Primos

Just had lunch at Primos today. I will definitely be back ! The service was awesome (Thank You Raquel)! And the food was great! Very cute and clean as well.

Good was fantastic, service was excellent. There’s a reason this is s local favorite. They served our kids first, which to me, is a big deal — and the price is totally reasonable. 7 of us ate, had an appetizer and drinks for under 89 bucks. Will definitely return!

Best Mexican food in a town! Like their specials, very good deals. Highly recommended

Great new discovery! After reading about this place on Unilocal I had to try it out. It’s definitely a hole in the wall from the outside, (former gas station), but the inside is a typical low key restaurant with Mexican flare!
We went on a Wednesday evening, and when we arrived around 7PM we had gotten the last table. It was bigger inside than what I imagined after reading some reviews. I was surprised at how busy it was, in fact there was a small line waiting to be seated after we were seated. Word must be getting out that this is a great place to eat. We were seated immediately in a booth which I was pleased about. Our server quickly took our drink orders and was quick to take our food order when he returned with chips, salsa and our drinks. The chips were good but the salsa needed some spicing up IMO, but a splash of hot sauce solved that problem!
The entrees arrived fairly quick. I had the Carne Asada which had great flavor, although just a bit tougher than I had hoped. The beans were flavorful and delicious. Not big on rice because to me it usually just tastes bland as it did to me here. The guacamole that came with it was good, as were the flour tortillas which appeared as though they were made in house.
My dining partner had the beef enchilada and a fried flour shell beef taco. I’m told both were delicious, and I was able to sample the beef enchilada and thought it had outstanding flavor. That will be the next thing I order when I return! The bill for all of this food plus 2 margaritas was just above $ 30! Can’t beat that for the great food and great service.
I just found one more reason to visit Council Bluffs on occasion!

Solid Mexican food and service. As a solo diner, and a bit jet-​lagged at that, it was nice to have a pleasant meal in a popular local restaurant. Sure, I could have eaten at a chain restaurant, and sure, I could have had some generic Mexican food. However, I would have missed out on a very pleasant experience. Since I only ordered one meal, I can’t really speak to the food in a general way, but vegetarian meal that I had was really quite nice. Nothing unexpected… but that was exactly what I wanted. If I go back to the area, I might just eat there again!

My wife and went there for late lunch and we enjoyed the food, service and the $ 2 Monday margaritas! I highly recommend this restaurant!

Tried Primos for the first time at lunch today! On Monday’s they have $ 2 margaritas! The Tamale Trolley was awesome! Chips and salsa was good, too. Service was great and our server was very friendly.

This is a decent place where I have had some good food and some passable food. This time I ordered a taco salad (yeah I know, not authentic), and it was flavorful with a good presentation. It was priced right at $ 7.99 and came with salsa and ranch.
The guacamole has just the right seasoning and served with warm chips. It was creamy, and a large serving. Worth coming back to try more menu options.

Primos is a great Mexican restaurant! We got there right as they were opening for the day (11 am). We were seated immediately and they took our drink order. Our server (Raquel) was a superstar and seemed to know exactly when she needed to swing by our table for food order, drink refills, and was very good at ensuring our complicated orders perfect. I ordered the chicken flauta without cheese or sour cream and my co-​worker order quesadilla with shrimp and a beef taco. Our food came out in a very timely manner and was very tasty! I will plan on coming back here next time I am in Council Bluffs!

Lunch service was excellent — quick and courteous. I had a #1 — 2 chicken tacos. Beans and rice. The shell on the taco is deep fried. It was really good.
I highly recommend.
Only downside is that it’s basically a Mexican decorated sports bar. If you can get past the décor, you’ll love the food.

Two steak tacos cost me 750. What a joke. There was maybe a table spoon of meat on a tiny tortilla and the hot sauce tasted like the only seasoning they used was salt, and lots of it. I gave it two stars only because my boyfriend’s Torta looked pretty good.

