Live in the area and wanted something with a lunch special. This restaurant has been around awhile and has been pretty good. Our waitress was Xiomara and she's great! We ordered our food and drinks and they came out quickly. She let us know about certain days when there's music. We'll be back, especially for breakfast. Their migas are delish! read more

My husband and I used to come here when it used to be Mamasita's and it was good. The work crew and I hadn't been here in years. We were getting tired of ordering our fave top 5 places. It's definitely different owners and cooks. I ordered lunch take out for our office crew. The food was okay. It reminded me when I used to eat frozen dinners back in the day! LOL I've had better frozen dinners that tasted better than their food. The rice was on the bland and dry side. The chicken was okay , and the tortillas were undercooked and on the soggy side. We all agreed that we won't be ordering here again. You probably won't find anything better than Johnny Tamales or Jimmy Changas / Gringos . read more

Mamarita's Mexican Restaurant - Tacos al Carbon Lunch - Mexican Near Me - Pasadena, Texas

Yummy fajitas, queso and salsa. Found out Happy Hour is extended on Monday through Thursday, great prices for margaritas! Great atmosphere as always. read more

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This has always been one of our "go to" places but recently the sewer gas smell has gotten so bad that I just can't do it anymore. I wish they would fix the problem. I know we can't be the only ones choosing to go somewhere else because of it. read more

Food arrived cold. I live fairly close to the restaurant. As you can see in the photo not appealing. Food tasted okay once it was heated. I ordered the machacado plate. Disappointed in the food and service. read more

Mamarita's Mexican Restaurant - Machacafo plate - Mexican Near Me - Pasadena, Texas

New to the area, and this is quickly becoming my favorite spot! See you for $2 dollar tacos on taco Tuesday!

This place smells like sewer! I had to sit outside, I was glad the weather was good for the outdoor seating. I have been here several times and the bathroom is always a mess. The waiters here are not very friendly. I'm not sure why, I kept trying to be friendly and the service got worse. These guys can definitely be replaced with AI servers. Food was okay, started with cheese dip and shrimp cocktail, shrimp cocktail won on this round, it was good. Cheese dip was not anything to speak of, boring. Next, ordered the parrilla with fajitas and sausage. I'm guessing, if you want seasoned fajitas you should ask for it, bland, bland, bland. The atmosphere was okay, it was early dinner but all and all won't be back, definitely not worth the money! read more

Do. Not. Come. Here. Watch a YouTube tutorial to learn how to make what you want and buy the ingredients at the store. Better yet, message me and I'll tell you how to make it. Price gouging basic Mexican food should be illegal... and by basic I mean both simple ingredient food, and food that is a 5 at best. $18 for street tacos?! Whoever set the prices should be jailed. That's more than a DOUBLE order of tacos will cost you in Mexico. The only... positive... was the attentive staff and service. At least they take care of you moderately well. There's nothing upscale about this place besides the prices... not the ambiance/decorations, food, drink options, NOTHING. These people raised their prices during covid and never brought them down. It's no wonder this place was empty on a Friday night with a big game on. I had fajitas BTW... how they managed to mess those up along with the undercooked rice is beyond me. The tortillas were the best thing, but not good enough to make up for the crap salsa, and weird tasting pico... never again. Avoid this place read more

Mamarita's Mexican Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Pasadena, Texas

Mamarita's has been a go to place for us, but have been noticing sewer gas smell getting worse. This is a big turn off for a lot of people, so I recommend they address the issue before it gets worse! read more

Love this place. Great street tacos and salsa. Very authentic Mexican food. Will always go back.

We came here this evening for dinner. Your restaurant was packed. Our waiter was Joe. He went above and beyond amidst the hustle and bustle of your packed restaurant to see that we had everything we needed. Band outside, large parties inside and yet he was very professional waiting on us. Thank you sir for serving us our delicious food. We will be back! Side note: we started at Don'key and our waiter was so rude, we walked out! So Joe made our experience a pleasure. read more

Happened to be in the area.We've never been out that way from Humble before. After helping our youngin move into his new apartment, We were hungry. It seemed mexican food was everywhere so we went to the first one that caught our eye and that was Mamaritas. Nice place, lovely Latin ambiance, superb customer service, and the food was delicious. It's not worth the drive from Humble, but it's definitely worth another visit when we're in the area. read more

Mamarita's Mexican Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Pasadena, Texas

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Great food, and great members of the community! Due to the tornado, they gave out free meals (2 cheese enchiladas, rice, beans) to those affected by the disaster. It was delicious! I also ordered a beef fajita chimichanga to go. The food was excellent. They do a unique empanada-style wrap instead of a burrito like most places. Would highly recommend! read more

Mamarita's Mexican Restaurant - a meal in a takeout container - Mexican Near Me - Pasadena, Texas

