My family and I have been eating here for years and have enjoyed every meal. The staff is very friendly, the food is delicious, and the meals are provided quickly. The interior is decorated nicely. I recommend. read more

Soooo good . Make time for a nap after you eat! They make sure you get pleanty of food

3rd time, and consistently good. Is it perfect? No. But no place is. The service is fantastic The Cantina is chill They will make anything you want to drink or eat. The portions are huge. The food is very flavorful and fresh. It's never slammed, thus always get a table. And the to go is epic. Tonight we got fajitas for 2 and they did a bang up job packing everything we needed. Way better the Tres Amigos down the street. read more

La Palapa - We ordered fajitas for 2 and a large chips and salsa to go, they did an amazing job! Wow! - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

Food was mediocre, not something to brag about but it was good. Our server didn't really understand us so that was hard to have a language barrier when trying to order, very sweet and attentive just we couldn't really communicate. Food came out prompt though. read more

La Pa-loveit. This is such a hidden gem! Incredibly charming decor in a really unique old building. The food is good enough to eat, the prices are reasonable, and the happy hour goes to 7! The staff are super nice as well. Five stars, great place. read more

Nice atmosphere for happy hour after work. The food wasn't anything to write home about.

I've always enjoyed La Palapa. Service and Food is Good. Getting a little harder to get good Austin Tex-Mex Food. Hope they are open for business now. Tried calling Friday afternoon, but no answer. Update:Called today, a lady said the Dining Room is Open. And to come visit. ) read more

The food wa awesome we had fajita nachos and they are the best in town, we had a great service the waitress was kind and very respectful. The atmosphere was pleasant a very great place to take your family to have a cheerful family time. read more

My roommate had heard of this place at his restaurant that he works out so we decided to pop in after one of his shifts. I don't know what to honestly say. The vibe was UNBELIEVABLE, it felt like coming Home even though I'm from New York, If that makes any sense at fall. They were so friendly, the drinks were great (frozen Margarita), the food was on point with my roommates approval (he's from Mexico), the Happy Hour is awesome, the environment is cute as Hell and did I mention the Vibes already? If I could rent a room above the place I would. Just writing this I might actually run over and grab a quick beer just to recharge. The only complaint I have is that I didn't know they existed sooner. read more

La Palapa is controversial. If you read the other Yelp reviews, you will see lots and lots of Yelpers telling terrible stories. When I was there, in the middle of a Sunday afternoon, the place was crowded and people kept coming in the door. For a "terrible" place, they sure seem to have a lot of satisfied customers. The crowd was one third black, one third hispanic and one third white Anglo. I am guessing the crowd was heavily local East-siders. The only Yuppie in the house was me. My food was completely fine. (More on that later.) * My suspicion: Neighborhood people and regulars get one level of food; Their food is pretty good. Other people may or may not get that same level of food depending on circumstances. The stories people tell of screws in food or pieces of tomato slicer in food or brown guacamole - These stories sound to me like the food served to customers the house does not want to see again. Does this represent the views of management or just the views of one or two rogue employees? Who can say? * For what it is worth, I have always eaten well there - and my last visit was no exception. I stopped in recently for nachos. Unlike most other places - here they have three different dishes they call nachos. I got the Tex-Mex nachos. This was about a half a pound of ground beef, a ton of queso and a load of pickled jalapeno slices all dumped on the tortilla chips. The serving was huge. They intentionally used queso rather than melted cheese, so everything got completely soggy in no time flat. The cheese sauce melted the chips and then mixed in with the hamburger. This made the nachos a fork and knife dish and not a finger dish. It was in essence Mexican hamburger casserole but it was good Mexican hamburger casserole and I was happy to have it. * My hunch - take it for what it is worth: I have always gone there by day - including my most recent trip which was on a Sunday afternoon. Everyone was in the restaurant, no one was in the cantina and drinking was negligible. The food has been good all the way around. A lot of the horror stories seem to take place at night. Karaoke night seems to be particularly problematic. Does this place have two modalities? Day vs night? Restaurant vs cantina? Normal crowd vs karaoke crowd? Who can say? read more

