Everything there is fantastic... the queso, fajitas, enchiladas and margaritas are top notch!

Everything was AMAZING food and service !!!! My husband left so happy he was still talking about the redfish the next day !!! We had an awesome time and we were told the restaurant had been there for about 5 years. I can't believe we passed it by so many times. Please go and enjoy , relax , eat and feel right at home. Ask for David M. He was our server and he made the whole experience so enjoyable. Met every need and was always so pleasant. read more

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I met a friend here for drinks & when we got here around 5pm on a Friday l, it was pretty quiet & we got seated right away. By the time we left closet to 8, there was a wait outside & the entire place was buzzing! Mostly families with just a few couples at the bar. The ambiance was nice, I felt very safe & loved the music. The food was good, I ordered the Fajita quesadillas & I enjoyed them. My friend got the shrimp & bacon & she also liked them. Service was fast until it got crowded. The drinks were just okay. I was hoping for more fancy margaritas. Staff were all very friendly & helpful. read more

El Tiempo Cantina - Katy - Beef Steak Fajita Quesadilla Entree - Mexican Near Me - Katy, Texas

First and foremost I want to give a huge shout out to Leon. He has to be the greatest waiter that I have had. Anyone who has a party of 15 plus you are going to want him as your waiter. The food was great and the staff was exceptional. I am so glad that I had the chance to celebrate my parents' birthday here. Even with all separate checks, we had a smooth and carefree time. Great mexican ambience. Highly recommended for some awesome mexican food with awesome service to follow. read more

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Great food! Friendly and engaging Bartenders. Very accommodating and knowledgeable servers. They handled this big group of separate checks flawlessly!!! read more

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We love El Tiempo when we come to Houston! Their waitstaff is friendly and attentive, they have locations in several parts of town, and their queso is YUMMY!! It's got a good Mexican restaurant atmosphere whether you are inside or, in our case, on the heated/cooled patio. We really like the warm red salsa and the refreshing verde salsa, in addition to being a sucker for their queso. Their portions are very generous, so don't TOTALLY fill up on chips! And if you do, just remember that to-go box! read more

El Tiempo Cantina - Katy - WARM red salsa, fresh verde salsa, and some GREAT yellow queso - Mexican Near Me - Katy, Texas

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Went around 3 for a very late lunch. Not busy at all so the wait time for our food was minimal. Service was great. Beef fajitas- seasoned well and very tender 10/10 Flour tortillas 10/10 Guacamole 10/10 Chips 7/10 Salsa 10/10 Rice 8/10 Beans 7/10 House margaritas 9/10 read more

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We went back the next weekend we liked it so much! The chicken a la rana!!! I always have enough for lunch the next day, and its so tender, tons of serrano peppers! Its so good. So they have 2 types of rice: green and yellow as the kids call it. Both were great. The refried black beans hit the spot! Salsas are fresh and addicting. Margaritas need some work. The regular one just taste like margarita mix. But I did try some new specialty one, that i dont remember the name of, it had amaretto and a cinnamon sugar rim and was a great dessert cocktail. One of the best cheese enchiladas I have had in a while. They all start to taste the same after a while so it was nice to have a more meaty chili gravy. My husbands beef fajita meat was very tender, and they have good fresh tortillas. Def recommend! We will return for sure! read more

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Okay so I went here on a Sunday trying to spend some alone time with myself. And I ordered a piña colada and beef fajita enchiladas. I underestimated them with the enchiladas. I ordered too when I should've just ordered one. It took me lunch and dinner to eat the last enchilada. They are so big !!! no wonder two was $32. Now with the piña colada, it was good but whatever liquor I used in that it gave me the worst headache made me very sleepy. I don't know. It just made me feel weird. The refried beans was good. It looked very seasoned and the yellow Mexican rice is good as well. The bartender was nice and sweet. read more

El Tiempo Cantina - Katy - Mexican Near Me - Katy, Texas

The Fajitas used to be the very best! Today the beef seem to have BBQ Sauce on them. What happened to the seasoning? We had not had Fajitas for a long while; well we are disappointed with our purchase of the DOM's Special. The read more

Went today for lunch got the fillet fajitas. They were delicious! All the food we had was so good along with the service. It's pricey but what isn't now a days. read more

This is Tex Mex at its best. and it hits the 3 G mark. Great food, Great service and Great atmosphere. As the son of legendary Ninfa , you have high expectations of their food. And they deliver. Huge menu. Creative and tastey! Enchiladas are spectacular. Try the brisket enchiladas. Guac is very good. -- foodie tip Sprinkle their special salsa on top. Delish!!! Their flameado dip is just fun!! The restaurant is colorfully decorated with great Mexican music playing. Really just a home rrun!! read more

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Food is ok, not as good as some of their other locations. Service was so-so. We were seated fairly close to the kitchen and they were doing some cleanup of pans and the noise was so loud; awful. Ordered coffee and dessert, waited forever. No need to go back to this location. read more

