Papalote Taco House
Papalote Taco House
Bacon, ham, sausage, franks, chorizo, chicharron, cactus, calabaza, poblano peppers, potato, onion, mushrooms, and green beans.
Corn or flour tortilla with scrambled eggs, pico, chips, mozzarella cheese, slice of avocado.
Cactus, calabaza, poblano peppers, potato, onion, mushrooms, and green beans.
Achiote rubbed grilled chicken topped with poblano pepper rajas, cabbage, queso fresco, and a slice of fresh avocado.
Grilled steak and bacon topped with poblano peppers, onions, provolone cheese, and a slice of fresh avocado.
Mushrooms with hominy, serranos, onions, epazote, queso fresco, and a slice of fresh avocado.
Pulled beef stewed in chipotle, topped with plantains, cabbage, queso fresco, and a slice of fresh avocado.
Fried avocado topped with black beans, pico de gallo, cabbage, and queso fresco.
Huajillo marinated pork topped with fresh cactus, queso fresco, and a slice of fresh avocado.
Grilled tilapia smothered in chipotle sauce, topped with cabbage, queso fresco, and a slice of fresh avocado.
Poblano pepper strips topped with onions, zucchini, mushrooms, cream sauce, cabbage, and queso fresco.
Stewed pulled pork covered in our homemade green sauce topped with cabbage, and queso fresco.
Shredded turkey covered in sweet mole sauce topped with cabbage, pickled onions, queso fresco, and a slice of fresh avocado.
Shredded pork loin covered in mole pipian, topped with cabbage, pickled onions, queso fresco, and a slice of fresh avocado.
Cauliflower cakes covered in huajillo sauce, topped with cabbage, queso fresco, and a slice of fresh avocado.
Shredded beef topped with cabbage, creama, queso fresco, and a slice of fresh avocado.
3 fried beef tacos covered in our homemade green and red sauce, crema, and queso fresco.
Pineapple huajillo rubbed grilled pork topped with onions and cilantro.
Marinated beef tongue covered in our homemade red sauce, topped with onions and cilantro.
Steamed marinated beef cheek topped with onions, cilantro and lime.
Pork meats marinated and cooked in its own juice, topped with pickled onions and lime.
Refried beans and Mexican chorizo topped with cabbage, queso fresco, and crema.
Refried beans and grilled thin beef steak topped huajillo sauce, cabbage, queso fresco, and crema.
Refried beans and pork cracklings cooked with homemade red sauce, and topped with cabbage, queso fresco, and crema.
Pineapple huajillo rubbed grilled pork topped with onions and cilantro.
Marinated beef tongue covered in our homemade red sauce, topped with onions and cilantro.
Steamed marinated beef cheek topped with onions and cilantro.
Pork meats marinated and cooked in its own juice, topped with pickled onions.
Refried beans and mexican chorizo topped with cabbage, queso fresco, and crema.
Refried beans and grilled thin beef steak topped with cabbage, queso fresco, and crema.
Refried beans and pork cracklings covered with our homemade red sauce, and topped with cabbage, queso fresco, and crema.
Ham, bacon, franks, head cheese, milanesa, and fried egg topped with queso fresco, onions, tomatoes, fresh avocado, lettuce, chipotle sauce, and jalapenos.
Shredded pork topped with mole pipian, pickled onions, queso fresco, and fresh avocado.
Shredded turkey topped with sweet mole sauce, poblano peppers, pickled onions, queso fresco, and fresh avocado.
Fried corn tortilla with black beans, rajas y hongos, queso fresco, and a slice of fresh avocado.
Fried corn tortilla with fish and shrimp ceviche, spread with mayo, topped with cilantro, tomatoes, onions, and a slice of fresh avocado.
Oval shaped black bean corn masa cakes stuffed with potato, covered in our homemade green and red sauces, and topped with fresh cheese, cilantro, and onion.
Bean stuffed oval tortilla topped with your choice of meat, lettuce, queso fresco, onions, and tomatillo sauce.
