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    Sonny's Barbacoa & Restaurant

    4.1 (65 reviews)
    Open 6:00 am - 1:30 pm

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    J G.

    I had the Barbacoa breakfast plate. Over easy eggs cooked to perfection & beans, barbacoa & papas were very tasty. The chicharones are the best I've ever had. I loved that the waitress brought out a whole avocado to smash myself. The huevos Rancheros & the pancake plate were also very good! The place is very humble & small but clean. If you like home cooking, this is your place!

    Ray H.

    Keep driving. Dropped by for a taco of eggs machacado. I asked the order takers if it was dusted with olive ad some places vary on how it's prepared. $3.75 for a taco and it was just eggs and dried beef. I added the green salsa. There are so many places like Chaco's, Jalisco, etc. Sonny's has lost its way

    Breakfast taco, habanero hot sauce
    C B.

    Great breakfast taco. Pull up to the cones in the parking lot, and the attendant will take your order on a tablet. Once my order was placed I pulled up to the last cone and waited a minute for my order to be delivered. I ordered a bean egg and cheese breakfast taco with habanero hot sauce. They also had red and green. Unlike most, this hot sauce was reddish brown, not orange, and there was a generous amount. I slathered all of it onto my taco and dove in. The tortilla was soft and chewy, the filling was hot, generous, and balanced. The hot sauce was unlike any I've had in Corpus, or anywhere else, in a good way. It wasn't very spicy, but added an interesting flavor, almost beefy. Overall, I loved it If you're a breakfast taco junkie, you gotta try Sonnys

    potato egg and bean breakfast taco
    Jacob B.

    This place is great :) line moves super fast, and the lady who took my order was nice, very to the point though, which I respect! I got a handful of breakfast tacos for some friends, they were great I can tell the tortillas are homemade. Good ratio of fillings too, what really surprised me was the green sauce it was awesome it was fairly priced as well, nothing more I can ask from a taco spot

    Taco of Chicharone con frijoles!!!!

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    Good breakfast tacos - Barbacoa were the best but would recommend all - staff very helpful

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    Food was ok, hot sauce was awesome, $15 for two tacos and a coke, damn!!! I should have just ordered a full meal plate.

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    2 years ago

    Small inside, But the food is fantastic. I'm glad my niece took me there, I've passed by the restaurant and would have never stopped.

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    If you looking for a great hole in the wall place this is amazing.. their hot sauce are to die for..

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    Best barbacoa in town! If you're a barbacoa person you need to try it Sonny's! They have a Great staff, and the service is great too!

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    3 years ago

    First time here and OMG! It was the best food, service and everything. When we come down to visit - we will definitely be stopping here!

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    Everything was so good. Home made tortillas are the best. I will be returning net trip.

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    The food itself tastes good and the portions are generous - next time I will just order for pick…read moreup. Came on a Sunday with my toddler, and it was very busy so I expected a bit of a wait on things. I have been here before for Sunday brunch with a large group and had a good experience, but today was not great. Got seated after only about 15 mins - totally reasonable. After that, multiple things went wrong. 1- I was initially given a high chair with a broken buckle, so I didn't fasten the straps and my toddler slipped down through the opening. She was ok, thankfully, and we got another one with working buckle. 2 - lots of flies. I felt like I was fighting them for my food. At one point I counted 5 at a time. 3 - I wasn't given utensils when I was seated or at the same time as my food. My food was served, then I had to wait for the waitress, then wait for the utensils. 5 mins of calming the hungry screaming toddler and watching our food cool down was not very cool. Same thing happened to the table next to me. 4 - they ran out of cups, and my coffee was served in a styrofoam cup with a plastic spoon. It tasted like plastic and I didn't enjoy it. When I saw that I was charged $4 for it, I asked the waitress to strike it from my bill, which she did. Individually these things were not a big deal, but overall it was just not great. I believe the waitress was just overwhelmed and doing her best.

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    OMGoodness! Has to be one of our favorites! We love trying new restaurants in the cities we are…read morevisiting and Gallery 41 had outstanding reviews. We are going to add to those. Beautiful from the moment you step into the museum foyer to get to the restaurant itself. Lovely view of the harbor with all the boats. We were greeted warmly even though it was already 8:00 pm with closing at 9:00 plus I had 3 grands with me. Tara, our server was simply the best! She got the kids orders first while I enjoyed a cocktail. I believe it was called Lavender Haze and was very refreshing. The bacon wrapped shrimp was amazing with the cream cheese. I will never think of creamed spinach the same. This side was prepared with fresh spinach and was not overcooked, very nice! You can sit outside as well. We loved everything about Gallery 41!

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    I've been here a handful of times…read more Visit 1: carne guisada plate ordered through the drive-thru, delicious and love convenience. Visit 2: dined in and ordered carne asada plate, delicious. Visit 3: got breakfast thru the drive thru, chilaquiles with egg mixed in, no salsa ranchera They made the corn tortilla chips very soggy and there were ONIONS which I do not like and which was not disclosed, only ate a quarter or the top layer of the plate. Visit 4: was sick with vomiting so got tortilla soup. Chicken was cooked but not tenderized. I liked the one from Cancun's better. Visit 5: brought hubby here. He commented that carne guisada was overcooked, I tasted and agreed. I put this place to the true test by ordering menudo... and they failed. Menudo tasted like they didn't wash tripas after parboiling them. Each bite was initially good follow up by an uncomfortable, dirty aftertaste. My verdict: not bad, just mid. Maybe some issues with quality control. I'll be back to try the seafood though.

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