This was a completely unplanned stop! We were on our way home and needed to find a charging station, EVGo showed a charging bank in the parking lot, so we plugged in and decided to pop in here to pass the time! We had already eaten so we weren't hungry so just ordered a drink each and had the chips and salsa. The drinks were good! And the menu had a lot of great sounding options! Another table ordered fajitas and they smelled fantastic coming out of the kitchen! I'll make a plan to come back for an actual meal. read more

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Don't let "Legendary" trick you. Nothing legendary about this place! One guy running around being the waiter, bar guy, bus boy. Food was NOT good. Cold rice, ground beef tasted like mutton, chalupa was soggy might as well have gotten a bean n chz taco wi/lettuce & tomato. The puffy taco was soaked in grease. (See pic) . One star for decent salsa & for the gentleman who was running around all over the place. Oh fajitas are tasty but NOT worth $21 - barely had enough meat to make only TWO tacos. read more

DK Maria's Legendary Tex-Mex - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

Not a busy time of day - place was virtually empty. Showed up, no one greeted me. Waited 5 minutes. No one seated me, so just grabbed a table. Waited 20 minutes. No menu, no water, nothing. No one came by. So I left. read more

Stopped in on a Friday about noon. It wasn't busy. It's a hole in the wall type of Tex Mex place. The first thing I noticed was the strong smell of fabuloso cleaner. It was very off putting but I was hungry so I decided to deal with it. I was greeted pretty fast after I was sat. Breakfast is served until 3pm. I ordered the Las Guisadas Migas breakfast plate. A chorizo, egg and cheese taco and a Diet Coke. Unfortunately I took most of my food home after filling up on chips and salsa before I got my food. The food was really good. 9/10. Everything was seasoned perfectly. I would have liked more beef in the guisada but the migas made up for that. The chorizo was prefect. Really good food. I'll be back! read more

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Back in 2019 I gave DK's three stars. The salsa was memorable but the puffy tacos were not. Come to think of it, I have a bad history of not liking them. So, here's the redemption visit brought to you by a long wait at the Discount Tire a few hundred yards away. Seated immediately and the chips/salsa made it to the table quickly. Combo fajitas with shrimp and beef being my dish of choice for the day. Didn't take long and I was assembling my first taco. Props on the poblano strips where most places use boring bell peppers. I did wish the onions had a little better treatment in the dish. Caramelized maybe? Seems they were barely cooked upon arrival. The skirt steak had a nice flavor as did the shrimp. Both flavors paired well with the condiments provided. Nice portions of guac and sour cream for the price. Pico was also abundant and fresh. Rice and beans rounded out the experience; the skillet is empty and my tummy is bulging! I was even offered a beverage togo. Nice redemption DK's; and I'll be back since my fave tex-mex place canned half the menu during covid! read more

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This place has the best chicken fajita salad in the crunchy shell in the Austin area. It boasts a very hearty serving even for a big guy. Both the vinaigrette and ranch dressings are delicious. Ask them for Mike's grilled onions with that salad and they will probably know who sent ya. read more

We ordered a child's BBQ Quesadilla for our son and it was the worst, greasy thing we have ever seen or ordered for our child. Expensive and the worst, I do not recommend the food there at all. I took photos and then threw it away, the dog did not even want it, that is how nasty and greasy it was. We will never go there again. If I could rate it a NO STAR I would. I do not recommend the food there at all read more

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Oh my gosh!! This place is super!! I've seen it several times while running errands but never had the chance to stop in. Today the stars aligned and MAN!! These people are really doing something right!! Two margaritas and the brisket enchilada platter, and I will definitely be back this way soon!! Also, both of the young ladies who served me were friendly and attentive, while giving my space. (I'm a writer and sometimes I like to loose myself in what I'm doing). Lovely balance to all of it!! :) read more

