The best breakfast burrito I have ever had!! Great flavor, large, super tasty! Clean, good outdoor seating, friendly service! Will be back!

My absolute favorite place for carne asada fries! Their fries are crispy, not soggy! It's also nicely balanced with lean beef, cheese, pico, and beans! The business is also family owned and operated. Surely a gem everyone should check out! read more

Maico - Carne Asada Fries - Mexican Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

We tried the bacon breakfast burritos and they were delicious and very filling. We had originally bought 2 burritos each thinking they were going to be normal size burritos, but they were very big on top of being delicious. Now we have a burrito each for later today. Extremely recommended and the guy helping us was very friendly read more

Visited this place a couple times so I can confidently say they have one of the best carnitas in town they have good cuts of meat so you don't get fatty bits. Their combo plates are pretty good too!! Love how most menu items stay true to authenticity. Worth a chance to check them out. read more

One of the best, if not the best places in Tucson. Everyone is very nice and the food is amazing. If you're looking for a great meal, stop by Maico. read more

Although I live walking distance from Maico and have been by it a zillion times, I didn't actually get in to try it until today. It was about 1 pm on a Sunday afternoon, and I ordered the green chile burrito from the whiteboard of daily specials. The guy working (who I think is the owner) said they didn't have any, but that the red chile would be ready in another 10 minutes. I instead opted for a chicken burrito (my second choice), which came in at $4.97 after tax. I thought the price was reasonable for what I received, a plain no-frills chicken burrito (just chicken inside, no rice or beans). The food was good, although I did think it was a bit bland and was wishing they had a "wet" option with the entire thing slathered in tomatillo sauce or something, The owner was extremely friendly, and I will definitely be going back just for the service itself! read more

Holy crap!!! So freaking good. Very low key looking but don't miss it when you're driving in Tucson. I get their bacon breakfast burrito which is a great post drinking meal or even just a filling breakfast for someone whose hungry. It is so authentic, the people are so nice, and the food is absolutely amazing. The outside isn't perfectly trendy and cute, but it's the perfect spot for great Mexican flavors and prices. Once I tried this I can't stop going back! All I can say is give this a try and you'll never regret it! read more

Maico - Mexican Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

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I love everything I have tried from Maico to date. Most recently, I had a carne asada burrito that rivaled the best in town. Don't let the unassuming brick storefront fool you, the food is terrific. read more

Fish tacos, pollo asado taco, and cheese burrito and everything we got here was delicious! And the customer service was a 10! It's takeout only but they shouldn't deter you from going here :) ! Highly recommend ! read more

Awesome! Perfect way to start your morning with a chorizo breakfast burrito. Love this place.

I would recommend against this place as I got a chorizo breakfast burrito and got food poisoning few hours after. Been going here for a year and this is the first bad experience I've had. read more

Great breakfast burritos. The owner refuses to claim the business on yelp so don't trust the yelp info ie hours. Great food.

Excellent place to grab some quick mexican food. On the go or sitting down, they have an open area with seating. The whole place is well kept, highly recommended if ur in the area and looking for a bite to eat! read more

Maico - Streetside - Mexican Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

I thought the pollo asada burrito was pretty good. Nice service and the loaded chips were a nice bite.

I was able to call ahead and pick up our delicious breakfast burritos. We had quick and friendly service. Give them a try all!

Delicious !!! I ordered a carne Asada taco , sorry there is no picture . It was so tasty I didn't have a chance to snap a pic . The Carmelo is huge ! I ordered a regular size to Maico regular size is a large ! Cheese could be melted more but no real complaints . I will be back again especially since I work down the street read more

Maico - Carmelo - Mexican Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

Affordable, fast, friendly service, nice outdoor atmosphere, tasty and perpetually open. 6am to 11pm daily, 7 days a week! Looks like they only close for 7 hours to get some sleep. Amazing!! Ordered 3 Tacos and a plate of chips and guacamole and the bill came to $9. Oh and the chips and guac was a huge portion. What is there not to like really? read more

Maico - View from the order window - Mexican Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

Four of us we're driving through town on our way to Los Angeles from Galveston Tx. We heard about this place from an episode of "Bazaar Foods". The food was very good especially the ceviche tostada. I wished the super nachos had more melting cheese and beans which would have probably made them a must have item on the menu. Overall it's not bad. read more

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Chile rellenos in the Tucson Area rated according to the Homeland Security Advisory System with three word descriptors. Maico: eat with flies. Orange See photos. read more

Maico - Maico: eat with flies. Orange - Mexican Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

I've been coming here for years and truly not enough good things to say about Maico. I love it here. One of the best eateries I know of

My mom thought their taco salad was the best she's ever had. Steak burrito was also pretty good.

