Torchy's is usually my first stop after landing in Houston. I've been twice, so far, and I still crave it whenever I am not in Texas. A friend who lives in the area (born and bred) suggested it. And I am glad she did! I am not crazy about tacos, but these are probably the most delicious tacos I've ever had. I love their Baja Shrimp tacos and the Trailer Park (chicken) tacos. I am giving them 4 stars instead of 5 because both times they were not generous with the sauce. It's so good but the portion is so little (small container). Nevertheless, my tacos were filled to the brim with every ingredient. Deliciousness in each bite. Sad to see it end. Service was ok; there's constant foot traffic so things move quickly. I am not too fond of outdoor seating (bugs and such), but we dined outside both times and no complaints, except the wind blowing our napkins away. I can't wait to go again whenever I am near the area. read more

Torchy's Tacos - Menu above register - Tex-Mex Near Me - Houston, Texas

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This place has been a go‑to favorite for my friends and me for about a decade, but it no longer resembles the restaurant or level of service we once knew and loved. We stopped in recently, and 'Jacqueline' (at least according to the receipt) gave us the worst experience we've ever had there. The bartenders and servers used to uphold a certain standard of professionalism and customer service, but that has clearly been taken off the menu. While I understand people have off days, a customer asking for diablo sauc (for the third time since ordering food) doesn't warrant a response like, "You don't need no damn diablo sauce." Completely unprofessional, unreal, and unexpected. When she finally came out from behind the bar to fulfill this simple request (with no one else at the bar or in the bar area during the entire 30+ minutes we were there), she could be heard clearly muttering "mutha fuckin diablo sauce" under her breath as she walked behind us toward the kitchen. When I asked what the attitude was about--over such a basic request--she stopped at the kitchen door, held it open, and began screaming, "You're the one with the attitude! I don't give a fuck!" I responded in kind, "No, I just asked for some diablo sauce with my meal... three times." She continued yelling, peppering her rant with expletives, before walking into the kitchen and never returning. We never saw her again. About ten minutes later, someone from the kitchen came out and allowed us to close out. I assume she was a manager or assistant manager, but she didn't acknowledge nor address the "elephant in the room" at all--just processed our checks. We left, never to return, and have already shared this ridiculous experience with our friends. read more

The bartender refused to make a bloody mary with peppers in it. Told my husband there was no peppers available behind the bar or in the kitchen. Maybe she was having a bad day and didn't want to be at work.?. Still no excuse to not serve something that is clearly on the menu. We have been enjoying spicy, bloody marys from this location for the past 7 years. And have never had a bad experience until today. read more

I got the kid's meal with avocado bites and tater tots, which comes with a kid's drink (summer soccer version comes with sticker sheet), sour cream, and ketchup. I haven't had a drink from here in a while, so I was surprised there was horchata (sweet and thick), punch (okay), lemonade, tea, and sodas. I sat at the bar, which was playing a World Cup match. There were screens on the other (2) sides of the bar and another in the corner of the dining area. Some were playing the World Cup or other games. The girl was pretty chill with me sitting there for the whole match and asked if I needed anything when there was a break or when I glanced away from the game. read more

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Prices have gone up and less meat within tacos. Service was crap, new hires have no idea where anything is such as placing in orders and their to go boxes. Their menu received an "update" but you're just paying more. They brought out the queso last. Torchy's used to be a delicious establishment, but now they charge about 7$ for a taco, when it used to be affordable considering they're not a complete dine in restaurant... or atleast more fast food to me. Go to an actual sit down restaurant for 65$ worth or grab a taco truck, better quality and reasonable pricing. read more

It seemed kind of unorganized. All turned out to be okay. Except, the ice machine was out of ice. Ask for the secret menu read more

Torchy's Tacos - Full bar - Tex-Mex Near Me - Houston, Texas

First elite review of 2026. A classic. This Torchy's I used to live in the vintage back in 2022, but this Torchy's since has gotten a huge face life. They are so efficient, they have a self order kiosk up front by the time we were finished and walking to fill out drinks. Our food came out before we could even pick a table. PHENOMENAL, the food was great per usual. Trailer parks and queso are a guaranteed hit. The manager Rob is doing a great job with running this locations. The restaurant is clean and comfortable enough to hangout at the bar and watch a game. Great experience read more

