We had a lovely lunch and margaritas today. The staff are inviting and friendly. I love their green sauce! We had the Verde enchiladas and Dona Maria enchiladas. Very delicious and big portions. This is a great place for groups and bakery next door! read more

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Finally some enchiladas in Austin with great red sauce. Most the other places around town have what they call "red sauce" is more like brownish gravy. These at Casa Maria's are awesome! Barbacoa taco was great. The pastor taco was very good. Salsa was tasty and fresh. I hadn't been here in over a decade. Don't know why I stopped going. No need to go anywhere else. Staff was friendly even though I came in close to closing. Sorry Food came out super fast. Love this place! read more

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I've made it back to Casa Maria a few times in the past year and forgot how much I like this place. I found the perfect plate on the last trip. In the cocina tejana menu section there's a plate with two enchiladas, carne guisada, and a dollop of guacamole. It's like they read my mind. I swapped beef for cheese enchiladas and they were cheesy cheesy. The carne guisada was a perfect filling for those sweet sweet flour tortillas. Their charro beans are chunky with meat and veggies in a clear-ish broth. No trip to Casa Maria is complete until you pass through the panderia. Their pan de polvo is excellent. The tortillas are perfection and reheat so well. read more

I would come here again. I mean, we all know that's the question it comes down to. First, I must praise the Queso Flameado. When you look at the ingredients, I feel how can something so simple be so good? I could have sworn this was some special Mexican cheese that is a family secret and hard to get ahold of but the menu says monterrey jack y'all. I don't know how it's not this good other places. Is it they know how to make it just the perfect gooeyness and the perfect homemade tortilla combo. It's just mouthwatering and I think about it maybe once a week lol. The menu is pretty extensive. Too many words... enter - food pics on yelp. Who am I kidding... looking at food pics is a high percentage of how I choose what I order. Enchiladas Tejanas -found this pic on yelp but not on the menu. Asked the waitress and apparently it is an off the menu item. What a good combo. I like me some beef Enchiladas smothered in queso and the warm stewy feeling that Carne Guisada gives. Just hits the right spot. Birria Soup - oh man, you know how they say soup tastes better after the day you made it? You know, the flavors are connecting to build a flavor punch profile over time. This is that. Very rich, and might I add - spicy. Kids Fideo - something I'd probably pass on. Actually my kiddos ordered it but seemed to lack a depth of flavor. The serving sizes were shareable so we ended up having leftovers of both main dishes. Next go round - margs + Queso Flameado + Enchiladas Tejanas to share. Done & done. read more

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The Doñia Maria enchiladas plate was very good. Friendly service. Was surprise be slow it was there mid afternoon. Pretty reasonable prices and good portion. Nice tasting salsa too. read more

Casa Maria - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

Food was wrong. Way over priced. A Chile Reno was brought wrong 3 times. The poor quality and extreme high prices should, and probably will cause them to close eventually read more

I stopped in for lunch. I ordered the Chicken Fajita Mexicana. The meat was very dry. The charro beans are different now. It was more juice than meat, beans, and onions. This used to be a great place. The changes are not resonating with me. read more

Food was bland, Cold ( I had Enchiladas,)and Overpriced,! Lots better Tex,-Mex places in Austin! read more

Love me some Enchiladas Tejanas from Maria's. Two beef enchiladas covered in red sauce and queso; tender carne guisada, rice, beans and freshly made flour tortillas. That's about as good as Tex Mex gets. Also loved the barbacoa plate with corn tortillas. Tasty on a Sunday morning. Service is friendly and fast. read more

Casa Maria - Enchiladas Tejanas - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

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Its the worst ever i have been into Serving food that never need to be served Barbacoa was smell like hell And hella dry seems like it was cocked month ago and still serving that food Disgusting Not recommend att allll !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sad to say because i love mexican food but that definitely not the place Soon as food is bad everything is bad !! Just no go place read more

Fantastic authentic food. Great service. Very clean. All around amazing. Wish we lived in Austin so we could come back another 10 times for all the great looking food read more

The waitress was unpleasant. the coffee was luke warm and creamers were expired. The chips were stale and no bigger than my nail. Waitress did not ask if we wanted refills on the sweet tea. Waited 20 minutes for one quesadilla. This used to be my favorite place Not anymore. read more

Great place! I was a little nervous because of the other bad reviews on here.. but My husband came for the menudo. I had pozole and the kids shared a plate of chorizo. The meals were fantastic! Nothing was spicy only spiced with delicious seasonings. The restaurant is ran by all Mexican women and every one of them were so sweet to all of us! Very spacious restaurant and very clean! read more

