Tecate — Restaurant in Houston

I had a very pleasurable experience here recently.

The backstory: I was at Mary and Mark's home and we were watching the Cook's Country episode on Tex-Mex together and laughing our heads off. Whomever had done the research on the roots of Tex-Mex had gotten so many facts wrong that we were convinced that it was an angry internist who had set out to prank Christopher Kimball with bad information, which they knew he would then deliver with a straight face and an air of authority. And then, they made "enchiladas" in some sort of whacked out recipe that they go from who knows where that resulted in a dark, almost burned looking chili gravy. And this episode made us really hungry for Tex-Mex.

Now, I hadn't been to Tecate in donkey's ears, but Mark and Mary default here regularly. So we went.

I was impressed by the menu. There appeared to be at least four different sauces one could choose from. The waitress was kind enough to bring me two, in order to make my choice. I opted for the milder one that shows up on the Enchiladas Bravas and I substituted ground beef for the chicken or beef. The beans and rice were good, though not up to my favorite Trigo's Mexican restaurant. But well within the universe of of Tex-Mex. My friends opted for more of a breakfast fare and both dishes looked really good.

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I'm sorry, but there's other restaurants that are way better than this one. Especially in this area.

I was hoping this was a hidden gem hole in the wall kind of place. It sure looks like it. The staff was great and they were all very pleasant.

However their food was awful. I hate using that word but I almost wanted to ask the manager to come out and taste what they had served me. The guacamole was atrocious. My wife pointed out that it tasted like it came out of a can. I had beef fajitas off the grill and they were dry. They tasted old. The best part of my meal was the tortillas and not because they were above average in quality or taste. They were just average tortillas. I'm almost certain they're not made there but store bought

A lot of people seemed to be enjoying their meals though and I will say that my expectations for Mexican food are pretty high so maybe I'm the problem (but I really don't think so).

The price was not terrible but even then I feel like we were over charged for what we got. I'm going to have to pass...

I will start by saying that the food isn't great here, a lot of the things they serve aren't made at the restaurant like the tortillas & salsa they are store bought so not really authentic Mexican.

I ordered the huevos rancheros and for $6.99 you get 2 eggs & refried beans, that is it for the price, the bacon was $4.50 extra.

The eggs were not cooked over medium they overcooked the yolk it wasn't runny, the salsa for the eggs wasn't really good it had a strange artificial flavors to it, the refried beans were okay, the chopped bacon tasted okay but u have a feeling it was like a store bought chopped cooked bacon, they couldn't cook bacon strips when I asked.

Overall I don't see my self returning or recommending this place, for the price range of the breakfast the huevos rancheros should at least have potatoes and a fried tortilla under the eggs, both options would be inexpensive for the restaurant and give it a better...