Rex Cafe & Bakery

I remember coming downtown shopping with my parents as a child. This was my grandpa's Go To place for pan dulce before heading home. As you walk in to this restaurant, you're taken aback with the nostalgia of the past. They still have their original 50's style retro dining along the left side. Very reasonable and affordable breakfast/brunch menu prices. It's going to be your every day Mexican home cooking. My husband especially loves how they are the only ones who will grill his biscuit like dad used to. Our server was very attentive and kept returning to refill my coffee.

Nice food and staff It's what one expects when going to a restaurant. Money don't come easy anymore so one expos delicious meal going to a restaurant and it's the place to go .

Tacos were good only reason it's not a 5 is because the skimped out on the cheese on my tacos. Tortillas homemade and delicious

It's always good when they are open Sweet Mexican bread is great. Definitely worth stopping for

Good little cafe if you are looking for a cheap breakfast. I highly recommend their empanadas and ask to get them grilled.

Our Prima just posted on FB that she was at breakfast here this morning...Looks awesome..!!!We live in Parlier, California and Si Dios quiere we will be visiting familia en Diciembre in McAllen, Hualahuises, N.L and GeneralTeran, N.L. and looking forward to having a nice cup of morning coffee and breakfast at this valley institution.So excited y Dios los bendice..Saludos departe de la Familia Treviño-Cantú from Parlier, California.

Every time I go into the Rex Cafe and Bakery so many memories flood into my head. In its time this was the center of Mexican American political and social life in McAllen. I remember going with my grandfather Manuel to the Rex and being greated at the door by "hola Maestro" by all these men in their 40s, 50s and 60s, and being told by my grandpa about how they were the men that had such and such a shop or ran such and such a place.It may no longer be that center of the world, but they still make great pan dulce and you can still find a good basic Mexican plate with all the bells and whistles. It isn't trendy and it isn't full of the chic atmosphere many want now days, but it is good Mexican food served by good people and with good hot coffee.

If you want to step back in time come to Rex Cafe & Bakery. Food was excellent. The pairingon the wall of all the old buildings & school are awesome

Interesting, classic cafe with great history. But my food was not good. At $4.50 a plate, I can't complain too much, but the chicken tacos had no taste and the beans were like from a can. I went because it was the only place on 17th with a crowd at 6pm on a rainy Friday night. I enjoyed seeing the crowd, watching the old-timers and families. The service was very friendly, and I stayed quite a while to get out of the rain. I wish the food had been better. I would go back, at least for the coffee and the crowd, but would not go there looking for great food.

This restaurant is really good and I especially like that little vegetable soup they give you before your meal but it does need an upgrade because it looks really dark in the inside.