Hector’s Casa Story

Hector’s Casa has been an established Kelowna restaurant since 1999, originally created by Hector and his wife Laurie.

After 20 years proudly serving the community, in 2019 the baton has been passed to Mario and Martha, a Mexican couple born and raised in the central Pacific coast of Mexico.

Mario was born in Guadalajara, then moved to Tepic where he met Martha. They have 4 kids, two were born in Mexico and the other two were born in Canada.

In 2008, Mario came to Canada with a permit to work in a restaurant. In 2011, Martha and Mario started their first and very own adventure in the restaurant business: a little coffee shop inside Rona. During the 6 years it was open they also started Los Jarros Mexican Restauran in West Kelowna and the Taco House in Mission, both are open to this day.

The whole family is continuing to embrace the challenge and honor to be the referent for Mexican food in the Okanagan and they’re now teaming up with two amazing Mexican Chefs: Juan C. Perez from Veracruz, Mexico with more than 30 years of experience in Cancun, Vancouver Island, and Whistler BC; and Juan C. Hernandez from Mazatlan, who has more than 20 years of experience in Los Cabos, Mazatlan, Vancouver, and Whistler.