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    Taco Bar

    3.9 (897 reviews)
    Closed 7:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    TACO BAR ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Happy hour specials

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    Carne asada tacos
    Jasmine S.

    Lots of parking. Service was great. Food was incredible. I got 2 carne asada street tacos - it came with onion, cilantro, and guacamole and everything was just right. Tacos were ready in 10 minutes and couldn't recommend more. Will be back!

    (Al pastor) Asada Fries Modified, no guac, sour cream
    Jazmin C.

    Best tacos in all of SoCal! The pastor meat is cooked to perfection! Super friendly service! They always have great music going too! Try one of everything! There's no wrong choices!

    Tortilla
    Savannah F.

    Employees are really nice Food is delicious. They have taco Tuesday. Handmade tortillas The light is a little distracting

    Jenny N.

    Even though it's called the Taco Bar, we came here for the burritos. I would recommend the shrimp burrito. It's so good. We always leave with satisfied tummies. The staff were so kind. They asked if we wanted some water and proceeded to hand us mini water bottles. There were plenty of tables and chairs/bar stools inside. Sports were playing on the screen.

    Quesa Birria and Al Pastor tacos with birria broth
    Christine S.

    I really love the tacos here- it's always a great variety and very tasty. This time around I had the quesa Birria and an al pastor street taco. Evening was delicious. I am disappointed that when I asked for glass of water, the cashier told me that they couldn't give me one. She said they could sell a bottle of water to me instead. She said it's because they don't offer fountain drinks. Sorry but this is not acceptable - to not provide basic tap water to paying customers?! ( I'm not even asking for cold filtered water) I've been to many a restaurant that finds ways to provide water to it's customers. Are you saying that you can't turn on faucet?!!!

    California burrito.
    AJ S.

    Service is great for dining in. They have a lot of taco options, hence the name. I had the fish tacos (battered and grilled). I preferred the battered over the grilled because the grilled was a little dry. Sorry I didn't take a photo of the tacos. I also had the California burrito which I enjoyed the crispier fries but the guac and sour cream were lacking.

    Food
    Louie G.

    Came here a few times the last few weeks honestly a hidden gem! So happy to get good quality food so early in the morning without having to go to a fast food restaurant! Place is VERY clean food is GREAT really FRIENDLY staff and the owners are really HUMBLE Hernandez, Bianca, Daniel and Erick have treated me well. Till next time

    Surf and turf burrito
    Lisa W.

    We wanted a surf and turf burrito, since moving here to SM we haven't really found our surf and turf burrito spot. We saw Taco Bar and gave them a try. Located in big shopping area off the freeway, easy access and plenty of parking. Order at counter and find a seat. We got their surf and turf, adobada taco, cabeza taco, Burria taco and a corona to share. Everything was quite tasty! The surf and turf was good, not our style we like though, but good meat and good shrimp with flavors. The burrito was a bit wetter with cheese, guacamole and rice. It needed some pico in there, then it'll perfect. Their head taco was good. A bit pricey for tacos but more of a modern place and not hole in the wall. We would definitely come back to order the same things! Maybe even taco Tuesday.

    Surf and turf
    Heihachiro K.

    Really good! A nicer taco shop for sure with quality ingredients with that Baja Mexican fare. We really enjoyed the surf and turf burrito and the cabeza taco. I'll be back to try their traditional carne asada and California burritos. I think I might like their burritos more... great carne asada! Decent parking Medium prices ($12-$13 burritos)

    Al pastor y surf and turf taco
    Pete W.

    Amazing, this place was delicious, Hernandez the owner was very attentive and friendly even brought us out a tamale his wife made, what a great experience. Had the pastor tacos, soooo good and meat was crispy. Would highly recommend this place.

    Al pastor

    Food is bland at best. I saw the Al pastor from outside. It looked amazing. I thought I'd bring some back home. I got 10 tacos for 40 bucks and some change. Service was alright and quick. Food was prepared by a younger gentleman, must be a new hire or just plain didn't care. The onions were placed terribly, some tacos missing pineapples. Salsa is less than mid, barely any flavor. They also could be more generous with the meat. Guac is unremarkable. Food needed salt at home.

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    Highlights: atmosphere noise is a little quieter since you're on a golf course but it can get a…read morelittle louder depending on the diners and if they have glow golf going. Food and drinks were tasty but the service was a kinda slow. We were there around 6:30 and didn't make it out of there in time for our glow golf reservation at 8. It could be a little hard to find your server, but there is always someone around who asks how they can help. The service was very sweet and the manager helped us fix a little hiccup, but I would absolutely go here again. Just admittedly not when I'm in a rush or have a hard reservation time.

    This most recent visit was a "step above the last time" that we were here. Is what I told Frankie…read morethe manager who also took care of us alongside Ethan our nice server. Not in a training type way just courtesy checks. Most people dining, when we came on a less busy Tuesday, were enjoying the fresh air and turf views on the outside back patio area. That's where we usually frequent but I wanted a booth inside-so that's where we dined. The few booths are located in the bar region. I could still look out and see the happenings outside & that's also what I prefer. Very open floor concept to this establishment. They had baseball on so we were able to keep up with teams' scores (although we couldn't see both the Sox play one another as we hoped that we could). Frankie told us some stories to his family ties to the east coast as well so that was fun. That he'd like to have glimpses of the game too if only they had that particular channel it was on. They decorate seasonally and currently because it's soccer FIFA season they have fun and whimsically have placed soccer themed decor throughout their restaurant. They're currently offering international type cocktails for $10 too. So how can we not pass up a caipirinha that had a different spin to it than an original regular caipirinha would have. Theirs has passion fruit flavor to it. I enjoyed it immensely. Kinda funny when you peep the bar tender peeping you take a mini photoshoot of their creation! For dinner we came in with the plan to share Birria tacos and a Beet Arugula salad. And to enjoy a glass of Orfila wine and to also get our wine pick-up. It used to be three tacos for $17 but since they had changed their menu and business design it's now 2 for $17. The tacos are very filling an hence our pre planned idea to do a shared dining experience. So we still opted to do that even tho we weren't getting the third taco this visit. The tacos and beet salad did not disappoint. The tacos come with their house-made EPIC salsa rather than consommé. I keep saying they need to bottle that because I'd definitely buy that for home consumption! Everyone I have talked to about it agrees it's pretty darn amazing salsa! I particularly noticed the new staff attire. It really does make a difference to see clear name tags and a more uniform look in order to be able to distinguish who works there. Until next time Brickmans! Cheers.

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