Taqueria Vallarta

They have Good food. Good flavor. The best I have had here. Service is good but sometimes too many people. Best place to Drink Horchata.

Went in looking for a cure to my hangover. Had the Huevos el Camposino. Eggs, a strip of bacon, refried beans, a nice pile of Barbacoa, a premade hashbrown square and some tortillas. It worked wonders. Put me in a nice food coma in which I napped through the afternoon.
A couple things threw me off. The inside felt more like an Italian restaurant while I watched ESPN en Español. The hostess was a 12 year old girl during the middle of a school day, which I’m sure there are laws against. But hey, if the two bike cops feasting there didn’t mind, who am I to care? Everyone was nice. The food was good. No major complaints.

We have been eating here regularly for about a year and a half now. A little while back, they had a sign that read, «Under new management.» Since then we have watched things change little by little.
We work very late on weekend nights and an eight hour sleep for us means that we don’t get up until around noon. So breakfast for us on weekends happens usually around 1:00 to 1:30 pm. This was one of our favorite breakfast spots, until today.
Today, a Sunday, we went in, noticed new menus, and also noticed how empty the place was during the same time frame we always arrive here and it is usually very busy. The prices were a bit high and the portions a bit small before, compared to other hole in the wall Mexican restaurants in the area, but the food has been very tasty, the service very fast and their breakfasts are some of our favorites. On the new menu, the prices have all jumped by $ 1.00 or more. We were willing to make an exception for the high prices before, but these new prices are just a bit on the ridiculous side and we’re just not willing to pay such an exorbitant amount of money for such a small amount of food.
They also have stopped serving breakfast after noon. So, if like us you work late on a Friday or Saturday night, are unable to be awake, out the door, and seated at a restaurant before noon on a Saturday or Sunday, and you’re wanting breakfast, then don’t bother going to La Vallarta.
Since we were already there and munching on chips and salsa and drinking our beverages when we found out that we could not get breakfast, which it says nothing on the menu about breakfast not being served past noon, we decided to go ahead and order lunch. Not only did we have to pay more for food that was not our first choice, but our favorite tacos that we usually get when we come in for lunch or dinner, the beef fajita tacos, had tough, chewy beef, and were just not as good as they used to be.
Very disappointing. In a neighborhood full of family run and small local chain Mexican restaurants, there are so many more menu choices, bigger portions, better quality, a much better value for your hard earned money, and you can get breakfast on a weekend up until 3:00 at so many other places nearby, a couple serve it all day, that Vallarta just isn’t worth the trip there. Goodbye, Vallarta, and good luck.

Disgusting. Ordered Caldo de Res. The vegetables looked old and gross. The corn kernels had actually gotten hard. The soup was warm when served no where close to being hot. The rice was slimy.
The other plate we ordered was the Chicken Mole, also cold. The beans had no flavor. The sauce was watered down. The chicken was the cheap rubbery crap that was defrosted 5 minutes before and slapped on a plate.
The service was fine but the food was disgusting!!! To add insult to injury, I can’t believe that’s why I got for $ 20.00. There are sooooooo many better mexican restaurants that offer similar prices with much better quality.
As a Chicana myself, this was beyond disappointing.

This place is a nice place to get delicious Mexican food. This place reminds me when I lived in the Rio Grande Valley. Each time I have come in to dine I have gotten different items and I have not been disappointment. I like to soups they have and the tacos but I think the tortas are the best buy.

The service here was really slow. Staff not very friendly. .It’s not same like it used to be used to be a very busy place on Saturday Mornings the food has gone down hill. I ordered Menudo at it was bad warm not even hot. I miss the Vallartas it was before.

I love their food… ceviche tostadas are always fresh and tasty. Too bad they don’t have margaritas, but I still enjoy coming here… the waitresses are nice and polite too!

This place is decent for the price, but probably not somewhere is frequent even though it’s super close to me.
The place is a little grim and not the cleanest looking, and they also have leaks from the ceiling. Maybe from the air conditioner?
The salsas and chips they provide are pretty good. One is spicy and the other is more of a tomato based, chunky salsa.
I ordered the Vegetarian Fajitas with corn tortillas and everything came out piping hot. The fajitas had green peppers, onions, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, and mushrooms. A lot more than I expected! It was good, but not great. I would have preferred less grease and more spice or seasoning. The Guac was just mediocre.
If they changed the place up a bit and added more pizazz to the veggie fajitas, I might go back.

