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    Taco Cabana

    2.0 (54 reviews)
    InexpensiveMexican
    Open • 6:00 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)

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    I was profoundly unsettled by my visit on 6.19.25 regarding order 322228 at 5:13 PM. The cashier, who was quite unfriendly and went by the name of Maria (I can provide ID if necessary), approached me and simply said, "What?" I requested, "Could I have 3 Mango Margaritas with extra Chamoy?" Her reply was an equally unfriendly, "What?!" To ensure she could hear me, I repeated my order a bit louder and added that I would like a steak fajita burrito with extra sour cream. I mentioned this twice because I wanted to make sure she heard me and that she actually included it, as I really enjoy it with that dish. She requested my I.D. I submitted the order (from which I unfortunately did not receive a receipt because she walked away and provided a young lady with the instructions for my order, then went to the back). I sensed some tension during my interaction with her, but I brushed it off since I frequent this location often and rarely experience such interactions. I also consider that sometimes we are unaware of what others might be dealing with. The same young lady who, ironically, prepared the drinks the previous day with added chamoy, did not do so today. Instead, she added mango syrup to the cup, prepared the ice for the drink, and drizzled a thin line of chamoy before looking at manager Rachel for her approval. Given the tension I felt with the cashier, the unsuccessful addition of the extra sour cream I had requested for my dish, which was not included, and my not receiving a copy of the receipt, the situation began to feel increasingly intentional. With the thin line of chamoy, I decided to request a refund for the drinks since the burrito was already made incorrectly and in my possession, and I simply wanted to leave due to the atmosphere. All the employees assembled at the front and inquired, "Why?" I replied, "I have made several straightforward requests, and it seems you are deliberately ignoring them. I am no longer interested in the items." Racheal answered, "Well, we don't issue refunds on Margaritas," and Maria added with a confrontational tone, prompting Rachel to say, "Don't argue with me." This was perplexing because I had intentionally kept my tone calm, given the clear treatment I was receiving. When I asked, "Is this in policy or documented in some way?" I intended to simply take the drinks and follow through with my decision from yesterday to stop patronizing this establishment altogether. She replied, "Well, we are not supposed to do that, and they are not required by policy to add extra chamoy." She mentioned that during previous occasions when I received this item with added chamoy, the employees were doing it incorrectly, and as of today, they can't add extra chamoy. I understood her explanation and requested the refund again. Now, regarding what I mentioned earlier about not receiving my receipt, I actually needed it to process the refund. I pointed out that Maria did not give me my receipt, and she argued with me about confirming that she had it in a very aggressive manner. A nice gentleman, whom I believe was named Jonathan, simply went to the kiosk, accessed the history, and printed my receipt, which I do have in case there is a need to review it. I received the refund and left the restaurantMy family observed my disappointment when I returned to the car, and I simply told them, "It's okay, that's one of my favorite drinks to order, but I will learn how to make it using our Ninja machine and Googling the recipe, because I vowed and still do to never support or purchase anything else from Taco Cabana again." The only thing I wish for from this unfortunate experience is for you to properly train your employees to be consistent, honest (because when my mother called back, Rachael claimed she had no issue adding it, which was false; if that were true, I would have bought the drinks), and fair. It's crucial in this climate for people to avoid making minorities feel discriminated against, as that could cost you a significant amount of business. Thank you for taking the time to read my review.

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    Ashantia W.

    Ewwww. The cheese on top is hot but the cheese inside the enchilada is not melted at all. Rice is gummy and in gummy clumps. Guacamole was put on the plate brown. It didn't turn brown. It was like that when I opened my to-go box. Eat at your own risk!

    Garbage "street Tacos" Look at the Greyson color on the meat
    Faustino B.

    Horrible. Never have any green salsas. Employees look uneducated to a new level. Food is GARBAGE. Why do post a beautiful picture of street tacos that looks like some good diced fajita carne asada just to give some boiled chewy meat on a tough corn tortilla. Death on this franchise, death is what I wish on this mockery of Tex Mex food.

    USDA Choice Steak Fajita Quesadillas
    Jasmine N.

    I have not been to Taco Cabana in years! The ladies in the kitchen were working extremely hard and urgent while preparing every order fresh! I enjoyed the food, and especially my $2 margarita! It was a great experience to endure after so many years. I will be returning to satisfy my appetite, and maybe start my Monday's off right with a strawberry limeade margarita!

