Tepa Bar and Grill — Restaurant in Dallas

I was visiting Dallas and asked the hotel bartender where he and other locals go for local tacos...he, without missing a beat, recommended Tepa. It was a quick drive from the Belmont Hotel through a beautiful neighborhood and we landed at a light filled, easy to park Mexican joint in a strip mall. No regrets! Everything was amazing!

We were immediately brought chips and salsa and ordered happy hour margs. I had the frozen, my friend had rocks. Both were neon green and a little sweet, but both packed a serious punch...and more were ordered!

I ordered 5 tacos...yes five. Fajita chicken, barbacoa, carnitas, carne asada, and chorizo on corn tortillas. They were served with a mound of cilantro and onion on the side. In addition to the cilantro and onion, they brought out a giant bowl of juicy limes for the tacos. Each taco was better than the last, although I will say, if I had it to do over again, I would skip the chicken and go for chicharron.

My friend ordered a three taco combo plate with rice and beans with homemade flour tortillas. She said the tortillas were a game changer and the rice and beans were delicious.

We skipped dessert so I can't vouch for that. But everything was amazing and extremely affordable! I'll definitely be back every time...

I’m not sure what happened to this place. I’ve been coming here since my family moved here in 1996. The lengua is always so cold and chewy I don’t order it anymore but the rest of the food has always been good. Tonight our service was terrible. She took forever to bring anything. Forgetting waters. They didn’t have lime, only lemon. They now serve their drinks in paper cups that are flimsy and get soggy. The margaritas were small and more mix than anything. She was sweeping around the table while we were eating at 630 pm. To top it off, they charged me FOUR dollars for a second basket of small chips for FOUR people. My head about flew off. For a table of four, you serve two baskets of chips and multiple cups of salsa. They gave us the tiniest styrofoam cup of salsa for FOUR people. We were left digging at the bottom trying to put more on the chip. I can get two big bags of chips at the store for four dollars. And never did she tell us about the charge or is it anywhere on the menu. This has never happened at a Mexican restaurant before. I felt taken advantage of for sure. We will not be back. There are plenty of long running great Mexican spots...

I took my mother and aunt to eat. Mother ordered a guiso en chile rojo. The chile rojo guiso was bad. It smelled bad. Echado a perder. It had a foul smell. Mom took two bites and that was it for her. She still has that bad taste in her mouth. I ordered something else but my mother didn't enjoy It because she had that ugly taste still. If u are an establishment and try to serve spoiled food to yur customers thinking that they are not going to notice, SHAME on you. All you are doing is losing customers. I will not go back. The rest of the food was good. I rather you tell me that u are out of what ever is spoiled or bad and let me make the decision of ordering something else, rather than thinking that I won't notice....