After hearing about this place for the first time on Thursday and never even knowing about it, I went there tonight very unfamiliar with many of the menu items. Yet, I was excited at the same time. I ordered the Pato con Mole de Hugo, which consisted of a crispy duck leg lying in a little pool of a dark red fig mole with a crispy potato like and stuffed plantain. I saw a pic of it and was interested and also read the description coincidentally and found that interesting. Then, was told they were both the same. Very delicious, juicy, moist and high quality entree. The skin was greasy and crispy, but very soft and not too crispy. The flesh was noticeably duck, but could almost pass for beef or lamb and didn't have the deeper gaminess duck can have. Very tender and flavorful. The mole was thick, creamy and a little sweet, spicy and nicely savory all at the same time. The potato was crispy and the stuffed plantain was crunchy on the outside, but contained a good, contrasting spinach filling. I saw a big table in front of me eating Chicken Enchiladas and ordered that too. Some of the best chicken enchiladas I have ever had from a restaurant. The wraps were like a flauta, but softer and the shredded chicken in both enchiladas was really well-marinated n seasoned with great texture. The white cream n cheese were rich and mildly sour. The verde sauce was the perfect degree of an earthy, tangy and slightly salty mix. The rice was strong in flavor despite looking simple, while the refried black beans were dense and bold. The desserts looked great and chose to try the Vegan Chocolate Cake. Very delicious, really chocolaty, not too sweet and certainly was a winner like the meals. The cherries in the pastel were wonderful with the dark chocolate being seemingly prominent in liquor vibes. Great, attentive and friendly service from my server. Caracol is definitely one of my favorite authentic Mexican restaurants around. Very Mexican with no nonsense in prep. One of the 2 best duck (along with Bistro Le Cep's Duck L'Orange) and possibly the best chicken enchiladas and vegan desserts I ever had in TX at least.

We stopped here for happy hour. Our second visit. Service was amazing and the food was some of the best I've had! Very flavorful! The patio is nice and the place is very romantic. Would be a great date night.

If you are hungry and do not like the wait than this is a great place to come . They have cover parking which is very convenient specially if it rains . There is good food, great music and excellent customer service

Catacol is a place you come for an experience. Not many high end restaurants these days make you feel so individualized, so special. Luis our server was so attentive and the GM even gave us a special acknowledgment while we celebrated my brothers, a Texas National Guard soldier protecting our border, birthday. I've gotten hand written cards from Caracol and what feels like VIP treatment even being a regular guest. I love this place, it's such a treat, so TREAT YOURSELF!

We got the campechana, the ostiones asados, and the mariscos Al ajillo. The campechana was super fresh and served with chips, definitely satisfied my ceviche craving. (8/10) The ostiones asados were a bit too cheesy in my opinion, I felt like the toppings overpowered the flavor of the oyster instead of complemented it. (5/10) The Mariscos Al ajillo was very tasty and the seafood was fresh and they have a generous portion, enough for 2. (8/10) Overall, it is on the pricier side but it was worth a try for houston restaurant week. The service was good and the staff were very attentive. Also, the parking is garage parking.

Amazing...just amazing...service food drinks, every single thing was fantastic! They have valet and a garage available. The ambiance was pampered, not pestered. Highly recommended. The grilled oysters & the pina colada margarita (which I didn't know was even a thing) were my stand outs for the meal.

Such a fun HRW menu. The corn soup and empanada were a cute paring. The cream of the soup complimented the empanada so well. The fish was mild in flavor and very flakey. The broth it came with added the salt component and it was all so very fun. Loved the play on flavors and the desserts were out of this world. Like so good. We got 5 desserts and none missed. Probably the best restraurant menu I've been to in a long time.