Home of the practical and affordable breakfast burrito. Decent sized, savory, and with several different options, this place stands as an easy to-go option for anybody looking for a good meal. The staff is friendly and the wait is short. Maico is hidden in an area that I typically try to avoid, but makes a point to have an individual reconsider any spot that lacks a flashy facade. The set up is nice, but may not be too practical on a hot sunny day due to the lack of indoor seating. Even so, you can certainly buy a refreshing Mexican Coke at this joint to freshen up. Great spot. read more

It's a nice little outside dining area. Good Mexican food, tacos, taquitos. Good price. I would recommend this place. They have wings on the menu next time I would like to try them. read more

GREAT burritos. This is our go-to in Tucson for burritos and breakfast in general. Haven't tried any lunch items but I am more than excited to because I've been so impressed with breakfast! Steak, potato and egg burrito is my husbands favorite and I love the sausage burrito as well as their bean and cheese read more

Friendly staff, great shaded outdoor seating! My husband had a delicious, spicy breakfast burrito. Good Sonoran dog (our first so no comparison available). Excellent hot sauce for my veggie burrito that was fresh and really quite nice. read more

Try the ceviche (shrimp) tostada if they have it. Very fresh and delicious. They also make more than 20 types of burritos.

This place is awesome!! Out here in Tucson for work from Vegas and have been desperately searching for good Mexican food and this is 100% the spot, looks like an apartment complex but who cars the guy that takes your order is funny and sarcastic, food tastes AMAZING havnt gotten a single bad item yet and 100% plan on going back ... again... and again. Great food, and get a couple laughs, very hard to spot just driving but from my mouth to you, STOP HERE!! Thank me later read more

Nothing completes a fulfilling dining experience more than a great view of the traffic on 22nd Street... Yep, I am naturally projecting a bit facetiousness upon you about the "ambiance" of Maico. All kidding aside for just a second, the dining experience at Maico is decidedly unsophisticated. Indeed, I was quite drawn to the rustic feel of the place: there is no indoor dining per se. One reviewer characterized this situation thusly: "Maico: eat with flies." They do, however, have plenty of tables and chairs in a patio area. And when I say patio, I mean the patio of a former home. So on top of having to eat al fresco, you literally have to order at what used to be a window. Seriously, take a second from being enraptured by this review to look at the nearest window on your home, apartment, or other dwelling and imagine it without any sort of glass. Then look around your living space and kitchen and imagine it converted to one big cooking area devoted to making Mexican food. Finally, picture that food being produced being pretty damn good. Now snap back to reality and continue with my review. Like you, I'm sure, when I first heard of Maico, I was like "WTF, what the hell is Maico?" I had passed by the place several times with interest barely registering. Then I heard that the dude from Travel Channel's Bizarre Food paid a visit to the place a while back. He apparently sampled the birria, or goat stew. A few weeks ago, I happened to drive by the place on my way to a friend's. I was hungry and decided to make a spontaneous stop. In all honesty, I've only been here once and ordered just three tacos. Like any good, self-respecting taqueria, the carne asada was seasoned well, cooked properly, had fresh condiments including salsa with a nice bite, and tasty flour tortillas. I also had one aforementioned birria taco. That, too, was made properly. You could tell that it took hours to cook, as the goat was very tender and effused with spices and chili. The three tacos were washed down with the required Mexican soda. I caught glimpses of dishes from other patrons, and it all appeared tasty, so I will make plans in the future to try some non-taco items. The food there undoubtedly was good. Judging from my wise-cracking comments earlier about the ambiance of Maico, I truly don't have a problem with eating outdoors. In fact, I would say that the majority of places in town that serve the best tacos don't have indoor seating. In fact, tacos in Mexico are quintessentially a street food made and eaten on the street with the flies and whatnot. Though I don't think many streets in Mexico matches the beauty, character or liveliness of our little 22nd Street. read more

