visited papasitos today sunday february 3, 2026, austin, tx. Myself my granddaughter and daughter waited 35 minutes to be seated. Once seated, another 30 minutes and we still were not served. i understand that this was a high traffic day, i did not appreciate the total lack of courtesy. we never ever saw are waitress not a very happy experience i will think twice about going there again. read more

Food was fantastic, the restaurant was clean and matched the theme. The staff is what put it over the top for us. They were attentive and we would have come in for the ice cream desert on its own. Highly recommend! read more

Convenient to where I was staying. Friendly bar service - ate right in the counter. Steak fajita taco was perfectly cooked -- but at $15 a taco -- man, glad I was on business. Garden salad was quite filling and fresh. read more

I don't usually write dining reviews, but I'd be remiss not to give Kerry his flowers. The service here is always excellent, but this Tuesday night was exceptional. Kerry was smooth, attentive, and fast--keeping our tortillas and water refilled without us ever needing to ask. The kind ladies who brought out our food added a special touch, carefully opening the linen so we could each grab a fresh tortilla to start our main course. As always, the food was phenomenal, and the experience was top-notch. This is one of our favorite restaurants for a reason--we'll be back soon and hoping to sit in Kerry's section again! read more

This place is the bomb! I went with my friend while at a conference in Austin. Pappasito's was walking distance from the hotel. We went Saturday night and had a blast. Had a few drinks and appetizers and everything was delicious. Their guacamole was so tasteful and fresh. I like that it had some queso fresco sprinkle on top. Their chips are obviously made there and so are their tortillas. Sooo good. We had so much fun that we came back Sunday for lunch before we left Austin. I had their beef fajitas steak quesadilla- it was filled with steak, toasty on the outside and the perfect amount of cheese inside. They were huge too. I had maybe 1/2 and brought the rest home for the next day. I know there is a Pappasito's at Dallas and I am wondering if they are as good as the Austin location. Need to go check it out soon. This location was huge. So many tables yet the service was good. They had lots of servers. This place is very family oriented. Lots of ppl with their kids/families having a feast. I recommend this place 100%!! read more

My family came into town and they have never been to Pappasito's. They loved the food and the service was fantastic! We had fajitas, enchiladas, and burritos and they were all delicious! Desserts were to die for. Thank you AJ for your amazing service and making my family's visit memorable! read more

I had Handmade Pork Tamales and Beef enchilada with rice and charro beans and it was excellent. Fresh hot tasty and ample amounts. Service was fast friendly and pleasant. We had the brownie with vanilla ice cream and it was good. We will come back for sure read more

The food here is very delicious. The chicken fajitas are always the star of the show and the portions are very large. We always come for the queso with ground beef in it - incredible! The service is great - even when it is very busy inside. The longest I've had to wait, even when busy, is 20 minutes. The ambiance is very cute and you can tell they care about their own heritage as a restaurant. read more

Pappasito's Cantina - Chicken fajitas - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

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We asked to see to sit on the patio and we were told that they did not have a server for the patio yet "5" servers were talking gathering and talking by the bar. The food not amazing this time read more

I placed a large order earlier this year and was pleasantly surprised at how accommodating the delivery driver, Bobbi Jo, was. She brought everything up in the building and helped pack it in our cart so we could take it over to the Capitol. Thank you!! read more

This used to be the go- to place for Mexican food. My friend and I went last Saturday and it was such a disappointment. The prices were extremely high for what we ordered. I don't mind paying 15 dollars for a margarita if it was really good. I spent 50 dollars on an entree, small queso and a margarita. The waiter got our order wrong and we received no apology from him or the manager. (The manager came by to see what had happened). There was no apology or any kind of compensation for the wrong order even from the manager. I have been disappointed the last 2 times I went so I don't plan on returning. read more

The service was phenomenal. The beef and chicken fajitas were perfectly seasoned and cooked, as were the shrimp brochette. Everything was high quality and well done. read more

The food was good, there weren't a lot of people there. Our waiter kept forgetting our drinks/untensils and food. When we got out food it was good but it wasnt fresh and hot. And the queso took too long to arrive. By the time we got the queso i was already full. And to make it worse the queso tasted off, so did the food i ordered. read more

Pappasito's Cantina - Beef Fajita Quesadillas w/ Taco - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

This Pappasito's needs a whole new working staff and manager staff as well. This is the 2nd time i've come to this location, both times we had horrible service. Someone needs to get checked here because the locations in Houston and San Antonio are nothing like this one. Sad to see such a good restaurant go downhill due to the staff. read more

Brought my out of state friends here for the first time and they loved it. It was busy but we were able to get a seat at the bar and sip on margs while we waited. Serving size is huge, chips and salsa is always good, and we loved our server! They really enjoyed their experience here. read more

Great service, food and drinks. They have lunch specials that give a lot of options to choose from. Perfect place for a birthday or date night. read more

