This place has good food. Unfortunately, it is an absolute roll of the dice whether they are open…read moreor not. I have wasted many trips going to get food here to find them closed during their posted "open" hours. I just wish there was some kind of consistency with the hours so I could give them some business.

This truck has always caught my eye. Made a mental note to check it out when I'm coming back to…read moreHOU from AUS and it was a great decision! Located just about a mile before Bu-cees in Bastrop, you'll find this right off of Rt 21 near the Ally Medical Emergency stop. Stopping here on my way back from AUS on a Sunday in early September, it was about 830AM, just in time for breakfast. So breakfast tacos were the order with a chorizo & egg plus a sausage & egg. After about 4-5 minutes, my order was finished. Digging in, the flavors are straight up fresh and tasty with the warm tortillas fresh off the grill and the eggs mixed in nicely with the other proteins. The tacos are quite large so two were enough for me. Price-wise, they are very affordable and they take credit cards too. Do not miss this when you're on 21; definitely one of the best-kept secrets in Bastrop and I look forward to returning for more when I venture out to AUS... or coming back from there!

If you're speeding down east Highway 71, it's easy to miss this place. This is one of three…read morelocations in the Austin area. This is probably the first restaurant I've ever seen that literally has a car wash connected to it. Once inside you'll find an ATM, gambling machines, and a check cashing station. In other words, there seems to be a lot going on here besides being a restaurant. There's about 10 tables inside and four more outside. The only thing missing are some gas pumps. This place has all the ambience of a convenience store dining experience. The tables are rickety, the paint on the floor is well worn away, and the ceiling tiles are stained. The menus are in Spanish (no english) and there is no complementary chips and salsa here. We were able to order in English, but clearly this is geared towards Mexican customers primarily. They do have some frescas along with some Mexican beer, but nothing in the way of craft beer. We ordered the beef quesadilla and beef sope. The cubed meat on both our dishes was way overcooked, tough, bordering on inedible and "questionable". Even the greasy silverware did not appear very clean and even had some rust spots on the knife. The service was OK, but nothing special. I discovered after I paid at the counter where I included a tip, an additional tip had already been added without my knowledge. I will not risk dining at their other locations based on this experience. I really wanted to enjoy this restaurant, but in reality I should've kept on going down the road.

This place is unprofessional! Called yesterday around 6:30 PM to put an order to go pick up and…read morethey took the order accepted it and then when we got there they said "someone took your order" the worse part of all was they couldn't even atleast call back and let us know hey we don't have your order so we could get food somewhere else, instead we go to pick up the order and the kitchen is completely cleaned/emptied and mind you it was barely about to be 7:00 PM. On the maps it says the hours close at 8:00 PM everyday except Friday at a later time! How inconvenient and unprofessional and a waste of time! So basically they closed early but took a to go order and wasted our time. I'd go anywhere else but here!

My sister and I came here with the kids, so glad we did it was both our first time here! When we…read morefirst sat down to look at the menu, they brought us warm chips and red salsa love that! I ordered a quesabirria taco with consome, asada taco, and pastor taco. My sister ordered the breakfast tacos with brisket and chicharron, and my kids had chicken nuggets with fries. Everything was great, flavors are on point. A few things I would suggest, is making the horchata flavor more milky or creamy, I felt mine was a little bit on the watered down side, it was super translucent, I'm more used to the stronger cinnamon and milky flavors or horchata. And secondly, ask the customers if they would like guacamole on their tacos (I love mine loaded, and this would have been a great flavor explosion on all my tacos) Although we were the only customers inside the restaurant at the time at around 3:45pm, they keep the place super clean and it's welcoming, a bunch of seating inside, and it looks like they even have a stage area for live music or dancing. Service was prompt and they checked back on us often, I appreciate that :) There is a claw machine for the kiddos to play, and a candy machine like back in the 90s with runt like looking candy.

After 2 attempts. Not my favorite. Ordered 2 tacos to go. Bacon was difficult to chew. More like…read moreslabs of bacon in clumps. Not bacon strips or crumbled bacon. It was chewy not crunchy. I love well done bacon but not a chewy over done slab bacon. The eggs seemed oddly crumbly not like a true scrambled egg. It was on a homemade tortilla thus the stars. Tortillas were fabulous each time. But not the bacon and eggs. I truly loved the original Yoli's and miss her truly but this was not what I was expecting based on Yoli always had fabulous tacos! And she greeted me with a smile. The young kid and the lady working the desk had no emotion. And I wish the opened before 7. Other places in town win them out for breakfast before the work day.

