taiwanese beef noodle soup was super yum. the noodles were chewy and were hand pulled the broth was slightly salty but satisfied my craving. yummy taiwanese soul food def worth read more

CoCo's Cafe - Spicy Beef Noodle Soup - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

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Cocos has the best bubble tea in town, and they have non-dairy options. Disclaimer: i have not tried their food.

A bunch of Taiwanese restaurants are crowded around here so it's hard to choose which one to go to. This place is small but the food and boba tea are pretty good. I got the coconut milk tea and the pork over rice. The coconut milk tea was nicely sweetened and had a pronounced coconut flavor. I got it with boba and almond pudding. The boba was chewy and sweet and the almond pudding added a nice nuttiness that mellowed out all of the sweetness. The pork over rice was also very good. The pork was fatty, so when you mix it with the rice, the fat and juices from the pork coat the rice and create a sauce. It was very flavorful and got even better when you mixed it with the braised egg and pickled vegetables. All of the food came out fairly quickly and the service was good. I recommend coming here if you want someplace quick to eat and you want boba tea. read more

I've been on a taco+Chick-fil-A diet since I've returned to Texas. However, it was time I needed more sustenance! If you are trying to drive to Coco's, DON'T. I would recommend having it delivered instead. The drive to Coco's is not ideal. They DO NOT have a private lot. One of their popular menu items is the Peppercorn Chicken, but honestly, the Pepper Steak is where y'all are sleeping! It is soooo much better than the Peppercorn Chicken. The Peppercorn Chicken is fried, while the Pepper Steak is cooked. I love the seasoning of the sauce of The Pepper Steak-- it's not thick, but more liquid instead. It also has bits of garlic & is extremely flavorful. The rice they offer is ALSO the way I like it, it's not too dry like most Asian restaurants. read more

The bubble tea is pretty good here. I always get the brown sugar milk tea. The pork with egg on rice was also very good.

Came here to pick up some snacks. The prices for food here are a bit high for what you get. The portions are very small. I ordered the spiced egg and the peppercorm chicken to go. You cant order the chicken spicy so i was stuck eating some bland ass chicken. The spiced egg was tasty but only came with 2. I would come here again to try the drinks but i wouldn't order the food. read more

CoCo's Cafe - Eggs. Not worth it - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

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7/10 Eat again? Yeah Overall This place is open and clean. The food is generally pretty yummy and they provide a variety of drink and dessert options too. A great place to come for either a meal or a snack. Favorite dish: fried chicken and rice & green onion pie This is so good, but definitely not very healthy. They make it so that the fried chicken tastes really light, not heavy like some fried chicken can be. The green onion pie is another favorite at this place. It's a great appetizer or snack to-go! Also got: taro milk tea, shaved ice, The milk tea here is really good, my favorite is the taro flavor. Shaved ice here is also really yummy, the servings are really big though so be prepared to share! Ambience This restaurant is really clean and welcoming. It's a bit small but you can usually still find somewhere to sit. The food comes out really quickly and the complimentary veggie soup is great! read more

boba so good wowwwwww. best in wampus wow. the pearls are chewyyyyy boots but not too chewy. they make sense. the tea is flavorful boots down. the meal, well its alright. but it's exactly as advertised. pork chewy as hell. everyone go here. read more

The boba here is some of my favorite in Austin so if you come here for just boba its a great place. The food is decent but very pricy.

If you have been living in Austin, you know CoCo's Cafe has been on guad forever. It is definitely the comfort taiwanese food avail near campus, but it does come with higher cost. My favorite dish to get here is the peppercorn chicken rice dish. The peppers that go along with the chicken give a great kick, as it definitely complements the rice in my opinion. My concern about this place is the quality control. There are many times where I have been served soggy peppercorn chicken. Trust me, the dish is still good, but if I'm paying $9 before taxes for a meal when there are cheaper options like Tapioca House next door, then I'd expect fresh chicken. There are also other dishes to try here, like the spicy beef noodle soup and the green onion pie. The green onion pie is a more appetizer like dish and is definitely shareable with friends. The spicy beef noodle soup is great entree to get as well with a generous amount of beef in the soup. Great food for sure, quality sometimes iffy, and be prepared to spend a bit at CoCo's compared to other places around campus. read more

CoCo's Cafe - Peppercorn Chicken w/ Rice & Jasmine Green Tea - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

