Little Rey
Mexican restaurant · Greenway
2345 Mid Ln, Houston, TX 77027
Highlights
Pollo al carbon tacos, margaritas, salsa bar & patio seating
Pollo al carbon tacos, margaritas, salsa bar & patio seating
"Ford Fry, the Atlanta-based, Houston-born chef behind Superica and La Lucha, brings the first local outpost of this restaurant that celebrates Northern Mexican cuisine. Expect street-style tacos, migas tacos for breakfast, fresh salsa, and plenty of margaritas. Don’t miss the signature dish — Little Rey’s wood-roasted chicken al carbon, cooked over coals in-house. Seal the experience with its soft-serve ice cream, which comes in unique flavors like tres leches and salty cajeta with fried peanuts. Time your visit to coincide with their weekday happy hour, when margaritas are half-off from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m." - Brianna Griff
"For a more casual dining experience, head to chef Ford Fry’s most casual spot. All-day Mexican restaurant Little Rey offers tacos of all sorts, breakfast chalupas, hotcakes slathered in butter, gooey queso, pozole, and so much more. For the full experience, try its signature dish, pollo al carbon — a half chicken roasted over coals is served with corn or flour tortillas, smoked onions and jalapeños, ranch beans, and cilantro rice. Don’t skimp on drinks or dessert. Margaritas and agua frescas offer the perfect refreshers, and the soft-serve ice cream, coming in flavors like tres leches and salty cajeta with fried peanuts, pair well with Little Rey’s fried plantains." - Marcy de Luna
"Atlanta-based chef Ford Fry’s fast-casual North Mexican restaurant is big on tacos al carbon, fresh tortillas, and margaritas, but the restaurant also knows a great dessert. Little Rey has debuted its new seasonal pumpkin-spiced soft serve ice cream, which comes topped with candied pumpkin seed, pumpkin seed oil, and pumpkin spice — a cool and sweet option for Houston’s warm version of fall." - Brittany Britto Garley
"Little Rey is best known for their pollo al carbon tacos, and for good reason. The meat at this fast-casual spot is smokey and tender enough to eat by itself—it’s not a filling, it’s the main event. And while their flour tortillas are too dense to be our favorite in the city, they will still do the job for a quick lunch. The atmosphere of this airy Mexican restaurant is the perfect spot to have a grapefruit margarita on the patio with your labradoodle or chips and guac with your work friends. " - gianni greene, chelsea thomas
"Little Rey in River Oaks is best known for their pollo al carbon tacos, and for good reason. The meat at this fast-casual spot is smokey and tender enough to eat by itself—it’s not a filling, it’s the main event. And while their flour tortillas are too dense to be our favorite in the city, they will still do the job for a quick lunch. The atmosphere of this airy Mexican restaurant is the perfect spot to have a grapefruit margarita on the patio with your labradoodle or chips and guac with your work friends. photo credit: Andrew Thomas Lee photo credit: Andrew Thomas Lee photo credit: Andrew Thomas Lee" - Gianni Greene
