I miss this place! I had to move back to Michigan in 2021, because my GM plant was done with renovations. BThe BEST Birria Tacos and broth I've ever tasted!!! DELICIOUS! read more

We enjoyed our service here. The tacos and gorditas were good. My husband really enjoyed his birria tacos! read more

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The MOST delicious birria quesas I've ever had! So full of meat and cheese and the birria broth was perfectly flavored. I NEVER rave, but I'm raving about this place! Service from Marcie was superb and so friendly, the vibe is cool but not forced, and the food was so fresh and hot. read more

El Taquero - Birria quesas. I'd already inhaled one before I took the pic - Mexican Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

I got the shredded chicken tacos ... I will not do that again ...ever It tasted and presented like canned chicken .. Normally, I get the steak torta, which is amazing - I'm sorry I deviated ... read more

El Taquero - Steak Torta with hot sauce. - Mexican Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

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This is our regular taco spot. Easily some of the best in Fort Wayne. The food is always fresh and people are very nice. They try to be as efficient as possible because typically there seems to a lot going on. I get the chorizo tacos and the asada tacos. Yum. read more

This was our first time eating at El Taquero today for lunch. Walking into the restaurant we were met with smiling faces greeting us as we walked in. A great atmosphere for a smaller Mexican restaurant. Very clean and organized with great big booths to seat your whole family. Our waitress was excellent giving us top notch service. All the food we ordered came out fast and piping hot. The birria quesa taco dinner, was delicious and was the most popular among the table. Even the Horchata has great taste. However the only negative that we found is the chips and salsa do not come with the meal. You have to pay a small amount to add the chips and salsa. Besides paying for the chips and salsa all the prices were very good prices and we are excited to come back and try more amazing dishes! read more

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Very good chips and salsa to start the meal, and the quesa birria tacos are amazing! Sometime I'll have to venture more into their menu offerings, but I just can't stray from the birria tacos. read more

We went for a late lunch and we were seated briskly. The waitress took our drink orders and I asked for chips & salsa. They are $2.95 with one free refill. The drinks & chips came quickly and our orders were taken. It was a normal wait time for food but we did not see the waitress again until food was delivered. We had to ask for drink refills but no offer was made for the free refill. She came back to the table once more to ask if we wanted our bill and did offer the refill at that time. I had shrimp tostados and my husband had taco salad. Ambience was your typical Mexican decor. The restaurant is in a small strip mall on a busy street. We are from out of town so I don't think this is someplace I would eat again. read more

El Taquero - Chips and Salsa - Mexican Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

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Let's get right into it. The bar sales are all final because if you get the alcohol drinks like tamarind or mango they mix it with tap water for whatever reason not known to mankind that'll linger in your taste buds and it'll be very noticeable that you'd be bound to ask for a refund or a replacement non alcoholic drink and those are so full of sugar that you opt-out quenching your thirst. My drinks literally tasted like sewer water darn near. My fajita was so-so could've stand to be more authentically flavored. And oddly, the only Mexican restaurant I have been to cross country that serves no compliment Chips and Salsa. Most likely won't be going back and hoping they invest in filter water. read more

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This time around my husband and I both got the birria quesa taco dinner, our server was great and attentive. Luckily we came in at a time where it wasn't too busy so we were able to take our time. Love coming here for real authentic Mexican food!! read more

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food Birria Quesa Tacos, the cities best! service great and Ambiance cozy with Mexican music: love this place read more

So good and fun Great service Extensive meal Coming back to see if they hit another home run! read more

El Taquero - Delicious Tacos - Mexican Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

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Unassuming taco stop with typical Mexican food. Although the food is routine it is very good. The restaurant is very clean and small, I like that. The service is always good and the server knows our name. Great neighborhood place. Also good prices. read more

The barria tacos are amazing. My wife and I eat here or order in from here at least once a week! The service is always friendly. And it has a cozy atmosphere. read more

Food was delicious!! Authentic Mexican food. Birria queso tacos were awesome! Margaritas were very good! Waitress was vey attentive. We will definitely return! There were 7 of us and a baby and they accommodated us nicely. The food came out quickly. Definitely recommend giving it a try read more

You wanna try the hit craze of the birria tacos, come here! This place is so tasty I felt like I was in heaven when eating their tacos. Their elote is also amazing! Glad they put it in a huge cup where you can actually enjoy big spoon fulls of every bite. Everything was so delicious. I'm just glad that I was able to check out a new restaurant in town. We will be back. read more

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Fort Wayne's best kept secret. Food is delicious and affordable. Atmosphere is casual, service is efficient.

