El Rafa's Cafe

I love their food. Their tortillas are so delicious. The service is always quick, the waitresses are usually friendly. Their specials are great too. My favorite is on Thursday : Their Sopa de fideo con carne. Affordable and always comes with a sweet tea!

Love me some rafas! Some of the best carne guisada in town. This place is usually packed & parking is small. I'm always greeted & seated right away. Service is always good fast & friendly. Get some cg!

We ended up at El Rafa's The selection of their menu is good. It's like your mama's kitchen and you are her favorite son... (don't be mad now- I didn't make the rules)But we all know I was there for ONE THING only. Let's start with what it is not-No enchilada sauce sazon or consistency No tomato based nothing Not super saltyNot served with cilantro or oregano Is not bright red (which is weird to have menudo bright red... it is not normal color of red chili cooked down )- overall a winWhat it is-It is served with lemons, onion, diced jalapeno, and homemade tortillas Off the stove top hotHas a touch of 'the stank' when it arrives to the table (which if you get your beef fresh from a place that doesn't scald the tripe this is normal) The soup sazon is caliente with enough kick to get your sweat going The tripe to hominy ratio is 3:1Plus it is seasoned well, although I would like a more mas- it's like mom's kitchen and you know it is made with love so...Try El Rafa's in San Antonio Service is greatThey had 5-6 servers for fast serviceThe cooks are on their A game as well...Honestly, the roof might leak but the food and flavor are real... which keeps the seats packed and will have me returning to them for my fix

The food is always great. I mean I always buy the same thing which is the huevos rancheros plate! The chips and salsa is always perfect as well! The waitress was okay today. We ordered 3 plates the same and came out to $25. The place is usually busy but we went early today and it was perfectly fine.( not noisy) and plenty of space to sit! I would always come back I've been to this place over 10 years now and seen the changes. Overall a great breakfast spot.

Comfortable I guess it was slow service because for all the orders to come out at the same time and when I saw the waitress carrying 5 plates at the time you don't see that often

Food was okay, not a fan of the picadillo or the chicken crispy tacos. The carne guisada was good though and a good size taco for $4.39. My kids puffy tacos were like cups with meat and lettuce, tomatoes and cheese. The chalupas also were okay but not our taste. Maybe missing some spices? Very clean restaurant though and our server could have been more attentive. My sisters liked their tacos.

My husband had been given really good reviews about this place so instead of taking a left on Fredericksburg that day, which we would normally do to go to a different restaurant, we took a right and ended up here at Rafa's Cafe. Chips and salsa don't hit the table unless you order them, it's $2.50 for the portion which is decent, but the chips were very bland and they gave us warm ranchero sauce in place of actual salsa. That, for me is a no. I ended up getting the Rafas plate and my husband got 3 tacos which were very average because their tortillas on that particular day weren't very good. I think they make them homemade, but they weren't fluffy at all and actually got hard as we sat there. We had leftover tortillas which I will normally take home from a restaurant if they're homemade, but we left them behind. The Rafas plate was very salty. I couldn't enjoy anything but the tostada including the taco. The restaurant looks clean, but the bathrooms were pretty disgusting. I'm worried about what the back of the house looks like. Service was ok but our drinks were never refilled and that salt almost turned me into a raisin.

Great service and delicious food, highly recommend breakfast tacos, menudo, and barbacoa. Very spacious area and can seat a large party in a separate room.

This place use to be so good but over the past 6 months they have swapped to using cheap nasty ingredients. The cheese taste like artificial government cheese. The enchilada sauce no longer tastes homemade and instead tastes like it was in a metal can. The tortillas used for the enchiladas are thick and have a weird texture. The cook who once made the rice must have left because it is not the same. Any taco with egg will have eggshells. It's like they don't even care anymore. Service is always great but I can no longer eat here and do not recommend. Time to find a new local spot.

always awesome food and service doesn't matter if it's breakfast, lunch or dinner they always deliver and consistent quality I always bring my clients and family here and never disappoint expectations