Casa Vallarta

This place is definitely more out of convenience of location rather than the food. It is a very small restaurant that stays pretty busy around lunch. The prices are cheap but the food isn't that great. The chips are definitely cheap store bought. The food is just midiocre and lacking flavor. I have tried several of their lunch specials and always the same results...no salt. The service is the best part of the experience and always friendly and helpful.

Overall, the flavor of the food was great especially the complimentary nicely warmed chips and delicious salsas. Iced tea was perfect flavor. the caldo which came with a small but sufficient portion of rice had a generous amount of fresh, perfectly cooked shrimp and some octopus,plus a small amount of fish. For the price, it would have been nice if it had clams, mussels, scallops, etc. The broth was fine but nothing special, it lacked zest. We also had a quesadilla and fajita that were good. We all had beverages and our meals were about $22 each --which included tax and tip for the excellent service. I thought the price was fair considering that chips and salsa were provided and much appreciated. Will definitely go back again.

I have been coming here for years now but have noticed the prices have gone up drastically especially for just a simple chips and salsa before 11 is 2.99 when u can get that for just a dollar at other restaurants and every time I see the owner he gives me dirty looks Hez never nice never says hi good morning hope your enjoying your meal I've seen this guy several times also so unprofessional.

Ok is a perfect description for this place. I came here for lunch on Friday with a friend from the office. The service is a bit slow for a lunch rush, but they are friendly.The biggest negative to the experience was the complete lack of heat to anything. Honestly, the chili gravy and the salsa had zero taste due to the extreme lack of heat.Their biggest advantage is that they are near my office. If I go back, I'll either go for breakfast tacos or figure out a way to sneak in something spicy to add to the food.

Still coming here for their potato chorizo tacos and I'll never stopOnly thing is they stop serving breakfast at 11 am so get those orders in early!

Two steak tacos, a coke and a water for $17.50 $$$$ their prices have increase pretty drastically. Two of use to be able to eat for $20

Yelp gets it right again. Four stars.* * *Casa Vallarta is a downscale but completely respectable Mexican restaurant. Good cooking and good value for the dollar.I had the pollo guisada gordita.Most gordita places give you a small amount of filling and a large amount of gordita. This makes sense if the prime attraction of the sandwich is the taste of your toasty gordita.Casa Vallarta stuffs their gordita with meat. You lose the lovely gordita taste. However, you get fed a good honest hearty meal. Samuel C. likes good honest hearty meals. I can totally go with this approach.Key point. Many econo Mexican places cut corners on the chicken. The competition gets old chickens from a cheap discounter.I have been served those chickens both in SE Austin and in the exurbs and both in Mexican and Chinese places. When you eat a cheap chicken your mouth feels dirty as you soon as you leave the restaurant.Casa Vallarta serves a high integrity product. Their chicken is a good honest chicken. So when they put a whole lot of it in the gordita, I am happy to eat the whole lot of it that is in my gordita.Casa Vallarta also serves a superior horchata. (More cinnamon-y than usual).Chips and dip are a weak point. The chips weren't stale, but they were starting to turn middle aged. If they were humans, they would have been at the "stop-wearing-spandex" part of their lives.Salsa was ho hum.But I don't go to Mexican restaurants for chips and dip. I go to Mexican restaurants for a meal. Casa Vallarta turns out a good meal at a good price.And if you go between the meal rushes, you can sit outdoors on the patio.Sure the view is of Burleson Road and the Industrial Park across the street.But they got trees. They got birds. The sun shines. You watch the traffic come and go.There are a lot worse ways to spend a sunny afternoon.

Ordered a veggie burrito to go. specifically asked for a lot of vegetables. They were listed on the menu. Got a burrito with just bean and cheese and nothing else for $8.59.Called up. Was out on hold for 10 minutes while they did nothing.

Drive by find. And I'm sooo glad I saw it! Really nice staff and really good food.I'll be back for sure.

I ordered the huevos con chorizo breakfast meal. My husband ordered machacado con huevo. Both delicious