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.

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.

Wow!!! I am so glad I stopped here today!! I had the marinated pork quesadilla and a pineapple…read moreFresca. I was very pleased with everything.

It appears that Los Flores has been closed for good some time ago. Just down the road is Mi…read moreRanchito, which is looking good so far. Review to follow on their Yelp.

7 years ago I did a complementary review on this place. I had envisioned a nice new restaurant on…read morethat corner. Their food was great and the price could not be beat. When I wrote that review breakfast tacos were $1.35. Their carne guisada was the BEST I ever had anywhere. I have never found any that I care for anywhere else. They spoiled me. Well my vision of a nice new restaurant occupying that spot was blown up. Someone bought the lot and I believe purposely messed up the parking lot to where you better have a high clearance vehicle to negotiate it. Then they literally packed it with food trailers and many more types of trailers. They just swamped poor little Las Flores. They didn't stand a chance so I guess not long after Covid hit they gave it up. The poor common folk and working man lost one of the best and cheapest places around. Lost to the root of all evil. GREED.

Popped in Friday to try a few different things as we were looking to use them for catering an…read moreevent. After spending the weekend in Austin I can say they had the best food we had the entire time. The owner is extremely nice ran down the expectations, costs, etc. We tried a few different tacos, rice and beans, and salsa. My favorite was the compacha (triple meat, triple flavor lol) close second pastor and beef. Beans were great full of flavor and went well with the rice. I loved that the salsa had good flavor not just heat like some placed. The owner really takes pride in their set up and we cant wait to have tjem at our event!

Phenomenal. Everything was superb. Flautas were the perfect amount of flaky, and had an incredible…read moresauce that tasted like a mix of avocado/ranch. Empanadas were cheesy and delicious. Elmore had the perfect spice and flavor. Wish I could keep this gem to myself but I'll share the love! you have to try this place!!!

We came in with our extended family for a late lunch /snack after visiting the nearby Dino Park and…read morewere promptly and cordially welcomed in. It's a large space, great for groups, and it's nice there is a kids menu option. We started with water all around, plus Mexican cokes and a paloma. We shared seafood tostada, chips n guacamole, wings, and chicken flautas. Everything came out hot, fresh, and nicely seasoned. We have two gluten free folks in the group and there were plenty of corn based options. The tostadas come with three and were nice and fresh, I was a little hesitant when it said mayo, but there was just a bit to get the shrimp and imitation crab to stick together. Turned out the kids loved the wings - we tried the citrus pepper and Austin amber bbq flavors. The chicken inside the flautas was tender and we enjoyed the cabbage, onion, carrot slaw to bring a fresh crunch. Definitely recommend if you're in the area.

If you are staying at Lost Pines Santo Patio is a great alternative to the one bar/restaurant…read more Maud's has an indoor full service bar and an outdoor patio that serves a limited menu. Management brought in an artist from Mexico to paint beautiful murals highlighting the Day of the Dead. The queso and fajitas were excellent. Santo Patio's Happy Hour is from 3:00-6:00. The house margaritas are 1/2 price. Everything else is the regular price. Our server, J, said she was new to Santo Patio, but I would not have known. She was very helpful and super friendly. We will ask for her again.

They mixed up my order shame on them. It's my /nd time going but they mixed it up so hopefully next…read moretime I go they don't

Great Gresh menudo, their specialty. Torta with Barbados was real nice. New business. New dining…read morearea. Friendly staff. Help them out.

The food was fantastic! I had Empanadas de camarón and it was delicious--flavorful and perfectly…read morecooked. The portions were great, and everything tasted fresh.

Great quesabirria tacos! Cute outdoor seating, food came…read moreout at a good time :) Service was quick and easy

The birria noodles were not to my liking, but the quesabirrias were amazing. Nice little joint with…read moreother food trailers around, so there are plenty of options.

Cool little drive thru. They also have an outside seating area. Service was great the staff was…read morekind and accommodated when I wanted my coffee stronger. Coffee overall was okay, great price for the amount of coffee, but would like to go back to try their other items.

Ordered the Mud for your Blood (brown sugar) iced latte and the Rez Rocket iced latte (vanilla…read morebean). Great coffee/espresso taste without being too sweet, which was just to my liking. Friendly service! Would definitely come back, and plan to try some of their food next time too!

This is 4.5 for me…read more Southern comfort food and dessert. Love the family atmosphere. For me, the star of the show is the desserts. Her pies and cakes are . I have to stay away from this place. It has become a Bastrop favorite for me.

The food was good. The yam is to die for. My mac and cheese were lukewarm. I don't think there is…read moreenough seasoning on my chicken wings. Gus' world-famous chicken in San Marcos is much better. A little bit overpriced includes their dessert. They were slow, we waited 30 minutes for our food.