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    3.0 (102 reviews)
    Closed 10:00 am - 11:00 pm

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    Birria taco & Pastor taco - BLAND AF
    Grace C.

    If ur Hispanic & looking for some fire a*$ tacos.... This place ain't it! Its giving gringo owned "Mexican inspired" food. Super bland -- NO flavor!!! At. All. Must've been flavored with water & food coloring cuz while it has color, its plain jane. Also my order & my husband's order was supposed to come with rice & beans, they did not include it unfortunately we had to go all the way back to get it (too expensive to just to forget it!) They're avocado salsa has no flavor, no spice, N-o-t-h-i-n-g! We tried the al pastor, birria, & asada.. All flavorless the most decent one (& if u can even say that) is the birria, we also tried their Horchata & the horchata shake & its aiight definitely not authentic very light could definitely use more rice & cinnamon to it... All in all lame experience not worth ur hard earned $$$, most likely won't be back. This place needs help in the kitchen ASAP! Hire Mexican cooks, they cook with love! & actually known what theyre doing!!! AZ needs to stop building these food chains cuz it just ain't it! Just my opinion tho

    Supposed to be a Chicken Quesadilla

    Ordered a chicken quesadilla and got this mess... very little chicken and no cheese. Opened right up like a taco so little amount of cheese. Never again plus the chicken been sitting under a heat lamp for who knows.

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    Donn D.

    The burritos here are super filling and full of fresh ingredients. When we walked in they had about sixty or so huge red tomato's roasting on the grill, which was quite the sight to behold. The tortillas are so fresh and flavorful, and the salsa is just smoky roasted goodness. The only downside here is that it is an east facing building with huge glass roll up garage doors, so when the sun starts to set it's blinding, and there is just no place to get away from it.

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    Delicious, Fresh, Fast & Friendly! Love BYT and impressed with the Queen Creek location!

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    The staff was disrespectful. Will not be coming back. I don't know how they treat customers like this.

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    4 years ago

    Such a nice location!! Employees are so kind and it is super clean! Tacos and quesadillas tasted wonderful. Great experience:)

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    3 years ago

    I have been coming here since they opened. Great food. Super consistent. Clean location and friendly staff. Bell Ring!!

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    Decent food but didn't receive my drink I ordered. Phone number listed rings to an automated message saying the caller can't be reached.

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    Food always good and kind of a little pricey. But will come back for the tacos and the crazy potato.

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    The soda was very refreshing and food was delicious! A little pricy, but I would definitely recommend!

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    I feel like I've been sleeping on the winning lotto game. Ashamed to admit I've been twice in the…read morelast 2 days. Where has this place we all my life? What do they marinate the meat in? Do they realize the many salsa options are the way to our hearts? Can the flour tortillas get any more soft and fresh? Service is always attentive, kind and professional. The drive though is fast and efficient. Carne asada Chicken Al Pastor Sabrina if your out there- your responsible for my new addiction Tacos never last long enough for pics #sorrynotsorry

    I need to talk about my husband and Backyard Taco…read more This man doesn't eat Backyard Taco... he blackouts for it. We don't "order food", we trigger a ritual. The second it shows up on delivery, it's like someone rang a dinner bell for a very large, very determined farm animal with WiFi. He sees the bag and something changes. Eyes lock in. Shoulders drop. The room gets quiet. Not in a peaceful way, more like "this is about to get weird..." Then the container opens and it's game over. There is no small bite. No appreciation phase. Just immediate, aggressive commitment. It's like watching a raccoon that just discovered a full buffet and a deadline. I've seen him go from "normal human conversation" to "hunched over the table, guarding the food like it owes him money" in under five seconds. If Backyard Taco ever sponsored a documentary, I would simply submit footage of him and call it: Man vs. Taco. The taco wins. The speed is concerning. The focus is worse. I'll say something like, "Hey, did you have a good day?" and he'll respond mid-bite with a grunt that I can only assume translates to, "I have transcended this plane of existence and now live here permanently." We order delivery, which somehow makes it worse. There's no decorum. No restaurant pressure. Just pure, unfiltered consumption in the comfort of our home, like unleashing a very polite chaos monster into the living room. And yet... I keep ordering it. Because I've accepted the truth: Backyard Taco feeds my husband in a way that I cannot. And I respect that. Final rating: 10/10.

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