The first time we ate there, the service was fantastic. We requested that same server the next two times and the hostess both times told us he was busy, or already had too many tables. Not good customer service. So we sat at the bar where we were completely ignored. I grabbed someone's attention finally and asked to order and pay at the same time so we could just leave. It was early and the bar wasn't full at all so not sure what happened there. The other time, they were crazy busy, so everything was slow and I don't even know who our server was. But the first time, we had Leo, and he was fantastic! He was attentive, made excellent recommendations, the food was delicious! The salsa and drinks kept coming. Was a great date night. read more

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Ambience good Service Javier was an excellent server. Food terrible, I'm sorry but not good at all, rice no flavor, fajitas were chewy And. For a $14.00 dollar 6oz margarita with no mango flavor No I Do Not Recommend this restaurant read more

Enchiladas Suizas were Taco Bell level enchies, tasted like velveeta cheese in the filling. Seriously unappetizing and disappointing. Service was good, but considering the food I have to rate one star; though ET on Washington Ave. is a favorite restaurant. read more

This location does not compare to the other locations we visit. Understaffed and the food quality was not up to El Tiempo standards.

Too expensive and all the staff chews gum. Food service people should not be chewing gum.

Horrible! I had filet mignon fajitas. The meat wasn't even chewable. I had a craft of sangria that only gave us two glasses of sangria for $32. And that was happy hour. It would've been cheaper to have bought glasses of sangria. I have been eating at El Tiempo for years now and the last two times at this location have been horrible. I'm not going to eat at El Tiempo again. read more

We LOVE our neighborhood El Tiempo! We sit at the bar and the bartender is like our best friend. We were the first customers in the door when they opened and we've been regulars ever since. Went last night and had a blast talking to a couple sitting next to us. Fun Fun Fun!! read more

Went on a Saturday night, wasn't too busy when we arrived @6pm for an early dinner. Took quite a while for the server to come take our drink order, and once he brought our drinks took forever to take our food order. Food is decent, overpriced in my opinion. Meat was tender with a good flavor, however don't understand the green rice. Roasted salsa that comes with the chips is really tasty. Just not overwhelming impressed with service and food for the prices on the menu read more

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Carne Guisada is not suppose to be stew,l meat, with potatoes and carrots. If people want stew, they'd go to a diner.

I have to say we have gone to this location at least four times now & EVERY time was amazing!!!! Our first time we were blown away on everything from the time we stepped through the front door! Our server was Martin on our first visit , he was super!!! Recommendations were spot on & customers service was phenomenal!! The following week we came back, Martin was off so we had another server & he was wonderful as well but I forgot his name! Now we have gone at least 2-3 more times so I felt I MUST make a review!! This place is CONSISTENT!! The wait staff is so very courteous, EVERY SINGLE MALE EMPLOYEE grabs a door at every opportunity. Nowadays this type of courtesy & respect for others is getting more rare. I do need to make sure I say every time we have gone we get mixed fajitas & EVERY time they've been super delicious!!! Their tortillas are absolutely amazzzzing!! Good homemade kind! Love their rice! This is our new favorite for delicious mexican food with great people serving it!! read more

Visited another location last time and I was so excited to get back to Houston. Went to Katy location and it did not disappoint! I always get the ribs. They could me on a fajita skillet with garlic butter. I ordered them with the mushrooms. Beans are really good. Hubby liked the warm salsa. Excellent Cadillac margarita. read more

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The food was great we came for a party and everything tasted great. The servers were the best I have seen in a while they were on top of everything even before we asked for it. The was was nice the room we were in good a bit loud but it was still very nice and comfortable. read more

1/2 and 1/2 Margarita (I like mine with coconut) This means half on the rocks, half frozen. So no wasted space with ice. Get the queso (comes with flour chips which are murder worthy) I almost broke up with a guy I was dating because he ate my leftovers with their flour tortillas and green sauce. Honestly I should have. That betrayal was a red flag. El tiempo never lets me down. FILET fajitas come with chimmichurri that is the best I've ever had. Verde rice with black refried beans. Thats all my tips. read more

Our server, Miatas, was AMAZING. We've been to this El Timepo location twice and had Miatas as our server this second time. We will be requesting to sit with him from now on! He was so friendly and had the best energy. The food at El Timepo is delicious. Just pricey. But it's worth the good food for the prices. read more

El Tiempo Cantina - Katy - Wednesday Fajita Special - Mexican Near Me - Katy, Texas

Solid spot for fajitas!! Got steak and Al pastor!! Also got the queso which was solid as well. Best thing was their tres leches!! Sooo goood! Service was great! read more

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Delicious! Prices are moderate and everything we had was very tasty. The salsa and the green sauce and particular are my favorites and always a way that I judge Mexican or Tex-Mex restaurant. The drinks are not too shabby either. Lol. Service was friendly and the vibe was upbeat but you could still hold a conversation. read more

Clean and lots of parking. Service was great. Margaritas always on point. I had the queso flameado and they roll it up for you.

