Picante's Mexican Restaurante & Cantina

EXCELLENT, JUST EXCELLENT ! As one has spent decades in Corpus Christi, Austin, Galveston, Brownsville Houston; this is the BEST of the Mexican Tex-Mex choices in the Lafayette region. It is worth the few minutes drive up IH49. Rick

The salsa is good. It tastes like it has black pepper in it, which is weird but not bad. Our biggest complaint here was the service. Our waitress had more tables than she could handle and consequently we were ignored. She also didn't write down our orders. Some waiters can do this and kick butt at it. Not her. She messed up our food and because she never came back to the table so we just had to deal with it. It took forever to get her attention for our check. The thing that finally got her attention was that my dining partner walked up and helped himself to the takeout containers. I wouldn't recommend stopping here unless you don't have any other options.

Being vegan in Lafayette comes with challenges when looking for a restaurant. Thank you Picantes for giving me a delicious safe option!! Not only is the food yum, the staff is educated in vegetarian veganism. All of the staff that has served me has shared that the owners are vegetarian take it very seriously that their customers have this option. I love the veggie fajitas! Veggie rice beans are yum too! Yesterday I went for lunch had the lunch fajita wrap with no meat cheese, just veggies. OMG!! They packed that thing with tons of perfectly seasoned cooked veggies!! It was delicious!! Thanks again Picantes! Wish I would have taken a picture before scarfing down my food. Oh service has always been excellent!

Although they are pricey the combination fajita platter I got here was really good

Been going here since I moved here from NY back in 98. It's my home/staple for TeX Mex. Love the staff more than anything! Well, maybe the Empanadas come first. Tacos have always been on target, my hub LOVES the Chimi Gigante. Doris and Raven the waitresses have been there for years and makes you feel like family. They have a fun karaoke night and margarita specials are great. For cooler nights or those that don't mind La. heat there is an awesome patio seating. Oh yeah, I like the ribeye steak and the ribs, I like my ribs without sauce....meat falls off the bone. Hope they are here forever!