Cookie’s Mexican Food

Agree with all the other good reviews here – great food, attentive service. And, it’s definitely one of those places you can call «a find” – because it’s off the main street, no clear signage, sketchy neighborhood, and behind a ‘Shell-​gas-​station-​that-​lost-​its-​franchise-​and-​is-​no-​longer-​a-​Shell-​station’ (you get the picture), but when you open the door, bam, there it is: a perfect little mexican restaurant opens up before you, with all the ‘right’ kind of aromas, sounds and décor – ‘This is gonna be good’ you tell yourself, and you’re right. Today I had huevos rancheros. It was not the ‘layered’ version, with eggs and beans over a tortilla. Rather, just eggs and beans and potatoes on a plate, with tortillas on the side. The ranchera sauce was kind of a stewed tomato version – really tasty with a little kick. So, as I mentioned, and based on just one visit, agree with all the reviews of great food and service.
However, and it’s not a big deal, really, but I gotta say (and if you read all the reviews, you’ll see similar comments), that’s it’s a little too expensive. Two coffees, two heuvos rancheros – $ 24+, plus a tip: $ 30. And I see lunch items on the menu at $ 11+. Yes, of course it’s better to pay a couple bucks more and get better food, and yes, I’d rather give my money to whomever owns this place rather than to any chain/​corporate outfit, but still, I think it’s more than you would otherwise expect to pay. And, if they’re going to creep into the 10 – 12 range per person, ok, but then: please provide flatware, not disposable plastic; please provide a real cup for coffee, not styrofoam, etc. Maybe I’m the only one that thinks this way, but the ‘find’ and ‘hole in the wall’ feel-​good vibes go down when when the prices go too high, don’t they?. It’s not about the money. It’s out of balance. Also takes away another silly, small pleasure of mine: getting a cheap but good meal, and then leaving a ridiculously large tip – 40−50%. Today, breakfast for two was $ 24+, so I round up to $ 30 – i.e. a $ 5+ tip. It causes you to think, ‘OK, I thought it was a simple little family-​run place, but it turns out they’re shrewd, and they’re bankin’ it.’ Now who’s the simple one?
Without the price ‘mismatch,’ five stars.
Nitpicky rant over. I’ll definitely back.

Really one of McKinneys best kept secrets. The food is made with love and you can taste it. This is the real deal so yes the hot sauce is hot lol

Love little Mexican hole in the wall places like this, service was great super friendly staff, authentic Mexican sodas and drinks. price was fair food was very good, and on the plus side it’s within walking distance from my office!
If you want some good food and can’t get in to a restaurant in down town McKinney without a wait, come here, you won’t be disappointed. It’s just on the other side of highway 5 from down town McKinney.

The most authentic mexican food I have found in DFW. Not Tex mex. you won’t find sugary salsa, cheddar cheese and cilantro. The salsa is a deep rich smokey sauce like a liquid red chili. Fantastic homemade tortillas. It’s not gourmet — it’s like eating at their home.

Just had the best enchiladas, ever! Their Mexican rice is really good too. Check out their daily specials, my favorite is the chile relleño with picadillo. They are so accommodating to any request you have. My husband loves the lamb consome and the pork & cactus tacos in a rojo sauce.

Some of the best Baja style street tacos I’ve had so far here in Texas. Lengua was tasty!

No parking but the food is AMAZING! Service is great, everyone was extremely welcoming. If you want authentic Mexican food, this is the place to be!

WOW, went to this little gem of a hole in the wall and I had the best, freshest, made to order breakfast burrito on the planet! Place was absolutely packed but ten minutes after we placed our order for a breakfast burrito and green and hot tee red salsa we were back on the road headed home to eat them. Beans, rice, beef, chorizo, ham, cheese, potatoes, wrapped in a very large tortilla then browned on both sides. AMAZING! A huge breakfast burrito, freshly made to order is only $ 7.50 and could easily be split between two people (little did we know!) great, friendly, fast service. Lots of other very traditional Mexican food all in Spanish except for the five American menu items which includes hamburgers. Other items on menu were, menudo, consume, tacos, goat, carne Asada, just a whole bunch of fabulous food. The two chiles we had, green and red were fresh fresh fresh! Takeout or eat there. I also saw traditional Mexican Coke with real cane sugar which is usually drank while consuming spicy food to dampen the
spiciness a little just before you start screaming in pain. Truly amazing, you won’t be disappointed!

