Maria Rita's Tex-Mex
8445 Gulf Fwy, Houston
(281) 888-1909
Customers' Favorites
Texican Sampler
Dine in: Yes
Outdoor seating: No
Takeout: Yes
Delivery: No
Curbside pickup: Yes
Juanita's Favo Ritas Choose Dos
Sizzling Lunch Fajitas 1 4 lb
Queso Flameado Con Chorizo
Veggie Fajitas for Uno 1lb
Carne Asada Street Tacos
Perfect Patron Margarita
Torty's Tex-Mex Sliders
Surf N Turf Enchiladas
Crispy Diablito Tacos
Featured items
Del Mar Grill
Our juicy tender fajitas & four jumbo shrimp brochette over grilled onions. All sizzling skillets are served with fresh flour tortillas, Mexican rice, your choice of beans, guacamole and pico de gallo.
Sizzling Fajitas
Maria Rita's juicy tender fajitas over grilled onions on a sizzling skillet. Served with guacamole, pico de gallo and sour cream. All sizzling skillets are served with fresh flour tortillas, Mexican rice, your choice of beans, guacamole and pico de gallo.
Chicken Flautas
Shredded seasoned all white meat chicken rolled in corn tortillas and fried to golden perfection. Topped with sour cream and pico. Served with guacamole and queso for dipping. Served with Mexican rice and your choice of beans.
Fajita Nachos
Grilled juicy fajita, refried beans and melted monterey jack and cheddar cheese on corn tortilla chips. Served with creamy guacamole, pico de gallo, sour cream and jalapenos.
Carne Asada Street Tacos
5 flamed grilled carne asada tacos made with small yellow corn tortillas. Served with diced white onions, cilantro, and a lime wedge. Mini-tacos packing huge flavor!
Appetizers
Carne Asada Street Tacos
5 flamed grilled carne asada tacos made with small yellow corn tortillas. Served with diced white onions, cilantro, and a lime wedge. Mini-tacos packing huge flavor!
Fajita Nachos
Grilled juicy fajita, refried beans and melted monterey jack and cheddar cheese on corn tortilla chips. Served with creamy guacamole, pico de gallo, sour cream and jalapenos.
Crispy Diablito Tacos
5 crispy red mini-tacos filled with chunks of our tender slow roasted carnitas and topped with our tangy tomatillo slaw, fresh avocado slices and queso fresco.
Creamy Guacamole Bowl
Crispy flour tortilla bowl filled with our fresh creamy guacamole. Topped with queso fresco and served with hand diced pico de gallo.
Chicharrónes | Pork Rinds
Topped with queso fresco and drizzled with Valentina.
Texas Trio Empanadas
Your choice of 3 shredded chicken or ground beef empanadas, deep-fried until golden brown and crispy. Drizzled with chipotle crema and served with our creamy jalapeno salsa.
Coctel De Camaron
A classic Mexican shrimp cocktail made with shrimp, tomatoes, celery, onions, cilantro and sliced avocados topped with a jumbo shrimp. Perfect for dipping, or eating with a spoon.
Elote | Mexican Street Corn
Roasted corn on the cob topped with mayo, seasoned with Mexican spices, queso fresco and cilantro.
Quesadillas
Lightly toasted flour tortillas filled with melted monterey jack cheese. Served with fresh guacamole, pico de gallo, sour cream and jalapenos.
Queso Flameado
Melted rich white monterey jack cheese cooked on a hot skillet, and served with chips or soft warm flour tortillas.
Texican Sampler
A taste of tex-mex! Queso clásico, beef fajita nachos, chicken fajita quesadillas, and flautas. Served with guacamole, pico, sour cream, and jalapenos.
Chicken Fajita & Spinach Quesadillas
Filled with melted monterey jack cheese, grilled chicken fajita and seasoned spinach. Served with guacamole, pico de gallo, sour cream and jalapenos.
