Food is already made and you order from the overhead menu and a few minutes later, it gets delivered to the table. Got the Huevos rancheros plate. They have chips and salsa on another stand. Basically, all you can eat chips and salsa with other free add ons such as lemon, cabbage. Service was simple and easy (order at the counter and food gets delivered at your table). Place is very small so not recommended for a large party (9 people or more) due to limited tables/chairs, and space inside. They do have a small outside area that you can eat, but, it's also small! What I didn't like- Got carnitas, instead! There is really no service besides you ordering, so everything else is up to you to get. Limited space inside so if you don't mind eating with a stranger, it's a good fit. read more

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I love their carnitas tacos and tamales, menudo and barbacoa. They even have tripas. I just wished they were open later especially on the weekend. read more

The cooked meats including the barbacoa, carnitas and tripas have always been top notch. The liquid beans have always sucked especially on my last visit. If you wanted to make a bean taco GOOD LUCK. You literally pour the beans and it pours right off your tortillas. Service has always been professional and the atmosphere has always been clean and presentable. If only they would add fresh cut onions and celantro to their package deals, it would be a MUCH better! read more

Everything is soo good here thy make everything fresh my food is always hot even with picking up and take home it's still so hot I'm never disappointed all the staff there are so sweet and nice I couldn't recommend this place any more so good read more

We wanted to check it out since they just reopened - and the food was awesome! We came in for the breakfast tacos and the barbacoa special, and everything was so good we literally came back the same day to try the tamales. No regrets at all. Everything gets 100/100 from us. Can't wait to go back again! Very welcoming and friendly staff! read more

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The food was so good! the chicken torta, horchata, and the pan dulce were all amazing! Everyone was very friendly! Highly recommend!

I am addict to the Barbacoa, it was so delicious, do not miss the sweet bread and the carnitas are100s read more

Culebra Cafe - barbacoa taco - Mexican Near Me - Universal City, Texas

They are open again. Not as good as before. We waited in the drive thru for over 30 minutes. We ordered 3 sausage egg tacos (over filled not much flavor), Dozen pork tamales (seemed alright), and chicken enchilada Verde (white chicken very dry, no flavor, no sauce, and way too much cheese). Oh we tried to order puffy tacos (waited this whole time for puffy tacos again), offered crispy tacos....but then told us they don't have any crispy tacos or puffy tacos. Not worth our time and or money. We will not be going back. They should have stay closed if they were not going to serve great food. read more

Wrong Prices! The prices posted on their boards & online are Not the prices they charge you at window. The #1 Barbacoa Special listed at $14.99 but at window they charge you $19.99 plus tax. Called ahead to place order but still had to wait over 15 minutes to get to window. Lady at window says owner has not updated price increase. That's just Wrong Y'all! read more

I'm from out of town. I wanted to find a mom and pop style breakfast burrito place. Had 2 breakfast tacos. Super tasty. I even drove back to buy some of the hot sauce it was that good! read more

This place used to be sooo good. Seems like it's going down hill. Barbacoa was flavorless and the tamales are a joke. More masa and very lacking of flavor. Maybe that's why it was empty when it's normally very busy read more

Culebra Cafe - Pork tamale but more like masa tamale - Mexican Near Me - Universal City, Texas

Do not waste your time or money going for tamales. Tamales are horrible!!! No seasoning, no flavor, you do not know what you're eating. We order pork and pork jalapeño...they were horrible ! read more

Had their bacon and egg breakfast tacos. I prefer the full strip of bacon like how they have it at Bill Millers because this was a whole lotta egg and barely any bacon, but it was still good. Loved their hot sauce. read more

Culebra Cafe - bacon & egg breakfast burrito - Mexican Near Me - Universal City, Texas

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This is close to where we stay during our visits. It's family owned and they are wonderful. They remember faces even if my visits are not frequent. I love their carne guisada and barbacoa tacos. Try their fresh lemonade, it's delicious. read more

Culebra Cafe - Carne guisada with beans and cheese. Delicious. - Mexican Near Me - Universal City, Texas

My experience with Culebra Cafe was less than I was originally expecting - I intended to get a full lunch there, but due to a misunderstanding at the drive-thru, I ended up only scoring one taco. It was a barbacoa taco - after all, the sign in front gives the barbacoa top billing. The barbacoa was melt-in-your-mouth tender, and they added some only slightly-cooked vegetables, providing some nice and unexpected contrast for the soft pork. I didn't care for how much fat ended up in my taco - it left a puddle in the aluminum foil in which my taco was wrapped. Still tasted good, though. The salsa that they gave me with the meal seemed to consist of nothing but tomatillos and jalapenos, resulting in a salsa that was very thin and needlessly spicy. Roasting the tomatillos would have eliminated much of the water, and thickened the final product. read more

Culebra Cafe - the front of the restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Universal City, Texas

Maybe I'm different than most, I don't go to a restaurant with expectations of what things should be like. When I go some place new I go in with an open mind and just wait for things to happen. I'm there for an experience. Despite the rundown appearance of the drive-thru sign and speaker, I thought this place was very charming. Rather than order off the menu, I simply asked the woman at the window what she liked. I knew I wanted a relatively small lunch and I knew I wanted tacos. I ended up leaving with two carne asada tacos with the grilled onions and peppers as well as a third taco. I'm not sure what the third taco was, but I know it was a cubed type steak with gravy. All three tacos were made with fresh flour tortillas and each came with its own side of hot sauce. The tacos seemed moderately filled with meat, but lacked vegetables. After two tacos, I could have been content. I wasn't full, but I was satisfied. The tacos were great though. They were flavorful, fresh, and still sizzling hot! I could hardly hold my composure while eating them in my truck. I wanted to shove the third one down my throat as fast as the first two, but I calmly savored it instead. Overall: I will be going back! I do like veggies in my tacos, but meat-filled fresh flour tortillas will have to suffice. I won't be going alone next time either, I'm bring my wife. Now, I'm off to tell my friends all about Culebra Cafe! read more

