Friendly service and decent food at a low cost to the customer. Warm and welcoming atmosphere and staff.

When we visit my MBL we make sure to go to chapitas for either breakfast or lunch. Today I had the chicken fried steak and it was good. Service is great, food hot, good portions. read more

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I love their Mexican plate and their taco plate. It is definitely my favorite. We used to go there at least once a week when we lived in Harlingen but now we are in Brownsville so it's a little farther to go but will definitely go again soon. read more

Very delicious food! Breakfast is phenomenal! I got the 2 eggs over-medium, potatoes, beans and sausage. The Menudo is real authentic and savory! Flour tortillas are homemade and so soft and yummy! Service was very quick and attentive. Will be coming back for dinner read more

Dry rice. Bland beans. Thin enchiladas and I was still hungry. The other plates were basically the same rice, beans, tortillas and cheese in a different style. It wasn't authentic. Taco Bell is better. The decor was not pleasing. read more

If you want good breakfast in Harlingen or Brownsville, head over to Chapitas. Best breakfast in Harlingen, period My wife and I have been to the Rio Grande valley many times and we always make it a point to stop at Chapitas for breakfast, either coming from or going to McAllen, TX. The portions they give you are copious, the food is authentic and the prices are very reasonable. The tortillas are home-made, the eggs are great and the pancakes are enormous. You will walk out of Chapitas fat and happy. The location is a little out of the way. It's just east of where Hwy 77 intersects with Hwy 83, just west of the airport, on the north sunshine strip. It is worth the trip, my friends. Visited March 2010 read more

The food was delicious and the service was super nice. The prices are reasonable and it's a very clean and friendly environment. Definitely be back read more

Excellent food here. We've came here each time we are in the valley. Our favorite is the Catfish strips meal. It comes with slaw, French fries and a drink for $6.99. The catfish is just delicious. We've eaten other things here too and it's all very good. The place is always busy. The waitresses are excellent, we really appreciate their good work. read more

I had a potato and egg taco, it came with a side of beans , I also got a cup of menudo. The taco was very good and big. The cup of menudo tasted delicious, of course adding the onion, lime and chili that it comes with makes it even more delicious. The flour tortillas are also homemade! The service is great also! Will be coming back! read more

The exterior of this restaurant is bland. It does not stand out, looks like a really bad house, and you could miss it if you're driving along and not looking for it, but aha! the parking lot is packed - sometimes so packed that customers park in the street. The interior is not much better - very utilitarian to get the job done. I usually went here for breakfast with my parents. And each time, the restaurant was brimming with people - especially on weekends. I've pretty much ordered every taco on the menu. They are huge and stuffed like someone insane made them. Additionally, the staff is very friendly! read more

I can go to Chapita's every weekend for their menudo, but I also love franks with egg a la mexicana!! Yum! (No, I'm not hungry :))

This is everything a person could want in an unpretentious setting in town. Across the street from the Department of Motor Vehicles (DVM), the place is right in the center of town, easy to get to and offers a comfortable setting for individuals and families including some with small children. They boast a very large menu with your typical Texmex items. Portions are not only large, they are also quite inexpensive. Flavors are authentic in part due to the use of very fresh veggies not previously canned. The food is noticeably NOT overly salty, something that should be of value to those on restricted diets. Even the chips are not salted! Portions are abundant. Today we were a party of four. My friends were very pleased with their dishes. One of them is a professional cook so I was especially pleased. Our waitress was pretty, warm and vivacious, we could not have asked for more. Lunch for the four of us including two breakfast tacos with refried beans and several salsas and pico de Gallo with excellent corn chips and two luncheon plates with coffee and diet Pepsi came out to under $18.50! You can't grow the food as inexpensively as that! Besides, how would you grow a diet Pepsi? Or any Pepsi for that matter? Great place for really good eats, super comfy environment, and you can't help but feel good long after your visit. read more

We had breakfast here while visiting the area last year and went back again during our trip this year. The food is very good. I love a good breakfast of chilaquiles read more

Good food for a good price! The barbacoa plate comes with 1/4 lb of barbacoa, potatoes, beans and tortillas. It was a generous amount. They have good music Saturday before noon. 2 guys playing a guitar and acordian play traditional Mexican music:-) read more