Don't recommend this place at all!! It has a bad sewer smell, the food had a bad smell itself, nothing tasted like it was fresh. I got the beef quesadillas because how can you mess that up. And the cheese was CLEAR!! They werecso greasy I swear my stomach was so upset after that. We hardly ate anything. If you want decent Tex mex drive down the street to gringos. At least you get fresh food and good service there. read more

We stopped in for dinner and had an excellent experience. We were seated right away, had chips and salsa, and drink order in within minutes. I order the Chico plate and my wife had the Spencer Special. We absolutely loved the food and will be adding this restaurant to our regular rotation. 10/10! read more

Great place to eat the food is delicious prices are okay and the waiters and nice I've been coming for years

Food flavor was good enough but the carne guisada was soup with potatoes and veggies not a gravy like it should be. $17.00 for a small portion of meat and a bunch of veggies is No Deal!!! Plus they charged an additional $2.25 for a few extra tortillas to sop up the mess they call carne guisada and $3.00 for a cup of tea??? Very Disappointing to say the least. Wont be coming back. read more

Dining with a large party is often a challenge, especially in these times when staffing is an issue. Given the short notice, we didn't have high expectations for Mamarita's being able to accommodate us, but they did. Not only that, the service and food were remarkable. Food: I had queso and Enchiladas De Crema. The group shared Beef, Chicken & Shrimp Fajitas. Good portion sizes and very tasty. Price: Reasonable and on par with similar restaurants. Cleanliness: Could have been a little spiffier, but not gross. Service: Outstanding given the circumstances. Hard-working, friendly, professional servers. We were pleased and impressed. read more

Shout out to the bartender that was there on 6/23. Off the bat walking up to the bar was a little disgusting but we chose to sit there for faster service. Drinks were on point. So we decided to order an appetizer because we knew the food might take a while. I completely understand the short staff issue everywhere, but here is where i had the issue. Manager brings out the appetizer and asked the bartender "who's food is this" Bartender stated "these gentlemen here" manager then says "well you do it". Walks away and goes to the other side of the bar to chit chat with his friends. Now I completely understand, we all have friends that come to our jobs wanting to chit chat but the pictures below show the assistance the bartender needed. We finished our appetizer (queso flameado) which btw delicious. Our food was okay, I had the stuffed avocado and my partner had the stuff poblano, now that lacked flavor. So upon finishing our meal the manager still is chit chatting with his friends as if he wasn't working. I'm sorry but this is what irritates me about any form of management give someone a title and they feel like they don't have to do anything. But as soon as a staff member does something wrong here go the write ups. So I'm writing this review to give kudos to our bartender for holding it down and I hope that manager gets life in check, better yet a write up because if it was other staff member real quick to write them up. read more

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Please don't ask me what the name of this restaurant is. On the website, it says ritas, but on some parts of the restaurant it says citas. So, I am just going to say its Mama-ritas-citas. As soon as arriving, my friend and I was welcomed by a packed parking lot, but when we walked in the restaurant wasn't a lot packed. The lighting was very dim and I wondered if it was for intimate dining or not. Also, I noticed a lot of PREMATURE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS!!!!! They had up their big Christmas tree with ornaments and lights on it and even fake gifts underneath. Initially, I was turned off, but was hungry. We were greeted by a stale waiter, Roy A., I say he was stale because he had such a "I'm bored to death and I'm already dead" type of attitude to himself. He definitely wasn't enthusiastic nor friendly. We ordered our drinks: water with three lemons and iced tea. He showed us to our table which was adjacent to the kitchen. I have no idea why waiters and waitresses love to seat non-Hispanic people either near the restroom or a kitchen, but there was my friend and I sitting across from the noisy kitchen. Then our chips came out and our drinks. Even the chips were PREMATURE CHRISTMAS: red chips with green chips and white chips with green and red dips The appearance of the restaurant screamed, "it needed Gordon Ramsay, Kitchen Nightmares!" as just like our waiter, the restaurant was dead, dusty, but clean and dimmed with a book for a menu. A book for a menu..meaning its not just one page or two pages, but 4 pages front and back, side to side of meals. All of what wasn't needed. My friend immediately knew what she wanted, while I took a while to decide since the menu was just too big. I ended up choosing the vegetarian combo as my friend got the steak quesadillas. As soon as we finished ordering. It took only 10 minutes and our food was out. (Don't ask me, it was authentic or not, but I thought 10 mins was very quick to cook food.) WTF? Mr. Stale Roy, bought our food out and he even mentioned that my plate was hot. I was thinking was it hot from yall putting the plate in the oven or the microwave. The food was good, but overall it was mediocre. I didn't taste any authentic flavors or spices, it felt more like it was reheated and served. My friend loved her steak quesadillas and even mentioned that Mexican people really know how to marinate their meat. The prices were fair and the parking lot had plenty of spots. read more

