Catrachito

For the Honduran community, by Hondurans. Thats the best way I can express how I feel about the food and interior of the place. Saturday at 5PM, it was perhaps too early for any type of dinner rush, cause I was the only person there. The staff did not speak ANY english. That scary moment when you say hello, and the other person stares with no expression. Luckily I could say just enough Spanish to navigate and order everything I wanted without a problem. They seemed to have a smaller menu compared to what Ive seen posted from other people. I only saw breakfast and lunch (in espanol) so maybe I have to come back at a later time for dinner? The interior is not a dump, but its not chic, modern, or inviting either. The best way I can describe it is the type of place you'd see within a courtyard of a mexican bazaar. They blast the music like its a nightclub. I recommend you stay away from the left side of the restaurant if thats going to bothr you. They serve everything on styrafoam plates and plastic cutlerry The area looked clean enough, so theres no complaints on cleanliness. I ordered a baleada mixta, as well as the chuleta plate (pork chop cutlet). The baleada is simple, cheap, fairly big, and cozy like a homemade meal. Their tortillas are legit made in house, because theres no weird starchiness or stiffness in the dough. The ingredients are beans, cheese, eggs, and creama, but damn was it delicious! The cheese they use (im guessing queso fresco) had a lovely tang that gave the meal an extra dimension. I couldnt stop eating this!The chuleta plate felt like I was at a cookout. A seasoned pork chop, served with a cabbage salad, beans, and more plantains than I could eat in one sitting! The chuleta was not super moist, but every bite was well seasoned. I'd say eat the pork chop sooner than later as its not as tender as time progresses. The chimol (similar to pico de gallo) was a nice addition on top. The plaintains are baked? and feel like french fries! The beans were delicious with whatever lard or fat they add to it. The cabbage salad is fine, but I do like the sauce they add, which reminds me of 1000 islands dressing, minus the relish. Overall, I was pleased with my meal here. Ive never had legit Honduran food, so I look forward to having it again!

Overall: the best baleadas I've had in DFWDetailed: this review is essentially only for the baleadas from Catrachito - because that's what I've had there and that's what I think is amazing about it. I've eaten at Catrachito maybe two dozen times, and each time I've eaten their baleadas (with eggs in them). They are HUGE and cheap (around $2 each, where each one literally weighs like 0.5+ lbs). They are so savory and filling. I have tried many Honduran restaurants in the metroplex, and this is by far the best ones I've tried among them all. The location of Catrachito is located right by Target, it might be hard to miss the entrance based on its location and proximity to the street. It's never been too busy there, and ordering a baleada by phone gets prepared in less than 15 minutes. The inside of the restaurant is not very impressive, but that's okay because baleadas are great good to take on the go or to take home.

Sooo when we looked it up on Yelp we were leaving class at NLI with our brains swirling after a full day of learning! I quickly searched for 'Mexican' food - saw this and landed ourselves in a quaint little restaurant. We didn't realize it was Honduran until waking in - hey cool - try something new! The menu did have English translation ( yay) but no prices ( oht oh). Normally when you walk into place and they don't have any prices on the menu unless your wallet is packed full of happy money or a really great credit card you probably should turn and walk out. Realizing I didn't think this was that type of place we stayed. We ordered what was the equivalent of chicken tacos and let me tell you it was the best food decision of the day. The serving sizes were huge on the plate it came looking delicious and he still delicious. The server although we did not equally communicate because of our language barrier, was super sweet and very efficient. The food was amazing. Which just goes to show that sometimes those hole in the wall places really are the best place to stop. My meal ( which turned out to be two full meals for me) with bottled water was $8.45! Yes - WOW!! If you want to try something a little bit different than your typical Spanish fair please stop in to this restaurant!

Baleadas flour tortilla made out of hand with fresh egg, beans, cream and cheese! Yummy homemade breakfast.

This hole in the wall is the real deal. I'm honduran so I know my food. Prices are very affordable, delicious authentic honduran food. Highly recommended!