Their website said that they had manudo, but when I went there, they did not have manudo! But the salsa tacos wete good. Margaritas were weak, though and no room for parking! read more

El Taquero - Tacos - Mexican Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

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So much value for the money! Before tops, I paid $15 for a meal and drink. I got the birria taco dinner with the birria stew. I'm not well versed in birria but I very much enjoyed it. Our service was friendly and the food was served quickly. The restaurant is more spacious than you'd expect just looking at the storefront. They have large booths that can fit the whole family (or if you're like me and my friend, all of your jackets and layers during the wintertime) I wish this place was open a little bit later, but other than that, no complaints! A must try Mexican food place in Fort Wayne! read more

I wanted to love this place so badly. I really did! Let's start with the queso. It tasted like melted American cheese and hardly anything else. How do you mess up queso?! The salsa was just okay. I ordered from this place to try their delicious looking birra quesa tacos. I was SOOOOOO disappointed. They were incredibly bland. The consommé they give you to dip them in, tastes like a bowl of grease. Zero flavor. The tortillas just tasted like grease as well. Unflavored grease. From what I hear, the carne asada tacos are really good. So I'll try those next time I suppose. read more

El Taquero - Birra quesa tacos. VERY bland. - Mexican Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

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We arrived about 730. Stood at the front for a few minutes. When approached she said they closed at 8 and said we needed to get our order in. Well, she sat another table after us as well. It seemed like a problem that we were coming in to eat dinner at 730. I asked for a on the rocks original lime margarita. I was brought a frozen lime margarita and I sent it back. My daughter's taco didn't come with cheese just meat and a shell? I didn't know a taco for a kids didn't come with cheese and we would be charged 90 cents??? Just meat came on the taco when I requested meat and cheese to begin with. I asked about the cheese and told her yes I'll take the charge I guess but never got the cheese. Kids meals don't get kids drinks either and was rang up for a full price soda???. Our food came out warm so not too enjoyable eating something that wasn't hot. We ended up taking the taco home and putting cheese on it and eating it. The waitress just seemed annoyed with me because I was asking questions. Last couple times I've been I had great service and nothing ever has been an issue. This time around, made me not want to come back. Didn't feel very welcoming and then just the experience wasn't the best. read more

Unfortunately I placed an order and asked for steak and rice, received chicken. I also asked for no tomato on my tacos and no beans on the sides. I got both tomatoes and beans. Under new management? I hope not. This is one of our favorite places. read more

When I tell you to Run to this restaurant to try their Birria Queso Tacos I mean it! These are the BEST birria tacos that we have ever had. They were a perfect combination of queso and meat. The consume sauce that comes on the side has fresh cilantro that adds to the delicious combination of flavors. You can tell that this chef puts heart into their cooking. Anytime I am in Fort Wayne I will be back specifically for this dish. read more

El Taquero - The Best Birria Queso Tacos I have ever had! - Mexican Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

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Great food , service is great as well. I love the Harris taco dinner. I also ask for the hot sauce to mix with the salsa as well.

No free chips and salsa, but the rest of the prices on the menu reflect as such. Very reasonably priced, full bar, and it's worth every penny. The salsa is the best I've had from any Mexican restaurant in Fort wayne. The choriqueso is pretty damn good too! My beautiful wife always gets the arroz con Pollo, and I get what's in the picture. I can explain enough how flavorful the consomme is. I've read another review stating it was bland but I've never experienced that. The tacos are perfectly crisp but with just enough give, and the beef is extremely tender and juicy. The service is always on point and the food comes are quickly. I have nothing bad to say about this place other than it'll keep me from eating at any other Mexican joint for as long as they keep the menu as it is. Once you try it you'll regret not having tried it sooner. read more

El Taquero - Birria quesa dinner - Mexican Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

Love love live nice feel great environment fresh ingredients great costumer service 10 out of ten for all my foodies go check them out ASAP read more

El Taquero - Best ever great costumer service fresh ingredients 10 out of 10 go check them out clean environment nice feel for my foodies!!!!! - Mexican Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

I'll rate it 6.5/10 they were good, but it need more spice and flavor for sure. Overall, not a bad place to stop for tacos. read more

El Taquero - Birria queso tacos - Mexican Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