Mamarita's Mexican Restaurant - Vegetarian combo - Mexican Near Me - Pasadena, Texas

My brother, my friend and I went to celebrate my niece birthday on 2/21/2024 My friend ordered some tacos but did not eat one and asked to save it to take home. When she got home they only put the 3 tortillas but no taco. when she got home she called to complain and they hand up on her a couple of times, they finally answered and told her they will give her the taco next time. She lives 30 min away. I ordered a caldo de res. I had eaten earlier, so I only eat a chunk of meat and a few scoops of caldo and asked that the rest be put in a container to take home. When I went to warm it up the following day, I called and instead of getting an apology the gentleman who answered was rude and told me that they had put everything and they had it on camara I told them that I was willing to come and see it and he change the subject and did not want to give me some credit for these two meals that we paid for and did not enjoy not even the sauce that they served with very spicy sauce. I told him I was going to dispute it with the bank he said go ahead we will dispute it too. I am never going back to that place. Doris Ramirez read more

Mamacita's is a very good Mexican restaurant located in Pasadena. I came here for lunch while in Pasadena for work. The restaurant has a cool waterfall outside and a very groovy bubble wall behind the bar. The obligatory chips and red salsa were good, plus they brought a green salsa as well. I ordered the Enchiladas de Crema which was three chicken enchiladas coated with sour cream sauce. The chicken inside of the enchiladas was tender and flavorful. The sour cream sauce is what made the dish. It was creamy and flavorful. I thoroughly enjoyed this meal. I haven't had enchiladas this good in some time. If you're in the area, I recommend you try Mamacita's. read more

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After looking for places that sold birria tacos on a Monday most taco trucks were closed and i did not feel like driving 35+ minutes to other places that were open. this place came up on one of my searches and it was down the street from where i live so I decided to give it a try. They had the Birria tacos but my server suggested the quesabirria and i was very satisfied with it! Its worth the 15$ in my opinion. Server was attentive, I will be coming back. read more

Mamarita's Mexican Restaurant - QuesaBirria - Mexican Near Me - Pasadena, Texas

I absolutely love the fact that Mamarita's has a good assortment of vegetarian/vegan options. I haven't been to this location prior to this visit, but I have been to the location in north Houston and remember it fondly. My girls were happy with their food, and the fact that every Saturday there's a gal there who does balloon animals. Anyway, I ordered the veggie fajitas and it was a huge, delicious order of awesome. I took half home as left overs and happily ate it the next day. The server was also excellent. He was very attentive to the table, and our food arrived promptly. I highly recommend Mamarita's for anyone who was Tex-Mex in the Pasadena/Deer Park area. read more

Delicious Tex-Mex. Always good and best queso dip ever. Sour cream enchiladas with charro beans are hard to beat!

I would say this place is fantastic! Especially our service! Justin was a great server. I have had 10+ years in the hospitality industry and I can see that he has some professionalism in him. Food was great. Had the quesadillas, very filling for sure. I definitely plan on going back to dine there again! read more

I've been dining at this restaurant for years! The food is always so fresh & delicious! The top shelf margaritas are excellent. The service is prompt & friendly. But the best part about this restaurant are the prices. I love that I can get top rated service & delicious food & margaritas for a reasonable price! read more

The portions are a joke. If you have a kids meal appetite, that's what you'll get. I ordered a chicken quesadilla, it was basically four tiny pieces made from two small flour tortillas. No sides like rice and beans, $12! with a drink. Left hungry and upset. read more

The food was SO good I really enjoyed EVERY BITE, and my pink lemonade was SO damn good. Also let's not even talk about the service, the service was AMAZING they were so nice. I definitely recommend coming again. ITS A MUST. ALSO MY COOCHIE WAS WET AFTER I ATE IT read more

We visited Mamarita's Mexican Restaurant after hearing many recommendations. The staff is very friendly and professional. The restaurant itself is beautifully decorated and has an outdoor seating area. The food was absolutely delicious. read more

Oscar and his TEAM did a fabulous job on a pop-up meeting we had at my company. I called Oscar and he didn't hesitate taking care of us. This isn't the best part, however the individual container presentation was amazing, for our top-level clients, it was very, very impressive. The flavor of the food and the condiments were spot on... the food was beyond great for takeout. Oscar and his TEAM, brought in and set up all the orders, and his attention to details, well that was off the charts. Plus, he actually spoke with us before he left ensuring we were happy with everything. THAT is 110% customer service. Do yourself a favor, order from Mamarita's Mexican Restaurant in Pasadena, TX, you will not be disappointed!! Excellent service, food and cordial and genuinely caring staff... Loved the experience, and our clients loved it too!! read more

Smells like sewage in the restaurant, doors, windows and floors were filthy. Rugs and mats stunk, wait staff needs a lesson and customer service. Food was not worth the price. Augustine is not an honest person. Waste of money! Go to Jimmy Changas! read more

Never disappointed . The food is great . The drinks are great! We generally always get good service . Been coming here for years !

