Lucy Cafe

Came in for a quick breakfast taco or 2 and wasn’t sure what to expect. Place is a little small but the food was excellent and the staff very friendly. Would come back more often if it was closer to where I live!

Lucy’s Café has the best tasting tortillas, ever! Every bite I had brought back memories of the tortillas my grandmother and mother use to make. Fresh and hot. Delicious. The décor is very kitsch, yet, welcoming. The breakfast plate of pork chop with egss and beans was tasty. It was the delicious tortillas that won me over.

Food is amazing, the flavors are really good and service is impeccable. Its family run so it has a very homey feeling. The woman there always havr smiles on their face and really have a happy disposition. Love them!

They serve amazing deliciously food and have great service!!! Although, it can get crowded sometimes since it’s quite small. But I recommend this restaurant and it is my go to place to eat!

Great place to eat and just relax.

Recommended!!! Both breakfast and lunch, great beans! Chilaquilles! Green enchiladas are like homemade, handmade corn and flour tortillas! Service is great! I won’t be surprised the next time I come see them when in town they’ll be in a bigger place, because they are great overall! Ps try the bakery next door for dessert! Yum! (La popular)

This was an unbelievable breakfast. Tortillas are the real deal. Barbacoa was good and service was excellent.

The best tortillas ever! Amazing enchiladas! The pork chops are to die for !!! I am fortunate to work near here and everything ordered has never disappointed. The caldo is so good on a cold day.

The best of the best tacos ever with fresh homemade flour and corn tortillas and always greeted with a smile and great customer service.

It’s a beautiful morning in San Antonio! Craving some taco decided to check out this authentic Mexican restaurant call Lucy café. the waiter was friendly an fast. I order a lemonade an it was huge! that’s awesome so I don’t have to keep asking for refills. I also learned they serve breakfast all day till two in the afternoon when they close. I ordered breakfast tacos an they were delicious an their pancakes are better then I thought it would be. overall I was really happy with this place it’s small but really good. yall got to check it out.

The breakfast tacos are delicious. The flour tortillas are made fresh and they serve breakfast all day, well until they close at 2:00pm. But for the most part the staff is friendly, the place is usually packed, so i suggest trying to get early before the church crowd gets there.

Gustavo Arellan wrote an excellent book called, Taco USA; «How the Taco Conquered the United States». His assertion was that the taco would become as popular as American Apple Pie, as prominent a fixture as the hot dog. He is partially correct. And whether you enjoy a fancy ten dollar one from Mi Tierra or a dollar one from Eddie’s Taco house our love for them is all the same. For my taste I choose the latter, the cheaper one, but nonetheless with big flavor from restaurants like Lucy’s Café.
Lucy’s sits in the middle of a Quinceanera store and a salon. It is small and unassuming. This is the taco palace for working men and professionals who want their food to go. You can go in an order, but there are very few tables. The tables have plastic coverings to prevent the wear and tear of the patrons that go in there to eat. It is not fancy beyond any means. No waiting to have a hostess seat you. And other than a few plates, odds and ends there is really nothing much to what they sell. However…
The food here is pretty darn good and cheap. They have bean and cheese, carne guisada, papas con huevos, the list goes on and on of what items they have. The food is always warm. The tortillas are fresh and quite tasty. I always find myself tearing into them, pulling them apart with my hands. Herds go in the mornings to score some for themselves. The late to work take a box packed with their goodies as a peace offering to coworkers and bosses.

In addition the service is good. The servers are helpful and try their best to get you your food quickly. The only issue I have with this place is that in the mornings, when it gets slammed with customers there is no parking. When this place opens it can get packed with patrons. My suggestion to you is to place your order by phone and then go pick it up. It is a lot easier this way.
Lucy’s Café is no frills Tex-​Mex Food. Good tacos at really good prices. If you want ambiance go to the Eddies’ Taco House in Thousand Oaks. If you just want tacos «dirty deeds done cheap» then go to Lucy’s. Don’t forget to include your Mexican Coca Cola. It is fast replacing Pepsi as the drink of the USA, at least South Texas…

This is by far the best Mexican food in San Antonio. It’s very hard to find a place in SA that has good mexican food because most Mexican restaurants are too Tex Mex. You won’t have that problem with Lucy’s. Gotta warn you that it’s a hole in the wall mom and pop restaurant that only accepts cash, but it’s well worth it.

A must eat place in San Antonio. There are many days that I consider driving from Dallas just to eat breakfast. They hand-​made tortillas are wonderful and the flour are the best I’ve ever had (and I’ve had plenty!). You are not paying for any ambiance so beware that this is a local dive but the food doesn’t get better.