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    Taquerias Arandas

    3.5 (108 reviews)
    Open 7:30 am - 11:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    Very loud
    Good for kids

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    Love to eat here when having a Mexican food craving! Service is fast & all the servers there have always been kind and mindful during our visit.

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    Fox E.

    This place is located all Arandas and I love it. This is a Houston staple with a bunch of great locations, and while their food is far from being the best in town, they have long hours and hearty portions and are pretty good as far as Mexican food goes, with some Tex-Mex elements as well. If you haven't eaten one, it's definitely worth a try, and while nothing I've ever had here has been sensational, they're also not offering a lot of bad experiences either. Arandas is one of the most useful (*yes, I said useful) restaurant chains in the Houston area because they have a good standard of partially/mostly-authentic Nuevo Laredo-style Mexican Cuisine which tastes good and will fill you right up. And more importantly they are open way into the night. Service can be pretty good or bad depending on who is getting your stuff for you. Arandas has amazing salsa, especially the green one. (Barbie reminded me of that). Everything is good, a little on the greasy side but then so is your Dad whenever he hires me as a rent boy. Okay, it's not on the level of a La Bala on Bellaire, La Bala on Beechnut, or Regia on Long Point, but we are still talking about excellent Mexican food, even with the extraordinarily high standards in Houston. Prices are affordable and there are not many things open this late, not which are this good, especially down here in Pasadena. And you know, as the song says: I eat it off my fingers, I eat it off Barbie's toes Love is all Arandas, and so the feeling grows It's written on the border, it's everywhere I go So if you really love Mexicans, come on and get tacos

    5 taquitos: 2 chicken, 3 beef
    Sarah G.

    This was our first visit to any Taquerias Arandas. We just kind of felt "meh" about the experience. Upon pulling into the parking lot at 1pm, we were a bit worried as there were only a couple other cars there. We contemplated going somewhere else. The interior had a "diner-like" feel. We sat ourselves and picked a circular corner booth. The music was uncomfortably loud throughout our entire experience. my husband had trouble hearing the waitress when she took our order. In addition to the music, there was an overwhelming smell of cleaning products/hand lotion/perfume? We couldn't put our finger on the smell but it was overpowering and gave me a headache... along with the music. While looking around, I noticed how dirty the air vents were. I always notice cleanliness of places. Unfortunately, it makes me question how clean the kitchen is. The menu was tough to read for us non Hispanic individuals. Everything was printed first in Spanish and then in English... it was confusing and made reading the menu that much more time consuming. Each time our server came to take our order we needed more time to look over the menu. We eventually went with the #2 special: Fajitas Marinadas, the 5 taquitos meal, a kids chicken nugget meal and an order of fries. Overall, the food just seemed really bland, lacking any flavor. Neither my husband nor I cared for the charro beans which appeared to have cut up hotdogs in it (which kind of turned my stomach upon first glance.) I snuck a fry and a nugget from my kid's plate to evaluate the taste and they tasted like old grease... not pleasant to me but my kids cleaned their plates so it must not have bothered them. The chips and salsa were ok. I didn't care for the warm "tomato soup" salsa. The other one wasn't bad though. Price seemed high for what we got. With tip, $50 for 2 drinks, 2 adult meals, 1 kids meal and an order of fries. Our waitress was friendly but oftentimes when we needed her, we had to wait awhile before she came around. This was especially true when it came time for the check. It felt like an eternity when we just wanted to get out of there. All in all, sadly, we were not impressed. This will most likely be our one and only Taquerias Arandas visit. With numerous other Mexican restaurants around, we'll try a different one next time.

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    Carla G.

    So very disappointed! we made a quick stop (me and my kids) service is not the friendliest (not the most polite)but they get the job done lol I did have to ask for new chips they brought me old chips and they were all broken! I try to give places the benefit of the doubt but will not be coming back! La comida esta vieja, no esta fresca el arroz lo calientan en el microondas! Las flautas no le hecharon pollo como en el vídeo no ten dan sour cream! La mera verdad por $30 pude haber ido a Cicis pizza mejor! Te train tu comida y ya no regresan a preguntar si necesitas algo mas, o si quisieras algo mas! Tanta hambre que traía y hasta se me quitó! Muchas moscas adentro del restaurante!Que desepsion Do not recommend!

    Joe R.

    Solid spot. Fresh made orange juice this Sunday. You know what to expect at this spot. Will continue to come by.

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    Shelia M.

    The food was good but I asked for a special order. I guess the couldn't give me 3 different enchiladas but thanks for replacing the refried beans to charro beans. The beef was okay but not that tender that's why I wanted a cheese enchilada. But overall it was a good lunch for me and the Uber driver was really friendly. I would recommend.

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    Our waitress was zoe amazing and the margarita was really strong !! Get the pineapple margarita!!!!

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    The food was delicious and amazing customer service !!! Definitely recommend there burritos :)

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    The birria tacos are so delicious ! Awesome customer service! And I love watching the soccer/football games on the tvs.

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    I love the tacos,tortas and also being able to watch the football/soccer games they have playing on the screen.

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