Ted's Café Escondido

700 N Interstate Dr, Norman - 73072
606 reviews
Mexican
(405) 307-8337

Great food and the service was excellent!!

Food and service was great! The complimentary chips, salsa, queso and tortillas with the meal are awesome!!

good food great staff and atmosphere

Let me start by saying that I'm not really a big fan of Ted's.That being said - this particular visit was spectacular!The service (thank you Trinity) was amazing! The food was delicious and delivered quickly. We had a party of 8 during the busy after-church rush on Mother's day - and we couldn't have had a better experience.

The best service and great food. Was shocked at how low my bill was. Had two plates one of which was fajita steak, a mixed drink, and two orders of the extra hot salsa all for under 40 bucks! 5 stars from my family.

We wanted something different for lunch: not fast food, not haute cuisine (we're on vacay, in shorts) and in searching for places open on Monday...Ted's popped up. The menu has so many dishes that are customizable, it's implausible. But it's real. They don't just bring chips and salsa. Chips are fresh, thin and not terribly greasy. They bring a slighly smokey salsa, a medium- hot salsa, a cheese dip and pickled veggies that include jalapeños. Defintely not your usual Tex-Mex fare. But they also bring tortillas! We chose flour tortillas. These were hefty tortillas, lovely texture, served piping hot. I had a bowl. The cilantro lime rice, seasoned grilled chicken (wow good), refried beans (gently spiced, quite tasty), lettuce, pico de gallo their homemade guacamole - it was so delicious I ate nearly every bite. I don't usually do that. Mostly I save half for later or give half to hubby. My husband got the pork enchilada with crema sauce. My husband's family are from NM, so he's more critical. He didn't think the flavors were robust or spicy enough, but this is someone who can eat ghost peppers. He really liked my dish, though. The sopapillas were the most authentic - per hubby -they are puffed up like pillows. The not authentic part is the cinnamon sugar which I LOVE. They come with honey. Definitely a great lunch. Portions are quite generous. Prices are average. Only real downside - two beers on tap. Bottled selection was quite satisfactory.

This place never disappoints! It's tradition to come have dinner for my dad's birthday here. I will say the most memorable birthday dinner yet was when we were there yesterday (05/02)! Tornado sirens were blowing and the servers made sure to come by our table and let us know that the sirens were going off, (we were staying weather aware on our news apps anyways) and in the case of an emergency that their safe spot is the freezer. Very polite and informative!!

Love the food and drinks here. This fajita chicken taco salad was just the right amount of meat and veggies that I neeed.

They bring salsa and cheese dip complementary. Enjoy their flour tortillas and sopapillas.

We stopped in for dinner after being on the road all day. We were seated promptly but it was about an hour to closing time. Our waitress was nice but very rushed. It was as if we were being pushed to decide. We ordered and it came promptly. I was expecting better food. It was just ok. I would not go back.