The Original Marini's Empanada House
10001 Westheimer Rd # 2570, Houston
(713) 266-2729
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Iconic restaurant. Great empanadas. Not a place for calorie counters. Crowed for large groups, but pation is covered but not heated.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Alfajores, Savory Empanadas, Chicken Diablo, Beef Gaucho, Vegetarian, English
Came here for the first time to try the empanadas that was recommended by Guy Fieri from his show. The chicken Diablo was really tasty and great with the chimichuri sauce . The okie dokie artichoke empanadas was the best. Definitely recommend this spot.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sauce, Fries, Chicken Diablo, Texas BBQ
Alw6good food. Add cheese to the chuckwagon
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food is always fresh. The staff is always friendly. The atmosphere is always family oriented. They have the best empanadas in the city.
Parking: The parking is an open lot.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cool place to get eats. A bit pricey in comparison to other places.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Dulce De Leche, Dessert Empanadas, Ham and Cheese
I went with my mother to eat some empanadas as a starter, I ordered chicken, it was horrible, it was not the typical chicken empanada that is in Argentina, this was stew sauce, the place has so many things that if Argentinian it doesn't have anything, besides people who are not Argentinian work, a place has to have people from that country, so that they know the flavor, the Milanese is horrible as are the potatoes they serve, they are all curled up and look like noodles, if they say that it is Argentine a place, make it Argentine, because there are millions of flavors that have been invented, and hire Argentine people, not from another place, they know NOTHING about your flavor.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Good experience with kindness
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Dulce de Leche Empanada
Great food!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
After so many attempts (it was closed because I was leaving home late 🤣) to try the empanadas here I was finally able to go 🥹🤌...
Tasty and so on... With two I was full and I couldn't finish the small large portion of potatoes 😞🤌...
They even have a photo of Messi where you order, by the way... You order and then they bring it to the table 🤓👍...
You can see a lot of history on the walls, also that little thing for the mate 🧉 but I don't know if it's for sale or it's just decoration (I wanted one but oh well) 🤓👍 cool thing...
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Gaucho, Texas BBQ
Tasty!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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This place would be a gem anywhere, but I'm glad it is a Houston gem :)
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Delicious empanadas, definitely understand the hype the place got. The menu is incredibly expensive, difficult to choose from all the options.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Argentine empanadas, variety of flavors
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
First time coming to this place, was recommended by a family member
They have so many different flavors of empanadas. While im not an connoisseur of Argentinian food; i can say these were really good and tasted very authentic.
I tried the Texas BBQ flavor (the bbq sauce in on the sweeter side of flavors) and also had the Humita, which has cheese and corn-cream, really good flavor this was my favorites
Will definitely return to try other flavors 😃
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Humita, Savory Empanadas, Beef Gaucho, Texas BBQ
Everything is very rich
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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