Ritas Mexican Cocina

Y'all, I can't believe I haven't left a review here yet! My family and I have loved coming here for breakfast for years and it's high time I shared our love for this place.Our go-to dish? The Huevos Rancheros - with eggs over easy and sauce on top, with barbacoa. I LOVE IT and not just me; my husband, mom, and dad do too! If you're unsure what to order, this is the dish to get. Also, their menudo is fantastic, and I really like that they offer it in a mini size too.While we're regulars for breakfast, we recently stopped by for lunch. I ordered the Crispy Taco Plate from the lunch specials, which came with beans, rice, and iced tea. My husband also chose from the specials but ended up preferring my tacos. I went for one beef and one chicken, and while both were delicious, the beef taco was the favorite of the two. What's even better? We spent less than $20 for both our lunch special meals with drinks, including taxes, and that included complimentary chips and tortillas. In 2024, where even fast food can set you back way more, this is a great deal. The service is always great too! We've never had a problem here. Highly recommended!Please note they do close early, 2:30pm and are closed Mondays. Check the days/times for changes.

I LOVE their lunch specials, great selection at an affordable price. They encourage you to pay cash so the costs of debit cards don't get passed on to the consumer as they currently don't charge a fee. Their enchiladas are great and you can get chicken fajita with them if you wish as one of he lunch options. There is plenty of seating area and staff is on point with service making it a perfect spot for people in the area using a lunch hour, if those who just wish to grab a quick lunch.

I'm sorry I don't have pictures for this one. I normally order 2 bacon and egg tacos with flour tortilla plus a sweet tea in a to go cup. It depends on the day, the cook or maybe both. Sometimes the tacos is fresh and its delicious. Bacon well cooked and good ratio to bacon and egg. Then there were times where the tortilla wasn't fresh and my bacon was kinda burnt or not that well cooked like I like. My over all review is that it's good. You seat yourself and pay at the front. Staff is friendly and helpful.

I love Rita's! I've been going there for over a decade! It is our Sunday breakfast spot. The food is always delicious, the service is outstanding your coffee is always topped off. The ambience is really nice it gets busy especially after church but you are never waiting. The servers do an incredible job. Rita's is a family staple and I'll continue to go there for years to come.

I don't know how many times and I have driven by this place and never noticed it. I finally noticed a couple weeks ago and was invited to lunch This past Sunday. It was hopping. Parking lot was nearly full. Always a good sign. There was a short line to get a table, another good sign. I tried the Chili Relleno plate. So glad I did. This is a traditional style Relleno, lightly breaded with salsa on top. The insides contained cheese and picadillo that was very good. It came with Boracho beans and Mexican rice both of which were excellent. Yes, the tortillas were homemade. Of course there were the obligatory chips and salsa prior. The chips could use a little salt and the green salsa has a pretty good bite. Looking forward to another visit to try something else.

I've been eating breakfast every day for the past two years and always order the same thing. I get special order with my plate cooked a bit longer. Until today, there's never been a problem. I ordered the same today and the owner comes out to inform me that I will be getting my order the way they want to cook it. She informed me that after 2 years that they can't make my order the way I asked. How does a restaurant tell the customer how they are going to cook your food?! I will never eat here again. Same lady tried to tell me I couldn't buy tacos for a homeless guy outside. That staff is awesome but this is a horrible owner. Take your chances while eating here and don't order anything except the way they want you to have it. Here the customer is Not the priority, your money is

