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Tamale Kitchen

3.1 (223 reviews)
InexpensiveMexican
Open 8:00 am - 7:50 pm
Updated 2 months ago

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Moderate noise
Divey
Good for kids

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Daughter's burrito
Jean T.

Went for breakfast with my daughter. I haven't had Tamale Kitchen in ages! I wanted a breakfast burrito, but I can't have flour tortillas. They made me one with just the filling. Perfect! The nice young man at the counter was friendly and helpful. The burrito was delicious! All the flavors! Tamale Kitchen was busy, but our order arrived quickly. We chose to eat in, and got a quiet table in the back. Yum! Very no-frills space, and it looks like they've expanded their menu since my last visit. Must go back soon!

New Mexican style food with excellent green chili. Best breakfast burrito in the area IMO.

Chilli enchiladas
Richard C.

Everything can improve. Cleanness, quality of food, and get the drink machine working.

Geffrey Q.

Was there as soon as it opened and they were ready to serve. Friendly counter service that delivered a hot quick bacon egg and potato breakfast burrito. I was expecting a soupy mess inside but it was very well made. I was the only customer there so was nice and quiet. In and out. I liked the spice level of the chili. Not too spicy but had a good kick.

Egg Potato Bacon Special
Sunu S.

This is my go to breakfast burrito shop since I was a child and the flavor still carries today. THE BURRITO: I have literally been going to this place since I was in highschool. It's been a long time and everytime I take a bite into the egg potato bacon special, it's like I'm tasting it for the first time, every time. The special sauce is just so delicious, it's everything you could ask for in a burrito. Warm, delicious, cheesy, and perfectly seasoned to make the rest of the ingredients pop. THE SIMPLICITY: This place doesn't have to do anything fancy to achieve the greatmess that they have. They take what is there and make it their own. There is nothing more I could ask for than the egg potato bacon. Please stay open. You guys are seriously one of the greatest things I look forward to in terms of restaurants and I hope you never go. Keep it up!

All potatoes.  Where are the eggs???

Usually, they're pretty great but today was not great guy was rude and my breakfast burrito was 90% potatoes. Almost no eggs

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Very poor customer service. Shame! Also hours are not convenient for breakfast. Place has gone down hill. Also overpriced.

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Best breakfast burritos in the Highlands Ranch, CO area. My fav is the chorizo and eggs burrito.

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What place called the Tamale Kitchen runs out of red tamales on a regular basis and then can't make more?? I mean seriously!

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Best Breakfast place in Colorado! Breakfast burritos and tamales are mouth watering! Make sure whatever you order so order it smuthered!!!

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I like their crispy chili relleno smothered in green chili, their tamales, and their cheese enchiladas in red sauce.

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Casa Caliente Restaurant & Cantina

3.5(338 reviews)
1.9 mi
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We had a coupon from a local school promo, so we decided to check this place out…read more Nicely decorated, welcoming staff and great smells as we came in. We were seated right away and treated to very tasty fresh chips and 2 types of salsa. They're worth the trip! We finally figured out what we wanted to eat, grabbing steak fajitas and a combo plate with 2 chicken enchiladas and a beef taco, all with rice and beans. Very generous portions and waitress was on top of things. Beans and rice were good. Unfortunately, the 'Tex' part of the 'Mex' came into play when it came to the meat seasoning. Chicken flavor was just odd, almost lacking depth. Steak was a bit burnt and again, not real flavorful, but combined with all the rest of the fixins, a good meal. Decided to grab flan for dessert and it lacked the liquor flavor and other flavors that make flan worth having. Should've grabbed the fried ice cream! Now we've enjoyed years of genuine Mexican food in Ensenada and Southern California, so our preferences are built on those experiences. But, overall, great staff, comfortable seating and quality food at a reasonable price, so worth the visit.

I went in and had a dinner about three months ago with my partner. we both agreed very quickly that…read morethis was probably one of the lower tier restaurants we've ever been to ever. We only stopped here because it's on the corner in our neighborhood. The chips were completely saturated in oil or grease, the entrées we had did not have much flavor like you would expect in a typical Mexican restaurant. On our way out we met with the owner. Tim had a neon advertisement sign hanging in the window that was flickering and broken. Tim took my phone number and told me it was mine when his beer rep came in to take it down. He told me to come back in two weeks and I came back six times over three months (to be clear I didn't eat any other times I just was checking on the sign) It honestly seems like he was just trying to shove his poor quality food down my throat and force me to come back as a customer. Two nights ago I came in for the 6th time and met with Tim at the bar and asked him once again what was going on with the sign. Tim actually relocated it in the restaurant and decided to back out on our deal and not give me the sign. The funny part was he gave me his phone number like he was somebody super important and I needed it or something. He tried to give me a free dinner which I declined because you could not pay me to eat here again. He told me to call him the next day and that he would arrange delivery of the sign. I called him the next day and he never answered or return my call, completely ghosted by this guy. Then I text him the next day and he never returned my text or my call from the day before. I however, blocked his number after I sent him a text, letting him know how poorly his behavior was backing out on this deal and I told him how horrible the food was at his restaurant, he binge called me 39 times like an angry ex-girlfriend. You don't have to take my word for it just scroll down and look at how he engages with his customers that try to give him feedback on his restaurant. He's like an angry three-year-old that doesn't get his toy before bedtime. Has to have the last word in. If you have any type of dialogue with this guy, it will not go well. Like I said, just scroll down and look at what other customers have said and how he responds.... He calls his customers dumas.... Tim, you should realize these customers work very hard to earn the money to come into your establishment to waste it and when they share feedback with you to insult them like that, super sad on you dude. I absolutely will never come back to this restaurant again. There's a place not even 2 miles from there called los Dos Potrillos and they have 6 locations across Colorado. There's a reason for that because they serve amazing food and I recommend you go there. The ownership at Casa Caliente has zero ethics, dignity or respect (I can't stress it enough just scroll down and read other reviews that he's responded to and see it for yourself). Good luck to Tim, you absolutely need it. As of 5/5/2026 there is a poor 3.5 score here on Yelp for this place. Terrible. (I will bet you my life they'll be a response to this pointing all the blame to me just like all the ones down below. Just remember Tim every time you point a finger .....there's three pointing right back at yourself).

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