Soups & Ensaladas
El Cobb Salad
Grilled fajitas, sliced avocados, tomatoes, crispy bacon, egg slices, grated mixed cheese and red onions on a bed of crisp romaine lettuce.
Southwest Fajita Salad
Crisp Iceberg lettuce drizzled with Southwest Ranch, topped with chopped bacon, roasted corn, avocados, black beans, tomatoes, queso fresco crumbles, topped with crispy tortilla strips.
Taco Salad
Golden taco shell filled with fresh shredded lettuce, ground beef or shredded chicken, grated cheese, tomatoes, guacamole and sour cream.
Chicken Pozole Bowl
Tender white meat chicken and hominy, flavorful chicken broth simmered with Mexican spices. Garnished with shredded cabbage, cilantro and a lime wedge.
Tortilla Soup Bowl
Our bowl of rich chicken broth with grilled chicken, grated cheese, Mexican rice, roasted corn, diced onion, and cilantro, topped with crispy tortilla strips.
Soup and Fajita Ensalada
A cup of our homemade tortilla soup, served with a Maria Rita's House Salad topped with your choice of Grilled Fajita Beef, Chicken, or Combination.
Creamy Quesos
Queso Clásico
Creamy blend of cheese mixed with peppers, onions, celery and Mexican spices.
Tacos Y Chalupas
Tacos Al Carbon
Two grilled fajita tacos made with soft homemade flour tortillas. Served with pico de gallo, guacamole and queso. Served with Mexican rice and your choice of Beans.
Classic Crispy Tacos
Three crispy tacos filled with seasoned taco meat or all white meat shredded chicken topped with lettuce, fresh tomatoes and grated cheese.
Grilled Seafood Tacos
3 grilled fish or shrimp, chipotle crema, queso fresco, tex-mex slaw, on corn tortillas. Served with pico de gallo and an avocado slice.
La Chalupa
Three crispy tostadas topped with shredded chicken or ground beef, refried beans, crisp lettuce, tomatoes and mixed cheese.
Combinations
Plato Deluxe
2 cheese enchiladas with queso, a crispy beef taco, chalupa, and guacamole. Served with rice and beans.
Mila's Especial
A bean chalupa, crispy beef taco, chile con queso, tostada, and fresh guacamole.
Plato San Antonio
4 chicken nachos, a cheese enchilada, classic pork tamale with chili gravy, and fresh guacamole. Served with rice and beans.
Don Pollo
Crispy chicken taco, a chicken flauta, chicken enchilada. Served with rice and beans, sour cream, pico and queso.
Enchiladas & Burritos
Tejas Burrito
Texas sized burrito stuffed with ground beef or shredded chicken, refried beans, queso, sour cream, lettuce, pico de gallo, and smothered in your choice of queso, gravy or poblano cream sauce.
Fajita Enchiladas
Three enchiladas filled with our juicy tender fajitas, topped with your choice of made from scratch sauce and grated cheese. Served with pico de gallo.
Chicken or Beef Enchilada
3 Filled with seasoned shredded chicken or our flavorful ground beef, smothered in your choice of homemade sauce and mix cheese.
Surf N' Turf Enchiladas
Two enchiladas filled with grilled fajitas, topped with a tasty combination of juicy shrimp and crawfish, sautéed in our rich roasted red pepper cream sauce. Served with pico de gallo.
Cheese Enchiladas
Three corn tortillas filled with melted cheese, topped with grated cheese and our made from scratch chili gravy.
Burrito
Large flour tortilla stuffed with your choice of seasoned ground beef or all white meat hand shredded chicken, topped with mixed cheeses, smothered in your choice of queso, gravy or poblano cream sauce.
Mariachanga
Flour tortilla rolled and stuffed with tender white meat shredded chicken, monterey jack and cheddar cheese, fried until golden and covered in our queso clásico. Served with our sour cream and guacamole.
Sizzling Fajitas Y Mas
Sizzling Fajitas
Maria Rita's juicy tender fajitas over grilled onions on a sizzling skillet. Served with guacamole, pico de gallo and sour cream. All sizzling skillets are served with fresh flour tortillas, Mexican rice, your choice of beans, guacamole and pico de gallo.