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If you're looking for a quick and filling meal then I would give this Torchy's a visit. This was my first time visiting one after raving reviews from people about it being a good Tex-Mex restaurant. There was a lot of filling in both tacos I thought the flavors were underwhelming in my opinion compared to other restaurants that serve Tex-Mex. Maybe I didn't order the right things but it was a lot of food for the value. The rice and beans lacked flavor. I may come back to try something else but I definitely would prefer other places. The service however was extremely fast for the lunch hour. read more

Torchy's Tacos - Rice Pinto Bean Combo - Tex-Mex Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Oh yeah. Oh yeah. I'm all fired up over Torchy's. Gimmie the old breakfast burrito, a pile of queso and chips, and I'm good for the day. I'm in town from The Lou ... as in St Louis ... and y'all have got some pretty good joints down here. I may have to relocate. read more

Amazing !! I have been here twice now, the restaurant is super clean and inviting, outside is kept up really nice. I'm from Seattle, so being able to sit outside and eat is something that I have always wanted to enjoy. They brought the food out to me and they were insanely nice! I got a burrito minus the guacamole, and the roasted corn.. and I have to say it was one of the best burritos I have had (besides an authentic Mexican place of course) literally ever! I will be a regular customer for sure! read more

Torchy's Tacos - Tex-Mex Near Me - Houston, Texas

Disappointing service, food took awhile but wasn't hot, togo order wasn't complete. I stopped dining in at this location considering the last experience was unpleasant. However I do like Torchy's food so I just started getting to go, but for the amount of effort we had to go through for the food to be wrong, is just frustrating. read more

I hate the kiosk when you walk in. I want to talk to a real person. Ok the other side. The Baja tacos were amazing. The Democrat was good nut it's definitely different. The tortilla was super cold. read more

Torchy's Tacos - I hate this - Tex-Mex Near Me - Houston, Texas

The new self-serve kiosks at Torchy's are terrible. I placed my order, the kiosk said it went through, so I sat and waited almost 20 minutes before realizing nothing was happening. Only then did I check the receipt and see a tiny note saying the order never actually reached the kitchen. The whole process was confusing and way too complicated for something as simple as ordering tacos. Having to waste time just to find out my order didn't even exist was super annoying. Torchy's needs to fix this system or ditch it altogether. Absolute headache of an experience. read more

Torchy's Tacos - Tex-Mex Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Won't be back here. Out another sit restaurant becoming a fast food place with self order menus (ps: they're too slow and aren't reacting to touch). It's a shame that instead of having someone quickly take the order customers are relegated to a slow digital menu self-ordering process. So very few restaurants to go to and you turned Torchy's into a fast food place. oh well. read more

I tried the new fajita bowl and it was pretty decent. I enjoy the tacos better. Can't go wrong with the queso because it's literally the best. The beef fajita tacos is my go to. Service is eh.. you get some ppl who are great and others who are rude. It's pricey for tacos, so not my first choice, but I'll go if I'm in the area and want something quick. read more

Torchy's Tacos - Chicken fajita bowl - Tex-Mex Near Me - Houston, Texas

I felt like I walked into another dimension. I looked around and there were people eating but zero staff around. I understand (kind of) that it may be better to have kiosks taking orders but in a restaurant like this? Maybe they shouldn't be taking the initiative. No one was at the kiosks greeting folks, helping them, chatting about additional menu items...anything to show the place wasn't taken over by aliens. Maybe I'm not ready for such a cold approach! Turned around and walked away. And by the way, when did their prices blow the ceiling off. Really! What tiny taco could be worth those prices. read more

I went to pick up some cakes and was surprised to see a torchys in the same parking lot. I placed an online order and 20 minutes later, went inside to pick up. I ordered a couple of brushfire tacos, with jerk chicken, two Baja shrimp tacos and a chicken fajita taco, a taco bowl with brushfire chicken, and two orders of queso, one with chipotle beef and the other without. Everything was fresh and ready to pick up. Very filling. One thing I must say is make sure you have all of your bags. I almost walked out without the included chips. Another person walked out with the chips as I was about to leave. Got home and my family enjoyed the meal. Everything was correctly made and very filling. read more

