r/austinfood • u/ifoam • 5d ago
Mexican and Chinese Buffet on the weekends at Poco Loco
Has anyone been? I think it's relatively new. Mexicans make the best fried rice! They said it's a buffet but they serve you.
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u/Mexicanity_ 4d ago
I’ll take one for the team and check it out later today.
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u/ifoam 4d ago
Sweet. I was also thinking of swinging by and seeing what's on the menu. I may or may not eat but I can definitely go see since it's out in the open.
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u/Mexicanity_ 4d ago
I kinda know what to expect. I’ll take photos and report later. I might buy a couple of things, depending on how peckish I feel by then.
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u/Mexicanity_ 2d ago
I went there around noon on Saturday and the options were fried rice, noodles (chow mein style, I’m guessing), fried salt and pepper shrimp, sweet & sour ribs, and some sort of chicken. None made me want to try these. On the positive side, they had some mini flans that were nice for $1.99
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u/IntelectConfig 5d ago
my interest is piqued, but i need someone braver than me to tell me that it’s not terrible before i make a trek out that way.
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u/ponkyball 5d ago
I used to go to a Mexican/Chinese place when I lived in Brooklyn, on 7th Avenue, little walkup to order really great food. This is interesting!
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u/MuchElk2597 4d ago
Austin weirdly does not have that many low grade American Chinese buffets. Pretty much every major city has a bunch… except Austin. I guess they just don’t do very well here
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u/wilsonzaddy 5d ago
Very Airport & Cameron
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u/Murky-Frosting-8275 5d ago
I wouldn't touch the one off airport if I was starving. I haven't been back since I saw something scurrying across the floor out the corner of my eye last year. A couple months before that incident I grabbed some chicken, took it to checkout, and the attendant saw something in the package, made eye contact with me, put it in the trash, and went to get a different one. The eye contact was so weird, like she was saying "why tf would you get meat from here". Never said a word. I felt like I got the hint.
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u/singletonaustin 5d ago
Isn't it a grocery store?
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u/ifoam 5d ago
Yes but they have a hot bar they serve food from like most Mexican Grocery stores.
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u/defroach84 5d ago
Yeah, but are there tables to eat out or is this a to go box situation?
Seems like an all around bad time.
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u/moobybooby 4d ago
Don’t sleep on grocery store food. There’s a small Hispanic grocery store by me that’s super clean and new with a hot bar and the food there is pretty damn good. Punches way above its weight.
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u/JerryTexas52 4d ago
We are getting a place like this in Tyler, a Mexican and Chinese buffet, in the building that was Red Lobster. Excited to see what it will be and if it will be good.
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u/mrcrude 5d ago
I have so many questions