I think the staff is what really makes this place great! We were in town visiting relatives and they brought us here. Casa Morales is one of their regular places, enough to where their son has a special plate on the menu. :) I am a bit of a Tex-Mex snob, and have access to great Tex-Mex in Houston. So although I wasn't blown away by the food, it was pretty good for what I'd expect to find in a small East Texas town. I ordered the Wally Special- cheese enchilada with sour cream. The sauce and the thickness of the tortillas were a bit different than what I'm used to, but I still cleaned my plate. They were good, just very different. I really liked that they serve queso as part of the starters with the salsa, instead of it being extra. Also a fan of people watching since it is BYOB. I find it very amusing to see people walking in with coolers of Miller Light. Usually Ray's is my go to while in town, but this place is definitely a stop on our list now. :) read more

They recently advertised that they started a buffet, so we gave it a try. It was terrible. You expect a bit more from a business that is charging $14 a plate. For the two of us, it was $38. To have mediocre food. I asked for cheese to go with my plate and was told it wasn't part of the buffet. Just don't even bother read more

Be prepared to pay more than you expect. Good grief, a soft drink is $3.39, and you have to pay an additional 60 cents for a refill. If you order the lunch special but want chicken enchiladas, that will cost you an additional 99 cents. If you want sour cream sauce, that will cost you another $1.29. If you pay with a credit card, they charge you a surcharge (which is illegal to do in the state of Texas). I felt as if I was "nickeled and dimed" for everything. The food was ok, but I won't go back to this place. Too many other options that don't do this to their customers. read more

The enchiladas were empty and the food was definitely not authentic Mexican food, I was very disappointed.

The food is great and it has been like that for 50 years. The service is wonderful! The family, servers and cooks love their customers. We have been eating here for 40 years! read more

The drinks were watered down. There were only 5 tables but they barely checked on us. No one asked us if we liked the food which is food because the fajita vegetables were raw and the steak fajita meat looked and tasted worse than scraps I would give my dog. The extra pico was 2 tablespoons for $3 and entire ticket was $60 which was more than my grocery bill for the week. My companion just said "put my name on it too" Ernest Roberts, age 80, lifelong resident of Lufkin TX says he has never had worse Mexican food. read more

Great Historic restaurant for Lufkin. Food was good and the waiters really hustle. Ate there in the 50's and still the same down home authentic Mexican food. Loved the queso. read more

Swung by for lunch and it was plenty filling but oh so underwhelming. I wouldn't mind eating her again but I'm certainly not going out of my way to do so. read more

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This is old school TexMex not your modern fast food variety. Brings back memories of El Matt's (Austin) and Herbert's Taco Hut (San Marcos). Love the owners/staff. read more

They have such good tacos and enchiladas. Prices are really good. The service was really good. The salsa was soo good. Honestly one of the best Mexican restaurants I've ever ate at. read more

I absolutely love their food! Go there every time I am in town! Make sure you buy a bottle of sauce to take home!

Best Mexican food in all of Lufkin. Authentic, delicious, and highly recommended. Ask for Angel.

Ah-mazing food ! The salsa is as spicy as it can get, but you want spicier, they got it ! Nice lil family owned restaurant, with a very casual, friendly atmosphere. I am an eggetarian, and the Huevos Rancheros, Chile Relleno are yumm ! The cheese is just right, quantity spot-on, taste is wow !! The corn tortillas only last in your mouth until they melt . I always get more than my money's worth. After I moved to Lufkin, I was lost until I found this place to eat ( draamaa ! But dream come true), right by my workplace. Been here 2 weeks and I went there 7 times already and they looked very popular for take-outs too. Try this place, you will leave smiling and very full ! read more

Wow, what a great find in Lufkin. Excellent Tex-Mex! I tried the Eddie's Special, which was massive in portions. The crunchy tacos were awesome, and filled with the same meat as the enchiladas. I don't know what's in that sauce, but it's something special. Beans, guacamole, and salsa were also notable. Nothing too fancy about the interior decor. It's a big open space with lots of windows looking out to 1st street. Service was good. It's a family/friends type establishment. Take note: this place is a local's favorite. It WILL be busy at times, with spillover parking to the south in the yard! read more

