Fonda Santa Rosa

I was super excited to try this place, the food looked so good online, so I grabbed a few coworkers and off we went!When we got here, it smelled so yummy inside and I loved how bright everything was. The waitress was so sweet and nice, and very attentive. Now the food, we ordered the chorizo fondue for the table, flavor wise, was just ok. It wasn't super melty, so it was really hard to get out of the bowl, and it only came with 3 tortillas, there was 4 of us! So we ate the rest with the chips. The chorizo was good and came with pico to top, but it just needed more seasoning overall for the whole dish. Then I ordered some tacos. The menu looked like they'd be street sized, small, so I asked if I could order 3 and she said yes. I order 2 fajita steak and 1 barbacoa. She said the barbacoa was her fave and I can see why. This is the only one that was truly flavored the best, was super juicy and tender and melted with each bite. The fajita steak was overcooked and lacked flavor as well. I like the onions, cilantro and lime on mine, but it didn't enhance the flavor at all. I love little places like this, so I'd like to give it another try and try something different. Only other thing as a takeaway is that you're charged for chips and salsa, and the one additional taco I ordered was $9. $5.99 for a sing le taco and +$3.99 to make it barbacoa. The one taco was more than the two, so pretty pricey in my opinion.

Vegetarian Review:This is a unique little restaurant with a surprising number of options. I was there on 8/27/23, and we had a QR menu. If you scroll down far enough, there's a vegetarian section near the end. I think most of the items can be found on the menu images on Yelp; they just aren't separated into their own section. We had chips and salsa, chips and queso, cheese quesadillas, veggie quesadillas, chile relleno, tres leches cake, and churros. We ordered water, and they brought us bottled water. If you are bothered by plastic, you may want to specifically request no bottled water. I would have ordered a margarita for brunch, but they do not have alcohol. No biggie. They close early afternoon, so that seems pretty reasonable. The queso was warm, but not especially flavorful. The chips are okay, but you don't get enough of them with the queso or the salsa. The kids liked the quesadillas, which were all deep-fried. My chile relleno was pretty good. The salsa verde, a jalapeño sauce, was delicious. It is similar to the salsa verde made by Chilosos in the Heights, but slightly thinner. The tres leches cake was good, but the churros will rock your world. They were fantastic. Cute restaurant, nice people. I will return, especially for the churros!

DELICIOUS FOOD!Coffee traste like heaven!I felt like , I was in mexico very nice atmosphere!excellent service. Owner walk to our table very nice and attentive!Will definitely come back with my kids soon .

Service is good, but when it's busy they forget about you. Food is okay not the best in my opinion. Best Cafe de Olla tho.

This is our new favorite breakfast/brunch spot! The service was top notch, and we got to chat with the owner who came by all the tables to check on everyone. This was the best Cafe de Olla I've had in Houston and the food is truly authentic!

I got something from the app Too Good To Go from here - it cost $5.40 and was supposedly a $15 value. I got a small amount of food....and all I got was some meat, 3 tortillas, a small amount of bland rice and refried beans. Not impressed and I would not return to the restaurant and pay full price. Do better on the TGTG app

Your menu is inaccurate. I ordered Enchiladas Verdes expecting a dish like the one on the picture. It was totally different, no cream, salsa verde very watery and they were stuffed with chicken not cheese as it is described on the menu. The beans portion was small and the rest of the plate was filled with a lot of rice. Service is good except that I was not offered any option when I brought up the chicken vs cheese enchiladas. She repeated several times that the enchiladas verdes and rojas are always chicken and that it is described on the menu... even though I showed it to her. She kept denying it.

Everything and I mean everything is sooo good here! Chilaquiles are the go to! The service is 5 stars always! And the restaurant owner is always around ready to help his staff!

The burrito was oily, bland and poorly wrapped - it fell apart the moment you try picking it up. There wasn't much filling and the rice tasted plain as well.The quesadilla and nachos was better but nothing special. They charge for water and have extra surcharges for "veggies" even though there wasn't much to begin with. I'm not sure why they would charge extra for something that should come with, but because of that the burrito and quesadilla is overpriced for what you're getting.

Wish I could give this place 0 stars!! I ordered my food, went to take a bite and it was ice cold. The food, meat rice everything was straight from the fridge. Do not eat here!! When I told them they said nothing and only warmed it up in the microwave. It wasn't even lukewarm after the microwave! Restaurant is ugly too. Will never return.