Another great Houston Restaurant Weeks dinner. Thanks to Jason D. and Zain R. for including us in your annual tradition. I've been to Caracol several times for their Sunday brunch but never for dinner, so I was really excited to experience HRW here. We came with a group of 9 and were promptly seated with our reservation. Tip: happy hour is Mon-Fri 3:00-6:30pm with good deals on cocktails, beer, wine, and bites. So of course we came a little early before our reservation to enjoy this! Caracol's HRW dinner menu ($55) is a little different: rather than selecting your choice of dish for each course, they have 3 prix fixe menus that have each course's dish pre-selected. The first focuses on meat, the second on seafood, and the third for vegetarians. If you want to swap any of the dishes for another, I believe there is a small upcharge. There is an optional wine pairing that comes with 3 different wines for an additional $33. I went with the Nuestro Estilo ("our style") menu, the one focused on meat. First course was the same across all of the menus, elote soup with plantain empanadas. I enjoyed the corn flavor of the soup and dipped the cheese-filled empanadas in it, which made for a good pairing. My second course was fish quesadillas. For quesadillas, these were actually much smaller than I expected. They were basically mini-empanadas with a bit of fish, served with tomatillo salsa. It did come with a small side salad though. My friends' shrimp & octopus ceviche did look like a more generous portion however, and came with a side of tortilla chips. My third course was carne asada with mole. I am a big fan of mole, so this was part of the reason I went with this menu. The carne asada cut was strip steak, so was not as tender as I would've liked and a bit tough to cut. You do have the option of upgrading your cut of meat to tenderloin for an additional $20. The mole sauce was on the lighter side in terms of boldness. I did appreciate the scalloped potatoes and spinach that were served with this course. The final course of dessert was chocolate & chipotle cake served with coffee-cinnamon ice cream. The cake was very fluffy and had the consistency of a mousse. It was on the richer side, so the ice cream balanced it well. I really liked the coffee flavors in the ice cream. Maybe the caffeine boost we need after this grand tour of food! Service was a little slow. While our HRW dinners had 4 separate courses, each one came out quite far apart from the others. After we all had finished each course and the plates were cleaned up, we waited at least 15 minutes before the following course came out. Also, even though the menus indicated no split checks, our server Victor agreed to split them but warned it would take about 5 minutes. It took much longer than this. He seemed confused on how to split the checks, but we all got the HRW dinner so I'm not sure why it took so long. At least 20 minutes to get the checks split, and then another 15 to get our cards back. Our entire dinner lasted over 2.5 hours. Caracol (and Chef Hugo) proved themselves again in the quality of their food. While I enjoyed this HRW dinner, I'll surely be back for brunch where I can sample a variety of their offerings (and be it my only meal of the day).

Wonderful evening, made all the better by our great server Steve! The drinks were so fun (Paloma for my friend, naughty but nice for me), and our red snapper ceviche was so good as a starter (completely forgot about the chips). Pulpo hot starter was nice with tortillas (Steve was kind enough to give us 4 though it normally came with 3), and the crab tostadas were out of this world (huge lumps of very fresh crab!). My entree of duck leg was great with a relatively mild mole (they brought out habanero sauce to spice it up), and we finished with a Dulce de lèche cheesecake. Would definitely come back! Easy validated parking in the garage next door and complimentary valet to make your life easier.

In a sea of Houston Tex-mex, I wanted to try something a little more traditional. I found Caracol just across the street from the Galleria, where I was staying. It was about a 10 minute walk and it was difficult to find in the office building in which it was located. I later found out the sign is more facing the parking lot than for people walking. I didn't have a reservation, and wanted to sit at a table, but all of the tables were "taken" (even though empty) so my only option was at the bar. I will say when I left, there were still open tables. It worked out though as the bartender was great! I was on the companies dime so I had to be a little mindful of price. This place was on the pricier side. I started with a margarita and was just looking for a plain-ol' marg. There was only one that fit the bill and it was nothing special, and also quite small. I wasn't starving so I tried the lobster taquito which came with a pretty nice piece of lobster and some other stuff on a non-fried flat tortilla. It was delicious, but calling it a taquito was a bit much. I also ordered the wood grille ribs which were super meaty and fall off the bone good. There was a BBQ sauce that had some Mole notes and it was great to dip my meat into it. For a rib appetizer, it was worth it IMHO. They had a pretty awesome tequila collection too. I was sitting where the scotch was locations, so I couldn't see everything, but the red Clase Azul Mezcal bottle caught my eye, but not my wallet. All in all, it was a good dinner, but I think it's a one-and-done type of place for me. The manager talked with me a bit which was nice. The bartender and food servers were awesome. The main mis-step was not letting me sit at a clearly open table and the size of the margaritas.