service Was great! Our server Jasmine was super friendly, helpful and had a great attitude. Food came out very quick and it was made perfectly.whoever Has the aux cord needs to keep it up. read more

We stopped in for some Mexican food from out of town. Someone recommended this place to us. Food was really good and they had big portions. However I'm giving them 3 stars because of the absolute horrible service. We walked in... no one to greet us on a Saturday around 1130 am. We could see all the staff huddled, laughing and chit chatting in the back A couple girls saw us, told others we were there and then proceeded to keep talking amongst themselves. After a couple of minutes i stepped forward and saw they had one more table and I said loudly- do we just seat ourselves. They looked at me like I was interrupting their party. A male waiter came and sat us without menus. He left and assumed he would bring us menus. He did not. He went back to the huddle. I waited a couple minutes more and saw an older lady standing by herself and motioned for her and she came. She didn't speak English but I was able to translate I needed the waiter. The same guy came back and asked if we were ready? Our group looked at each other confused- I said we haven't even got menus He was like oh yea. We got menus, ordered drinks and even that took a while. We ordered and food actually came quite quick and was really tasty. The staff was pretty non existent and we had to constantly look for people to get refills or napkins. When we finally were done, the staff was now in the front by hostess stand. Again in motioned for someone and was ignored. I walked up and a few girls saw me and keep talking so I said excuse me I need to go boxes and where do I pay? They said to ask my waiter (who was standing there) and they laughed and they moved again to the back. I went to sit down pay and pack my food. I walked up to the front to wait for the others who were with me to go to restroom. There was a hostess standing at the front, eyes closed! She was sleeping while standing. Ha! My son walked up and i pointed to her. I said she must have had a long night . The management needs to take another look at their staff, cut some and retrain others. The only person working was the older lady who brought chips and cleaned tables. These other young people were there for a paycheck, nothing more. read more

I came to this location cause I was in a mood for a margarita. Let's start with the parking. There is plenty parking so it shouldn't be an issue. This was my first time at this location as I went straight to the bar. I was greeted and the bartender provided menus and asked if we wanted chips and salsa. What I was disappointed with was based on what the bartender stated a lot of the margaritas are premade. I did order a $14 drink that he made to order that was tasty. My guest ordered a beer and stated it wasn't really cold so we didn't order a second round. I tried the chips with the green salsa which wasn't my favorite. The restaurant seemed clean I just didn't like how the back of the machine at the bar had exposed wires as that could be a safety hazard. Overall you could give it a try but I wouldn't go out of my way to visit this location. read more

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The restaurant itself is pretty large. Really loved their decor and random iguana statues hidden all around. To drink I tried their Paloma and it was just ok. To eat I had their shredded chicken burrito. While it's a large burrito, it isn't really worth it. Their chips and salsa are good. The server was friendly and attentive. read more

First time at Iguana Joe's. Greeted as walked in and server was super informative and very welcoming. I ordered Tacos Al Carbon and Dr Pepper. I asked for guacamole on the side. The steak for the meal was amazing. So tender, juicy and plenty in each taco. Definitely left stuffed and it tasted amazing. read more

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Iquana Joes is average Tex-Mex. The service at this location was not the best. They have good queso, red salsa, enchiladas, and some other stuff. The green salsa is not best. The beans are watered down. The enchiladas could potentially be improved by having a more authentic chili con Carne sauce. They do have many sauce options though. They also offer free ice cream. It's no Dairy Queen, but it will do. This restaurant stays busy, so I assume the food is probably fresh. Overall, not bad. read more

Iguana Joe's - Chicken Enchiladas - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

I've never had a bad experience at Iguana Joe's. Their margaritas are made with such care and the exact liquor as advertised on the menu. The food is reasonably priced and honestly, it's delicious! You should definitely try the sizzling fajita plate; it's one of my personal favorites. And the new soft serve margaritas! I've had one at a different restaurant before, and it took over three hours to get it. But here, there's no wait time, and the same exact margarita! There are so many options when it comes to seating. Sometimes, I struggle to decide where I want to sit, but the wonderful hostesses always seem to find the perfect seat for me. They also ask if you prefer to sit outside, in the bar area, or at a dinner table. The ambiance here is spectacular. The music is not too loud, not too hot, or too cold. It's an absolute dream to eat here! read more

Excellent place to meet & eat! Service and food are good! Nice vibe. Oh great drinks, too!