Initially we waited 10 minutes before a waitress ever approached us. We of course had time to review the menu and gave our order. It took a while to get our order but eventually it arrived. The Ranchero beans were canned ranch style beans. The enchilada sauce was old and inedible. Then we had to hunt down our waitress to get any service. So Disappointing. Never again. read more

Great food, parrillada was great, all the condiments, and charro beans xx Rita well frozen and services was excellent, totally love this place. read more

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Food: OK. Service: Lackluster, if not outright disinterested. One of my work colleagues and I decided to give La Palapa a try for lunch after we realized that another nearby favorite was closed on Mondays. We also remembered other work colleagues said this was a regular favorite. After my experience, I may not trust those colleagues. The summary is thus: these folks can't handle a lunch rush at all. We spent well over an hour here for lunch. Our server was absent for extended periods, including even taking our order. In fact, we went quite a while between one person getting our drink order and our actual server coming by to get our lunch order. As for the food itself, I'm still not sure what we got. My colleague ordered a fajita taco with just cilantro. She also got onion. Unfortunately, our service had been so slow that neither of us wanted to invest the time in getting what we ordered. My enchiladas were good, but my two cheese enchiladas each looked different and each had a different sauce. Not bad by any means, but beyond unusual. The saving grace here was their thin red salsa which packed a surprising punch. So, if you must come visit, come when there's no crowd. read more

Cory was so helpful on the phone!! I've been dining here occasionally for the past couple years. Love their frozen mango margaritas with chimoy! Great value and great quality. Sheesh!! Also love that Cory, who ive never met before, was super knowledgeable about food and beverage pricing and takeout protocol. Haven't visited in the last few months but after today I will have to remember to come by more often!! Thanks y'all! read more

We recently had a celebration at this location and first we were quickly accomodated for large seating, yet in the process of ordering our items; it seemed very slow. Not just that we only had one server for a group of almost 10 and along with the other tables she had to handle as well. It was quite disheartening to have such stressed service and after a while it seemed like we were much easily ignored for only 2 our of our party were ordering liquor (the server seemed more concerned with happy hour time than just regular good service). My family and I have always had much better experiences in times prior, yet this time I have seriously doubt we will return often for other occassions. read more

Food hasn't been good for the last 6 years. Soggy enchiladas, shredded cheese on nachos.. Like why ? Food is ready to quick so I doubt anything is fresh. The drinks are strong though read more

Amazing salsa!! I don't say that very much cause most places are just ok. It's hot but not just perfect. Love the decor and the service. It's a find for sure!! Ordered street tacos also great! I just can't say enough. Ask for Aaron he's the bartender. read more

La Palapa - Beer extra large - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

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Good, solid Mexican/tex mex food. I normally go around 5:30 pm on Thursdays, and the crowd is not heavy. Service is attentive. Always knowledgeable and supportive about dietary limitations. read more

Can your service be too good? Can your queso flameado be too flameado? Can your fajitas be too flavorful? I say no. Look, maybe it's because i had four tecates before this but the food was damn good. And frankly, I remember it being good last time i was there. It's empty empty empty but our server had these crazy butterfly earrings, checked on us a LOT and everything came out incredibly fast. And not in a bad way. We got queso flameado (yellow melty cheese in a bowl does NOT = queso) with chorizo, poblano and mushrooms. That sh!t was on fire. Seriously. Pretty blue flames spouting from melty white cheese with all the accoutrements. Its kind of amazing. Next we got the fajitas for two. No minor portion this. Both of us got our own rice and beans a la charra, our own molcajete with guac, sour cream, cheese and pico de gallo, and enough meat so that I have a to go box. That's after two good eaters attacked it like we were on a wilderness show. How were the margaritas you ask? Huge. Strong as Arnold. Actually quite good in a city that insists that margaritas should be made with sweet and sour tragic enough to coat your larynx for days. If you're thinking mexican food, check out la palapa. Have a new adventure. Karaoke on Fri/Sat. Try some cheese on fire. Why the hell not? read more

