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Reviews on Mexican food in North Houston, Texas, United States including Pappasito's Cantina, Gringo's Mexican Kitchen, Pappasito's Cantina, El Tiempo Cantina- Washington, Pappasito's Cantina, El Tiempo Cantina- Vintage Park, Lupe Tortilla, Caracol Mexican Coastal Kitchen, Lupe Tortilla's, Pappasito's Cantina
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10. Pappasito's Cantina
Overall Ratings
4 based on 215 reviews
Famous for more than thirty years of Legendary Tex-Mex, Pappasito's Cantina is known for the flavor, freshness and quality of their food and drinks! Pappasito's Cantina serves up succulent, sizzling fajitas, hand-crafted drinks and some of the best chips
Reviewed By Ellen4719
We came for dinner on a Friday night and despite the crowd we were seated right away. Our server was efficient, attentive and friendly. We had fish tacos, chicken and beef tacos with rice and beans and of course their tasty chips and salsa. Everything arrived hot and tasty.
9. Lupe Tortilla's
Overall Ratings
4 based on 452 reviews
Reviewed By Alexjoey
We came here and was seated when all our party arrived. Ordered some margarita and sangria to start off first, they served some tortilla chips with guacamole and salsa. Ordered a beef and chicken fajita and fish tacos. The former was fantastic especially the tortilla wrap was incredibly soft. Ended with some churros and would definitely come back!
8. Caracol Mexican Coastal Kitchen
Overall Ratings
4 based on 609 reviews
One of the beauties of Mexico is its geographic location, with coasts on the Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico, which is connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Florida Straits. From these waters comes a bounty of edible sea life, w
Reviewed By LuxeFamilyFun
Our three family members visited for lunch yesterday. Caracol gets a great review and we were excited.We dined in the bar - liked the atmosphere and the service was great throughout. I didn't find the food special in any way. I thought the guac lacked flavor. The tuna taco special was overcooked and dry. The pork enchiladas were pretty good, but nothing I'd consider special. We enjoyed the experience, but given the lofty reviews, we expected more.
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7. Lupe Tortilla
Overall Ratings
4 based on 125 reviews
Reviewed By JDSoui
Friendly service and delicious food. From entrance to departure the ambiance was warm and welcoming. The fresh chips and salsa were incredible - and spicy. The chicken fajitas with spicy sausage were packed with flavor and spice. Made the judgement to eat both chile's on the plate prompting a 9-alarm fire in my mouth - totally worth it given the flavors.Would definitely come back.
6. El Tiempo Cantina- Vintage Park
Overall Ratings
4 based on 168 reviews
At El Tiempo Cantina, we make everything from scratch. From the tortillas to the salad dressings, the salsas to the desserts, we cook all of our food using generations-old family recipes. Our attention to quality and exceptional friendliness is our drivin
Reviewed By brendas329
Had planned to go to another restaurant but when we arrived we discovered they changed their hours so are no longer open for lunch on Saturdays. Decided to try El Tiempo in Vintage for the first time. Servers were all attentive and polite. Food was good. Chips and salsa were OK - but not something I would crave (had a warm red salsa and green creamy one). The menu was huge with lots to choose from. The only surprise was the prices. I got two Enchiladas Verdes (chicken with green sauce) which was $17.79 plus another $1.29 for sour cream (which sometimes comes as part of the enchiladas at other restaurants) and my husband got Carne Asada La Tana (27.99). We both thought our meals were tasty, including the rice and beans. He got a softdrink and I had a Frozen Mango Rita (on happy hour for $6.75). It was good, but I would probably try something different next time. With tip and tax, the total for two was $72. We missed the lunch menu by 15 minutes (I think they serve it until 3pm, even on Saturdays). Oh the other weird thing was being asked if we wanted to sit outside ... ummm, it was 97 degrees outside - so no. Not surprisingly, no one was out there. Iâm sure it is really nice in the other seasons. The ground floor was pretty crowded when we arrived (I donât think the upstairs was open yet) â so looks like the restauarant is very popular. Oh, and sound level was good â we could actually hold a conversation which was nice. This wonât become our âgo toâ restaurant but I would come here again if we were in the area.
