El Primo

Their taco and torta are great! However the wait time is super long too especially during meal time.

We came on a whim because we saw a lot of people waiting and after checking Unilocal to confirm everyone thought it was awesome. We ordered two tacos — migas and egg and chorizo and egg.
We waited more than 40 minutes for those two tiny tacos. And while they were fine, they were nothing special and definitely not worth that long of a wait. I have no idea why it would take so long to make that taco (there weren’t that many people in front of us). One person told them to cancel the order it took so long.
There are probably better places that are a lot faster.

Oh my goodness! These were GREAT tacos. I went to take a picture of my Migas taco and Chorizo & egg taco, and they were GONE! I ate them like someone was going to steal them. It was Monday morning at 10am and we still waited 30 minutes to get our tacos. Worth every minute!
For my new friend Jack, yell when you open your restaurant and I will road trip for the grand opening! Cheers!
There is a coffee place nearby, as well as a little supermarket to grab a drink.

Great Migas tacos and burritos! Also very nice and friendly every time we go. And good red and green salsa.

Sooo, I’m a taco whore, and based on all the high reviews here, I’d been really looking forward to trying this out one of these days while in Austin!
So, I KNEW exactly what I wanted — the chorizo and egg taco — which is one of my quality measures in my venture to find the best taco.
They’re located on the part of 1^st St., where everyone’s on your tail, and speeding, so make note that they are located on 1^st close to Live Oak, and in the parking lot in front of Once Over Coffee Bar.
There was a short line (long for a taco truck at roughly 1pm, though!). They were just a coupla super nice guys; they took my order quickly; and charged me $ 4.00 for two breakfast tacos (plus $ 0.50 extra for avocado on both).
They serve no drinks, and I saw others waiting for their food in front of me, so I ran into the Once Over Coffee Bar and purchased a Mexican-​glass-​bottled-​coke. They seem to custom prep the ingredents to each order, so total wait time was prob 15 minutes total.
I sat ass down at one of their two picnic tables.
So, the chorizo and egg filling was super smooth and super good.
They loaned me a bottle of their green salsa to go with it, which was good, though more thin and watery than you hope for when you slather it on things as open-​face as tacos!
Honestly though, I’ve had softer/​fresher tortillas elsewhere. Either that, or they’d benefit being thrown on the grill for a minute or two.
Not sure I’d come back. Though they are fairly good, I’ve also had better tacos elsewhere.

THIS is the BEST breakfast taco in Austin.
It’s something about the tasty, yellow cheese, & hot, grill — mixed ingredients for each taco. I’m a meat-​cheese-​egg type of gal, but I got to say the Migas is as Guy Fieri would say, «OUT OF BOUNDS.» Only downside: you must wait for excellence. One of the many upsides — there’s a great coffee shop in the same lot raking in the dough from all the taco aficionados.

This is a tiny food truck that packs a huge punch. While I’ve yet to try most of their menu, in my two times there I can easily say that they have one of the best migas tacos in town. For me, that’s like the gold standard of breakfast tacos. Migas just seem like a Texas thing, so anyone who does them particularly well deserves some extra credit, and maybe a championship belt to boot.
IMHO, a good migas is about blending the tortilla strips into the eggs so that the final product tastes like one big ingredient. It’s even better when it just looks like an omelette (albeit a slightly corn-​flavored one), wrapped up in a nice tortilla. Anyway, preference aside, El Primo gets this migas strategy down right and it makes for an awesome, cheap meal. They throw in the melted cheese on top and some onions, and the result is I’m in nirvana after eating it. You can get ham with it too, but why bother? Staying true to original form makes for a great way to start off the day.
My migas-​themed rant shouldn’t distract from the other menu items. As far as I can tell, they’re delicious too, including the chorizo. This has been floated as one of the best breakfast taco spots in town (at least by the knowledgeable folks at Do512), and it’s easy to see why. Go later in the morning and you’ll endure quite a wait outside, with the couple picnic tables nearby packed to the brim. Go early in the morning, as I did the second time, and you’ll see the machinery of this place getting going before the rush, watch the manual laborers get their taco fix before heading to work, and enjoy a few quiet minutes of bliss as you wait. The owners are nice guys, and great cooks.
Go down to the most eclectic neighborhood in town, and hit up this truck if you do.