I had a great time at Iguana Joe's! My server Ivana Palafox was very attentive and had a great attitude. The food was good as well, I recommend. read more

Total experience was great. Food was excellent and my server did an awesome job. His name was Sean.

Good service and fast food preparation. We've been here a few times. It's a great place for families and people with young kids since there's a playground and outdoor seating. We're didn't wait long to get seated or to have someone come by and take our order. There's even a photographer that stops by to take pictures and you can purchase it. There's a large selection of margaritas but I'm more of a mojito girl. The one I got is good but didn't have much mint. You also get chips and salsa to get you going before your food arrives. Our waitress let me custom order two shredded chicken tacos with a side of rice and beans. It was good and filling. My boyfriend got the taco salad, it was good but the shell didn't taste good. It tasted like rancid oil or chemicals so he didn't eat it. He's had it before and not had this problem. I saw a few people get the soft serve sothe machine is around somewhere if you'd like a dessert. read more

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We had Sean as our waiter and he was great, quick efficient service!! Very friendly and helpful , great attitude!

Met a friend up here cause this place ain't nowhere close to my crib but it was pretty good experience. The food was delicious, served hot and they have NUMEROUS flavors of margaritas to get the party started! I mean, lots! The chips and salsa didn't disappoint either. The service was friendly and we heard a birthday celebration so kudos to them for that. Kind of a lost art in restaurants these days or maybe I haven't seen it cause I do go to them as much as pre-COVID. The tacos we had were really good and also tried one of the wings. It's definitely not Pappasitos outrageous prices but they're a couple dollar or two more than typical. But with prices of everything today, I'm not surprised by much. read more

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Go to for enchiladas! Fried avocados are good too! Staff is always great. Everything is always clean too!

My first time visiting Food and service was great we got there about 950pm with 8 of us they still let us in an treated us like we were the first customer the one located in baytown .. read more

The service was good, but the food tasted like it had been pre-made. I even had to ask them to remake my dish, and it came back in about five minutes which tells me it wasn't cooked fresh. For the quality of the food, the price just isn't worth it. My daughter and I came back home and threw up all the food. Unfortunately, I wouldn't recommend this place. read more

I usually eat a salad but I ate the Deluxe Dinner today for the first time in a long time. The chips, tostado, taco and guacamole, were all stale. The amount of guacamole on the plate was so small. The price, however, was much higher than in the past. It made me sad that the quality of the food had decreased significantly. I have been eating at Iguana Joe's for many years. Long before this location opened. read more

The staff and food are great with quick service. The restaurant is always well staffed and clean.

Ambience is always casual here. I read a review after the fact that someone posted here that they asked for hot red sauce and were charged extra for it. Well, I came to try out the chicken fajita tomatillo sauce enchiladas since someone in our party had them before and said they were really good. They were very good and fresh but my disappointment was that nowhere on this menu as you can see below says that the sauce of your choice for the enchiladas is extra. Well it was. They charged me .49 for each order (3) for the green sauce plus we asked to make sure that the 2 eat in orders weren't dry if they could please make sure that they had enough sauce. Well, they charged me another $3.98 for that on top of the .39 per order. RIPOFF, this is so wrong of them but of course the kids working there are only doing as told. Never have I gone to any restaurant where they charge according to a sauce used for your enchiladas. The waitress said the only sauce they don't charge for is the gravy sauce enchiladas. Really??? Does everyone eat fake enchiladas? This is the reason why I only gave 2 stars and because our waitress really didn't want to hear it. Below is also my receipt to prove what they charged. They have lost a customer for sure and hope they realize that there are plenty of authentic Mexican restaurants that are not going to charge you for something that is on the menu as a choice. Wrong, wrong, wrong. read more

Iguana Joe's - Enchilada choice on menu - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

