So I want to preface this by saying that I'm from Brownsville and really really REALLY wanted to like this place. I've lived in Austin for about 6 years and haven't found tacos that can compare to the ones back home, so when I found out about Oye Taquito I just about died from excitement. That being said, the experience was a little disappointing.
Food: 5/5
My sister, my boyfriend, and I ordered 12 tacos (8 bistec, 4 pastor) and 2 orders of beans (1 regular, 1 especial). Keep in mind, these are mini tacos so they're quite a bit smaller than what most people are used to. Everything was delicious! A bit cold, but I'll get to that later... The beans were freshly made, the salsa was amazing, and the bistec was absolutely delicious. No complaints about quality or taste. I truly ha
Price: 3/5
Each taco was about $2, and it seemed a little steep. Back in Brownsville, most mini tacos like these run you about $1. I know, I know, the cost to run a restaurant in Austin is more expensive than somewhere like Brownsville, but paying $2 for a taco you can eat in one bite is a bit too much for me. Our total for 12 tacos and 2 beans was $30, and we were still hungry afterwards.
Service/Organization: 2/5
Starting from the beginning: their parking could use some work. Since they're located in a little food truck park that shares parking with a bar behind it, it was a little difficult to find parking. We had to circle around for about 5 minutes or so before a spot became available, but that honestly isn't their fault or something they can really control. Once we found a spot, we went up to the window to order. There were only two people working at the time and they seemed pretty busy so we were fine waiting a minute. We ended waiting there at the window about 5 minutes before anyone took our order, but we didn't want to make a fuss about it since they seemed like they were trying their best. Once we placed our order (to go), they said it would take about 20 minutes so we sat down on the picnic tables they had. Just as we sat down, a friend of ours joined us and he went up to order 6 tacos for himself. I decided to go into a bar called The Barn that's conveniently located right behind the food truck park, ordered a couple of beers to go with our food, and brought them out to our table. I was inside the bar for about 15 minutes and when I came back to join everyone else, our food still wasn't ready. After another 20 minutes, I saw people who had order way after us get their tacos so I went up to the counter to ask about my and my friends order. I gave the woman my name and his name and she checked on the orders. They couldn't find my friend's order ticket, so apparently it had never been made. She said she had called out that my order was ready, but we were all sitting at the table closest to the window and no one heard they call it out. It had been sitting there for a while but, regardless, I took the food back to the table and my friend waited for his food even longer. The food was a little cold when we got it, but we were so hungry and had waited so long that we didn't want to take it back. By the time we had finished, my friend had only gotten his 3 bistec tacos and, since they ran out of pastor and had to make more, waited even LONGER to get the rest. They also seemed to send their tacos out in waves. Like, not all at once but just what they had ready. We all commented that the food was great and the people were nice, but they just seemed really unorganized.
All in all, great food but could definitely been more efficient. Honestly, I think we just caught them on a bad night where they were understaffed and overwhelmed. I'll be back on a different night to see if the service is any better, but given the price I don't think I can see this being a regular spot to visit. read more