Food and service was wonderful. Great atmosphere. Our waitress was wonderful and very helpful. read more

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Absolutely love Pappasito's! Especially this one. Service is always top tier, food is consistently great, it's always our go-to. Never had a bad margarita from this one read more

Ordered curbside online. It was super easy to use. And our food was delivered at the time we requested. We had the fajita family pack and it was delicious! Pappasitos is a must when we're visiting Austin and it does not disappoint! We love the food and atmosphere! It's usually packed during peak hours so be prepared to wait. But no worries, you can enjoy a margarita! read more

Kitchen was _very_ slow today and some of the food wasn't as hot as it should have been. Service was inattentive for chips and drinks. This is not a restaurant which should take 40+ minutes from seating to food arriving. No explanation or acknowledgment of the delay. The tamales (on the appetizer menu) I ordered to come with the meal weren't hot. Otherwise the food was good but disappointing on this trip. read more

Pricey but delicious. Watermelon margarita was perfect. My chicken fajitas were tender and came with butter which I found unusual, taking a healthy dish and adding butter to it. Gave it to my bf and he enjoyed it with his beef fajitas. Sides were good. Cool seeing autographs from celebrities like Emilio Estevez. Cesar was our setver and he was good. read more

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Everything was amazing for our girls night out. Food was amazing! We had queso and Fajitas amazing! Best part was our server, Luna! She was phenomenal! She made the experience ever better. ​ read more

Great service, convenient location. Decent soup and Mexican entree. The Pappas brothers draw crowds with their various locations, but I still prefer a mom-and-pop place of which Austin has zillions. read more

Awesome restaurant always a nice staff and great food with plenty of fun and always on point

Tourist Review - Pappasito's is part of a large restaurant group with multiple restaurants throughout Texas and neighboring states. Think of Pappasito's as an upscale On The Border. I generally avoid these types of restaurants when traveling because I'd rather get a more local and less corporate experience. But this place was next door to our hotel and it seemed to be the perfect choice for dinner after flying in from San Diego. On a Tuesday evening this place was packed and we just got the last table before the real crowds arrived. Many restaurants in Cali are still blocked from indoor dining so this was great! First off, the menu is priced as if we were dining in a Tourist Trap district ( think the Stockyards in Fort Worth, or Old Town in San Diego). It was a bit shocking to see such high prices from a chain restaurant's laminated menu. We ordered one regular Beef Fajitas at $40, one regular bowl of Tortilla Soup $8 (But if you want chicken and Avocado it's $11.25) and one large Margarita $16. All in, over $70 for two people ( that's with splitting the Fajitas, splitting a soup and one adult drink). Very Pricey indeed... But how was the food? This place is known for their beef fajitas and that didn't disappoint. This was truly higher quality product and cooked to perfection. This wasn't your typical cheap and chewy flank, skirt or hanger steak that you might find being used on other chain's Fajitas. Two people can split a regular Fajitas because it's a large portion of beef. So basically $20 a person which is still very expensive. Remember, these guys are also pretty cheap with the included guac and pico de gallo. The only grilled vegetable that was included on the fajitas plate was grilled onions. They should have added more color to their fajitas by including peppers, just like everyone else does on the planet. Despite being delicious it simply wasn't worth $40. In the end what truly defines Pappachito's is their "Sopa de Tortilla". There is no such thing as Tortilla Soup without chicken and avocado. This is how you know that Pappachito's is a large commercial chain restaurant. What this place did was create something called tortilla soup that has been stripped of authentic and traditional ingredients. If you want to add those ingredients back into the soup it costs you an additional 3.25.. Total douchbag accountant move. Even Chili's and On the Border don't do this. The price of the soup isn't worth it regardless if it had chicken or not. Also, what's up with putting mozzarella in this soup anyway? Is that some Tex-Mex thing? Blah.. - Salsa was watery Summation - Pappachito's is too expensive for what you get. The flank steak was tender and delicious but the accompanying sides were small and cheap. Not worth the price. Everything else on the menu is also crazy overpriced ($24 for a beef quesadilla ?!?!?l) and I come from a State where everything is generally more expensive than the rest of the country. Save this place for very special occasions, not casual dining. read more

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My husband and I love going to Pappasitos. It's consistently delicious, good service and good pricing. We always leave full and with left overs. Ambience is very casual but still highly recommend! read more

Pappasito's Cantina - Best fajitas!!! - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

Papasitos is absolutely my favorite Tex Mex restaurants. The chips are always fresh and salted. I came yesterday looking due the Mahi Mahi but they discontinued the dish!!!!! Pleassssssse bring it back and keep on menu. Hands down it was my favorite thing on the menu. The second best is the shrimp fajitas, the butter is the extra topper that sets it apart from any other fajitas. The shrimp is peeled and seasoned perfectly and the veggies. I have no complaints read more

Pappasito's Cantina - Shrimp fajitas - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

