T-Loc's Sonora Hot Dogs
Alternate Names (5)
T Loc T-Loc T-Loc's T-Loc's Sonoran Hot Dogs T-Loc’s Sonoran Hotdogs
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Score Breakdown
8.2 / 10
high confidence 30 signals computed May 30, 2026, 03:30 AM| Source | Raw | n | Bayesian C | Adjusted | Weight | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.93 | 28 (55 uncapped) | 12 | 8.45 | 0.50 | 4.22 | ||
| 8.88 | 1 (819 reviews) | 0.50 dyn | 7.58 | 0.50 | 3.79 | ||
| Awards | 1.00 | 1 | bonus, no Bayesian | +0.15 | — | +0.15 |
Base score (weighted avg of 2 active sources) = 8.02
+ Award bonus = +0.15 (capped at +1.5)
= Final score (capped at 10) = 8.2
+ Award bonus = +0.15 (capped at +1.5)
= Final score (capped at 10) = 8.2
Per-Category Scores (5)
| Category | Type | Score | Signals | Confidence | Computed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Dog | dish | 6.9 | 14 | medium | 5/30/2026 | |
| Burrito | dish | 6.3 | 8 | medium | 5/30/2026 | |
| Food Truck | business_type | 5.1 | 2 | low | 5/30/2026 | |
| Tacos | dish | 5.1 | 2 | low | 5/30/2026 | |
| Mexican | cuisine | 4.8 | 1 | low | 5/30/2026 |
Locations (2)
+ Add Location| Name | Address | Type | Score | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-Loc's Sonora | 5000 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78756, USA | restaurant | — | Edit |
| T-Loc's Sonora Hot Dogs LLC | 1300 E Anderson Ln Suite 1001 Bldg D Austin | restaurant | 95 | Edit |
Signals (58)
View All| Type | Value | Categories | Location | Sentiment | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Award | 0.1 | — | — | positive | The best food trucks in Austin, from bagels to fried chicken | Verified |
| Google Rating | 4.9 (819 reviews) | — | T-Loc's Sonora | — | Google Places - T-Loc's Sonora | Verified |
| Google Reviews | 819 | — | T-Loc's Sonora | — | Google Places - T-Loc's Sonora | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | T-Loc’s Sonoran Hotdogs described as impressive and great food with sweet staff. | Hot Dog | — | positive | Name your top 5 BEST restaurants in Austin right now? | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | T-Loc's highly recommended food truck with hot dogs and California burritos. | BurritoHot DogFood Truck | — | positive | Name your top 5 BEST restaurants in Austin right now? | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | Hate to recommend it, it isn't that good, but the first bite of T-Locs is very g... | — | — | neutral | Best restaurant you visited in Austin in 2024? Building my 2025 bucket list. | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | T-Loc’s Sonoran Hotdogs is impressive too. | Hot Dog | — | positive | Name your top 5 BEST restaurants in Austin right now? | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | T-Loc’s Sonoran Hotdogs. All of their offerings are incredible | Hot Dog | — | positive | What is your favorite restaurant that you think does not get enough love or publicity here in Austin? | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | T-Loc’s Sonoran Hotdogs. All of their offerings are incredible | Hot Dog | — | positive | What is your favorite restaurant that you think does not get enough love or publicity here in Austin? | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | Discada or T-Loc is the only answer | Mexican | — | positive | Fifth day! New category. What is Austin’s most underrated Mexican/Tex-Mex restaurant? | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | Discada, Paprika, T Loc just keep rocking my world. | Tacos | — | positive | What’s up with the Austin food scene? | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Hot Dog | — | positive | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | One of the best burritos in town. | Burrito | — | positive | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | all I wanted was a good carne asada burrito and he opened up 2 blocks from me. | Burrito | — | positive | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | Eyyyy carne asada fo life! | — | — | positive | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | Agree. | — | — | positive | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | I just had the carne asada for the first time yesterday. It was delish! | — | — | positive | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | One of the only places to get a legit carne asada plate | — | — | positive | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | I'm thinking of trying that next time I go | — | — | neutral | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | That place slaps and the owner is a cool dude. | — | — | positive | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | If you haven’t tried a Sonoran hotdog try it first and grab some extra napkins | — | — | positive | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | he recommended the green chile dog and it was incredible. their tortillas are le... | — | — | positive | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | Having a great owner is some of the best marketing a restaurant/truck can have | — | — | positive | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | I'll need to venture to T-locs | — | — | neutral | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | T Locs has good burritos too | Burrito | — | positive | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | Guess I'll have to try this out too. | — | — | positive | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | Looks good but nothing is better than the $1.50 hot dog combo at Costco | Hot Dog | — | positive | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | both times I've been the hot dog came out cold or undercooked. | Hot Dog | — | negative | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | Better than those IMO! | — | — | positive | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | Can’t even taste the bacon on that dog. It’s soggy and D.O.A. | Hot Dog | — | negative | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | The Sonora Dog somehow manages to taste like all of the flavors of a Tex-Mex bac... | — | — | positive | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | tastes great, | — | — | positive | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | Perfect dog every time!! | Hot Dog | — | positive | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | Owner is awesome, loves to chat and the food is destination worthy. | — | — | positive | T-locs = best hot dog ever | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Hot Dog | — | positive | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | Love TLocs! Owner is the nicest guy in the world. | — | — | positive | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | When I walked up to order he said something along the lines of "look who's back!... | — | — | positive | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | Great call out, he's a great guy with great stories! | — | — | positive | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | adding it to the list | — | — | positive | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | Love T-Locs! That carne asada burrito can feed a small family! | Burrito | — | positive | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | you can’t skip on the carne asada fries either! | — | — | positive | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | Or the ranch fries 🤤 | — | — | positive | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | The owner told me he gets the bread shipped from Tucson every day | — | — | positive | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | I need to check this place out. | — | — | positive | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | I think this truck is head and shoulders above what I had in Arizona | Food Truck | — | positive | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | Their burritos are even better | Burrito | — | positive | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | Hands down amazing... before Jewboy got their brick and mortar, it was a really ... | — | — | positive | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | The burritos are also fire | Burrito | — | positive | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | Carne Asada fries hit so hard there. | — | — | positive | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | between... t-loc’s the austin dog game is secretly very strong | — | — | positive | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | Their hot dogs are great | Hot Dog | — | positive | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | What a gem. | — | — | positive | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | the hot dog was so undercooked it was still cold. | Hot Dog | — | negative | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | Are their carne asada tacos Sonoran style as well? | Tacos | — | neutral | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | The hot dogs and ranch fries are some of my favorite foods in town. | Hot Dog | — | positive | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | their burrito is no slouch. All steak and peppers without any beans or rice or f... | Burrito | — | positive | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | I actually prefer it with their refried beans | — | — | positive | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |
| Reddit Mention | T-Locs... are the holy trinity. | — | — | positive | T-Loc Sonoran hot dogs among some of the best I’ve ever had! | Verified |