Our breakfast place of choice for a hearty breakfast. Their quesadillas and burritos are huge…read more Portions are generous for the price. Staff is good and decor inside is cool. Thank you so much for the 19 salsas with our order without asking for extras. I love the pineapple habanero.

My main issue would be with the young man taking orders up front - he had an attitude that showed…read morethrough strongly of " I would rather be anywhere but here" - I really expected the food to be better with the lines I see here for breakfast - was on the bland side - nice looking place (gives off a bar vibe until you open the door) but just could not get over his nonchalant attitude (no customer service skills) - wife joked that he is probably related to the owners because that's the only way he probably keeps his job

Hole in the wall REAL Mexican food. You won't find your Tex-mex menu here. If you're looking for…read moregreat tacos, tortas, gorditas, then this is the place to be. Highly recommend!

From the owner: Authentic Mexican food here in Center, TX. We've been serving 15 plus years on Travis Street…read more Authentic tacos, gorditas and Menudo! If you love mexican food, then come try home-made beans, rice and corn tortillas!

Good quality fajita served quickly and piping hot! Nicely fluffy rice perfectly seasoned! Needed…read moreonly one extra tortilla but she brought out three! No charge! Service was on point also!

I had noticed that the place had a lot of vehicles in parking lot every time I passed by…read moreIt seemed to be a very popular restaurant To me it was a big disappointment I ordered Ala cart The most bland Chile Reano (sp) I have ever had The Chicken Enchilada I ordered was just as bland Cannot recommend

Wowza! Live guacamole and homemade tortillas WITH your own tiny salsa bowl. Say less…read more Queso was unique and yummy. I ordered the pineapple it was delicious. Lots of food. Only bummer was we ran out of chips. Fast and friendly service.

Great menu, great food and great service ! Definitely recommend this restaurant, cute decorations…read moretoo.

One of Lufkin''s popular lunch spots, lunch specials are offered here so of course my coworkers and…read moreI hit this place up when we have an assignment in Lufkin. The Tex-Mex options here involve your normies such as enchiladas, quesadillas, burritos, fajitas, nachos, and tacos. All of these (or a combination of these) are part of the express lunch menu which is what we usually order. Most of the time, people in our group get some sort of enchiladas with the favorites being the avocado or the verde due to the sauces and cheesiness mixed in. The avocado is probably my favorite since I'm an avocado lover with the taste and texture. Other favorites are the street tacos where it comes with three tacos and the rice and beans. These tacos are quite large so it's not the traditional mexican street tacos with the onions/cilantro on the miniature tortillas. They are also packed and I mean PACKED with proteins; I've only gotten the al pastor cause I keep coming back to it. Something about it that makes it addicting with the tenderness of the meat and spices. We'll have to try dinner here sometime cause they have quite the selection of entrees such as the drunken shrimp, fajita platter, and pollo poblano. Bueno Trabajo Herraduras!

Honestly this place was fire! I wasn't expecting it to be all that from the outside (right next to…read morea cici's pizza) but walked inside and it was nice. The booths were tall and secluded so that's a plus and the food was amazing. The salsa they served was so good, I had to force myself not to eat it all with the chips and the main dish itself was so fresh and flavorful. I got the California bowl and my husband got a chicken plate and it was just great. For the price and the portion size, everything was on point. I got the non alcoholic cucumber drink and that was fresh too. The staff was nice and attentive. The food did take some time to come out but it's because everything was so fresh and definitely worth the wait.

Excellent food, friendly staff, excellent food. Whenever we're in Lufkin-and sometimes when we're…read morekind of close (70 miles away)- we swing by Cafe Del Rio. I'm so sad they closed the one in Beaumont. Today, I had chicken flautas and Mike had the Botanas starter. The flautas were crisp and yummy. Mike enjoyed his food too. I can't wait to have my leftovers!

