Good food, friendly staff. Busy little place, shows that its popular with the locals. I had the chicken fajitas. Properly cooked. But the plate had a small portion of food compared to what I'm used to getting from other places around where I live in southwest Texas. The price is about the same though as where I live. So its less for the same price.
Honestly, The only issue I really have with the fajita plate itself is how it was served to me here. Its served on a small typical plastic restaurant plate instead of the properly heated fajita comal or sarten. Its missing the hot sizzling cast iron comal in a wood tray. Which adds to the carmelization effect of the peppers and onions as your eating and keeping the food warm and heated while eating.
In my experience in this part of the state (north central Texas) most Tex-mex food places are just ok - Not great and some I wont even call good at all. Mainly because there's just not as many people there that actually know how to properly make true Mexican food or Tex-mex as there is in the western, south western and southern part of Texas.
However, this is the one of the few better places in the north central part of the state for Tex-mex. When I visit the town we try to stop by different places that serve Tex-Mex. But your NOT going to find true Mexican food in this part of the state its just not available. You have to go closer to the southern border of the state for it. But, this Tex-mex is the best as I have found in this part of the state so far.
But I do recommend Casa Manana for those that crave good Tex-mex in the Witchata Falls area. Its not fast food. Which is a Very Good thing. It takes more time to make good Tex-mex. If it fast then its not real Tex-mex. However, Its still not the same quality or quantity of Tex-Mex that you typically get in the western, south western or southern part of Texas but it is at the top of my preference when in north central Texas.
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Read moreWe were in town from Austin visiting our daughter who’s currently at Shepherd Air Force base. We were looking for a local place to eat dinner and had read about this place and it’s red tacos. Now let me start with the positives, the service we received was great, our waiter was very attentive and very thorough when taking our orders. We inquired about the margaritas which he quickly alerted us that they were wine based and offered a small sample before we ordered to make sure we’d like it before committing. That was a great, no complaints on service. The food however was not great unfortunately. The red tacos were just ehh, not sure what I was expecting but they weren’t great. It’s kinda of a mix of a crunchy corn taco shell and flour maybe. The only thing that I cared for was the tamale that came with my meal. The refried beans weren’t good, my daughter who loves beans and rice, didn’t like hers either nor did she care for her chicken taco (normal tortilla). My son ordered a burger from the kid’s menu and didn’t like it (I was kind shocked.). The chips were interesting, very thick, but I thought they were fine, just different. They also had this red sauce in a squeeze bottle that was interesting and most of thought it was good. Kinda sweet, bbq, thousand islands tasting stuff, lol. We thought it was salsa or something but apparently it wasn’t. Funny thing, we recently went to a Pancho’s Mexican Buffet in Arlington for nostalgic purposes knowing the food isn’t great and we all thought Pancho’s was better than this place. It was a tad pricey too for the food not being tasty. Maybe we’re just used to the food in Austin and are spoiled. 🤷🏽♂️. The booths were cool though, reminded me of an old Italian style pizza joint. Read a review by Robert Steck, it’s dead on. Wish we’d noticed it amongst the...
Read moreMe and my grandmother came in to dine for lunch 7/2, and the second the cashier laid eyes on us—she had medium-length dark curly hair and glasses—she hit us with the nastiest attitude right off the bat. All she said was, “Someone will be with you shortly,” and her tone? Completely unnecessary. Now personally, I wasn’t offended. I don’t get my feelings hurt that easily, I honestlydidnt care! But let’s be real—me and my grandmother are Hispanic, and something about the way she treated us felt very intentional.
She was White, and funny enough, I didn’t see a single Mexican employee in that entire restaurant—odd for a Mexican place. I watched how she spoke to other customers, and surprise surprise, the White ones got full-on polite customer service voices. But with us? Cold. Dismissive. Like we were just in the way.
Thankfully, our waitress was the complete opposite—super sweet and gave us great service. But when it came time to pay, that cashier hit us with the same bitter energy as when we walked in. Like girl, sorry we exist? You’re literally working in a Mexican restaurant. What did you expect? That no Mexicans would show up? If you don’t like seeing brown faces, maybe it’s time to find a new job where you don’t have to pretend to tolerate people.
Honestly, I didn’t see the owner around, which tells me everything. When management’s away, the masks come off and they act however they want. It’s sad how some people still carry that “us vs. them” mindset in 2025. Whatever happened to just treating people like human beings—not like their skin color decides whether or not they...
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