El Borrego De Oro

Great place to eat. Amazing Mega burger that around $5.00. Always call in and then leave by the time I arrive its good to go.  Had some friends eat there from Austin the other day and they were actually pretty amazed.

I eat here regularly. This is a family owned, family run place. They remember me and always have my drink order ready when I walk it. Their burgers, tacos, quesadillas, and nachos are all awesome. Rarely busy, never a wait, try this place it you're in the area. You won't be disappointed.

My husband and I had been to this restaurant once before I became a yelper, and we decided to visit it again on Memorial Day (we called to make sure the place would be open).  My mother decided to come too.

We all ordered iced teas to drink, and had to wait awhile before we were able to also order some queso compuesto.  This arrived with a very generous amount of ground beef mixed in ... too much, in my mom's opinion.  

Around this time a loud group of young people showed up.  Looked like teenagers to me, but who knows, maybe they were of age.  All I know is that they didn't get carded as they ordered a mostly-liquid lunch, and I still get carded at 28.  

When the queso arrived we ordered our food: my husband got the lunch special of carne guisada, I ordered a chicken burrito (the menu said it came with rice and salad, so I asked to add a side of beans, but the waitress said it came with beans too), and my mom ordered a combo plate with two beef enchiladas, a beef taco, and a tamale.  The waitress asked my husband what kind of tortillas he wanted, and he said he wanted corn.  I knew that my mother and I would want tortillas too, so I asked for 4 flour tortillas.  My mom asked for some chopped onion on the side for her meal.

Our food came out extremely quickly -- seemed like less than 5 minutes after we ordered.  My mom's chopped onions were on her enchiladas rather than on the side, so she scraped some of them off and put them on her rice and beans, since that's what she'd wanted them for.  My husband's 2 tortillas came, but not the other ones I'd requested, so I again asked for 4 flour tortillas for my mother and I.  The waitress said they were coming.  I looked at my burrito and it had cheese and verde sauce, and I thought the menu had said it had sour cream as well, so I asked the waitress if it was supposed to have sour cream.  She said she didn't know.  I said, "Well, then can I have some sour cream?"  A few minutes later she came and put the sour cream and tortillas on the table, then went to tend to the loud group.  

Well, the tortillas were corn, not flour.  At that point, mom and I decided to just eat them rather than ask for more stuff.  Good thing they came, because at that point my burrito was still too hot to eat.  So I made myself a rice/bean/queso taco and ate that while I waited for the burrito to cool off.  My mom wasn't eating her food either, because there were some flies buzzing around in the restaurant and she said she "just can't eat when there are flies around inside" or something.  She and my husband swatted at the flies for a few minutes until they left us alone (the restaurant had the door open when we arrived, so maybe that's where the flies came from).

When we finally ate our food, it was good.  My beans had plenty of smoky flavor from lard, needed a bit of salt, but that's okay.  The chicken in my burrito was tender and well-seasoned.  The verde sauce was spicy but the sour cream helped.  I tried my mom's tamale and enchiladas and they were good, and my husband liked his carne guisada.  We had a hard time getting the waitress (there were two waitresses and 3 tables occupied total) to come back over to refill our teas, but were finally successful.  

My mom paid for her meal and it was slightly over $10.  The total for the rest (2 teas, queso, chicken burrito, carne guisada special, and the arroz con leche popsicle my husband got out of the freezer) was around $27.  We weren't charged for the extra tortillas, so I let it slide that we were charged for sour cream.

I'm sure we'll visit this restaurant again eventually, after rotating through the closer Bastrop Mexican restaurants a few times.  I just hope that we receive better service.