    Rushed

    Every time we come they don't have meat or too lazy to cook any. It's a hour until closing and they act like the shift is over I asked for a plate the man told me they don't have enough meat for a plate. I asked for a margarita I don't know what they gave me . Food was just thrown together.Over all disappointed with this location

    Dry tacos  Carne Asada Street Tacos

    I can't believe I even gave 1 star the order was wrong even then I can deal with the fact they forgot cheese and there meat dry af what I can't get passed is how they allow rude females to work there the guy greeting me and took my order was nice once I got to the window my order was read wrong she rolled her eyes constantly like there stuck to her brain she slammed the window multiple times without even letting me tell her how she forgot my drink then the drink that was correct she literally didn't put the top on had it poured on my hand gave me no napkins then when she forgot my second drink got mad cause I told her she forgot one and then she gave me someone else's drink the manager was nice I had to ask a diff employee if there a number online then the girl started speaking to me when I was trying to speak with someone else with less attitude I was still nice as I tried to get someone to speak to then I saw a manager in the back noticing a issue which shows great eye this was June 25 at 5 to 5:30 and he was so much help apologized even listened will I ever go back no but Taco cabana is lowering there standards to every other fast food chain every place hires horrible employees because there desperate but you lose money with bad attitudes I rather pay high price for good service then low for bad if you don't like where you are working please find another job stop making other people's days as bad as yours

    Empty salsa trays been sitting here for over 30 minutes
    Danny L.

    Don't come here if you plan on ordering taco boxes for your work place. If you do, plan on waiting over an hour for your order. Most likely there are several others just like you who want to buy their coworkers breakfast on a Friday morning. I called 30 minutes prior to arriving to make an order for 3 dozen tacos, however no one picked up the phone. I then decided to just order at the counter once I arrive. When I got there I noticed several other people waiting on their order with angry faces and wondered why. I later saw a lady cancelling her order after her patients ran out. Another gentlemen was raising his voice at the cashier for forgetting his order an hour ago (he told me he called in an hour ago). I saw at least four people about to order and then decided on walking out. I took my chances anyways and ordered my three boxes. I was told my wait time would be 25 minutes... however I was wrong, very wrong. I ended up waiting over an hour for my order, and the worst part was that they forgot my order. I was holding my number card and waiting there for the longest time too. I ended up coming to work late because of this. Worst idea ever.

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    The Original Ninfa's on Navigation

    3.9(2.3k reviews)
    11.8 mi•Warehouse District, Second Ward
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    Fast seating even when full. Enough time to walk to the bar order margaritas then be seatedread more

    FAJITAS 7. As a native Houstonian, I was 10 when Ninfa's opened (1973). Growing up, we ate there…read moreseveral times each month. We'd rotate with Los Tios or Chinese every Friday or Saturday. As there is not a location near me any longer, we traveled to the original location. It was bustling with an attentive waitstaff and lots of people watching. Complementary valet (of course we tip) is a great benefit as parking is slim. Our waitress was Kady. She's been there for 50 years! Talk about an original. She was attentive to our needs but all business. We started with guacamole and queso. Guac was a huge portion with all the add ins. Queso was delish and served with fried flour tortillas (my fav). The gratis green dip, red sauce, and thick, crisp chips were on par. The fajitas. Just so so. Honestly, it reminded me of Taco Cabana. Very disappointing. Very little flavor and tough. The rice was yucky, the refried beans were the worst! Reminded us of the frito lay bean dip in a can. Even the Borracho beans were bad. HEB's in the can are far better. We received 2 corn and 2 flour tortillas. Fajitas served with pico, guac, sour-sour cream (I didn't even like that). Iced tea was fair. All in all, Fajitas very disappointing. If we had not been on the best fajita quest, I most likely would have ordered the chicken caldo soup. That never disappoints.

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    Maderas - Kitchen & Cantina

    4.2(296 reviews)
    12.0 mi•Midtown, Fourth Ward, Montrose
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    Food was great, drinks were so good, vibes were so chill and service was great, definitely…read morereturning for brunch!!

