Tamale House East

1707 E 6th St, Austin
(512) 495-9504

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Tamale Plate- Bean & Cheese
Cochinita Pibil Plate
Migas Breakfast Taco
Bean & Cheese Tamale
Mom's Migas & Queso
Chilaquiles Verdes
Individual Tamales
Chicken Mole Taco
Dad's Fajita Taco
Chicken Ranchera

Menu

Starters
Queso Compuesto
Queso, handmade guacamole, taco meat & chips.
Vegetarian Queso Compuesto
Queso, handmade guacamole, whole black beans & chips.
Queso & Chips
Guacamole & Chips
Handmade guacamole made with avocado, tomato & fresh lime juice & chips.
Chips & Salsa
Traditional red salsa & chips.
Small Cheese Quesadilla
Small cheese quesadilla. Perfect for the kids or as a small appetizer.
Beef Fajita Quesadilla
Beef fajita, cheese, served with pico de gallo & guacamole and sour cream.
Chicken Quesadilla
Roasted chicken, cheese, served with pico de gallo, guacamole and sour cream.

Breakfast Plates
Mom's Migas & Queso
Our best selling breakfast plate has three corn tortillas hand-shredded and pan fried with 2 eggs scrambled in, and then smothered with queso made with mild salsa ranchera. Served with homestyle potatoes, refried beans & 2 tortillas.
Spicy Chipotle Migas & Queso
The spicy version of our best selling breakfast plate has three corn tortillas hand-shredded and pan fried with 2 eggs scrambled in, and then smothered with queso and spicy chipotle ranchera. Served with homestyle potatoes, refried beans & 2 tortillas.
Chilaquiles Verdes
Chilaquiles are made with three pan fried tortillas, a medium spicy salsa verde and topped with 1 fried egg, monterrey jack cheese & queso fresca. Served with homestyle potatoes, refried beans & 2 tortillas.
Huevos Rancheros
This classic dish comes with two over easy eggs, Served with homestyle potatoes, refried beans & 2 tortillas.

Breakfast Tacos
Migas & Queso Taco
Vegetarian. Scrambled egg, panfried tortillas & queso in a tortilla.
Spicy Chipotle Migas & Queso Taco
Vegetarian. Scrambled eggs, spicy chipotle, pan-fried tortillas, and queso.
Egg, Bacon, Cheese & Ranchera
Bean & Cheese Taco
Potato, Egg, Bacon & Cheese
Potato, Egg & Bacon Taco
Chorizo, Egg & Cheese
Chorizo & Egg
Bacon & Egg Taco
Taco Meat & Refried Bean
Migas & Queso Taco
Scrambled egg, panfried tortillas & queso in a tortilla. Vegetarian.

Breakfast Sides
Homestyle Potatoes
Hand-cut, pan-fried seasoned potatoes.
Bacon (2)
2 strips of hickory smoked bacon.
Refried Beans
Refried smashed pinto beans (vegan).
Whole Black Beans
Vegan.
Fried Egg Ala Carte (1)
Scrambled Eggs Ala Carte (2)
Tiny Guacamole
Avocado, tomato, fresh lime juice, kosher salt.
Sour Cream
Avocado (2 Slices)
Small Mole Sauce
Small Tomatillo Verde Salsa
Corn Tortilla (2)
Flour Tortilla (1)

Tamales
Tamale Plate- Bean & Cheese
Pork Tamale
Handmixed corn masa wrapped around a seasoned pork filling and steamed in a corn husk.
Chicken Tamale
Handmixed corn masa wrapped around a chicken and mild tomatillo salsa filling and steamed in a corn husk.
Bean & Cheese Tamale
Handmixed corn masa wrapped around a vegetarian refried bean, monterrey jack and pickled jalapeño filling and steamed in a corn husk.
6 Pack Pork Tamales
6 handmade braised pork tamales Handmixed corn masa wrapped around a seasoned pork filling and steamed in a corn husk. Served with 1/2 Pint of signature sauce
6 Pack Chicken Tamales
Handmixed corn masa wrapped around a chicken and mild tomatillo salsa filling and steamed in a corn husk. Served with 1/2 Pint of signature sauce
6 Pack Bean & Cheese Tamales
Handmixed corn masa wrapped around a vegetarian refried bean, monterrey jack and pickled jalapeño filling and steamed in a corn husk. Served with 1/2 Pint of signature sauce

Lunch & Dinner Plates
Taco Plate
Choose 2 tacos, served with beans & spanish rice (extra charge for each fajita or fish taco)
Tamale Plate
One Texas Sized handmade tamale smothered with your choice of sauce and cheese. (Tex-Mex Chili, Verde, Mole, Ranchera or Queso) served with, refried beans and Spanish rice
Tamale Plate- Bean & Cheese
Beef Fajita Plate
Beef fajita with trio of peppers, potatoes and ranchera sauce. Sour cream, pico de gallo, cheese and guacamole on the side. Served with refried beans and Spanish rice.

