Cadillac Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar – Houston Airport Priority Pass IAH restaurant

As part of a recent trip to Houston, I had a bit of time to kill in the Houston airport (IAH). There are actually a few different Priority Pass IAH options, but I decided to go for the Cadillac Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar, which is in Terminal A. There is also Landry’s Seafood in Terminal C, a Minute Suites in Terminal C and the Air France and KLM Crown lounges in Terminal D.

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Priority Pass membership is a credit card perk that has definitely seen a lot less usage with the lack of travel. It will be interesting to see how Priority Pass (and its parent company Collinson Group) handle those changes. It would not surprise me to see credit cards change if/how Priority Pass is included as a benefit, or to see Priority Pass make changes as well. It would also not surprise me if Collinson Group went bankrupt / out of business. 🙂

IAH Priority Pass – Cadillac Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar location

The Cadillac Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar is located in Terminal A, near Gate A17

If you are entering the secure zone in Terminal A, it’s right past security. We had arrived from Terminal C and it was a bit of a walk (and skytrain) over to Terminal A but we felt like Mexican food rather than the seafood at the Terminal C Priority Pass restaurant. All of the terminals are connected airside, so there’s no need to leave the secure zone, even if you’re switching terminals.

Cadillac Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar (Houston Airport Priority Pass) menu

The menu is posted out front of the restaurant, as is typical with airport restaurants.

At least when I was there, you just picked a seat yourself and there was plenty of seating to choose from. After a little bit, someone came over and told us that you order through the QR codes that are at the table. I had seen that there on the table but apparently it is mandatory here, at least when I was there (it was about 9 a.m.)

Houston Airport Priority Pass / Cadillac Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar food

As a reminder, with Priority Pass you get a $28 credit towards anything on the menu. Since I was there early in the morning, they were only serving breakfast. Pretty much everything on the menu came with eggs and/or sausage, which was not super exciting for my vegetarian wife. I ordered the Tacos Gatos, which came with cheese and sausage inside a tortilla, along with a side of hash browns.

Carolyn decided to get the Tacos Rancheros but we put a special request in the app as “no eggs, and sausage on the side”. The server was a bit confused when she came out – she asked “Is this what you wanted”? I think she was confused because it was literally just two empty tortillas 🙂

Carolyn added the cheese, avocado, hash browns and salsa into the tortilla and proclaimed it tasty.

Should You Tip at the Houston Airport Priority Pass restaurant?

Generally I believe it is appropriate to tip at Priority Pass restaurants like the Cadillac Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar at IAH, but in this case it did feel a little annoying. I ordered my food on the app, the server literally came out one time with the food and then never came out to check on us at all (until the very end). It felt more like a takeout restaurant – so what exactly am I tipping for? In the end, I did tip mostly because I figured the servers worked on tips and got a lower than minimum wage. But I was mildly annoyed by it 🙂

IAH Priority Pass – Cadillac Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar

The Cadillac Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar is the Houston Priority Pass IAH restaurant and is a decent alternative if you’ve got some time (and hunger) to kill in the IAH airport. It serves mostly Mexican food that was tasty. Just be prepared to order everything yourself.