Quaint little place just off I35. It appears to be a home converted into a restaurant. I was referred to this place by the Ace Hardware man LOL. He highly recommended the barbacoa. It did not disappoint. Beware the tacos are on the smaller size but I was good with two. Service was fast and polite. They do have a lot of traffic in their walk up window. I wish I would have tried the menudo, it was selling ! I will leave that for next visit. Parking lot is small, if you can park on the street. The entrance has two steps so I wouldn't call it handicap accessible. Sorry for the bad menu picture, the menu would not lay flat read more

Best barbacoa in town, but terrible service. The servers have terrible attitudes and don't check in to see if you need anything. Every time we asked for something it seemed like it was such a bother to them. read more

This is for the location on McPherson. There was a hair in my huevos rancheros, and they not only failed to comp that plate, but they tried to blame me as if I put my hair in my own eggs. I got charged for a plate with hair. I'm so disappointed in this location, because I actually liked it prior to this incident. read more

Lira's Restaurant - Hair in eggs - Mexican Near Me - Laredo, Texas

Este restaurante es muy bueno, el ponche de barbacoa está tan delicioso que yo lo recomiendo a todos, el servicio muy atento y amable gracias por su atención amigos read more

Lira's Restaurant - Lira's restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Laredo, Texas

I haven't visited any other locations, but was lucky enough for my friend to bring over Menudo and Barbacoa for breakfast. Menudo is authentic and has great flavor, accompanied by a large amount of warm corn tortillas, limes, diced onions and jalapeños. Barbacoa is delicious, accompanied by finely chopped slaw with cilantro, and red spicy sauce. read more

Authentic Mexican breakfast. The owner rings you up and chats with you- the barbacoa has been his recipe for 30 years!! And it's delicious. I don't think I'd ever tried barbacoa before, but I have some pretty high expectations now thanks to Lira's. I was a little skeptical when the description on my scrambled eggs said it was made with "dried beef," but I'm glad I got it! The egg is fried with chopped pepper, onion, tomato, and that dried beef deliciousness. It's actually kind of a misnomer, the dried beef being more like pulled beef, pretty juicy and rich. I actually got a licuado, also. I mixed papaya and mango. The portion is huge! So yummy. Get one if you've never tried it before. 4 stars because the bathroom was a small struggle. Pro-tip: use the bucket under the sink to fully flush the contents of the toilet down the drain when you press the handle down, because the handle itself does not have enough pressure to flush anything. read more

Lira's Restaurant - Scrambled juevos con Mexican salsa - Mexican Near Me - Laredo, Texas

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Hot damn! The salsa roja aqui..... holy chit. Took me like 15 minutes to recover from. I'll open with that and then backtrack a little bit. My buddy and I were in town for work and wanted to find some amazing food... so we drove down the street and decided to pick a place at random. Well, this place kinda chose us, as we were stuck on the street for a few minutes as people literally blocked traffic to get parking spaces. While waiting we noticed people were literally walking up to a window and getting take out orders without even entering the restaurant... this definitely piqued our interest. We found a parking spot around the block, walked up, and sat down at literally the only open table. I opened yelp and was excited about the reviews for this joint. We ordered some barbacoa tacos (be aware, you need a little bit of Spanish in here), and kicked it for a little bit while watching people pile in and out of the place. The tacos were small- not in a negative way, just not sized like the ones fat-shit San Antonians generally eat, but just like regular sized tacos. I got 3 barbacoa and my homies got 1 barbacoa and 1 picadillo. He said the picadillo was good but barbacoa was better. I felt like this was some of the best barbacoa I had experienced. There were only about 2 drops of grease on my plate from each taco Rather than a whole lake of fat like some places. Tacos come plain but our waitress brought out a bowl of cilantro, onion, lime, and a few other veggies to add. The green salsa was live but not overwhelming, and as I said before that red will burn a guerro up. The second I put it on my taco and saw that orangey roasted look, I knew I was in for a heaven and hell mix and boy was I right. I was standing in line to pay my ticket by the time I cooled down. This was just the meal we needed in just the right place... can't wait to come back here next time I visit. read more

Love the Barbacoa. Best ever. Too bad I live in California, otherwise I would eat here every day. read more

Lira's Restaurant - Best Barbacoa - Mexican Near Me - Laredo, Texas

My favorite breakfast place in Laredo! The prices are great and the food authentic Mexican. I love the Huevos Rancheros with beans, tortillas and a dollop of barbacoa. They also serve a small dish of 'verdura' which is shredded raw cabbage, cilantro and a touch of serrano pepper, along with tiny fresh lime halves to squeeze over it. Awesome!! Service fairly good. The dining area is basic and a bit beat-up but that just fit with the whole ambience. They do a brisk carryout business and often have lines of people waiting to pick up 'to go' orders, especially on the weekends. The next time I'm in Laredo, I will definitely go back to Lira's Restaurant again!! read more

First time eating at this little hole in the wall.Breakfast was ok the tortillas were a bit hard and service was not that great. read more

Lira's Restaurant - The server never came back to clean our table. - Mexican Near Me - Laredo, Texas

Went on March 26, and saw a HUGE rat under our table. Made us think, if there is a rat in the dinning room, how many rats is there in the kitchen!! Disgusting. Never going to this restaurant & DO NOT recommend it. read more

Hands down the best barbacoa tacos in town. The tortillas de harina are soft and smell so fresh. The barbacoa is so good that I don't need to add any salt to it. The shakes are also really good and the prices are just right. Although the service this restaurant provides needs a lot of work. The server would only deliver the meals and disappear, she didn't even bother to ever come and check up on us. Would recommend to order to go. Wouldn't dine in. read more

Even tough Barbacoa tacos are great almost everywhere you go here in Laredo, non have come close to the flavor and texture of the ones you buy from the taco trucks on the mexican side. Until now! These are by far the best and most authentic barbacoa tacos you will find in Laredo,Tx. I am from Laredo and grew up on the Mexican side but now I live in Los Angeles and can't find anything that come close so I am taking several lbs with me. THEY ARE THAT GOOD. great service too. read more

It's okay barbacoa. It was too greasy for my taste. Next time I'll ask for lean if there's such a choice on the menu. My husband picked it up to go, 2 whole pounds, and it was packed and ready to go so kudos for service. The menudo was okay as well, although i think they use powdered chile and I'm not a fan of that. Barbacoa is worth another try for sure. We also had ham and egg tacos, but they were not filling at all due to the tortilla being so small and the filling was barely there. When we felt the tacos in the bag we thought they had only given us one, but nope it was actually two little bitty ones. read more

This place was recommend by family members and being the picky person that I am I had my doubts, Not really, this BBQ was great and they have it on weekdays also. Don't cut corners like others, keep up the good job. read more

The best barbacoa tacos in Laredo Texas and a dollar each can't beat the price and taste. The lunches de ternera are good too but barbacoa.......mmmmmm read more

My husband and I have gone to liras lots of time he would always tell me that they would overcharge everytime he paid but I just wouldn't listen. Then one time I went to the new location with my parents and I went to go pay the old lady I think she's the owner was the cashier she gave me a total of like $35 and I was like I just bought 15 tacos and three drinks so I told her I wanted to see receipt and she got all nervous and didn't show me the receipt she's just like oh they put other stuff here which I didn't buy it. So I just ended up paying $21 a lot of difference ha. So when u go do the math yourself before paying I bet it won't match with what they'll charge you. Which I think it's not fair those people should approximate their customers not rob them cuz that's what they r doing. read more