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Kids were happy, grandma was happy, and I was happy with the food! ... and the price was reasonable... and the atmosphere was great! Considered giving them 4 stars instead of 5 because salsa was too spicy, but then again, that's a plus, because we hardly had any chips... Kids meal for $5 AND they actually ate the food! My "Healthy Meal" fajitas were AMAZING!! I'm not quite sure how "healthy" they really were, but the taste was great, and the portion size was good. Service was good...with an asterix - only a handful of tables were there... read more

Not far from office. Ordered from lunch menu. Fajitas is around $12. I really like fajitas, but probably it's too much for lunch. So I ordered fajitas tacos. Two tacos are around $10. It's tasty, but they missed sour cream. And you can order same fajitas tacos from Taco Cabana for half price. So it's not that special. Starting from tomorrow, this part of 290, between 183 and 130 will become a toll road. So I'm not driving on this road anymore. read more

All I'm gonna say is nothing like the one off of 290 , we ate at new location and if you want good drinks and good food don't come here.

La Palapa has a bar area and a restaurant area and I prefer the laid back feel in the bar. I love the piña colada Aaron makes! This is my favorite happy hour spot in this area. Happy hour is every day 4-7 and they have a great variety. Can't go wrong ordering some enchiladas. Plus the karaoke on Friday and Saturday nights in the bar is so fun to watch! read more

La Palapa - Piña Colada - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

YUMMY MARGARITAS FOR MY TUMMY If you want a great margarita, this is the place to go. The cantina is a great place to meet some friends for a CASUAL Happy Hour. Prices are great and they serve free food. The wait staff are very, very nice and the bartenders are down to earth. read more

First meal out after the snowpacalypse. Super yummy mole chicken and great drinks! The flan was wonderful too!!

Delicious as always I tried to take a photo of my Burrito before I attacked it !! Clean restaurant friendly wait staff. read more

La Palapa - Tex-Mex Near Me - Austin, Texas

My first visit to La Palapa and I was very satisfied with it. The food was good and the service was fast and friendly. The price was very reasonable for the portions we received. The atmosphere was good too- not too many frills. I will definitely be back. read more

This place is a hole in the wall . Service isn't great food is terrible and they have bugs flying and roaches or some sort of bugs in restaurant. Food is served Cold the waiters are horrible the management is rude and disrespectful I don't recommend any human eating or getting food from this place . They don't have clean restrooms or any clean dishes our food came out on dirty dishes cold and it wasn't good at all . The food is old like it was microwaved or weeks old . This place got my kids sick food poisoning. If you are recommending I advice you to reconsider. Health department need to shit this place down immediately. read more

I will never go back. Food and drinks were average. Service was horrible. One of the servers spilled salsa and it went all over our shoes, pants and a purse. Plus if you have five people at your table they put an automatic gratuity on your bill. So you get to pay for bad service. Nice! read more

The food was was good and the environment was welcoming. We sat in the diner area of the restaurant. They have a karaoke bar which is always on and popping on Friday's.. Now as for the service it really sucked.took to long for drinks and food. read more

This place rocks. Kinda divey, and a little rough around the edges, but a lot of fun. The karaoke DJ is a riot, and people always have a blast when they go up to sing. You get some grimace inducing singers (of course! haha), but there's also some legitimately good singers who frequent here. Drinks are cheap, and the servers and most of the people who come here are really chill. Get a Vegas Bomb for 6.75. read more

Great food and drinks and the staff is super friendly!! It has a dine in area and a bar area so it's a great place to go! Great manager Rosa

when I first walked in, a waiter pointed me in the direction of her section not knowing I wanted to sit at the bar. Once she noticed I wanted to sit at bar waiter became disrespectful and treated me as if I was a problem because I was no longer in her section. I ordered the burrito came out cold, hair in food. very unpleasant experience and I'll never come back. they use chili sauce instead of real enchilada sauce. a scam mexican restaurant read more

