Lupe Tortilla's Restaurant

(281) 496-7580

318 Stafford St
Houston, TX 77079 29.7831 -95.643

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Neighborhoods: Memorial, Westside

LUPETORTILLA.COM

Hours:

Monday To Thursday From 11:00 AM To 02:00 PM Monday To Thursday From 05:30 PM To 09:00 PM Friday From 11:00 AM To 02:00 PM Friday From 05:30 PM To 10:00 PM Saturday From 11:30 AM To 10:00 PM Sunday From 11:30 AM To 09:00 PM

Price:

$

Last updated 8.16.11

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

American Express, Visa, Discover, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Family-Friendly Dining, Lunch Spot, Group Dining, Outdoor Dining

Cuisine:

Mexican

Editor's Tips

What People Are Saying About Lupe Tortilla's Restaurant

Featured Review

Contributor

Contributor

In Short – Expect a colorful and inviting atmosphere at this local Tex-Mex chain. From stacked-high chalupas to grilled chicken soft tacos or sizzling beef fajitas, the grub's worth gearing up for. Plates like chicken-stuffed poblano or fajita steak Lupe are cheesy, big deals while calorie counters can pick up tacos al carbon, grande ensalada verde or no-meat tacos. Important details like creamy handmade guacamole, spicy jalapeno nachos and non-oily tortilla chips with smoky tomato salsa are also done right. –

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The Extras:
Every location of this playful Tex-Mex chain contains the famous Lupe sandbox for children to enjoy.
food quality
87.5% positive
  1. “eat a lot of Texmex, and the few fajita dishes they make are the best.”
  2. “The staff has an attitude and the food is mediocre on a good day and bad on most days.”
  3. “The delicious homemade tortillas are fabulous and the fajita beef has an incredible flavor you will never find anywhere else.”
  4. “The food is great, but beyond that the restaurant is not worth going to.”
  5. “Best Fajitas, especially the Steak Lupe, and the beans and rice.”
  6. “Their "I don't care about the customer" attitude makes me hate to say it, and hate to spend my money there, but the beef fajitas really are great.”
  7. “The downsides may seem like a lot, but the food and friendly service make up for it ten-fold!”
  8. “The food is the best.”
  9. “They start your meal off with salsa and beans with fantastic thin crispy chips.”
  10. “I've always heard the service here was terrible, but the beef fajitas were incredible.”
  11. “Great food”
  12. “The beef fajitas are the best you will ever eat, and the tortillas that come with them taste great as well.”
overall
100.0% positive
  1. “The Fajitas are the best we have ever had, and we have tried over and over to see if there was one other place with better.”
  2. “This is a great place for Fajitas and Ritas.”
  3. “despite this, it is my absolute favorite restaurant!”
return potential
100.0% positive
  1. “My wife and I truly enjoy the place, and would go back there much more often if not for the long waits for tables.”
service
31.25% positive
  1. “I've always heard the service here was terrible, but the beef fajitas were incredible.”
  2. “I've always received fantastic service there, although the small seating areas can be a little loud.”
  3. “The service is mediocre and the restaurant is small, rickety and crowded.”
  4. “guess b/c my expectations were so low, the service really didn't seem bad at all.”
  5. “The service was mediocre but after a few 'ritas who cares right?”
  6. “How can so many people have a bad experience?”
  7. “The downsides may seem like a lot, but the food and friendly service make up for it ten-fold!”
  8. “The staff has an attitude and the food is mediocre on a good day and bad on most days.”
value
100.0% positive
  1. “The food is great, but beyond that the restaurant is not worth going to.”
  2. “Their "I don't care about the customer" attitude makes me hate to say it, and hate to spend my money there, but the beef fajitas really are great.”
  3. “Overall good value.”
wait time
100.0% positive
  1. “My wife and I truly enjoy the place, and would go back there much more often if not for the long waits for tables.”
1 Star Rating: Poor

04/02/11

Don't waste your time! FOOD POISONING

by RestaurantPro

Wait is extremely long.

Food choices are small.

Worse of all, the waitress didn't like my questions and got annoyed. The next morning I woke up with a serious headache and stomach ache. Food poisoning? Did someone put something in my food to teach me a lesson? Who knows? And we'll never know! I contacted the manager and let him know. He was rude, arrogant, and said he knew his employees would never do it. Really? He is God? You should definitely go there and get a look at Jesus (his real name) the manager/God. Maybe he can answer all your questions about life!!!

1 Star Rating: Poor

01/04/11

STAY AWAY FROM GRAND PARKWAY LUPE TORTILLA

by utrph

STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE!!! Thats what i will be telling everyone i know & will be posting on every web site i can find. Got there at 6:42 (got a phone call from my daughter at that time) & left at about 8:10 without getting our food. Instead got a lot of excuses, had to wait for a refill on the long awaited soft drinks...more excuses. When I asked for the manager our waiter grabbed the first guy next to him . Called after I left (to go get my grandson some food), asked for Stan whom I was told is the "manager" got Jesus instead, who put me on terminal hold, then got Toby(if thats his real name) who said he was a managing partner or something. When I asked for Stan the manager he said I needed to go to the website. When I said I wanted to actually speak to him , his response was a rude "thats the only way your gonna get a hold of him, man" Looks like theres already similar posts on Yelp, but I'm just getting started, lets see what else there is, but there will be more that's for sure.

Danny

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

10/28/09

Loved the enchiladas!!!

by truleighblessed

What is that sauce over the enchiladas?? Too good! My friend took me here for lunch...and I would have never found that place because you've got to turn down this side street. But I'm so glad she did. I ate everything on my plate...which is rare. I'm taking my husband soon. Try it!

  • Pros: friendly/attentive staff, easy parking, good food
  • Cons: loud, super packed at lunch
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

07/20/09

Great Beans!

Contributor

Best Mexican in Houston!

1 Star Rating: Poor

11/10/08

Real bad experience

by arantxa16

Claustrophobic place, We wait One Hour to get our food and we did not receive any valid excuse or a attention from the manager and the server had a very bad attitude. They have a sand box with race cars and is set up on very unsafe way. That was our first and last time there, and as a bonus my stomach is very upset thanks to their food. This happened at the original location at Stafford.

  • Pros: None
  • Cons: All

The Details on Lupe Tortilla's Restaurant

Place Categories:

  • best beef fajitas
  • mediocre service
  • great food
  • favorite place
  • fabulous tortillas
  • enjoy grand margaritas
  • incredible flavor
  • favorite restaurant
  • good value
  • best steak lupe
  • best beans
  • best few fajita dishes
  • like mexican
  • bad margarita
  • loved enchiladas
  • reasonable wait
  • fantastic crispy chips
  • bad experience
  • never bad plate
  • big appetite
  • best rice
  • great texmex
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