El Oregano Restaurant — Restaurant in Houston

My cousin and I came to El Oregano for lunch. We were served complimentary thick corn tortilla chips and excellent red salsa. My cousin had "guisado de res" which is a type of beef stew. I had "tacos al vapor" with a meat of my choice. So I ordered two corn tortilla tacos with barbacoa and two corn tortilla tacos with chicken in a green salsa. It came with a side of shredded cabbage. I had a mango flavored agua fresca. It was mildly sweet and really refreshing. The food reminded me of my mom's cooking from decades ago.

I even ordered menudo to take home. I ate some of the next two days and really liked it. The menudo has a lot of flavor with both tripe and hominy. I stored it in my refrigerator so the fat in the menudo congealed at the top and I was able to remove it.

I'm so glad I found this little Mexican Food restaurant. The cook and her daughter operate this restaurant. I could tell that they take pride in their food. I will definitely be back to have more different dishes from this warm and cozy little restaurant. Also it's next door to a very...

The Guosado de res is the best I have ever had at a restaraunt. What makes it so good is they use the right amount of comino for me and mom. It taste like homemade. The waitresses are all friendly but be aware the inside is small and it is hard to hear at times, you may have to wait at peak times. But it is worth it. My sister had the Chuletazo and eggs which is a thick cut pork chop with eggs and it looked great. We saw a couple at the table next to us tearing up a menudo and she had the sopes and the way she was eating them I know ahe liked them. I want to go back for the costillas en salsa verde and I will be back. This is the kind of place that you would like to find empty and all to yourself on a rainy day where you could have a meal that taste home cooked and have a coffee or a bottled Mexican soda. Next time I will get pictures...

I went in for brunch with two friends. The establishment has one waitress. The cook is the owner, and they serve quite small portions for the price. I paid $56 for 3 people which surprised me because as I said the portions were small. The coffee is quite bad tastes watered down.The service could be better along with the portions matching the price. I also gave a review on their facebook page and was BLOCKED, which in my point of view I believe that to be very unprofessional on their part. Overall I would have given them a second chance, but if the owner is unprofessional I don’t believe it deserves a second chance. The food does have good taste I will say, but they have trouble taking the fat out of the meat, so I was served a lot of meat fat. Do as you would like with this review. Thank you...