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    El Trompo Loco

    4.0 (28 reviews)
    Open 10:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Unbelievable! Food is so delicious, cool, down-to-earth atmosphere, friendly and helpful people, swings at outdoor tables (f'n awesome idea!), beautiful and clean bathrooms, I could go on and on. Best damn Mexican food on this planet, hands down! My mouth is watering as I write this - and I have never written an online review, that's how good the food is. Make the trip to this little gem. Brush up on your Español and wear a smile!

    Tacos de trompo / bistec
    Wendy R.

    Food is delicious! Place is clean Might get pricey but all depends on what you get. The lady who tends to me every time is a doll! Very helpful and nice Cute little place to enjoy a taco or 2 La comida siempre deliciosa ! Les recomendó La papa les alcanza para 2 La salsa verde está súper picosa! El lugar siempre está limpio y las señoritas que despachan son muy amables

    Michelada was the best from start to finish
    Carla G.

    Omg I loooove!! From the fresh made tacos de trompo to the Michelada was delicious! Hands down that was the best michelada I have ever had in my life!! As a Mexican I Approve! The waiters are nice and super attentive music is kinda loud but they be jamming!! Lol We made a stop here around 11pm on a Saturday my brother was coming from San Antonio and he loved it! It was a first time being here for the both of us! Will definitely come back for the Michelada we even took some cinnamon sugar cookies to go! The sauce was good but spicyyy!! I would definible recommend

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    Andrea C.

    The food here is amazing. The loaded potatoes are to die for and the Birria tacos were phenomenal! We had drinks that were wonderful too. Going back soon just for the potatoes

    The lemonade is excellent, and trompo. I recommend everybody to come. Ask for Plebe, excellent waitress!

    The service was great ask for Plebe. Come in with a appetite. Great food and big portions.

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    Elmert H.

    This is authentic Mexican food! The service is great and the food is genuine Mexican. The sauces? DELICIOUS! Their queso flameado for appetizer was perfect!

    Tacos de trompo are sooooo good! And the agua de limon con pepino too! Service was good also, very polite when i placed my order over the phone

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    Food was really expensive and 3 of the 4 of us eating got sick. I get prices are going up everywhere but I was super surprised by the total.

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    Food is ok not all that but the part that kills me is they tip they self , added a 16 dollar type plus a fee for the table

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    Los tacos de trompo y bistec estan super buenoo, el servicio muy amable y atienden muy bien!

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    Food was delicious!!! We got the torta and papa asada and it was definitely worth it!

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    Nopalitos Dona Maria - Guisado rojo

    Nopalitos Dona Maria

    2.8(102 reviews)
    0.8 miNorthshore
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    Juevos Ranchero plate 8/10 Carne Guisada 8/10…read moreBeef fajita 8/10 Homemade flour tortillas 10/10 Ive been working in the area for weeks now and every morning that o pass by, it is always packed. They have a separate parking lot across the street and on multiple occasions, cars are driving around and out to find parking. Everything I had was great. Everything I expected and more. The beef fajitas are chopped BUT full of flavor. Carne Guisada was a bit cold, so much so that I didn't even melt my cheese. Still very tender and lots of flavor. Eggs, bacon, beans and papa ranchers were all great. The homemade flour tortillas will keep me coming back! No issues with service. Place had a few open tables when I arrived. There were also several open parking spots. I can only imagine how stressful it would be with customers waiting for a table

    Hace 8 años escribí una reseña sobre este lugar, y me entristece ver que la atención al cliente por…read moreparte de los dueños sigue sin mejorar. Situación: Pedí mis tacos con frijoles, pero me los trajeron sin ellos. Le comenté amablemente al mesero que se le habían olvidado, y me ofreció llevarse los tacos o traer los frijoles aparte. Como ya había empezado a comer, le dije que estaba bien y que solo los trajera. Al final me cobraron $3.87 por los frijoles. Cuando le señalé el cobro a la cajera, me respondió con mala actitud, y tanto ella como el mesero empezaron a discutir conmigo como si fuera mi error. Insistieron en que tenían que cobrarme porque me sirvieron los frijoles en un plato. Fue una experiencia muy desagradable. Sé que tienen una clientela fiel y quizá por eso no les importe, pero aun así -- revisen bien su recibo y sean muy claros al ordenar, porque si algo sale mal, tratarán de echarles la culpa. I actually wrote a review about this place 8 years ago, and it's sad to see that customer service from the owners still hasn't improved. Situation: I asked for beans on my tacos, but they came without them. I politely told the server he had forgotten the beans, and he offered to either take the tacos back or bring the beans separately. Since I had already started eating, I told him it was fine and to just bring them. Long story short, they ended up charging me $3.87 for the beans. When I pointed it out to the cashier, she gave me attitude, and both she and the server started arguing with me as if it was my mistake. They kept insisting they had to charge me because they served the beans on a plate. It was such an unpleasant experience. I know they have a strong client base, and maybe that's why they don't care, but still -- check your receipt carefully and make sure to be extra clear with your order, because if something goes wrong, they'll try to blame you.

