Monterrey Cafe

Only been in for breakfast tacos but they are sooo good! Reasonable price, fresh tortillas and over just taste good.

Excellent! Real deal Mexican food, worth the trip for the fat, warm, homemade corn tortillas alone. My puffy taco was different from the usual, with the filling served on top of a soft and chewy corn tortilla fried golden brown. My son had standard beef fajitas with tender meat and good grilled veggies.
The ambiance is unassuming but clean, and the selection is huge, including Salvadoran selections. This was a quick stop on a trip up I-​35, but we left happy.

We Unilocaled this while on the way from San Antonio to Austin. Great food, good service. Authentic Mexican Food!

Best tacos I ever ate! Delicious and fresh. All homemade. So glad we found this place!

Great breakfast tacos!
And they open really early too!
Just good fast Mexican food at a very good price.

This is the spot!!! It’s what we call a «joint», a «lil’ hole in the wall» which we were looking for here… always has the best food. Never used to see it open cause it always closes by 3pm, «since they open about 4:30am), but finalllllly they are open til’ 9pm on Fridays only. You talkin’ about the best breakfast tacos mmm… with the BEST homemade flour tortillas, but you gotta put the lil’ red sauce on every bite, cause that just makes it. They can get you a bunch of sauces if you ask, or you can grab some right by the cash register on the left in a lil silver bucket thing with ice in it.
But not only breakfast food is good here… mmm, I cannot believe they actually have Pupusa’s here. It’s an El Salvadoran lil’ round pocket of goodness. which you can get a variety of things in it-​like cheese, bean & cheese or meat, loroco, and it comes with a cabbagey type stuff that you stuff in it,(I know it sounds like no way and I wouldn’t think so but it is sooo good and crunchy and really makes it. Ooh and another El Salvadoran dish is «Platanos con crème y frijoles”-other countries call them Plantains, etc, but the dish is really just cooked to perfection softish in middle, yet slight crunch on outside sort of bananas, with refried beans and crème, that when all put together in your mouth is… a m a z in g
They also have lots of good other things, and it’s not fancy but there’s a ton of people going in and out, especially in mornings, taking that bag of goodness… to go-(para llevar).

Read the reviews on this place and thought we should check it out. If you’re looking for awesome breakfast tacos you need to try this place out. The corn and flour tortillas are authentic, the fillings are full of flavor and to top it off their chips and salsa are so good.
Friendly and fast service.

I always stop here otw from Kyle to San Antonio. The corn torts are off the hook. They must have a flock of Mexican Grandmas celebrating the craft of Mexican culinary arts using simply staples and a warm abrazo 8-)

Wow! If you are passing through New Braunfels you HAVE to stop here! I’m a breakfast eater, so I tried the chorizo con huevo plate and it was amazing! The beans are excellent, the salsa is tasty and the chorizo has a great flavor! Two thumbs way up! Service wasn’t amazing, but the food made up for it.

Outstanding service and food. Enchiladas Poblanos plate fantastic! Home made corn tortillas on the side were to die for. Those alone are worth the trip!
Be advised that the outside of the restaurant looks like a dive, and the two room interior is not much better. That being said, the inside is clean, the service warm and friendly, the wonderful food comes out quickly and piping hot and the prices are very reasonable. You need to make the effort to go for breakfast or lunch… you will not be disappointed.

If you ever wanted to taste homeade corn tortillas then this is the place where you will find them. I have to warn you guys, that this place from the outside looks like it has had better days. But don’t be quick to judge a book by its cover. The prices are pretty good. Most likely the waitress will greet you in spanish. Alot of items on the menu are mispelled, which is all good. The breakfast is pretty good. The chili verde has some kick to it. The barbacoba is to die for. As far as their lunch and dinner go, the fajitas are the BEST. Lots of meat with little onions and peppers, but lots of FLAVOR! The waitress will stop by your table every 10 min to see if you need anything.

