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."

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."

Tanji Patton

"They make fantastic breakfast tacos and sensational side dishes."

Dan Gentile

"Breakfast tacos and barbecue constitute two of Austin's key food groups, and let the arguments rage about who does either best. But when you combine them? Nobody does it quite like Valentina's."

Kathryn O’Shea-Evans

"The 5 Best Places to Find Them in Austin: Valentina's Tex Mex BBQ - The brisket, a clear standout, is smoked for 15 to 18 hours and comes with sea-salt-lime guacamole and tangy tomato serrano salsa."

Jenna Scatena

"Come early for killer Tex-Mex-style breakfast tacos."

Alex Delany

"Valentina’s Tex Mex BBQ makes a monumental breakfast taco called the Real Deal Holyfield. It starts with a warm, perfectly-cooked, airy flour tortilla, which gets piled with smoked brisket, bacon, a fried egg, tomato-serrano salsa, beans, and potatoes. This thing is a testament to both barbecue and tacos, smoky, salty, juicy, and filling as all hell."