Visit every day. Authentic Mexican food, not Tex mex. Friendly and cozy. Could be anyone's happy place.

08 Dec 2025 The specials this month are the tamale plate and enchiladas suites. He offers a couple of specials every month. We tried the tamales: 1x chicken, 1 x pork and 1x poblano, topped with a cream sauce. They were not small. We added rice and beans which I think made it be too much food. Ha, ha. Very tasty. Go there. Eat local. read more

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Looking for delicious authentic Mexican food? Do you also love antique shopping? I always hit up mamas kitchen when I'm on hildebrand antique shopping. The food service qnd homey ambiance keeps this place on regular rotation. Check it out! Parking in back of restaurant read more

This place is a gem! Great food from breakfast tacos to "Huevos Rancheros and Chiliqueles and more! The owner is super nice and attentive and the atmosphere is quaint and inviting. They have a large selection of soft drinks as well. This place checks all the boxes from convenience to quality. I look forward to trying more things on the menu! read more

Mama's Kitchen - Chiliquiles that were fantastic! - Mexican Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

Great food, excellent service and restaurant is very clean. This will be one of our regular stops going forward.

I was recommended this place and for a small place (hole in the wall), it does not disappoint! My friend and I ate breakfast and the food is not Tex-Mex but 110% authentic Mexican food. It is made fresh on the spot. Service was wonderful and the place was clean! read more

On a cold drizzly day, coffee, delicious Menudo, huevos rancheros, carne guisada with papas and beans, and the company of a good friend really brightens a gloomy day. The menudo comes with pata -pigs foot and really has that Unami feel in spades. read more

Friendly service, well plated and very good quality food. Never been disappointed with anything I ordered. My wife loves the cinnamon coffee. Special place for us after church and during the week. I watch the special board to see what is next to try. read more

So good. Small clean cafe who won a blue plate award. Food excellent homemade goodness. Staff is ehh but oh well

Mama's kitchen was ok. But in their defense I went late in the day, after 12:00pm. I was told by one of the customers not to tell anyone about the restaurant so it can be kept a secret, which made me think the food would be off the charts. As stated above, it was ok. I'll try again, not so late in the day, in hopes of getting a delicious, hot, fresh breakfast. When I do, I will update my review read more

》FOOD Excellent and Flavorful! We had the pizole, menudo, pastor and asada tacos. Corn and flour tortillas are homemade which compliments any dish. I especially like that the meat is shredded in the pizole, I added the avocado to mine. I also added the salsa that came with the chips since it was so tasty. 》SERVICE Excellent and Friendly! Accommodation to your liking of any menu item. Assured we were taken care of with refilling our drinks too. We arrived early Sunday a.m. and I can tell this is a popular spot as people were coming in non stop by mid morning and as we were leaving. 》RECOMMEND Yes!!! And definitely YES! We came to visit San Antonio from Oklahoma and California. Best ever!! Restaurant was suggested by a patron while visiting the Historic Market Place. So glad we stopped at Mama's Kitchen. read more

Mama's Kitchen - Pizole with avocado. Comes with onions, radish, lime and oregano, Also 3 tostada chips. - Mexican Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

Exelent taste the more close to the authentic Mexican food. The service was awesome they check on you very often. The ambiance is very colorful. Highly recommended read more

Mama's Kitchen - Mexican Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

Found this place just driving around, they are usually the best finds! Parking in the back- menus available at table with QR and we ordered at the front. Cute small and very Friendly staff! Homemade corn tortillas great as well. We will return! read more

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Very clean gaily decorated space with excellant personable service. Easy parking. Large menu or create your own request. Have never been disappointed in the food. Best Mexican I've found in San Antonio. Prices are very reasonable. We head there several times on each of our regular visits to SA. read more

My friends went to a university here in San Antonio and told me I had to try the breakfast food at Mama's. So of course I had to try the breakfast at Mama's! I tried four different breakfast tacos here; the egg and potato, ham and egg, bacon and egg, and the sausage and egg. I also used some of their green salsa with my breakfast tacos as I ate them. As someone who is native to the midwest I was so beyond impressed with these tacos. The tortillas are made fresh and were so soft and thick and it just made the tacos taste even better! If you are from out of town, especially a place that doesn't do fresh tortillas, you definitely have to stop by here for some breakfast tacos! read more

