I tried HOT Tamales last Sunday, on a rainy Cinco de Mayo. Parking Parking is a breeze. The food truck is on a lot all to itself. The truck The truck has a nice setup. There's a nice covered ordering area and digital menus listing all their prices. Fancy and impressive for a food truck. It also looked very clean inside. My order I ordered 6 spicy pork tamales, 6 bean tamales, chips and queso and salsa. 6 tamales is the minimum number of each you can order. I had to order a large salsa. Sadly they don't give you small complimentary salsas like most restaurants do and they only have one size that you can purchase. I think 5 ounces, same size as the queso. There was a 15 min wait for the bean tamales. No problem. I waited. The salsa was watery and had no flavor. Seemed like mostly tomatoes and maybe 1 pepper, maybe a small onion and with zero seasoning. The queso was watery and very salty. The spicy pork tamales not only had no spice but just no flavor at all. It made me wonder how their regular pork tamales taste. Both spicy pork and bean tamales were flavorless. It seemed like I was eating unseasoned masa with no tamale filling. HEB's Mi Tienda tamales taste better. I also ate a few of my leftover tamales for lunch the next day hoping the seasoning had set in and the tamales would have some flavor. Unfortunately there was no improvement. Packaging I will say. I loved how neatly they wrapped the tamales. The service The service was pretty good and I was treated kindly and respectfully by the gentleman who seemed to be both cooking and taking orders. I really wanted to like Hot Tamales but I doubt that I'll return.
Zachary Anderberg
Everytime I go home, I have to stop here!I love the tamales and the queso. It's so reasonably priced. Very hard to pass on if your looking for great food for an amazing price.Thank you for carrying on the family legacy by keeping this business going. I'll come back next time I visit.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips Salsa and Queso
Terry M.
Always, always, always delicious! Even though I buy to take home, I open one of the packages in order to test/taste...just to make sure.
Robert Tabb
It's a food truck but it's always good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sandra Kelly
I've loved this place for decades.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips Salsa and Queso, Spicy Pork Tamales with Chips and Salsa
Judy Gaul
Best tamales in the area!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips Salsa and Queso, Salsa, Spicy Pork Tamales with Chips and Salsa
Kelly Oliver
My new job route takes me down 2351. I saw the Hot Tamale Truck on my way home for over a week. I decided to Google it. Great reviews and thought if they have been in business since 1976 they must be doing it right! Today I decided to stop in. Woe just Wow! The Tamales were definitely best I've had! The service was great and easy pay. A Dozen is $12! That's a 1.00 Tamale ! And it's soo good. The guacamole is 4.50 & is amazing. Its alot packed in that little container. Feed 4 people easily. The Nice size bag of chips for 3 or 4 people is a dollar! Definitely recommend and I'll be picking up on my way home at least once a week!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Clara Phillips
Best tamales around available at this food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spicy Pork Tamales with Chips and Salsa
Tx brat
The guy is very
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Trista Patterson
Hands down the best tamales ever! Make sure you get their red and green sauce!!
