Low-key eatery serving American & Latin fare, including tacos, chicharrones & burgers. Based on 735 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.4 stars. Price $
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Drive-through ✔️ No delivery
Address:
4066 S Port Ave, Corpus Christi, TX 78415
Phone: (361) 808-7711
Website: https://www.facebook.com/BarbacoaKing
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Hours
| Wednesday | 6 AM–1:30 PM |
| Thursday | 6 AM–1:30 PM |
| Friday | 5:30 AM–2 PM |
| Saturday | 5:30 AM–2 PM |
| Sunday | 5:30 AM–2 PM |
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 6 AM–1:30 PM |
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Reviews
Joe Lopez
This place we visited pre pandemic. It was bustling with what we believed valued, satisfied patrons. The food was really good.
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William C. Castillo
A Corpus staple for traditional Mexican Breakfast items grandma would make. Tacos are hot, fresh, and well portioned. Try the number 1 special and don’t be disappointed. Beware the Fireball; muy pícoso!
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Lupe Torres
The homemade corn tortillas are a must!!! They offer the option of regular corn or homemade. Regular corn tortillas will never taste the same. The barbacoa was delicious. While it is not west Philly barbacoa as in made with goat or lamb leg it is pretty good. The chicharones were great as well as the homemade flour tortilla picadillo taco. The menudo had great flavor. It was more on the softer end for the texture but it was almost closing time. I’m sure the meat for the menudo is better when it’s earlier. The service was top notch as it was friendly, helpful, and quick.
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Jason Peña (Jay)
So being from corpus all my life, i had never tried this please. Then the “pandemic” happened ,so they weren’t allowing people to eat inside. With all that said, today i finally got my chance to try it out, and wow way better then i was told from the service to the food. They also let me try samples to make sure i was going to like before i ordered. This place is a must try and definitely on my A+ list.
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Davi Wayne-Disney
This was an interesting experience. Very tender, bland beef that really needed sauce. Not going back again for that. But. Perhaps the best sausage and refried beans I have ever eaten, added to some very good rice. Apparently those were the only main dishes available, at least on the Wednesday when I stopped in. The portions were, for me at least, too big for one meal, but too small for two so the next day I made leftoverroni. See the photo. The leftover refried beans worked well as a gravy substitute. As others noted, the drive through is less than optimal and because of it, there is a significant wait time. They also appeared to have separate cash and card prices.
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Kelsey
Waited over 20 minutes for a pound of chicharrones… which wasn’t cheap. Just for them to be cold… semi burnt black stuff on them… tasted like old burnt oil. Some hard as a rock. And I’ve had them many times here before nice and fresh. Never again. Nasty after taste.
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Jolene Betancourt
Food is always delicious, service is as fast as they can. Usually busy, but food quality is always great. Parking sucks but worth the wait
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Susan Flenniken
The brisket taco was one of the best I had ever had and the staff was very accommodating! Love this little place and will definitely be back!
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L X
Expensive, bought 2lb of barbacoa and carnitas only gave me one salsa.. barbacoa is dry and not that great tasting
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Mike Socha
This place was amazing. It does not look like much, but the food was wonderful, the staff was super friendly, and it was clean. I had barbarcoa tacos. They were some of the best I’ve ever had. The tortillas were perfect. I’m not sure what they do with the beans, but wow!
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