It's one of my favorite places, approved since 1993 and it still has the same great taste I love it read more

Food was great! I had carne de puerco con nopales and it hit the spot. The tacos and quesadillas were good; service was quick and friendly. read more

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The gorditas were phenomenal! My family stopped by yesterday and ordered the carnitas, chicharron, and puerco con nopales. They were crispy on the outside, soft on the inside and packed with cheese, lettuce and filling. The flavors paired very well together. Tip: bring cash or use the ATM at Circle K. read more

Service was awful, food was dry and stingy portions (specially protein). Would not come again

Delicious authentic tacos! savory meats, had carnita, al pastor and pollo. love the peppers and carrots that come along, wish I lived close to here, I'd visit all the time! oh, very kind service, but slight language barrier since I only speak English. read more

Oscar's Tacos - Mexican Near Me - San Rafael, California

No les recomiendo ir a cenar. La cena estaba muy horrible,La carne tenía un olor muy desagradable. read more

Pathetic. Stay away. Tacos are nothing special. Sopes are dry. They got my order wrong and I'm never coming back. read more

I've been to this taqueria many times and I mainly order the asada burrito or there caldo whenever I'm hungover, lol!! It's a cure for sure. They always prepare it very quickly and the food always tastes amazing. I am always satisfied and never received terrible customer service. I honestly recommend. read more

Amazing pupusas! The food tastes homemade and is freshly made. Will definitely be returning. A very well deserved five starts. Excellences pupusas! La comida sabe como hecha en casa y recien hecha. Definitivamente regresaremos. Unas muy bien merecidas cinco estrellas. read more

Open 7am to 10pm, this cash only restaurant is simple in menu and packed in taste. With quick service during lunch and to go options, your made to order meal is sure to please. Order a few things to taste the menu and to have a full meal. Try the gorditas and tacos. read more

Oscar's Tacos - Regular menu. Not pictured: lunch and breakfast menus - Mexican Near Me - San Rafael, California

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I ordered a Carnitas burrito with chips, I asked if the burrito was covered in sauce and they said yes. I asked for no sauce please. They bring me a sauced burrito.. took it back. They made me another burrito but with ASADA, when I had ordered Carnitas. They tried telling me that it was carnitas. IM NO FIRST TIMER TRYING CARNITAS, I know what they taste like and how the meat looks. Lady would not budge and still claimed that the burrito was Carnitas. I said "are you sure!?" While I pointed at the meat and showed them. I know what carnitas taste like, looks etc. the meat was small raisin size pieces that were almost burned. NOT CARNITAS. I had taken two bites before I threw it away and left the restaurant very dissatisfied. AVOID AVOID AVOID read more

Just a yucky burritto - steak super burrito - nothing good to say about it at all, except it was filling? Picante is way way better, I should not have strayed read more

Wow! They have NO costumer service skills at all! Both the cashiers and cooks are always pissed off they never get your order right and food is always missing something. Went to this place twice i thought maybe they had a bad day the first time but i was wrong they even get mad if you ask for forks and napkins what kind of service is that?! I ordered gorditas and asked for sour cream and guacamole the cook looks at me like im crazy like shes never heard of that before and i told her i didnt mind paying extra for that. I recommend them looking for a different career because this is definitely not the right place for them i just hope they're not the owners, Imagine that!!! read more

Oscar's is one of the best and least known latino restaurants in San Rafael. It's a local hot spot for the inhabitants of the canal, but nobody from the outside ventures here much. The burritos are delectably unique, with lots of meat, prepared right before your eyes. I say unique because in addition to the usual chicken or beef burrito, there are more traditional choices like my personal favorite, puerco con nopales, or pork and cactus. The burritos tend to be spicy, and whether take out or eat in, are served with a side of pickled jalapenos, so you might want to ask them to hold the salsa if you happen to be of a mild palate. The service here is incredibly friendly. Taco Oscar's is rarely patronized by customers form outside the canal, not because of the quality of the fare, but by its obscure location. The local's love it and I have never seen the place with any less than 10 customers inside, lunch or dinner. If you are looking for something authentically delicious, it is well worth the effort to seek this place out. Bottom Line: Delicious, Cheap, Authentic read more

Oscar's is a place where the clientele is as fresh-off-the-boat as the food. They still must be acclimating to the weather up here, because it was pushing 65F when I went in, and they had the heater blasting away as if the next ice age had arrived. And it wasn't one of those little space heaters that farts out tepid air, but one of those 100,000,000,000,000 BTU fire-breathing dragons that melts your hair if you get too close. The food is exactly what I would expect from the look of the place. Think street food in a good way. Authentic. Simple. Cheap. Downright tasty. read more

