Papi's Barbacoa — Restaurant in San Antonio

1lb of barbacoa, 1 small menudo. 3 salsa's, 2 dozen flour tortillas, and the complimentary beans. That was my order. First and foremost, the guy at the counter was extremely helpful. It was my first time here, and he helped guide my order. Very friendly. Even though i ordered everything 1 by 1, he set it up as one of their bundles, which saved me a bit of money. ^_^

Now to the food. Barbacoa was extremely good. I didnt have to add salt. I of course tasted it with the salsas, and they were definitely optional adds, not needed to make the barbacoa taste great. For those of you that need to know which is the spicy salsa, it was the green one. my sister would enjoy the red one as it a very nice flavor.

The menudo was slightly different than what i am used to having at home, but it definitely has a very thick, and tasty flavor. Oh yes, i forgot, i bought chicharrones as well. very crunchy, not stale, or greasy. The complimentary beans were sooo good. I will definitely have to order an actual portion size to have leftovers. The flour tortillas were very soft, and malleable. they did not break as you take them out of their package, or stick. i warmed mine up, and they remained soft. make sure you warm them on a low setting, or you'll definitely burn them, like i did. lol

All in all, i was extremely happy i found a barbacoa place within 15mins of where i live now. Very good food.

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The tamales are so dry and gross. Like I’m sorry I’m so picky and these were just gross. Like they are so small and have hardly any meat and at 15 bucks a dozen I expected a lot more.

The barbacoa is not bad Like I have had way better though. This place serves you so much grease even in the all meat. Barbacoa is tasty I just don’t like the amount of grease but that is just me. If you can eat the grease like that then definitely worth the money.

They have a endless supply of warm big red 2 liters and usually a few chilled in cooler. The chicharrones are homemade and taste good.

The ladies in the front were nice and welcoming.

Try it, might be your favorite place ever and if you love a super dry reheated multiple times tamale then this is your...

Well I use to go to papi’s at least twice a month and take food over to my mom. She really enjoyed it and wanted to surprise us this morning 2/5/22 she went at 6:35 am and figured that the owner was just running a bit late and she waited. She said she saw someone and got their attention only to see them raise their hands not sure if he was gesturing to wait or that 10am was the time. She decided to wait a bit more. Only to see the man inside go to the back. She said she could she this man and lady laughing. You know I’ve been here before and that place isn’t so large that it wouldn’t hurt for him to go and tell her she was early or otherwise. So sad that I will not go to a place that treats ppl in this...