The service is excellent. The food was tasty and the…read morecorrect temperature. The lunch specials are reasonably priced and very large. The decor is "cutesy " Mexican. The only tip is : drink water. The iced tea is quite overpriced. (I know restaurants use the profit on drinks to keep the food cost lower, but $3,50 a glass is really out of line. )

Service was slow to start with…read more But improved Speaking Spanish definitely made the waitress more responsive Flautas with rice and beans Plat was hot which is always a bonus Street taco and chicken tostada were Molly's choice She liked it Ambiance was fine They had decorations on the wall and vibrant table cloths I do recommend you try them Menu was straightforward and not very expansive but enough They serve breakfast too Lots of people came and left with to go orders Check them out

This place doesn't look like much from the outside. Walked in and was greeted right away and told…read moreto sit where we want. They sell all drinks by the can or bottle. The menu is small, but the portions are HUGE! I got the children's chicken enchiladas with rice and beans. They were delicious! My husband got the chicken Diablo and it was really good and fresh! You can tell everything is made to order and hot! Our server kept checking on us and the place started to get pretty busy! We will be back when passing through. If you live in the area, you're lucky!!

The food was very good and the service was exactly what we expected. We were a large group and they…read morewere totally ready and setup for us

This small family owned Mexican restaurant is amazing. We had excellent food and the sweetest…read morewaitress! I'm so glad we stopped here.

It was late and I was in town on business and staying at Hampton Inn just off I20. I was hungry and…read morenot wanting to go anywhere and there was El Taco was right out front so I Yelped them and they had decent reviews. Side note about reviews, when I see a bunch of 1 stars, I take a look at those reviews to see what was the problem and who the reviewer is. If you do reviews only when something doesn't go your way, that holds very little weight in my opinion. In the other hand, if the 1stars are coming from Elite members, then there maybe a problem. Anyway, back to the review. I checked out the online menu and decided I'd go with their #2 most popular dish, Crazy Rice. I got the one with all the meats. It comes with chips n salsa. Order was ready in about 15 minutes and 1st thing I noticed when I picked up the bag was it was heavy. Got back to the room and found out why. The large tin container was packed full of rice with queso and shrimp and grilled chicken and beef fajitas. I was packed. More of an appetizer, and maybe it is/was. I was able to eat about 1/4 of it using the chips as a spoon. I put the leftover in the frig for later. Not going to waist for sure. So next time I'm in Marshall, I know what I'm getting. Sure beats the tuna packs and crackers I usually eat at night when I'm on the road. Later.

This place is a mediocre Tex mex with awful service. My boys wanted to take their mom out for…read moreMother's Day and she got the worst experience. To put it short she canceled her quesadillas after she got them. They were soggy and looked like they fried the tortilla. We ordered taco salad and that was soggy. Will not be eating there anymore. I usually don't like to complain but this time they really out did themselves. The owner wasn't there so nothing was corrected.

I pop in to Tia Juanita's about every week or so. Overall, I like the place. The food is good and…read morethe service is good as wee. When live music is being played, it's not obnoxious. I really haven't had a bad time yet. The only thing that frustrates me is that the hostesses often want to seat me in the other side of the restaurant from the bar side. I sat there once and hated it. In fact, I got up and left. IT's loud and dingy and the atmosphere is the opposite of what I go there for. The problem I see is that the bar side has too many large tables. A person going alone is going to want to be on that side. Overall, I haven't had a bad experience and it's nice to pop in for a cold beer and some oysters.

Eclectic decor inside- Our waitress Stormy was a bit non responsive- apparently has been employed…read morethere for awhile & lacked knowledge on whether their beans contained pork/lard. When we asked, she just replied, "I don't know" & I asked her if she could please go check so we know if we need to find something else to order if need be. Two managers both came over & they apologized & explicitly. The blackened chicken & veggies with the pineapple mango salsa was tasty but the rice was bland. Husbands redfish tacos were huge & blackened as well. Very tasty though he too agreed the rice was flavorless. They do charge $3.99 for chips & salsa.