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    El Roli's Birria

    4.0 (172 reviews)
    Closed • 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Cassandra W.

    This place is amazingly delicious! Staff is friendly, restrooms are clean and seating is comfortable. I saw someone else stated the elote was salty, I noticed it's because they add salted melted butter in addition to other fixins. I'm sure you can omit it. Otherwise the birria is authentic and consume is fresh. Their one location isn't local to me so I'm not sure when I'll be able to visit again but I'm glad I did! Highly recommended.

    Sandillada
    Esosa A.

    This place ALWAYS delivers. I'm so mad I've never had the Sandillada before because it was so much fun! It's topped off with a sour belt of candy, a chamoy straw, and frozen chunks of watermelon. I don't know where this was during the summer, but it'll definitely get me through next year! The quesadilla with Hot Cheetos was meaty and cheesy with a satisfying crunch, exactly what I wanted it to be. The tacos can be very onion forward, so if that's not something you enjoy, there's more than enough on the menu to catch your fancy.

    Birria Cheesy Tacos
    Alice H.

    Was craving birria ramen and didn't want to drive to the Heights or Stafford to the other place. Luckily, Yelp helped me out as usual! This place is off the beaten path for sure and located in a small shopping center with an eclectic mix of shops. Plenty of seating inside, seems clean. Only note is that it's at least 80 degrees inside with no fans or a/c. I was fine but it may not be comfortable for others. At 7 pm on a weekday, it was not busy at all. A couple families came in for take out and ice cream. Service was 5/5 - a very nice lady sat us and took our order. She speaks English but our convo was half Spanish and half English. I was thankful for my high school classes. It took about 15 min for food to come out, which is more than reasonable when food is being made to order. Food and price were all 5/5. - Agua fresca - melon and pineapple: Both were very fresh but I liked the pineapple more. The melon was a bit heavy for my preference. Large size comes out in a giant cup. - Cheesy birria tacos: Comes in a set of 4. Smaller than some other places, but more than enough for a meal. Cheese perfectly melted and shell nice and crisp. Comes out piping hot and fresh with a container of consommé and some very green sauce. Alone, the consommé tasted salty, but for dipping tacos it was perfect. Meat was tender and flavorful - overall very good! - Birria ramen: This was perfect and hit the spot. It was served in an instant ramen bowl with the broth and birria meat added. The broth was savory and the noodles soft the way I like them. There's an option to add two cheesy birria tacos for an extra $2-$2.50, but I passed since we already had the order of 4. This came out soooo hot and stayed that way for 20+ min. It was fantastic. The broth was so good - it's different than the consommé. I couldn't finish so took it home. The lady saw us walking out with the ramen bowl and stopped us on the way out to dump it in a to go container for us. So sweet! -Gordita birria: Maybe we don't know what a real Gordita is as we're only familiar with the fast food one, but this was not what we expected. It was very good, but had no idea how best to eat/tackle it. It was birria, fresh lettuce, sour cream, queso fresca sitting between two fried tortillas. It was super messy to eat, especially after we drizzled the consommé on it. ~$40 before tip, so pretty reasonable for two people. Drinks alone were ~$9-10 but that's less than you would pay at most tea shops. Great place to satisfy a birria craving!

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    Shenal T.

    5/5 for service and location Came to check them out for dinner. Staff was super friendly and patient. Even offered us ice cream samples while we waited which was very kind. Interior is spacious for sit in dining and they have a variety of items on their menu ranging from tacos to birria pizza. A neat little spot to grab dessert as well. Birria Cheesy Tacos 3/5 I thought this dish was okay. Not as much flavor as I was hoping but it definitely served me well for dinner. Green salsa was a super green color which i thought was quite unique, but the taste was yum with a nice punch. I wish the corn tortillas held their shape a little better too. Beef Fajita Nachos 3.5/5 you can get these with nacho chips or tortilla chips. Covered with plenty of cheese, but not as much fajita as my bf would have liked. Pineapple Aguas Frescas - 4/5 super refreshing! I would have it again for sure! Cucumber Lime Aguas Fresca - 3.5/5 a little watered down and not as flavorful compared to other ones we've had. Would like to see it have more of a cucumber flavor

    Good used to be amazing! I have never been in person but always ordered on uber eats and it was amazing! Always got the burrito pizza till one day I ordered and they just didn't deliver it. Made me change the order. What I got costed more but I still was okay. It wasn't as good but I was just gonna go back for the birria pizza another day. Now I look and they don't even have it on the menu OR the taco platter they advertise and whenever you call they NEVER answer. Big let down. Then we ordered the Munchie box that comes with like 8 items and they sent us 4 tacos . Yall stay away they scam!!!!

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    Joe W.

    The food is good, but their pricing is jacked up. I went up to ask and was told it was the price when the menu said otherwise... don't think I'll come back... picking a price and not using menu prices seems kinda foul.

    Torta De Fajita y Tacos Birria

    If I could vote this place 10 stars I would. I just found out of this place about a week and a half ago & I'm already in love with how AMAZING the food is here on top of the wonderful service. Family owned & everybody is very welcoming & attentive! The food hits every bite, I literally came here 3 days in a row. That's how good it is. If you love Birria & great authentic Mexican food. THIS. IS. YOUR. SPOT!! Support the business, you won't regret it !

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    Sebastian C.

    The place is cool service is always cool and nice. Been coming here for years now I like the food. They serve good portions.

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    Holly H.

    This place is really interesting. They literally have everything from tacos to ice cream to chicken alfredo and salads. Since this was my first time coming here I wanted to try the birria and it was delicious! The plate of birria tacos is $12.95 and comes with 5 cheesy tacos, consome, salsa verde, cilantro & onion, limes, radishes, and cucumber. I didn't try the ice cream, but it looked delicious. They have such a wide variety of dishes I wanted to try and will definitely be back to try more.

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