Tonight is our first time trying. We got the steak street tacos and the tres laches cake. Both were phenomenal! We will be back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lonnie Townley
Better call first if you want to elotes. They have them on the menu but only available when they feel like serving them. Velvet Taco has amazing elotes they serve any time during business hours.
Service: 1
Susanna Benitez
Great food. Service. If you want down home Mexican cuisine this is the place. It’s like mama’s cooking.Will come again when in town.#lubbocktx #dallascowboys #chiefssuperbowlchams #btac
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kristle Ruiz
Every dish we have had here has been
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Taco Plato, Nachos
OK Traveler (OK Traveler)
What an awesome gem hidden in the depths of Durant. This restaurant could easily use the title "Authentic Mexican Food" and no one could dispute it. It takes an honest level of authenticity to do so and they really own it. I was blown away with the Lengua tacos. I will say that my supreme burrito, although it was big and tasty, had just a tad more beans and rice ratio to the pastor's meat. No big deal, the reasonable prices justified the ratio difference I guess. I would prefer to pay 1.5 or 2 dollars more but have a bit more meat ratio difference from the rice and beansThe salsas were amazing especially the green salsa.The bathrooms were acceptably clean. The walkway feels dark and being the only bathroom Unisex makes it a challenge for the female customers because Male customers pee all over the toilet seat.The dining room ceiling needs some attention. The entire decoration around the walls, the tables, the floors look great but the ceilings are killing the atmosphere.The service was great. There is no waitress service; which is fine. There was a guy going around cleaning tables and removing empty plates, that was good.Thank you for the great experience tasting your food! Sure to be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tamales, Beef, Rice and Beans, Barbacoa Burrito, Nachos, Barbacoa Taco Plate, Small Burrito, Salsa
Misty “Kat” Davidson
This is my favorite place in Durant to grab tacos. The torta and their burritos are also super delicious! Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nick Ardese
Great food. Fast service. Place is a tad small so when busy it's hard to get a seat but totally worth it ?
This is the best food in probably at least a 100 mile radius. It's actually incredible. There's another restaurant in Durant called El Kanelo that comes in at a very close 2nd. I don't know what Durant did to deserve these two restaurants. Someone likely made a deal with the devil. That's ok with me, I get to reap the benefits without having to seek out a deal with a crossroads demon myself. I have been to plenty of Mexican restaurants all over the country (well.. actually all over the Americas.. because I've eaten Mexican food in several Central American countries as well...) and I swear this is actual real top-notch stuff. Yes, I am claiming to be an experienced consumer of Mexican food lol. The best thing on the menu imo is the pork plate. "Peurco en salsa verde o roja" - you don't get to choose between red or green sauce, you get whatever they have that day, but it doesn't matter, they're both equally delicious. The bistec ranchero is also very very good, probably my 2nd favorite. Don't be afraid to try some al pastor or barbacoa tacos though!! Also incredible! Taqueria style. The rice and beans are pretty standard (good, but standard), but they just absolutely kill it on the meat and the salsas. They have (what I'm pretty sure is) REAL barbacoa, not brisket dressed up to seem like barbacoa like most restaurants. They also have LENGUA! They also have chicharron (though I have not actually tried that one yet). The salsas are so so good. Make sure to get both the shiny green and the orange salsa on the side. The other reviewer that claimed there's habanero at the tables, I'm not certain but I am pretty sure they're wrong, I believe the orange salsa is tomatillo + chile de arbol (or similar). It's pretty spicy but it's so so so good. This place is more "fast casual" (order and pay at the register then wait with a number) and the dining room is pretty small, so no big birthday dinner, though I have had a lunch here with a couple families with children successfully. This place is better suited for smaller groups and takeout. On that topic, it's a GREAT choice for takeout and service is quick so usually no real need to order ahead. If you're looking for more of a "sit down" feel (wait staff, fountain drinks), go visit el kanelo on the other side of town, but do yourself a favor and make sure you come back another time to try this place. If I had to pick something to complain about, I'd say things can be a tiiiiny bit inconsistent from visit to visit, like the recipes can vary, but like... I think you're allowed to be inconsistent when you're wavering between a 9 and a 14 out of 10 lol. Side note: if you're planning on spending some time at the lost street brewery across town, I highly recommend stopping here first and taking your food to lost street with you. One more tip!! If you get a burrito (which I highly recommend if you're a burrito person) order double meat. It's not that there's not enough meat... there is enough meat... I just think the ratios are juuuust right if you do double meat, and it's not too expensive.
