Have to rank these breakfast tacos at or near the top of my list (it's between here and Mary's Tacos in Boerne). One taco is really all you need. They're huge!! But I always get two because they're that good. Can't vouch for lunch or dinner, but the breakfast tacos are legit. read more

The owner seems to charge by her mood. Her fingers just go wild poking the register. I'm not going back. Lunch specials don't come with tea anymore. Food quality has gone down hill. I've had enough of that greedy owner. She on charged a couple dollars over menu price for a chorizo con huevo plate, when I asked about it she said it had meat. Wtf, there are better places. Not going back. read more

I've just had their breakfast burrito, but it is a great meal. You can't go wrong here. Love it.

Homemade Flour Tortillas! Tacos are HUGE! Start with one... thank me later. Food is amazing and staff is friendly. read more

Original Vallarta Restaurant - Carne Guisada with Cheese on Homemade Flour Tortilla - Mexican Near Me - Rockport, Texas

Don't recommend. They said that only breakfast and lunch prices are higher than what the menu says but it's in fact dinner too. Price for quesadillas was $4 higher than what's on the menu. They nickel and dime you for everything. You can't even get a side of chips to go without paying to go with the guacamole your food comes with. Ask for the prices before ordering and paying because otherwise you'll be surprised like i was about a $4 difference. Mother and daughter were both rude. No one was there when I came to order dinner to go and I see why now. I should have just turned around. It's not the way to keep business coming in. Do not recommend. So many other amazing places in Rockport with better service. read more

Just spent 40 mins to get my order wrong. Asked for a carne asada burrito just meat and cheese and got a nasty tortilla filled to the brim with ALL RICE and some sprinkles of cheese. Also ordered a gordita and a torta both of those were correct but tasted like crap. Total was $32. Avoid this place. Literally go anywhere else. Taco Bell would have been better. read more

Original Vallarta Restaurant - Carne asada burrito meat and cheese only. - Mexican Near Me - Rockport, Texas

My morning fishing stop for 20 years. The Migas are very good and come with potatoes and refried beans. Can get very busy in the mornings, especially weekends. The wait staff are friendly and work their tail off trying to keep up with patrons, but it's work the wait. Have patience, enjoy the fresh food. read more

I placed a to go order today which was a disaster. It took 3 different waitresses to take my order because none of them could understand English well enough to take the order. I was finally told 20 min. It took way longer than expected and I had to ask go my order twice. Once I finally got the order the waffles did not have the chocolate chips I asked for. I confronted the waitress and she said it was just waffles and showed me what she wrote down and said she repeated it to me. However when she repeated it to me she said chocolate chips and I know for a fact they charged me for them because I get this same order all the time and it was higher than normal which means they did charge me for the chocolate chips and not give them to me, then refused to refund me or fix the order. My tacos were not correct either. Don't bother eating here if you don't want to waste your money. read more

The best hole in the wall mexi in town. Everything is delicious. Chicken soup, breakfast tacos, and enchiladas - yummmy!!

They serve the best breakfast tacos I've ever tried, and the enchiladas and rice are my go to order. I love supporting small, family-owned businesses like this. Their COVID precautions show just how much they care about quality and safety. I will definitely come again. read more

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Visiting the area for a few days so my host recommended this hole in the wall for breakfast.Apart from misunderstanding my request for ice water and not iced tea the meal was very good.An omelet with cheese and veggies,side of sausage and perfectly cooked spuds and refried beans...no need for the tortillas,which were good.Green and red sauces were high octane.Salsa,mild but flavour full.Now when you look at the prices you know you are not going to get the best cut of this or that,so for what you get and for the money you spend this is a place I would frequent.Heard their fish meals are very good also.Friendly service. read more

Well, I must preface this review by saying I am sad to give only 1 star... my husband and I have been coming here for a couple years now. There aren't many places to eat in Rockport, especially for vegans. The Original Vallarta has always been our go-to Mexican joint in Rockport, however after this last visit we will be looking elsewhere. Love the decor and home style vibe; service was fast and friendly, as usual. Our waitress even helped us with the menu because it changed since our last visit. Everything was going great until the food came out. We both ordered the fiesta burrito - as recommended by our waitress - a simple bean burrito with lettuce and tomato smothered in enchilada sauce, came with a side of beans and rice. We made it very clear we did not want any meat, cheese or sour cream and it seemed like that was duality noted. When our burritos came out they were covered in what appeared to be a meat sauce and our side of guacamole tasted absolutely horrible. Our burritos did not have lettuce or tomato in them. I ate as much beans out of the inside of the burrito as I could and the sides of rice and beans but left with an awful stomach ache. I can understand now why this restaurant received so many terrible reviews recently... sad to see because it used to be pretty awesome. I recommend going elsewhere... read more

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Some of the best breakfast tacos in town. Call ahead to simplify your day. Love all their sauces.

