Location: El Paso
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Top 7 Spanish food in El Paso, Texas, United States
Reviews on Spanish food in El Paso, Texas, United States. For an alternative Texas experience, consider El Paso. Located far from the bright lights of Dallas or San Antonio, in the state's western corner along the sparkling shores of the Rio Grande, El Paso boasts a different feel than its eastern counterparts. A true melting pot of American and Mexican culture, the combination is noticeable everywhere. Visit the El Paso Museum of Art and see American works from the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as Mexican colonial art and retablos from the 1700s and 1800s. Restaurants serve authentic Mexican cuisine, Texas barbecue or a little of both. While this fusion of cultures draws some, the rock climbers who descend on El Paso have only one thing in mind: scaling the massive boulders of Hueco Tanks State Park. Those who prefer the ground can wander through the park's interpretive center and see ancient Indian pictographs. Other popular El Paso pastimes include golf, mountain biking and our personal favorite, stargazing.
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7. Delicias Cafe
Overall Ratings
4 based on 45 reviews
Reviewed By danielmC9163DU
This is a fantastic Mexican restaurant with very authentic food.Anything listed on the menu is delicious.
6. Rosa's Cantina
Overall Ratings
4 based on 89 reviews
Reviewed By Alexis B
Unfortunately, Rosa's Cantina stops serving food at 7 on Sundays (we arrived at 7:30). But we were already there, so we decided to have a couple of beers while we figured out what we wanted for dinner since Plan A was out. Classic domestic, Texas, and Mexican beer selection, great service, good prices, great music, fun vibe. I wish we could have stayed longer but we were HUNGRY. Fun place to stop for a meal or drinks or some live music!
5. Good Luck Cafe
Overall Ratings
4 based on 62 reviews
Reviewed By sablatt
I donât eat red meat, so menudo wasnât an option for me, and my husband isnât very daring. He had a hamburger and fries, and the fries were excellent. The hamburger was ok. I had one of my favorite dishes, chilaquiles. Unfortunately, it was almost without flavor. I dosed it with hot sauce and salt, but nothing compensated for a lack of base flavor.
4. Carlos & Mickey's
Overall Ratings
4 based on 956 reviews
Reviewed By Global_Traveller11
This is a great place not just for great Mexican cuisine but for a fun night out. The bar has some great drinks and the band plays great music.
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3. Tabla
Overall Ratings
4 based on 197 reviews
Reviewed By a-travelin-foodie
This would have been 5 stars for taste alone. But took off a star for seriously ridiculous pricing on some tapas. Papas bravas - excellently flavored and crispy outside tender inside sliced potatoes with not quite enough yummy sauce - a decent value - we could easily start with these every time! Coconut shrimp lo mein - some of the best coconut shrimp I've had, but really small pieces and almost no noodles on the bottom of the plate - would not order again - for $19, you should expect an entree size, not 5 tiny pieces of shrimp, no noodles, and nothing to soak up the yummy sauce - despite the flavor, there's no value and wouldn't order again. Gnocchi - the worst value ever!!! Maybe six tiny gnocchi's (light and pillowy) spread out on a huge plate with a few teeny tiny cubes of ham and maybe three mini shrimps - again, at $16, would expect almost entree size - ridiculous pricing for amazing flavor - borderline shameful - would definitely not order this again. The small arrachera with chimichurri & mushrooms - more to-die-for flavors, this time at a more acceptable price of $19 - would definitely order again, but it should come with some toasted bread to soak up any leftover sauce. The guys at the table next door clearly knew what they were doing - each ordered their own papas brava (but really, one is enough for two!) and a burger - burgers were full size with a decent salad, so at $12 each, that seemed reasonable if they taste as amazing as everything else. No time for dessert, as we were headed over to the symphony afterwards. We are world travelers and foodie diners, and are pretty willing to pay for good food - but some of these portions sizes were really outrageous for the price. A few reasonably priced wines; we didn't have cocktails. Tabla is easy access from any downtown venue and would be a great addition to any event, or even tapas/dinner on it's own - if you just order strategically, you will really enjoy Tabla.
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2. Kiki's Restaurant & Bar
Overall Ratings
4 based on 376 reviews
Reviewed By tb911
Both had the machaca, their famous dish. Mine beef, her's seafood (labeled crab, with an * indicating actually a blend of crab and seafood) smothered in a cheese/cream sauce. Good but can't taste the traditional machaca flavors, all you get is cream sauce. But that is ok, it's good. rice is good, beans are good. Chips are like out of a bag, don't seem homemade. Salsa is chunky and spicy. Got the large guacamole too. It is also chunky with tomato cubes. Has shredded cheese on top, which is interesting. It is tasty. Comes on a bed of lettuce, which I don't like. If you need something to put the guac on so that the bowl looks full, that means use a smaller bowl. When you get to the bottom, there is no way to avoid the lettuce in your guac, which I don't like. (Maybe can order it without lettuce?) Wife said to hold the beans/rice/tortillas, didn't' want them. They discounted her meal to account for that! Never seen that before, that is awesome! Very crowded for dinner. Lots of parking but still it was full, as was the restaurant. Service was good, considering, they were hustling!
1. L & J Cafe
Overall Ratings
4 based on 1570 reviews
Reviewed By fred a
In town for the afternoon, client highly recommended this place, had a real old El Paso look and feel, we got there about noon... got lucky and found a parking spot, then had a 35 min wait... OK, it is the experience ! After all that and the hype we were expecting food to be great ...maybe we are spoiled to the fantastic Tex Mex from Central TX etc, but the choices were less than we expected, no Taco's, and when my friend got served his enchilada combo plate, I expected my beef enchilada's to be right behind, it had already been 15-20 min for his, waitress keep telling me mine was coming, but it took about 15 more minutes, and then I was served something unrecognizable , the supposed enchiladas were covered with green hatch sauce I didn't order, then the enchiladas, if that is what they call them, were strange and nasty, some sort of thick tortilla's and seemed they just put ground beef on top of them, not wrapped in them as we are used to, and they were thick and chewy, the ground beef was not seasoned,and .... the refried beans and rice were luke warm, I was not able to ask the waitress about the food because she seemed to disappear after we were served ..... all in all a very disappointing experience, maybe this is El Paso Mex and we just expected something different, but my associate has lived in the area, and I have eaten all along the border , this was not what we expected from the # 1 rated Mexican restaurant in town, my associate said after we left it was the worst Mex food he had ever had! We figured it must've been a bad day, or we are true Tex-Mex fans, we endured the crowd, the wait and expected a unique experience, as to ambience, surroundings, it was that, but the service and food were just not good, Maybe we are spoiled to all the great Tex- Mex we've had around Texas, we were just so disappointed , this place is a must try based on local's recommendations and ambience ...a historic local place,
