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    Ricos Tacos

    3.4 (229 reviews)
    InexpensiveMexican
    Open 9:00 am - 2:00 AM (Next day)
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    Divey
    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Pollo tacos
    Emely F.

    Shredded up chicken with lettuce and sour cream on a nice flour taco. The service is always nice and quick. The place is very old school lowkey hope in the spot vibe.

    Carnitas Burrito
    Mike M.

    Reviews make this place seem good but I didn't get to experience good when I came to eat here. First off this place needs a serious cleaning and maybe a fresh coat of paint. Not a deal breaker for me because sometimes holes in the wall have serious food. I ordered the carnitas burrito and really what it was pounds of rice and beans in a burrito with little pork. It was edible but not worth it. With plenty of taco/burrito options in the area they need to step their game up.

    Jing K.

    Still one is the best taco spots in NYC and most importantly still open during this crisis. Support this amazing local small business that has been here over 20 years. The oreja taco is amazing. Tender and flavorful with the little crispy cartilage crunch in the middle. You have to come

    Al pastor
    Crystal L.

    This place been here forever! I've been coming here since I was a teenager, but not often since I don't live around here, but at least every other month. This place has never disappointed me. My go-tos are al pastor and chorizo tacos. Always filled with flavor and they do fill the tacos nicely. Yes, the place looks sort of dingy, I don't think it's been renovated, but the food is good! I also like to order their lime juice.

    This place had completely blanketed the neighborhood with their trash. There are Ricos Tacos stickers on everything - poles, neighborhood free libraries for children, trees, bus stops, just everywhere. The menus are even worse - they are littering the streets on every block. Polluting the neighborhood with litter is not ok. They're a really bad neighbor to have done this. Making the residents live in their filth and clean it up themselves is unacceptable. They need to clean it up. All of the photos were taken within a 2 hour period this morning. Build business by offering quality, reasonably priced food. The money wasted on stickers and menus could have gone towards promotions to increase awareness. Destroying entire neighborhoods within a 15 block radius with trash is not going to entice people to support you.

    Art C.

    2.5, rounding up for no good reason. Despite my better judgement, we recently did a taco/Mexican food crawl in Sunset Park. The goal was to definitively decide, one way or the other, if NYC had any good Mexican food (or at least any Mexican-style food comparable to the West Coast- forget about being comparable to any Mexican city). Long story short, not in Sunset Park. This place is fine. It's not as good as any taco truck in San Francisco. But the food is reasonable I guess. Our carnitas taco was OK. Our al pastor taco was meh. We had a tacos arabes that was gross. Maybe we were't supposed to order that. Mea culpa... Failure, once again...

    Christian P.

    My family and I have been coming here since I was a kid. The food here never failed! Tacos are delicious, meats are filled with flavor. It's a plus that they are opened late so any late night taco cravings just come here! I always get the al pastor, my favorite taco, and every now and then I would get carne asada. Only thing that isn't so appealing is that the owner never renovated or fixed anything up since... for as long as I can remember. So, it does look dingy and run down from inside and out, which can sometimes make people want to second think before eating here, but that aside the tacos are great here.

    Very nice!very delicious! Green..sauce i don't no this is what sauce! But 'very delicious!!! Have little spicy!! Nice!
    Olivea J.

    It is my favorite Mexican restaurant. Reasonable prices and flavorful food make me happy . It is really open 24 hours entire day!! Service so nice ! I was fully addicted with horchata and tostada!!

    Lonnie B.

    The place is amazing food is so good the staff are so friendly. Food fresh they have an ethnic guitar player that plays music it's amazing . I feel so happy when I come Here amazing place. I like their guacamole sauce and tostada . The soda is very good jarritos mandarin flavor

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    Pedro A.

    If you want original authentic Mexican food this is where you come it is made fresh while you wait what is awesome they've been here for over 15years and all they do is get bigger and bigger they deliver they have outdoor dining and with the current situation they do wear a mask and are extra careful

    Beef, Chicken, and Spicy Pork Tacos.
    Amy N.

    A 25 minute wait for 6 little tacos on a Tuesday afternoon....was not even that busy. I was only crossing fingers that I would not get a ticket for parking at the hydrant right out front. Phew, I didn't. Thought it would've been a smooth and easy take out if I had an easy order. Two of each: Chicken, Spicy Pork, and Beef. Got home, stomach growling and everything, after all this, I take a bite into dry pieces of chicken. Okay, I still got my all time fave, the Spicy Pork, not even spicy. My last hope, oily beef. Not even that, they were rolled up in parchment paper, which it got stuck on to the tacos after being steamed in the take out container along with the grease from the beef. For now, I'll just say it was an off day.

    Creamy guacamole sauce!!! The best!!!
    Peng L.

    Things that make this joint my favorite spot 1. Hole in the wall; authentic 2. Guacamole sauce is like ice cream and I drain my food with it. 3. Cheap. I order so many things on the menu and the bill is still so cheap. Favorite things to order on the menu 1. Steak tostada 2. Steak taquitos Note: when it's busy, the wait for the food can be long. So long that you get delirious and angry. Once food hits the table, you become barbaric.

    Al pastor torta :)

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    My go to place in sunset park when I'm running errands and need a quick bite , friendly staff and good food . Reasonable price .

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    3 years ago

    Best Mexican restaurant near 53rd st, very fast service and reliable when it comes to taste

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    Los tacos están muy buenos la neta los recomiendo en específico los de birria y los de chorizo

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    Xixa

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    4.4
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    I was honestly shocked by how much I loved this place! We did the tasting menu, which was $65 per…read moreperson, and I also ordered the passion fruit cocktail. It was fab! Most of all, what I really appreciated with every bite is that I wanted more and that it was so unique compared to anything else that I had ever tried. I thought the tasting menu was a really good deal, but you should also consider booking just a la carte because everything was so solid. You can tell when the chips served alongside the guacamole are so delicious and so unique that the rest of the meal is going to be incredible. I will say that it did seem slightly understaffed. Our waiters did the best they could, but dinner took longer than expected. It was still a great experience for both those on dates and those there with friends!

    4.5 stars, 5 for food and 4 for service…read more Food was delish! My favorites were the gem salad elote and the guac. We also got the crispy snapper taco and the duck to share. I loved all the sauces that they give to each table that I couldn't decide which one I liked more. The drinks were very good as well. We got the deconstructed margarita and I really enjoyed it as well as the pina colada cocktail. Service was a bit on the slower side but to be fair, there weren't many people working the tables. Also one of our dishes got served to the wrong table and then never came :( definitely wanna come back to try the tuna tartare which was the dish that didn't get delivered.

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