Menudo madness made by mama with love!! And is there a better way to start a cold morning or any morning. The menudo comes with cilantro, onions, lime and tortillas. This is my favorite place in the universe for a most delicious and flavorful bowl of menudo. Make sure to have them add pigs feet to your order. That takes the menudo to a whole new level of delicious. Be careful when driving here the first time as this quaint little treasure can be easy to miss. There is some parking in front and also a dirt lot in the back. The prices are great, the service friendly and food is awesome. Come on, you know you want something from Mama's Kitchen. read more

Mama's Kitchen - Bowl of Menudo - Mexican Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

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First time trying, food and environment was great. It was a little warm in the restaurant but loved it overall. read more

Mama's Kitchen - Chicken verde enchiladas, carne guisada, pancakes and bacon - Mexican Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

Lovely family runs this place, always with a heartfelt smile. I visit once a week and take family when they visit from out of town. Their chicken caldo is so good and the place is extremely tidy. read more

I Love the red enchiladas mexicanas. Superb homemade sauces (red, green, and mole) for the enchiladas. Try the huarache. Awesome!!

Very good food and friendly service ! I got huevo a rancheros plate it was awesome and the tortillas were fluffy and homemade !

Had just came from another Mexican restaurant that had high rating and was totally disappointed and fkn cold food and I had seen this pop up and since I returned my food at sabor Corinabar...I was still hungry so I called in for two different tacos and they actually listen to my instructions on my breakfast taco !!!! And the carne guisada they only had yellow and white cheese mixed but is was fkn delish ! I'm picky as fk and this has been the best Mexican food I've had in San Antonio hands down ! read more

Stopped in for breakfast. Loved the food, and the service was excellent as well. All the menu items were very affordable as well. I will definitely swing by again when in town. read more

Amazing Food, Service and Ambiance. Best food ever and the kids love it. Come in hungry as the food is a delight.

Food was delicious and overall happy with the whole experience at Mama's Kitchen. Will be back for more.

The most authentic chilaquiles are located here. I love love los chilaquiles verdes. Staff is extremely friendly and it feels like home when you come eat here. Their playlist also takes back to the 80s in Mexico. Me encanta este lugar! read more

My 9 yo daughter is super picky about her Mexican food but we decided we try it out. We all got something different in case she didn't like her food she can try ours. She had the street tacos and I heard that were great, my daughter wouldn't share them with us! Everything we ordered was great!! read more

Yowza!! For a little restaurant, this place serves great Mexican food!!! The cheese enchiladas were amazing, super gooey cheese. Rice was amazing and so was the refried beans. My mom said that her beans were the spiciest ones she had. The decor was amazing with all the flowers and peppers, even the little displays. But the building is not very tall because at my family's table, my head is only a few inches from the roof!!! Service was superb!!! 110% Mexican food? More like 220% Mexican food!!!!! read more

Got takeout and was very pleased and impressed by their customer service along with how neatly our food was packaged. We got an Al Pastor huarache and a menudo and everything tasted amazing. Highly recommend! read more

This is easily one of the best Mexican restaurants in San Antonio - delicious food and warm/friendly staff that always makes you feel welcome. I recommend the pastor or huevos la Mexicana plate read more

Real good hole in the wall food. Service was really great. Will definitely come back.

Family owned Mexican restaurant with some of the best Mexican food I've over tasted. Everything is freshly hand made, and their homemade hot sauces are incredible. I can't say enough good things about Mama's Kitchen - keep up the good work and thanks for all the delicious food. read more

We used to come to Mama's when it first opened. The owners were this cute and welcoming couple from Mexico. They sold it a few years ago and it has slowly morphed into a nightclub. The music is "dance club" LOUD. I could not hear the conversation at my table. The AC was way cold. And the wait staff is constantly changing. Our waiter had biggest attitude. We commented that there had been some noticeable changes to the decor and color on the walls and he said "they're not new. It's been like this for three years. Maybe you should come more often." Ok well I can safely tell you I will be going to Fina's down the street from now on. That's my go-to spot anyway. I'll never go back to Mama's. The food is not what it used to be either. read more

