Reviews for DK Maria's Legendary Tex-Mex in Austin, TX
Delicious food! ???? Service was a little slow even though it wasn't that busy. I dont even know who my actual server was since... a different person took my drink and appetizer order than the person who took my food order. And neither of them introducedthemselves to me. But the food was tasty and they kept my drink filled. Read more
The food is awesome, incredibly delicious. The front of house (service and bar) is horrendous. It's consistently been bad for... years and they continue to hire people who seemingly have no restaurant experience. I don't think I've ever seen a dedicatedhostess (okay, fine), haven't seen a dedicated bartender since an awesome one left 18-months ago, and don't see food runners orbusers... Without dedicated staff they are asking waiters to play every role. And guess what? It doesn't work! The few front ofhouse staff *flounders*, leaves people waiting for long periods of time, gets orders wrong, brings dips with no chips, bringshot salsa with no water or napkins, and there are usually only 2 of them requiring them to pop behind the bar to make drinkswithout the knowledge and expertise, greet guests, run food, and bus tables... Yeesh, it must be exhausting. The bar is justsad. We've taught one young man how to make a margarita with verbal instruction - he told us it was his first time making one -he was our waiter. This past visit, an order of a skinny margarita came back with a full centimeter of syrup at the bottom ofthe cup. I thought maybe it was the orange liquor sinking to the bottom, but nope, it was sweetener. It was the worse"margarita" I've seen / tasted. Why, DK Maria's, why are you wasting such great food and a beautiful back story with poor frontof house management? Invest in someone who can come in and train you how to manage waitstaff and customer service. Or betteryet, turn over your front of house to a manager who does it well. The family who runs this place are failing theircustomers. Only way I'd recommend going is with 3 hours of time and the patience of a Saint. After many years of giving themchances, hearing excuses about being short staffed (perpetually, for years), and giving them kind, verbal feedback met with tonsof apologies, I really do wish the best for them! I hope their service finally gets righted. Read more
We had 10 people in our party and were seated right away.The food portions were unexpectedly big and delicious. Unlimited chips... and salsa were a plus and kept the kids happy while waiting for our food. Even their margaritas were to our liking....with akick. So glad we found this place and will go back again. We didn't take photos of all the plates, but here are two. Read more
I came here and sat at the bar with my boyfriend ordered the enchiladas espuelas with a raspberry margarita. The smoked brisket... in the enchiladas is amazing and the margarita was delicious and just strong enough. Great place to eat and drink Read more
Always great food, big portions and great price. Service is always awesome too. Favorite Tex-Mex restaurant in Austin!
We really enjoyed the food. We both got the combo plates and everything was great. Angel was our server and he was great.
Great food and great service. The staff was very friendly. They may have been a little slow but the restaurant was pretty busy... and it was lunch time so we understood. My friend had the BBQ brisket enchiladas and said that they were the best enchiladas shehad ever had. The chips and salsa were so good! I really liked that they projected basketball games. I would definitely comeback! Excellent Mexican food and pancakes! (; Read more
Ordinarily food is acceptable at this moderately priced restaurant and no exception today except for service. Picked order up... and to my detriment, did not check it fully and got home and was missing order of salsa. Kinda important with Mexican food, somade drive back to retrieve it. Older gentlemen who I assumed was in charge started off badly by insisting he packed orderhimself and did I look in all the bags. Even if he recalled that, he should not have led with that. Then tried to give me thesmall complimentary order instead of what I actually ordered. What am I gonna do, drive all the way back up there to get extrasalsa? Really bad form and I was generally polite even though obviously annoyed. Read more