maria's taco xpress

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pork belly taco. was a omg taco!

chicotacovery good.

bloody mary. so so.

sangria extremely good.

go for the taco’s there amazing!!!

quesadilla de nopal & bandera were my favorite tacos. pollo guisado plate was okay & al pastortacowas good. it's a cool little joint with a great patio & stage.

maria'stacoxpress is the bomb.  they have the best events, and of course- fabulous food.  i highly recommend ordering the pollo guisado and the buddha bowl.  hippie church on sunday's is always a fun time.

don't believe the hype. rude counter service followed by overpriced, non delicious food. 'atmosphere' isn't enough of a selling point when you're a drop in the bucket in austin'stacoscene.

road trip for tacos. awesome setting and food. we were here over the weekend and decided to hit up some triple d places in the process.
lots of color and signs and pictures everywhere, my adhd was going crazy and i found it hard to focus because of all the stimuli. we read about maria's history on her picture. nice bathroom decor also.
we went with the al pastor plate and pollo guisado taco, avocadotacoand the queso. we were not sure about the meat and pineapple of the al pastor but it was a delicious combo. good rice and beans. the queso was outstanding and some of the best we have ever had. tacos were also terrific.
we went twice. once was packed and the other time was slow so we got 2 separate experiences. this place can get packed with some wild and weird folks.
no diet dr pepper though.

jg score of 8 (+3 for food, +2 for atmosphere, +1 for price, 0 for no diet dr pepper, 0 for service and +2 for we would go back)

sure, the place has got long lines, and i’m sure there are other, worthytacostands also putting out quality breakfast tacos (indeed, austin has soooo manytacostands that the bell curve is pretty wide), but maria’s has managed to earn it’s reputation as a go-to spot for both locals and tourists.

not good!. not good! there are 200 othertacoplaces that are better than this place. very bland! very very oilly!! my barbacoatacohad a steady stream of oil leaking out of it, all i could taste was oil it was disgusting. we have eaten at a hundredtacoplaces around texas and this was the worst. everything is very heavy handed. gordita bread is so heavy and dense. just very bland, oily, and heavy. had a lot of promise - but failed miserably, ok atmosphere - kinda loud though and crowded. also expensive considering othertacoplaces that are better. will not be going back. do not recommend

by far, the best breakfasttacoever. i tend to exaggerate.. a lot. but, there is no room for exaggeration when it comes to maria'stacoxpress. maria's offers, by far the best breakfast tacos in austin if not all of texas. light and fluffy eggs, crispy bacon and tons of cheese. if you only get one meal in austin, make it breakfast attacoxpress.

righteous.tacomaria's is totally epic. try one of their pollo guisado tacos and you'll be hooked. i love the veggie tacos too.

the only thing keeping this place from the stratosphere of awesomenivity is if the fact that they use store bought flour tortillas instead of freshly made. then again, almost no place in austin makes their own flour tortillas.

great tortillas and grub. i ate lunch here a week ago and it was great! fresh tasting ingredients and great price, make this austin location a great choice for thosetacocravings. there is also outdoor seating for those nice days in texas.