TL:DR - Easily my favorite taco spot in Phx thus far. We tried the pastor (pork), camaron (shrimp), cabeza (head), tripas (tripe), and quesabirria. Favorites were the shrimp, pastor, and tripe taco. Fresh shrimp with some shredded greens and a smoky cajun cream sauce. Pastor and tripe were perfectly crispy and chewy at the same time. The quesabirria taco was my least favorite having a super dry shell which detracted from the overall taco.
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Super indeed! My partner brought some tacos back from this place and we were able to try a smattering of tacos including pastor, camaron (shrimp), cabeza, tripas, and the quesabirria combo (with consume). The tacos here are easily the best I've had in Phoenix in my short time here, my previous favorite (which was still just pretty good) was Taco Boys for reference. But this place has an amazing array of filling options, always love to see tongue and tripe on the board. You also get a choice between corn and flour tortillas for your tacos. I have always preferred flour while my wife prefers corn. Both were satisfactory to our individual pallets.
I will say my favorite tacos were easily the shrimp, pastor, and tripe. Shrimp was delicious and fresh with a great smoky Cajun cream sauce on top. I prefer shrimp tacos where they're not fried, so points there. The pastor was amazingly flavorful and not super dry. It was cut into small chunks that gave you a lot of flavorful crispy bits while not being super dry or ground pork like other pastors. The tripe was also delicious being perfectly fried with a good crunch on the outside and still chewy on the interior.
My least favorite was easily the quesabirria, which I got cause it seemed like that's what everyone else on yelp was raving about. I thought the exterior was too dry after being fried which sucked all the saliva out of my mouth when I was eating it. This is even after I dipped it in the consume, as the shell was so dry it didn't really soak anything up. There was not a ton of filling in the taco, which really made the dry shell stand out even more. We had to force this one down to finish the three that came in the combo, while we ate the other tacos happily.
Lastly, the horchata was pretty good, more cinnamon-y than I'm used to, which left a sort of film on your tongue when you were drinking it. But still hit the spot if you just really want horchata.
So all in all, I'm just going to stick to the standard street tacos when coming back. read more