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Original Ninfas is hard to beat when they are on point plus that green sauce

Teotihuacan, eaten at the on on airline a few times, its really good but for whatever reason I always forget about it when we are deciding where to eat

I have a soft spot for molinas, better places for sure but went here as a kid with parents many times

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    Juarez on Gessner, delicious $14.99 lunch. Habanero salsa is a must   

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El Real on Westheimer near Montrose  

Lopez on Wilcrest at US 59

Taqueria Ruchis at Westheimer and Winrock

and my mom loves Guadalajara on I-10 near Gessner. 

I live in the Bloody Nickel so we go to Ninfa's on Nav quite a bit because its so close. The last three times were downright disappointing. To the point that I may not go back for a while. There are so many good spots now that it just doesn't make sense to keep giving them chances to disappoint. Hell, Merida right across the street is consistently good and half the price of NoN.

El Tiempo on Montrose is the tits

El Real is solid

El Patio/Club No Minor, especially off the Felix menu

Spanish Village

 

On 6/25/2018 at 4:22 PM, ChampKind said:

I live in the Bloody Nickel so we go to Ninfa's on Nav quite a bit because its so close. The last three times were downright disappointing. To the point that I may not go back for a while. There are so many good spots now that it just doesn't make sense to keep giving them chances to disappoint. Hell, Merida right across the street is consistently good and half the price of NoN.

 

Ninfas got that way about ten years ago after the family sold it and only improved when El Tiempo opened across the street from them.  I was always my favorite place and eventually got to where I went once every four or five months.  

ninfa's on nav has been solid for post ballgame dinners the last couple times i've been.  we've only gotten fajitas, though. 

really like el real's fajitas but not much else there.  when i get enchiladas i feel like they're too fancy (same problem with el tiempo).  i should probably get the puffy tacos next time. 

been eating a lot of tapatia on richmond lately.  not quite the bargain los dos amigos was, but the food is similar. 

i'm usually just a little bit disappointed in teotihuacan when i go.  and i don't really know why. 

did i mention fuck mini storage lately?  fuck mini storage.

I.Dont.Get.The.Love.For.El.Tiempo.

 

Their drinks/margaritas are trash. Their food is completely average. Their menu is expensive for mediocre Tex Mex. Give me El Real any day over the week over El Tiempo. Better and cheaper

I love places with history.  Given their story, I really want to like El Tiempo on Richmond.  They've disappointed me the last three times I've been there.  Not planning to go there again.

el tiempo has a good brunch menu and menudo 

 

like champ, im often at ninfa's. i normally stick to tacos carbon / queso flamado / spinach mushroom quesadilla / bean cheese nachos. those choices never fail me 

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Big fan of Tony's on Ella for old school tex/mex.

El Real is fine too....it's in the neighborhood.

La Mexicana for breakfast tacos and micheladas.

On ‎6‎/‎26‎/‎2018 at 10:19 PM, GreenspointTexas said:

I.Dont.Get.The.Love.For.El.Tiempo.

 

Their drinks/margaritas are trash. Their food is completely average. Their menu is expensive for mediocre Tex Mex. Give me El Real any day over the week over El Tiempo. Better and cheaper

Then you'll be happy to know the El Tiempo on Montrose is officially outta there on 7/31. More apartments!

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2018/07/18/el-tiempo-s-longtime-montrose-restaurant-to-close.html

Big fan of Tony's on Ella for old school tex/mex.
El Real is fine too....it's in the neighborhood.
La Mexicana for breakfast tacos and micheladas.


Why you no La Guadalupana?
7 minutes ago, ChampKind said:

 


Why you no La Guadalupana?

 

We go there occasionally as well.  Pastries and their coffee are on point.

I'm not a huge fan of their food, although the last time we went my huevos rancheros were solid.

