Checked out this fast food Mexican restaurant in Carbondale. Don Taco is better than it looks. It certainly is better than Taco Bell and that kind of shit. Has a lot of good values in the combo meals. They of course have tacos, along with burritos and nachos. Basically this is order at the counter fast food. It's got a pretty good size dining area so there's plenty of seating. This also boasts of being the only fast food restaurant with outdoor seating in town. Either way it's pretty good for the cost. This gives you a lot for not a lot. It's about $12 for the Tacos Combo. This also includes the vegetarian tacos. Comes with a drink and tortilla chips. The hot salsas gave it most of the flavor to be honest. Good place if looking for some basic Mexican American food. It's located on East Grand Avenue at Wall Street. There's plenty of choices for both meat eaters and vegetarians. read more

Don Taco - Tacos Combo With The Vegetarian Tacos - Mexican Near Me - Carbondale, Illinois

Look here...the beef nachos no beans extra rice add lettuce...got your boy in a serious choke hold. Food comes out fast, minimal wait times at night. Open late as well. Can't beat that with a stick. read more

Basically always open. Always fresh food. You must ask for what you want specifically if you don't know Mexican food you might not know how to order here read more

I buy from cash for delivery of 2 burrito bigAsMyHead. The chicken burrito had a lot of rice butAreBig.

Don nacho was great. The portions did look a little smaller compared to last time. Friendly and fast staff, they got us in and out. I highly recommend this place. read more

This is a really great restaurant there food is so good and delicious and I would go again and the service is so really good and their, the chasers are super nice and friendly 100% recommend coming. read more

Chicken has no seasoning. The staff are very rude. They scam customers out of their money. Chips have no salt. Women's bathroom is always dirty. read more

The manager is a tar star. They treat regular customers like trash. We have been ordering delivery there for years, multiple times a week. Always pay, always tip very well. Now they won't accept cash anymore. You would think after a 100 orders they would realize you are a great customer and want to keep earning your money. read more

my FAVORITE Mexican restaurant just because of there chimichangas which are phenomenal,AND EVERYTHING IS FRESH

they janky and trashy. they have horrible costumer service. the food is very overpriced just for it to be little amounts. the chips are stale. they also have cockroaches and rat droppings. the bathroom is very dirty, they don't clean it. They don't give you a receipt because they know you can't tell them your order was wrong. They have messed my order up multiple time. I ask for the same thing every time and the prices change from $7 to $14 just for a cheese quesadilla. when you try to tell them your order is wrong, they tell you it's right and they don't do refunds. DONT EAT HERE!!! read more

I had the chicken burrito and beef taco. Great food and service. Would definitely go again and recommend.

Very fast service. Good food. Generous portions. Friendly staff. Clean. It has a fairly high ceiling & the eating area is very open (No padded booths), so it's kind of echo prone and noisy when crowded. No stairs, so it's wheelchair accessible & the bathroom is ADA compliant, but there are no automatic doors. Parking on side and back. Entrances in front or back. Great place for when you're done partying. read more

One of my favorite spots to frequent! I love their tacos or their bowls. I brought my friends over from out of state and they were impressed. The meat is well cooked. Good sized portions for the price. Highly recommended. read more

This restaurant is wonderful. I've only stopped in twice and already, I perfer it over Taco Bell. Sorry to anyone who works there. I am not a food critic and know that yelp has been called "a weapon for dumb people," but I just wanted to give this restaurant a good review to help boost their rating and send in sommore customers. I think the restaurant deserve it :-) Please do not take my words personally. A professional food critic knows much more qualified and certified to review restaurants than I am. read more

This shit made me bust instantaneously. 10/10 would recommend. The burrito was thicccc

This is one of my absolute favorite places to eat, when I'm visiting family. The house made tortillas are unbeatable. I haven't been able to try anything other than the veggie bowl and the chicken burrito. They are both so good. The veggies in the veggie bowl change sometimes. I think they put whatever veggies they find that are the best, but I have never asked. It can take awhile to get food sometimes, but it is always worth the wait. Lot parking. read more

