Don Mario Mexican - Austin

Best Queso Carnitas In Austin!!! Since relocating to Austin last year I have went to many restaurants in search of the best queso. Don Mario?s offers up the best queso carnitas I?ve ever had anywhere. The service is always stellar, I?ve always been seated right away. The food is excellent and makes it to the table sizzling hot and delicious. I highly recommend the enchiladas de camaron.

Great little spot with a liquor store, fitness center, donuts shop, and few other things in the same plaza. Parking was a little tight, but enough. Once inside, the hostess was quick to seat us and the waiter was quick to take order as well. Food was very reasonably priced and excellent portion. Good drink selection and menu and pretty authentic in my experience. No burrito if you are from California! We got some tacos and ingredients were fresh and tasty. Definitely a spot to come back for sure!

Pambaso was huge and delicious! It is so hard to find a restaurant that makes them. Everything is made from scratch? now if they only made homemade tortillas ?. Best Authentic Restaurant hands down!

To start, the restaurant was pretty clean and staff were very pleasant. We hit the place at around 5pm on a Sunday so it was not busy. Chips Salsa Chips were crispy but not hard and tasted pretty good. The salsa was hot which was weird to me. It was also very wet with almost no signs of other ingredients even though you could taste them. I was not a fan of the salsa which was a bummer. It tasted like tomato soup. My wife did not mind it though. Entrees My wife really liked her meal and wants me to bring her back. I had cheese enchiladas and they were almost impossible to get chewed up enough to swallow them. I ordered 3 and ate 1 as it took forever to eat them. Definitely not something I would order again. Sides Beans and rice were enjoyed by both of us. Desert We waited a few minutes after our meal was done to order desert but the waitress did not return soon enough and I lost interest. I don?t blame her she was very nice. I think she just had a lot to juggle. In the end, my wife says it?s s 4 Star and I say my experience was a 2.75 Star. Go figure. It?s worth a try though.

This restaurant is a hidden gem. Authentic Mexican restaurant ! Do not miss the cactus tacos here . Its called nopales . Really good and unique . We got two of the cactus tacos and the pork and chicken tacos . Really good. The chips and salsa are fresh and crispy. And decently priced as well .