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5. Pappasito's Cantina
Overall Ratings
4 based on 255 reviews
Famous for more than thirty years of Legendary Tex-Mex, Pappasito's Cantina is known for the flavor, freshness and quality of their food and drinks! Pappasito's Cantina serves up succulent, sizzling fajitas, hand-crafted drinks and some of the best chips
Reviewed By 641nancyh
Food was only fair and pricey. $16 for two chicken "tinga" tacos. Not tinga, just simmered. Good beans. Chips tasted like old oil. Cooked not fresh salsa. Most disliked thing was the ear splitting noise. Nothing to break sound, so pass unless you excell at lip reading.
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4. El Tiempo Cantina- Washington
Overall Ratings
4 based on 431 reviews
At El Tiempo Cantina, we make everything from scratch. From the tortillas to the salad dressings, the salsas to the desserts, we cook all of our food using generations-old family recipes. Our attention to quality and exceptional friendliness is our drivin
Reviewed By RickyHecker
Everything inside Cantina El Tiempo is excellent, from the moment you enter you are greeted and treated like a VIP, the service is excellent, the decor is awesome, place is clean and well maintained. Food selection is incredible, a super wide selection of authentic mexican food, all the entrees we tried were excellent, the salsas, even the totopos were excellent, fresh made guacamole, ice cold XX beer, all outstanding.
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3. Pappasito's Cantina
Overall Ratings
4 based on 316 reviews
Famous for more than thirty years of Legendary Tex-Mex, Pappasito's Cantina is known for the flavor, freshness and quality of their food and drinks! Pappasito's Cantina serves up succulent, sizzling fajitas, hand-crafted drinks and some of the best chips
Reviewed By Bondesco
This has always been one of the best Pappasito's in Houston but yesterday was kind of disappointing - my wife loves Chill Relleno's and is very familiar with the dish, in fact we were just in New Mexico and we enjoyed several fine examples there.So it was a great disappointment yesterday to be served a rather sad flat pepper smothered in cheap cheese in place of an actual Chili Relleno. The true Chili Relleno is a stuffed pepper, often a poblano, Anaheim or a hatch chili, which has been cooked in a fluffy egg batter. Yesterday's mess was nothing like that at all, which was a quite a surprise considering that this restaurant bills itself as being authentic Mexican. Perhaps they just do not know how to make this dish?Additionally the server got our order messed up which did not add to the enjoyment.Will we go back? Maybe, there are very few actual good Mex or TexMex restaurants in Houston, most of them are bland and boring or just plain bad (e.g. El Tiempo) so there are not a lot to choose from.
2. Gringo's Mexican Kitchen
Overall Ratings
4 based on 353 reviews
Gringoâs Mexican Kitchen is a family of full-service Mexican restaurants in the Houston area. All restaurants serve the highest quality Mexican food, offer a full bar and are open daily Sunday through Saturday for lunch and dinner. The Gringoâs brand iden
Reviewed By Dan R
First visit since remodelFrom flood. Decor great. Menus has lots of variety. We share 3 amigos enchiladas. They were great. Chiro beans great. Waiter is one of the best we have had. Named Jose. Looked like everyone else got great foodYou need to go.
1. Pappasito's Cantina
Overall Ratings
4 based on 356 reviews
Famous for more than thirty years of Legendary Tex-Mex, Pappasito's Cantina is known for the flavor, freshness and quality of their food and drinks! Pappasito's Cantina serves up succulent, sizzling fajitas, hand-crafted drinks and some of the best chips
Reviewed By lizhowe00
We get the half price Fajitas almost ever Wednesday night for two families. They are always fantastic. But we ordered two weeks ago and my son forget to pick them up!!! Our fault!!! I called when he got home and told the manager I would pay over the phone and they would have to discard them. They said they could not take the payment over the phone. I told him I would drive up there and pay the next morning, they said "NO". We were good regular customers and accidents happen and there would be no charge. This is great customer service.Thank you, The Howe Family
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