Definitely one of the places I will recommend trying out if you are a student at SIU. This place was a go-to when I first came here 12 years ago, and it still is years later. Food is good and will fill you up. Its not 100% authentic Mexican, but the food is decent nonetheless. read more

I only received half of my order when I called to complain they took my name and phone number I followed up with them once I got back in town the manager refused to replace my order tried to argue with me, lied and said I cursed her out when I had witnesses that I didn't, she refused to give me her name and employee number I was very disappointed and will never eat there again oh yeah and my nachos had more chips than anything and no hot cheese witch comes on it read more

Don Taco - My review for don taco is in this photo - Mexican Near Me - Carbondale, Illinois

Don Taco is Taco Bell. I had high expectations that they failed twice. I ordered two tacos(ground beef) and chicken. It had no flavor whatsoever. However, I did not give up hope. I came back and ordered chicken nachos. It didn't come with cheese or jalapeños. You have to pay extra for certain toppings. I ended up paying extra. When I ate the nachos they were chilled. They tasted like they came from the refrigerator. The employee told me that the tomatoes made them cold. I asked for a redo with ground beef. It was nasty so I ended up throwing it away plus the 8 dollars that it cost me. I will not go back read more

The food is very good, and I appreciate that it's open late. The only problem is that you have to wait a long time for your order, or in line to get to order your food. read more

My friends and i went there awhile back, and it was close to closing time, and they still let us dine in. The food was great, the service was great and friendly, and they were very clean and moderate on price. I have no complaints. read more

ruddest service ive experienced in a while. several rude interactions. food mediocre for the price. months ago i came and they said for to me, a paying customer, that without my receipt i could not get my food. as if i didn't order 3 minutes go, as if i want unable to read back the entire order myself, as if i dont have the transaction on my phone for the exact price of that order. I tried to explain i accidently threw it away otw to the bathroom and that I have never been asked to provide my receipt up until this point. still he refused to give me my food and they dont refund people. they have no issue screwing over their paying, returning, customers. never again! food not worth the price of experience. read more

I would LITERALLY sell my soul to don taco if they asked. It's SO freaking delicious. Their little individual tacos are phenomenal, as are their quesadillas. I always get he steak quesadilla with beans and extra cheese. And their queso and salsa are awesome! LOVE THIS FREAKING PLACE read more

I am from San Francisco and the Mexican food in Cali is second to none. Or so I thought. I had the best quesadilla of my life here! And the papas? We don't have those in San Francisco, and I'm really pissed about that, those suckers are tasty! Don Taco! I hope you go National! read more

Dante might spit in your food. The food is ok when you're drunk otherwise it's not that great, lots of better mexican food in the area, and theres a guy that works there, I believe his name is dante, who is extremely unprofessional. he told me and a friend that he would spit in our food after a small misunderstanding about the bathroom. I messaged the owner because I didnt want to leave a bad review because of one guy but nothing came of it not even a reply saying sorry so here it is, the bad review. read more

Today my husband went in to the restaurant to order. He gets home and the tacos are missing half the ingredients. I call in to talk to the manager and she was extremely rude. She argued that he ordered it without lettuce and cheese. He asked for extra toppings but never said to hold anything off of it. I'm told that I can get a credit for the food. My husband calls in to give them the info needed and he's put on hold for over 20 mins. When the manager finally picks up, she cuts him off, won't let him speak, accuses me of screaming at her, and without coming out and saying it calls me a b*tch. This is the first time we've ever called in to complain about anything. Even though we've waited an hour longer than the time frame given several times, the employees arguing with us about where our address is, cold food when it's delivered, slow service, and now screwed up orders. I really like their food but I'll never spend my money here again because of the horrible customer service. read more

This is a perfectly okay place to come eat, although it becomes glorious once you've had a drink or six. It's super cheap. It's super fast. It fills the salty, greasy void that a night of drinking needs. It's within walking distance of most things, so it's worth checking out if it's late and you're starving. read more

