Tamale Restraint

Montalba
(903) 549-2918

Recent Reviews

David Watkins

This place just rocks. Menu changes almost daily, best Tamales in east Texas.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

incog Nito

Took refuge under their porch during a hard rain while out bike riding.Thanx

Valerie Martin

This is a great place to eat. Service is excellent and they are friendly. It's a small family owned restaurant.

Leea Contreras

Great little restaurant close to home and the owners are the sweetest people!

Teddi Dunavant

They put their heart into this place. It's really great!! It's our Friiday night go to!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jeffery Tippen

Quesadillas were good, but portions are small for the price. Good use of antique building. Only open for lunch.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 3

Melvin Cripps

Traveling through Montalba, TX on highway 19 we stopped for lunch at Irene's Cocina.It had a typical small Texas town look. It was not very busy and they were closing soon.We were greeted with a smile and told to sit anywhere.The menu was written on a whiteboard. It was a simple menu with about eight choices. The drinks were self serv. Various sodas, tea and water.The food was delivered hot fresh and on the finest (styrofoam) china. Everything had good flavor.It is worth a stop if traveling through town but don't expect anything fancy.It has many things decorating the building to look at while waiting.I will return if traveling through the Texas back roads in this area again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Dona W.

The food at Irenes is absolutely delicious. It is clean and the service is excellent. We love it!

James V

We were just driving past wandering around on the weekend and actually drove past this place. We immediately made a U-turn because we were hungry.We were just taking a random chance on some little tiny restaurant. We absolutely were not disappointed! The food was great and the service matched! Do not pass this up if you are ever in the area! It is definitely worth a quick stop for some delicious food and great hospitality!

Chad Tessem

Late lunch, only ones here. Good service. Fast. Food was

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

Howard Ezell

Excellent Tex Mex. Limited menu but all food options are delicious. Miss Irene and Mr Robert are wonderful hosts. We are regulars!

Mark Johnson

Great place very good food. Service was quick. Home owned

Dona Walker

The food at Irenes is absolutely delicious. It is clean and the service is excellent. We love it!

Amanda Sandhop

The tamales and chicken quesadillas are truly amazing! We just moved to the area and finally stopped by. Within 5 days, we’ve had their 3 times. It’s delicious!

Howard Doc Ezell

Excellent Tex Mex. Limited menu but all food options are delicious. Miss Irene and Mr Robert are wonderful hosts. We are regulars!

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