Thick pinched sides tortilla topped with black beans, your choice of meat, queso fresco, cream, lettuce, onions, and a slice of fresh avocado.
Orchata, hibiscus, and tamarind.
Comes with your choice of drink.
Ripped plantains covered with Mexican sweet cream and Parmesan cheese.
Rice pudding blend with raisins, vanilla, and cinnamon.
Choose any 2 of our savory tacos. Served with white rice, black beans, and iced tea.
4 taquitos. Pineapple huajillo rubbed grilled pork, onions, cilantro, lime, and chiles toreados, and agua fresca.
4 taquitos. Mushrooms with hominy, serranos, onions, epazote, queso fresco, avocado, and agua fresca.
4 taquitos. Huajillo marinated pork, cactus, queso fresco, avocado, and agua fresca.
Shredded turkey topped with sweet mole sauce, poblano peppers, pickled onions, queso fresco, avocado, and agua fresca.
4 taquitos. Grilled steak and bacon topped with poblano peppers, onions, provolone cheese, fresh avocado, and agua fresca.
Ham, bacon, franks, head cheese, milanesa, fried egg, queso fresco, onions, tomatoes, avocado, lettuce, chipotle sauce, jalapenos, and agua fresca.
4 taquitos. Steamed marinated beef cheek topped with onions, cilantro, lime, and agua fresca.
Achiote rubbed grilled chicken topped with poblano pepper rajas, cabbage, queso fresco, and a slice fresh avocado.
Grilled steak and bacon topped with poblano peppers, onions, provolone cheese, and a slice of fresh avocado.
Mushrooms with hominy, serranos, onions, epazote, queso fresco, and a slice of fresh avocado.
Pulled beef stewed in chipotle, topped with plantains, cabbage, queso fresco, and a slice of fresh avocado.
Fried avocado topped with black beans, pico de gallo, cabbage, and queso fresco.
Huajillo marinated pork topped with fresh cactus, queso fresco, and a slice fresh avocado.
Grilled tilapia smothered in chipotle sauce, topped with cabbage, queso fresco, and a slice of fresh avocado.
Poblano pepper strips topped with onions, zucchini, mushrooms, cream sauce, cabbage, and queso fresco.
Stewed pulled pork covered in our homemade green sauce topped with cabbage, and queso fresco.
Shredded turkey covered in sweet mole sauce topped with poblano peppers peppers, cabbage, pickled onions, queso fresco and a slice of fresh avocado.
Shredded pork loin covered in mole pipian, topped with cabbage, pickled onions, queso fresco, and a slice of fresh avocado.
Cauliflower cakes covered in huajillo sauce, topped with cabbage, queso fresco, and a slice of fresh avocado.
1/2 gallon.
Hongos y espazote taco
Fried avocado taco, no cheese
Inside
Breakfast taco in the front and puerco con verdolaga in the back
Fried avocado and carinatas tacos.
Service Station
Menu
Cubano torta (breakfast)
Outside
Side
Tables
Entrance
Menu as of 09/04/22
Cachete (Barbacoa) on flour, bacon egg & cheese, and nopal (cactus) egg & cheese, with a Hibiscus drink. Also the red salsa is my favorite.
Front
Hair in food
Pastor Classic Pollo a la Parilla Taco Adobada Taco
food
Banderillas Taco
Potato Egg & Cheese Breakfast Taco
Horchata
Cauliflower (egg breaded) Taco
Michael T.
Dec 7, 2024
These are some of the best tacos I've had in my life. We ordered the Alambre, the turkey & pork mole tacos, the pastor, the mushroom, and the fried avocado. The mushroom taco needed a bit of their salsa verde, but that was excellent too, and their horchata was perfect as well.Clear five stars, this will probably be our go-to taco place in Austin going forward.
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Sage O.
Sep 19, 2024
I've been going to Papalote ever since 2015 and I'm so happy they have had so much success that they could expand into the space next to them! I got this fish tacos and al pastor on flour and both were fresh and flavorful! The picture makes them look a little small but it was definitely a good amount of food.Not pictured, but I love their breakfast tacos!! Definitely don't skip on those! And I think they're served all day!