Chapita's Restaurant - Barbacoa Plate - Tex-Mex Near Me - Harlingen, Texas

Great spot for breakfast. The bill was $36 for four adults and we had more food than we could eat. Chilaquiles were delicious and my companions all enjoyed their food. We went on Father's Day and the server brought out a cupcake for the two men at the table for the occasion. It was a nice touch. The server was also very pleasant and responsive. It has a casual diner type atmosphere with the feel of "where the locals go to eat." If you just want good food for a good price and aren't into fancy decor, I highly recommend it. read more

I went in for lunch. The chicken enchiladas were awesome. Charro beans were flavored perfectly Service was good. Price was right If you like authentic Mexican Give this place a try read more

This place doesn't look like much from the outside - the inside is for lack of a better word, ugly, but the food is great. We get our Christmas tamales here, yummy. Also, very child friendly and great service. read more

Unlike El Rancho, these guys are great! They speak English and go out of their way to accommodate you.

My husband is from the Valley so whenever we are down there, we always go to Chapitas! The places gets packed on the weekends but for good reason. Delicious food! read more

I've been to Chapita's for breakfast and lunch, they always have great tasting food, great staff, awesome attitude and service with a smile.

I went to eat there when it first opened and it was pretty good. Although recently I went again and it has gone downhill, the food is more expensive then I remember and my plate was cold. The service was just OK and the cashier was a little rude. Don't go there if you can help it! read more

Great food, excellent staff we will go back. Try it think you'll like it. A cut above read more

Wait time was hell, the fried shrimp tasted like shrimp flavored batter, tasteless food. This was a one time experience that was not worth it in the end, not even for mother's day. read more

Great breakfast food for an even greater price! Loved the fact that they serve breakfast all day, since we got there around 1ish. The whole table made a lot of substitutions and add-ons, but all of our orders came out correctly! The service was very friendly and fast, will definitely go again when we're back in that area again! read more

We went there for breakfast.we waited a hour and 15 min for five tacos ..but yet keep seeing take out orders going out the door faster.so if u got time to wait for your food .this is the place to eat...good luck !!! For us never again. read more

A lot of people are disappointed cause they raise their price more than $3.00 on friday nights. With our Canadian money is nearly 30% difference it cost us too much. We surely had a lot of fun at Chapita's we used to go there at least 2 times a month now will just go 1 or 2 times for the season cause there is a lot of restaurant to discover and we surely will. read more

Love it. This place doesn't screw you on prices. There are a handful of daily specials that rotate per day of the week that you would pay 9-12$ anywhere else, especially considering portion size which is hefty. They have great soft tacos that they will fill 2 or 3, or howevermany 'fillers' you want (I usually get bacon, egg, and cheese or chorizo, chorizo, and egg) and it's under 2.00 per taco and they are quite large. The tortillas made in house are very tasty. Most seafood dishes are mediocre (shrimp) to very good (fish), so you can't order anything 'bad'. Quesadillas are ginormous and loaded with meat, no skimping here! My boyfriend and I stayed at the hotel next door which is also a great deal (Country Side Inn), eating here at least one to two meals a day for two weeks and we didn't tire of their selection, especially the rotating specials. They also have a 'higher end' special which is a buck or two more that rotates and is decent. This place is the epitome of 'family diner' and there needs to be more local business like this. Lastly, the Carne Guisada plate, my favorite item on the menu, is now a normal non-special price of only 4.95 (the specials are 5, the higher end specials are 7 I think) // so I can get my favorite dish any night without having to wait until 'carne guisada night' (I think it used to be a wednesday?) LOL. Also, they give you free iced tea (or a beer under certain conditions) with most meals. The iced tea is AWESOME (unsweetened). read more

Great food and it's easy on the wallet. Last time we were there they even had a mariachi band.

Great place to eat breakfast or an evening snack. Friendly servers. Price is right and real Mexican food you can talk about. Salsa is mild. The place is very loud when too many people are there. If you want to eat great place, if you want to talk find a quieter place. read more