Best All Meat Barbacoa Tacos in San Antonio

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Tellez Tamales And Barbacoa
Tellez Tamales And Barbacoa
82/100 (3387 ratings)
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"Always consistent, always great! I drive from Dallas a couple times year. I call ahead and they freeze 20 dozen for me. All my friends and I agree,..."
Scotty Palomares
"Let me tell you, every time visit San Antonio I have to stop at Tellez. The food and the staff are outstanding. I only eat tamales from here. I stay..."
Bill Murray III
"Super friendly, great service! The food was ALL EXCELLENT, we tried barbacoa, tamales, refried beans, menudo, Papa ranchera, Carne a La Mexicana...."
Chasity Villarreal
"Tellez Tamales has freshly made Tex Mex food. From tamales to great tasting menudo. They have tacos, tortillas, gorditas, enchiladas, Barbacoa,..."
Mary Garcia
"Staff is very friendly and service is fast. Very organized especially for the amount of people who wait in line for tamales which are worth the wait...."
Jeannette Cruz Velasquez
"First and Last place I go to on my visits to San Antonio. I've known Mr. Tellez since I was stationed at Kelly AFB in late 1980's...."
Roberto Armando Griffin
"This is the best place in town for tamales and the only ones that come close to my grandmother's..."
Joseph Rodriguez
"Very friendly. Great service and great tamales! I was in San Antonio on business; walked in and asked if I could get 6 dozen frozen tamales to bring..."
Becky Reon Vincent
"Best tamales in the city. Love the Barbacoa also. Breakfast taco line moves pretty fast and great assortment of tacos. I rate the tamales as a 10,..."
Roland
"Go There. Just good stuff, especially the chicken..."
Kitchenhelp
"Great tamales. We finally made a trip to Tellez for some tamales to go. The interior is straightforward with a cafeteria line serving all types of..."
Albmel
"Andrew Zimmern Eats Here. This place is tamale king for many and has a good reputation and following around town. Come in and order a few hot and..."
Eloquent Epicurean
"Excellent tamales! Very reasonable..."
ChiefB
"Great tamales and carne guisada! Always consistently..."
Anthony Hernandez
"Too good! tamales are to die for and the barbacoa..mmmm I highly recommend them except for tripas..they were tough and tasteless. hope this..."
Fork In Mouth
"Tellez has got the traditional Tex-Mex version of the pork tamale down pat. Perfect ratio of masa to meat with just the right seasoning. The jalapeno..."
Martin Kuykendall
"Best tamales in san antonio hands down!everything else is just oktamales, tamales,..."
Taster Master
"Barbacoa & big red. Barbacoa, corn tortillas, avacado, big red on sunday.it`s all good in the..."
Trans Am Razz
"My mom loves a cup of champurado (warm chocolate drink) usually found around wintertime but, I can always count on Tellez to have it when I walk in...."
Elena
"Heart is in this food!! We had Menudo, Carne Asada, Carne Guisada, Chicken Mole, Tamales, Barbacoa, Chicharrones and Sweet Tea!! Everything and I..."
Melanee Reyna
"Stopped into Tellez at 7 a.m. on Thursday before Christmas. To be honest, I was preparing myself for an impossibly long line this close to the..."
Cleve Sanders
"The line around christmas time gets so long but its worth it. So wake up early to get a good spot. The tamales are the best in town hands..."
Clarissa Acuna
"Food was good. Easy to order. The tortillas are just warm which robs you of the fresco..."
Jose Luis Ramos
"They have the best tamales west OR east of the Mississippi! Especially the pork and jalapeno. It is a first rate..."
Bill Fowler
"A very popular place to get tamales and etc... We arrived at 5:50 a.m. and there was about 20 people ahead of us. The line went..."
Rebecca Capitol
"I passed the store on my way to my DPS appointment down the street. I took a mental note, remembering I've heard they're known for their tamales but..."
David and Ruthie Wu
"Loved that you can get tamales at 5am. The process was easy and well..."
Debra Smiley
"The tamales didn't disappoint. They hit the spot. On the smaller side but great flavor, does taste home made . Also ordered a menudo and it was good,..."
Jonathan Cardoza
"I like it but they always run out of things..even if I come earlier ..or later..no corn tortillas no tea..no champurado..no chicharron. No reg. Bbq...."
Cindy C
"Good Morning everyone. I spoke to Brenda the manager this morning from Tellez Tamalez & Barbacoa. Very nice and professional individual. I plan to..."
Carmen Solano Morey
"Chicken tamales are the best. They are a little small but they worth every penny. The barbacoa is..."
Yessica Henriquez
"Tamales were amazing as always. No line when I went, and they had several options to choose..."
Tracy Kindla
"The owner was so polite and friendly. The food is the best; fresh tamales and corn,flour tortillas everything there is always freshly cooked. I..."
Elizabeth Munoz