Casa Maria - Pozole - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

Oh how I wish I could show Casa Maria more love. Oh how I wish my experience mirrored the majority of Yelpers here..but sad to say mine did not and I do not see myself returning to Casa Maria anytime soon. I will start by saying nothing was bad by any means, the food and service were okay, I didn't experience any issues or problems. What I did experience was a lackluster and unmemorably generic lunch. Walking in I was greeted, shown to a table, and provided a menu. While waiting for water, chips, and salsa I looked over the menu to decide what I'd be trying. Sadly breakfast/breakfast tacos were no longer available so I settled on cheese enchiladas. After a rather lengthy wait, my enchiladas arrived...a rather plain and small portion of cheese enchiladas. Having seen these were $14 on the menu and seeing what was delivered I assumed this must be a lunch portion/special that I hadn't seen on the menu-then the bill arrived: NOPE! It was $14 for what I had received which was not worth what I was charged. Service was passable, server was friendly but there was not only the aformentioned lengthy wait for food but for every interaction that took place. Water refill. Getting my check. Paying my check. I spent more time waiting for things than I actually did eating anything. All things considered I don't foresee myself returning to Casa Maria anytime soon. With so many Mexican options in Austin, why would I subject myself to a passable-at-best experience again? Next time, I'll try somewhere else. read more

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This is one of my favorite Mexican spots in Austin. Hole in the wall good Tex mex but they do NOT have hole in the wall prices. The fact that I pay $30+ for a single meal with a drink to go is insane. Will I pay for it? Yes. But it's stupid expensive for what every other Tex mex restaurant charges. read more

wow! this is the WORST Mexican food I have EVER had im not convinced the chicken was real and the queso was clearly melted velveeta cheese that turned solid! The place was empty for a reason! read more

Probably the worst fajitas I've ever eaten. The meat was gray & dry. Beans are actually not even edible. Sorry, this is just so gross.

Would give 4.5 stars if I could. The restaurant was big but a little old and dated and sleepy. Servers were super friendly and warm. Had the chicken enchiladas and beef burrito plates, both were very good, just a little salty but didn't mind. The chips and salsa were excellent. Would return but not in a hurry to. Overall very good experience. read more

Mini tacos + 1 Charro beans Quesadilla chicken fajitas 2 beers 1 Dr Pepper 61 dollars. They should at least gave me complimentary lube for butt fucking me and the food wasn't even that good. read more

We used to really love this place. The people are still nice, the food is still pretty good, but tonight I got charged 17.99 for a plate of bean and nachos for a 9yr old. WTF. Beans. Queso. Chips. $17.99. (for context, my Al Pastor taco plate with rice and beans was 15.99). I'm sensitive to restaurants having to claw their way back from not only the pandemic, but inflation as well. That stated, $17.99 for a plate of beans, queso, and chips is taking advantage of your customers. (why do they not have a kids size bean and cheese nacho?). Pre-pandemic we came here all the time, and now I'm sad to say I will not be back. read more

Casa Maria - $18.00 bean and cheese nachos. - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

Ecstatic to have found Semitas de anis here! They are super hard to find these days. A food memory that I was so happy to enjoy again.

I've been looking for a good Mexican panadería (bakery), or pan dulce as we like to say, all over town and after sampling these sweet sugar coated pastries at several places, I've settled on Casa Maria as the one setting the bar. They encompass sweet breads, pastries and even cookies in the traditional northern Mexican style. My absolute must-have is the campechanas, a crusty bread made of pastry dough with its own spin to it. I found all my favorites here, conchas (named after "seashells" due to their shape with sugar paste toppings in chocolate, pink, yellow or white), sweet empanadas with sweet potato or yams, cuernos, orejas (puff pastry dough layered with sugar and shaped in the form of a fan), bisquet (dense, sweet biscuit) and marranitos (pig-shaped pastry). I always pick up a variety of pastries to take home usually about 15 pieces, enough to last me for a couple of days. Make your favorite coffee and enjoy your pan dulce. I've only visited Casa Maria for their panadería, someday soon I'll have to try their restaurant. read more

Casa Maria - A huge variety of pan dulce to choose from - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

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They have some of the best Mexican sweet bread that I've ever had. The conchas are especially good! Decided to try the food and it didn't disappoint. The green enchiladas are good, although they could use more green sauce or more of a tomatillo flavor. The chicken tortilla soup was delicious. Great 5-star service. The waitress was very attentive and made sure we had everything we needed at all times. I'm planning to return to try some of their other dishes like the tacos Al pastor and the sopes. read more

Casa Maria is an old favorite of mine. The chips and salsa are good. I love the cheese enchiladas and on my most recent visit I tried the spinach enchiladas...yummy!!! I can't come to this restaurant without stopping by their bakery next door. They make the best pumpkin empanadas ever! The service is always great-friendly waitstaff who are attentive. The restaurant is casual with a relaxed atmosphere. read more

Food, service, and margaritas are great. Authentic food and there is a bakery, too! The people are very pleasant and helpful.