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This location always gets your order wrong, forgets items, and their brushfire is super oily (other locations are not). Sucks cause this is the one by my work. read more

Torchy's Tacos - NOT a Brushfire - Tex-Mex Near Me - Houston, Texas

Walking into the Torchy's I was excited to see the advertisement of the new tacos! The graphic design on the board showing a representation of a video game is pretty cool! Which the tacos were very good! It wasn't to packed today but we did wait in line for awhile. Usually where we check out it was no one standing. They were over near the bar. I wasn't to sure what was going on. The cashier wasn't to friendly either. When it was time to order she didn't call us down we just walked up and asked do we order here. It was kind of confusing. While waiting for food the restaurant was clean but I did have to clean my own table. The food was fresh and the waitress that brought over our food was kind. I really enjoyed the chips and queso today plus the avocado bites. Parking was ok. It is a shared parking lot but it's not to bad. I still always enjoy the vintage location. read more

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Ambiance seems cool, they have a bar where you can sit and eat. The staff is nice. I went on a Saturday afternoon and it was packed. The cleanliness was not as great. Food on the floor and chairs, etc. We can start off with the queso & chips - wow so good but they served us crumbs. Would've been nice to get full size chips. The fried avocado taco is awful - one bite of that and I was done. The tipsy chick taco is decent - the actual chicken itself had not much flavor other than a bbq burnt taste but combined with the other items, it was tolerable. My partner loved his two tacos - salmon & shrimp tacos. I would probably come back to try to the drinks and have chips. But overall I've had better tacos at a much better price. Tacos are around $6/each. read more

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The restaurant is nice, clean and lively. It's always business in the restaurant. But I will say that most of the time if not every time my tacos are cold. (Democrat taco) I normally don't complain but this time I have to since I had to wait 15min for them to come and be ice cold. Genuinely that's my only complaint that my tacos be cold and I wait at least 5-10 minutes for them to come on a normal day. read more

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Hello Yelpers! If you are looking for a quick go to restaurant for Tacos then then this is the place. I ordered the Jerk Chicken Taco and the Shrimp Taco and they both tasted great. I had the Shrimp Taco on the Corn Tortilla and the Jerk Chicken on the flour tortilla. I think I prefer the flour tortilla. I don't have pictures because the food look messy but they were good. I ordered the tacos to go as well. Overall they tasted good and they were reasonably priced as well. $4 and some change. read more

Torchy's Tacos - Inside - Tex-Mex Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Owner contacted me the very next day, wanted to make things right. Sent me a gift card. We will return and hope the last time was a one off

Food was ok, ordered the breakfast burrito. It was mostly beans and chorizo was scarse. Both of the sources that it came with were gelatinous. Not sure what happened there. I asked for Diablo sauce, but never got it. Some of the employees look like they haven't taken a shower. I get it that torchy has an Austin vibe, but I'm not real keen on being served food by people that look like they might be homeless. read more

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I was skeptical at first because most chain Mexican restaurants are mediocre, at best. This place pleasantly surprised me. I had the Republican taco (had to try it) and the Trailer Park taco. The Republican was sausage and was amazing. I also had the street corn. That was not as good as I expected because the corn was not fresh but frozen. I was expecting corn on the cob. I will definitely be back. read more

Torchy's Tacos - Tacos and Street Corn - Tex-Mex Near Me - Houston, Texas

I own Space City Tacos HTX in Houston, TX and had to try Torchy' Taco..Food was delicious and beers were nice and cold!! Service was great! Come support! Thanks read more

Torchy's Tacos - Tex-Mex Near Me - Houston, Texas

The green chili queso was awesome. Could have used more flavoring on the barbacoa and the brisket tacos. The fajita chicken taco was a standout of the tacos. The chicken was juicy, tender, and seasoned well. Drinks were good! We got a paloma and a strawberry frozen margarita and both were strong but flavorful. Service was super fast and friendly despite being about an hour from closing time. read more

Torchy's Tacos - The Democrat (bottom), Chicken Fajita (right), Crossroads Taco (left) - Tex-Mex Near Me - Houston, Texas