Del Mar Grill
Our juicy tender fajitas & four jumbo shrimp brochette over grilled onions. All sizzling skillets are served with fresh flour tortillas, Mexican rice, your choice of beans, guacamole and pico de gallo.
Camarones Cancún
Eight grilled butterflied shrimp, brushed with Mexican lime butter over onions and peppers on a sizzling skillet. Served with guacamole, lime butter, and pico de gallo. All sizzling skillets are served with fresh flour tortillas, Mexican rice, your choice of beans, guacamole and pico de gallo.
Juárez Sizzler
Our tender fajitas, grilled smoked sausage, cozumel shrimp over grilled onions. Served with guacamole, lime butter, and pico de gallo. All sizzling skillets are served with fresh flour tortillas, Mexican rice, your choice of beans, guacamole and pico de gallo.
Cozumel Shrimp
8 grilled jumbo brochette style shrimp, wrapped in smoked bacon and stuffed with fresh Mexican cheese and mild red pepper slices, served on a bed of onions and peppers. Served with guacamole, lime butter, and pico de gallo. All sizzling skillets are served with fresh flour tortillas, Mexican rice, your choice of beans, guacamole and pico de gallo.
Maria Rita's Clasicos
Chicken Flautas
Shredded seasoned all white meat chicken rolled in corn tortillas and fried to golden perfection. Topped with sour cream and pico. Served with guacamole and queso for dipping. Served with Mexican rice and your choice of beans.
Original Tamales
A classic tex-mex staple. Homemade Mexican spiced pork tamales topped with chili gravy or fresh tomatillo salsa and melted mixed cheese. Served with pico de gallo. Served with Mexican rice and your choice of beans.
Sea Bass Acapulco
Grilled Sea Bass topped with sautéed shrimp, crawfish tails and our white white cream sauce. Served with fresh flour tortillas and pico de gallo. Served with Mexican rice and your choice of beans.
The Poblano Chicken
Grilled chicken breast topped with pico de gallo, smothered in our roasted poblano cream sauce and mixed cheeses. Served with fresh flour tortillas and guacamole. Served with Mexican rice and your choice of beans.
Pollo Del Carmen
Grilled chicken breast topped with sautéed shrimp and crawfish tails, smothered in our rich roasted red pepper cream sauce. Served with fresh flour tortillas and pico de gallo. Served with Mexican rice and your choice of beans.
Carne Guisada
Tasty Mexican stew made with diced tender sirloin slowly simmered with bell peppers, onions, celery, tomatoes and Mexican spices. Served with fresh diced pico de gallo. Served with Mexican rice and your choice of beans.
Chicken Mariachi
Grilled Chicken breast smothered with queso, topped with smoked crispy bacon and fresh avocado slices. Served with fresh flour tortillas and pico de gallo. Served with Mexican rice and your choice of beans.
Chile Relleno
A roasted and battered poblano pepper stuffed with ground beef, smothered with chili gravy and piled high with cheddar and jack cheese. Served with fresh flour tortillas and pico de gallo. Served with Mexican rice and your choice of beans.
Cantina Burger
Two quarter pound made from scratch beef topped with cheddar cheese on a lightly toasted bun. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, onions and french fries. Served with Mexican rice and your choice of beans.
El Mole Olé
Grilled Chicken breast topped in our classic mole sauce, and melted monterey jack cheese. Served with fresh flour tortillas, pico and guacamole. Ole! Served with Mexican rice and your choice of beans.
Desserts
Sopapillas
Warm puffed pastries sprinkled lightly with cinnamon sugar and dusted with powdered sugar. Served with honey, caramel and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Served with ice cream!
Cinnamon Churros
Golden brown crispy outside and filled with sweet cajeta, these Mexican pastries rolled in cinnamon and sugar and served with vanilla ice cream. Served with ice cream!