Culebra Cafe - Carne Asada w/ Grill Green Peppers and Onions - Mexican Near Me - Universal City, Texas

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Let me start by saying that I placed call in order that was ready when I arrived. Someone comes outside to take orders. I give my info, but I'm still in the drive through. Here's the problem I had to wait in the drive through for 20-30 minutes. Why have a call in if you don't have curb side pickup!? The food, the potato and egg taco was good. The carne guisda was tough, but had decent flavor. Customer service was good. read more

Barbacoa is officially good Tamales (the pork with jalapeno) are officially good The enchiladas verdes are good (the chicken inside is well seasoned; not just bland shredded chicken) I don't think I'll ever eat just cheese enchiladas or crispy tacos here --- too many other good things to try! Oh, and the family running this joint is always awesome. Thanks, guys! read more

I love this place so much! The best tacos ever I love their Barbacoa!! My family and I have been going there for years and it's always been great. read more

my favorite Mexican Food on pat booker. Great staff, fluent in both English and Spanish. Quick polite knowledgeable ad the chips and salsa are the best, warm and you can tell they were freshly made. The barbacoa reminds me of the real stuff I have in mexico! I was shy to try it because of the appearance, boy was I missing out! read more

This place is absolutely awesome. I love it and I eat there 3 times a week minimum. I started out with average breakfast tacos, I was turned to the guisada tacos with extra cheese, I cannot stop eating them. This place is busy for a reason, if you are ready for probably the best in town, I highly recommend it!! read more

Great food!! The waitress went out of her way to attend to us. Don't let this place fool you. Great authentic and great tasting food!

We tried location #2 on Aviation today. Location #1 is going to open up as drive thru only. There was a decent lunch crowd today. Food was fresh and tasty. It did take a while to get our food but it was good. They seemed to send out one plate at a time so I am not sure how they would do with a large party. The staff was friendly and attentive. I tried one of their combo plates and thought everything was delicious. We will go back! read more

If your gonna eat here make sure you are prepared to wait for your food. The food is great here, but they always take a long time to serve your food. They need to hire more help. 3 stars for service read more

This place is a local favorite they have the best barbacoa in the area, great fresh tortillas, and great prices for the lunch specials. My personal favorite is the beef enchilida plate with a side of carne guisada, the lines can get long on the weekends but well worth the wait. read more

Haven't been here in a hot minute due to slow service the couple of times we had eaten here before. With the new building I was hopeful that the service had improved. WRONG!! I called in the order so my spouse who had to go to work could enjoy Sunday brunch with the familia.My daughter goes to pick it up almost 35 minutes later and nothing. We ordered 3 pounds all meat barbacoa and 2 dozen tamales. I went to another local Mexican restaurant for the flour tortillas since we had issues (taking forever) for an order of 3 dozen tortillas. My daughter goes inside pays for the order and instead of the counter person letting her know she still had to wait, she asks for the next paying customer. So my daughter asks her how much longer she says about 10 more minutes, no apologies, nada, zip. She brings the food home, finally!! I am now rushing to get me husbands tacos ready so he can scarf them down since he has a few minutes to go before he leaves for work. The barbacoa was swimming in grease, you could not squeeze out the grease there was so much. BTW, I love barbacoa. This was so greasy, we literally rolled it around in paper towels and it was still super greasy. The tamales have the potential to be good at $10.99 a dozen. Flavorful but thin. puny or barely there. Disappointed and will never return, What a waste of almost $60 bucks!!! Wish there was a ZERO STAR option. read more

The customer service here is non existent. The food mediocre at best. Wait time is ridiculously long even when they're not busy. Overall, I would never come back nor recommend anyone to ever eat here, especially when there's plenty of great Mexican food in S.A. Poorly managed, as well. Insult to injury to say the least. Save your money and spend it where it's truly appreciated because by the way they're running things here it appears they do not care to keep customers patronage. Sad... read more

I love my culebra. They already know what I want when I pull up. I would give them five stars but unfortunately they just are SOOOO SLOOOOW. If they had a little help when it was busy it would definitely be better. Food is always fresh and good read more

I give them a one star because there isn't a choice to give less. The service here is HORRIBLE!!! I wanted to order carnitas to go and they would not allow me to until I was finished eating and ready to go. This is he second time I've had issues at this pace. The first time I just let it go. There are just a few tables and a lot of flies. read more

have eaten there a few times...never had a bad experience until this morning... i would give it HALF A STAR....NOT even ONE STAR....the waitress was rude....and argumentive.... i will NEVER go there again.....she gave us the menu right away and brought the coffee in 5 minutes..... that was okay...then another 3 minutes to come back for the order.......once we ordered it took them 15 minutes to get a plate of huevos rancheros.......and another 3 minutes to bring the tortillas that go with that plate....... i had to ask for the chips and for more coffee..... i did NOT leave a tip.....i can NOT tip for bad rude service.... i didnt argue with her because i am beyond that point...but hopefully she''ll realize when she doesnt see a tip..... the restaurant only has a few tables....maybe 5 or 6..... ... turn around time on the food / tables was awful....... THUMBS DOWN all the way... read more