Stopped in for lunch on a Sat. The restaurant is very small. A handful of tables and high top seating. I tried the rice ball with bamboo and pork. Reminds me of street food in Taiwan. There is a gelatinous texture to the rice ball, my non Chinese friend did not like this :) I thought it was great. The sauce is quite sweet. The fried tofu was great. Crispy on outside n soft in the inside. It came with a peanut sauce. A bit on the sweet side again. Also ordered the green onion pancakes. Def get a half order. The full order is too much. The pancakes are very crispy. Has a soy based sauce. It's tasty. Lastly we tried the rice that is served in a tea leaf. The serving size for this is ginormous. Double the size of the ones my mom has made in the past. This is also quite good. All the serving sizes are generous. There's not really service here. You order on the counter, they give you a number, and they bring your food as it comes out. If I were in the area I would go again. read more

CoCo's Cafe - Rice ball with pork and bamboo. Really good. In a sweet sauce. - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

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No complaints!!! Zilch. The guy who took our order was so friendly. Beef noodle soup was yum. Portions were big enough to take some home. Boba was the right amount of chewy read more

CoCo's Cafe - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

Not the best place to get milk tea around campus. I still haven't found a drink that I really like here, but the thai tea is pretty standard. The food is better than the drinks. read more

Decent quality food, especially when looking for a Chinese restaurant on campus - the prices are a bit high for the quantity of food that you get. read more

I am currently sitting on the toilet as I am writing this. I've been here for the past 30 minutes and my boyfriend is waiting for me outside so that I can squeeze into a date night dress and go out to eat with him. But I don't think that will be happening tonight. I first felt it 4 hours after I ate here. I had just finished voting (do it) and came home to collapse in bed as I felt very tired. Then all of a sudden, it was like all of the air had been sucked out of my lungs. My stomach clenched into itself. An unruly, inhuman growl came from my stomach and in my mind I thought: "oh...no....." Clenching my butthole the best I could, I yelled to the boyfriend "I GOTTA GO" as I bolted into the bathroom and stripped my pants off. I wish I could say it came easily after that--but it was just, how should I say it delicately, clogged. My stomach did not care and continued to beat itself into a pulp and my whole body convulsed as cramps racked through my whole abdomen. I've never given birth but I'd imagine this is how hard I'd push if I did. Finally--FINALLY it came out. And by it, I mean the most satanic, awful, horrible substance ever. It didn't even retain its solid form, from an outsiders perspective it probably sounded like a very forceful stream of pee. If only it were. As the only thing I've eaten today is coco's curry fried chicken with rice, and nothing I ate yesterday was out of the ordinary, I do unfortunately have to chalk up this bathroom experience to the meal. I was so set on complimenting coco's for increasing their portion sizes as I remember the many times I've come before the prices have been steadily increasing while portions have been decreasing, but it looks like they've been listening to the reviews. I've included a picture of the contribution to my god awful poo. I think the color matches very well to how it left my body as well. Would I come again? Maybe. read more

CoCo's Cafe - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

I got a honeydew smoothie with boba and got food poisoning a few hours later.... It tasted kind of funky but I didn't assume anything of it. Next thing I know I'm puking and shaking. 0/10 I would not be even giving 1 star if i could! read more

I've been to Coco's many, many times. My go-to choice on the menu here is peppercorn chicken (no. 5). It's absolutely delicious and almost always made perfectly crunchy and tasty. Their milk tea with boba, in my opinion, is a bit watered down and less flavorful than it should be. However, their fruitier flavors are so worth it! For gluten free options, I've heard that the peppercorn tofu is gluten free (minus the rice) and ALL tapioca pearl should be gluten free as well. :) read more

CoCo's Cafe - Peppercorn chicken - a MUST order!! - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

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As a Taiwanese food lover. CoCo hits the spot. The fried pork chop and rice was on point! The prices are extremely cheap and the staff were very chilled. Definitely would recommend this place for hangouts with friends and family. read more

The more I go, the more I like Coco's :) The spicy noodles are great! Awesome to get on a cold day. A nice spicy kick with lots of noodles and meat for only $8.77. Like I said in my earlier review, the free soup is absolutely great! I've tried some of their other menu items and they are all pretty decent. A great place to get more Taiwanese style food. read more

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The Peppercorn Chicken plate is always a good idea! The dish has an ample amount of chicken and rice. There is also complimentary soup. My go to drinks here are the Green Milk Tea, Taro Coconut Milk Tea, and Coffee Milk Tea. Their boba isn't my fave in Austin but it's still good with a variety of options. Coco's is a great hangout spot and there is limited seating but I am usually able to find a spot during weekday lunches or dinners. read more

