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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...

El Emperador

Mexican · Tomball

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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.

Popular Dishes

Tacos Al Carbon breakfast burritos chorizo & egg plate horchata fajita chicken fajita beef

Best For

Families Locals Casual

Tip: Visit on Tuesdays for live music and $1.50 margaritas.

Features

📶 WiFi 🅿️ Parking Accessible 🌅 Breakfast 🍽️ Lunch 🌙 Dinner Coffee
🎯 Casual 🛋️ Cozy 🤫 Quiet 👥 Groups

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Frequently asked questions about El Emperador

El Emperador is located at 601 W Main St, Tomball, TX 77375, Tomball.
El Emperador offers mexican cuisine.
El Emperador has regular opening hours. Check their profile for updated schedules.
El Emperador offers the following services: dine-in, takeaway.
The most recommended dishes at El Emperador based on customer reviews are: Tacos Al Carbon, breakfast burritos, chorizo & egg plate, horchata, fajita chicken.
El Emperador is ideal for families, locals, casual dining.
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.
Visit on Tuesdays for live music and $1.50 margaritas.
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El Emperador Tomball Reviews

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Brandi Gonzales

Best Mexican restaurant in Tomball 5 stars. Food is always good, beer is always cold and the clown makes for fun energy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Jeremy Chapman

Service was fantastic, food was authentic and very delicious! Love this place!

Daniel Oung
Daniel Oung

Wish it comes with lettuce sour cream and guacamole. Very plan and basic wish had more rice. The sauce was good but chicken kinda salty for my tasting

Ben
Ben

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!

Thelma Rocha
Thelma Rocha

Love it feels like home my hometown 956 Harlingen Texas ❤️ great food and great atmosphere and treated very kind.

Michael Hill
Michael Hill

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.

Arriana Austin
Arriana Austin

Absolutely amazing! The service was great! Food great! Our food came out in less than 5 minutes! Great authentic food! We loved it and will be back.

ToolAcid
ToolAcid

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!

Leslie Xaxavier
Leslie Xaxavier

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.

UnearthlyDust
UnearthlyDust

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!

Rudy Galindo
Rudy Galindo

First time at El Emperador and the breakfast was very good, had the chorizo & egg plate and to me what make the restaurant is there tortillas and the flour were awesome! Well be going back again!

Thelma Montanez
Thelma Montanez

Best Tacos Al Carbon! Small place, love the live music on Tuesday’s and $1.50 margaritas! Staff always so attentive and warm. Feels like home :)

adam rodgers
adam rodgers

Always good for the money. Food is hot and flavorful. I live the big cups they give drinks in.

Samuel Graham
Samuel Graham

The food was delicious and the atmosphere reminds me of the restaurants in east Houston when I was a kid... very homey feel

William B
William B

Truly authentic Mexican food where after you eat you must go to the cashier in order to pay your order. The atmosphere is full of eclectic items representing Mexico and the staff speaks both English and Spanish.

Leapfrog
Leapfrog

Simple decor. The restaurant is not fancy, just a good family dining restaurant. Good value with large portions. Loved their refried beans as they have some kick and are not the plain old beans that are boring to me.

Jason Rodriguez
Jason Rodriguez

Amazing food at a very reasonable price. Margaritas were top notch and the service was adequate for it being a very busy night. If you're in Tomball this should be a place you'd stop. The only reason I took off a star is because the air conditioner was off...no bueno.

pete Rushford
pete Rushford

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.

L S
L S

Great food, fresh squeezed orange juice, the service not so great. Service is meh …..Food was great thanks to the cook and fresh tortillas. The day of the dead man in full make up was a surprise

kiabellray
kiabellray

Basic Tex Mex. The food looks awesome but it's nothing special. Service was pretty bad. One waitress had an attitude. The other was ok. But neither one really paid any attention to our table. Will not go back. Rather go to Taco Bell for Tex Mex. Better food, cheaper, and no attitude.

Julian Alexander
Julian Alexander

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.

Da Gualtieri
Da Gualtieri

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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🥞 Breakfast
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🕐 Hours Today
6AM-9:30PM
Rating
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💬 Reviews
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⏱️ Typical Visit
People typically spend 30 min to 1 hr here
📞 Phone
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🌐 Website
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