This is by far the best food we have found in Rockport. Breakfast Tacos are huge and eggs are fluffy and fresh. My wife loves the chocolate pancakes. We eat lunch and dinner there also. Everything is good. (I just want to tell them they should put a privacy fence along the back driveway.) read more

My favorite Mexican place! Whatever I order is always good, and the girls that work there are really sweet

The food is ashtrays good but my only problem is that each time the price changes and then we always get charged for items that we don't get. Please make sure u check ur tickets abs did before leaving! read more

Old Rosie's, that what we've called O.V. for years. Consistently consistent, they have had the same recipes since they opened. Elena is the boss and she runs a tight ship. This is down home Mexican food, not some fancy idea from New York City. The daily specials are always priced right. Hey, it's one meal outta your life. Eat the food. Enjoy the ambiance and watch a little Spanish television. It's good for you. read more

We are locals. We've been in here several times over the years. We have friends visit here and love their tacos and breakfast deals. We have tried various items on the menu. I like the green enchiladas. If you have them make your cheese enchiladas from scratch and have onions put inside you will enjoy them more. I have also had good luck with fried scrimp. Husband had catfish special. Sunday. read more

Original Vallarta Restaurant - Scrimp special and catfish special. Came out hot and tasty. Waiter waS attentive. Owners very sweet. - Mexican Near Me - Rockport, Texas

Thank you for the fast, friendly, accurate service. Appreciate your flexibility and great food.

Got tacos to go, and opened the first one up and there was a super long ass hair in the taco. I guess they don't wait hairnets

Very average Mexican restaurant. Appears to be a favorite of locals probably because of price. We had skirt steak plate and chicken fajitas. I'm a much better cook. Would not go there again but price was right and staff was very attentive and friendly. read more

Food is good. Service sucked! Screaming kid, old man FaceTiming at the table, TV's don't work. It was funny when an woman sitting next to the screaming child told him to shut up! read more

The OG-V is what I'm gonna call ya. Thank You Thank You Thank You I have been on the West Coast way too freaking long and this place just drove it home like a railroad spike to my heart. Why?? Because OG-V is a no nonsense no frills breakfast taco serving hole in the wall taqueria on the outskirts of town. These joints haunt my dreams and wake me up to a wet pillow. Just a quick rundown of what I had. Huge breakfast tacos $1.50 a pop served on a homemade tortilla with egg, meat and smothered in their superb green salsa. Nada Mas. The non greasy chorizo was very flavorful. The sausage was a great choice. The bacon was smokey but a little skimpy with just one piece. I also heard from two in our crew that the nopalitas breakfast taco was legit but I was so full after 3 huge tacos that I couldn't dare eat another. read more

Take this place for what it is...a good cheap Mexican eat while you're in Rockport (or en route to Port A). My friends and I ALWAYS eat here for breakfast and you can't beat the prices. $1.40 for a ginormous breakfast taco?$5.00 for 2 eggs/2 biscuits w/sausage & hash browns?? The Original Vallarta is taco truck cheap and portions are plentiful. Service is decent, not great but never bad...and honestly based on the amount of money one spends to dine here you really *shouldn't* have extremely high expectations. The coffee is also surprisingly good which ranks high in my book. I'm really quite surprised I am the first to review this place...it's always crazy busy during the breakfast hours and quite a decent place to dine at. read more

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DO NOT EAT HERE. I found a piece of WIRE in my rice. Waitress did not care, did not tell the cook...and tried to charge me for the food. WILL NEVER GO BACK. NOT SAFE TO EAT HERE. read more

Original Vallarta Restaurant - piece of wire found in my food - Mexican Near Me - Rockport, Texas

