Uncle Julio's - Fairfax Corner

4.2 (537)

$30 and under

Mexican

4251 Fairfax Corner Ave, Fairfax, VA 22030

About this restaurant

Good for special occasions
Good for groups
Kid-friendly

Uncle Julio’s is a Mexican from scratch kitchen serving only the freshest ingredients. Specialties include: chicken & steak fajitas, tender filet mignon, and bacon wrapped shrimp. Other favorites include: seafood fajitas, shrimp al pastor, red snapper, or ahi tuna served with homemade corn tortillas or bibb lettuce.

Uncle Julio’s menu also includes Tex-Mex classics such as tacos, enchiladas & tamales all with a selection of sauces made daily. Insider tip: order the tableside guacamole. It’s prepared for you at your table; if you like it spicy kick it up a notch with fresh chopped jalapenos.

Uncle Julio’s has a vast drink selection. Try our fresh margarita of the day, made to order with fresh fruit. If you prefer a frozen drink then the Swirl is definitely the perfect choice. The Swirl is frozen sangria & frozen margarita layered together dating back to 1987.

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Additional information

Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
$30 and under
Cuisines
Mexican
Hours of operation
Lunch Daily 11:30 am–4:00 pm Dinner Mon–Thu, Sun 4:00 pm–9:30 pm Fri, Sat 4:00 pm–10:30 pm
Website
http://www.unclejulios.com/locations/fairfax/
Payment options
AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress
Private party facilities
Add a little taste of made from scratch Mexican food to your next fiesta with Uncle Julio’s group dinning and private party rooms in Fairfax Corner, VA! Uncle Julio’s Mexican restaurant is the perfect place to host group birthday parties, work outings, anniversary gatherings, and more!

Location
4251 Fairfax Corner Ave, Fairfax, VA 22030
Neighborhood
Fair Oaks
Parking details
Ample free parking is available
Additional
Bar Dining, Beer, Delivery, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Indoor Fireplace, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Soup and Ensalada$11.99
Chicken tortilla soup or soup of the day, ensalada with mesquite grilled beef, chicken or portobello mushroom
Soup and Taco Al Carbon$11.99
Chicken tortilla soup or soup of the day, and two beef or chicken taco al carbon, with guacamole and pico de gallo
Mamacita's Lunch Nachos$8.99
Refried beans and a blend of cheeses
Lunch Nachos Especial
Refried beans and a blend of cheeses
- Mesquite Grilled Chicken$9.99
- Mesquite Grilled Steak$10.99

Mesquite Grilled Fajitas

Our Original Fajitas
Served with fresh guacamole, sour cream, cheese, pico de gallo, mexican rice, frijoles a la charra, and fresh flour tortillas
- Chicken$13.99
- Honey Chipotle Chicken$14.99
- Chicken and Steak$14.99
- Steak$15.99
- Spicy Sizzling Shrimp$14.99

Quesadillas

With fresh fruit and sweet cream

Veggie$9.99
Sautéed fresh peppers, mushrooms, onions
Pulled Chicken$10.99
Tomatoes, onions, spices
Beef Fajita$12.99
Sautéed onions
Chicken Fajita$11.99
Sautéed onions
Grilled Shrimp$12.99
Peppers, mushrooms, onions

Tacos

Cozumel Shrimp Tacos$12.99
Two handmade corn tortillas with seared shrimp, pineapple, mango jicama slaw and drizzled with mango habanero sauce. With fresh fruit and sweet cream
Carnitas Tacos$10.99
Two corn tortillas, pork, carnita sauce, onions and cilantro, guacamole, pico de gallo, cilantro rice and spicy black beans. With fresh fruit and sweet cream
Grilled Fish Tacos$10.99
Two corn tortillas, grilled tilapia, shredded cabbage, carrots, pico de gallo, spicy avocado cream with cilantro rice and spicy black beans. With fresh fruit and sweet cream
El Dorado
- Two Soft Beef or Chicken Tacos$9.99
- Supreme: with Beef or Chicken Fajita$10.99
Reynosa$9.99
Two crispy beef or chicken tacos

Main

Honey Chipotle Salmon$15.99
Mesquite grilled filet, honey chipotle glaze with corn and black bean cilantro rice and pineapple pico de gallo

Tex-Mex Mixta

With rice and frijoles a la charra; Choose Two - $9.99, Choose Three - $11.99; Substitute a cheese chile relleno $3.29

Crispy Taco
Chicken or beef
Enchilada
Chicken, beef or cheese and onion
Tamale
Chicken or pork

Reviews

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4.2

(537)

