El Metate - Signal Mountain

My favorite Mexican restaurant. I have eaten as much as every day for a month. Great baptism very friendly people. I recommend these young.

I have never written a bad review. that will change now. we tried el metate several times. the inhabitants of the signal mountain are always happy to open a new restaurant. good restaurants on signal are few and far between and too often do not keep. with el metate we never had a good experience and for the greatest part it is not about eating. eating is mediocre. it's about hiring and service. we still have to be greeted with a smile. it always seems that who is at the front is best, hardly tolerant. each time after sitting we waited at least 10 minutes before a server has come to our table. Last time we set up a phone timer. We...read more

Uninterested staff. mediocre best eat. they obviously don't appreciate their clientele.

I lived in Houston for almost 15yrs.This place is nothing to write home about.El Metate will do in a pinch if you're on the mountain and don't want to go into town. It normally has a crowd that would make you think it's the bees knees. I'm guess they're drawn to the facts that it's open later than most places and chip are free.

They treat us like family every time we come in and the food is just good Mexican food. Can't recommend enough, all the servers know us by name!