Carmen Moreno
If you know good Mexican food, this spot is a must. We loved it! The lengua tacos were stupid good. The ground beef burrito was amaze balls. And the breakfast burrito was yummmm. The reviews had us a little skeptic - we wish we would’ve tried more. If in the area again, definitely a spot to revisit. Gracias! Todo excelente! Riquísimo.
Very nice people. Received my food quickly and everything was very delicious!! Highly recommend!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Quesadillas
donald tinsley
The homemade tamales are so good. I was very pleasantly surprised.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tamales
Gingie L
When we visited, the two staff members talking to us didn't seem to speak a lot of English. No hate at all, but one of us had a cinnamon allergy and some authentic Mexican foods have cinnamon in them. Not just the sweet stuff. Asking about food allergies was difficult, so we picked safer sounding stuff. No big deal. Unfortunately, the food itself wasn't stunning. It was fine. I was disappointed with the tacos but some of the other plates were better. Good price.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Fajita
Lesly Segoviano
Very bad experience. To begin card system was down and had to leave to get cash. The skinny boy at the register took our order while he was doing a million other things so he got our order wrong. So we returned it then the owner had the nerve to come to our table and tell us we were “wasting food” after we returned an order that wasn’t given right to us.This place used to be my companies favorite and we would buy a lot. It’s sad because the food is good. However, the lack of professional ethic from the OWNER really ruined this place.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Claudia Segoviano
The food is good…. The owner is the rudest person there!!! If I pay for my food and ask (ONLY MEAT AND BEANS) I expect to get that.She had the nerve to go to my table where my family and I were eating to tell me that I made her waste food, only because I went to return the order that she gave me wrong!As a owner/customer service personnel you should!!!!1. Have common curtesy to speak to your clients (who Pay for what they asking for!)2. Confirm the order with your client so this type of problem doesn’t happen!3. Not make your customer apologize for the wrong order that you personally handed out!This place use to be a favorite of mine but after this all I have to say is you have lost a good amount of clients! As part of a construction company that has been going there for almost a year along with my family and several co-workers and their family YOU HAVE LOST OUR LOYALTY AND PREFERENCE!
Tonight is our first time trying. We got the steak street tacos and the tres laches cake. Both were phenomenal! We will be back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Better call first if you want to elotes. They have them on the menu but only available when they feel like serving them. Velvet Taco has amazing elotes they serve any time during business hours.
Service: 1
Great food. Service. If you want down home Mexican cuisine this is the place. It’s like mama’s cooking.Will come again when in town.#lubbocktx #dallascowboys #chiefssuperbowlchams #btac
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Every dish we have had here has been
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Taco Plato, Nachos
What an awesome gem hidden in the depths of Durant. This restaurant could easily use the title "Authentic Mexican Food" and no one could dispute it. It takes an honest level of authenticity to do so and they really own it. I was blown away with the Lengua tacos. I will say that my supreme burrito, although it was big and tasty, had just a tad more beans and rice ratio to the pastor's meat. No big deal, the reasonable prices justified the ratio difference I guess. I would prefer to pay 1.5 or 2 dollars more but have a bit more meat ratio difference from the rice and beansThe salsas were amazing especially the green salsa.The bathrooms were acceptably clean. The walkway feels dark and being the only bathroom Unisex makes it a challenge for the female customers because Male customers pee all over the toilet seat.The dining room ceiling needs some attention. The entire decoration around the walls, the tables, the floors look great but the ceilings are killing the atmosphere.The service was great. There is no waitress service; which is fine. There was a guy going around cleaning tables and removing empty plates, that was good.Thank you for the great experience tasting your food! Sure to be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tamales, Beef, Rice and Beans, Barbacoa Burrito, Nachos, Barbacoa Taco Plate, Small Burrito, Salsa
This is my favorite place in Durant to grab tacos. The torta and their burritos are also super delicious! Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great food. Fast service. Place is a tad small so when busy it's hard to get a seat but totally worth it ?