    Not my first time at Maderas. That's why I came back because it was excellent and my friends heard…read moreme rave about it and they suggested we come here. Arrived on Sunday evening around 7:30. Was sat immediately. Not my first time here so I knew the menu, my friends did not. So they needed time to see what drinks they wanted because they like cocktails and the menu is not small and they had to choose which ones they wanted because the options are good. When they decided, the cocktails straggled out. Two came out but the other two did not, They just sat at the bar as my friends sat with there with their drinks in front of them waiting on ours so we can toast to a wonderful day with a new member of the group. You would have thought the other staff would step in or at least the bartender would see that the waiter was in the weeds and needed help. That's when I knew we should have not come. The food was all lukw warm. The appetizer of queso was like warm with chunks of cheese floating around and some of the chips were fresh and others stale. A mixed bag you can say. My Flautas where luke warm, so was the side of beans and rice. My friends said their tacos were okay. My friend who got the Caesar Salad, there was no dressing on the salad not was there a side of dressing that came with it. We had to ask for it. I did not have the energy to try to keep wrangling the waiter. If you want to shut the kitchen down early because the day was long I get it. Let the customer know, I get it. I used to wait tables to but I would never give people luke warm food or luke service. The staff seems not to have one anothers back. I did not eat my food, I took my food home to reheat it so I could eat it at the proper temperature. My friend took his salad home because he had more Caesar dressing at home. Left a bad taste in my mouth and very disappointed. The service and food from the last time compared to this visit was night and day. Total miss. $200.00 thrown away. I paid because I could not let my friends waiste there money on someplace I raved about. Maderas is really a small cute spot. It's rare I have bad service when I go out to eat because I am not a difficult customer and I know I am not the only one they are serving. I will wait for good food and sit back and enjoy the atmosphere and my friends until it arrives. I would not put pressure on the staff or the kitchen. Also I will not arrive just before closing and make a resteraunt and it's staff stay open late because I am hungry. I rather come when the staff and the restaurant wants to recieve customers.

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    Mexican Sugar Houston Montrose - Brunch tacos

    Mexican Sugar Houston Montrose

    4.2(691 reviews)
    11.0 mi•Montrose, River Oaks
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    Visited for Houston restaurant week…read more It was our first time trying this place out. After being seated, it took 20 minutes for the server to come to our table and take our drink order. It took another 20 minutes to get the restaurant week menu we had asked for. The food and drinks were good and the ambience was nice, however, the service really tainted the whole experience.

    The world is full of Mexican restaurants…read more Most are some version of Tex-Mex in a family-friendly, relatively similar environment. Nothing wrong with that. Mexican Sugar breaks that mold completely. This is the most legit, wonderful, bougie, over-the-top Mexican restaurant I have ever been to, and I mean that as the highest compliment possible. This was my second trip to Mexican Sugar. The first was in Grapevine. After this visit to the Montrose location, I have officially decided that when I am in Texas, I will seek these places out. They are that good. First, dress up. I doubt there is an actual dress code, but this is not the place where I am showing up looking like I just finished mowing the yard. Come here to be seen. Come here to show out a little. The place is beautiful and has that kind of vibe. Second, the drinks. Hell yes. Fancy, creative, excellent, and impressive enough for even the person who has seen every ridiculous cocktail presentation imaginable. And then there is the food. My God, the food. The salsa and queso are legit AF. The street corn is heaven in a bowl. Get several orders. I am serious. One is not enough. The carne asada was amazing. Honestly, I could keep going, but at some point this review is just going to become me yelling about how much I love Mexican Sugar. I LOVE MEXICAN SUGAR. OK, YOU GET THE IDEA. WHY AM I YELLING? BACK TO THE REVIEW.... Service was excellent too. The place is huge and was absolutely packed, but our server stayed attentive and the food came out surprisingly quickly. Make a reservation. Park in the nearby garage. Dress nice. Order the drinks. Get the street corn. Then get more street corn. Who is ready for another trip to Houston? I'll book the reservation at Mexican Sugar.

