Comments on: Polvo’s – Austin, TX http://tacotown.org/2009/03/10/polvos/ Taco Review Blog from Austin, TX Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:09:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: chappy http://tacotown.org/2009/03/10/polvos/comment-page-1/#comment-26836 chappy Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:35:48 +0000 http://tacotown.org/?p=73#comment-26836 yeah.. ive noticed some bad service in the past, but the quality of the food has always made up for it.. we had lunch there last week and it was again an orgasmic mexican food experience.. beef fajita enchiladas with queso sauce..hot damn.. bueno. if you are not satisfied with the service or the food my advice is to just stand up for your rights as a patron and dont take their shit..send it back or ask for the manager.. i know for a fact that Polvo's takes alot of pride in their food, so they would likely comp you or send you another plate.. its all about pride..everyone has crabby days or off-nights.. btw - its not tex mex.. and IMO it blows maudies and gueros out of the water.. yeah.. ive noticed some bad service in the past, but the quality of the food has always made up for it..

we had lunch there last week and it was again an orgasmic mexican food experience.. beef fajita enchiladas with queso sauce..hot damn.. bueno.

if you are not satisfied with the service or the food my advice is to just stand up for your rights as a patron and dont take their shit..send it back or ask for the manager.. i know for a fact that Polvo’s takes alot of pride in their food, so they would likely comp you or send you another plate.. its all about pride..everyone has crabby days or off-nights..

btw – its not tex mex.. and IMO it blows maudies and gueros out of the water..

]]> By: Alice http://tacotown.org/2009/03/10/polvos/comment-page-1/#comment-26779 Alice Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:57:44 +0000 http://tacotown.org/?p=73#comment-26779 My friends and I went last Wednesday and the service was atrocious. We arrived at 7. The waiter took our order at 7:30. The food arrived at 8:45. Chip bowls went unfilled as did our water. Our drinks, however (which we all know is the fastest way to jack up the tab) arrived quickly... once, in fact, before we had even ordered them, and our bill arrived so quickly that it was impossible to not feel that we were being rushed out. We were a group of 10 but half the tables weren't even filled, and service like that is never excusable. My fajitas al pastor were a lot of pineapple hiding very little meat, a thumbful of cheese, and barely any sour cream or guacamole (which was made to look much larger by the mounds of shredded lettuce under it.) My companion's chicken fajitas were so salty that everyone at the table who tried them choked. I've read a lot about how Polvo's is "old South Austin", etc. etc. I've lived in this city my entire life and mediocre food and poor service aren't Austin. Don't be fooled. Spend your money somewhere worthwhile. Go to Guero's, or Maudies, or any of the other many fine Tex-Mex restaurants in this city. This Austinite won't be going back ever. My friends and I went last Wednesday and the service was atrocious. We arrived at 7. The waiter took our order at 7:30. The food arrived at 8:45. Chip bowls went unfilled as did our water. Our drinks, however (which we all know is the fastest way to jack up the tab) arrived quickly… once, in fact, before we had even ordered them, and our bill arrived so quickly that it was impossible to not feel that we were being rushed out. We were a group of 10 but half the tables weren’t even filled, and service like that is never excusable. My fajitas al pastor were a lot of pineapple hiding very little meat, a thumbful of cheese, and barely any sour cream or guacamole (which was made to look much larger by the mounds of shredded lettuce under it.) My companion’s chicken fajitas were so salty that everyone at the table who tried them choked. I’ve read a lot about how Polvo’s is “old South Austin”, etc. etc. I’ve lived in this city my entire life and mediocre food and poor service aren’t Austin. Don’t be fooled. Spend your money somewhere worthwhile. Go to Guero’s, or Maudies, or any of the other many fine Tex-Mex restaurants in this city. This Austinite won’t be going back ever.

]]> By: TacosAreGiftsFromGod http://tacotown.org/2009/03/10/polvos/comment-page-1/#comment-1510 TacosAreGiftsFromGod Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:11:20 +0000 http://tacotown.org/?p=73#comment-1510 I think the food's pretty average, but it's cheap and the margaritas are pretty good. The salsa is pretty good. I think the food’s pretty average, but it’s cheap and the margaritas are pretty good. The salsa is pretty good.

]]> By: chappy http://tacotown.org/2009/03/10/polvos/comment-page-1/#comment-258 chappy Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:49:29 +0000 http://tacotown.org/?p=73#comment-258 doh! doh!

]]> By: miguel http://tacotown.org/2009/03/10/polvos/comment-page-1/#comment-257 miguel Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:56:57 +0000 http://tacotown.org/?p=73#comment-257 polvo means dust/powder, slang for the nose stuff, pulpo means octopus! Aquarios (s. 1st and el paso)down the steet is quality also, never a wait, phat tacos, great soup. polvo means dust/powder, slang for the nose stuff, pulpo means octopus! Aquarios (s. 1st and el paso)down the steet is quality also, never a wait, phat tacos, great soup.

]]> By: Ian http://tacotown.org/2009/03/10/polvos/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Ian Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:46:00 +0000 http://tacotown.org/?p=73#comment-156 Wow, funny, I just had lunch there today for the first time. Coincidence? Or some kind of strange cosmic .. um ... yeah, OK, coincidence. Wow, funny, I just had lunch there today for the first time. Coincidence? Or some kind of strange cosmic .. um … yeah, OK, coincidence.

]]> By: Cabeza De Taco http://tacotown.org/2009/03/10/polvos/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Cabeza De Taco Wed, 01 Nov 2006 18:00:53 +0000 http://tacotown.org/?p=73#comment-153 those fish enchiladas are so fucking good. I makes me sad to think about them. those fish enchiladas are so fucking good. I makes me sad to think about them.

]]> By: chappy http://tacotown.org/2009/03/10/polvos/comment-page-1/#comment-78 chappy Wed, 04 Oct 2006 22:03:35 +0000 http://tacotown.org/?p=73#comment-78 FYI in the effort of fairness, there are alot of bad reviews on City Search, mostly concerned with their service..Ive notice that the waitstaff is really relaxed and casual, that may be what catches ppl off guard.. I'm never a 'needy' or picky person at a restaurant anyhow.. I just ask that my iced tea not sit empty for more than 1 min or I go apeshit and whip out my machine gun. http://austin.citysearch.com/review/10211686/1119313 FYI
in the effort of fairness, there are alot of bad reviews on City Search, mostly concerned with their service..Ive notice that the waitstaff is really relaxed and casual, that may be what catches ppl off guard.. I’m never a ‘needy’ or picky person at a restaurant anyhow.. I just ask that my iced tea not sit empty for more than 1 min or I go apeshit and whip out my machine gun.

http://austin.citysearch.com/review/10211686/1119313

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