Taco Cabana

This location is ghetto!!! Every time I go here, there are homeless people just hanging out and charging their phones. The dining room is not clean. The salsa bar looks untended. The bathroom looks like a gas station bathroom out on the highway. The staff seems overwhelmed. I like Taco C’s food, but I’d recommend a different location.

I wish I could give it fewer stars. I’ve been 4 – 5 times and each time, I’ve had to wait because the guy at the register didn’t know what to do, Each time, my order has been messed up. Each time, I’ve had to go ask where my food is (2 tacos/​nachos/​queso??) and each time, it’s mediocre. Also, it does not take 3 people to discuss and make a taco. Also, the female manager should not argue w/​customers when the order is wrong. Just fix it, apologize and then fix the systemic problem. Customers don’t care to hear it. She took almost 5 min arguing w/​a guy in front of me tonight about crispy and soft tacos. I would have asked for my money back but I was afraid to hand that guy my debit card again.

I was the only one in the drive thru at 3am so I dont understand how they messed up my order, ran out of rice, had no salsa… but what made it worse they were playing and laughing. So unprofessional, I’ll never go back.

Ordering was very slow. Staff indifferent. Dining room was filthy had to clean our own table.

The worst Taco C in I’ve ever been to. Live in the area so it’s my like a one off thing. This location needs new mgmt new employees new something. Save yourself the trouble and go to the one on Riverside its up to par.
As for me they have ruined Taco C to the point that if I need something late ugh I guess I’d rather go to Taco Bell which is saying a lot.

Ran out of steak and didn’t tell us until after we waited here for 20 min after we purchased

The worst place to come for dinner. Employees look lost and lack of professionalism. I will never come here again due to the fact that it took almost 45 minutes to receive my order and then my order came out completely wrong of what I’ve asked for and paid for very dirty place and not a place that I recommend to anyone to have dinner. Please if you’re reading this, and you’re on your way to taco cabana turn around and go somewhere else.

I don’t really like giving reviews on fast food chains because you can’t really expect much in the first place but this was ridiculous. I got an enchilada plate and my enchilada was hard as a rock! I couldn’t even cut through it at all. It was disgusting. I can’t believe I paid that much for something I couldn’t eat. It also took way too long for how gross it was. While sitting there waiting I was thinking that maybe it’s a good thing it is taking a long time, that should mean it’s fresh! NOPE. Oh but luckily they give you free tortillas so I was able to eat a little something. Woo! Thanks Taco Cabana, I feel better now…

I cannot explain how OVER TC I am!!! 2^nd time this week that I gave them a try and each time, their incompetent staff got my order wrong or served me gross food! I asked for a simple taco today: bean, cheese and potato. I received black bean and egg! WHAT?!? That is nothing like what I ordered. I brought my order into the store to get it fixed… they fix it with the wrong tacos! AGAIN! The guy who made my taco had my receipt and I told him, beans-​potato-​cheese and then he goes onto make black beans and rice! I have given up, these people are so dull that they cannot even understand and put together 3 ingredients on damn tortilla!!! UGH!

As a longtime bachelor, I am a longtime devotee of The Cabana. Who else can provide such great variety of options at all hours of the day? The Cabana can. But, alas their consistently-​happy noshing report card has been marred by a big black D– from the southeast Austin location.
I order what I affectionately call God’s Meal — when I began eating at TC, the total after tax was $ 7.77. Obviously a sign from above. God’s Meal is the Three Enchilada Plate (one chicken, cheese, and beef) plus and extra beef taco. So upon having requested my daily bread I am informed that they do not offer chicken and it has been a long time since they have. Two beef and one cheese enchilada are soon handed over in a plastic bag that is somehow full of enchilada sauce from the sloppily-​made enchilada dinner. I may in fact be complaining about fast food, but my point is only to ask if any establishment should hand a customer a bag that is less like a food fiesta and more like a full diaper? Long story short, they offered to remake it, but I opted for a refund, which was given. (I did not want to tempt the wrath of Taco God anymore.)

Consistently rude, incorrect orders, slow, and overpriced cold food. Staff in the drive through is rude and mocks your Spanish. Unbelievably bad service and overpriced food.