Food is great and they have homemade corn tortillas

Was in New Braunfels nursing my Wurstfest hangover when the need for food hit me. Mexican food to be specific. So I pull up the Unilocal app, do a quick search, and lo and behold, I find this hole-​in-​the-​wall meskin joint. The best kind. So off I goes…
I get here and… hmm, the exterior has definitely seen better days. I’m a little hesitant at this point. It’s run-​down; and not in a cool, quirky way either. Inside is not much better, just two rooms put together in a ramshackle kinda way.
Okay, let’s get to the food, Maybe the food will be the saving grace. I order the chorizo plate and the girlfriend decides to get the carne guisada. Let it be known that I always judge a Mexican food place by the carne guisada so I was happy that she ordered some.
The food comes and… meh, my chorizo plate was a little underwhelming. Nothing really stood out. I guess the best way to describe it would be unmemorable.
That leaves the carne guisada that I shared with the girlfriend. After just one bite all I can say is there was definitely a funny taste to it. I’m not sure what it was; but something was off. So much so that she refused to finish it leaving me to make the excuse that I was too full from my plate to finish it off. I think somebody forgot to check an expiration date somewhere.
So, to summarize: Won’t be coming back.

You will not be disappointed. Amazing food and great service… this place is a gem!

I vacillated between 3 and 4 stars for Monterrey Café‘ — but closer to 4 stars, for me.
Like previous reviewer Scott, I consider the Monterrey kind of a good secret (I eat here every time I’m between San Antonio and Austin on I-​35 — 6 or so times a year); though I dispute the claim that they’re «one of the few» places that makes scratch tortillas. In New Braunfels, perhaps — but honestly, every single Mom’n’Pop taqueria I’ve visited in San Antonio makes their own flour AND corn tortillas.
The one thing I find kind of weird is the trip back to the ladies’ room, which — sandwiched in an odd, dark corridor between the kitchen area and a storage area — looks like an afterthought («Oh, wow, what if we have female customers and they need to tinkle? Maybe we better convert that broom closet into a bathroom!»): if you blink, you’ll miss it and wind up staring at mops and such, as I have a couple of times.
Nevertheless: the food is very good (usually); service is excellent; and I love the one-​of-​a-​kind Mexican embroidered cloths on each table!

First off, everyone and every place has an off day. How can you write an objective review on the only bad experience you had at a place? Here’s a real review:
Monterrey Café… sooooo delightful. I almost hesitated reviewing this as it’s my little secret spot. What isn’t a secret is my presence almost every Saturday. I consider myself an expert in Mexican food, and have at least 40 extra lbs to prove it. Monterrey is one of the few places in the area including San Antonio that makes home made corn tortillas in addition to home made flour. If you have not had a home made corn tortilla before, you have not lived a full life. Not only are they much healthier than flour, but have so much more flavor and texture. Monterrey nails it, EVERY TIME. Now, New Braunfels isn’t exactly lacking in taco joints, but this one stands out and is by far my favorite in town. I have a few criteria for Mexican joints that I feel will benefit everyone for selection in other areas (particularly for Gringo’s):
1) The outside must have a poster advertising a Tejano band at a venue you have never heard of or been to
2) If you are not of Hispanic decent, you better be in the minority in the establishment (preferably the only non-​Hispanic)
3) You feel a little uncertain about using the bathroom
4) There is Tejano music blaring loudly regardless of the time of day
5) You are greeted by your waitress in Spanish, because she doesn’t speak English
If you follow these guidelines, you too may find your own Monterrey Café. If you have the pleasure of trying Monterrey yourself order the taco of your choice or some of my recommendations: Bean, Bacon, and Cheese on Corn — I’m not sure how much bacon grease is already in the beans at Monterrey, but it is of divine origin. Migas Plate, Machacado Plate, and Barbacoa on Corn. I went through a period of getting the Migas Plate every visit and if I was exceptionally hungry or hungover — added a Barbacoa on Corn. You really can’t go wrong here.
Buenos Noches, Roaches

If this review was written on my last visit I would have rated this place 4 stars. But today if I had brought someone to try the Monterrey café I would be embarrassed. The chips were not fresh they were sever days old. The Chile relleno that was awesome last time had no taste and was swimming in grease. I hope the next review will be better I miss the quality.