After today we are never going back to this place!!!! I ordered and paid for a super carne asada burrito and my co worker order a super Carne asada burrito with black beans. I got a regular burrito missing all the things that make it a super burrito. My co-worker got his burrito after the 5 people who ordered after us. They made him a regular burrito with regular beans and also did not put the other items on it that make it a super burrito, when he brought it to their attention they just slid it over the counter and said " just take" WOW why bother going to this hole when you have Mi pueblo market and Picante Taquería right down the street. read more

I came back and tried to order a sope with just refried beans, cheese, cilantro, and onion (Very common Mexican sope) and they looked at me crazy. "Sir we don't have refried beans" Well I've never heard that one before at a joint serving sopes. No refried beans? Really? This was my first clue that these folks aren't chefs but merely short order cooks following a handful of recipes. Any chef knows that refried beans takes a couple of minutes to smash some normal beans in a skillet and "Wallah" it's done!! "Ok Ok so no refried beans just give me what you got. Please." So they put some dripping wet pinto beans on my sope and covered it with cheese and salsa. It was edible but I was upset because the sope crust wasn't nearly as good as it was the first time I was here. It seemed to be a lot more greasy and bland. So yea I guess that's the moment it hit me to throw up the deuce "Adios Oscar y Buen Suerte." read more

Friendly, cheap and delicious. Great tacos and great for breakfast too!! A lovely local hang out with few outsiders. We need more of these.... hummmm read more

First timer here I'm not from the area went on yelp n decided to try this out I was more than satisfied with the food only problem was my aqua de tamarindo Es de polbo not mexican made but other than that the food was great ! Taqueitos and sopes are really good ! read more

Hands down best tacos in its area. There are 4 other taco places within 3 block of each other. This by far best tasting. For sure.

This place had the worst customer experience I have ever had! I ordered chips and salsa and they charged me a whopping $5.65 for a very small amount. The size of a paper plate with a small salsa. It took them long time! read more

A hole in the wall restaurant that I'm sure most San Rafael residents, or even Canal residents don't even know exists. The location at night is less than flattering, but the food inside is as good as Mexican food does in San Rafael. I settled for the quesadilla with carne asada. The meat was very fresh, juicy, and flavorful. Served with avocado, sour cream, salsa, a lime wedge, and a fresh jalapeno. I couldn't ask for more! But do brush on your Spanish, cause the workers here don't speak a word of English. Nada! read more

If I could give no starts I would! So I been here a few times only few good experience. I kept giving them business after today I will not... several times I called in order and it has been wrong when I picked up. Once I ordered nachos and they put the Styrofoam to go case in microwave when I got to bottom there was a cup size hole melted on bottom. I ordered tacos and had pieces of Styrofoam in in and a coworker had plastic in his. Today I noticed the health inspector paper by door, showed conventional pass which means something major happened and needed fixed within 72 hours. Then when I got to counter I noticed they were making paposas and placing then on the counter as they were done being cooked. This is disgusting.. read more

Best deal for the money in Marin. Sopes and Gorditas are great.

Absolutely best Mexican/Central American food place in town!! Loved it so much I went home with seconds!!!

It's a nice little hole in the wall nothing fancy and nothing pricy. Some of the people don't speak English which is fine. If u know what u want and are friendly you will enjoy the food. The people are nice and the food is good. Quick convenient cheap to go read more

well, oscar taco is a really good place to have a lunch, what i really value on any place a eat is if the food is good for the right price i will give the place 4 stars but is the food is good for the right price plus a good costumer service any place deserve a 5 stars ***** read more

Great Mexican food at cheap prices. Seriously, the tacos here are the best kept secret in San Rafael. Better quality than the overpriced Mexican food around Marin, but cheaper than Taco Bell. I suggest you drive right past the other similar looking Mexican restaurants and stop here. read more

Remember take pepto bismol before you go this place u will need it, diarrhea all day im mexican i eat everything but this food is just so bad, the only good thing was the salsa. place really clean, have a funny smell and only cash read more

I found out about Oscar's Tacos restaurant from Don Oscar him self and latter on from a co-worker who went and try the food. I went to taste for my self not because of the tacos (I'm sure they're the best) but the Pupusas a tipical dish from my country El Salvador. Yeah the place wasn't a 5 stars retaurant but the taste of the Pupusas was as good as it gets to being in my country. Thank you, Don Oscar, see you at the bank. read more