Menudo was okay, seemed a little old to taste and too much tripe Everything else was good and the service was excellent I do love this place next time I'll try the caldo read more

My wife and I tried Casa Maria for the first time to find a new place for breakfast. They had a sign out front saying they would be charging $.75 per egg extra, which is somewhat understandable with the current egg shortage. Unfortunately, when my scrambled eggs came out they were obviously re-hydrated from powdered eggs. Couldn't eat them. We asked the waitress if they were fresh eggs or not, and her only response was I don't work in the kitchen. Very disappointing to be charged extra for powdered product. We won't be going back. If you go, be sure to get a whole fried egg, so they can't substitute the nasty powdered stuff. read more

Food is good. Service on spot. Ambience traditional and welcoming. Definitely will be coming back. They also run a bakery connected to the restaurant. read more

Pretty good crunchy beef tacos. Easy to get in and out of if you're in a hurry for lunch. Large area to be seated. Bathrooms were the reason they got one star off perfect...they were less than desirable, but hey, it's not like I'm dropping lots of $ to eat here, so I don't expect the Ritz. read more

Casa Maria - Backside of the bar and the entrance from the inside. - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

This place is just alright in my book. A bit on a pricey side for a hole-in-the-wall, but they do things by-the-book well here. Meaning, it's hard to find something wrong with this place. But they don't excel either. I would consider this place to be quite average, and a good local neighborhood Mexican joint for some quick fix. The migas are a good portion and nothing to write home about - even though they're similarly priced as the ones in fancier establishments on South Congress. The menudo was tasty, although it wasn't garnished with radishes (no longer an option despite a picture showing the soup with radishes in Yelp) nor with cilantro. Just diced translucent-despite-being-raw onions, diced spicy jalapeños, and a lime wedge being given the side. Corn tortillas doesn't have the homemade look, but were good. The flour tortillas may have been homemade though (but not recommended for the menudo). The bakery attached to the restaurant looks good but I haven't yet tried their pastries. Overall, I'd probably suggest somewhere else for breakfast if I was looking for a meal to please. read more

The Best Mexican Bakery in Town. The Restaurant Associated with the Bakery is No Slouch Either. * * * Austin is not well set up for Mexican bakeries. I get bakery envy whenever I go to San Antonio. a) We don't have very many Mexican bakeries period. b) Competing bakeries often fall back on artificial flavors and other short cuts. The merchandise looks great in the glass case, But doesn't taste so great in your mouth. * * * Casa Maria is a real deal full flavor Mexican bakery. The selection is enormous. The most paralyzed I have been all week is standing in front of the display case in Casa Maria's and figuring out what I wanted to have. The glass case extended for a quarter mile to the left of me and a quarter mile to the right of me with tray after tray of "I need this I want this". (Ok, I'm exaggerating. Not a quarter mile in both directions. Only about 300 yards in both directions.) I had an orange concha and a chocolate-side/vanilla-side polvorone. The orange concha was an anthem to pure and unadulterated sucrose. Light and fluffy and as full of forbidden pleasure as sneaking sugar out of the sugar bowl when you were a kid. Bad conchas sit like a cannonball in your stomach after your trip to the bakery. This concha flew on gossamer wings. The chocolate/vanilla polvorone was one of the few Mexican bakery desserts I have had that tasted overwhelmingly of chocolate. There are a lot of brown colored pastries in other bakeries that don't taste like much. I was as happy as if I had just had a Hershey Bar. (I love Hershey Bars. I have always loved Hershey bars. Anything that reminds me of Hershey Bars takes me to a happy place.) * * * Ok. You get the idea. Its a fine bakery. How is the restaurant? I did a nopalitos com huevos and at a different meal, pozole. They have a fine fine menu at Casa Marias. You can get at least six kinds of soup every day at Casa Marias. I don't like being told I can only have menudo or pozole on weekends. Getting pozole on a Thursday is like getting a shoulder massage at three in the afternoon. Not the usual time these things happen ... but still a complete source of loveliness. The most interesting item of the day was the scrambled eggs with nopalitos. The scrambled eggs were scrambled eggs - good enough. But the nopalitos had been marinated in a very entertainingly spicy marinade before being sauteed. The dish looked like it would be bland and comforting. It was full of unrelenting insistent fire. Like good Thai food - the heat didn't come on all at once. But by the end of the first mouthful it was there - stubborn and unyielding. I was completely entertained. I am not a migas lover ... and I think most Mexican scrambled egg dishes are ho hum. This one is the one I fell in love with. I would order Casa Maria's huevos with nopalitos another six hundred and sixty three times no problem. * * * Casa Maria's is not exactly a Mom and Pop place. The establishment is huge. Above and beyond the bakery and the restaurant, they have a banquet suite for major gatherings. They have branches in San Marcos and Kyle. For a mid-sized Mexican family restaurant, I would say it is one of the best in Austin. If you are going super up-scale, you go Fonda San Miguel or Suerte. If you want one establishment Mom and Pop - you go El Secreto de Abuela. For a mid-sized operation - go Casa Maria. If you want a bakery along with the restaurant, Casa Maria - slam dunk - no further discussion. This is good stuff. read more