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So let me start out by saying that I live in California. With that being said, California doesn't have real Mexican food. They have American Mexican food. I come down to Houston quite often and I had doordashed this specific restaurant to my girlfriend's house and I had the kids portion of a cheese, enchilada beans and rice. Oh my goodness! A huge world of difference between Texas Mexican and California Mexican. Incredible beans! Incredible rice! And the cheese enchilada was perfect with their not so hot salsa. It comes with a nice amount of chips with your meal and it was completely. I can't even explain it different than California Mexican. My husband had cheese enchiladas with beans and rice and he also had the chicken flautas. To die for very very good. Not too crunchy not too crispy perfect. The doordash delivery guy delivered it on time. No problems. Everything went well. As for the ambience, I can't say because I didn't go to the restaurant itself. However, I'm sure it's super cute. read more

This was my first time ordering from Iguana Joe's. It was delivered warm, very warm. Great packaging. Three items were chosen from the menu. I'm in love with this version of a Tamale. Just the right mixture of filling and masa. Should have ordered more than one. The regular order of the Sea Dawg and the Guacamole seal the deal. I've found my new go-to restaurant for Mexican food. read more

Iguana Joe's - Tamale - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Simply the best! Food is awesome but their drinks are top notch! Get here every chance I get. read more

Iguana Joe's - Margaritas!!!! - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

Went in on this past Friday (6/20/2025) afternoon to have lunch I was sat in Belinda's section (great server) the food and service was excellent! Everything was good besides how hot it was in the restaurant. It was so hot that we could not enjoy our meals. Went to the bathroom before leaving and it was hot in there too. Love that before we left the manager came by our table to make sure everything was good. I am not sure how the workers work in that restaurant it is way too hot anyone for a long period of time. read more

My friends took me there for my birthday. The food was delicious. The waitress was wonderful. The soaps were delicious and they even brought me a sundae an ice cream sundae for my birthday. It was a wonderful time. They sang happy birthday. It was great thank you guys. read more

Placed order for pick up through DoorDash, when I arrived at Iguana Joe's my order was not ready so I waited. I was only customer waiting, brought out about 5-8 minutes later. I live literally 3 minutes tops from location and food was not hot when we opened containers. Their food cost too much to have to rewarm all the food at home...it should of at least been warm. I will NEVER order from them again read more

The food was amazing the service was great and the sauce was good the place look so cool the employees mood was SOO GOOD the music was great and funny I will definitely recommend 5 STARS! read more

Im truly saddened by my experience while dining this evening. I visit this location often and nothing like this has ever happened. I went to the host who was very pleasant, i told her id like to Sit in the patio area so i could be assessable to the playground (had young ones with me). She escorted me to the patio area where i waited around 20 minutes before heading to the bar to open a tab. Multiple servers saw me. I stopped a server to see if possibly i could get service, i told him i brought drinks in the mean time & i headed back to my table. A manager came out to speak to me. He deflected the me being at my table for that long unattended, seemed annoyed and hurried away after assuring someone would be over. Ben was our server he was semi attentive & the manager seemed to hate his life/job i get it tho I'm in the industry too ( hate to pull that card) just know how it is. Not tryna be a Karen Service sucked made me feel unwanted, drinks and food i had to beg for were good Bartender was polite she made my experience semi better Tried to leave reviews on toast yalls POS ‍ read more

Iguana Joe's - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

Food, great. Service, great. Ambiance, trash. TURN DOWN THE STUPID MUSIC. You're running a restaurant not a club. If your customers have to raise their voices to speak to each other or have to constantly ask the server to repeat themselves then it's too loud. We asked the server to ask the manager to turn it down, it never was turned down. Anyhow, the server said that they had a big lunch rush earlier and it was really loud so the manager decided to the music up. Music is supposed to be background noise in a restaurant not the main attraction. I love the food and cringe every time I walk in. It's just too much! TURN IT DOWN! read more

The restaurant was very accommodating for the party size I was there with. I'm happy about that. Staff was pretty nice to us. Our waiter visited our table frequently. The soup was decent although my avocado started browning around the edges. I wasn't thrilled about that. I removed it myself without complaining. The enchiladas was good. I'll probably try something different on the next visit but overall everything was ok read more