Lunch & Dinner Texas Sized Handmade Tamales
Pork Tamale
Handmixed corn masa wrapped around a seasoned pork filling and steamed in a corn husk.
Chicken Tamale
Handmixed corn masa wrapped around a chicken and mild tomatillo salsa filling and steamed in a corn husk.
Bean & Cheese Tamale
Handmixed corn masa wrapped around a vegetarian refried bean, monterrey jack and pickled jalapeño filling and steamed in a corn husk.
6 Pack Pork Tamales
6 handmade braised pork tamales Handmixed corn masa wrapped around a seasoned pork filling and steamed in a corn husk. Served with 1/2 Pint of signature sauce
6 Pack Chicken Tamales
Handmixed corn masa wrapped around a chicken and mild tomatillo salsa filling and steamed in a corn husk. Served with 1/2 Pint of signature sauce
6 Pack Bean & Cheese Tamales
Handmixed corn masa wrapped around a vegetarian refried bean, monterrey jack and pickled jalapeño filling and steamed in a corn husk. Served with 1/2 Pint of signature sauce

Lunch & Dinner Deluxe & Street Tacos
Fish Taco
Roasted Chicken Taco
Dad's Beef Fajita Taco
Grilled beef, peppers, onion, mushrooms served on a flour tortilla.
Veggie Fajita Taco
Grilled Chicken Mole Taco
Marinated shredded roasted chicken breast, chocolate mole & Monterey jack cheese in a flour tortilla. Grilled on the flat top (contains nuts including peanuts)
Refried Bean & Cheese Taco
Pastor Street Tacos (3)
3 street tacos, on corn tortilla topped with cilantro & onion.
Carnitas Street Tacos (3)
Crispy Street Tacos (3)
3 street tacos with ground beef spinach and tomato on corn tortillas
Veggie Guac Street Tacos (3)
3 street tacos with black beans, spinach, tomato and guacamole on corn tortillas

Lunch & Dinner Enchiladas
Beef Enchiladas
A family recipe served at the Original Tamale House! Two hand rolled enchiladas filled with ground beef, topped with your choice of sauce & cheese. Served with refried beans, Spanish rice and 2 tortillas. Tex-Mex Beef Chili is the original sauce.
Chicken Enchiladas
A family recipe served at Mexico Tipico! Two hand rolled enchiladas filled with 100% white meat chicken, topped with your choice of sauce & cheese. Served with refried beans, Spanish rice and 2 tortillas. Verde or Mole are the original sauces!
Cheese Enchiladas
Two hand rolled enchiladas filled cheese. Served with refried beans, Spanish rice and 2 tortillas
Mushroom & Spinach Enchilada
Vegan Veggie Enchiladas
Two hand rolled enchiladas filled with grilled mushrooms and onions, topped with either ranchera or tomatillo salsa verde. Served with refried beans, spanish rice and 2 flour tortillas

Lunch & Dinner Sides
Rice & Beans
Black Beans
Refried Beans
Refried smashed pinto beans.
Spanish Rice
Jalapeño
Sliced Avocado

Drinks
Mexi Iced Coffee
House brewed iced coffee with horchata (Mexican rice milk) and organic vanilla soy.
House Cold Brewed Iced Coffee
16-hour cold brew made in house with local organic fair trade coffee beans.
Half Mexi Iced/Half Cold Brew
Hot Coffee (Organic & Fair Trade)
Hot organic local coffee from Austin coffee traders.
Gold Peak Sweet Iced Tea
Gold Peak Unsweet Tea
12 oz Sodas
Mexican Coke Bottle
Media litro.
Mexican Fanta
Media litro.
Topo Chico
6 Pack Topo Chico
Bottled Water
Fever Tree Ginger Beer
Orange Juice
Apple Juice

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Recent Reviews

Accessibility for those with Mobility needs, spectacular food. A little kick in the meals but delightful and delicious. We tried Mexican iced coffee, enchiladas, street tacos, huevous ranchero all perfectly executed. Truly one of the top restaurants for this cuisine.
Staff was prompt, friendly and proprietor was on site warmly welcoming patrons even helping in paying for parking with their free code.
August 2025
It saddens me to give this review, because I'm an original Austinite from East Austin. I dont get the ordering from your phone, especially a restaurant that's been around for years. I also dont feel anyone should be paying $5.00 for chips and salsa. The breakfast we ate reminded me of my grandma's breakfast, but the plate and portion sizes were so small for $15.00. The portion would fit right in for a child's plate at most restaurants, and I still felt hungry...
August 2025
This place is a special gem!! Authentic as it gets. The best tamales I've had in my life. Don't short change your self and not also get their mexi-coffee as well which is their home version of an iced horchata.
July 2025

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Tamale House East

1707 E 6th St, Austin, TX 78702
(512) 495-9504