Food Network

"Make it there before 11 a.m. to enjoy The Real Deal Holyfield, one of the city's most-decadent culinary experiences and one that’s likely to knock you out for the rest of your day. The fried egg, beans, potato, bacon and tomato-serrano salsa are a meal unto themselves, but the dish enters a new realm of gluttony with a thick slice of fatty brisket."

Food & Wine

"Favorite breakfast taco in Austin is the Real Deal Holyfield from Valentina’s Tex Mex BBQ."

Mike Sutter

"On a grilled flour tortilla with caramelized onions, the lean fibers of pork and the mesquite-infused fat that holds them together break through in full bloom, a desert flower made even brighter by fresh tomatillo salsa with the clean and lingering burn of habanero."

Daniel Vaughn

"The pulled pork was as good naked as it was wrapped in a tortilla blanket."

Thrillist

"50 Tacos To Eat Before You Die: The Capital City is home to many notable mobile food vendors. But none is worth standing in line for in the rain like Valentina’s Tex Mex BBQ, an expert melding of Texas’ two great culinary traditions—barbecue and Tex-Mex. The pinnacle of which is this smoky amalgamation of mesquite-smoked brisket, bacon, and refried beans with a put-an-egg-on-it double-take finish, all on a downy, slightly dusty handmade flour tortilla."

Daniel Vaughn

"Consider starting with breakfast: one Holyfield taco—­brisket, bacon, potatoes, beans and a fried egg—is enough to rev the motor all day."

Eater

"Austin's 27 Most Iconic Dishes: The Real Deal Holyfield at Valentina's Tex Mex BBQ - It’s impossible to have too many tacos, and Valentina’s Tex-Mex BBQ proves that point with its perfect melding of Austin’s deep true loves, barbecue and Tex-Mex with the trailer’s breakfast-ready Real Deal Holyfield. Opt for brisket with a fried egg, beans, bacon, and tomato serrano salsa."

Mike Sutter

"Take the brisket, for example. As a sandwich on a bun, it’s piled high in thick blocks like the oversized Jenga tower the inebriates are deconstructing next door at the Star Bar. Those slices respect the fatcap. The bark is a salty rub, but the star player is the smoke ring, which burrows a full inch deep into the meat with mesquite’s tannic low-country twang."

Mike Sutter

"Put these willowy, coral-colored nuggets and shreds of mesquite-christened shoulder in a fresh tortilla with grilled onions and a bright burst of tomatillo verde, and all the sudden they’re wearing heels and a feather boa."

Daniel Vaughn

"8 Incredible BBQ Spots in Texas: Valentina's Tex Mex BBQ - Tender mesquite-smoked brisket and smoked-pork carnitas fill house-made tortillas at this South Austin food truck."