South Austin Tex-Mex staple is this Casa Maria location! You know it's real good food when it's difficult to find parking on the weekends and during the week, on average, you see 5 Austin Police Department (APD) motorcycle units lined up in the parking lot where you know inside those officers are inside chowing DOWN! It has been over 2 years since I had been back due to the pandemic but I am happy to see Casa Maria thriving and doing it the right way! There is a sign, when you walk in, letting you know that masks are mandatory (which is super great!) so be respectful and come in with one. All wait staff and Maria herself wear masks as they serve you so be polite. The bar area has about 6 seats all around (when they used to have double that amount) but plenty of space for you to order some food at the bar while you have a Big Red margarita. Not here to drink - that is cool because breakfast is the bees knees here! Be sure to check out the signage at the front hostess stand as there are daily specials written out to tempt your gaze away from the menu. The day we showed up there was a $7.99 al pastor plate with rice and beans and it was delightful! Once you get seated I highly recommend ordering a few items from their bakery or ask for a bakery menu so you can have some sweet treats before your meal arrives to the table. The pink and yellow conchas are my favorite and a good starting point. Plenty of space to come in and/or meet up with a group of people as the booths here are large and there is plenty of room for everyone. read more

Seriously. They charge 35 cents for onion. And another 35 cents for cilantro. That's like Whataburger charging for mustard. WTH ‍ Más Pinché! read more

Casa Maria - 35 cents charge for onion and cilantro, EACH! - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

Words can not describe how in disbelief I am of how Casa Maria handled this roach incident . While waiting on a Gordita , I look down and spot a big full size cockroach next to my leg right under the booth. I Immediately point over to one of the waiters to the cockroach and her first instinct was to respond "step on it". As she walked away in disgust. She then told the busboy , who by the way never came to handle the cockroach. They ignored it after it hid away under the booth, which I had already moved away from into another booth. I told the waiter to please cancel my Gordita that was just made, and told her what happened. Kid you not, she told me I HAD to pay for it because otherwise she would have to pay for it and suggested I take it home. She also had the audacity to come up with excuses and say that the cockroaches always seem to get in around this time of the year when it's hot. Absolutely disgusting! I told her I don't trust the food any longer and have lost all my appetite. I was okay with being charged for what I had already ate and my drink. (Which should have been comped honestly) so after speaking to her manager she says that it's taken care of and I give her my card so I can leave. It does not end there. She comes back and has charged me $48! She charged me another persons tab! My tab was only $18 after taxes. Mistake after mistake this restaurant has done, I was so over it. I had her bring me a void receipt for the food I was wrongly charged for and she proceeded to charge me the correct amount. Also would like to mention I could hear her coworkers say "what does he want this time" every time she went back because of HER mistakes. I will NOT be coming back and advise you guys that you do NOT come here, unless you want bugs remains in your food. read more

Casa Maria - The void receipt for another customers food after the cockroach incident. - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