Awesome Food! Awesome Service! We're greeted by a man in his forties with hot nachos and very nice salsa (tangy and spicy). This man answers all our questions and helps us with the order as we're new to authentic Mexican menu (than Burritos, Quesadillas and Enchiladas) - We ordered Chile Relleno and Quesedillas with spicy salsa. The second bowl of nachos and a spicy salsa arrive when we're about to finish the first. Both the dishes arrive in a short time and are really great with amazing spicy taste. Everything on the plate(Chili, Rice, Beans, Guac & Tortilla) tasted awesome!! Debauchery I'd say! This food is outstanding for the price - both quality and quantity. We finish our lunch with some real Sopapillas which were amazing as well. Overall it's a nice family run restaurant with awesome food with great price! The best part is their Salsa is available for sale. We thanked the owner, waiter and brought home a bottle of Hot Salsa! Definitely visiting again with more friends! read more

SOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!!! I love it here, from the food to the service it never disappoints!!

Really great food with really great service. You will not run out of drink or chips and salsa. The relish is awesome too! Great family run place off the main strip. Highly recommend. No beer here though. That's the only downside. read more

Casa Morales is a Lufkin staple. Most of my childhood memories of eating out are Morales. Special occasions, birthdays and trips back to Lufkin after moving away. This place is special for so many folks. Always a friendly face, great service and a feeling of being home when you are here. The food is absolutely amazing. Not over the top just purely good food that tastes like home. read more

We love love love this place! The gravy on the enchiladas is to die for! The waiters are always so nice!

Great little family-owned and run restaurant. Always a pleasure to eat here, everything is prepared in the kitchen, fresh, and can vary a little each time you are there, since the cooks play with the recipes a little. Staff is friendly, can tell you all about what they have, and have always been willing to get your order, or let you think about what you want. Enchiladas are my personal favorite, but there isn't anything that I've tried that I wouldn't recommend. Salsa is a thin, smooth variety, is on the spicy side, but some of the best in town. read more

This place was alright, but my tampiquena was tough and my wife's spinach quesadillas were soggy. She said they tasted frozen. Couples days after Christmas, so maybe they're off their game. Unfortunately we're just passing through. read more

Good food, good prices and terrific service. This place has very authentic Mexican food and the wait staff are wonderful.

First time customer, walked in had to wait to even be told by another customer that I can find a seat myself. Waitress kept looking at me and didn't say a word. Not a good first impression. Sat down waited and waited for water then chips came in... Waited and waited for salsa then waited and waited again for queso. Terrible service. Waitress wasn't busy there were few tables so there was no reason for this at all. Meanwhile everyone around us were getting served. Even people who came in about 10-15 mins after us got waited on first. I didn't understand why we weren't serviced first. Food was ok. Nothing special. Will not be returning. Need to add they charge $5 for the queso which was a small little bowl and wasn't told that it would be extra. In fact was told I should of looked at the menu. Waitress didn't advise that queso was extra. So I paid $10 for queso that sucked. Explained to both waiters that were present our concerns. They didn't seem to care. They were just like oh well. I was also told I should be grateful they didn't charge me $1 per glass of water. This place has terrible food , rude service and they just charge stuff to your bill. I feel ripped off. read more

I was very excited about trying this restaurant because I had heard so much about the salsa. I had friends in from out of town and thought I'd take them out for lunch. The restaurant was quite full when we got there. I saw 2 people waiting on tables. Actually it looked like one waiting and the other was bringing chips and salsa to the tables. We probably stood in the entry way for over 5 minutes before anyone noticed us. It took forever to get waited on. As I looked around, I could see large tables that appeared to be waiting and waiting. Once our food arrived, part of the order was wrong. The enchilada sauce had the taste of grease and I just can't say I was impressed with any of the other food. The salsa was good not great. Don't believe I will ever return. read more

Grew up eating here. Hot sauce is hot compared to other Mexican joints but I love it along with the relish. Wallys special of cheese enchiladas topped with sour cream is excellent. Hit and miss on other items I've tried. read more

Pretty good food for a reasonable price. BYOB is one of the best things about Morales.