I was invited to Mamarita's by fellow co workers for a department celebration. I had been here before but didn't care for the dark interior, sparce parking and less than tasty flautas but decided to go ahead and join the group and hoped for a better experience. I can get tired of Tex Mex pretty quickly and usually opt for less cheesy and over topped foods so today I chose the street tacos. Known for having tons of onions and cilantro instead of cheese I said what the heck. My photo showed a pretty display of mini flat corn tortillas topped with chicken cubes, cilantro and onions but the taste was not that appealing. Our service was great. Our waitress was on top of things constantly checking on us for drink refills or simply asked if we needed anything. So props to her. Our table had the typical chips with dips but the cilantro sauce and the salsa tasted like store bought jar salsa. Most of my co workers ordered the shrimp brochette. They all said it was OK but not great. If I have a choice to go to Mamaritas or somewhere else, I would probably go somewhere else. I have had such great Tex-mex in other places but here nothing amazed me. read more

Mamarita's Mexican Restaurant - Street tacos with chicken - Mexican Near Me - Pasadena, Texas

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Usually, this is one of our go to restaurant when I'm on that side of town. It wasn't busy at all. My little niece ordered a hamburger and fries. The fries were old and tasteless. Salt and ketchup did not help. They tasted off. How can you mess up fries? Now, onto my Caldo de Res. I've eaten it at other restaurants and I've made it myself. When I had a bowl placed in front of me on a plate with rice and white curdled looking stuff with brown splotches on the side, how in the heck was I supposed to know that was the meat. That is the most disgusting and largest amount of fat I've ever seen on a plate. Visually unappealing and threw off my taste. Soup itself was bland even after I added salt, red salsa, and pico. Rice was lukewarm at best. We had all skipped breakfast, it was 2ish, and receiving bad food was beyond disappointing. Especially with an almost empty restaurant. Today was our last visit to Mamarita's. read more

Food is good had ceviche bartenders are friendly an so is the management and ownership waitstaff attentive an always checking to see if anything is needed read more

I have been to this restaurant several times and staff Waiters and Waitresses is always nice and attentive. Not to much to say for Management very unprofessional and rude like they are doing us a favor, no your not doing us or me a favor, we pay for service which we should be getting. read more

I broke a tooth on aweful fajita. Don't order fajita here. Nothing here is spectacular. Flavor nothing great. Very bland. It's overpriced microwaved leftovers too. I would rather heat a can of beans and steam fresh rice. Even riceroni haha!! I can think of so many easy things to cook that take almost zero effort that is Way Better! Just find a better restaurant, good restaurants are becoming extinct. Even chips were cold and harder than bagged, salsa not good. Tiny 6 dollar drink. I can't say even one item I've tried is worth coming back for. Manager is a complete a hole! I was polite while he badgered me with a busted bleeding tooth. I'm not coming back EVER! Manager even dug through the meat I spit out. Omg! Nasty! Clearly it was full of cartilage, burned gristle/fat. Trash you trim off meat before serving.. Now I have to pay hundreds in dental charges. I should file a lawsuit. Skirt steak doesn't have bones and gristle. This tasted like cheap tuff sirloin steak burned to crisp. I know skirt steak when I taste it. This is not it. read more

I've come here a lot over the years, but it had been a while and I wanted to give a fresh review based off my most recent experience. Basically this is your typical, pretty good, large restaurant, small town Mexican food in Pasadena. We always had plenty of chips and just okay dipping sauces. My brother said his beergarita was good and it did look quite refreshing! I think all of us agreed that the food was pretty good, but nothing spectacular. Decent for the price and I would definitely go ahead and eat here again if I wanted a marg and Mexican food in our area. They have banquet rooms and are actually really fun for birthdays. They try and make bdays feel really special. They also have patio seating and there's pretty much never a wait even when they're busy! The staff varies a lot. The hostesses are young and don't care/aren't great at their jobs and servers range from friendly and attentive to unorganized and rushed. But it's never really hindered my experience because like I said, this is a casual place, not somewhere I'm having a special romantic dinner, ha. read more

Mamarita's Mexican Restaurant - Mmmmmmm - Mexican Near Me - Pasadena, Texas

The food was average but cheap. Slow service but I think they were probably understaffed. The bathroom had the most awful sewage smell. I'm not sure what was going on but I was afraid my clothes were going to stink. I lost my appetite. They had some hanging odorizers but it didn't help. They really need to fix this. read more