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Finally gave in to my enchilada craving and decided to go to one of my ol faithfuls since I couldn't make up my mind on where would have the most delish ones. I usually don't venture away from my usual here of the fajitas mexicanas but I figured those are so good there's no way the enchiladas wouldn't be as well. I was so wrong. This was my first and last time getting enchiladas here. I got the Dona Maria. It's 3 enchiladas: a chicken mole, beef in red sauce, and cheese in green sauce. The plate comes with rice, beans and avocado slices with a little bit of lettuce and a slice of tomato (the menu says guacamole and doesn't mention the lettuce and tomato FYI). I ordered online and picked it up on my way home from work. I live about 10-15 minutes away from the restaurant. The first thing I noticed when I got home was that the cheese has already congealed. The food was cold. But I figure it's a hazard of getting food to go. But what I can't overlook is the taste. The sides were what they were. We've all had refried beans and rice. Most of them taste the same to me and these were no different. Perfectly fine. But the main attraction of this meal was a very big disappointment. The mole enchilada had kind of a burnt taste to it. And the chicken was dry. The beef enchilada had a pungent tasting spice that I couldn't really place. My first thought was coriander but I'm still not sure. The only one that I liked was the cheese one. Nice flavor and I think a good amount of cheese. Would have been awesome with a whole plate of those piping hot. Overall, none of them had enough sauce though. I didn't expect this from here. I was actually surprised. Even with this review, I haven't changed my rating. My reasoning is because #1) EVERYONE can have a bad day. This may have been a fluke #2) If it wasn't a fluke then maybe enchiladas aren't their thing. That's ok. They do have other offerings that they hit out the park. Unless I go and there's a pattern of subpar food then I'll keep my rating where it is. Also, the service is NEVER bad. Everyone that works there is incredibly friendly. I will still give them my business and continue to recommend them to people just as I have for years. I will just throw in the caveat to avoid the enchiladas. read more

Casa Maria - Doña Maria plate (to go) - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

Walked here for breakfast from my Airbnb because it was close (the only place really close enough to where I was staying). It was a huge restaurant and the wait staff was really friendly. I had the egg and nopalitos (cactus) taco and a sausage with egg taco. I loved the nopalitos! Never had cactus before and thought- when in Texas... the flavor was great and it was cooked perfectly. The other taco was alright, but not knock me off my socks. My friend ordered the tacos al pastor (pork) and she couldn't even eat it, said the pastor was too mushy. Bonus was that they have a huge bakery so you can get some deserts to go if you're in the mood! read more

Casa Maria - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

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Great food and service. Authentic TexMex and a local gem. The bakery is a big bonus! Check it out!!!

I love Casa Maria. Truly authentic Mexican food for such a great price. They're right around the corner from my office, so I come here a lot. I placed an order for pickup, due to the pandemic. The hostess was so happy to take my order! When you pick up, you have to go into the bakery, because the restaurant side is closed. They have taken extra precautions by putting up a glass between the cashier and the customer. They also have the 6 feet measured out. Don't forget your mask going in! I ordered the tortilla soup, chips and queso, and a tres leches cake. It was so yummy! It was a great lunch break. Definitely make sure to support our local businesses during this time. They are so grateful for our business! Keep them thriving so we can go back when things are safe. read more

Casa Maria - Tortilla soup to go - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

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This location was my go to for years, before I got priced out of South Austin, and I was excited to be going back because I loved their chuletas. Not sure if they were just having a bad day, but everything was a bit off today. The service was strange to say the least. For starters, I wasn't offered chips and salsa. That has never happened there before. I didn't even think to ask for it, but in hindsight, I wonder what that was all about? I ordered my longtime favorite (chuletas) and a margarita. The server looked at me and said "only with the food". If she had brought me chips and salsa, I wouldn't have had to wait to get my margarita, (which never showed up until after my food came out and had to ask for it again). The chuletas were awful. Overcooked to the point of no return, tough and dry. The rest of the plate was bland and completely underwhelming. The server never checked back after I got my food, and only asked if everything was OK after watching me make a face while pulling a petrified piece of pork out of my mouth and setting it on the plate. At that point, it didn't matter anymore. In hindsight, I could have caused a fuss and asked for a manager, but all I wanted to do was to get out of there before I got any more disappointed. The icing on the cake was that they now have a machine that allows you to pay at the table; which is awesome, but it is very disconcerting to have your server standing right above you and actively watching as you decide what tip to leave and then get put on point to answer survey questions about your experience while they watch... (WTF? it wasn't great, food was meh, service was meh), so THAT whole situation was really uncomfortable. I am sad to say that after having loved this place for many years in the past, I won't be back any time soon. read more

BAD BUSINESS- WILL NOT BE BACK This used to be our go-to takeout spot but we will never return. Called in an order for takeout and one of the items was a steak plate. They said they don't have that on the menu anymore, but they could order the individual components. Great! When I picked up the order, each individual item was charged a-la-carte. A 14.99 menu item cost over $30. Despicable business, just trying to make an extra buck. Do yourself a favor and take your business elsewhere. read more