Excellent burritos, tacos, and my favorite, tortas! The guy who works there is impressive, he takes orders and cooks, and never writes anything down. It’s all fresh made right there. Nothing is made in advance.

I was told this was THE place to get breakfast tacos, and you know what? That’s only half the story. Because their regular tacos are also great. I asked the guy in the cart if they were just doing breakfast (as it was only 11) and he said nope, they had everything available. So I signed up for one lengua (tongue) and one egg and migas ham. It took awhile to make (I could see him gathering all the ingredients from the *full sized* fridge he had inside the trailer, and making everything fresh. After about 7 minutes, I grabbed my food, sat down in the parking lot at a picnic bench and scarfed down two delicious tacos. The lengua was my favorite of the two. By the time I was done, the dude had another guy helping him out in the truck, so that’s good. If you’re in the area (or even if you’re not), make a stop over at El Primo. It’s on the way to the airport! Well, maybe. Kinda…

This place lives up to the hype. It’s a perfect midway point for a walk with my dog. If only they had a water dish for dogs!
Their corn and flour tortillas are both great. I’ve been true to a chorizo egg and cheese, and a bacon egg and cheese. If you want their absolute best, go during a less busy time. I’ve gone during the lunch hour and around 3, and at 3 it was slightly better. Their red sauce is tasty and really spicy, so be prepared with some water. Their verde sauce is pretty decent. El Primo would be worthy of 6 stars if they had some doña.

Best migas taco ever. I can’t help but love Austin because of breakfast tacos like these. The slice has a kick, so beware!

I didn’t know it was cash only. F am I dumb. I had one measly dollar. I’m blowing it. The guy who made my asada hibachi style tells me it’s OK, and quickly hands my stupid ass the taco. Five Stars haters.

Breakfast tacos are BOMB. I got the sausage and egg & migas-​ham and egg. My friend got the chorizo and egg & migas-​ham and egg & bean and egg.
I should’ve started with the migas one first bc the taste of onion cooked in oil or grease was so overwhelming with every bite I took that ha onion in it. It was okay, and didn’t really have too much flavor.
The sausage and egg, however, was a different story. Flavorful. So good. Probably bc of the sausage being cooked with egg.
Salsa verde added heat, while salsa rojo added heat AND flavor. Was probably roasted chili or something… I had to use some of it to add flavor to migas.
Tried a bite of my friend’s bean and egg. Just as good as my sausage and egg.
The owner/​cook adds cheese to all the tacos and asks if that’s okay before cooking. You pay when the tacos are done.
CASH ONLY.

Lately, I’ve been on a mission to try as many of the taco-​serving gems around Austin as possible. Well of course a visit to El Primo was required. I ordered the bacon and egg breakfast taco, pastor taco, and barbacoa taco. The breakfast tacos are definitely the way to go here! They’ve got more flavor than the regular lunch tacos. The sauces they serve are great, and the red one is definitely hot!
There’s a bit of a wait to get your food but I didn’t even notice it because I just went and grabbed a coffee at the place next door. It definitely could have been a lot longer! The guys working the food truck were super friendly. Also everything is super cheap — $ 2 for a breakfast taco and $ 2.50 for lunch tacos! It’s cash only though so be sure you’ve got some on hand. I’ll be back here for another breakfast taco for sure!

Writing this review after observing these issues twice in a row.
1 star due to really bad hygiene + double the wait time. 30 mins instead of 15.
Young fellow that takes the orders was both handling cash and grabbing handfull of onion/​cilantro distributing on tortillas + handling tortillas. Hasn’t washed his hands once.
The cook’s hands were very dirty and kept on rubbing his face and handling food
Food tasted good but not so much better than other taco trucks to warrant long wait times.
I will not eat at this truck again

Excellent tacos. LOVE IT! Even if more people have found it and lines longer. Happy for their more business for them.

