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    Melendez

    4.0 (79 reviews)
    Closed 7:00 am - 3:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    This is half torta de pastor that I share with my husband.The torta is quite big so we split it.Soup is great.

    The real owner came back after having a family crisis.I highly recommend this place.The owners are wonderful and friendly.If there is something wrong with service they will make it right.

    Nopalitos a la mexicana with beans.

    Love love nopalitos a la mexicana. They are one of the few restaurants that serve that speciality. It's cactus with scrambled egg & sauté tomatoes & onions. Green salsa is soo good and they have homemade corn & flour tortillas.

    Cheese enchilada plate
    Christina T.

    I come here when I'm on this side of town. In my opinion, they have the best carne gusada in town. They give up you a red and green salsa when you sit down. Both of them are very flavorful. The tortillas are a little thick and fluffy, and they taste like butter. I'm a picky person when it comes to food, but their enchiladas with the chili con carne are some of the best I've had. I'm not a fan of refried beans, but they had great seasoning, and you can taste the bacon in them. The service has always been good, too. The only reason I gave them 4 instead of 5 stars is because they clean the tables with Fabuloso, and I HATE that smell.

    Proof of payment for the incorrect order
    Concrete Flower C.

    I've made orders to go from this restaurant 3 times, but my 4th time ordering was my worst experience yet!! An employee of the store by the name of Linda was very rude to me after giving me the wrong order, my husband went in to get the order while I waited in the car, he brought the order out and i could tell it was the wrong order without even opening the bag because I only ordered two tacos and there were well over 6 in the bag. I then checked the receipt and seen that they had charged me $26.25 ; again without Even opening the bag i immediately sent my husb back in to get the right order...Even though I never left the premises, she refused to give me the right order, she called me ugly names, told me to just leave and eat the tacos and even told me she didn't want to see me again! I arranged a meeting with the manager (Monica) but when I got there for the meeting, Linda stated that the manager had already come and gone, linda told me that it didn't Matyet anyways because she had already explained "her side of the story", and that I wouldn't be compensated for THEIR MISTAKES... Im super frustrated and i deserve to be heard. I'm not the ghetto black girl that they always Portray us to be. So I'm trying to handle this professionally instead of going in hot, and "ghetto" blazing.

    Entrance.   Note the door opens weird.  Push both sides
    JrlR G.

    The tacos are good, the $3.99 /for 3 tacos special is only good until 10am At 10:02 the price on 3 breakfast tacos jumps to $7 Don't order late and get a surprise at checkout

    Menu 12/2021
    Jingyan Y.

    San Antonio is the best place to find breakfast tacos. I stumbled upon this hole-in-the wall restaurant and was delighted at their taco special. You can order 3 tacos (same kind) during the weekdays breakfasts for $3! The tacos were so good and the tortilla was fresh. I especially liked the chorizo/egg and ham/egg. Salsas were flavorful. Can't find tacos like this in Houston...can't wait to go back!

    Nopalitos lunch special
    Cathy H.

    Fast and delicious food every time. The lunch specials come with a tea and the breakfast taco special in the morning are a great deal

    Specials as of May 2019
    James S.

    This is the place to be for Tex-Mex food on the northeast side. The food excellent, the prices very reasonable, staff is friendly and service is fast. They have deals like 3 breakfast tacos for $2.89 and lunch specials for $6 or $7 and they include a large tea. Every time I've visited my order has been correct, the food excellent and service fast and friendly. The restaurant sits back off of Walzem a little bit, next door to Subway.

    Chava A.

    Today my son ordered 4 bacon only tacos to go, and when they gave him the order they were bacon and egg. So i went back and told the lady and was very rude. Saying that my son said bacon and egg and wouldnt even try to correct order, even if i had to pay more. So just made one taco with all four. Lol

    Wed lunch special
    Carol I.

    La Cocina de Mi Tierra is now Mi Cocina Linda... Located in the Windcrest area off Walzem Rd in the Windsor Park Place shopping strip center across from Roosevelt HS. For the longest time I kept seeing La Cocina de Mi Tierra coming up in the local area with high stars but I never got a chance to go over there. Then the other day hubs had Fiesta Fri off so we went to run errands in the area and decided to have lunch. I couldn't find LCDMT but Mi Cocina Linda came up with high stars... so ok, we'll go ahead and stop. Now that I'm looking at pics, this is the same place... maybe just a name/owner/management change. I think the rest is the same, menu looks the same. I will ask next time. Lunch Specials start at $5.99 including tea, which is a great price! Fri lunch has two mole specials so I figured the mole must be good so I must try it. Hubs didn't think I would like it. Well, this mole I did like and my mole enchiladas were really good. He got the combo plate. We shared enchiladas. Mine were better than his cheese. The next week, Hubs took a day off since we made plans to do some stuff and decided to go back for lunch. I got the chicken verdes enchilada... and he got Calabacita con Pollo We were both happy with our choices. A coupe of weeks later, I got back to try their Chili Relleno special. We love love love Chilli Rellenos! ... these were more of a 3 star, needed more flavors and salt. Yes, I had to add salt and I hate to salt to anything. Rice and beans are good. I like the peas in the rice. Tortillas are homemade... nothing better than a homemade corn tortillas... and if it made right, you won't miss a flour tort. These are so soft and yummy! We've been looking for a really good Tex-Mex for a few years now since our 'go to' place went down hill, wasn't consistent, and now recently closed for good. So I keep wondering why we haven't been here before now but then again, we are so tired of trying a different place and it is not any good... and SA is FILLED with not so good Mexican / Tex-Mex joints... and some of it is way over priced. Breakfast Taco Special Mon-Fri is ridiculous, but in a good way. The only downside is... La Cocina LInda is not open in the eves... that is when hubby and I like to go out to eat together like once a week and usually I'm craving Tex-Mex. So we're still left w/no place to go. On the other hand, I have a new lunch spot!

    Chris G.

    Nothing special, got my order wrong I ordered 2 tacos, a bean and cheese and 1 Carne guisada. Got to work and opened a Carne guisada with cheese...wtf. The bean and cheese I ate and was a little below average. Won't be going back.

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    I still can't get enough of this place!!!! I keep coming back and love it every single time!! The…read morefood, the cafe de olla, the service the atmosphere, I love it all!! Been coming here for about 3 years, just updating my review!

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