I have officially learned my lesson coming here. So many chances. So many poor reviews and experiences. I ordered food online for pickup, as I usually do. When I arrived, the food was delayed. As I pulled away, I knew to check the order as often it was incorrect. As I sat in my car I realized they didn't give me tortillas for my fajita meal. So I went back in, ask for some, and waited. Since I was waiting, I decided to check the rest and realized, instead of chicken and beef for two, I had beef and shrimp for one. When I brought this to the staffs attention, the waitress was very apologetic but the owner, I'm presuming as he is older and bald and super apathetic, seemed to not care. When they showed me it came in as shrimp and beef, I checked my receipt and realized that it shows the same. This was odd as I never in my life have ordered that. So I went to the website and evaluated the workflow. I found that no matter what I chose, it defaulted in the system to beef and shrimp. When I brought it to the staffs attention, the waitress again was apologetic and confirmed they were having site issues. The owner, again presuming based on his behaviors, did not care and said I would be paying the difference for the second portion. I honestly didn't care about having to pay. What I did care about was his apathy. If it was my restaurant, I would have apologized, maybe said who cares about the extra 12$ and said they would investigate the site issue. But no, he went and hid and made his staff deal with it and still gave me an incomplete and incorrect food. Moving forward I won't be coming here. Just not worth the hassle. Despite this place being literal blocks away from my house, I will be going out of my way to find another place to patron. read more

My husband and a couple friends went to the restaurant for the very first time to hear a band called funky monkeys. We went in had a great time. My husband ordered their chili reno with raisins and pecans but it did not come with the raisins and pecans so he told the waitress it's missing the raisins and pecans and her comment to him was well It's the cooks fault maybe if you want. I'll get some on the plate for you. Wrong answer. Then my friend ordered the chicken quesadilla and she got beef and so that was wrong so then we get our bill and there's an added 18% on there because we found out we did not know this is nowhere on the door. Nowhere on the main state you have to pay 18% for the band. That was an $18 added to our bill. And about 15 for my friends. I called the manager. Elizabeth explained to her what happened. She has never called me back to apologize. If anybody's reading this do not go on Wednesday when they're playing a band because they will charge you 18%. They were almost a very short and staff, which took us a while to get our food. read more

I order 2 beef fajitas tacos. If you like taco bell you might like these. Just lame ass tacos, tortillas not the greatest taco bell style. nothing but cheese and lettuce.wheres the beef? read more

I'm just not a fan of the half tortilla chips and the salsa. The service was "meh" but I was one senior female who came in on an early Sunday lunch. Not bad but not great either. read more

Probably should have read the reviews before deciding to eat here. Other than poor service and bad attitudes I don't like dining in a dirty restaurant. Asked our server to take a look at what's on the wall next to me. She giggled oh it's a cricket. It was dead and there were other dead crickets in the place. Our server grabbed a napkin to remove the cricket on the wall. Light over our table also needed dusting. read more

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Stopped for breakfast. Whatever it was I ordered upset my stomach all day long. Adding Velveeta to eggs was pretty nasty.

Best beef & chicken fajitas lunch special in South Austin. It comes with grilled poblano peppers, grilled onions and queso fresco starting at $ 11.99. read more

DK Maria's Legendary Tex-Mex - Beef fajitas taco lunch - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

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If you are a Yelper, and you take the history of Austin food seriously, This is your Museum of the History of Austin Tex-Mex cuisine. This is a restaurant dedicated to documenting and re-creating the great signature dishes of the most important Tejano cooks who did their work in Austin. There are other restaurants in the world which re-create traditional dishes. But almost none have the commitment to identifying the historic cook and crediting them with their individual innovations and masterpieces. A "runner up" on historical commitment would be Rules in London, an upscale establishment which itself dates back to 1798. Rules goes out of its way to preserve the great dishes of Victorian cooking - even to the point of maintaining a game farm to obtain fowls and roasts that would be otherwise unavailable on a modern table. Unlike DK Maria, Rules draws its history from its own ancient recipes. DK Maria follows the Austin Mexican community as a whole. Another difference: Rules will "cheat" a bit to reflect modern tastes. That is less of an issue with DK Maria - because only a subset of the dishes are historical legacy dishes. (These are clearly identified on the menu.) Most of the dishes are the cook's own take on the basic repertoire of Tex-Mex cuisine. The cook's personal interpretation dishes are in most cases outstanding. * * * DK Maria's has the best Queso Fundido I have had anywhere on the planet. This is an easy competition to win. Most Queso Fundido is awful. What you typically get is a hot platter with a cheese blob on top with the consistency of half-chewed bubble gum. The cheese does not want to separate itself from itself Making eating the dish almost as much of a pain in the a** as eating crab. The cheese itself does not typically taste like much. (We ain't talking baked Gorgonzola here.) So the dish depends on the ingredients mixed in with the cheese. In most cases, the mix-ins are nothing special ... Making Queso Fundido the world's most inconvenient way to eat plain old onions. * * * DK Maria's El Flamedo is of another order of magnitude entirely. It is crammed with grilled vegetables. The grilled vegetables are bursting with flavor. I am guessing the vegetables are bursting with flavor because DK Maria's has a very very good vegetable vendor. These are much better mushrooms and peppers than one usually gets in an Austin restaurant. The flaming is precisely enough timed to give a lovely charred taste to the vegetables without blasting the life out of them. It is not easy to get the timing right on a dish like this. Too little time under the flame and you get no char. Too much time under the flame and your vegetables are casualties. So what you are getting is kitchen skill at work. Add to this a fine fine chorizo at the bottom of the cheese and you have great eating. * * * I am not convinced that every single solitary dish that comes out of the kitchen will be legendary. The chips and salsa at the beginning had wonderful puffy chips and an utterly indifferent salsa. How can a "Museum of Great Texmex Cuisine" have a mediocre salsa? Didn't any of the great cooks have an extraordinary salsa recipe? But everything else about this place is outstanding. Plus - reading the menu is as entertaining as eating the food. You can learn a ton of history from that menu. Some of the claims in that history are a little eyebrow raising. (Did DK Maria's ancestors REALLY cook for the armies on both sides of the Battle of the Alamo? I need to have that one explained to me.) Overall, however, this place is fascinating. Worth many visits to explore what they have to offer - even if a handful of the visits come up with duds. read more