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    Pappasito's Cantina

    3.6(219 reviews)
    1.2 miNorthshore
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    04.19.26 - Took my gf here today for lunch. When you arrive, nice parking area, with security…read morepatrolling the lot. Once we walked in, we were promptly greeted and sat. our waiter got to the table right away and got our order of drinks, he was very courteous and aware. Our waiter brought out fresh chips for the table and warm salsa, and my gf was about to ask for some green salsa, and our waiter already knew she was going to ask for it; very tentative. Once we had made our order, our waiter was still very aware and checking on us without bothering us, and made sure our drinks were never empty; great job. Once the food was ready, I guess they were having trainee's learn how to bring the food out, however, the young girl who brought the food out for my tables, didnt know how to set the food tray down on the stand and hit the back of my chair, our waiter, knew she had done that and quietly asked her to step away, and I looked at the young girl and told her that she hit the back of my chair, and she never said sorry nor acknowledged an apology, and just disappeared into the kitchen. Our waiter however, he was great, made sure everything was good and we had all that we asked, wanted, and needed; again thank you for being a great waiter. Once we were done with out meal, our waiter had brought some to go boxes, to go bag, and a fresh bag of chips to go, with some fresh warm salsa as well; great great waiter. Thank you Pappacitos, and our great waiter. See you all next time.

    Pappasitos on I-10 management sucks ass I hope they see…read morethis 40 vacant tables and can't be seated for an hour and half because " not enough of wait staff" to serve. At 2 pm Negative zero stars rating from me.

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    Tacos Del Julio

    3.1(37 reviews)
    0.9 miNorthshore
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    Got this while in queue at the dmv and was pleasantly surprised! 5 smallish steak tacos for $13…read moreended up being a full, satisfying meal. Love the cilantro and raw onions on the side with a spoon so I can control the amounts per taco. Avocado slices, grilled onions, and melted cheese added a depth of flavor that I've never experienced before eating tacos! The steak was approaching slightly oversalted, which helped maximize the flavor within the meat as well. This place will be my go-to if I ever need to visit the DMV again!

    So I'm from out of town and I travel to Houston once in a while .I stay in a nearby Hotel. I…read morethink it should be mentioned before I write the review that I am Caucasian. So for about the past year, I've been out in and out of this restaurant great food great people not a complaint in the world. English is not very good but I can get around that. It's authentic Mexican food and I love it until today. Yesterday I went in there and ordered no problem. I always hit at the same place. I had the same waitress. I'm never rude. I always leave a good tip. I'll leave 20% because it's so cheap. I feel bad about leaving a lower percentage so I always leave 20% until today. Today I went over and I had coffee from McDonald's. I still had the cup and handed it to the waitress and I said can I have some coffee she gave me kind of a scowl. I asked her is it OK? I just wanted to refill it up top it off that's it so she said yeah that's OK. I said OK and I said I'd like that and a beer. It was about 11:30 in the morning, I had work the night before and I was going to bed so she came back over. I ordered the burrito. I drank the beer and I waited for her to come back and I was gonna get some water she never came back. She got the empty bear bottle and the plate and didn't even look me in the face. It was kind of weird. I could tell something was wrong for the minute. I walked in the restaurant and she gave me the look about the coffee so after I ate the food, the burrito which was delicious. I waited waited waited. She never came to my table. I finally just got up. I went to check out. She finally came to check me out and I didn't leave a tip I think maybe for the first time in my life and my skin color is the only thing I can figure out why because I haven't done anything the day before when I came in I remarked that she had lost weight and she looked very nice and she kinda laughed and giggled and said thank you and I left it at that and I never said another word and today I couldn't even get her to come to my table, except to deliver the food. It's really too bad. I hate writing bad reviews, but I can't let this slide. This was purposely bad service. This wasn't a bad day. This wasn't. She was busy and she just forgot about me. There were only me and one more table in the whole restaurant and she was the only waitress working great food, though really great food. this was the location in East Houston.

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