 

^^^The mole enchiladas are pretty good

I never see much love for the original Irma’s. I know it’s kind of a weird setup with no menu and not your typical Tex mex restaurant, but damn if I didn’t really like everything i had when i went. I think it was fajitas, but don’t really remember because their margs are pretty strong, especially when served by the pitcher. 

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9 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

That sounds like a New York TexMex restaurant

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Don’t recall having to pay for chips and salsa but it’s been a long time since have been there.

On 7/22/2018 at 7:34 PM, PRONG HORN said:

Their menu has prices for chips and salsa.  No thanks.  

it's there in the online ordering system but doesn't appear to be in the regular menus. 

Los Ramirez in Clear Lake is my go to spot.  Shitty parking lot but everything else is outstanding.

If you find yourself way out in west Houston, Juarez on Gessner is damn good tex-mex 

Enchiladas a la Taylor at span vil are so damn good. 

El tiempo richmond

el real

lopez on wilcrest 

 

Love all those places. 

I celebrate the entire menu at SV. In particular the margs.

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Just had lunch at Irma’s Original in downtown. Irma’s son seems like a dick. No menu so he tells me the lunch specials, I went with fajitas. Food comes out fajitas and a side of rice is on the plate, shitty store bought corn tortillas. Had enough meat to make 3 tacos. Fajitas and tea $25 before tip. I don’t mind paying for good food and service, this place had neither.




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22 hours ago, Stros said:

Just had lunch at Irma’s Original in downtown. Irma’s son seems like a dick. No menu so he tells me the lunch specials, I went with fajitas. Food comes out fajitas and a side of rice is on the plate, shitty store bought corn tortillas. Had enough meat to make 3 tacos. Fajitas and tea $25 before tip. I don’t mind paying for good food and service, this place had neither.




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It’s always been extremely overpriced and overrated. Go to the last concert instead. Better food and the people aren’t dicks. 

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and if you're lucky enough, you can get second-hand high there, too

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not sure who wins the overpriced battle, irma's or el tiempo

el tiempo for lunch today - 1 salad with chicken / 1 beef fajitas for one / 1 chicken taco / 1 small queso / water to drink = $98 

El Tiempo. Any place that has an $18 shrimp taco on their menu will always win this battle

Had lunch at Lupe Tortillas on I-10 at Echo a couple of weeks ago and thought it was pretty damned good. I had only ever been to the original near 10 and 6 and even that had been a  decade or so ago. I  ordered the plato tipico with tamal, cheez enchi, taco, r & b.

Everything was good, but the frijoles refritos were outstanding.

el tiempo is ridiculously priced 

I was raised on Los Tios. Changed owners maybe a decade ago, which brought unwanted changes. Still kicks plenty of ass. 

Shocked to see El Real get mentioned even once here. I tried it once. Zero reason to return.

Bernard

On 11/7/2018 at 11:25 PM, SimonBolivar said:

Not TexMex but how is Hugo's? We have reservations there for next Friday.

Outstanding. Excellent cocktails and even better food. But then again, im a Hugo Ortega fanboi

After 3 trips now, I've become a big fan of Superica in the Heights. Food is well above average and the prices are reasonable for the portion sizes. 

Wife and I went a few nights ago. 2 beers for me, margarita for her, and and order of deluxe fajitas (beef, chicken, bacon-wrapped shrimp). Bill was only $50, and despite splitting the fajitas, we still had enough left over for me to make lunch the next day.

50 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

After 3 trips now, I've become a big fan of Superica in the Heights. Food is well above average and the prices are reasonable for the portion sizes. 

Wife and I went a few nights ago. 2 beers for me, margarita for her, and and order of deluxe fajitas (beef, chicken, bacon-wrapped shrimp). Bill was only $50, and despite splitting the fajitas, we still had enough left over for me to make lunch the next day.

Great to hear. Live 8 blocks from there so i guess this hits close to home?

Wife and I went to the original Ninfa's this weekend. I would give it a very solid 8 to 8.5.  I had the fajitas and bacon wrapped shrimp plate.  It was delicious and I would go again.

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