I love their Shrimp Tacos and Chips and Queso, but their customer service leaves a lot to be desired. The restaurant itself is so loud and echoy since there is nothing touffle the sounds of the loud music and the kitchen, that I always have to get my stuff to go because I can't be in there because of the sensory overload. read more

The place is barely packed so it made getting food easy. It is no where near authentic Mexican food. More like American Mexican or Tex-mex. they use flour tortillas instead of corn. They also put cheese on there taco. I'm just use to corn tortilla and cilantro and onions as the only thing on my taco. The quesadilla that I got was good. Overall the place is good and good portion size. read more

Don Taco - Steak quesadilla - Mexican Near Me - Carbondale, Illinois

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There is no way to make up the fact you messed up my order. I was so excited to try a new place. I aked for a steak buritto without beans..my husband ordered a ground beef with beans..they left the beans off his and put them on mine...so i take abote of my steak and taste beans..i hate beans,good thing am not allergic..i dont have time to go back..i have to go to work tonight..i guess i will have to be happy with a taco and a taquito. My husband say the side of beans were the worst he's had..no taste. The taquitos were ok..taco ok read more

Hustleing the grills and working their butts off at 11PM. Food was supper fresh and fab! read more

Don Taco - Take out - Veggie nachos with a side of beans. Yum! - Mexican Near Me - Carbondale, Illinois

Awesome! Had the do taco bowl with salsa verde it was fresh and delicious. The line cooking the food was friendly and the place was clean

This place is so rude. Order took 1:45 minutes after they said 45 min. Put a person on who they said was the owner and wasn't. Wouldn't discount. Phone system is sub par. Horrible horrible management. read more

The food is good.The customer service is awful they make a mistake and not one time have they ever fixed it don't even get a sorry.My family and I order here quite often but I don't think we will anymore.To many mistakes and not one sorry or offer to fix what they have done. read more

Had the steak burrito with chips on the side. The four tortilla didn't taste like a flour tortilla. Something about it was just "off". The steak was decent but I couldn't really taste much else. The chips and salsa were better than I expected and they were very generous with the amount of chips. All in all, not great, but not bad either. I might come back and try something other than a burrito next time. read more

They have horchata! This has got to be the lowest quality "mexican" I have ever eaten. It is not bad just low quality. This was OK for a working man quick lunch. This is "mexican" fast food served with disposable utensils and cups. Decently filling for $10 Ask for extra salsa as that is the only way to get flavor. read more

Don Taco - a man eating a meal at a restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Carbondale, Illinois

Do you like tacos? Please don't confuse the hard, Americanized taco shell with what's served here. Flour tortilla's are grilled and topped with whatever you choose. Try the chorizo. It's topped with fresh pico and cilantro. A lime would've put it over the top. Good food for starving college kids. Every Saluki should eat here on a regular basis. read more

Don Taco - Chorizo taco, steak and cheese tacos. - Mexican Near Me - Carbondale, Illinois

Too many wannabe gangbangas late at night on Fridays and Saturdays. Great place for food and picking up b*tches read more

Very good food. Online ordering interface should be different--can't leave a tip online (gives option for tip but when selected does not actually tip, banking total is only food plus deliveryplus tax, no tip added)--and selecting an address for delivery is very difficult to use. I always get the barbacoa, usually tacos with pico. Always comes with chips and salsa. Please improve online ordering :) read more

I agree with the other reviewer. Their nachos don taco is yum. Chips, topped with pieces of chicken, steak, and shrimp, topped with shredded lettuce (i know it sounds weird, and i didnt like it the first time, but its acquired taste and then you'll love it), topped with white queso nacho sauce (rather on the runny side). Its a decent size for the $6.95 you pay. Also delicious is their chicken Quesadilla. Packed with tons of chicken. Ok quantity has gone down gradually, but still more than standard quesadillas you get anywhere else. This for $3.95 i think. Clean place, quick and easy. and they open late (2 or 3 am). read more