Food was neither good or bad, just kind of in between. Service was okay. I thought the place was kind of pricey.

Luis is such an amazing guy... so helpful. Ask for him, he may be a bar back. Marco Fonseca is AMAZING !! He goes above and beyond to help you.. truly.. if you need a server, ask for RENEE! He's great also. ;) love this place. The outside is not really outside which sucks but it hurt you a vibe... read more

I've been trying to find the BEST Chile Relleno in Katy for the last couple of years. Ever since Chuy's quit making the crunchy Chile Relleno, I've had to adjust my tastes to the egg battered versions. (Big foolish move, Chuy's!) That being said, El Tiempo (Fry and 10) earns top honors. Huge poblano stuffed with sliced beef and a mixture of raisins and pecans, stuffed into a thicker egg batter wins out! Gloria's is #2 because they throw in a cheese enchilada, but El Tiempo reigns. Alexi is also the best server in Katy. Ask for her section and you will be spoiled rotten. it was. Saturday eve so,it was a bit noisy, but between The Chile Relleno and Alexi, it rocked! An excellent dining experience and we WILL return! read more

Would 4 stars. I was quite shocked to see it empty during lunch time. I mean It was so empty I saw a tumbleweed roll by. Slow! Food: they make a pretty good fajita and these were good as always. You cannot go wrong with their beef fajita. Absolutely amazing! Top notch. Chips and salsa was good. I will definitely come back to this location when I'm in the area. The service kind of sucked to be real. I should give them a 2 stars for the service. For it being that slow we shouldn't have had to wait for anything but we did. The Waiter came with his really rehearsed lines and it wasn't a goo Personal experience at all. I would definitely go back because the food is great. They definitely need some training and advertising at this location. Vintage is always jam packed! read more

I love El Tiempo Katy. The food and margaritas are delicious. But Rene, the greatest waiter who ever walked this earth, no longer works there and they switched from Coke products to Pepsi products, so I'm on high alert thinking they might start going down hill. Also, they change the menus too often and the manager always looks pissed off. But they still split checks for big parties. read more

THE BEST AND NEVER DISAPPOINTS! The best fajitas and always great service! Recommend to anyone! Also, margaritas are the best! read more

El Tiempo Cantina - Katy - Best margaritas! - Mexican Near Me - Katy, Texas

The food tonight from cook Oscar at the katy location was phenomenal. The pork fajitas were smoked and flavorful! It made me want to scream it was so good! Compliments to the chef. Crystal was my server. She was friendly, conversational, and kind. She made recommendations that were highly appreciated. My wife and I are regulars at multiple locations of El Tiempo. We have been coming for many years. It was our first time at the katy location and it will not be our last. It may be my new go to El Tiempo location. I am beyond pleased to celebrate a late Valentine's date with my spouse of 16 years and counting. read more

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I usually say I'll pass when a group of friends wanna go to eat after a baseball game and grab some TexMex. It has always been an over priced disappointment for me. I was floored when I saw the price of their Quesidilla$$$. For $30.00 you get a large 12" with chicken and cheese and a side of diced tomato, shredded lettuce and that's it. A $3.00 cost that has been jacked up to $30.00, absolutely shocking. Unfortunately for me it's the only item my son will eat so good there goes steak night. I don't care what establishment you go to it's all beans, cheese, rice, meat all prepared from hotel pans over steamers and wrapped up to whatever you wanna call it. A burrito a taco a fajita, you name it it's all the same but this one really hit my pocketbook. read more

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We visited during lunch on a Tuesday and it wasn't too crowded. Service was quick and the food was GREAT. I had the chicken tortilla soup and soft shrimp taco with a margarita and my kiddo had a kid's piña colada with jumbo chicken tenders and fries. The queso that came with the kids meal was really good and so were the salsas that came with the chips. read more

El Tiempo Cantina - Katy - Chicken tortilla soup - Mexican Near Me - Katy, Texas

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Super excited to have El Tiempo back in Katy. We were greeted by these happy, beautiful ladies. It was the second day open for business on Thursday evening. The restaurant was full but we were seated right away. They have a full bar area with plenty of seating. The chips and salsa were very good! The Red salsa was my favorite. Good start so far!! Our waitress was very attentive and suggested things on the menu. We started with ceviche, it had fish, shrimp calamari and pico. I enjoyed skinny margaritas with my choice of tequila & tajin rim. We decided on the filet fajitas, charo beans and cilantro rice. The fajitas were served on sizzling pot with sauté onions- both very tasty!! Charo beans were on point and if you haven't tried cilantro rice it's a must. We enjoyed fajitas with combo of flour and corn tortillas which are made in house. Overall experience was great considering it was second day open. They were well prepared!! It will be nice to sit out on patio when that section is complete. Your paying premium for quality food, service and ambience!! I highly recommend and look forward to coming back!! read more

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