El Borrego De Oro — Restaurant in Austin

While I sure have not ventured too far into menu I do have some favorites. Of course if you visit a place called borrego, you may want to try the lamb plate with corn. Corn tortillas are house made. Flour no. Then there is their stewed chicken, the best I've ever had anywhere. You can get this chicken on anything. Enchiladas, tacos, burritos, tostadas etc. All the sauces taste great. My favorite is chipotle. You can really smell and taste the smoke used to roast the chillies. So basically I like chicken enchiladas with chipotle sauce. OMG! Also the carne guisada with corn tortillas. Sauce is thick and tasty and the carne is cooked to perfection. Tortilla soup is really good because they use the corn tortillas pieces on it and that great chicken. It's great on cool/cold days. If you like mole, they have a dark rich mole with just enough sweetness. Probably from jar but thats OK. The mole chicken enchiladas are fantastic. Finally, although the refried beans are almost always on the spot great, you may consider replacing them with borracho beans which have tons of flavor. I'm sure there is plenty more but these are my go to faves...

It's a funny story how I found this place. I head to work from 71 to south I really wanted breakfast tacos, but I could not find any when I asked my google phone, at least none that were on the way. So I decided I would choose McDonald's which is right across the street from this place. Needless to say, the line was long, I said never mind to Mcdonalds, attempted a U-turn on congress back on to Ben white, my attempt sort of failed because my car ended up facing directly in front of this restaurant. I thought "wait a minute, this is a Mexican restaurant-they HAVE to have breakfast tacos!" They did, and THE TACOS ARE DELICIOUS! I AM SO BLESSED THAT GOD PLANTED ME QUITE LITERALLY IN FRONT OF THIS STORE. NOW I CAN GET THEM HERE ON THE WAY TO WORK! Hot sauce went great with these tacos-YUM! cant wait to try their food for dinner. Being a Mexican myself the Trochy's "Taco" place was just not cutting it! (Oh. And when they have Selena hanging in their shop-you just know its...

The food is good here; however, BEWARE! They do not give the table an itemized bill therefore the girl at the front register adds up everything- I made a note of about how much my bill would be, and it was obvious that I was overcharged. I mentioned the overcharges- as it wasn't the first time- and the corrections were deducted- shaved off $15 from my bill. I won't go back.

I went back to El Borrego a few years after this post was written and it was an entirely different experience. The food was fantastic - hot plates- it looked good- the service was impeccable- the manager was going around the tables making sure the patrons were all happy with everything. AND paying the bill was an easy and reflected exactly what we had eaten... not like the previous time where you go up to the cashier and she acts like she guessing what things cost. I do not know if they changed management- they must have because the service all around...