Tres Leches
Our delicious classic Tres Leches Cake is a treat; Tender vanilla sponge cake soaked in rich, cinnamon-flavored cream and topped with whipped cream and fresh seasonal fruit, served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Served with ice cream!
Refrescos
Fruity Teas
Peach or raspberry. Free refills with teas, lemonades, fountain drinks and coffee.
Ice Tea
Sweet or unsweet. Free refills with teas, lemonades, fountain drinks and coffee.
Premium Hot Coffee
Free refills with teas, lemonades, fountain drinks and coffee.
Lunch
Quesadillas Del Lunch
Lightly toasted flour tortillas filled with grilled beef or chicken fajita, melted monterey jack cheese. Served with Mexican rice and your choice of beans, fresh pico de gallo and queso.
Juanita's Favoritas (Choose Dos)
Served with fresh pico, Mexican rice and your choice of refried or charro beans.
Sizzling Lunch Fajitas (1/4 Lb)
Your choice of maria rita's juicy tender beef, chicken or combo fajitas over grilled onions and peppers on a sizzling skillet. Served with sour cream and pico de gallo and your choice of beans and rice.
Mila's Especial Lunch
A bean chalupa, crispy beef taco, and a chile con queso tostada. The perfect trio!
Soup & Fajita Ensalada
A cup of homemade tortilla soup, served with a maria rita's house salad topped with your choice of grilled fajita beef, chicken or combination.
Taco Al Carbon
A grilled beef or chicken fajita taco made with a soft homemade flour tortilla. Served with Mexican rice, refried or charro beans, and pico de gallo and queso!
El Nacho Libre
Grilled juicy fajita beef or chicken, refried beans and melted monterey jack and cheddar cheese on corn tortilla chips. Served with creamy guacamole, sour cream, Mexican rice and your choice of beans.
Maria Rita's Clasico Bowls
Pollo Del Carmen
Grilled chicken breast topped with sautéed shrimp and crawfish tails, Mexican rice and your choice of charro or refried beans. Topped in our rich roasted red pepper cream sauce. Served with fresh flour tortillas and pico de gallo.
The Poblano Chicken
Grilled chicken fajitas topped with pico de gallo, Mexican rice and your choice of charro or refried beans. Smothered in our roasted poblano cream sauce and mixed cheeses. Served with fresh flour tortillas and pico de gallo.
El Mole Olé
Grilled chicken fajitas, melted monterey jack cheese, Mexican rice and your choice of charro or refried beans topped in our classic mole sauce. Served with flour tortillas and fresh pico de gallo. Ole!
Chicken Mariachi
Grilled chicken fajitas, smoked crispy bacon, Mexican rice and your choice of charro or refried beans. Served with queso, fresh flour tortillas and pico de gallo.
Appetizers
Chicharrónes | Pork Rinds
Topped with queso fresco and drizzled with Valentina.
Carne Asada Street Tacos
5 flamed grilled carne asada tacos made with small yellow corn tortillas. Served with diced white onions, cilantro, and a lime wedge. Mini-tacos packing huge flavor!
Creamy Guacamole Bowl
Crispy flour tortilla bowl filled with our fresh creamy guacamole. Topped with queso fresco and served with hand diced pico de gallo.
Crispy Diablito Tacos
5 crispy red mini-tacos filled with chunks of our tender slow roasted carnitas and topped with our tangy tomatillo slaw, fresh avocado slices and queso fresco.
Fajita Nachos
Grilled juicy fajita, refried beans and melted monterey jack and cheddar cheese on corn tortilla chips. Served with creamy guacamole, pico de gallo, sour cream and jalapenos.
Queso Flameado
Melted rich white monterey jack cheese cooked on a hot skillet, and served with chips or soft warm flour tortillas.
Quesadillas
Lightly toasted flour tortillas filled with melted monterey jack cheese. Served with fresh guacamole, pico de gallo, sour cream and jalapenos.