I’m in torta heaven. I’ve had the chorizo and egg and the «Super Torta.» Both were delicious.
You’ll wait 5 – 10 minutes for them to make your food depending on how many orders there are. All the food is served with both a green and a red salsa that they keep refrigerated inside the truck.
The red salsa is too earthy for me so I lather on the green. This is a great breakfast, brunch, or lunch stop.
Cash only!

This is probably going to be the most entitled review I have ever written and I apologize in advance, but this needs to be said. (Or it probably doesn’t, actually, but, hey, you come to this website to read honest reviews, right? Or you don’t. Whatever. Skip this one, then.)
I fucking hate writing scathing reviews. Hate it. Especially for local businesses that people clearly love. The stats speak for themselves — I’ve written more 5 star reviews than anything else because I love giving businesses praise.
I’ve given El Primo numerous chances to make me one decent bean and cheese taco. Just one. Just make me one bean and cheese taco like you actually give a shit that I ordered and absolutely want to eat that. I’m not even the one ordering these tacos — my friend orders one for me when he goes to pick up coffee in the mornings. His tacos? Beautiful, tasty looking works of art. My one measly bean and cheese taco? Looks like something the dog puked up, ate, and then shit back out again.
It’s like the dude just honestly did not even care if the beans made it in the tortilla. Every single time, most of the beans are on the foil and nowhere near the tortilla. The cheese? Always clumped in one spot. Not nicely sprinkled throughout the taco, just one greasy clump of cheese.
I know what you’re thinking — beans are messy and they just seep out of the taco. I’d usually agree with you, but I’ve eaten more than my fair share of bean and cheese tacos from a multitude of places. I understand and am totally cool with bean seepage. This is not just a little bit of bean seepage. This is a total lack of caring about my food and whether or not I can eat it. I’d also understand if this only happened once or twice — maybe it was an accident, but he was in a rush and it was easier just to give me a messy taco instead of take the time to make a new one, but this happens every single time.
It puts the beans in the tortilla.
It sprinkles the cheese on the beans.
It folds the tortilla in such a manner so as to minimize bean seepage.
IT MAKES A DECENT FUCKING TACO.
Or else it gets a bitchy review on Unilocal.
I’m giving two stars instead of one because even though this is the second bitchiest thing I have ever written, I just can’t give him one star. I feel like a fucking asshole even doing this, but all I want is one decent fucking taco. I genuinely want to enjoy this place. The salsa is pretty good and the red one is nice and spicy and my friend seriously loves his tacos. The dude who owns and works here clearly gives a shit about what he is serving and I really appreciate that; I just wish he also gave a shit about the one thing I order.

Buy me a breakfast burrito from el Primo and you have won my heart forever.
This humble taco truck busts out THE BEST breakfast tacos I have ever had. I discovered this magical place about two years ago (before all the accolades and recognition this guy has gotten). I was hooked from the first taco bite. I distinctively remember saying to my friend to turn around, take me back, I need another one!
My go to is the chorizo, egg, and cheese, topped with cilantro and onion. I love to pair it with the green salsa that has oh so much flavor.
There is minimal outdoor seating, but I don’t care I will eat on top of my car if I have to! Parking is also annoying but manageable.
He only takes cash. It’s also a 1 – 2 man operation, so if you come during busy hours you will have to wait awhile. These things mean nothing to me, and he still gets 5 shiny stars.

1. I love breakfast.
2. I love tacos.
Put them together and you’ve got one of my favorite things on earth. I’ve had plenty of breakfast burritos in my day, but this was my first breakfast taco. One would probably say the only difference between a taco and burrito is the size and I agree. These tacos were perfectly sized for roughly 5 – 6 bites of cheesy, eggy, meaty deliciousness. Pick your meat of choice from chorizo, sausage, ham, bacon, migas (… still don’t know what that is) and watch the guy in the cart cook it up in front of you. It takes a few minutes to cook but when it’s done, toss on some hot sauce and go for it.
We walked like a mile out of the way from where we were to get to these. No regrets!