The place can really accommodate large groups, and the staff is incredibly friendly. The house margarita was delicious. I would recommend this place to really indulge in a cheat meal. read more

I stay at the hotel next-door a couple times a month and I've never eaten at this place. I decided to try it out for the first time I went for lunch fajitas. They were super tasty. Amazing chips and salsa was out the door for about 20 bucks my service was fabulous thank you Constain. You were amazing. My only complaint would be that the host Alex told me I couldn't eat outside, which was strange because they had tables and when I left people were eating outside. It was a beautiful day. The weather was perfect. Talk to a manager. She said he made a mistake so if they tell you, you can't eat outside ask for a manager. read more

Food 5 stars Ambiance 4 stars Service 5 stars I really enjoyed dining here from beginning to end. The hostess was very accommodating when I asked for different seating. I appreciated it because we just left from a bad experience with another venue. Once sat our waitress immediately greeted us and took our drink orders then returned shortly to gather our food orders. She was extremely polite and I originally wanted to salmon but they were out. She apologized and I explained that I understood and wasn't disappointed. She was so attentive and checked on us the entire night and refilled our drinks. Towards the end multiple people asked if we'd like to order anything else to eat or drink due to the kitchen closing. This was so thoughtful. I also have to say the food was so delicious. These have to be some of the best charro beans I've had in Austin. The rice was so fluffy and tasted as well. The butterfly shrimp with the lime butter made my heart smile. I can't wait to come back and hopefully try the salmon if not I'll try something else offered on the menu. Thank you for turning a bad evening great for us. read more

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Always love Pappasito's no matter what city we are in. This location is doing a great job with social distancing tables and such. Very clean. They eating patios are heated as well. We didn't have to wait at all on a Sunday for lunch. Our waitress was very friendly and very attentive. She even gave a drink to go. The chips and salsa is always a favorite here. Love how crispy and thin the chips are. They serve warm salsa as well. I ordered the cheese enchilada lunch plate. Asked for queso on top. I think they used regular cheese and not queso so make sure you ask for the queso dip. Price is a little high for the plate but when going to a Papas place, you know you'll be paying more. read more

Pappasito's Cantina - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

So much food. Holy cow. I ate plenty and same taking home enough for another meal. Incredible. The chips are warm and fresh. The margaritas were fire!!!!!. Great prices. Ask for Kilee!!! Fast friendly professional service. read more

Kenyon took a bite out of my food and took my drink and drank and then when I came to address it he cussed me out and said never come back. No customer service I will NOT be coming back EVER!!!! If I could give yall 0 stars I most definitely would. read more

Get these fajitas at the restaurant. I've had them to-go during the pandemic and it wasn't the same. My favorite is the mixed fajitas. It is enough for two if your moderately hungry and you eat the chips and salsa. The chicken is breast meat and the beef is very flavorful. The onions are nice and sweet. This place has been around since the 90s and so their system is efficient. Don't forget the butter! read more

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I love this restaurant so much! Great quality of food and the service was amazing! Our food came out at a perfect pace! Loved everything we got. Full of flavor and scrumptious. We got the diablo shrimp and they for sure had a kick but i love spicy food, so these were amazing! The beef fajitas you can't go wrong with. They tasted so yummy! The meat was cooked perfectly to medium well (what we asked for) The waiter was so helpful and answered any questions we asked! Great service! I can't wait to come back soon! The ambiance was also really nice. read more

Pappasito's Cantina - beef fajitas Diablo Shrimp (dz) - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

The food is ok. But I think the best part art of Pappasitos are drinks! I would literally come here (mainly) to sit at the bar and order drinks and have some nachos. read more

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Good flavor on the fajitas. Salsa was super spicy today. Not a lot of food for $55. This was the large portion. Portions seem to get smaller and smaller. read more

Pappasito's Cantina - Large chicken fajitas - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

The food definitely needs to improve. It's obvious the recipe has changed. This is not the same pappasitos that I've always known and loved. When you serve boil chicken as chicken fajita that's not ok. Fajitas should be sizzling but that didn't happen. The guacamole not authentic. Whoever thought it was a good an idea to put pumpkin seeds, nuts, and radish in guacamole needs to be fired. Horrible idea to change recipe for guacamole. Please go back to the original recipe for all the food and fire whoever thought it was a good idea to change it. Perhaps they'd do better service at a natural grocer or something. Pappasitos isn't it. read more

By far the best fajitas in town. Chicken, beef, even shrimp which I am normally not a fan of is extremely amazing here. They have a positive vibe and atmosphere; I am looking forward very much to going back. Their desert options are absolutely phenomenal as well. Everyone that works there is very nice and cannot wait to return. read more

I LOVE Pappasitos so much! I literally dream about the queso (regular and fundido). Can never go wrong with the chicken enchiladas but also a big fan of their fajitas. Jasmin at the bar has always taken great care of us every time we go and every server we've had always provides amazing service. It's a great spot for any occasion. I can't wait to go back!! read more