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips Salsa and Queso, Chile Con Queso, Spicy Pork Tamales with Chips and Salsa, Red and Green Salsa
WOOOHOOO! Oh my gosh! I am in heaven!I have been away from The Houston area for 5 years, and now that I am back... this is one of the first places that I made a B-line for. I have been to a lot of places and the last place was New Mexico. They do NOT know how to do tamales. This is the one place I know that has an amazing flavor, more meat than I have seen in other tamales, and AMAZING prices! This truck has been doing this for many years now. It is literally one of the best-kept secrets in the city. I have a hard time with hot spices and their mild is very flavorful but yet not too spicy... for me anyway. I have a lot of trouble just eating table pepper, but this is beyond wonderful!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips Salsa and Queso, Inside of Tamales
Steve Randolph
The salsa both red and green were very good. I almost finished both containers. Tamales were very good as well. Will be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Michelle Wise
This place has been here for almost 50yrs. Go get your freshest best tamales
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Green Salsa Verde, Chips Salsa and Queso, Cheesecake, Chile Con Queso, Salsa, Spicy Pork Tamales with Chips and Salsa, Red and Green Salsa
Kim Stout
Love this place I've Loved this place since the early
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Daniel Colvin
This place is a staple for me and my coworkers.Whoever is working at the time is always nice. Doesn't ever take long.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips Salsa and Queso, Spicy Pork Tamales with Chips and Salsa
I tried HOT Tamales last Sunday, on a rainy Cinco de Mayo. Parking Parking is a breeze. The food truck is on a lot all to itself. The truck The truck has a nice setup. There's a nice covered ordering area and digital menus listing all their prices. Fancy and impressive for a food truck. It also looked very clean inside. My order I ordered 6 spicy pork tamales, 6 bean tamales, chips and queso and salsa. 6 tamales is the minimum number of each you can order. I had to order a large salsa. Sadly they don't give you small complimentary salsas like most restaurants do and they only have one size that you can purchase. I think 5 ounces, same size as the queso. There was a 15 min wait for the bean tamales. No problem. I waited. The salsa was watery and had no flavor. Seemed like mostly tomatoes and maybe 1 pepper, maybe a small onion and with zero seasoning. The queso was watery and very salty. The spicy pork tamales not only had no spice but just no flavor at all. It made me wonder how their regular pork tamales taste. Both spicy pork and bean tamales were flavorless. It seemed like I was eating unseasoned masa with no tamale filling. HEB's Mi Tienda tamales taste better. I also ate a few of my leftover tamales for lunch the next day hoping the seasoning had set in and the tamales would have some flavor. Unfortunately there was no improvement. Packaging I will say. I loved how neatly they wrapped the tamales. The service The service was pretty good and I was treated kindly and respectfully by the gentleman who seemed to be both cooking and taking orders. I really wanted to like Hot Tamales but I doubt that I'll return.
Everytime I go home, I have to stop here!I love the tamales and the queso. It's so reasonably priced. Very hard to pass on if your looking for great food for an amazing price.Thank you for carrying on the family legacy by keeping this business going. I'll come back next time I visit.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips Salsa and Queso
Always, always, always delicious! Even though I buy to take home, I open one of the packages in order to test/taste...just to make sure.
It's a food truck but it's always good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I've loved this place for decades.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips Salsa and Queso, Spicy Pork Tamales with Chips and Salsa
Best tamales in the area!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips Salsa and Queso, Salsa, Spicy Pork Tamales with Chips and Salsa
My new job route takes me down 2351. I saw the Hot Tamale Truck on my way home for over a week. I decided to Google it. Great reviews and thought if they have been in business since 1976 they must be doing it right! Today I decided to stop in. Woe just Wow! The Tamales were definitely best I've had! The service was great and easy pay. A Dozen is $12! That's a 1.00 Tamale ! And it's soo good. The guacamole is 4.50 & is amazing. Its alot packed in that little container. Feed 4 people easily. The Nice size bag of chips for 3 or 4 people is a dollar! Definitely recommend and I'll be picking up on my way home at least once a week!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best tamales around available at this food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spicy Pork Tamales with Chips and Salsa
The guy is very
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Hands down the best tamales ever! Make sure you get their red and green sauce!!
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips Salsa and Queso, Chile Con Queso, Spicy Pork Tamales with Chips and Salsa, Red and Green Salsa
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WOOOHOOO! Oh my gosh! I am in heaven!I have been away from The Houston area for 5 years, and now that I am back... this is one of the first places that I made a B-line for. I have been to a lot of places and the last place was New Mexico. They do NOT know how to do tamales. This is the one place I know that has an amazing flavor, more meat than I have seen in other tamales, and AMAZING prices! This truck has been doing this for many years now. It is literally one of the best-kept secrets in the city. I have a hard time with hot spices and their mild is very flavorful but yet not too spicy... for me anyway. I have a lot of trouble just eating table pepper, but this is beyond wonderful!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips Salsa and Queso, Inside of Tamales
The salsa both red and green were very good. I almost finished both containers. Tamales were very good as well. Will be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place has been here for almost 50yrs. Go get your freshest best tamales
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Green Salsa Verde, Chips Salsa and Queso, Cheesecake, Chile Con Queso, Salsa, Spicy Pork Tamales with Chips and Salsa, Red and Green Salsa
Love this place I've Loved this place since the early
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place is a staple for me and my coworkers.Whoever is working at the time is always nice. Doesn't ever take long.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips Salsa and Queso, Spicy Pork Tamales with Chips and Salsa