CoCo's Cafe - Peppercorn Chicken - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

Coco's Cafe was amazing!! i had never tried Taiwanese food before but this was a great intro. i got the crispy chicken nuggets, and they were super crispy/crunchy on the outside but still juicy and soft inside. the sauce they gave with it added a really good mix of a sweet and somewhat tangy flavor to go with the chicken! all this for only 7 and a half dollars!! the thai tea was also sweet and good overall. the service was super quick and the workers were friendly! the servings were very generous for the price, and my friends seemed enjoy their orders as well! read more

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Can't beat the convenience of the place and selection of classical Taiwanese tasty treats. The place for Asians to go ；D. Here for graduation and ran into a colleague all the way from NW, that says it all for us Asians, LOL read more

Right on west campus so you have to either walk there or die trying to park! We chose to walk from campus. It was insanely expensive like every other West campus restaurant and it was veryyyy busy. Basically nothing on the menu was less than $5 even the sides. Boba here is hella expensive maybe because i'm used to houston prices but $7+ for a large is ridiculous. Regardless their boba and soup was good as hell, but it was almost $20 soooo i would say it isn't worth it. The fried chicken was more like a chicken strip cut into pieces but it was super good too. Idk man i think i would come back if i was on campus and was willing to overspend on food but otherwise no never. read more

CoCo's Cafe - fried chicken noodle soup - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

I hadn't had good boba for several months and was looking forward to finally getting legit boba once I reached Austin. Seriously the visit was such a disappointment, it was like I didn't even get boba in the first place. This Coco's is located pretty much across the street from University of Texas. Parking is pretty much nonexistent if you come during rush hour, but luckily we snagged a spot right outside the storefront. I've been to several Coco's in LA, and all of them have been super bright and welcoming, but this one was really dark and crowded. There's quite a few tables, but pretty much all of them were occupied. Menu wasn't too complicated, but I just stuck with a simple milk tea with pearls. Price was less than $4, and the drink came out pretty quickly - but sadly, it was disappointing. Pearls were pretty soft and not chewy enough. The tea was bland, with a sweet tinge to it. I felt like I wasn't even drink milk tea, just watered down black tea with soft boba. I actually had to force myself to finish the boba ... it was that unappetizing. Lesson learned. The best boba is really in the San Gabriel Valley. Even the milk tea and boba that I made myself tasted better than this. read more

CoCo's Cafe - Boba milk tea ... Not good - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

A very student friendly Chinese cafe. Seems to be bustling with lots of young millennials, but not so much that the place seems stuffy or crowded. Then again, we came at 3 for a late lunch. I'm sure it's different when it's lunch hour!! Wanna a free soup? You get one with any purchase. In fact, it was really delicious, and didn't seem to be something that was free and so good at the same time. They have a very nice menu, not overly extensive. But it's more than enough for a quick lunch or dinner. There are picture menu on the wall, so even you don't know much about Asian dishes, you don't feel like a total stranger. We ordered the beef soup noodles and peppercorn chicken and rice. The soup noodles looked very appetizing in a bowl. The beef placed on top was chunky, garnished with chopped green onions. The soup was very flavorful and delicious. The noodles were flat noodles and a bit chewy and moist. I'm almost tempted to say they were made from scratch in-house. But it's not likely for a small café of this size to do so. As to the beef, it was chunky and tasty. The portion was generous. But it would be better to have cooked a bit longer. It was kind of tough for me. I had beef in other places much tenderer than this. But I did get a good workout for my jaw and teeth. Don't get me wrong. Since it's so delicious, it's worth a try. As to the peppercorn chicken, it was nicely fried, crispy outside and tender inside. The fried sliced green pepper and chopped green unions were just as tasty as the chicken. It added a lot of flavor to the chicken. Again the portion was good, but I would like to have more steamed rice. One small scoop was not enough. Everything was good, and we cleaned up the whole plate at the end! We also tried a bubble Thai tea. Not spectacular, but decent enough. Next time we come down to Austin, we'll come back and try other things. read more

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It was a favorite place seventeen years ago. It still is after such a long time!!! My personal recommendation is Taiwanese beef noodle soup. They have multiple wonderful menus. Certainly I am going back. read more

