Taqueria La Escondida

Very good. Prices are reasonable. We got the Camarones Diablo, 6 taco plate, and a children’s plate.

Love their breakfast tacos! Call ahead though because they are made fresh and can take some time, but totally worth the wait!

Good authentic food at an even better price. I got lunch at the recommendation of guys at discount tire next door and was not disappointed.
The enchiladas were great, salsa was fresh, and horchata was on point. I understand some Spanish but can’t speak any, and I had no issues. The service was great despite being busy. Only one waitress and she did great keeping up with everyone, I got taken care of right away. Like others have said, it’s not TexMex (this was a pro for me)
Some tips: seat yourself, try the aguas frescas, and when you’re done just walk up to the register — they don’t bring a ticket or anything to the table

Pretty solid Jalisco style mexican food. Expect just ok service if you don’t habla espanol. Good breakfast plates, fresh salsa not too spicy, just how I like it. Hot food, good prices, ok service, standard taqueria atmosphere. I wouldn’t bring my friends here, and I probably wouldn’t go back based on what I’ve had, but might be interested in going and trying something else off the menu.

The staff was friendly and quick which is why they are not getting one star. I ordered the enchiladas. The beans were cold and the enchiladas were not tasty and not very filling.

Authentic reasonably priced and delicious. The food is nothing exceptional but a good place for a filling budget friendly meal. Service is almost always just right. Breakfast is consistently done and their coffee has a slight hint of cinnamon. Yum.

Authentic mexican food at a very reasonable price. Amazing salsa but need better chips. 1 star deduction because the service can be very slow

it is what it is. cheap jalisco style mexican. cheap breakfast. good migas. i kinda stick with tacos, but the carne asada is pretty good, though the meat is sliced thin, and cooked to death, so its chewy. still good. pechuga asada is really good. its a butterflied, fileted chicken breast. service is decent, by committee like a lot of these mexican joints. ask for the salsa caliente, which is a warm stewed tomato sauce. i love it, but they never bring it to gringos unless you ask. wish they made homemade tortillas, but alas no.

This place looks a little rough but it’s really good. The tacos are cheap, 1.85 and good sized, and the chicken quesadilla is really good too. The waitresses are really nice and u get chips and salsa when you dine in. It was 15 bucks for two people. Not too shabby.

The food here is really good. I used t always order their breakfast tacos and if you come between 6am-11:30am you get 3 for $ 2 and some change. For the first time last Wednesday I had a meal here after work. They aren’t far from my job and I was craving Mexican food. I ordered the beef enchiladas w/​red sauce and refried beans and rice. First off their chips and salsa are really good and that is a major with me and Mexican restaurants. We barely even got to look at the menu before the waitress was ready to take our orders. It’s like jeez give us some time we just sat down. The food was so so. Nothing really special about it but it was good. The prices are good too very cheap. The only bad thing about this place is the service. This place has terrible service.
Not one time did the waitress ever come to our table and ask us if we needed anything or refills on anything. But the other Spanish speaking Mexicans got more service than us of course. My roommate had to try and get her attention to call her over. Second they BARELY just barely speak a little English. I remember once I phoned in an order of breakfast tacos and was wanting to know what ingredients they had. The idiot woman didn’t even know what an ingredient was lol. How the heck are you going to be working in the food industry in America yet you don’t even know what an ingredient is nor can you speak freaking English. I’ve been to better Mexican restaurants than this place. Of course I didn’t leave a tip but if I did it would be a verbal one and that would be try and at least attempt to learn English so you can communicate with your customers. Oh and it does take them forever to prepare the food.
Make sure to bring a book because you’ll be waiting a long time.

Awesome cheap breakfast tacos. This is one of our favorite breakfast taco joints in town because I can feed the whole family for under $ 15. Tacos are cheap but delicious, coffee is also yummy. Juice is huge so you can split one of those.

I will say 5 stars its cheap quick and if you want Tex Mex this is not the place this is some other kindof Mexican food its good and cheap!

Yeah if you don’t speak Spanish expect to ignored for 10 minutes. Granted the waitress was by herself but she took three people behind me before she even looked at me. At that moment I just walked out.

Had to change a tire and I walked in here, they have pretty cheap taco specials so I gave them a try. The food is very blah nothing special so unless your around the area changing a tire I wouldn’t make a special trip.

This is a dive Mexican eatery so don’t be fooled. The interior is very basic with realy no decorations or anything like that to jazz it up. With that said, the food is very good. I have been here a dozen or so times for breakfast or lunch and the food is cooked to order and tastes fresh.
My favorite thing is the food is very very inexpensive for what you get. Three breakfast tacos for 2.99 is ridiculously cheap and you can mix and match what you want in them. The breakfast plates are also well priced at 3.99 — 5.99 and will definitely fill you up. I personally like huevos rancheros the best.
THE BREAKDOWN:
— dining room is not fancy and very basic
— food is fantastic
— people are very nice
— food prices are very inexpensive for what you get.

I had ordered the Chicken breast Mexican style but they brought out the Pechuga Asada, I still ate it. The grilled chicken breast was quite tasty and I devoured all of it! The dish comes with french fries too and I’m super glad it did because I didn’t care for the beans nor the rice. The rice was a yellow color and tasted a little off and the beans were on the bland side. The salsa and chips were terrific.
I’ll be back to give breakfast a shot.

Currently I am a fan of La escondida for breakfast which they serve all day. The migas tacos are good and the machacado and egg as well.
I have tried the enchilada and fajita and was underwhelmed but maybe it was an off day as I have more good experiences than bad.
The staff humors me and my marginal Spanish language skills.

Just stopped into this little joint over the weekend on a friend’s recommendation. I ordered the Parilladas (fajitas?), which consisted of a MASSIVE sizzling skillet of well marinated shrimp, chicken and beef, onions and peppers. For under 10 bucks. I took half home and had another full meal. Where else can you find that? According to Unilocal,there are 611 Mexican restaurants in Austin. You may find better food, but not for the price. Hard to beat the value here.
Don’t let the zoo-​like fully barred windows throw you off. Service was prompt and friendly. Great salsa. Will be back.

Well, it’s March 2013, and I’m still eating regularly at Taqueria la Escondida, at least once a week, usually more. Still great value for the money: Tasty food, big portions, low prices. If you’re taking a date out (especially a «first date»), you might wanna pick a place with classier décor. But if you DO, do enough research to make sure that place is gonna have good food. I’ve spent LOTS more money and gotten lower quality food in the Mexican category.
I’m gonna upgrade my rating to 5 Stars. Like my original review says, I base reviews on what a place it TRYING TO BE. And in the dingy, no-​décor category of Taquerias, this place has the MOST IMPORTANT element. DOWN-​HOME GOOD FOOD.
Yep, I still recommend Taqueria la Escondida.
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Will all the fantastic taco trucks nearby, why would you come to this place? Seriously. The al pastor taco I had was so bland, I only ate one bite and promptly drove to the Las Rosas truck for one worth salivating over.