I've been eating at Maico just about once a week for years now. We started when we were remodeling our kitchen and had no stove for 4 months and now its just habit. My husband has never been able to say the name of the place, so he calls it "Taco Guy" - where we go to get good tacos. Carne Asada is very good and always plentiful. Veggie burro doesn't feel like a pile of rice in a dry burrito but is full of sour cream and guac and other goodies. I highly recommend the potato tacos, too (I get them with extra beans, inside - yum!) and the chile relleno burrito. Service is always friendly, go at lunch and you'll always get to chat with the owner. He still asks me if my kitchen turned out good. We always get our meal to go, but the outdoor eating area is clean if not private and quiet. Come on - this is the way Mexican fast food is meant to be - quick, loud and GOOD! read more

The burritos are so good!! Definitely our new favorite spot! Highly recommend the California and Arizona burritos!!

Best Ceviche Cameron I've ever had. Amazing customer service. We were just driving through Tucson and stopped by here for lunch- we could not have luckier with our find. read more

Hands down the worst pollo Asado ever, and I've had it in backwater Iowa. Small bits of hard as rock, dried up chicken. At first I thought my order was wrong and mistook it for a bacon burrito. Nope just same color texture size and flavor as chopped up bacon. And it was a small amount lightly dispersed over a tremendous amount of iceberg. 5$ is far too much for dried out bacon chicken. read more

Maico - Worst pollo Asado ever - Mexican Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

Authentic mexican tacos but honestly flavor was okay. I asked for no lettuce but each taco had lettuce. I payed for an extra side of pico and cheese and they didn't give me this either wasting about $4 dollars. Honestly an okay experience. Might try it again since its somewhat cheap and for the mexican coke bottles but I prefer other places in Tucson read more

I hate to admit, but I'm a bit of an extreme Mexican Food snob. You tend to get that way married to a Mexican wife that cooks authentic Mexican meals every night. Maico is hands down, by far, the best street-style, order and go Mexican food in Arizona PERIOD. I've had over 10 different items off the menu just so I could dampen my enthusiasm for their food but every time I stuff my face, I leave feeling ecstasy in my stomach. My personal fav's- Machacha Burrito, Arizona Burrito and the Cabeza Torta. ENJOY! read more

This is a better alternative to Filibertos or Nico's. Not much more than that, but it has its own necessary place in the culinary spectrum. The menu is essentially identical to either of the restaurants named above, and the prices comparable too, but you do get the feeling a bit more care is put into the food here. The people working here are very nice. The burrito I had was delicious. What more do I have to say, really? You should try this place if you like this sort of thing. The salsa was a good solid salsa and matched their food well. I would have preferred a little more salsa variety, but I wasnt disappointed. The ambiance is...uhm...ok there's no ambiance. They try though! There are tablecloths on the tables...bungee tied to the tables. Theres a small vegetable garden and well-groomed shrubs in fanciful shapes around the property...which do absolutely nothing to distract you from the fact that you're on 22nd street and could be shot at any moment. The music playing in the background only contributes to your feeling of maybe being shot soon...but HEY! They try, right? They try hard, and its noticed and somewhat appreciated. Ill be back sooner or later, probably sooner than later, and you should be too. read more

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First and last time I ever have this place, ordered two burritos for my coworker and I both really soggy!! The cook wasn't even wearing a mask. read more

Great authentic Mexican food We had the Sonoran hot dog and it was 10/10 we also had horchata it was 6/10 We had Tacos the meat was amazing 10/10 we also had quesadillas which were normal read more

I come here every Sunday and it's always great. I had the taco salad again because it never disappoints! It was my first visit and they were so nice. This time was just better than the rest. Why did I think Mexican food sucked? Boy was I wrong. Definitely going back tomorrow. Five Star read more

This place is really good and affordable. The food is authentic and they are fast and nice.

Maico is good. It may be the best stationary taco stand in Tucson. They serve excellent cabeza and adobada. Their carne asada isn't remarkable, but it's solidly good. The carnitas were lackluster and not worthy of a second try, but they weren't bad, either. Maico doesn't give you a lot of salsa options, but their menu is expansive, their prices affordable, and their service exceptionally friendly. The outdoor seating is absolutely perfect--this either makes intuitive sense or you'll never get it. If you like the idea of sitting at a picnic table late at night, killing a few delicious tacos on warm corn tortillas, and watching the traffic go by, you'll like Maico. read more

Maico - Mexican Near Me - Tucson, Arizona