Texican Sampler
A taste of tex-mex! Queso clásico, beef fajita nachos, chicken fajita quesadillas, and flautas. Served with guacamole, pico, sour cream, and jalapenos.
Chicken Fajita & Spinach Quesadillas
Filled with melted monterey jack cheese, grilled chicken fajita and seasoned spinach. Served with guacamole, pico de gallo, sour cream and jalapenos.
Soups & Ensaladas
Chicken Pozole
Tender white meat chicken and hominy, flavorful chicken broth simmered with Mexican spices. Garnished with shredded cabbage, cilantro and a lime wedge.
Taco Salad
Golden taco shell filled with fresh shredded lettuce, ground beef or shredded chicken, grated cheese, tomatoes, guacamole and sour cream.
El Cobb Salad
Grilled fajitas, sliced avocados, tomatoes, crispy bacon, egg slices, grated mixed cheese and red onions on a bed of crisp romaine lettuce.
Tortilla Soup
Our bowl of rich chicken broth with grilled chicken, grated cheese, Mexican rice, roasted corn, diced onion, and cilantro, topped with crispy tortilla strips.
Maria Rita's House Salad
Fresh, crisp romaine and iceberg lettuce topped with mixed grated cheese, diced tomatoes, cucumbers.
Southwest Fajita Salad
Crisp Iceberg lettuce drizzled with Southwest Ranch, topped with chopped bacon, roasted corn, avocados, black beans, tomatoes, queso fresco crumbles, topped with crispy tortilla strips.
Creamy Quesos
Queso Clásico
Creamy blend of cheese mixed with peppers, onions, celery and Mexican spices. Quesos are served with fresh and pickled jalapenos.
Tacos Y Chalupas
Tacos Al Carbon
Two grilled fajita tacos made with soft homemade flour tortillas. Served with pico de gallo, guacamole and queso.
La Chalupa
Three crispy tostadas topped with shredded chicken or ground beef, refried beans, crisp lettuce, tomatoes and mixed cheese.
Grilled Seafood Tacos
3 grilled fish or shrimp, chipotle crema, queso fresco, tex-mex slaw, on corn tortillas. Served with pico de gallo and an avocado slice.
Classic Crispy Tacos
Three crispy tacos filled with seasoned taco meat or all white meat shredded chicken topped with lettuce, fresh tomatoes and grated cheese.
Combinations
Plato Deluxe
2 cheese enchiladas with queso, a crispy beef taco, chalupa, and guacamole. Served with rice and beans.
Mila's Especial
A bean chalupa, crispy beef taco, chile con queso, tostada, and fresh guacamole.
Don Pollo
Crispy chicken taco, a chicken flauta, chicken enchilada. Served with rice and beans, sour cream, pico and queso.
Plato San Antonio
4 chicken nachos, a cheese enchilada, classic pork tamale with chili gravy, and fresh guacamole. Served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas & Burritos
Cheese Enchiladas
Three corn tortillas filled with melted cheese, topped with grated cheese and our made from scratch chili gravy.
Chicken or Beef Enchilada
3 Filled with seasoned shredded chicken or our flavorful ground beef, smothered in your choice of homemade sauce and mix cheese.
Tejas Burrito
Texas sized burrito stuffed with ground beef or shredded chicken, refried beans, queso, sour cream, lettuce, pico de gallo, and smothered in your choice of queso, gravy or poblano cream sauce.
Surf N' Turf Enchiladas
Two enchiladas filled with grilled fajitas, topped with a tasty combination of juicy shrimp and crawfish, sautéed in our rich roasted red pepper cream sauce. Served with pico de gallo.
Mariachanga
Flour tortilla rolled and stuffed with tender white meat shredded chicken, monterey jack and cheddar cheese, fried until golden and covered in our queso clásico. Served with our sour cream and guacamole.
Burrito
Large flour tortilla stuffed with your choice of seasoned ground beef or all white meat hand shredded chicken, topped with mixed cheeses, smothered in your choice of queso, gravy or poblano cream sauce.