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This place is delicious but what is up with the cloying smell of air fresheners every where? It's like grandma's house here. There are multiple ones on the long dining table and on the shelves and it makes it difficult to smell the food. Are they hiding something in the basement?! Anyways, otherwise the peppercorn chicken is the best (when I can smell it). And great milk teas. Please remove the air fresheners. Thanks! read more

CoCo's Cafe - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

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This is normally one of my fave places to go when im craving asian food. My favorite dish is the peppercorn chicken and my fiance usually gets the chicken or beef lo mein. To prelude the main reasons I like this place 1. good quality non greasy food 2. prices are pretty cheap for the amount of food you get 3. clean (not that it matters bc I like dumpy dive looking places too - as long as no bugs running around) So this time around I had to do it non meat style because it was a Friday during lent. Tofu peppercorn - I've gotten this before and it was pretty good. Equally as good as the chicken. Perfectly crisp and not greasy. This time around everything was sitting in grease on the bottom (even my rice). The further into eating it, the breading around the tofu became gummy and soggy. I couldn't even finish it and I threw away the rest (and I don't throw away food unless its gone bad). Vegetable Lo Mein - we get the meat version almost every time and we love it because there's always a lot of veggies that aren't over cooked and it is the least greasiest lo mein I have ever found. This time around I can't say so much. There were less veggies and it was pretty greasy you could even see a shine to it (not drenched in grease of course - just similar to most asian restaurants) So the 5 stars is normally what I think of this place. It could've been a bad day or a new cook. I would definitely give it one more shot because this is one bad instance out of the more than 10 times that I've eaten here. read more

CoCo's Cafe - Tofu Peppercorn - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

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I'll have to come back to try the boba, but the fried tofu curry was pretty bad. The curry itself was ok but it was too bland. The fried tofu had too much cornstarch so that when you bit into it, there was gooey un-fried slime. The tofu was also not crispy at all. And when you poked it, your finger came away all greasy. The bottom of the plate had a substantial layer of oil under the tofu. The pickled veggies were good! read more

CoCo's Cafe - Curry Fried Tofu With Rice - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

3.5/5 My group and I came here honestly because all the other places around it that we wanted to go to were closed and we all really wanted bubble tea. The aesthetic's in here is pretty typical of a bubble tea/small restaurant it is very small however it does have a good amount of seating at the same time. We did not try the food however we did all order bubble tea drinks we ordered the pineapple/watermelon/taro smoothie/milk tea and strawberry smoothie. The taro and pineapple, and milk tea were good however the strawberry and watermelon weren't the best the strawberry one is way too sweet and the watermelon just tasted like water down watermelon juice. Would we return? Honestly if we were desperate yes however if other areas were open probably not read more

I have to say, I feel pretty ripped off after getting dinner there this evening. Honestly, I probably wouldn't be ordering from Coco's ever, due to its incredibly difficult location and high food prices (they may look comparable to some other Asian restaurants, but considering what you actually get for your money, it is very expensive and overpriced) my girlfriend went to UT though and so every now and then she gets a craving for Coco's. So, this isn't the first time we've been there, but aside from the scallion pancakes, this place is incredibly unremarkable. Tonight was really the straw that broke the camel's back though, and in the future, I will probably talk my girlfriend out of eating here again. Tonight we ordered two of the pepper chicken dishes (this is what my gf gets a craving for) a 1/2 order of the scallion pancakes, an order of egg rolls, and 1 order of steamed vegetables. Pepper chicken - again we have had this dish before, it is essentially the reason my gf ever makes us go here, and in the past it has been tasty, but not today. Today the chunks of chicken were big, not even remotely crispy, very oily, and had the texture of big hunks of fat. It was bad, not good at all. The sides are always white rice and what I think is a form of kimchi they just refer to as "pickled vegetables" Egg rolls - these were an absolute joke. They should be ashamed of these things. I have eaten egg rolls at lots of places both in and out of austin. I have never ever ever seen an egg roll so tiny except maybe in a frozen box of hors d'oeuvres. I mean they were itty bitty and more expensive than pretty much any place I have ever got egg rolls before. It's $3 for 3 of them, but again, it's practically comedic how damn tiny these things were. Maybe they were 2" big. Don't get ripped off buying these. Just skip them completely Steamed vegetables - this was $5 and again a total joke. It basically looked like chopped up bock choy. That's it. No "mixture" of vegetables. No broccoli, carrots, water chestnuts, snow peas, baby corn, you know pretty much anything you would be used to getting as steamed vegetables. It was just chopped up bok choy, steamed. Gross, over priced, and total rip off. Scallion pancakes - I think they call this "green onion pie" got the half order. This wasn't bad, and it's a pretty decent sized portion, and also one of the only restaurants in town that I know of that makes this. The kicker is though, that they charge $0.75 for an extra "pancake sauce" which I paid for and then they didn't even give me. These are good, but again, I really only got them because this is where my girl wanted to eat tonight. Certainly not worth any sort of special trip. I am now writing that at 4:30 AM, because I woke up with a stomach ache about 45 minutes ago. My guess is, this place is able to survive because it is across from campus and so must get a pretty good amount of walk up traffic, and they serve Boba, so maybe that is what they sell the majority of. All I know is, I already wasn't particularly fond of the place, and after wasting $45 tonight for food that was a total rip off, I won't be spending my money there again. I don't think you should waste your hard earned dollars there either read more

