La Viva

1201 W 43rd St, Houston
(346) 240-2692

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joanna gonzalez

Our waiter Jose was amazing, so polite, patient, and professional. He took the time to explain the menu, checked on us often without being intrusive, and made our dining experience wonderful. Truly one of the best servers we’ve had! I had the chicken enchiladas with avocado cream and two margaritas, absolutely delicious!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Andy Gutierrez

My experience was exceptional, from the moment I was greeted at the door by Ana the manager I felt welcomed, Oscar was spectacular, best margaritas I’ve had, he recommended me Wednesdays special fajita, fajita was phenomenal. To finish my experience I had a flavorful tres leches that just put the icing on the cake loved it! I will definitely be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

erick guevara

The restaurant is all over amazing, the best chips and queso i have ever had, the bartender Oscar is very good at making the best drinks and takes care of the bar very well. Jose and Leslie are the servers that i will be asking for when i go back they really know how to take care of you. Ana the manager is one of the best as well very friendly and makes sure that the food is coming out on time and manages the restaurant very well. I will be back soon.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Emmely Gonzalez

The bartenders clearly know what they’re doing and are super friendly too. I tried a couple of cocktails and every single one hit just right. The Mexican Tea was easily my favorite, definitely worth coming back for.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

keylina blanchard

From the moment we walked in, everything about this restaurant felt warm and inviting. The staff greeted us with genuine smiles and made us feel like guests, not just customers.

The food was absolutely outstanding. Every dish was beautifully presented and full of flavor. You could tell the chef puts real passion into everything they do. My favorite plate was the shrimp fajitas, perfectly seasoned and cooked to perfection. The drinks were also on point, especially the Top Shelf Margarita.

The Manager Ana was attentive without being overbearing, and our server Angel was knowledgeable and made excellent recommendations. It’s rare to find a place where the food, service, and ambiance all come together so perfectly.

I’ll definitely be coming back and recommending it to everyone I know!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Brian McDaniel

I visited on Sunday for lunch at the recommendation of a friend. I arrived late and when I sat down I waited about 10 minutes and then waived down a server to get some water. 10 minutes later I waived down the server again to get silverware and never received a menu. Then we waived our server down for the third time to order food.

We ordered queso and it was delicious, so we ordered a second one. The second one was sent to the table next to us and our waiter realized the error but never came back with another queso until we finally waived him down again to get that queso. The service was atrocious. We spend around 45 minutes in the restaurant before we received our food, and the restaurant was never more than a third full. It was annoying to not be able to receive any service in an empty restaurant without having to flag down our waiter.

Then the food arrived and I ordered a half rack of smoked ribs that were awful. I also was supposed to receive tortillas with the meal which never came and at this point I decided it's not worth flagging down our waiter anymore. No one checked to see if our food was good or really checked on us at all without us having to seek a waiter out. I will say that my friend had enchiladas that were good.

Overall, it was one of the worst dining experiences I have had in Houston. The wait staff was friendly when you engaged them but about as apathetic moving around the restaurant as I've ever seen, and my food (outside of the queso) was terrible.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 1

Daniel Marchione

Not the best margaritas in the neighborhood but at least the food is not too bad. So if you like being abandoned by your server you might want to check this place out.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Guacamole

Tanya Macedo

So fresh!! And really good food! Wow, ordered chicken tacos for an event. They are so professional and courteous! I love this place!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

MoBetta 4Real

Omg, the seafood enchiladas were so good!!! I'm stuffed, my sister had fajita tacos and she really enjoyed those too!! Our server was Lano and he was great, made sure we were well taken care of!! Will definitely be back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ashli Villadsen

We're actually eating here right now and just finished and oh my goodness its wonderful! Wendy waited on us and has been great! The food is delicious. It's quiet today but still such a nice atmosphere. Try it out and if you've visited before give them a great review as they deserve it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sam Belachew

Food was great!!! Sebastian was great. This was our first time here as we live close. Will be our new spot!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nate

I recently ordered delivery from this local Mexican spot, and while the food quality is solid, the value left something to be desired. In my experience, a good on-demand delivery meal should average around $20 per person, including fees and tip. But for beef fajitas serving two, the total came to $78.29—breaking down to about $26 per person, which feels steep.
The portions on sides were particularly underwhelming: We got just an 8-ounce container of salsa with the $65 fajitas, paired with a huge bag of chips, leaving us with tons of leftover chips and not nearly enough salsa for the price. The $2.70 side of pickled jalapeños was a tiny portion that wasn’t worth it.
As a newer restaurant, they could build more community loyalty by emphasizing better value rather than matching the priciest options on DoorDash.

Food: 3

David Aguirre

Lano is a great server. It’s almost as if he has it in his blood. By the way. Also Valeria and Sebastian are good too! Shoutout to the manager!

Matthew Dusang

Miguel is the best!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Debbie Ayers

Miguel was awesome

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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