Fajita Enchiladas
Three enchiladas filled with our juicy tender fajitas, topped with your choice of made from scratch sauce and grated cheese. Served with pico de gallo.
Sizzling Fajitas Y Mas
Sizzling Fajitas
Maria Rita's juicy tender fajitas over grilled onions on a sizzling skillet. Served with guacamole, pico de gallo and grated cheese.
Del Mar Grill
Our juicy tender fajitas and four jumbo shrimp brochette over grilled onions.
Juárez Sizzler
Our tender fajitas, grilled smoked sausage, cozumel shrimp over grilled onions.
Cozumel Shrimp
8 grilled jumbo brochette style shrimp, wrapped in smoked bacon and stuffed with fresh Mexican cheese and mild red pepper slices, served on a bed of onions and peppers.
Camarones Cancún
Eight grilled butterflied shrimp, brushed with Mexican lime butter over onions and peppers on a sizzling skillet.
Maria Rita's Clasicos
Pollo Del Carmen
Grilled chicken breast topped with sautéed shrimp and crawfish tails, smothered in our rich roasted red pepper cream sauce. Served with fresh flour tortillas and pico de gallo.
El Mole Olé
Grilled Chicken breast topped in our classic mole sauce, and melted monterey jack cheese. Served with fresh flour tortillas, pico and guacamole. Ole!
Chile Relleno
A roasted and battered poblano pepper stuffed with ground beef, smothered with chili gravy and piled high with cheddar and jack cheese. Served with fresh flour tortillas and pico de gallo.
The Poblano Chicken
Grilled chicken breast topped with pico de gallo, smothered in our roasted poblano cream sauce and mixed cheeses. Served with fresh flour tortillas and guacamole.
Chicken Flautas
Shredded seasoned all white meat chicken rolled in corn tortillas and fried to golden perfection. Topped with sour cream and pico. Served with guacamole and queso for dipping.
Chicken Mariachi
Grilled Chicken breast smothered with queso, topped with smoked crispy bacon and fresh avocado slices. Served with fresh flour tortillas and pico de gallo.
Carne Guisada
Tasty Mexican stew made with diced tender sirloin slowly simmered with bell peppers, onions, celery, tomatoes and Mexican spices. Served with fresh diced pico de gallo.
Tex-mex Burger
Your choice of fajita chicken, carnitas or 100% angus beef topped with crispy bacon and jack cheese on a lightly toasted bun. served with guacamole and french fries.
Original Tamales
A classic tex-mex staple. Homemade Mexican spiced pork tamales topped with chili gravy or fresh tomatillo salsa and melted mixed cheese. Served with pico de gallo.
Desserts
Cinnamon Churros
Golden brown crispy outside and filled with sweet cajeta, these Mexican pastries rolled in cinnamon and sugar and served with vanilla ice cream.
Sopapillas
Warm puffed pastries sprinkled lightly with cinnamon sugar and dusted with powdered sugar. Served with honey, caramel and a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Refrescos
Fruity Teas
Free refills with teas, lemonades, fountain drinks and coffee.
Premium Hot Coffee
Free refills with teas, lemonades, fountain drinks and coffee.
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Recent Reviews
Went to lunch with my father here, we both got the fajitas, great service, delicious food, it was a very nice place, I felt very comfortable and welcomed here with all the great staff!!
August 2025
Service was not so great today. Mario was my waiter and I’m sure he was waiting on other customers. I ordered a cup of tortilla soup and he brought me a bowl of soup. When I told him that I asked for a cup he said to me, the bowl is only $1 more. Anyway, he was more interested in waiting on the party of 8 that were sitting next to me. I asked him to bring me my check and it took him approximately 15 minutes to bring me my check as he kept tending to the people on the next table....
July 2025
I highly recommend it! The service was very nice and helpful. Delicious dishes! Typical Mexican, hot atmosphere. Be careful with your orders, because the portions are impossible to eat! We took over half of the order with us!
October 2024
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