Ordered one chalupa, charro beans and two breakfast tacos to pick up. Went to the car - no salsa! Chalupa was SOGGY. Went back inside for salsa , the waitress said that's extra. Really? In a Mexican restaurant? Well, I said that should have been explained at ordering time. I called to order on my way, let it ring many times. It was one o'clockOK maybe they're busy. NOPE one table with two guests. I mentioned calling to waitress and she insisted I did not call! So now you're calling me a liar too? There was a baby in a car seat alone at the back table, so maybe she was unavailable. That's fine just please don't argue with the customers. I'll reconsider this restaurant in the future. Looks like many others are too. Sad. Sure enough my phone record shows an unanswered call to DK's. read more

Bright open spot. Clearly some regulars at the bar. Fast service and fresh food. We visited on a Friday and surprised at no wait. Cheese quesadillas were amazing. Ruben was our wait staff and he was truly a rockstar. We will 100% be back. read more

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We sat at the bar and our order was taken for drinks and food when we sat down. However, after the food and drinks were delivered there was no one in sight. My order was incorrect and the margarita was terrible. No one came to ask if everything was okay. There was no one behind the bar or insight. Finally the original waitstaff showed up to give us our check. We won't be back anytime soon. read more

Online order placed. Forum doesn't support choices for which meats you want. They didn't call to clarify and delayed making the order until I paid the difference upon arrival well beyond the pickup time. The restaurant manager Elizabeth was very rude to me. Stating that the order was late because I didn't resolve the issue. I paid the difference of $4.33 and left with my correct order 40min after pick up time... Don't use the online order forum. It charges extra and has led to problems like this on a few occasions now. read more

Love the food and drinks! Took off one star because they charge for a refill of chips

Actually pretty good this time. Menudo is a different style than I prefer but I customized it and it turned out pretty good. I prefer it spicier but it was not a good day to bring the heat. The Lady had a build your own cheese enchiladas with verde sauce and ate it all. The quac is different than we prefer but still pretty good. I ate her rice which was really good. Excellent and friendly service! I tipped well because of the service. Do I recommend? Yes, but if you want hard core, greasy, very spicy Tex Mex, this does not fit in that category. At least I won't have to have a bucket of ice cubes and a box of matches. :-) . Tip! They have Goat! Next time! read more

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Went to this place while visiting my friend in Austin. Started the meal with a house frozen marg and it was standard. Got the queso and it was pretty good and liked how sturdy their chips were. Got the One and Done marg next and girl it's like a shot with every sip. The highlight of our trip was definitely the churros with chocolate, warm and delicious. read more

DK Maria's Legendary Tex-Mex - One and done - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

