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    El Volcan

    3.0 (62 reviews)
    InexpensiveFood Trucks, Tacos
    Open 10:00 am - 7:00 pm

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    Saddest looking and tasting tacos ever.
    Topden T.

    Long line, but the food is very unremarkable. Ordered lengua tacos and basically a few pieces of chopped meat sprinkled with onion. Dry and tasteless. Burrito was worse. French fries were fried in cheap unhealthy oil.

    This is most of the menu. So many selections
    Tom C.

    This place is really good. Went here last night. The cabeza burrito was fantastic. A little on the spicy side. But it was still good. I still have my favorite place to go. But this place is a good alternative.

    Best Taco-Truck-Ever, at least that we've found so far.
    Michael S.

    This is how street food is supposed to taste! We spent the morning in the touristy parts of Monterey and didn't really get too much good food out of the deal. We were driving down the road, when we saw this food truck. I plowed on the brakes and squeezed into a tiny parking spot. Man, am I glad we did. I wasn't hungry, but my wife got three different tacos and all three of them were delicious! Their salsa is spicy, with really intricate flavors, which only made the seasoned beef/chicken/pork taste even better. Wonderful! Highly recommend these guys! We ran into a guy who said he grew up in Monterey and said this was one of his favorites but didn't know of any other places to get good street food in Monterey. El Volcan may vary their location around town for all I know, so give them a call and ask them where they are at (if you can't find them a the 848-872 Del Monte Avenue location). Apparently, they have at least three trucks, since this one is #3. [ Did you hear about the map-maker from Arizona, who got fired from his job? He had no sense of Yuma. ]

    Barbacoa and Lengua (tongue) Flavorless tacos! So disappointed
    Fabby P.

    Every time I drive by I always wanted to try. So, today my family and I decided to eat. First of all, the service is really bad. After I paid for my bad fortune, two costumers asked for something and El Volcan personal just ignored them. Both clients left furious! Second, they take forever!!!!!! Third, they count the meat, OMG! We ordered pretty much all meats for the tacos but head (cabeza) & chicken. Every meat was serve in 1 small tortilla with a little bit and i mean a miniature of meat. Which are flavorless!!!!! Tried already this place but NO planning to come back.

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    10 months ago

    To expensive and the food had to much oil but the young lady was nice , no chips added at the table before food.

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    Service great. Food meh. Ordered bacon wrapped hotdog... bun was soggy and so was the bacon. The tacos were nothing to write home about.

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    I got 4 tacos de caveza they took a long time and and they gave me very little meat. So disappointed will not go back again.

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    I'm from San Diego and thought I had great street tacos my whole life and these are next level. So good!

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    Ask the Community - El Volcan

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    The Papas Volcan consisted of french fries, jack cheese, carne asada (my choice of meat), jalapenos, and salsa.

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