Herreras Mexican Restaurant — Restaurant in The Woodlands

Herrera's was a nice restaurant to visit and be with friends. The service is good, the dining area is enjoyable, but my glaring issue is the EXCESSIVE amount of bland queso processed cheese that they put on everything, which actually ruins the plate of food. But perhaps if you're someone that loves TexMex and can never get enough of the melted processed cheese, then this is your Nirvana. First time visiting here with friends, and it was great to see how busy it was! Almost the entire restaurant was full which is always great sign in any business. We were greeted and seated rather quickly. Our staff service was very pleasant and brought us out tortilla chips and salsa and drinks as well rather quickly! I thought I would order the California Burrito because it seemed to have a good variety of everything, and the menu does say con queso sauce which I assume would just be drizzled upon the top of it. I'm sure the fajita meat, the rice and the other goods inside the burrito were delicious but unfortunately... they were all completely drowned out by what seemed to be a quart of queso processed melted cheese which took away the flavor from everything else in the burrito. The dining area was well maintained and a nice arrangement of seating and booths everywhere without feeling overcrowded. The staff was very friendly and attentive, and the dining area was kept very clean. Overall, I only gave this 4 out of 5 stars because of the excessive drowning of the queso sauce, which didn't even really have a Mexican flavor to it it was more just like bland liquid processed cheese gravy. The queso sauce lacked flavor and the amount of queso sauce on the food you couldn't taste the actual plate of food. I would recommend coming here however I would highly recommend that you ask them to put the queso on the side so that you can control the amount on your plate and that they won't have to empty another tanker truck out back with queso sauce. I will be coming back again, and I will try this again and still would...

This review is a combination of my last two lunch visits to herreras. I showed up around 3:30 was handed menus including the lunch menu. I ordered fajitas off the lunch menu. They were cut 90° so that the grain of the meat was cut into 3/4 inch strips. Normally fajitas are cut along the grain. For whatever reason they cut them opposite that and the meat was chewy and it didn't have much flavor. Let me go ahead and say that my family has been going to herreras for at least 10 years and they've always had great Mexican food with great flavor. I understand the main cook is training a new cook. Maybe that's why the food was prepared the way it was. That's what the food is going to be like going forward I will find a new favorite Mexican restaurant. Also we went to lunch another time a week before that. And we needed pico de gallo the waiter said he'd have to charge us for that. We said okay. But it was a little odd. Pico de gallo is a condiment. You know like ketchup. When you ask for ketchup you don't want a cup of ketchup. Well we paid for that pico de gallo and they brought us a cup of pico de gallo. We didn't need all that it was just a waste. So we took it all home and used it in other ways. The question I have is who needs a cup of pico de gallo ever. Lastly I'll say that I ordered off the lunch menu and checked out about 10 minutes after 4:00 they charge me dinner price.$20 for single fajitas that I ate off of the lunch menu. It should have been the lunch menu price but I didn't want to argue. The three brothers that run this place really need to get a grip on the details of their operation it just seems like this...

Love this place. Our family probably averages 1 time per week at this location. The food is great, and very TexMex with some authentic Mexican dishes also. The drinks are great! The prices are fair, and sometimes much lower than expected. The service is excellent, and though I would say we are regulars, I can’t tell much of a difference from when we first visited because they treat all guests like family. Chips and salsa, and drinks never run out because the waiters are so attentive. There is plenty of room, and though it can get busy, I have never had to wait for a table. The way the place is set up, you can always speak casually with friends because it never gets too loud. They have an excellent mariachi group that visits from time to time and they really add to the experience. The parking lot is very large and it is always easy to find a place. The spots very close to the entrance fill up quickly, but the lot is large, and you never have to miss out for lack of parking. Excellent margaritas (my favorite is the chamorita), micheladas, and deserts. I recommend the flan and...