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    Jurassic Tacos Orem

    3.6 (51 reviews)
    ModerateTacos, Food Trucks
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    Kurt J.

    Tons of meat! Tacos with tons of meat! Meaty tacos! Great flavors! Move over Holy Taco! My taco medal stand just got a new gold medalist. I'm just gonna say it- best Tacos in Orem/Provo! Get the raptor, T-Rex, or Jurassic taco. So much meat and with the melted cheese - perfection. The Asada is great! The Al Pastor was sweet and perfect! Chorizo is great too!!! Didn't try the pollo asada. Next time. Great new place in Orem. This is Jurassic #2. Apparently the first Jurassic taco is in Pleasant Grove. They started out as a few food trucks and have just moved into brick-n-mortar. If you are a carnivore - this is the place. They do have a little green spot on the menu for the veggie crowd. Can't wait to come try the fish and shrimp tacos. I've found a new go-to taco place. Sadly no drive thru - but well worth getting your keister out of your car and taking a few steps!!!! Get out of your car and run don't walk to Jurassic! Nobody really cares & the debate will rage - - but here's my Utah Valley street taco medal standings: #1 GOLD my new go-to gold medalist (the new king of Orem tacos) - JURASSIC TACO - Orem #2 silver - the Smoked Taco - AF #3 bronze - Holy Taco - Orem

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    John P.

    I came in and got three tacos: two steak and one chicken. It was really great! It filled me enough and with the add-ons like cilantro & onion, onion, cabbage, cucumber, and the sauces. I'm not one for really hot stuff, so their medium was good for me. They had like a chipotle sauce that was the most flavorful on chicken! Get some cucumber, onion & cilantro, cabbage, and chipotle sauce and you are set! The seating is all new. The space is much larger than the AF location. I loved the music with the Latino vibe. It was fun. The people were friendly with a smile and a hello. Very potion for lunchtime. I'm going back!

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    Megan L.

    My husband and I tried this place for the first time. We ordered 2 street tacos. 1 with the steak and the other with the chorizo. We enjoyed both especially the steak. The steak was so flavorful. We also ordered the raptor taco with steak which was delicious. We ordered the burrosaurio as well and it was also delicious. We tried the horchata and loved it. They have a salsa bar with yummy salsas. The green one was our favorite. They also have cilantro and onions on the salsa bar to put in your street tacos. We loved this place. We will definitely be back many times.

    Mark W.

    The food here is absolutely dino-mite!! The folks here are all very polite and take care of their customers. The dinosaur theme is prevalent with their punny menu items, and while there isn't any dinosaur skulls on the wall (yet?), this place keeps pulling me back in. Highly recommend the Vampiro!!

    Asada fries (minus pico) extremely delicious!!!
    Steve B.

    Everything here is great from the fish ornshrimp tacos... to the jurassic taco (huge) to the asada fries. It won't disappoint. Staff was kind and always top to order off with a refreshing horchata!!! Love the food truck and physical locations. There are more options at the physical location and there are gluten free options as well. Get your self to jurassic taco... Jurassic makes the other tacos seem outdated and sad. Just my opinion. Been a loyal customer for 4+years!

    Jurassic Asada Fries Burrito
    Lindsay J.

    Very good and hearty meal. My mom and I ended up sharing the traditional asada fry burrito. I couldn't have eaten more than the half. It came with chips but no salsa which was odd to me. Their toppings bar was definitely targeted towards their tacos, but we opened up our burrito and added the cilantro and onion and cilantro ranch and mild salsa to it. It helped cut through the strong bean flavor. All in all it was a good burrito and very filling! Not anything crazy special though! The atmosphere inside made it a great lunch spot.

    Travis P.

    Very good food and the workers are so nice! They load up the meats on the tacos and don't short you. I would highly recommend trying this place out

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    We really enjoy Jurassic tacos! The flavors are really good and the atmosphere is fun. My favorite are the giant filled quesadillas.

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    Buena comida. Gente muy amable. Elegí el combo 2 de todos los carnes. Tiene una barra de salsas en la que pueden personalizar

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    Good food. It's been awhile but I remember really liking the tacos. Suggest giving them a try. Don't think you'll be disappointed!

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    Clean place, their street tacos are not as good as I thought, their sauces are too spicy.

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    Great tacos and I love the sauce! Location is great too. The Al pastor with the pineapple was my favorite

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    Tacos are amazing & they have a pretty nice salsa bar inside. Definitely try the gringa taco it's amazing

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    This place is awesome, the staff are great and the steak is yummy! The staff were super friendly and helpful here.

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