We were looking for a quick bite to eat across the street from Tanger Outlet Mall, and ended up stopping at Arandas Tacos for a late afternoon lunch. This is a great place for authentic Mexican food. The tacos and the salsa bar was the highlight of our visit. This is a very casual place, but we had great service and really enjoyed the food. It was nice to find a more casual and less touristy spot in Branson. read more

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Aranda's ha the most authentic street tacos you'll find in Branson area. The only problem with the tacos is that I could eat like 100 of them. Too bad they don't have a street taco buffet read more

Food is ok. Better than Taco Bell. Chips are not good. Salada is good. Especially the pineapple and jicama. It was clean. Service good.

Discrimination at its finest. We came in with my sister to celebrate her 25th and Was looking forward to eating here but was sadly disappointed. :( We were ignored upon entry, the family that came in after us were served before us. That was one. Two we were the ONLY individuals that were carded read more

Food was good but way overpriced. customer service was not the best. Atmosphere was ok. Location is sketchy. Charged for everything even chips and salsa. read more

I had ordered 4 tacos with birria and I have ate 3 and on my fourth one I only wanted to eat the meat and picked around and found a hair in it DONT EAT THERE!!!!!! read more

We loved everything we ordered here. The Quesadilla Mix got rave reviews and Aranda shrimp cocktail also. Street tacos were great too! I think the bad reviews come from people who eat Tex mex and probably love Teds. This was fantastic, and we eat a lot of Mexican food. Five dollar margaritas and the staff was great! We will come back. read more

The tacos here are pretty Good. A big salsa bar. The avocado salsa is really good. The services was super fast. Definitely coming back read more

Arandas Tacos - Tacos de azada - Mexican Near Me - Branson, Missouri

As a Mexican, the food is absolutely the most authentic your gonna get around here. Great service, and very fast time to get the food. Decoration and ambiance was great. The server was nice and personable, and she was on it. Nothing but great things to say. read more

Amazing tacos and gorditas. Very clean and inviting. Our waitress, Lilo was very nice and attentive. Very impressed with everything here.

The BEST authentic Mexican food I have had yet. So delicious. Staff is very kind to everyone and welcoming. 10000% recommend. This is actual MEXICAN food and not Tex-mex. read more

The prices at this establishment are outrageous for the quality of food, least authentic Mexican restaurant ever. The beans are rice are a 2/10 with no flavor. They charge for chips and salsa also. The menu is limited as well, not options for combination plates, and no lunch special. They charge a 2% card fee. Server dropped off the food and didn't check on us til the end. Wouldn't recommend. read more

Branson is like my other hometown. I am here all the time and have been for years. There are a lot of Tex-Mex restaurants of varying quality. Arandas is unique. If you want authentic food typical of Mexico, then Arandas is your best choice here. The Al Pastor is fantastic. It's a specialty. Heck, it's on the logo. They serve other Central American specialties that you won't find at other so-called "Mexican restaurants." Don't miss this place - oh and if you sit down and expect chips and salsa. Think again. They serve you a plate of pork rind chips and have a salsa bar filled with some of the most interesting types of salsa you could ever imagine. read more

Aranda's Tacos was not worth our time nor money and I do not recommend it. Service was really slow. Food was subpar. My husband and I each got the carne asada taco plate. The meat was mostly gristle. The rice was bland without any hint of a Mexican or Spanish flair to the taste. Instead of the standard chips and salsa, they brought out a basket of what I learned were pork rinds. Gross. I had hoped for enchiladas, but unfortunately their only sauce choices were a queso sauce or queso sauce with a green salsa on top. I had the horchata which looked like fat free cow milk and tasted like water with a hint of cinnamon. They have a salsa bar that offers several types of salsa. read more

So good!! Such a hole in the wall and the experience was amazing. EMA WAS THE BEST WAITRESS

Tried this place while visiting Branson. Small spot with good food! I tried the Gorditas plate with some pineapple salsa from their salsa bar. SO GOOD! I chose steak for my protein in my meal. It was juicy and not greasy at all. The fried corn cakes were crispy on the outside and pillowy on the inside. Very flavorful! My husband had the steak burrito dinner. His favorite. Again, the steak was juicy and flavorful and not greasy. Both meals came with rice and refried beans that were also good. Usually at Mexican restaurants, there is complimentary chips and salsa, here they give something else. I'm not entirely sure what they are, they're wheel shaped and puffed. I think they're pork rinds lol (I know, I should have just asked). We put a little hot sauce on them and they were pretty good! Sooo... there's that! Haha! :) Service was good and pricing was fair. Check em out! read more

Food was absolutely delicious and full of flavor, plus service was quick and friendly!