This place is worth all of its «hype» and more! Brian and I went here after dropping off the kiddos… so when we saw how small the place was (parking lot even smaller) we were a little doubtful. The site was once a Kum m Go afterall! After scoring a spot just off the street, we walked in to either seating at the bar or the last booth. SCORE! Their tap list was a little limited but it was helped by a pretty healthy bottled beer list. The server was very friendly and met us very quickly with chips and homemade salsa — we must have looked famished. We ordered beers and asked for what they were famous for. She had some great suggestions — but the one that stuck out…2 day marinated carne asada. I ordered a CA taco & chile rellano plate, my DH ordered a chile rellano and burrito plate. It came and we were amazed at the flavors! Everything was wonderful. Now if no one had already reviewed Primo’s before this… I might wonder if this was merely the initial joy of havng my husband all to my self. but no. You will not be disappointed… as long as you get a seat.

Love Primos! The absolute BEST authentic food in CB! Great food and amazing service!

Primos is aptly named all the way around. It starts with what may be the most tasteful re-​purposing of an old convenience store I’ve ever seen. A prompt friendly greeting from our server followed with warm, homemade chips and salsa with just the perfect combination of flavor and kick. I ordered a lunch combo enchilada, taco (both beef) with refried beans and rice, Anne had two beef tacos in a combo. Several minutes later our meals arrived on warm (not hot) plates. So many Mexican places make all their tacos and enchiladas in advance and then just nuke the hell out of ‘em, slop on some salsa and serve it. This was obviously made from scratch mexican-​american food and it was excellent in every way! After having lived in Southern Arizona for a few years I realize that regional differences exist even that close to the border so the whole «authentic of not» conversation is not relevant either here or in Tucson. What matters is good food that is well prepared and thoughtfully presented. Primos does just exactly that and I’ve found my new go-​to Mexican Restaurant.

If you want great tacos and enchiladas for a reasonable price this is the place you need to go!

Good Chips and Salsa.
The Trolley Tamale was delicious. Their draft beer selection was not at all impressive, they did have an acceptable selection of bottled beer.
But the food is definitely the reason to put this place on the normal rotation.

Great chicken tacos, chips and salsa, and margaritas!

Decent mexican-​american food. The place was full so they are doing something right. Ordered queso and guacamole to start — queso was good — guacamole was past it’s prime. For entrees we ordered the special burrito, tamale platter and carne asada tacos. Burrito was ok but green chile was just a salsa verde, tamales and chile con carne were good, carne asada tacos were served in a deep fried shell — odd. Service was great, beer was semi cold and food was fair.

I really have only been there for Lunch but I like this place. Good Chips and Salsa. Good Tacos

Hubby, son and his GF, and I went to Primas for Valentine’s Day dinner this week. The place was packed, we had to wait for a table to get cleared, but once we were seated, we were greeted by a server who took our drink order right away.
Complementary chips and hot sauce served quickly — the chips are really good and easy to fill up on before you even get your food! Our food order took a little time to serve, but was well worth the wait. It was obvious things were home made, not just warmed in a microwave or sitting on a steam table somewhere.
Hubby ordered a tamale platter, son had a 3– choice combo (beef enchilada, chicken enchilada, beef/​bean burrito), GF had a taco salad, and I had a 2– choice combo (chicken enchilada, chili relleno) with a side of guacamole.
The servings were good sized, and the platter and combo meals came with refried beans and rice. I wouldn’t recommend the burrito (son didn’t like it, and I tasted it, it was dry and not very well seasoned) or the chili relleno, which was also sort of blah.
The enchildas, tamales, and taco salad were excellent however. The guac was fresh and had nice chunks of avocado in it, again, everything was obviously home made and fresh.
We will go back to Primas, way better than any chain or other local Mexican restaurants! Primas is sort of a hole-​in-​the-​wall, but definitely an excellent find.