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chicken Quesadillas, Beef Fajita, Tamales, Taco Plato, Chicken Burrito, Cheese Quesadilla, Chips and Queso, Breakfast Burrito, Salsa, Carnitas Burrito
This is the best food in probably at least a 100 mile radius. It's actually incredible. There's another restaurant in Durant called El Kanelo that comes in at a very close 2nd. I don't know what Durant did to deserve these two restaurants. Someone likely made a deal with the devil. That's ok with me, I get to reap the benefits without having to seek out a deal with a crossroads demon myself. I have been to plenty of Mexican restaurants all over the country (well.. actually all over the Americas.. because I've eaten Mexican food in several Central American countries as well...) and I swear this is actual real top-notch stuff. Yes, I am claiming to be an experienced consumer of Mexican food lol. The best thing on the menu imo is the pork plate. "Peurco en salsa verde o roja" - you don't get to choose between red or green sauce, you get whatever they have that day, but it doesn't matter, they're both equally delicious. The bistec ranchero is also very very good, probably my 2nd favorite. Don't be afraid to try some al pastor or barbacoa tacos though!! Also incredible! Taqueria style. The rice and beans are pretty standard (good, but standard), but they just absolutely kill it on the meat and the salsas. They have (what I'm pretty sure is) REAL barbacoa, not brisket dressed up to seem like barbacoa like most restaurants. They also have LENGUA! They also have chicharron (though I have not actually tried that one yet). The salsas are so so good. Make sure to get both the shiny green and the orange salsa on the side. The other reviewer that claimed there's habanero at the tables, I'm not certain but I am pretty sure they're wrong, I believe the orange salsa is tomatillo + chile de arbol (or similar). It's pretty spicy but it's so so so good. This place is more "fast casual" (order and pay at the register then wait with a number) and the dining room is pretty small, so no big birthday dinner, though I have had a lunch here with a couple families with children successfully. This place is better suited for smaller groups and takeout. On that topic, it's a GREAT choice for takeout and service is quick so usually no real need to order ahead. If you're looking for more of a "sit down" feel (wait staff, fountain drinks), go visit el kanelo on the other side of town, but do yourself a favor and make sure you come back another time to try this place. If I had to pick something to complain about, I'd say things can be a tiiiiny bit inconsistent from visit to visit, like the recipes can vary, but like... I think you're allowed to be inconsistent when you're wavering between a 9 and a 14 out of 10 lol. Side note: if you're planning on spending some time at the lost street brewery across town, I highly recommend stopping here first and taking your food to lost street with you. One more tip!! If you get a burrito (which I highly recommend if you're a burrito person) order double meat. It's not that there's not enough meat... there is enough meat... I just think the ratios are juuuust right if you do double meat, and it's not too expensive.
If you know good Mexican food, this spot is a must. We loved it! The lengua tacos were stupid good. The ground beef burrito was amaze balls. And the breakfast burrito was yummmm. The reviews had us a little skeptic - we wish we would’ve tried more. If in the area again, definitely a spot to revisit. Gracias! Todo excelente! Riquísimo.
My favorite place. The food is so good.
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Very nice people. Received my food quickly and everything was very delicious!! Highly recommend!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Quesadillas
The homemade tamales are so good. I was very pleasantly surprised.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tamales
When we visited, the two staff members talking to us didn't seem to speak a lot of English. No hate at all, but one of us had a cinnamon allergy and some authentic Mexican foods have cinnamon in them. Not just the sweet stuff. Asking about food allergies was difficult, so we picked safer sounding stuff. No big deal. Unfortunately, the food itself wasn't stunning. It was fine. I was disappointed with the tacos but some of the other plates were better. Good price.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Fajita
Very bad experience. To begin card system was down and had to leave to get cash. The skinny boy at the register took our order while he was doing a million other things so he got our order wrong. So we returned it then the owner had the nerve to come to our table and tell us we were “wasting food” after we returned an order that wasn’t given right to us.This place used to be my companies favorite and we would buy a lot. It’s sad because the food is good. However, the lack of professional ethic from the OWNER really ruined this place.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
The food is good…. The owner is the rudest person there!!! If I pay for my food and ask (ONLY MEAT AND BEANS) I expect to get that.She had the nerve to go to my table where my family and I were eating to tell me that I made her waste food, only because I went to return the order that she gave me wrong!As a owner/customer service personnel you should!!!!1. Have common curtesy to speak to your clients (who Pay for what they asking for!)2. Confirm the order with your client so this type of problem doesn’t happen!3. Not make your customer apologize for the wrong order that you personally handed out!This place use to be a favorite of mine but after this all I have to say is you have lost a good amount of clients! As part of a construction company that has been going there for almost a year along with my family and several co-workers and their family YOU HAVE LOST OUR LOYALTY AND PREFERENCE!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1