Felt great stopping here. I live in baltimore and I missed home cooked meals. Thanks to this place I was able to get some baleadas and feel at home again. The cashier was very friendly as well.

I'm definitely coming back to try some other plates here since this seems to be the only Honduran restaurant I can find in Dallas proper. But that's not saying that I completely loved this place - there's some things that took me back:1) I'm pretty sure I smelled smoke here - maybe this used to be a smoking establishment and it just stayed on the walls?2) Completely dive atmosphere even though this seems to be an important meeting place for Dallas Honduran community? The mural on the wall could be better done, with a touch-up at least and the place can be better organized.But besides that, the menu is great! Affordable and pretty complete, much to my surprise, for such a small establishment "that could." It has a small market too, of things that, I'm assuming, are Honduran and unavailable at places like La Michoacana (Mexican). The staff is friendly and quick - and they're willing to customize your order if you need to.For example, I got the signature baleadas (to me, it's synonymous with Honduras even though it may not be their national dish). These are oversized flour tortilla tacos, if you want to think of it that way. The major difference between tacos and baleadas have standard fillings whereas tacos are usually more versatile. But you shouldn't knock it off for that reason alone - it's still hearty. The basic comes with cheese, cream and refried beans. And then more can be added into it from there - including eggs, chorizo, and in my case, carne asada or beef which is normally how I get it in Miami (with eggs and beef) although this isn't quite advertised on the menu. While this was good, it was the rest of the baleada that was better - so I may order one with the chorizo or bacon instead of the carne asada next time.And the price points are very good - the cheapest thing in the menu is $2, and the most expensive thing is $9, except for the soups which can be both hearty and more unique in its offering - such as a hearty seafood or unique snail soup - going up to $13.And their other dish looks good, for sure - at least in the pictures that's being shown off of the TV that they use for their own advertisement. You can see the tropical influence that's absent from the typical Mexican restaurants around town - plantains, yuca, and black beans. You can bet I'll be ordering something from that menu next time!And it seems like the turnover is good and everything is made fresh, including their signature flour tortillas, Honduran-style, especially since even in an off-time during the mornings, there were people coming in and out.Good job, catrachos - I'll be back again to this Honduran restaurant!

I noticed this place as I was heading down Lemmon/Marsh and noticed the sign said 100% Honduran food -- so I decided to try a little something different for lunch. It's definitely a little mom & pop restaurant but don't be scared of the looks of the place, it's not that bad. Everyone is very friendly, although most of the interaction was my broken Spanish and a little pointing and nodding between the waitress and I. (The owner spoke English but everyone else -- Spanish only). The menu is in Spanish but there's also little English descriptions of each entrée -- and pictures -- the pictures help a lot! I ordered a beef entrée with cabbage, plantains and rice -- it was very good! Seasonings were just right, cooked fresh and made to order! I can't forget the passion fruit drink the owner suggested I try -- preeeettty dern good, I needed a refill by the time my food was ready!I'm adventurous when it comes to trying new food and I definitely recommend Catrachito if anyone wants to venture out and try some Honduran entrees!

I love this place! Im from Tegucigalpa, HN and every time i come here its like being back at home. The food is great and the people there are super sweet. The food is hot and delicious & has great taste. It also doesnt take very long to get your food once you order. Ive dined in and take out & both experiences were great!I recommend this place to anyone who wants good food!

Wish I could post a review on how good the food was here, but you have to be served in order to eat. And I wasn't. I walked in on a Sunday afternoon and the place was packed to the rafters. I saw only one server and she was busier than a one-armed paper hanger. A man got up and left, and I immediately grabbed the table and waited....and waited....and waited still some more. After a while, I moseyed up to the cash register, where there were a stack of menus. I went back to my seat and started looking at the entrees, getting hungrier by the second. But I never got served...the waitress didn't even acknowledge my presence. After about 10 minutes of being ignored, I got up and went to Pollo Regio, where I was served a delicious half-chicken dinner in about 60 seconds. Needless to say, I won't be visiting this restaurant because the service wasn't just poor; it was nonexistent.