The wife and I stopped in today at this establishment. We heard about how great it was from a friend and had ordered to take out earlier in the week. It was tasty but suffered from common take out problems such as food temperature and consistency (soggy due to steam) 100% not the restaurant's fault. So we figured we would try them dine in This isn't the typical place that has chips and salsa on the table. And to be honest, I don't even care about that. If you want chips and salsa, it's 2.95. Either way, we didn't fill up on that so that was fine by me We reorders the elote in a cup again because it was just So delicious. I ordered 3 tacos al pastor and she had 2 tacos with asada. This is hands down THE BEST pastor tacos I have ever had. So delicious. The corn tortillas were perfect. I would definitely get this again and again. We had an appetizer with French fries , queso, guacamole,, and choice of meat. We chose asada. This was very good but I think I would prefer it with the pastor pork. The location is clean and the atmosphere is nice with typical Spanish music playing at a good volume and some sports on the tv. Our server , Alberto, was very kind and on top of our needs. I will 100% be back and looking forward to trying new things on the menu. Due to its location, I hope more folks patron this establishment so it can stay and become a Fort Wayne staple for delicious Mexican food! read more

Fantastic food, superb service, and AUTHENTIC!!!! The wait is worth it!!! Elote in a Cup- FANTASTIC!!! Make sure to get your own, you won't want to share!!! read more

Food and service is SPECTACULAR! Flavors are WOW!!! Very nice! I had barbacoa dipping tacos! read more

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This place has the best taco salad. I went here for lunch. I seen they had sopes. I was going to order tacos and a sope. Someone at the table recommended I try the taco salad. Most places disappoint when it comes to the taco salad. The meat has no flavor and the tortilla shell is mushy by the time you eat the bottom. Their taco salad is worth every bite. The place they messed up was with the sope. It was hard and missing a slice of avocado. I also had outside of this experience their corn in a cup. It is worth trying too. read more

LOVE this place. Authentic. Service is great. The wait time is pretty reasonable when they are busy.

I asked for a steak and cheese burrito. Nothing else in it. They bring me out a steak and cheese with everything in it. I asked for a remake they try to make me pay for two burritos even though it was their fault spoke to a manager she end up doing a remake when the other burrito came out, the steak was very burned and the cheese was frozen solid and the waitress was very rude read more

The food is delicious! The service is great and the ambiance is good too, music is played and the atmosphere is welcoming.

Best Barria tacos in town !! Great staff and quick service! Highly recommended! Elote is amazing too!

Ordered aroz con pollo. It was definitely freshly made however it was mostly rice. Lacked in chicken and queso and was definitely bland! It needed flavor but overall not to bad . The girl who took my order was nice and efficient so overall service was good, and the atmosphere seemed nice . I ordered to go , would definitely try this place again :) read more

The person who said the birria quesa tacos were bland needs a Covid test, because those tacos were exceptionally beefy and cheesy and redolent of cilantro and onions without being too salty, and the au jus-like dipping broth complemented them well. Make sure that you have the person who placed the order actually pick it up, though, because based on the suspicious reaction at the cash register it seems like the birria quesa is so popular that some people are walking off with other customers' orders of them. When I go to a Mexican restaurant for the first time, I often order the horchata, not only because I love it, but also because it's typically a menu item aimed at the non-American clientele and a good measure of how seriously the restaurant takes its food. In the case of El Taquero, what I got was very fresh, clearly not from a mix (I would know, I use horchata mix at home) and rivals Momofuku Milk Bar's cereal milk for flavor and deliciousness. We also tried the elote in a cup and the papas taqueras with pork al pastor. The papas taqueras were delicious - I'm going to go back for seconds in a minute here - but of the two, the elote was the real standout. You get a full 18-oz clear Solo cup full of creamy, spiced corn kernels, and no messy cob or stick standing between you and elote happiness. I tasted crystallized lime juice in their chili spice mix, so it's probably got some Tajin in it. Honestly, as someone who's lived in some of the most diverse areas of the country my whole life, I am genuinely impressed with Fort Wayne's international food game. This restaurant beats the pants off more of the Mexican I had in Spanish Harlem than I feel comfortable admitting, but there you have it. read more

Just tried their birria tacos. They were stuffed with fall apart beef. The seasoned crunchy shells were lined with cilantro coated cheese. The broth to dip them in was very flavorful. We now have a new favorite spot for Mexican. My husband tried an array of their tacos loving them all but preferring the beef. Be sure to get their queso for an appetizer too. read more

One of my favorites. Good food and good service. I always get the tacos and they are perfect! Like margarita is good too.

This is one of our favorite Mexican restaurants in Fort Wayne. We have tried so many different one and we always end up coming back to El Taquero. They are a small restaurant but have some really big flavor. read more