We’ve been eating here for the last 10 years probably. I always look forward to a family function all the way in South Austin so we can eat here. North Austin just can’t deliver. Food has always been fabulous. They are under new management now, food is still great and so is service. Some of our favs Carne Asada with cactus, fajitas, enchiladas. Best refried beans

Bad service! Watery tea. crappy and moody waitresses ! Ticket was right but got order wrong and got an extra taco? These people don’t kno wat they are doing and dont need to be in service if they don’t know how to take an order. got coffee but no creamer or half and half! Food was semi OK. but if you want crappy service please come here.

Great hole in the wall place. The service was fantastic — all of the waitresses were incredibly attentive. The refried beans were the best I’ve ever had. My husband LOVED his taco plate that came with three different meats. I thought the prices were great for what we got. We will definitely be back!

A must try is the Horchata drink. Just do it! I promise you will not forget this awesome experience! You will ask for it every time after you have your first taste!

Hands down, the best Mexican food in South Austin. Everything is made from scratch and PERFECT. The service and price is unbeatable. The carne guisada plate is my personal favorite, but everything I’ve had is fantastic. My girl and I regularly roll outta there stuffed for under $ 20.

We are always search for a hole in the wall and cheap Mexican restaurant with good breakfast food. We ran across this one online and figured we’d give it a shot.
To our surprise when we opened the menu the prices were not expensive per say, but more like $ 6.95 or $ 7.95 for a brief aghast plate. It just wasn’t our typical hole in the wall «$ 3.95 breakfast plate before 11am and $ 4.95 after 11am» that we get at other mexican restaurants.
We got the breakfast plate, a kids enchilada meal, a coffee, and a horchata. The amount of food on the plate was not a lot. I mean, it was enough to feed a person, but I guess I am spoiled with the cheaper $ 3.95 breakfast plate that typically comes with a lot of food at other hole in the walls. I was impressed with the beef enchilada kids plate that came with rice and been. It had a lot of flavor. And the horchata was the best I’ve had at all the mexican restaurants — very sweet.
The service was exceptional. Very quick service and attentive waitress. I guess other than the price of the breakfast plates, I was happy.

This place has the absolute best tortilla soup in town. So good, that I would kill my own mother for the recipe…

Pretty good lunch — you can get in quick and service was fast /​great salsa and tamale plate was a smack down

Stopped here at 10:30pm on a Sunday night. The sign at the door said they close at midnight on Sundays. As soon as I set foot in the door, I was told by the guy running the restaurant that I could eat there only if I sat at the table by the door and if I wasn’t planning on ordering anything fried because they «closed in 30 minutes and the frying machine has been cleaned»
Me: «Um, you sign right there says you close at midnight»
Guy: «no we close in 30m»
Me: «Bye Felisha»
Never again.

It was 10:30 pm and the sign said they closed at midnight but the man running it stopped us and said «we could eat in only if we sat in a certain spot and nothing fried because the fryer is officially clean. We close in 30 minutes.» The girls nodded and we left. Extremely rude experience, the only reason we went was bc it closed late or so we thought. Never getting our business again they could have cared less. Heads up, Jalisco’s is way better!!!

The best breakfast tacos stuffed into homemade tortillas! 3 tacos for only $ 2.99!!! Delicious!

I stopped here to grab some breakfast tacos to feed my hired muscle (read: the bf) who was helping me move. The location definitely looks a little shady, so I was hoping for an quick stop. I ordered 3 potato, egg & cheese tacos, and 3 bacon, egg & cheese tacos and also a coffee. All to-​go. The woman ringing me up seemed to have difficulty adding up my order, so she helped another customer, and then asked someone else to ring me up. Well after I paid for it, I stood around awkwardly for a few minutes before deciding to sit on a bench next to the door. 5 minutes later, someone yells out «6 tacos!» and since no one else is making a move to get them, I assume they must be my order.
The tacos were f*cking good, but the service was not 5 stars. I’m pretty sure they were talking about me in Spanish while I was standing there. Usually I prevent this sort of behavior by bringing a Spanish-​speaking friend with me.
I might come back next time if I’m feeling brave.