05/21/09

Why

by JLHaney

Spanish Flowers Houston Tx at 12.41 am

What in the world are you thinking, Turning a long time customer away based on the thought that your little 24 hour diner (mexican food) is some how a five star restaurant, Mary you serve Nachos and Alcoholic beverages. When someone. anyone has driven to your restaurtant ( in my case from Clear Lake ) you should open your doors and serve them. You do not turn them away, and for what your asking, I was not wearing a "shirt". Mary it may not have not been a " shirt" to you, but dear it covered all that needed to be covered.

• Pros: Clean Restrooms
• Cons: They will never learn your name

03/15/09

Great Late Night Eatery!

by waxdragon76

Spanish Flowers is such an excellent late night eatery. The tortillas are made fresh for your order.

The salsa is fresh and I like that you can taste the cilantro in it.

After your order is placed, you get a small cup of potato soup with a beef and tomato base.

The tea gets refilled promptly and is always fresh.

The queso is a good consistency and delicious!

I usually get the fajitas. They are always moist, tender, and sizzling.I usually am not big on Spanish rice, but the rice here is good. I ordered the Mexican chocolate once and I can tell you that is not hand made. It tastes like a powder mix.

One thing that aggravates me is that the servers do not write down your drink or appetizer order. They always forget something here. They do write down the main order but I do not like when I order a Pina Colada and get my food before my drink.

This place is clean, the restrooms included. There have been a few times where my dining experience was ruined by the condition of the restroom alone. Not here.

The parking lot is well lit. I saw someone mention a guard. Truth be told, I have never seen one. Is there really supposed to be one? lol

All in all, Spanish Flowers is inviting. The decoration lends to the atmosphere. Of course, I am partial to the Frida Kahlo wall hanging in the left room. The prices do seem to have gone up. I guess it is the economy, because though the food is good.. the quality did not go up.

It is very kid friendly. My best friend and I often bring our kids here and have never had a problem.

• Pros: Decent drinks, great fajitas, good for kids.
• Cons: Servers forget items, climbing prices

02/15/09

Too much hype and not enough substance

by thebestcritic

I've been to Spanish Flowers several times and it just seems to be getting worse!!! The service is horrible; the food is average to below average. Grease is a key ingredient at this joint; everything is greasy. The chips were stone cold, the salsa was bland and the queso was runny. Now on to the meal, my taco broke through the shell immediately when I picked it up turning my plate into a taco salad; the meat was flavorful. The enchiladas were meagerly stuffed with cheese and lukewarm when the arrived. Service was very poor; we had to send search parties out looking for him. Meanwhile the other servers in the room acted extremely put out by our requesting help from them. Then the bill came and for what we were served, it was way over priced. You?re taking you life into your own hands when getting out of your car, the guard that was supposed to be there wasn?t two out of three trips. I get trapped into going because they do such a good marketing job, and friends and guest that haven?t been want to go. I try to discourage them, but in the end accommodate their wishes. Then I have to listen to them complain for the balance of the evening. After my last visit I just refuse to go.

• Pros: Good Marketing, Open Late
• Cons: Food, Service, Dangerous Location

02/15/09

HIGH QUALITY

by bpearce21

EVERYTIME I GO TO SPANISH FLOWERS I ORDER THE FLAN BEFORE THE REST OF MY FOOD TO MAKE SURE I HAVE ENOUGH ROOM!! THE FIJITAS COME WITH SUSAGE QUAIL BEEF AND CHICKEN PEPPERS ONIONS AND MUCH MORE!! TO DRINK I RECCOMEND THE STRAWBERRY LEMONADE, GREAT SERVICE, THE SERVERS ALL STOP BY TO CHECK ON THE TABLES SO YOU ARE NEVER WAITING LONG!!

• Pros: GREAT SALSA YOU CAN TASTE THE FRESHNESS AND THEN THERES THE KICK OF WARMTH

10/12/08

Excellent

by Sshemi

I love this place. Always clean, staff is friendly, and the food is great! If you've never been there, try it and you'll be hooked!!!

• Pros: Great Service, Fresh Toritillas, Excellent food
• Cons: a bit pricey

09/02/08

THOROUGHLY DISAPPOINTED

by NORTHCENTRALGAL

I really wanted some mole I heard people saying how "authentic" their food is, well its not, it tasted like paste out of a jar from the store, with nothing added .It was too strong, not sweet at all, the chicken was dry and bland, very , very disappointed, will never go again.

• Pros: looked nice
• Cons: price was really high for such low quality and taste.

09/01/08

Awesome lunch specials

by sewwhat

WOW, funny thing is I REALLLLY used to love this place. For some reason i've seen a steady decline in the taste of food and the quality. Also the price has substantially risen??... it cant be for the food. i do still have hope, B/C I love this place and its location!!! the salsa is great and the margaritas!

And for the person who was down on the area, if your scared of the area, go back to the suburbs.

• Pros: the authentic location/ mariachi band big plus.
• Cons: the recent rise in price:(

08/14/08

HORRIBLE!!

by HoustonShopper

This place is ONLY good after 2am......meaning it's th eonly place in Houston to eat. I would never take someone there for "good" Tex-Mex. EVER.

• Pros: Open 24/7
• Cons: The food is awful

07/02/08

Awful

by Chacos

You people are out of your little bird brains if you think this can even pass as average Mexican food. The only bright spot in the entire dining experience I had was the salsa that is slung out on the table before your food arrives and the tortillas. The food lacked seasoning at all, the rice was dry, beans, refried and a la charra were flavorless-well almost flavorless, the refried beans tasted burnt. Fajitas were nothing special and the short ribs were tender, but again, lacked flavor.

Service was abysmal; slow, our waiter seemed to be a native Spanish speaker and I speak fluently and am of Hispanic decent I thought we would be well taken care of. Wrong, the kid was hesitant, mumbled, stumbling over his words, forgot drinks after being asked 3 times-in English and Spanish mind you to make sure he got the message. To top it all off, the location of the restaurant ain't exactly what you would call nice; heck I would have felt better eating at Nifa's on Navigation near the 5th Ward rather than this dump.

I suppose this place has won the accolades it has because of the 24 hour service it offers; I know I would have to be drunk at around 2:30 in the morning to even consider coming back to N. Main much less attempting to enjoy the slop they try to pass off as "Mexican" food.

06/02/08

Best Mexican food in town

by osuchick

This is some of the best Mexican food in town. Service was a little slow in taking our order, but we received chips and drinks while we waited, which were refilled quickly. We ordered chicken fajitas and they came quickly and were more than enough for the two of us. The chicken was seasoned perfectly and the tortillas were delicious! I'll definitely be going back!

• Pros: Great Food, Good Price
• Cons: slow to take our order