We’ve been looking for a great place to get some menudo and breakfast tacos. Based on other reviews, we decided to give this place a try. We were blown away with the taste and portions of the breakfast burritos (too big to be called tacos). The menudo was just like my mom and abuela used to make; Thick, hearty, and very flavorful.
The place is family owned and operated. Great place to get some authentic Mexican breakfast. We’ll be back!

Really great authentic tacos, and even better service! The pastor taco was my favorite of the three I tried.

Really really great food and nice staff! The aesthetic might be a little odd at first, but don’t turn around! Just walk up to the front and order and you won’t be disappointed at all. Parking is a little difficult to find, but that’s not the restaurants fault.

We have come here tons over the years and it doesn’t get any better than this! My family loves their fruit water and Tortas.

This was totally unexpected but I went on Unilocal Reviews. I had the Chicarron Verde and it was so tender and moist. I am definitely coming back for the rice especially. Don’t let the building or ambiance scare you off. It’s behind the Shell Gas station.
Thanks Unilocalers for the good reviews

To start, this is not a grocery store. (Think food truck without wheels) It’s a a small Authentic Mexican restaurant. Parking is difficult and it doesn’t look like much inside and out.
My wife and I were tasked to find a place to order enough breakfast tacos to feed 75 Varsity football players. For the first week we opted for 200 tacos from Taco Cabana. Since we were out we decided to try every taco place in McKinney. We’ve always heard Cookies was the place to go.
These weren’t tacos, these are large burritos. Both the sausage and chorizo were excellent. After seeing all other dishes being served, I just wanted to stay here all day and eat.
The staff was very friendly.
Give it a try.

CASH ONLY now
It’s been a long time since I had pretty darn good Mexican food. I wish they had prices to ensure every one is paying the same price.
Let’s start on what I’ve had so far
Chilaquiles — A++
Migas A+
Homemade flour tortillas — Snaps. Damn good
Gorditas guiso rojo con nopaltos. Damn GOOD
Gordita chicharron verde. Didn’t woo me
Picked up some Breakfast burritos with chorizo-​cheese –potatoes and beans. Co-​workers loves them

I’ve been in here three times now and have been pretty impressed. The first time was take out burritos on the start of a 9 hour road trip – deshebrada and chorizo and eggs. Both solid with a little of the delicious green hot sauce. It was $ 10 for the two burritos
Second time was a few friends, between us we had menudo (A++), migas (A+), enchiladas (A) and huevos rancheros (B). I can’t speak to the menudo but I was told it was amazing. migas are hard to mess up and he seemed happy with them. Enchiladas had a good flavor and were served will killer rice and beans, but they weren’t very saucey. Huevos rancheros might be worth trying on another day… after we ordered they informed us that they were out of ranchero sauce and gave us other sauce options. The green was chosen, and while delicious, wasn’t huevos rancheros at all… there wasn’t even the lightly fried corn tortilla underneath the eggs.
Last time was just today. My husband and I came in during lunch and got the two meat lunch special. Deshebrada, steak and potatoes, red chile pork and picadillo served with rice, beans and tortillas. Everything was good. My only complaint is that for those two plates and two bottled diet cokes, it was over $ 21.
If I could get the cost down to a hole in the wall Mexican restaurant, it’d be 4 stars in my book.

Absolutely delicious authentic Mexican food! Super friendly and hardworking family that runs the place.

Love this place. It’s one of my regular spots. I come for the delicious fresh and authentic food. It’s a great spot for lunch or takeout. It can be hard to spot since it is off the main street but well worth the find.
My usual order involves tacos or quesadillas. You can have your choice of fresh corn or flour tortillas for either. I’m sure their other food is wonderful but I’ve found what I like and I pretty much won’t go anywhere else for tacos anymore. I usually specify that I want raw onions since they tend to grill them for their tacos.
Wish they were open later so I could do dinner sometimes instead of just lunch. Their hours aren’t listed so call if you aren’t sure.

Just discovered this place last month, it is so good, I have been three times. I also get to go food after I finish my meal there. It is truly great. The food is excellent. Atmosphere is cozy & casual.

Wow! Freshly made guacamole. Love it! I ordered the Lengua Burrito and Kelly had the Pastor Plate. They were both delicious. The place reminds me of Taqueria Cancun in San Francisco. Cheap furniture, 95% of the customers are Latino, the food is authentic and well worth the visit.