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My husband and I stopped here before a holiday party for a few drinks and a bite to eat. It was a little busy on a Friday night so we sat at the bar. We both ordered the grande margarita. It was nothing special but it got the job done. I ordered the ceviche. I ensured that it was made dairy and gluten free. It comes with a different type of chip which they left off. Overall it was good but I have had better. My husband ordered the half plate of quesadillas and it was huge! He enjoyed his meal and ranked it about a 4 star. They do have chips and salsa to eat while you are waiting on food. I'm a sucker for chips as they were homemade corn chips. They were thicker than your average tortilla chip and delicious. The salsa was unique and not sure if I can recommend it or not. Overall an average Mexican restaurant for drinks and eats. I would come back again since it's close to where I live. read more

Brisket filled enchiladas w/ con Carne and queso and chips / salsa! Yummmmmmm! This was amazing! read more

DK Maria's Legendary Tex-Mex - Brisket filled enchiladas w/ con Carne and queso and chips / salsa! Yummmmmmm! - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

Went here for lunch today had the beef enchiladas tamales rice and beans and it was great. Chips were also good thick and crunchy. The service was great attentive waitress asked us several times if we needed anything. Very clean and I love the lively Mexican music it reminds us of the San Antonio River walk. The lunch prices are substantially lower than dinner prices but I'm sure the food is always good come by you won't be disappointed. read more

DK Maria's Legendary Tex-Mex - Lunch special enchilada tamale and rice with beans - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

Great place with good food. They also have a party room. This place is my go-to for drinks and chicken ranchero. read more

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This is our local Tex-Mex place. Pre-coronavirus, we used to go once a month or so. I have a mild addiction to the chimichanga, which I hope you know is a deep-fried burrito, which is crisp, like a pie. DK Maria's serves their chimichanga smothered in queso, and I used to ask them to put queso (just a drizzle) on my side of rice. And we would order like, two jumbo margs each. Post-coronavirus, we recently ordered takeout while DK's was opened at 25% capacity. They had a few tables seated, and all the barstools were put up, meaning no one could sit at the bar (our second fave place to sit, next to a booth). There were a ton of takeout orders packed up and ready to go. One table was enjoying the patio, but they were hidden; I could only just hear them, not see them. Our to-go meal was only $30 for two entrees and an appetizer, so it felt like a bargain. I miss going in person. read more

The food is not very good and they charge for salsa. No other restaurant does that. We won't be back

I like DK Maria's for their solid OG Austin TexMex. It's a really pleasant venue during the day - can't vouch for the atmosphere at night. I've been 3 times now and was totally satisfied with the service, the food and the value for money. The portions are large enough that I can only eat half. Good chips and salsa too. Give it a try. read more

Legendary! Brought my mom & sister here around 2:30pm on a Tuesday after a friend suggested it to us. We love going to lunch together & being from the RGV, our standards for Mexican food & Tex-Mex are pretty high. The chips & salsa are so good! Sturdy homemade chips with a great crunch. Salsa is flavorful with a good amount of spice to it. We ordered the beef fajita lunch, the chicken fajita lunch & the ceviche. 5 stars across the board. Tender meats, wonderfully browned onions & peppers, super fresh ceviche. We also loved the homemade tortillas, rice & beans! Food came out very hot. Even the limes we asked for were really big & juicy. That's important in our world! Our server was super friendly & we loved the atmosphere. We even like the plates because they're roomy & deep. Random detail, I know, but it's true. 10/10! We'll definitely be back (often)! read more

Really great service and our waitress was so nice. The food is horrifically awful. The refried beans were so watered down that they tasted like dirty dishwater with no salt. Plus they were cold. The chips tasted like precut frozen corn tortillas that they fry and reheat with oil. They leave a film of grease in the mouth. We have eaten here several times a few years back which it seemed like it got worse with each visit but it's been a few years so we have it another go. Won't go back again. read more

Reagan says their burger and fries is the best in the world. All the chips and salsa you want. Texmex is very tasty. read more

I got food to go here but the inside was super cute when I went to pick up my food but the person at the bar wasn't super kind when I went back for a second time because we didn't receive tortillas with our fajitas. The food we got was solid and just what you want from a Tex mex establishment. The chips were hot just like I like them read more

Delicious authentic food! Great service. Best tortillas chips in Austin! Good happy hour and strong drinks! Everything I've had here is great! One of my favorite Mexican food spots for sure! read more

DK Maria's Legendary Tex-Mex - Chicken tortillas soup and Mexican martini with a side of beans. Spicy tortilla soup is reallly spicy! - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

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I had the chicken fajita tacos on the lunch menu. They were delicious, with grilled onions, peppers and cotija cheese. The service was friendly and the ambiance was great with paper picado and colorful decor. I will go back and branch out on the menu. read more

