Rosie's Tamale House — Restaurant in Bee Cave

We decided to try a new place on the way to Marble Falls and happened to see Rosie's and quickly pulled in. The establishment did have an older vibe to it and as we saw all the photos on the wall, we understood that this place had some history. We were greeted well and quickly seated. They only had one waiter and I believe his name was Joe Cray. We ordered a nachos compuestas as our app and then my wife ordered a combo plate because she had to give the famous tamale a try and I went with a country fried chicken. The nachos tasted amazing! The tortilla part was just a crispy taco broken in half, but it was amazing! My country fried chicken was amazing, the chicken was so tender I didnt need my knife! It could have used a bit more fries and the roll was pretty tiny. Unfortunately my wife was not pleased with the combo plate, the beans had a certain taste to them that didnt go well and the rice seemed to taste the same, like as if the same seasoning was used on both... as for the tamale... I can say I've tasted better, the masa had a darker tone than usual and not a savory taste, but the pork was delicious. The Chili on top of the enchilada and tamale was great too. Overall the food was decent but it definitely could have been better! And as for the service, Joe Cray handled the service in a very friendly and professional manner 100%! Will definitely have to give this place another...

I'm assuming this seemingly family owned business has stayed open so long solely on their food because it's definitely not the atmosphere or customer service. The place is old, dim and dingy looking. There were only two servers and only one of them was actually working tables, she was very sweet and helpful by the way. The food took forever and I saw take outs waiting for unreasonably long times too but what made it worse was the obnoxious guy at the register. At first I thought maybe he was the owner but who knows. He was loud and cracked jokes about the long waits trying to make light of it but it obviously wasn't helping. He and the other waitress at one point were shouting across the room at each other about her lack of effort. I guess they thought it was ok because they were speaking in Spanish. They obviously were under the assumption that no one could understand. They were out of a couple menu items that we tried to order. I would have appreciated some heads up on the missing menu items. The plus side, the food was delicious. The tacos were fat and everything was bursting with flavor. I hope this place can clean up their rough edges because I had heard about them and wanted to try for some time and it would be cool to see them survive the test of time but they do need some...

Was in Austin on the weekend from San Antonio to visit family. Found this as the nearest breakfast taco place. My review is based on this one visit.

First the good. The staff was friendly and had my order correct and ready to go. The tacos were filled.

However, the breakfast tacos were below mediocre. The biggest complaint i have is the tortilla. It tasted store bought. The tortillas were chewy and waxy. They should be soft and taste fresh. That’s critical for any place that serves breakfast tacos. The tortillas have to be made from scratch in house. I’m not 100% sure if they’re store-bought or not because. But they don’t taste homemade.

Second was the salsa. There was no spice to it. It was very light red and mostly just tomato and onion I could taste. It should have had at least some kick to it and flavors beyond just tomato and onion. Do they put chilis in the salsa when they cook it? It didn’t taste like it.

The actual fillings were ok I guess. Mediocre fillings. Bad tortilla. Bad salsa. Overall I didn’t think it was good. Maybe the tamales are...