La Familia Restaurant — Restaurant in Waco

Updated on 10/25/25 - Still as delicious as ever! We had breakfast this time. The homemade tortillas take it over the top.

Good Mexican food in Waco?!?! You're joking, right?!?

I walked into this restaurant as a skeptic. New to area from South TX, I wondered if I'd ever be able to find a good, down home cooked meal not fried in grease or slapped between 2 buns. This place is the real deal!

This place is DELICIOUS. I am dead serious. D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S!!! The food is so flavorful and clearly cooked to order. If I could give this place 10 stars I would!

Thanks for the recommendation Dominic Villa!

Remember CASH only!! It costs $20 for my husband and I to eat, get tea, and...

Hate that they aren't open on Sunday and have a small building with no place to sit but HANDS DOWN THE BEST MEXICAN FOOD IN WACO!!!! BEST CHIPS & SAUCE!!! NO1 COMPARES BUT ADRIANA & JANETTES AND THEY CLOSED DOWN. BEST MENUDO! BEST EVERYTHING. THE OWNER IS VERY NICE TREATS YOU AND EVERY1 LIKE THEY KNOW THEM PERSONALLY. VERY SWEET. THE STAFF ARE VERY HARD WORKERS AND VERY NICE! SO ALL IS FORGIVEN ON NOT OPEN ON SUNDAYS SINCE THEY SUPPORT FAMILY DAY GOD DAY.. BUT STILL MISS THE FOOD ON MY DAY OFF.. WILL ALWAYS BE NUMBER 1..AND NO IM NOT RELATED OR KNOW ANY OF THEM. JUST BEEN A CUSTOMER SINCE I WAS LITTLE AND EVERY TOWN I GO TO OR PLACE I VISIT....

Wow, wish I had known about this place as soon as I got to Waco. This is legit home style cooking. Breakfast burritos can feed two! FYI, if you want to order to-go, just step up to the counter. If you're going to dine-in, just sit yourself as soon as you come in the door or the person behind you will beat you to a table. It's tiny inside. The gentleman at the counter is super friendly and will get you taken care of in a heartbeat, and the waitresses are on it but they didn't tell us how things worked and we sat there for a minute wondering what...