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    4.6(177 reviews)
    13.9 mi•West University
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    Maximo looks like someone invited the desert inside and poured it a drink. The room is colorful,…read morewarm, and genuinely inviting--pots of cactus, cowboy paintings, and Mexican art. At brunch, the papas bravas come as small cubes of fried potato with an airy crunch that gives way to a soft, pillowy center - the kind of deeply satisfying bite that makes conversation briefly irrelevant. Crisp prosciutto adds salt, aioli brings richness, and smoky chile sauce keeps it lively. They're served with cactus-handled toothpicks, which are almost offensively adorable. The chilaquiles divorciados are another hit. The chips are dressed with salsa rather than drowned beneath it, so each one arrives ready for the perfect bite. It's a small distinction, but an important one. Then there are the enfrijoladas: rolled quesadillas in fluffy tortillas, covered in creamy black bean sauce and plated with more care than bean and cheese might seem to warrant. The dish is fundamentally simple, but that's the point. Soft tortilla, savory beans, melted cheese, bright salsa. Familiar ingredients transformed into something deeply comforting--the culinary equivalent of curling up beneath a warm blanket on a cold morning, even if Houston rarely provides one. Dinner shifts into another gear. The crudos are sensational, especially the tuna tiradito - a rolling wave of flavor and texture. The tacos are excellent across the board, but the crispy maitake mushrooms are unmatched. The short ribs arrive juicy and tender on a mole negro that doesn't sit politely in the background. It lands dark, complex, and full of flavor. And then there's the masa cornbread, a masterpiece of unapologetic indulgence. Humble cornbread meets savory-sweet mole, smoky, earthy butter, and caviar. It sounds like too much. It isn't. Every element earns its place. The cocktails deserve their own warning. They're the kind that convince you to keep ordering the same drink all night. By the end, you may have forgotten what was in it. What you'll remember is that it was refreshing, perfectly balanced, and exactly what you needed. Maximo makes ambitious food feel generous rather than fussy. Come hungry.

    Honestly I am fairly disappointed in this place as I had been anticipating it for the longest time…read more I was able to snag reservations about 1 month in advance for a Saturday dinner. The restaurant is located in a quiet area in West University with a good amount of street parking. The restaurant itself is decorated with a lot of character and personality and they have seating inside and outside on their covered patio. Don't get me wrong, the service here is amazing. The servers are very attentive, and I appreciate the chefs coming out to explain their dish. However, the dishes themselves were basic and lacked specialty. My boyfriend and I got the Chef's Tasting Menu. I got the drink pairing. As a Chef's tasting menu, I would expect the restaurants' most precious meals. The short rib was dry and the rest of the other dishes were unmemorable. The only dish that truly caught my eye was their Tres Leches, but this was given on the house as it was our anniversary. The drink pairing I got was well worth and all of the drinks were flavorful and paired well. Overall, I'd hope that their chef's tasting menu would improve as they rotate their dishes. I would try to come back to give it another chance.

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    Dona Leti's

    4.0(682 reviews)
    9.6 mi•The Heights
    •$$

    Dona Leti's was everything we thought it would be!…read more Upon arriving there was a 30 min wait but thats ok because we were given chips and salsa to hold us over. Once we were seated the waiter we had was super helpful. If we had questions, he had answers and pictures to go with them. The food was phenomenal and huge. We ordered the skillet burrito, surf and turf eggrols, and birria sampler. So much food and so flavorful. Honestly you have to try the alfredo on the eggrolls. That was different but so good. The asada was flavorful on the burrito and eggrolls. The birria was great and then consume hit the spot dipping wise. The burrito was jam.packed with meat and rice. Very good! Its exactly what I want in my burrito. We ordered margaritas for drinks and those were pretty good. The strawberry margarita has to be mixed once brought to the table, but thats ok. Needless to say we had to take leftovers home for sure. Great food and a great time!

    Dona Leti's is truly one of Houston's absolute gems, and it will ALWAYS be my go-to! From the owner…read moreto every single member of the staff, the hospitality is unmatched. You are not simply served here--you are welcomed, appreciated, and treated like family. Three weeks ago, I was actually headed here wanting to celebrate, but life changed in an instant with the passing of my dad. Today, I finally made it back, and what a beautiful full-circle moment it was. One of the greatest gifts was being able to see Julio, the owner, celebrating his own special day. That made the experience even more meaningful. The food is consistently AMAZING, the atmosphere is warm and inviting, and the service goes above and beyond every single time. You can feel the love, pride, and genuine care that has been poured into this establishment. I love EVERYTHING about Dona Leti's--the food, the people, the energy, the hospitality, and the way they make every visit feel special. Five stars simply aren't enough. If you're looking for incredible food and an experience that feels like home, Dona Leti's is the place. Forever a customer and forever recommending this Houston favorite!

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