4.3Food
4.1Service
3.9Ambience
3.9Value

Noise • Energetic

537 Reviews

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Neken
Atlantic City1 review
4.0
Dined on March 14, 2020
1. Overall 4
2. Food 5
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
Came for my daughter’s birthday. Had the chocolate piñata which was terrific. Only thing to improve would have been water refills. We got our bar drinks and soda refilled quickly but not the water.
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OpenTable Diner
Washington DC2 reviews
3.0
Dined on March 8, 2020
1. Overall 3
2. Food 5
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 3
The food. And ambiance were great. While the service from Sever was lacking enormously. Drinks for table of 6 adults and one child took for ever to come, the server brings the drinks and just walks away from the table without asking if we were ready to order, comes back 5 minutes later to take the order, then once the food came to the table never came to ask if everything was ok, he only checked on us once to see if we needed any tortillas, and then never came back to the table again, we had to catch him passing by, to ask for him refills or tortillas, then another guy bussing a table, overloaded the tray and as passing by the table, spilled over a few glasses of water, water splashed all over the floor, I, and my mother, no apology from the gentleman at the moment, not until much later after someone else cleaned up everything. With all said, very poor Service!
Uncle Julio's - Fairfax CornerResponded on March 11, 2020
Hello, Thank you for your review and we apologize to hear that we missed the mark on providing you with exceptional service during your recent visit. We thank you for providing this feedback and have forwarded this to our teams to address. We look forward to the opportunity to serve you again for a 5-star experience in the future. Thank you, Uncle Julio's
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OpenTable Diner
Washington DC4 reviews
4.0
Dined on March 8, 2020
1. Overall 4
2. Food 3
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Food was luke warm. Noise level was sooooo loud. Couldn’t speak to the person in front of me without yelling
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OpenTable Diner
Washington DC16 reviews
4.0
Dined on March 7, 2020
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 3
No real complaints. Food was promptly delivered and hot. Very good server.
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Crestwoodcharmer Gold
Indiana23 reviews
5.0
Dined on March 6, 2020
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 4
Table side guacamole was yummy! Food was plentiful and delicious but the star was the chocolate lovers piñata! Gotta try it!!!
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SteveD
Washington DC3 reviews
4.0
Dined on February 29, 2020
1. Overall 4
2. Food 5
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 3
Four of us had reservations for Saturday night. They were packed but, we were seated promptly. The food was very good - The Enchiladas put others to shame! - and we all left pleasantly full. We splurged on the Chocolate Pinata for desert and that was a blast - and very tasty. Our only issue was that our server seemed to be way behind. It took far too long for every step of the process. He, however, was very pleasant which made up for the delays. He seemed to really care about his service. We all just thought he must have been stretched too thin that night. In any case, we WILL be back!
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Muncharovsky Gold
Washington DC54 reviews
4.0
Dined on February 29, 2020
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 3
Hey! We had pretty delicious quickie Saturday munch. Blood Orange Margarita had some oomph. Guac had some ZING! Beer was cold, Chips fresh, hot & crispiful, and the Fajitas bang-on-the money: Steak cooked perfectly with a hot pink center, no red. Service was attentive and jocular. We've been customers since the early 90s when Uncle Julio's and Rio Grande merged... and have noticed some changes attendant to a new re-branding as "Uncle Julio's From Scratch." Seems to be working, but it would be GREAT if they could bring back CABRITO DAYS (blast from past!) and the dee-freakin-licious GOAT fajitas.
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TeresaK
Chicago3 reviews
5.0
Dined on February 29, 2020
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Vincent our server was great...very quick with extras and very pleasant...food was amazing
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OpenTable Diner
Washington DC2 reviews
3.0
Dined on February 23, 2020
1. Overall 3
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
We always go to Uncle Julios for dinner with the family and BD celebrations i would recommend it to everyone, there is one thing though that the whole restaurant is really in need of good management allot of things went wrong this weekened when we went for dinner. The drinks were watered down, the meal came really late not even the manager came up to apologize, our server came only 2 times to ask if we needed anything else. Really THINKING about not going there again.
Uncle Julio's - Fairfax CornerResponded on February 25, 2020
Hello, Thank you for your business. We appreciate your review and feedback to develop and improve. We apologize to hear that we didn't meet your overall service and meal expectations this visit. We strive to provide an exceptional experience from start to finish. We are very sorry we missed the mark this time. We do hope to get the opportunity to serve you again. Thank you, Uncle Julio's
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OpenTable Diner
Washington DC1 review
4.0
Dined on February 22, 2020
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 5
The service was good, the food was good, and the chocolate piñata was amazing! It would have been better had we not had a time crunch.
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Additional information

Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
$30 and under
Cuisines
Mexican
Hours of operation
Lunch Daily 11:30 am–4:00 pm Dinner Mon–Thu, Sun 4:00 pm–9:30 pm Fri, Sat 4:00 pm–10:30 pm
Website
http://www.unclejulios.com/locations/fairfax/
Payment options
AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress
Private party facilities
Add a little taste of made from scratch Mexican food to your next fiesta with Uncle Julio’s group dinning and private party rooms in Fairfax Corner, VA! Uncle Julio’s Mexican restaurant is the perfect place to host group birthday parties, work outings, anniversary gatherings, and more!

Location
4251 Fairfax Corner Ave, Fairfax, VA 22030
Neighborhood
Fair Oaks
Parking details
Ample free parking is available
Additional
Bar Dining, Beer, Delivery, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Indoor Fireplace, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine

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Uncle Julio's - Fairfax Corner

About this restaurant

Not available on OpenTable

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Additional information

Lunch

Soup and Ensalada$11.99

Soup and Taco Al Carbon$11.99

Mamacita's Lunch Nachos$8.99

Lunch Nachos Especial

Mesquite Grilled Fajitas

Our Original Fajitas

Quesadillas

Veggie$9.99

Pulled Chicken$10.99

Beef Fajita$12.99

Chicken Fajita$11.99

Grilled Shrimp$12.99

Tacos

Cozumel Shrimp Tacos$12.99

Carnitas Tacos$10.99

Grilled Fish Tacos$10.99

El Dorado

Reynosa$9.99

Main

Honey Chipotle Salmon$15.99

Tex-Mex Mixta

Crispy Taco

Enchilada

Tamale

Additional information

Not available on OpenTable