If I had a dime for every time I've passed a Tex-Mex joint on my way to work, I'd have $5,304.20.* My travels throughout the Alamo City have led me to innumerable Tex-Mex joints, some well known, some a little off the beaten path, and a few so obscure I wondered if I had unknowingly invited myself into a "casa de la abuela." Like most popular things, though, ubiquity often leads to complacency and mediocrity. As I pen this review, I struggle to count more than four outstanding Tex-Mex joints in the greater San Antonio area. Rita's Mexican Cocina is the very definition of run-of-the-mill Tex-Mex: heaping portions, cliched food, and several telltale signs of a kitchen cutting corners. Flour tortillas are a reliable litmus test for any Mexican restaurant. If the kitchen can execute a respectable tortilla -- one containing the holy quintet of ingredients, namely Sonoran wheat flour, warm water, lard, baking powder, and salt -- then dinner is off to a promising start. On my first visit to Rita's, my waitress assured me that the flour tortillas were made in house. Although undoubtedly homemade, the chalky, barely pliable frisbees that accompanied my Bandera Plate were a letdown. Their stiff texture pointed to an instant mix or all-purpose flour. No bueno!Guacamole is so inexpensive and easy to make from scratch that I wonder why so many restaurants rely on premade stuff. Perhaps someone behind the scenes at Rita's can explain, because the dollop of watery neon-green gloop served here is definitely not homemade. I might have been duped by its brightness (a squeeze of citrus can retard oxidation in fresh guacamole), but the unctuous, whipped texture was indicative of science-lab thickening agents such as guar gum or xantham gum. No bueno!The core components of my Bandera Plate -- namely one crispy beef taco, one beef puffy taco, and one beef enchilada -- were serviceable but average. Each component bore the same cumin-heavy, Tex-Mex-style picadillo meat (a plethora of picadillo...a picadillo profusion), but at least the beef/tomato/onion/cubed potato mixture was savory and satisfying. Several Yelpers have praised the refried beans that accompany every plate, but the allure of pasty, underseasoned mashed pintos eludes me.The most egregious offender at Rita's is unequivocally the taco norteno, an ironic celebration of the kitchen's worst offenders. A "toasted" (the kitchen's euphemistic parlance for "hard as a hockey puck") flour tortilla forms the base of a taco topped with a spoonful of gristly carne asada, a sprinkle of processed white cheese, and a dollop of the aforementioned glow-in-the-dark guacamole. I haven't a drop of Mexican blood in my body**, but I'm sure I could make a much better taco than this abomination. On a positive note, the servers are attentive and the restaurant appears to be clean. I considered adding an extra star for these reasons alone, but I just can't justify awarding Rita's Mexican Cocina a three-star "A-ok" rating. Sadly, by San Antonio's standards, Rita's is indeed "A-ok." The fact that I've dined here on three occasions proves that I'm part of the problem; I've eaten so much boring Tex-Mex over the years that I've become inured to its mediocrity. The time has come, however, for us to raise our expectations. A tourist on the Riverwalk might be content with a plate of greasy tacos or a side salad of wilted iceberg topped with store-bought guacamole, but we locals should demand better. ____________________________________________*I arrived at that dollar amount by using this simple equation:Years worked XDays worked per yearXTex-Mex restaurants countedNeurodiversity comes in handy sometimes.____________________________________________**At the moment. I've already digested and expelled the blood from my most recent victim.

Went for breakfast and we tried a few items.Mixed bacon and egg taco was a substantial amount. Bacon perfectly cooked.Barbacoa not too greasy and had great flavor.Star of the show was the Menudo. Some of the best I have had. Pancake and eggs were solid. Service here is also pretty stellar. Super friendly staff and helpful tips on ordering. Vibe was homey and you can tell they have a ton regulars. Great breakfast spot.

I've been ordering food from these for 2 years and their food is great! I usually get my food to go however these past two times I've eaten there. Not one time did anyone come over to see if there was anything I needed nor to refill my drink. When I gave zero tip the owner told me that if I don't tip then they won't want to service me and if her staff did something wrong to tell her. So I did. I felt pressured to give a tip. I always speak highly of this place and this will be my last time coming here due to that experience. I brushed aside the times when they would mess up my Togo order up and the owner would requested me to send her a picture via text of my food in order for them to remake it. Yes, you read correct she told me to text a number and include of picture of my food... You give grace to people but that was it for me.

Ordered 2 Carne Guisada (No cheese) and 2 Chorizo and potato. The order was $18. The chorizo and papa was mainly all potatoes