointment! In Wichita, KS this was one of my favorite places, mostly for their queso guac, salsa. For 4 months I've been ready for some of the afore mentioned goodies, but I will not return to Lincoln's Carlos. First of all, when we arrive, there were several ahead of us. For a good 10 min we waited with no host in sight. There were empty tables it wasn't very busy. I finally asked the people ahead of us if they had even seen a host, they said no. We finally got to our table, our waiter brought the usual chips salsa. The chips were WAY too salty. I tried to make them eatable by scraping off as much as I could (pic). We ordered queso guac right off the bat b/c it looked like things were gonna move slow. The queso comes, but no guacamole. By that time we were almost out of chips. So we sit there with warm queso, but no chips. When our drinks come, we inquire about the guac, find he didn't hear that part. We wait for that to come when it does we have to ASK for chips! We give our order, it comes in a reasonable time. My taco salad is bland unintresting. It was bag lettuce, thrown in a stale shell, tiny bit of cheese tomatoes with tasteless taco meat. Oh, by the way, since when do you get charged additional for regular taco meat on a taco salad? Yeah, they price all the meats on a taco salad separate!! Husband liked his dinner, which was something with fish in a tortilla cream sauce. We ended up paying over $40 for our dinner, med queso, sm guac, 2 Wed special drinks. And, I didn't get my queso fix. Never again!

Fast service, but their nachos left something to be desired. I have had better nachos at a caseys gas station. There was no substance to the nachos. Just chips and cheese with melted beans and a little bit of meat. I was hoping for something more! Won't order that again!

We like coming here for location and price reasons. Our server was cheerfully attentive and fast. Food came out quick and delicious

I love this place and try to go there whenever we go to Lincoln. Their unique brand on Mexican is a welcome change from the typical. Staff were all wearing masks and there were hand sanitizing stations placed in several places and there was no issue with social distancing.