I feel most great Mexican restaurants can be judged by the salsa .. add house made fresh chips (not from a bag ) and you have a great start to a great meal . I have been to DK's a few times now and we have taken out a meal or two as well. Each and every time the meal is fantastic and consistent ! Great service too ! Family oriented spot and the service is the same , they treat every one like family! The salsa is fresh with the perfect heat! I always get the jalapeño fajitas with steak ! These are absolute perfection... the jalapeños are charred a bit with just enough kick to enjoy the meal and add just the right heat to each bite. Definitely spicy but oh so good ! The place is always busy but always worth it ! read more

DK Maria's Legendary Tex-Mex - Fajitas Picosas! Delicious ! - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

Jewels AND Preston ARE PROFESSIONALS! I'm a long term patron., before dk's trust me Cindy needs training or replacement CINDY IS rude, tacky and HATEFUL AMD DEROGATIVE TO HER EMPLOYEES AMD SHE STEALS FROM HER EMPLOYEES; see as follows Super bad experience tonight! They were not busy and I expected to have a server wait on my crowd of a large crowd! I went to the restaurant and once back, I witnessed her degrading the bartender (I'm not sure of her name she wore glasses and had reddish- hair) HOWEVER I HAD CINDY. As our server which is the GM of the restaurant as our server) I'm not rude so I allowed her to wait on us. Although I'm positive tHat is not protocol for any Gm) I once was a Gm for a restaurant and that was strictly forbidden . I mean you can help a server but you are not suppose to take there tables nor that tip. We tipped a nice tip not only because of our total but hopefully she was professional. DID SHE GIVE THE SERVERS THERE TIP OR POCKET THEM? (Did she give Enough to give it to her staff which is doubtful! ) Maybe dk's has other rules that I'm unaware of. Your services make what I made as a server so they rely on tips which YOUR GM TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE OF: DO THWIR I have no clue how she can do that. She wanted their money and I know it because she was so rude to them I'm front of others. Please free to call me and I will prove this to you. She is a tacky manager and extremely unprofessional. I go often to DK's and I have never witnessed anything but rudeness from Cindy to her employees. She is rude to them in front of other customers. UNBELIEVable! Once I ordered a simple Order of potatoes and she insulted the new Bartender about not using Asterix to for some Stupid reason. I know you have your protocol but it seems she should calm Down and treat her workers in a decent way and more than 3 or more Ties She has failed I can Prove this need be! Ion I I WAMT THE OWNWRA NAME ANS EMAIL.. they deserve to know the lack of service and how they can approve Email or call please. Tour staff is horrible I care or the ones that get food service me and 16 others I. A crow d did. It get that service and we tipped over a hundred diars. WbTs your ima., money or satisfaction read more

DK Maria's Legendary Tex-Mex - Am open bar:-) - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

When your date lives a few minutes away, neither of you have tried this place, and you're both craving Mexican, trying DK Maria's seemed like a no brainer. And the summary is thus: it's a phenomenal option of a variety that's surprisingly rare these days in hip Austin -- the neighborhood Tex-Mex restaurant. The service was superb and friendly, although we had several different servers taking care of our table. Our drinks were kept filled and the orders accurate. I'll also note that the menu online is significantly smaller than the actual menu in the restaurant. I ended up trying the puffy tacos, which tasted a ton like the ones at the Tres Amigos of old Austin. (More on that later.) My date created her own combo and we both liked the chips and salsa. For what it's worth, I'm pretty sure someone at DK Maria's has made the rounds of old Austin Tex-Mex legends. Like I said, my puffy tacos reminded me of Tres Amigos. The enchiladas on the menu had a description that mentioned Jorge Arredondo's recipe for the chili gravy. (If you lived in Austin years ago, you know about Jorge, Jorge's, and even the Uptown Enchilada Bar.) Likewise, the burger is listed on the menu as the "Bowling Alley Burger," clearly a nod to how El Arroyo's burger was listed on their menu. read more

DK Maria's is truly legendary Tex Mex. In my opinion this restaurant will have quite a high level of success in the future. Some of my favorites are the Big Burro Burrito with green sauce (photo attached) and the chile rellenos. The staff is always very friendly and helpful and and the margaritas are great. Stop in today and check out their happy hour specials... Can't be beat! read more

DK Maria's Legendary Tex-Mex - Big Burrol burrito - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

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