Read all the reviews about Poor Customer service and I believe them so here is another review about Poor Customer service. Here is mine about Poor Customer service and they just lost a customer and then some when I reach out to my friends. Manager did not tried to make situation right with customer on which i bought a large hot sauce and 6 tacos got home to find out hot sauce and chips were not there called them and gave my name to whoever answer and to come back and they would make it right so i did and the male manager gave me a small hot sauce I told him I paid for a large hot sauce and would not give me what I paid for. Taking advantage of the elderly and arguing with me really over something petty like hot sauce. I'm going to reach out to friends and family to boycott this establishment . You lost my business and others. You suck. read more

Horrible Low quality Extremely overpriced food!! Word of advice, never try the burritos they're complete trash!! So much tortilla and very little fajita I think I got like maybe three bites out of the whole burrito, by the way no cheese, no beans or anything inside the burrito besides the meat. Where I'm from that's just a taco. Very bland, very unsatisfying and to top it off we paid $40 for two burrito plates. I honestly wish I can get my money back, horrible food and horrible cooks plain and simple read more

I really love La Palapa. I grew up on their food and their tilapia with the vegetables is AMAZING. For kids, their burgers are great and their regular burger is a great size for the price. They also serve virgin drinks that are amazing. Their virgin piña colada is amazing. They're under new management which still keeps the same flow but they've changed the authenticity of the old place. I love the restaurant so much and the staff. They keep the humor going. 5/5 stars. read more

Decided to try out this place. It's not bad, and actually pretty good for the price. As a vegetarian, I was surprised that they had options. It's nothing fancy/special, but it's clean, well priced, and has decent tex mex food. read more

I will give this place no stars and if I could give a negative star I would. If you like good Tex-Mex keep driving. All of the spots around town and judging by the small amount of patriates that do go it's obviously the last option on everyone's list. The food is lack luster and the customer service is in the trash all the way from the TOP. Jearl is the manager and he is rude, rude and RUDE. They treat their customers different based on nationality and I have witness it first had. I will never spend my money at that $@it show of and establishment and as a Austinite and foodie I promise you that you are not missing anything. If you are care about quality food and service this is not the place for you. If you order a to-go you better make sure it is right because I was given the wrong food; offered a replacement and when I went to get it they told me I would have to pay extra to remake it. I was told that it would be replaced by the manager Catherine. I went the following day to pick up my order and spoke with Rosa the "manager" and she trying to charge me to make the corrected plate in which I refused. Never have I every heard of such a policy and was not advised that at the time. When I spoke to Jearl "head manager" he called me a liar; stating that I was never told that I would get a replacement. He accused me of just wanting a free meal which I did not. I was asking for what I was told I was owed. He told me to take my business elsewhere and hung up in my face before I could explain the situation. I've been nothing but respectful anytime that I have dined here. I dine out regularly and have never been treated so bad in my life. I am shocked and offended. I have tried to support this whole in the wall establishment because of my grandmother for whom I was picking food up for. Honestly despite my most recent experience the food is not good enough and the traffic proves this. The management is terrible and that is why the service is poor. It starts at the top. You have been warned do not waste your time or money. They do not appreciate it nor deserve it. I am a hardworking woman and carry myself in a way that does not say untrustworthy. This is a very honest review. I could go on and on but you get my drift. Please drift right past this drab!!! read more

My wife and i work at home and own 4 businesses . One thing we like to do is get out and be social at the end of the day. We pick places with atmosphere but the big secret is we will go back to places that have a great team in place who is inviting kind and friendly. Tonight we meet Aaron who was truly a heart warming gentlemen. He tried really hard to please and went out of his way to be friendly. People like him are hard to find and because of people like him we will be back ! Truly thank you Aaron ! See y'all soon salsa was amazing, skinny like margarita was also good ! read more

It was decent food don't get me wrong but when there are three other tables in the whole restaurant and it takes you ten minutes to get me a sweet tea refill that is a problem. I asked for more salsa and good luck I never got that. PISS poor service for sure. read more