Iguana Joe's - Spinach Enchilada Dinner with fajita chicken - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Food always good but I wish the salsa was homemade. We were there Mother's Day and was seated right away and food brought out quickly and it was busy. read more

Iguana Joe's - Rodriguez, dinner - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

Food and service were both beyond 5 stars. My hubby is vegan and the manager came out to accommodate him. Justine, our waitress, was amazing. She smiled from the time we arrived until we left. Hands down this was a great experience!!! read more

I've been coming to this restaurant on Wallisville and Beltway 8 for years. The food is really good and the wait staff is on point. Even the bartenders make sure that your drinks are always full. I highly recommend this place read more

I ordered chicken tacos and they were loaded with chips and lettuce but chicken. So bad. Also I asked for hot salsa and guess what???? They brought me a big ass bowl of salsa that wasn't even hot and they told me they will charge me for it. Seriously??? I have never been asked to pay for salsa in a Mexican/texmex restaurant. Ridiculous read more

Iguana Joe's - I asked for hot salsa, they literally brought a bowl of salsa that wasn't even hot and they charge me for it!!! Seriously? - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

So Disappointing!!! I stopped by on my way home. ordered takeout for Two people. My order was incorrect!! We could not eat. I planned to return the order but decided to trash the whole bag after a couple of days. read more

I recently had a fantastic experience at Iguana Joe's. The convenience of their app made placing a to-go order a breeze. The interface was user-friendly, and my meal was ready on time, enhancing my overall dining experience. read more

love this place! food, drinks, staff and even management are always on point. love bringing my family here, we come to the atascocita location but can't wait to try out the other locations too! read more

Dianne p. Was our waitress she was very attentive and accommodated our children! Food was good but service was great. Service goes a long way especially when you have children. Thank you Diana for making a great dining experience. read more

Great Service Jose N! Food came quickly and he checked back with me before I had to ask for a refill. Jose also let me know if any extra charges for the things I ordered! Great job! read more

My family & I (party of 3) came in on a Saturday after rolling skating and surprisingly we were seated right away.. No wait it's a great way to start. We weren't there 5 minutes before someone was bringing us fresh chips & salsa, the chips were warm and crisp (just how I like them!) Eventually our server Aaliyah came & greeted us, she was super friendly and hella patient!!! I had no idea what I wanted but she made sure to give suggestions, and extra time so that I could figure it out. My daughter got the kids meal Tostino's Pizza Roll & waffle fries which looked good.. not like those little ass pizza rolls in the frozen section at walmart lol her dad got the enchilada plate which came with beans and rice - i don't care for beef but they did taste good/flavorful. I had a full order of chicken nachos - i had to ask for lettuce because that wasn't included (kinda weird but whatever) all the toppings were good, but the chips tasted a bit stale. I wish they would have used the appetizer chips for my nachos, i also ordered a Mojito which was nice & sweet.. however I asked for margarita salt on the rim and they gave me sugar instead. Lastly, I thought it was pretty cool that they allow a photographer to roam the place & ask patrons if they want a photo taken. They give you 1 for free (the advertisement of Iguana Joe's is bigger than you actual picture smh lol) the professional picture that he takes has great lighting and photoshop with a fancy gloss, 2 pics for $20 plus the free one.. not bad and it makes the time go by. I would like to visit again, I just hate that the chips were stale, but Aaliyah was great!!!! I also forgot my very nice Old Navy Pea Coat in the booth and didn't realize it until that Monday. I called to ask about it & the staff had kept it for me & told me it would be available for me to pick up. I REALLY appreciate that because this coat is Fly AF! lol read more

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We experienced great service at this location. Our team visited during our retreat for a quick dinner and Abri the hostess was professional and prompt from the start of us arriving. During the visit our waiter Alvin, was extremely knowledgeable, personable, and friendly the entire time. Abri was such a sweetheart and paid attention to details as one of our table members dropped her silverware and without hesitation she brought a replacement over to us! Overall, the food was delivered fast and delicious! Service was personable and A+! read more