Joe's Bakery & Mexican Food

Came here for some breakfast, and damn it was great. The food was on point, and the service was great. I got the Joey's Rocha plate and chicharone taco, and it was delicious. Price is reasonable for the portions, and the tacos were great, too. Our waitress and the whole place has a family vibe to it. They got pandulce and conchas as well. If you are in Austin visiting, definitely check them out.

Joe’s Bakery is beyond compare. It was one of only six restaurants in the country awarded the 2023 James Beard Award. It is a firm east side establishment that has been around for more than 70 years. If you don’t get there super early be prepared to wait. It’s that good. And totally worth the wait. Go check out this Austin original on E. 7th St…you won’t be disappointed

As soon as you drive up into the parking lot you feel like your going back in time. The art on the side of one of the buildings is pretty badass. The mural is a picture of Joe pencil, Robert de Niro, and Ray Liotta from the movie good fellas. Who ever the artist was they did an amazing job. The menu at the restaurant is short and to the point. They serve what they are good at and they are good at what they serve. The tables are something that you would find at your house. Some are round and some are square. It defenitely feels like home. The food was great and the atmosphere was even better. The concha bread was amazing and the service was awsome. The waitress treated us like her kids and had really good suggestions on what to eat, everything.

I did a takeout for a friday breakfast. I got the Joey platter and I have to say it's the most delicious pork I've had recently. I also got the menudo. I think it tastes okay. The texture of the tripe is fantastic, soft but still chewy. In my opinion it would be better if they can work on getting rid of the unpleasant taste of intestines a little more. It's a little overpowering this time.

Parking was available near the door, the wait wasn't long to be seated even though there was a line going out the door, servers were friendly, orders were taken correctly! The dining area was crowded and loud but the food was good! They did not split my groups check and they were out of straws. Overall, a good meal! 👍

We got there and there were a lot of people waiting in their cars and outside, but they do talk about on their website about the wait time and I read good things on this place so we gave it a chance. The 45 minute wait we had was really only 17 mins. We were seated and ordered right away and it was a while before the food came, but it was worth the wait. The food was hot and really good and I liked how they had a smaller portion option for the plates cause I can never finish a whole plate so it came with half of everything for half the price. For two plates, 3 tacos and 3 conchas, and two drinks it was only $41 which I thought was really good with todays prices yesterday’s breakfast was $80 for less food. Only thing was there was a packaging fee but the website says any Togo orders will be charged a package fee but we had everything at the restaurant and nothing to go but it was only 1.12 so instead of mentioning it to them we counted it towards the fee because it was busy and hard to get someone to attend to us besides dropping off the food and picking it up. Place was a bit small but it has been around a long time so it was okay and the people were nice.

Picked a day in the middle of the week to avoid when this place is too busy. Its been around a long time and is quite popular. It was still busy on a Wednesday, but my colleague and I were seated immediately. I enjoyed the enchilada special which came with iced tea. My colleague had tacos and said they were delicious. Definitely will come back again to try other menu items.