The food was great, my boyfriend got the chorizo fajita burrito and I got the chorizo taco and al pastor taco. I loved that they gave us an appetizer/ snack as well. There's only one bathroom and it was a bit dirty. The service was quick, but they did mess up my boyfriends order, he asked for no beans and they still gave him beans. read more

The atmosphere was just ok. The food was very good! We did the street tacos and they have a salsa bar, so it made it that much better!!! Fast service and friendly. Took off a star for the atmosphere and hearing lots of spanish TV. Lol. I was focused on trying too understand it! read more

Arandas Tacos...best Mexican food in Branson. Their salsa is homemade and some of the best I have had...which is saying something after living in San Antonio the last four years read more

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Crowded and noisy. Tacos are 3" corn. Chicken had no flavor, shrimp was really good. Have a salsa bar, but all the salsa is hot, to really hot, to so help me if this is what hell is like. Had a roasted tomato salsa, I did not try. Hubby said his burrito California was really good. read more

Good authentic Mexican cuisine , good enviorment and friendly. Definitely recommend it.

The service was excellent and attentive. The food was beyond delicious!! I had the torta and a Gordita. The salsa bar provides so many options including onion, cilantro, radishes and more. I highly recommend this restaurant. It's the closest thing to Mexico. Very authentic! read more

This place was just ok. I didn't love it but I really haven't had too many (? any) GOOD food experiences in Branson. The food was definitely leaned authentic (Lengua/Tripe) but was tasty. We were served rice wheels instead of chips which was different...so we paid for an order of chips and salsa. The salsa was very thin and tomato saucy. So far so okay. The waitress was not friendly and wasn't unfriendly. She was just there. Except when we needed a water refill. Even my 8 year old said, "Mom, I think this isn't good customer service." I responded that it was a Friday night and she probably would rather be home. Anyway, enough grace was given. We got our own silverware because she forgot it. No check back on food. The other waitress seemed happy and good with her guests so it may just have been our server. The chicken chimichanga was satisfactory. Not bad. Not great. The tacos were quite good. Pork tacos recommended! We ordered the chicken and cheese quesadilla for the kids to split because it had chicken in it and the kids meals only offered cheese quesadillas. They liked it although it had a little spice (we ordered it without onions and peppers). Overall, meh. We may try it again someday in the future. It wasn't probably the best tasting Mexican that we had in Branson but certainly not the worst (congrats little hacienda). read more

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if I could give a blow one star rating, I would the server was beyond rude she kept waving her hands in my face. All she wanted to do was argue, She wouldn't give me a new drink. then when I got a new drink there were ants frozen in the ice. When I spoke to the manager, all she did was arguing yell at me and refused to give me a discount on the mail, or get me a new drink. WORST RESTAURANT I HAVE EVER BEEN TOO AND RUDEST STAFF AND MANAGER EVER!!!!!!!! read more

Arandas Tacos - Mexican Near Me - Branson, Missouri

Authentic Mexican! Growing up in SoCal gave me the addiction to great Mexican food. Now, wherever I go, I am on the hunt for great SoCal style mexican food. The hunt is much harder than you would think! The food and salsa bar at this place were great! The michelada's were great! Could not have been happier with the food and service. Will definitely make this place a regular stop when in Branson. read more

Went in Wednesday night for tacos, food is decent at best, service was horrible. There was only one family besides us, it took 15 minutes to get our drinks. Meanwhile you could hear several people in the back and it sounded like they were having a party. The food was not worth the wait. read more

We happened to come across this place and we're glad we did. It's a small spot but we found a table quite easily. A few minutes later, it was packed with the dinner crowd. The food was [*][*][*][*]'s but the service wasn't the greatest. They weren't really super helpful but they got our orders quick. We ordered the 4 street tacos. We had the Al Pastor, chorizo and Carne Asada. The tacos were great. The meat was cooked and seasoned well. There's a salsa bar which is where you'll find your toppings for the tacos. I would also highly recommend their flan. It was a dense flan and felt more like a cake. I thought it was phenomenal. read more

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Best tacos I got the steak street tacos. Highly recommend. guacamole and chips Also try the green sauce read more

