Reviews for Spanish Village in Houston, TX
Update 2022: With new ownership, two dishes have been added. And. They. Are. Excellent. Be sure to order a bowl of the shrimp... soup. And the birria tacos. The chips are no longer burned. The two salsas are delicious. Rice and beans are good. Seephotos. The tables at the restaurant are admirable. I'm not sure how old they are but they have inset bits of tile and lookreally retro. The waitstaff couldn't be nicer. Spanish Village is a Houston institution and is historically significant, one ofthe older Mexican restaurants still in existence here. Back in the day, the combo plate that featured things such as a taco,chile con queso, a chalupa and/or guacamole salad was known as The Ladies Special or The Summer Special at many Mexicanrestaurants around Houston. I would recommend you forego the enchilada/tamal/rice/beans plate and stick with these summer itemspiled high with crisp lettuce and diced tomatoes. The selection is served as the starter on the Alfonso Pico Special: Chile ConQueso, Guacamole Salad, Beef Taco, Veracruzana and I would stop there and not go on with the hot plate oftamale/enchilada/rice/beans. That would be my recommendation for your first visit. AND...my rating of four stars is based onlyon the items in a Summer Special type meal. Read more
Everything had great flavor! The charro beans were the best. The drinks were fire. So good. The quesadilla was cheesy and... filled with fajita meat. The fajita plate was awesome. We will definitely be back. Read more
***REVIEW WAS FOR SPANISH/LITTLE VILLAGE BEFORE NEW OWNERSHIP REMOVED THE VEGAN MENU*** I love this place. The atmosphere is... very inviting and the staff including the owner are so friendly and personable. The staff remembered me after my FIRST visitdespite me getting a full hair-do change in between my first and second visits. The vegan menu here is amazing! I love breakfasttacos and the price for both quality and quantity is excellent. Every time I get the munchies late at night I crave theirchorizo, just egg and potato tacos!! ???? I’d like to address one of the only bad reviews here by a woman named Joy. She islargely known in the vegan community to be a horrible nag. It is a disappointment that a schoolteacher in Pasadena would be sucha gross, disrespectful and entitled person towards our local vegan businesses, especially at one as pleasant as Spanish Village! Read more
I have never tried all the years living in 3rd Ward. I heard it was under new ownership. That day 12-21-21 I was in a car... accident afterwards hungry and frustrated about the incident. I decided get something to eat. I went in talked to ladies thatsevered me. I told them what happened. They gave me a margarita ???? to calm my nerves. It was probably the best margarita Ivehave ever had. The ladies was extremely nice and friendly. We discussed what happen to them after covid. I took my food home. My family has ordered there almost six times since then. We love Spanish Village. My daughter really does. She loves Mexicanfood. Please try you wont be disappointed. The food is fresh, prices are reasonable, and staff is great. The new manger takesgood care of the restaurant. Black owned establishment Read more
Had to visit this historic restaurant before it was gone forever! Unlike every other Houston Tex-Mex restaurants Spanish Village... created and entire vegan menu! This isn't just the regular menu item without cheese but a fully curated vegan menu includingwonderful breakfast options. Breakfast included Vegan Migas and pancakes! Totally wonderful! There aren't very many places for avegan breakfast and this place will be truly missed! Read more
I love that this place has a dedicated vegan menu in addition to their standard menu. There were many options that sounded... appetizing so I had a hard time choosing. I went with the vegan Motherclucker burrito and it was delicious! I did wish it camewith a sauce on the side but I liked that it wasn’t a standard burrito. My company got the 2 beef tacos with impossible meat(and regular cheese) and the vegan impossible beef enchiladas. Happy faces all around! Especially after a Ferrero Rocher cakeslice! Read more
Made my first visit to the long time Third Ward establishment a few weeks ago. After living in Houston for 39 years I finally... got up the courage to give them a try. I hate to be disappointed by bad Tex-Mex food... Good thing I was not disappointed! Iwent for Sunday brunch. I had the breakfast enchiladas. The texture was not what I expected, but was very delicious non theless. I was very pleased that the refried beans were vegetarian friendly. I really enjoy the chips and salsa. The salsa was notthe typical deep red sauce one would expect. It was a radish broth color, but full of flavor. And the coffee by local roaster,Katz, was really good. I'm looking forward to making another visit soon. It didn't bother me that there were few people there(though that sort of goes against the Tex-Mex cultural vibe). Read more
The food was okay here. Salsa is very thin and only has spices, juice. If you dip a chip in it, you only pull out a wet chip... however it's still pretty tasty. The enchiladas don't really come in a gravy Sauce so they're a little dry. Beans and rice arepretty good. The food came quick but I was the only person in the restaurant at 4:30pm The wait staff was friendly, nice butnot very attentive. They pretty much just drop the food and go without ever coming back to check on you or confirm everythingwas prepared as requested. This is not the original owners from 45yrs ago when i 1st visited and business has been transferreda couple of times since the beginning. If they paid a little more attention to the customers the experience could be moreworthwhile because the restaurant itself has nice inside and climate controlled patio but it went from a place where once everytable was taken to a completely empty restaurant. This is good place to hold corporate lunch being close to downtown and TexasMedical Center so i urge you to try everything for yourself. I will try them again for the Chimichunga . Read more