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Michelle B.
Jun 21, 2024
Wanted some fresh tacos. I got them. I personally felt the need to add the sauces due to not overly much flavor. I liked the pastor the most of the three items I got. The napas was good on my tostadas. I felt looking at the costs it wasn't too badly priced. The service was a a bit messed up. My friends ordered a torta. She had a conversation about not the special yet was rang out for the special and got the wrong order at first. Overall once that was corrected along with drinks settled, we didn't mind it. I'd have preferred homemade tortillas but for the cost I get it. Overall it was a simple spot. Decent amount of seating and parking on the front and back.
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Laura P.
Sep 22, 2024
Good but not great. More of a traditional Mexican street taco taste and vibe, but I've had better in California. The carinatas was very tender but also very oily.
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Hannah K.
Nov 23, 2023
Hindsight is 20/20 but I deeply regret all the time I've spent driving down South Lamar and not stopping at Papalote. It has all the elements of a fantastic everyday kinda meal: Affordable, unpretentious, quick, homey, satisfying, and healthyish (if you want). Vegan options are slim but solid. Best of all, staff are very knowledgeable about the menu and can help when in doubt. You can't go wrong with the hongos y espazote tacos because seriously, mushrooms topped with avocado in tender corn tortillas? Say no more. The fried avocado taco (minus cheese) though, that's a real prize. Crispy on the outside and buttery inside, they're perfectly cooked and properly seasoned.In a town of many tacos, these are worthy contenders. Don't make my same mistake; stop in early and often.
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Amjad A.
Apr 24, 2024
Ambiance: Clean. Modern. One other person was eating. So don't expect a busy bustling type of place. Service: goodFood: disappointing. Nothing interesting going one here. If a place has average food with average ingredients they should at least be a good value and I should leave hungry. Thats exactly what I did after eating to small street tacos and some rice and beans.... For $13. It's actually a 3.5 star restaurant. I'm just unhappy...and hungry.
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Michael H.
Aug 12, 2023
Hadn't been here in a while and wanted to check out out again. Two ingredient (plus egg included) breakfast tacos here at Papalote Taco House for about $3 per. Good size. Good price.I did chorizo and pablano plus egg and sausage and potato plus egg on flour. Flour tortillas are OK. They need to be crisped up a bit more before serving. Good flavor. A bit thick.I love pablano, but I can't advise eating here. It isn't cooked enough and the waxy skin still it on. They need to char them, remove the skins, then put longer (softer) strips inside. Chorizo was fine, but the bad pablano semi ruined that one for me.The sausage and potato was a surprise winner. Nice chunks of sausage. Eggs are well cooked. Winner.Salsa Roja has a nice kick. Salsa Verde is mild, but fine.Pretty good spot. Will try again.
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Stephanie K.
Dec 22, 2023
I stopped eating tacos because of the carbs then realized it was because of the pastries and now it's December so ALL BETS ARE OFF. Hey Papalote, new favorite horchata, it's vanilla and cinnamon that could maybe cut out a cookie or 2 this season. Alambres - seared steak and bacon with poblano peppers and provolone cheese - think Mexican Philly cheesesteak with an avocado on top (now it's *healthy*). The salsa roja is a nice spicy kick to tie the flavors together. Next visit, I'll return to my OG fave, the pescado in chipotle on their perfect corn tortillas. Always more to love.
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Nicky R.
Nov 11, 2024
The flour tortillas could be a lot better but that seems to a common Austin trait, but the ingredients are really good I would check it out. The servers were nice and the food came out quick. It's a little small on the inside if you're wanting to come with a large group
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Nancy M.
Feb 2, 2024
This is my favorite location!! This is one of my favorite tacos, it reminds me of my grandmas cooking with the tortitas de coliflorI've tried and like the huaraches, tlacoyos, most of their tacos and desserts and aguas frescas are pretty good too! Place is clean, chill and staff is friendly and efficient. Nice neighborhood spot
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