Best tacos I've ever had. Ever. This place is easy to miss and nothing about it would catch your attention when driving the strip, but I am so thankful for YELP reviews & suggestions. This will become a Branson staple for our family! read more

Arandas Tacos - Mexican Near Me - Branson, Missouri

Place was packed and had to wait a few minutes. Staff was busy but nice. Pork wheels are complimentary. They have zero taste. Chips and salsa cost, but salsa was with it. Ordered street tacos: ground beef, pollo, al pastor, cabeza (beef check). Daughter ordered nacho fries. Tacos were delicious, al pastor and cabaza were on top. Nacho fries were average and some of meat had quite a bit of gristle. Over all good and positive experience would come back for sure. read more

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Third time here (tried to come earlier this winter, but they were closed for a bit). Still super happy they exist. This is absolutely an authentic taqueria serving street food just as you'll find in Mexico. While there are several dishes on the menu that'll do for the Tex-Mex crowd, the standout items are the ones you won't typically find in the US but will run across all over Mexico (and at prices not much more than you might find in Mexico to boot!). My favorites are the tacos al pastor and (what I had today) the tortas, which are huge for the price and seriously every bit as good as the ones I walked all over Mexico City for. The salsa bar is also worth mentioning with several different salsas (including an absolutely delicious one that's specifically for al pastor meat) and of course the obligatory onions and cilantro that all street tacos in Mexico come with. To the folks in other reviews complaining about the lack of free chips and salsa: to me, that's a mark of this place's authenticity. Nowhere I ate in Mexico gave me chips and salsa. That practice was invented in the United States. I love chips and salsa as much as the next Americano, but downrating this place because they don't have them is as silly as complaining that a Thai place doesn't have hamburgers or an Italian place doesn't have hot dogs. And honestly, most of us could do without the extra carbs anyway. A note of warning: while two of the three dishes I've ordered were tame (the tacos and tortas come without salsa but can be seasoned to your liking at the salsa bar) the dish I ordered on the first visit (apologies, I forget which it was) was so spicy that even I (and I usually like my food about medium to medium-hot) had trouble eating it. If you're sensitive to spiciness (like most Midwesterners unfortunately seem to be), be sure to confirm the spice level when ordering. I rate restaurants mostly on food quality, hence my 5* rating (because this place is absolutely deserving of moving to the top of Branson's Yelp listings--it's freaking delicious). That said, while I'm not at all sensitive to service quality and food quality is 99% of the reason I eat, if you care about such thingsI'll note that service can be a little slow as there are only one or two servers for the whole room of about 15 or so tables, though it's easy enough to flag someone down if needed. For whatever it's worth, every time I've been in here, it's been jam-packed full and the clientele has been 90+% Latino, and you won't hear much English being spoken. To me, that is a good thing. (Staff speak English fine, so that's not an issue.) The torta was so delicious that if it weren't so big, I'd have considered ordering another one. Now that they're open again for the season, this will return back to my regular rotation of eateries! read more

wouldn't even serve me because... well idk served a whole line in front of me and then told me they are "sold out of everything" and then continued to take the peoples order behind me in Español. very inconsiderate. will never return to try their food again. read more

So so. We had pollo asada fries and carne asada fries off of the appetizer menu. It wasn't a lot of food and the menu didn't accurately describe what all was on the dish. Had green peppers on it. Needed chips and salsa, but had duros instead. read more

Service was good but food was terrible. Both mine and my husbands. I had the California burrito he had four tacos. We didn't eat much. The margarita was not drinkable. I literally threw up after we left. Never again! Beware. read more

Not tortilla chips but grandkids devoured the chip. Wish I had realized there is a salsa bar before I ate my food. I wouldn't go back but it was tasty to try new item. My cornbread was too chewy. Kids lived quesidillas and husband said his burrito was very good. Friendly staff. AC was probably broken read more

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Shabby and dreary. Disappointed in food too. Not cheap either. All n all I do not recommend it. read more

Small but mighty!!! Great food, wonderful service. Good portions. I had enough for lunch the next day. I love their enchiladas; they use corn rather than flour tortillas-makes for great taste! read more

Dirty, low service, poorly prepared food. Only one bathroom. Didn't even peel my shrimp before they cooked it! Sad.

Yay!! Seriously authentic Mexican food. So glad I going this place. Seating is limited but its worth the wait. read more

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