This place is no longer at the driving range. It is now located at a place off of 304 called The…read moreEast 40. The address is 1177 TX-304, Bastrop, TX 78602. Once we found it we ordered tortas and they were really good. Definitely check them out.

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This is a really old food truck (trailer) parked by a gas station near the freeway. There's a few…read morepicnic tables under a tent out front. There's was one attendee in the truck, working hard to make things happen. They didn't earn any stars for ambiance or location. But you know what, the burrito I had there was very good. Every ingredient was excellent, from the asada to the rice, beans and other fillings. The burrito was grilled nicely, and the hot sauce they gave me was more of a chili oil but it was absolutely amazing. It may not look like much but they sure seem to know that they're doing. I'll be back to try their quesabirria tacos.

Cute little food truck in Bastrop. Our third time here- the carnes street tacos are amazing. I like…read morethem with lots of grilled onions-no raw onions and zero cilantro. My husband got the cubano and loved it!

good food and good service! good menu selection and friendly staff…read more Highly recommend this place

A lot of variety in a food truck. I have picked up food and snacks several times and they have…read morealways been delicious. My only comment is the huge amount of plantains that were included with my platter was way too much. I think I threw away a pound. The fried chicken was very good, the sauces and dips are tasty. I think my favorite is the pupusa. The first time we ordered them we did not expect such a large portion. They are a meal in themselves. The meats are cooked to perfection and the toppings are great and fresh.

Mario's catered an event I went to last night and it was excellent. The Mario's team showed up in…read morefull force to execute the best possible service and quality. They had chicken and steak with rice, beans, veggies, salsa, corn and flour tortillas. Everything was seasoned well and tasted great. I even went back for seconds which is unusual for me! The event itself was super nice with live music. I definitely recommend you hit up Mario's for your events in the future.

Food: Had the plate of Barbacoa mini tacos which came with 4…read moretacos for about 11 dollars including text. The meat was juicy and the tortillas were fresh. I just wanted more flavor. The salsas were good they had mild medium and spicy I had the mild and medium. Both were just okay. The plate did come with grilled onions and a charred jalapeño as well as some lime. Service: Service was fast. They had my food out within 5 minutes through the drive through. Staff were friendly. Ambiance: I got my order through drive through. But it's connected to a gas station so I imagine it being a small hole in the wall.

A year ago I tried this taco truck. One grumpy person in the truck took so long to serve the person…read morein front of me, he left his food he'd paid for. It took almost 30 min to get two tacos. The whole pinto beans in the dry taco were not palatable.

Route 71 between Bergstrom Airport and Bastrop is kind of a food desert…read more But they are just now starting to get food trucks. However, there is one food truck that has been in Cedar Creek forever. Mi Barrio at 71 and Pope Bend. This is an absolutely superlative food truck. If you needed one and only one place to eat along Route 71, This is the one you would want. * * * Tex-Mex is the order of the day here. The menu is very traditional. They are unapologetic about offering "alternative parts of the animal" such as tripas. The food is firey hot but hot with magnificent flavor. I never understood why people told me that Tex-Mex food is spicy. It isn't spicy in most places. It IS spicy at Mi Barrio. And this is fire you could learn to love. * * * Four notes of interest. a) I had the chicken fajitas. At bad Mexican food trucks, they use cheap chicken, Chicken that leaves a bad taste in your mouth. They use high integrity high quality ingredients at Mi Barrio. You could serve this chicken to your mother. b) Even though Mi Barrio is right next to Cedar Creek High School, I have never once seen a Cedar Creek High School student there. You go to the fast food restaurants near Westwood High in Austin, and they are packed with Westwood High students. I suspect the principal at Cedar Creek is stricter than the principal at Westwood High about letting students off school grounds. c) Most of the customers do not eat at the food truck. All of the customers I saw were working class Mexican. A few ordered for themselves and went off to eat someplace. A few others came in to get large orders that I presume were taken back to some work crew. The location is not wonderful. They are in the parking lot of a fairly cruddy Exxon convenience store. Highway 71 scenery is not magnificent. d) This place opens early and closes early. They will be there for breakfast. They will be there for lunch even if you wander in around 1-ish. I am a late afternoon kind of a guy which generally means I found them closed. * * * It would be snarky for me to say this is the best eating on Route 71, given the nearly total lack of competition. But it is more meaningful to say this place can stand up with The best of the Mexican/Central American food trucks on North Lamar in Austin AND The best of the Mexican/Central American food trucks on Route 812 in Del Valle. These are concentrations of really excellent Mexican food. You might not want to drive 35 miles to eat here. The location is ugly. This ain't no picture postcard. But if you DO stop and eat here, ignoring the view, You will eat very well indeed.