Just had dinner there tonight with the family. What has happened to this place? It used to be a top 100 restaurant, but the food and service quality has gone way down.

Asked for lime twice before they brought some lemons, fajitas had a lot of chewy gristle, enchilada tortillas were over cooked and hard, they put in the wrong order for my son (asked for kids meal and give us full order), and overall the quality wasn't there. I get much better food at my local tex-mex.

Maybe it was just a bad night but probably not going back there again any time soon.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. After living in Houston for 40 years and San Antonio for a few, the best bang for your buck is taco cabana and las Palapas. Everything else is overpriced and eh.

Lower your standards.

Las Palapas is great.

BrazosDog02 said:

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Everything else is overpriced and eh.

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perhaps you'd prefer Canadian cuisine!

never knew anyone that actually went there to eat, humph

Sylvia's is the place over by 2nd Baptist, right? I always thought that was more of a "be seen" place for the middle aged and older Memorial Villages crowd who kinda, sorta wanted Tex-Mex.

I think it was closer to westheimer and kirkwood.

I think there are 2 locations. One off of Voss and woodway and one on N Eldridge south of 10.

A Las Palapas Macho Burrito used to be hard to beat, but the last time I had one it had shrunk considerably. Calling it Macho is borderline false advertising now.

I'll just stick with Taqueria Arandas

TarponChaser said:

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Sylvia's is the place over by 2nd Baptist, right? I always thought that was more of a "be seen" place for the middle aged and older Memorial Villages crowd who kinda, sorta wanted Tex-Mex.

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Yes, but they also have another location at Eldridge and Memorial. I have actually had better experience at the Eldridge location vs Woodway.

what happened?

My guess is that Silvia is either retired or one foot out the door.

I haven't seen her the last several times I've been.

H-town ag said:

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TarponChaser said:

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Sylvia's is the place over by 2nd Baptist, right? I always thought that was more of a "be seen" place for the middle aged and older Memorial Villages crowd who kinda, sorta wanted Tex-Mex.

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Yes, but they also have another location at Eldridge and Memorial. I have actually had better experience at the Eldridge location vs Woodway.

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I always liked the Westheimer location.

Had lunch today at the Eldridge & Enclave location. It was good and service was good.

I remember her husband was always hanging at the bar. Thought he went to prison for shooting a guy. Was some time ago.

In fairness to your server and whoever they asked for the lime, "lime" and "lemon" might be the same word in Spanish depending on the country they are from. You might differentiate by asking for a "green lemon" next time. You might also sound like a crazy person saying it like that, though. Either way, good luck!

TarponChaser said:

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Sylvia's is the place over by 2nd Baptist, right? I always thought that was more of a "be seen" place for the middle aged and older Memorial Villages crowd who kinda, sorta wanted Tex-Mex.

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You're thinking of the Escalantes right there as the Tex mex 'be seen' spot

ccolley68 said:

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TarponChaser said:

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Sylvia's is the place over by 2nd Baptist, right? I always thought that was more of a "be seen" place for the middle aged and older Memorial Villages crowd who kinda, sorta wanted Tex-Mex.

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You're thinking of the Escalantes right there as the Tex mex 'be seen' spot

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Nope.

Escalante's is too gauche and for the new money crowd. Sylvia's is for the olds.

That definitely was not the issue

jetch17 said:

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Escalantes is ass, i dont know why anyone would ever go there. Been dragged to a couple lunches at the town & country one - total bullsh*t

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Agreed. Escalantes is like Mexican food for uppity Dallas people.

my rule of thumb is judging a Mexican restaurant by the flavor of the beans and maybe their salsa. More often than not, if their beans or salsa aren't great, the rest of the food isn't going to be either.

if you cant get cheese enchiladas right, the rest will lick.

- cheese enchiladas
- queso
- salsa
- margs

the 4 staples. You can even manage to slack in one category if the others are up to snuff.