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El Refu Tex - Mex

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At El Refu Tex - Mex, we invite you to experience the vibrant spirit of Mexico in the heart of Houston. Our restaurant offers a warm and inviting ambiance, perfect for date nights, celebrations, or simply enjoying great food and drinks with friends and family. Our menu features d...

El Refu Tex - Mex

Mexican · Houston

4.1 · 864 ressenyes Google
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Sobre El Refu Tex - Mex

At El Refu Tex - Mex, we invite you to experience the vibrant spirit of Mexico in the heart of Houston. Our restaurant offers a warm and inviting ambiance, perfect for date nights, celebrations, or simply enjoying great food and drinks with friends and family. Our menu features delicious local speci...

At El Refu Tex - Mex, we invite you to experience the vibrant spirit of Mexico in the heart of Houston. Our restaurant offers a warm and inviting ambiance, perfect for date nights, celebrations, or simply enjoying great food and drinks with friends and family. Our menu features delicious local specialties, carefully prepared with fresh ingredients and bold flavors. Enjoy our excellent service, fast and attentive, paired with an impressive selection of great beers and cocktails. Live music and sports events add to the lively atmosphere, making us a popular choice for both locals and visitors. With outdoor seating, delivery, takeout, and dine-in options, we cater to all tastes and preferences. Come taste the difference at El Refu Tex - Mex, where every meal is a fiesta!

Què diuen els clients de El Refu Tex - Mex

El Refu Tex-Mex is a lively spot with great food, drinks, and atmosphere, perfect for celebrations. Customers rave about the live music and decor. Expect a wait, especially on weekends, but the fast service is a plus. Some report issues with service and incorrect bills.

Plats populars

beef fajita refried beans ribeye tacos pastor tacos grilled chicken fajitas

Ideal per a

Parelles Famílies Grups Celebracions Locals

Tip: Be prepared for a wait, especially on weekends. Double check your bill for accuracy.

Services

🌳 Terrasse 🅿️ Parking 🚗 Delivery Accessible 🍽️ Déjeuner 🌙 Dîner Coffee
🎯 Casual 🛋️ Cozy Trendy 👨‍👩‍👧 Family 👥 Groups

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El Refu Tex - Mex es troba a 17111 Tomball Pkwy, Houston, TX 77064, Houston.
El Refu Tex - Mex ofereix cuina mexican.
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Els plats més recomanats a El Refu Tex - Mex segons les opinions dels clients són: beef fajita, refried beans, ribeye tacos, pastor tacos, grilled chicken fajitas.
El Refu Tex - Mex és ideal per a parelles, famílies, grups, celebracions, locals.
El Refu Tex-Mex is a lively spot with great food, drinks, and atmosphere, perfect for celebrations. Customers rave about the live music and decor. Expect a wait, especially on weekends, but the fast service is a plus. Some report issues with service and incorrect bills.
Be prepared for a wait, especially on weekends. Double check your bill for accuracy.
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Opinions de El Refu Tex - Mex Houston

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Heather Supry

We split a plate of tacos. Chef's kiss 💋 😙 I had a skinny margarita. It was good. I'm not sure it was skinny, for real, but it was good!

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Nicole Sikkila

If I could give 10 stars I would… First time there today and was blown away! We were seated quickly, food came out fast and was delicious, service was great, the vibe was great, I will definitely be going back and I will be trying the flight of margaritas they have too! 100% recommend!!

Jim Fulloon
Jim Fulloon

I usually don't do Mexican food so when I was invited to El Refu for a friend's birthday party, I just sighed. Then when I arrived I recognized the location as the sight of several restaurants who failed. But...I was ready to make the best of it. IT WAS SO GOOD!!! All 8 in my party couldn't stop saying how wonderful everything was. Waiters were constantly at the ready if you needed anything. Very reasonable priced too. Only bad note was towards the end of our visit they turned on a loud obnoxious rap noise. I will be back!

griselda gonzalez
griselda gonzalez

Went for the 1st time this past weekend with friends and I enjoyed the drinks, food, atmosphere and overall vibe. Family oriented restaurant with an area with DJ separated from the restaurant. I was in the restaurant area and music volume was pleasant and not loud. English and Spanish music played from all genres. Outdoor spaces for patio fun for all. The children area even had a carrousel.

Stephanie Silva
Stephanie Silva

I saw this place from tiktok and its worth the drive!! Our server was super amazing and fun “sorry I don’t remember names ;((“ But overall EVERYONE i mean EVERYONE was super kind and made my 20th birthday experience really enjoyable. The food was amazing and they had live music playing and stage to dance around. Definitely will be coming back lol. Its not for children on the weekends in the patio but indoors they are allowed!

Malu “nikegirl” Malu40xx
Malu “nikegirl” Malu40xx

Wonderful place. The first time over there was exceptional I love the food the atmosphere They have karaoke... live Mexican Banda on weekends The decor was amazing, I feel like in a Rancho en Mexico If you tell them is your birthday..they will make it special to you. Wonderful experience I have Come and support Business please Venga y disfrute con su familia Un lugar lleno de alegria y familiar Venga apoye lo nuestro ...apoyemos a nuestra cultura... comida esta muy sabrosa...Buenos precios....

Po'Mex Travelador
Po'Mex Travelador

*** highly recommended*** The only negative was that the parking lot was full and that we waited 40 minutes for a table. I can see why the place was so busy. We thought the food was going to take a long time but to our surprise the food was speedy. , The staff was amazing and the ambiance was great.

Cathleen Vidaurri
Cathleen Vidaurri

First time to visit for date night with my husband and food, drinks, and atmosphere was awesome. We enjoyed ourselves so much that we celebrated my mother in laws birthday the next weekend. I had the beef fajita which was delicious, the refried beans to me have a little spice to them that I will say me personally I didn't enjoy but my husband did, my husband had the carnitas which he enjoyed. We also had a long island iced tea, adios MF, and candy apple drinks, which were very good. All in all our experience was great. Oh, I forgot to mention the chili con queso was awesome. The first time we had it was with meat and it was good, second time without meat and still was good.

Reginald Peters
Reginald Peters

Excellent food and drinks. Great place to have dinner while enjoying some great modern reggaeton music. It was not too loud or overpowering. The food was seasoned and had great taste. I went on a Saturday night where they were full but still got good service. I hope they keep up with their A game and do not start off great and end up being sub par. I will be back to try more dishes. I also don't understand why there are so many people complaining about prices as i did not think they were that bad. The portions were also a nice size. "You're going out to eat to a restaurant."

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Food was very good and well seasoned. The place does get busy (we went around Friday 6pm) but the service was so fast. We got our food within a few minutes after ordering. Alcohol drinks were good too. I ordered a Paloma and my friend ordered a sex on the beach. The sex on the beach was strong but good, and the Paloma was well balanced (not too strong or too sweet). The complimentary chips and salsa was good too, they give you red and green salsa. Restaurant is very spacious and the decorations are really nice. They do play music but it’s not too loud, I could still have a conversation with my friend and hear her perfectly fine.

Wendy Torres
Wendy Torres

First time here sat at the bar, like the music & atmosphere. Decor was different & unique which was great.

Mandy Barnes
Mandy Barnes

I came for lunch recently, service was friendly and prompt, our food came out hot. I love the warm salsa they give you as well. I had the ribeye tacos from the lunch menu and they were great and filling.

Kellie Hill
Kellie Hill

Friday lunchtime was great! We got a free small queso. We did have to ask for the green sauce. The food was very flavorful. I loved the refried beans and rice. The tamales were overpowered by the gravy sauce. The fajitas were good and good grilled chicken. I would come back!

Xiomara Delgado
Xiomara Delgado

The place has a good vibe, the food is delicious. The food presentation was good. The service was not so great, I said this because when we received the bill, we were charged items that were served to another table. I don't know for me this is a big mistake and they act like everything is ok.

Silvia Cerritos
Silvia Cerritos

Lively spot with a fun outdoor patio setup—usually a live DJ, karaoke, or a band keeping the crowd engaged. Performers interact with guests and walk around, which adds to the experience. Great place if you want to celebrate or be part of the local scene. The birthday setup is definitely a highlight with the mariachi hat and sparklers. Drinks are tasty and there’s a wide selection, but quality isn’t always consistent during busy times. Food is just okay—not terrible, but not memorable either. Biggest issue here is the service. It’s slow, and you often have to flag someone down more than once. I’ve never eaten inside (it’s usually empty), but you might get quicker service at the bar. Great vibes overall, but they really need to improve their service to match the energy.

Katherine Cing
Katherine Cing

☆☆☆Highly recommend but CHECK YOUR FOOD, make sure it's right!!☆☆☆ First time here. The food was great. The meat was flavorful, the food came out fast. I ordered the refu sampler platter and Ground beef flautas. The food was great, don't get me wrong. But I ordered the Jumbo tacos to go and I'm extremely disappointed in it. They gave me 3 tacos and a container of rice. The container was halfway full and they didnt give me the charro beans, no sauteed onions and no salsa, literally just the tacos with a slice of avocado and half full container of rice, for $16.99 I would not order that again. My own fault for not checking the order? Probably but I wouldn't have imagined that they would leave out all the toppings. They really don't let you change things around on their dishes, I don't eat shrimp and I couldn't substitute the shrimp product on the platter. They made an exception to leave the shrimp out for me though. Now my waitress bless her heart it was her first day there. Could that be why my order was messed up? Possibly but I put the blame more on whomever prepared it. She should have checked it, but could also be the first day nerves. Will I go back, definitely. But I will also definitely check my order to the T. My friend is planning to do her birthday here now in a couple weeks. And I hope I can change my overall rating to 5 stars. The first 2 pics is what I ordered. The 3rd Pic the 17 dollar tacos 🙄 the 4th Pic what they're suppose to look like and and have on the plate, and the 5th is my receipt showing what I ordered. I had the blue curçao margarita, it was really. I wanted to order the margarita flight, but you can't mix and match the flavors you want, which I highly recommend you should be able to. And I didn't really like the guacamole 🤷🏽‍♀️ I consider this a ~work in progress~ restaurant.

Ashley N B Johnson
Ashley N B Johnson

The food and drinks are good and you get quality... however the service leaves something to be desired it was 10 to our party and the food came out so late for 6 of us we had to asked of it was ordered. Also the results was hot...and we all fanned ourselves through the meal. I would go again maybe at night and hope for better serving. Oh the pineapple mojito is delicious

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Delca

They clearly over serve alcohol to guests. I have been debating on posting a review for a minute, but can’t get over what happened went to celebrate an event there with family when at another table four women were clearly intoxicated and started picking on us for no reason I asked to speak to the manager And somebody came and supposedly they were gonna take them out. I went to the restroom came back. they were no longer there, which I thought they had removed them since they were drunk and starting problems. When we were walking out of the restaurant I had noticed they had just moved the women into the Party section and were continuing to serve them alcohol. The food was ok and staff could be better as well. Maybe someone should whistle blow for over serving alcohol because I know they could clearly see how under the influence they were. The Refu in Humble is way better.

Enett Carter
Enett Carter

As a first time customer, which was verbalized to our server my friend and I went specifically for happy hour. Imagine our surprise when we received a check and was charged double. Apparently our flavors were not apart of the happy hour special. Emeli should have made sure that we were aware that our selection was not apart of the happy hour. I will NOT be back!

all dway
all dway

I absolutely hate writing reviews like this. Let's start with the key word here. "Contradiction". The restaurant is a complete "contradiction" to a typical good restaurant experience. Let me explain. The food here is absolutely superb. I had the very best quail from any Mexican I've ever had in my life. That meal was an easy 5 star experiences. But I cannot give this restaurant 5 stars. The enchiladas where delicious. As well as the fajitas tacos. Not the best but clearly better than most tex mex spots. It's worth 4 stars but I cannot give this place even 4 stars. The tamales are not tradition but are covered with chili sauce which even taste good, so a good 3 stars for those. I can't give this restaurant even 3 stars. The drinks are nicely made. Excellent for hanging out with friends and their extremely beautiful patio. But even for that I cannot give them the stars they deserve for that. The "contradiction" here is all about service and the restaurant experience. It was 3 of us in my party. We got 3 different menus that seemed to match a certain demographic. My wife who's Spanish recieved a menu with more Mexican named drinks and original type meals and my friend who is black American recieved one that seemed to advertise mostly tex mex and drinks infused with Hennessy. Mine with a little of both which advertised a different gratuity amount at 18% with a party of 5 or more and a service change for using credit cards at like $7.95. Let me be clear ... I tip standard at about 25% but I do not like to get jacked on my ticket beforehand. We were a party of 3 and they told me they charged us 18% simply because my party ordered a lot of drinks. What the heck!? We all had like 3 drinks each. Why does how many drink I order have to come with an auto gratuity penalty? And not only that, you're going to charge me for patronizing your restaurant using a debit or credit card?! No matter how good your food is, bad service here isn't worth the visit. Inconsistency in menu charges and items depending on the customer. One menu says 15% and another says 18% and regardless of how many is in your party management decides what table is charged more vs another. Different charges on the same item from one menu vs another. This place is a business nightmare. It's perfectly setup to get a serious lawsuit filed against it soon when the right person walks in and gets offended. Again I don't like writing reviews like this one. We didn't cause a scene we just accepted the ticket and paid it. Pointed some things out quietly and burped and left for the evening. But to repeat a visit there is an absolute "no" without some major major, oh wait.... Major changes. Ban Contradictions and Prosper!

hockeypaul33
hockeypaul33

No no no. Came here out of convenience to some shopping and honestly won't ever come back. Service, it's okay. There wasn't anyone in there on Saturday at 11 and it was just slow. I had pastor tacos and they were pretty good but the wife had grilled chicken fajitas and it was rubbery and not good. Salsa is okay. But why the 1 star? They charge you to use a credit card. And on top of that be cautions because their automatically tip calculations are on POST tax. Not pre tax. So your giving money away by not doing math. If you cannot operate a business without accepting there are costs of doing business either hide the charges in the food somewhere I don't notice it, or take the L for your 6-7 food and eat the card transaction. A one and done for me.

Emily Bonilla
Emily Bonilla

Overpriced and subpar service. They added 18% gratuity on my bill without letting us know and charge a fee to use card????? The service was deserving of 12-15% MAX. The server didn’t introduce herself and was more worried about closing duties than serving our two top table. We had to flag her down to pay out. Drinks were disgusting and tasted really cheap. My one ranch water was $12 and extremely flat and bitter. Small Coconut mezcal drink was $14 (ridiculous). Food was bland. The only people saying the food is good is people that don’t eat authentic Mexican food. My bill of $34.80 came out to be $46.22. I’m extremely pissed paying almost $50 for a cheese burger and two shitty drinks. Save your money and go somewhere else!!

Priscilla Rodriguez
Priscilla Rodriguez

Definitely not coming back. I should have known it wouldn’t be a good experience from the moment I called to make a reservation. I called and asked to make a reservation on Thursday at 5:20PM for four people. The hostess told me it would require a $10 cash deposit, which I found to be strange. To be frank, I thought the hostess was trying to pocket the money. I reached out to confirm via DM, and they did. I used to work in casual dining as well as fine dining, and I’ve NEVER heard of paying a $10 cash deposit. My coworkers and I agreed to just come right after work. When we go in, I tell the hostess we will be four people (the fourth person was running a bit behind), so she walks us to our table and gives us only three menus. I have to go back to the hostess stand to ask for a fourth menu and the hostess hardly even acknowledges me when she rudely hands me the menu that SHE didn’t initially provide. When the server asks what we want to start off with, we all ask for waters and i specifically ask for mine with no ice. When I get my water, I kindly ask the food runner to remake it with no ice, but it was still something I made a mental note of. I also ask for a house margarita for myself and a pina colada for my coworker. Both drinks took a bit more than ten minutes to come, which I didn’t understand because it wasn’t busy (side note - you’d think the reservation fee was because of how busy they would be but as you can see it’s pretty empty). When my drink came, only one of the garnishes were on the rim. And it’s not like my garnishes were thin and flimsy. It just somehow felt rushed despite it taking a long time to come out. When we ordered our food, the waitress snatched all our menus and didn’t bother to check on us until it was time to pay. We never got water refills or more napkins or any basic service. Again, I’ve worked in restaurants before. I don’t understand how these basic mishaps kept happening especially considering how slow it was. Btw the servers name is Vanessa which I only know because it was on the receipt and not because she told us. Also, the receipt never showed the charges for specific items. It was just the grand total. Which I also consider to be strange as I’ve never seen that in any other restaurant I’ve been to. Also, the hosts were on their phone a lot even with people at the stand. And there were many bussers/food runners and servers standing around but none checked in on us. I was so excited to take my coworkers here because I drove by this spot a few times while waiting for it to open. But it’s such a letdown and I’m disappointed that this was the first out-of-work experience I had with my coworkers. What a shame.

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17111 Tomball Pkwy, Houston, TX 77064

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Bona Valoració
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🥐 Brunch
🍽️ Dinar
🍾 Sopar
Cafè
🍰 Postres
🥡 Per Emportar
🚚 Lliurament a Domicili
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🕐 Horario Hoy
11AM-12:30AM
Valoració
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💬 Ressenyes
864
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⏱️ Visita típica
People typically spend 45 min to 2 hr here
📞 Telèfon
+1 832-604-6778
🌐 Lloc Web
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🌿 Terrassa
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