This is sort of a "hole in the wall" type of restaurant. You drive down the road, almost out of town and WHAM, there it is. It's cheap, it's good. Service is iffy but for the price you really can't beat it. I had migas for breakfast after a long night of not catching fish or ZZzzz's. Add the salsa on the table and it's pretty darn good. Everything is fresh. It's not 5 star cuisine and it's way better than McDonalds. They are fast, not real friendly but they will get your food to you and it will be decent. read more

I love Elena's restaurant! She is one of the hardest working women I know and I appreciate this restaurant because of her. We've been customers since this was Rosie's in the early 1990's and the menu has changed just a little bit. Stick with the mexican food like flautas, green chicken enchiladas or fajitas plate. It's all good. It's not great but it's all good. I'm surprised at the reviews that say the service is poor--I have never had bad service at this place. Of course, I go in with a friendly attitude and greet all the waitstaff with with a big Hello! Try being really friendly. It might just pay off in better service. And, I try to remember that I'm not the only one in the store. Back to the food. For a quick, inexpensive meal, this is a great venue. We've eaten almost every menu item over the years with very few disappointments. Give Elena and her crew an opportunity. With my review in mind, I think you will agree that this Original Vallarta is a good spot to stop to eat. read more

I waited 45mins for MIGAS!! Worst service!! Rolled their eyes at me when I asked how much longer my meal was going to be. They told me there was a large group in the back. That was their excuse. While others walked out after they got tired of waiting . When I checked out I mentioned to the cashier that my meal took over 45 mins "just for migas" and she wasn't apologetic at all. She told me that I wasn't the only person waiting that long and other people were waiting for 30,45, and up to 1 hour for their meals. Then turned around to the waitress next to her to talk about me in Spanish (like I didn't understand what she was saying). Waste of time and money. The food wasn't that great. read more

Large breakfast tacos. But they tend to burn the retried beans. Good prices. Traditional Tex mex plates

Go to the other one on the other side of town. One star is too many. We arrived at noon. Everybody was eating breakfast. It was Sunday. The menu they brought was a breakfast menu even though it said breakfast ends at 11 am. We wanted lunch so after a long wait the unhappy server brought a lunch menu. Another long wait later she took our order for lunch. After 30 minutes longer, an hour total time, we decided to walk out. No food, no service, no atmosphere. I'd rather eat in a barn. We used to eat there a lot. I don't know how the service can get that bad. We have always been happy at the taqueria on the north side of town so we will go there from now on. read more

We're are from out of town and were looking for a good Mexican food place. We looked around and decided to try here. It was really good and the staff was really nice. The waiter explained some of the menu to us and helped us decide what to try. I would recommend it if your from out of town or a local. read more

Good service, good prices, rice and beans are flavorless I had to add salt to both all other food was good. I would go back.

Used to be one of my favorites in Rockport. Breakfast = Bad bad service with 100#'s of bad attitude coupled with mediocre food has made this a restaurant we will not return after coming here 2-3 times every time we visit Rockport. read more

So I give this three stars because the food is excellent but the customer service is just quite the opposite. By this I mean I ordered food from here the other day by accident and hadn't realized that I had done so and went elsewhere for my food. Which is how it should have been left I understand it is annoying to have someone call your business and order something then never get it because it is a waste of food and money but you should never call the customer and treat them badly. If you read this I am sorry for mistaking two businesses but you need to learn how to treat your customers read more

We ate here for a week straight during our trip to Rockport and it was amazing, we didn't get bored of the food and we left filled and happy every time. The breakfast tacos and breakfast in general is amazing, they don't skimp on you. Tacos are filled till they're popping. Highly recommend this place :) read more

Best Mexican food in town. Tortas are great....especially the asada torta. Always great and friendly service.

My goto place for Mexican and Tex-Mex...great breakfast this morning. Huevos Rancheros,Tripa taco and Barbacoa taco....Went for breakfast 2 days later...had the same thing...once again it was delicious. read more

Slow service, food bland and usually cold.... Wont be back after trying for about 6 diffrent times, diffrent times of day, still the same slow service, cant get order correct (weather you tell server in English or Spanish), food room temp at best, mostly cold, cant get refills.... Ok... Get the picture? Dont waste your time here! read more

Used to be one of my favorites in Rockport. Bad bad service with 100#'s of bad attitude coupled with mediocre food has made this a restaurant we will not return after coming here 2-3 times every time we visit Rockport. read more

Bad. Bland. Dirty. Wish I could only give it "half a star" and that's because the waitress was nice.