Los Arcos Mexican Restaurant and Seafood

Love their porchop breakfast. Porchop is always crispy on the outside amd moist on the inside. Bacon and egg taco uses crispy bacon, not bacon that looks boiled as other places do. Place is old but clean. Atmosphere is so-​so, but love the food. Owner and servers are very kind, even to gringos like me.

Love their breakfast tacos! My family has been eating here for 5 years now. Everything is amazing that I have eaten here. I do recommend getting their «chip salsa» because their other two aren’t spicy at all or very good.

My first San Antonio try of barbacoa. It was good and very fast take out including salsa and toppings. The price was also good. Don’t think I’d go back but I wouldn’t be against it either.

Rarely do I get a clean feeling from a «mom n pop» Mexican restaurant. This place would be the exception.
The service is fast, the prices are cheap, and most importantly the food is deliciousó (I’m even picking up some Spanish here, wow)
Not to mention the tacos are BIG. Two of those suckers and I’m taking a nap in the parking lot…
Been here a few times and will definitely be returning!

Big fail at this «mexican rest» can’t believe they serve salsa from a bottle… I felt trap in the 60’s hehe barbacoa was ok with hand made tortillas.

Service good Huevos rancheros good bacon good, Hot salsa not hot not that tasty. Tortillas HEB out of a bag taste not good, Even a gringo can make fresh tortillas.

I have eaten here on many many occasions. Service was always good but sometimes not enough wait staff on shift. Food always had good flavors and portioned well. Always felt like it was authentic Mexican restaurant visit. I have been and will be a happy customer.

FANTABULOUS gorditas and al pastor tortas, but the service was bad during our visit, even though they weren’t terribly busy. The waitress brought our entrees out and told us that the charro beans would be out in a few minutes — no problem I said. She stopped by a few minutes later to remind us that the beans would be out soon. By this time, I knew we would almost be done eating before the beans were out. With a couple of bites left to finish my torta, the beans arrived with the check. We asked the waitress if we could get the beans to go — I wasn’t upset, because the torta was so damned good! :)
So we waited at least five more minutes for the waitress to return with some sort of to go containers, but she never did. The manager (or owner — not sure) noticed that we had been sitting there waiting for a while so he came over and asked if we needed something. I told him we wanted to get the beans to go, and he promptly took our beans and transferred them to «to go» containers and then we paid our bill.
We’re looking forward to the charro beans with our homemade dinner tonight — I hope they’re good!
OK, so what’s the verdict? We will definitely try them again — the food was great and the place was clean. I can deal with poor service every once in a while, but be warned: if I get this type of service every time I visit, I will not become a regular…

Located slightly off Pat Booker Road along a quasi-​street in the middle of a strip mall lies Los Arcos, one of the better Mexican restaurants I’ve experienced in Universal City.
The Mexican plate I tried was good, but nothing too overwhelmingly exceptional, with an enchilada, tostada, and puffy taco. Props are given to the puffy taco, which was excellently fried and even maintained thorough crispiness despite me ordering it for takeout. They did well in keeping the meat dry and insulating the taco from the rest of the meal via tin foil.
Because they were only a few bucks extra, I ordered a torta with seasoned pork. I was surprised at just how large this sandwich was, with large amounts of spicy tender (but not marinated) pork butt, along with avocado, tomato, and lettuce. The roll was buttered and placed on the flat top for a few minutes, making it slightly toasted. Between the plate lunch and the torta I had way too much food, and I found myself willing to let the plate go to waste. The torta, on the other hand, was going in my belly.
For me, Los Arcos, along with Taco Guadalajara, are the front runners for the best Mexican food in Universal City.