Enjoy a taste of El Salvador.
Fire-kissed rotisserie chicken, hand-made pupusas and charbroiled steaks — family recipes served in Huntsville since 2009.
The dishes people
drive in for.
Must try
Rotisserie Chicken
Our namesake. Marinated, slow-roasted and charbroiled until the skin crackles.
Must try
Hand-Made Pupusas
Masa stuffed with cheese, pork, loroco and more — with tangy curtido on the side.
Must try
Carbonero Sampler
A tour of El Salvador: yucca con chicharrones, plantains, pupusa, tamale & cuajada.
Parrillada al Carbonero
NY strip, smothered chicken and grilled shrimp, sizzling on a cast-iron platter.
Must try
Mojarra with Shrimp Creole
Pan-fried whole tilapia crowned with grilled shrimp in a spicy creole sauce.
Salvadoran Chicken Sandwich
Pulled rotisserie chicken, beets, radish, cabbage and a hard-boiled egg.
Slow-turned.
Flame-finished.
Our chicken is marinated in a family recipe, roasted on the rotisserie and finished over the charbroiler for crisp, smoky skin and juicy meat. Every order comes with your choice of two sides.
A whole chicken with two sides, two pupusas and two drinks. Dinner for the family, done.
- Rice
- Charro or refried beans
- Fried or steamed yucca
- French fries
- House salad
- Soup of the day
- Chaufa rice
- Steamed veggies
- Plantains
- Mashed potato pancake
A family restaurant with roots in El Salvador.
Carbonero is owned by Zuleyma and Mario. Every recipe on the menu was created by Zuleyma or passed down through the family — and guests come from Houston, Dallas, Puerto Rico and even El Salvador to taste them.
Lunch specials,
14 ways.
Quarter chicken with a pupusa, enchiladas or chaufa rice. Flautas verdes, albóndigas, chipotle burritos and more — quick, filling and made from scratch.
See lunch specialsWhat Huntsville loves
Hundreds of reviews, the same themes again and again.
That chicken
Juicy rotisserie chicken with smoky, charbroiled skin is the reason most first-timers walk in.
Real pupusas
Hand-patted masa, loroco and cuajada — regulars call them the best they’ve had anywhere.
Chaufa rice
The side dish that became a main event. Order it once and it’s on every plate after.
Family hospitality
Mario and the team greet you like family. A homey dining room and a welcome break from typical Tex-Mex.
Made fresh, every day.
Come hungry.
- Monday11:00am – 9:00pm
- Tuesday11:00am – 9:00pm
- Wednesday11:00am – 9:00pm
- Thursday11:00am – 9:00pm
- Friday11:00am – 10:00pm
- Saturday11:00am – 10:00pm
- SundayClosed
Huntsville, TX 77340
Feeding a team, a tailgate or a quinceañera?
Rotisserie chicken by the bird, pupusa platters, tamales by the dozen and sides by the pan.