Taqueria Tepeque — Restaurant in McAllen

The food was ok overall. Honestly the service was pretty slow. I don't blame the waitress because she was also serving as cashier but the place wasn't even that full. She only came over when needed and that was about it.

I ordered a Dos XX michelada and it wasn't that great. The mug felt warm...it should always be chilled. The lip of the glass was lined with too much tajin...I tasted more the tajin than the mix or beer. I then ordered a bottle Dos XX and it felt barely cold, almost room temperature.

On to the food...I ordered 2 birria tacos w/ consome and 2 tacos de trompo. This was my first time tasting birria...I'd recommend going somewhere else. They look good but I tasted more the toasted tortilla than the meat or consome. I did dip the tacos in the consome but on their own they tasted more like toasted tortilla. The trompo tacos on the other hand were quite nice. They were actually more sweet but I did enjoy the pineapple pieces in them.

I give 2 stars because my wife ordered a sincronizada and she loved it. It was great size....and was quite delicious! They also had great salsas.

Might go back because my wife enjoyed her food....but will definitely order...

I’m here in a business trip; originally born and raised in San Antonio so I know good barbacoa. I did a search online for Best barbacoa and TripAdvisor brought this place up. While I can’t say they are the best in the area, since I’ve not tried others, I can say they are delicious. The only thing I’d ask the next time is to drain a little more fat. I ordered the 5 taco plate and my last two were rather soaked in the fat. That said, they were good; at least my tacos weren’t falling apart. The hot sauce is great. They have a table, oil based hot sauce which is supposed to be richer and hotter. It is and is good. If you’re looking for typical breakfast tacos like potato and eggs or anything eggs, this isn’t the place, but meats, yes....

Super poor service. Took 30 minutes to even get noticed when there was only 4 tables being occupied including my own. The young waiter attended the larger group that came right after us first then a group of 4 came 10 minutes after us and they were tended to before anyone even said a word to us. A waitress came to us after she went to the table of 4 even though we walked right past her when we walked in. The first waiter finished with the bigger group, saw us waiting, then proceeded to go the table of 4 even though they had been attended to already by the waitress. Super lousy, left upon noticing their habit of overlooking my...