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What can I say about Torchys that hasn't been said before.... I've been to Torchys more than I can cut and I've only been disappointed once. I was instantly hooked upon my first bite into the trashy trailer park this was about 7 years ago. Now here we are in 2022 and I'm still a huge fan I can always go to any Torchys and know what to expect and that is a true authentic Tex-Mex. I love the creative-ness of the tacos even though, I don't think anyone asked for a chicken and waffle taco to be made lol On this To-go visit I got the Tipsy chick and an airstream salad w/o protein. In my humble opinion this salad is the best dang salad and nobody talks about this. I could create a review just on how tasty this airstream salad is. I only got the taco as a form of me having evidence that I really did go to a taco spot lol The tipsy chicken was great too , put that bacon marmalade on everything, even that beyond meat stuff read more

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Use to be a weekend regular but not anymore. Tge vibe has changed. The kiosks are terrible and hardly any staff to help The bartender acted like she didn't want to be there and couldn't smile if you asked her. Not engaging with customers and seem not to appreciate your business. read more

Would I describe myself as a Torchy's fan? Yes. That makes this review hard for me to write. I stopped in at Torchy's for dinner this week. I grabbed a few tacos and a drink. The first thing I noticed is the place was not very crowded so I figured service would be fast. From the point of ordering to the delivery of the tacos to the table, the wait was somewhat long. I know there are staffing problems these days so I just went with the flow. When I got the food, the taco temperatures ranged from lukewarm to warm - nothing was hot. Having waited so long, one would expect the food to be cooked hot. Aside from the temps, my tacos were okay. It bad, but not great. I left feeling a little bummed. read more

I like having this location close by. Service is always wonderful and my food is always tasty! Employees are pleasant and accommodating too. Patrick, one of the managers there always makes a point to speak and ask how things are going. Chris at that bar is super friendly and provides awesome service and doesn't seem to mind all my special order requests. read more

Tacos are awesome always loved Torchy's but the new self check out I don't like, I much rather human interaction.

The food is great with an awesome atmosphere and always playing good music. The people who work there are forever in a positive mood which is hard to find these days with great service. The manager of this location "Johnny" is cool as can be! Just a cool place to eat. I highly recommend. 5 stars ***** read more

Food is good but this location frequently gets the order wrong. Tonight I stood there while my to go order was 35 minutes late. Many upset customers standing around and the manger only offered up a doordash excuse when I finally asked to speak to him. I have been leaving this location 1 star reviews on Google for several years now. If this location was a reflection of the overall Torchy's would be out of business. read more

I love Torchy's. I have never had any issues on any of my visits to multiple locations, and this time was no different. I visited around 2 PM on a Sunday afternoon, and it looked crowded, but there wasn't a line and was super east to find a decent table outside. The tacos and queso tasted amazing as always. read more

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Since it was a food truck in Austin I've always loved Torchy's. Trailer Park Trashy is my absolute favorite taco. The queso is awesome. The service here has been hit or miss at this location, though. This particular visit the restaurant was filthy. Many of the tables were not cleaned off and the floor was dirty. Because I love the food so much I'll be back, but it may be awhile. read more

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Liz was our bartender today and she did such a fantastic job! She greeted us quickly and took our drink and appetizer order! We got sangria, lemonade and the queso! I love getting the queso here, it is so delicious! We went for breakfast tacos, but after Liz suggested to me the taco of the month, I had to try it!! It was a brisket taco on a flour tortillas with fried onions, cilantro, corn relish, bbq sauce and chipotle sauce!!! And holy holy, it was just amazing! My son still got his bacon cheese and egg taco, which is always good! We will be back to see Liz again! read more

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Best place ever I love the tacos here they taste so good I 100% recommend coming to eat there

Torchy's Tacos is a convenient choice for a quick bite, offering a variety of fun tacos and a Queso that strikes a balance between creaminess and a gentle kick of heat. Their Queso is in our families top 5! Although the Vintage Park location has had some recent disappointments due to cleanliness issues, seemingly stemming from the lunch/dinner rush, the quality of their tacos and drinks remains consistently enjoyable. My favorite is the brisket taco, heavy on the brisket, with their avocado sauce. One will definitely fill you up if you get the Queso as a starter. I am such a fan of the passion fruit gin Collins that I now make it at home. Please don't take that off the menu anytime soon! read more

My food arrived in an open unsealed bag, the food looked tampered with and I immediately put all of it in the garbage, there was no receipt and I was very certain it not safe. read more