Food was delicious, staff was friendly and very helpful. Could use another ac unit. Plenty of parking in the back. read more

I've passed this place for years, stopped in today. Very pleased with customer service from Hans, I asked for a recommendation and was very pleased. The food was hot, it looked and tasted great. I will be going back read more

I love this place. It's my favorite neighbor Mexican restaurant. The food is all homemade and traditional Mexican food. Just like going to a abuelita's house for a great meal. The sauces are also home made. They have this cinnamon coffee that they make with their own recipe that tastes terrific. You have to ask for it and they don't always have it. So if you get a cup consider yourself lucky. The inside is very quaint and colorful. The dinning area is very clean. I think because of COVID they started using disposable cutlery and such. The menu has many options. I have eaten here many times for lunch and breakfast and have not been disappointed with the taste and quality of food. The tortillas are handmade. The employees are super friendly and will speak to you in English no problem. Of course they speak Spanish too. Also, there is parking in the back which I recommend so that when you leave you are facing Hildebrant;because it's a busy street. I give this place an easy 5 star. read more

My mother and I went here for breakfast Sunday morning. They were slightly busy with a few tables still empty. We both ordered Huevos Rancheros and asked that the salsa be placed separate from the eggs. Well ANOTHER waitress (she was the oldest one out of the three) brought our plates and the eggs had salsa ON them. I told her we wanted the salsa on the side in case it was too spicy. The old waitress looked annoyed and asked me "Well did you tell the waitress who took your order that you wanted the salsa on the side?" I said "yes I did." My mother didn't mind the salsa so my mother took her plate and the old rude waitress took mine back to be redone. It took another 10 mins and with my mother finishing her plate, for me to get my breakfast plate back. I even had to ask for it. As I went to pay, the old rude waitress checked us out and I asked her for a discount since they messed up on my order and for the wait. I wouldn't have asked for a discount, but she gave me attitude earlier that I didn't appreciate. The waitress came back at me and said "Well did you eat the plate??" I said "yes but it wasn't right, I had to ask where my plate was and it took a good while to get just two eggs, beans and potatoes back out." She responded with an attitude by saying "Sorry but unless there was something in your food we don't give discounts." So with that I paid my bill, I did not tip (because even the original waitress who took our order never stopped by our table to apologize for the mistake and for the wait) and we walked out. I'm writing this experience incase it happens to anyone else. Be aware that they don't apologize for their mistakes or try to make it right to continue having your business and for any inconvenience. They should not allow that old waitress to be there with that kind of customer service. I'll never be back and will not recommend them to any one I know. read more

This place is the real deal...if you want authentic Mexican food go here!! My husband and I went here yesterday for lunch after visiting some antique shops across the street. We both had the street tacos-chicken fajita for me and asada and pastor for my husband. He loved it!!! He is a very picky eater and was very satisfied with his meal. From the welcoming atmosphere to great ambiance this place is awesome! read more

Worst menudo ever! Hominy was unrecognizable and the meat was mushy. The broth was too thick, and just wasn't right for regular menudo. Corn tortilla was good, but undercooked. So wanted to like this place, but will not be back. Service was good, though. read more

May not look like much from the outside, but remember the saying "don't judge a book by its cover" well this is a perfect example. Saw a fellow Yelper's review and I had to check it out to see if it was true. The address was incorrect, so I couldn't check in. No worries, since then, that problem has been corrected. My first visit, I ordered a couple of breakfast tacos. I wasn't impressed. But my partner in crime ordered the Menudo and it was really good. So good, that I wanted to return again to see if the Menudo was as good as the first time. Well it was!! It wasn't greasy. Also they can serve it with extra hominy and pigs feet. I know this might not sound good, but don't knock it until you try it. Don't like Menudo, try one of their breakfast plates. Also they give college students a discount. Parking can be limited, but there is some parking in the back of the restaurant. read more

Findly I found it! A Mexican restaurant that fulfills my standards I've been looking for. The food is all made from scratch and the tortillas are hand made. I've had four tacos and all three of them are amazing. Food 10/10. read more