Uncle Henry's Tamales — Restaurant in Beaumont

I work here and I see a lot of comments on “mushy tamales with no meat” so let me address that. We have a machine that we put the meat in on one and the corn meal on the other. When it comes to a customer not seeing any meat, THAT IS BECAUSE WHEN TOU USE THE SPOON TO DIG IN, the corn meal falls over on top of the meat which GIVES THE ILLUSION THAT THERE IS NONE HOWEVER THERE IS. Sometimes they’re “mushy” because they’re TOO HOT! If you let it sit, it will reform to its normal consistency. Mushy tamales are just tamales that are too hot. They all have the same amount of meat because THE MACHINE DOES THAT. As for the crackling being “too soft,” it’s nothing to bring it back and ask for a refund and or tell us the kind you like and we will do our best to give the customer what they ask. Some people like them hard, some like them soft, some like them gold and then there’s me, I like them red. At the end of the day we want our customers happy! So if anyone is upset, PLEASE RETURN THEM and we will do our...

We kept seeing this place when we would go to Home Depot, and we kept missing them during their business hours. We finally ended up in the area when they were open. We weren't sure how we would like the food, so we got a 1/2 a dozen tamales and left. We ate them in the gas station parking lot next door to them. We enjoyed them so much, we went right back and ordered a full dozen of the tamales they are unlike anything you've ever tasted. You have to not think of a Mexican food tamale. This is a soul food tamale. And they are amazing. We ate there 3 days in a row because their food tasted like someone's grandma was in the kitchen in the morning, making it. Highly suggest the smoked Boudin, the Frito pie, and Chili dogs! The chili is something you can tell is NOT from a can! We will be trying every item they have! Waiting for them to have cracklins when we go. They are always sold out when we are there. If they weren't 30 minutes from us, we'd probably eat there every day, gain 100lbs and...

Disappointment is not even a strong enough word for how I felt about the tamales we purchased today. I am 61 years old and I have had many tamales in my lifetime. In fact, some of the best tamales was in San Antonio; but I have tried some in other places and at least they have been edible.

The tamales we purchased today actually had a decent flavor, but I could not get past the fact that they fell apart before I could even get them out of the corn husks good, they had a funky color to them, they were extremely mushy (the texture was horrible), and I had grease that had run all down my dress in our short drive home. I am not one to waste money, so I am glad we only got one dozen because there is only one place for these tamales and it is in the trash. I will not return to ever purchase anything else from this place.

I will give them an A+ on service. They greeted us with a smile, checked us out fast, and was very pleasant throughout our...