This is my favorite place in Lufkin, Angel knows all of the regular's orders and is lightening fast. If you go at the right time your food comes out faster than it would at McDonald's. My family goes there once a week. Great service and great food. read more

poor taste, huevos rancheros are a joke, the sad thing is that people who never have tried some real huevos rancheros think they are having the real deal, flour tortillas are pathetic, for that price of a desayuno at leat you expect tortillas to be made there. read more

Great lunch spot. Service is friendly and fast. If you are a regular your order is on memory and you can be in and out in 30 minutes. We have also been with the kids and they loved it. Great salsa. Great queso. Support a locally owned and run business!! read more

There are way better places to spend your money on than here. The food is not good at all. I'm surprised people still eat there considering there are better mexican restaurants around town. read more

Great place to eat. I go there a few times a week. Would recommend the enchiladas, especially at lunch. The salsa is by far the best in town. The staff will take great care of you. The food is perfect. read more

The ONLY complaint about this local favorite is that it can get crowded and they are understaffed. But the food is outstanding. My kids will not come back to Lufkin without going to Morales to eat...and one of them lives in San Antonio! The food is authentic home-made Mexican and very hard to beat. The hot sauce is award winning (literally) but ask for the "other" hot sauce if you're brave. You have to ask for it and brother, it will set you free!!! I am a Lufkin native and have been eating here all of my life. (BTW, back in the day, it was Iona's, not Inez's.) It is by far my favorite Mexican restaurant anywhere on the planet. But sometimes you have to be patient. read more

Food was not bad. Service was HORRIBLE!! Food and drink arrived quickly, then was never even checked on again. The margarita was watery. It was about 7:30 on a Wednesday night, I was the only table with 3 employees present. read more

We visited here on a Saturday around lunch time. When we first arrived, we were only about the third table there and was able to place our order and get our drinks in a timely manner. However, then people started coming in right and left. There was only the one waiter. Despite letting him know that we needed more drinks on three different occasions, we never got a single refill. When you have hot sauce as hot as theirs is, you need refills. I felt a little sorry for him as I sat there and counted over 30 people he was trying to serve. However, it is poor customer service and certainly poor management that would allow their customers to suffer instead of getting additional wait staff. It is my understanding other members of this family owned business live next door and should have been called in to help. Needless to say, we wont' be so quick to go back. Couldn't enjoy the food because we didn't have anything to drink. read more

Gosh, I thought I'd already done a review on this place, but hadn't. One other reviewer said he'd "grown up eating there". I might can top that! In 1955 when I was 8 years old my family moved from Mississippi to Lufkin, and we moved into the one and only apartment complex in Lufkin at that time -- Pinedell Apartments, which is a two block walk from Casa Morales. In that location was the one and only Mexican restaurant in Lufkin, and it was called Inez's. Many a time I and my mom and dad walked over there for lunches or suppers. At that time, too, it was rare to see an Hispanic in Lufkin. Over the years (I am now 68 years old) I have gone back to Lufkin to visit my Dad and his second wife and family, and off and on I eat at Casa Morales. It's nostalgic and the food is fairly good, though honestly I have had "better" at many other Mexican restaurants around the country. Though I'm "white", I have eaten (Tex) Mexican food so much, it is just regular fare for me. The nice thing about Casa Morales too is that when I go visit in Lufkin I stay just down the street at the old used-to-be Motel 6, which has a different name now. It's old, but inexpensive. I will usually eat one breakfast at Casa Morales and get one take-out supper when I'm in town. Now, I am in the process of getting ready to move back home to Lufkin sometime next year, and am looking forward to eating out at Morales's more often! There are now a lot of Mexican restaurants and taquerias in Lufkin, with a quite large Hispanic community, but be sure to give Casa Morales a try. I'm sure you'll like it ! read more