Horrible: service, quality, cleanliness, food had odd color and smell

sadly it seems like one of my oldest and most favorite institutions is going the way of homogenized fast food joints. i can remember ordering chicken fajitas and getting savory skillet of hot chicken with generous peppers and onions cooked in for added flavor. today i ordered the half pound chicken fajitas plate… what I received was a half of a grilled chicken breast, not even fully cut up, served with a scant portion of cold sliced up onions and bell peppers server on a piece of aluminum foil. very unappetizing and not particularly satisfying.
strangely they handed me a roll of about 20 corn tortillas to go with the fajitas? i would have needed to put a single piece of meat or vegetable on each tortilla to eat them all. i ended up using 2 tortillas and throwing the other 18 away. another pet peeve of mine, wasting food.
this place seems more geared to quick in and out dining. i guess the days of happy medium between fast food and full service dining are gone.

Very slow and very bad service. I waited for like 18 mins to get my meal, and there were just me and other 2 or 3 other customers in the restaurant. It was not busy at all! Their staff are just all slow. I guess there was only one person that cooks in the store.

Speedy drive thru and outstanding beam and cheese tacos. Our drive thru attendant, Brianna was extremely helpful and polite, smiling while she helped us with our order. She seemed very genuine and while some drive thru personnel can be rude, she was a delight.

On a real note… I hate this location. I’m not exaggerating when I say they ruin my order every time I have visited this location. My order is never too difficult. My last order was as follows: 3 steak fajita tacos (add the works, but no sour cream). 1 steak and egg taco. 1 order of sopaipillas. Medium sprite. That’s it.
Instead I received 3 steak fajita tacos with a fuckton of sour cream. A bacon (supposed to be steak) and egg taco and my sopaipillas had 4 squares in the box. All the other locations I’ve ordered them from I received at LEAST double that. Also, didn’t receive any honey or powder sugar for them. Needless to say I’m upset about it. Wouldn’t be so mad if this did it happen literally every time I go.

This Taco Cabana sucks. Terrible food and service, especially for the prices. The last 2 times I went there had a very bad experience. The first time it was a very simple order took 30 minutes for us to get it and the food was very salty, cold, and soggy. The last time I went there was yesterday and the extreme fat girl that took forever to come to the front got my order wrong and put in things I did not order, so I got the wrong food and over-​paid. The bathroom was also disgusting and nobody could speak any English except for the manager and the super fat white girl taking the order. Also, they give you a number for your table and then «call you» to come get your food? Why are you giving me a table number then idiots?
Bottom line:
1. DO NOT GO HERE.
2. Everyone that works here is extremely obese
3. Taco C is way over priced. Go to a little mexican hole in the wall instead.
4. Bathroom is nasty and never cleaned?

I’ve probably been to this location 4 or 5 times. As the other reviewers have already mentioned, the drive thru has ridiculously long wait times considering it’s «fast food.» It’s also expensive for a fast food joint! The food’s alright for what it is, but I only go here if I’m craving cheese enchiladas and don’t have time to stop at a legit Tex Mex place. Other reviewers have said this place is unclean on the inside, and I wouldn’t doubt that. Looks like it’s on to greener pastures for this enchilada junkie!

Its no Roberto’s =(but its ok for fast food Mexican food.
First off service was very sloooooowwww. The place also was not very clean and the workers just seamed as if they hated their jobs so the enviorment wasn’t that great.
As far as the food it was good for being fast food. I wasn’t a fan of the tacos very skimpy on the meat and cheese as well put like 3 strains of cheese on them. The flautas were pretty good i enjoyed them alot and I also enjoy the fact that they serve rice and beans unlike alot of drive thru Mexican places. So i guess at this place it just depends on what you order it can be hit or miss. I will be returning here to try other things on the menu.

My visit here was purely utilitarian. I was hungry and in a hurry. In retrospect, I should have just hit up one of many Mexican joints nearby. Meh… hindsight is 20/​20, right?
It all started at the drive up menu. The volume was so low, I barely heard the employee at the other end… so I just ordered blindly, hoping he understood what I said.
The prices are reasonable, so no complaint there.
I ordered the carne guisada burrito. Brown salty mess in a tortilla. It was wrapped shoddily and dripped all over the place. Now, when I say salty… I mean salty. It was damn near inedible.
Curiously, it looked exactly the same going out as coming into my body.
Next time, I’ll keep driving.