Nice staff and super yummy food! Huge portion sizes as well. Would definitely return!

I ordered 1/2 a green onion pie, and a curry dish, to -go. When they called my name, there was a sealed bag on the counter, with a receipt for both items taped to it. I got home, and only had the pie (an appetizer) in the bag. I called them, and said I was missing an item, and they said "the curry dish is here on the counter, you can come back and pick it up". I asked for a refund for that item, instead, as I live 30 min away. It's my birthday, I've been craving their food because I used to go there as a kid and, I was in the area for a concert. I only ordered 2 items, and I feel like it is ridiculous for them to be split in 2 bags. I really don't think they even had the curry dish when I picked it up, and just didn't want to admit they left it out. What I did get was good, but I am disappointed I missed out on the entree, and don't know understand why it wasn't packaged in one bag. read more

CoCo's Cafe - Enough room for my other item. Missing curry. Including green onion pie. - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

To start off, milk tea is veerrry sweet and the tea flavor is barely there. The mango green tea tastes slightly watered down, and I wish I could've gotten that extra sweet. Taro smoothie was delicious! Perfect in sweetness and balance of flavors. I'd probably prefer to go elsewhere if I had a choice. I didn't try any of their food but they looked very appetizing and lots of people were eating with their drinks! read more

CoCo's Cafe - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

3 stars because it was very fast service and it's a clean facility. Minus 2 stars because the tea is just ok. I ordered a coffee milk tea and there's no coffee taste. Just tea. At least the tea isn't bad. read more

CoCo's Cafe - Coffee milk tea - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

This is one of my favorite restaurants in Austin! This is a must visit and classic Longhorn hangout. I've been going to this place since 2001 and 90% of the time I get the same dish...fried chicken #3 it's been voted best chicken dish of Austin for quite a few years by the Austin Chronicle. The fried chicken breading is like no other you have tried before. The pickled cabbage and the white rice are a perfect balance creating a culinary ying yang. And to top this you can add fresh jalapeños marinated in soy souce...oh yeah, I like'em spicy! You can't eat here and not get a pearl drink (tapioca)...I like the fruit drinks. Oh and the free egg drop soup is great for hangovers too! Just love this place! Hook'em! read more

CoCo's Cafe - Eating with friends makes everything taste better! - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

Coconut milk tea! Absolutely delicious! Their tapioca balls is very soft and chewy! The place is very small and crowded. It was busy when I went but the order came out pretty quickly. For the price range I would say its a little on the expensive side. If you dont want to spend that much then Tapioca House would be the place. Overall not bad for a boba place. read more

The taro coconut milk tea and thai milk tea are amazing! Food is also pretty good. Very nice atmosphere.

Come on man. you squeezed one whole green onion cake into a small togo box along with a cup of soy sauce? The soy sauce cup got smashed and spilled all over the cake that so soggy and salty. How much can you save? In addition, I've been here several times, the staffs work here need help Big time with their personal skill. Especially, the girls at the front with big attitude, thrown food at you, no communication, and acting like we the customer own their money. read more

Not my type of restaurant, but I come here time to time when my friends choose this restaurant for lunch/dinner. I heard the peppercorn chicken is popular here, so I got that dish one time. Man, I did not enjoy that chicken at all. The spicy beef noodle soup is pretty good. It's perfect when the weather is cold. The soup is perfectly spiced - not too spicy at all. Restaurant is small and crowded, so it's not an ideal place to bring a huge group with you. It's alright - but I don't think I'll ever come here unless someone really drags me to go. read more

CoCo's Cafe - Spicy Beef Noodle Soup - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas