El Emperador
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About El Emperador
Bienvenidos a El Emperador, un rincón de Tomball donde la tradición mexicana cobra vida. Somos un restaurante familiar con años de experiencia, dedicados a ofrecerte auténticos platillos rústicos para el desayuno, la comida y la cena. Disfruta de un ambiente acogedor y de sabores que te transportará...
Bienvenidos a El Emperador, un rincón de Tomball donde la tradición mexicana cobra vida. Somos un restaurante familiar con años de experiencia, dedicados a ofrecerte auténticos platillos rústicos para el desayuno, la comida y la cena. Disfruta de un ambiente acogedor y de sabores que te transportarán directamente a México.
What Customers Say About El Emperador
El Emperador is a family-friendly Mexican restaurant in Tomball known for its authentic food, homey atmosphere, and attentive staff. Customers rave about the fresh tortillas, breakfast burritos, and live music on Tuesdays. Some find the food selection limited or service inconsistent.
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El Emperador Tomball Reviews
Best Mexican restaurant in Tomball 5 stars. Food is always good, beer is always cold and the clown makes for fun energy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Service was fantastic, food was authentic and very delicious! Love this place!
I go there for their breakfast burritos of which are the best I've found in the Tomball area by far! As well as their horchata! Which is also absolutely the best you'll find in this area!
Love it feels like home my hometown 956 Harlingen Texas ❤️ great food and great atmosphere and treated very kind.
I have been eating here for years. We normally eat breakfast there and on the weekends they have a clown blowing up balloons for the kids. It's very family friendly. It gets busy on the weekends but we usually find a place to sit.
I've been to this place several times, and it's my go to. My son loves coming here when they have live music, and the waitresses always stop by to chat with him. The atmosphere is very homey! My only gripe is food selection. A lot of the plate combinations are very similar, and I feel they would benefit for more unique combinations. The food on the other hand is amazing!
A nice surprise hiding in the middle of old town Tomball on Main street within the Executive Inn. They have extended hours from breakfast to dinner and dessert. The place has ramps and handicap parking and booth or table seating. It's a real hot spot for working people on the go. Hot, fresh fantastic flavorful authentic Mexican dishes or just a burger or burrito on the run. This is one of my Dad's favorite spots. It's very clean, friendly and amazing service with full plates, good portions for the prices. Highly recommend. If you like artwork the walls are also lined with eye candy for the soul.
Located in Old Downtown Tomball. Great location to eat and do some antique shopping! Food was fresh, tasted great, and large servings. Service was perfect! Definitely a place to try out. I personally think this is one of the better places I have been to. Pics will give you an idea of the food!
Always good for the money. Food is hot and flavorful. I live the big cups they give drinks in.
Maybe it was just that day? But it was Hot. We were there with a party of 8 so many different dishes. Food was good but not wow good? Just good general texmex. Salsa right off was not anything you'd call authentic? It was med hot and mostly just tomato? The salsa Verde was pretty hot but also flat? I was excited to see they had menudo as I had been wanting some for a time passing up my typical fajitas etc. Disappointing to say the least. The Can menudo at the grocery store has more flavor. Unfortunately everyone agreed that nothing anyone had was memorable or something to recommend. Surprisingly it was still busy so I guess people enjoy simple texmex. For us? Well pass. Sorry.
I went with family and friends this past weekend. The food was good but service was a joke. Our server was just sitting on her phone and just chatting with her coworkers. Never came to check on us and took 10+ minutes for anyone to notice us trying to get their attention. We never got refills and the only other time she came was after we left the table and were standing to check out another 15+ minutes. Freaking ridiculous. Stupid that they forced us to tip when they didn't deserve it.
Oh no... over charged, fajita chicken was unseasnoned and tasted like cardboard, fajita beef was like shoe leather.... I like small family restaurants but this one should be avoided. Service was horrid, taking food away as we were eating. On the plus side bottled beer was cold. They had a special hot sauce that was rather nice. Sadly, I would never go back.
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601 W Main St, Tomball, TX 77375
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