I walked in for lunch on a Thursday and this place was busy between people eating in and people picking up food alike. The customer service isn't terrible - the gentleman who took my order was nice .. the lady who handed me my order was amazing - she went out of her way to be loud and proud - she was trying to make the job fun! I ordered the taco dip which consists of ground beef, shredded cheese and ranch with tortilla chips - their cheese is so much better than every where else and the ranch is phenomenal ! The ground beef reminds me of 90's taco bell. I also got rice which was expensive for the side I got and bland. The price of the dip for the amount of food I got was worth it in my opinion. The reason I'm docking two stars is the cleanliness - the bathrooms were gross and the restaurant didn't look clean. read more

I firmly believe that this is the worst restaurant in existence. The employees are stupid, don't speak any other language, but are terrible at English and manners, had quite possibly the slowest service time in my life for a chips and salsa and cheese quesadilla it took 18 minutes. No one came and picked up a delivery or to go while I was waiting and there was two other women already eating in the restaurant. I do not know what on earth could have possibly taken so long besides complete incompetence. This is an embarrassment to food service, and you should close the stores doors. read more

I ordered the burrito boat extra spicy. The food is very good but the sauce isn't spicy to me at all. It tastes more like a mild sauce. The staff refilled the mild and hot sauce that you can get on the side and even that hot sauce tastes like a mild sauce which was very disappointing to me. read more

Taco Casa - Burrito Boat - Mexican Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

No cups or lids for the DIY hot sauce and the container was fiercely guarded by a cloud of gnats. Sometimes store closes early and workers get rude if you try to order within 15 minutes of closing. The floor is dirty with food, napkins, and straws but hardly no one is brave enough to dine in. How does that happen? I used to love this place but only when it was in Hyde Park. Norwood location is flat out nasty !!! read more

It's just not worth it to come here anymore the amount you pay for the amount of food you get just is not worth it they could be better to there customers read more

Dana was amazing. She was friendly and constantly moving the orders out. The food was well worth the 3 hour drive in a downpour to get this beautiful Taco Salad that only Taco Casa can make!!! read more

After having a negative experience at the Norwood location, I tried reaching to them to explain the details. Due to their lack of customer service skills, I was unable to get a resolution. I've been a customer of Taco Casa for over 30 years and I've never had a bad experience. I reached out to the Montgomery Rd location and explained my experience at Norwood. Thankfully I was able to explain my experience to Trevon, manager, and he went above and beyond to resolve my issue and retained me as a customer. Thanks Trevon for your superior customer service and caring about your customer base. - Kevin S. read more

They were out of hamburger so substituted the driest chicken I have ever eaten. They even charged more without mentioning it. It was the worst taco salad I have ever had. Not worth eating. I tried to cancel the order when I noticed the up charge but they said they couldn't. read more

The meat portion was extremely small. To be honest the meat looked like re-fried beans. The meat was cold and the beans were very soft. The only good things were that sauces and then they give you half in the little sauce cup. They have really gone down. I used to love to go to the location in Norwood but after this I won't be back. Smh, paid all the money and it still was not good. GO BACK TOTHE OLD WAYS AND STOP BEING SO CHEAP!!! read more

As a 50+ yr. patron of TACO CASA, I now have to say "bye bye", for the forseeable future. Today, 11-30-2024, the large taco salad with "extra meat" followed the recent trajectory toward being absolutely flavorless at a really high price. Now the $18+ for a mishmash of flavorless "meat" and "sauce" has NO REDEEMABLE attributes; only utter disappointment. This is the 1st. time I trash binned most of it!! The "new" owner has stripped away the once excellent qualities of wonderful flavors and good value. The employees were nice enough though. A tip was put in their jar. 50+ years, from the early main store on lower Erie Avenue, the Paxton Avenue location opposite the Hyde Park shopping center, the short lived Dana and Montgomery location, the Walnut Hills location, and the one way out Montgomery Road near I-275. All goodness gone! No more. An era over. SAD. SAD SAD! read more

We just placed a large order and we all we're dissatisfied. A few orders were wrong and COLD. Can diced tomatoes nasty. Called the manager and he stated that their meat comes cold. That bull shit. Don't waste your money! read more

Been some time since I been here! Tacos still good however then need to show more cheese love on there tacos! Besides that! These tacos still taste amazing! read more

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Still going strong, my Friday lunch visit to Taco Casa is a weekly thing. Quality and service is consistent owner operating and working hard. I highly recommend this place to anyone that has not tried it read more

Taco Casa - Small Taco Salad - Mexican Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

There is lower level Mexican food, then there is taco casa. I honestly don't know how this place is in business. 1) they messed up my order 2) I found dark hair in my food 3) the food is honestly simply disgusting. I'm praying I don't get sick from eating a quesadilla from here. I'll never order anything from this restaurant again. read more

Came in today for lunch, saw the owner engage with a guy who made his way close to the kitchen for a short convo. I noticed that the owner had plastic gloves on, touched his body, the other guys hands and proceeded to go back into the kitchen to make food. I asked him twice to change his gloves and he just laughed and kept making food. This is my last day eating here but I hope he reads this review read more

American style taco dishes - what's not to love? This place is truly underrated. One of the best lunches on a budget there is. The food is cooked fresh and tastes amazing. The staff are friendly and hardworking. It's no wonder they've been in business so long. read more

This place has the best foos, the old Taco Bell menu Circa 1980. Great portions and the tuna boat is scrumptious . :-)

I have been coming to Taco Casa for half my life. It was a Sunday night dinner treat for my family growing up. However, we stopped in on Friday and ordered a small taco salad with light bean. We took it back up because there was VERY little beef and all you could taste was bean. We asked for it to be remade. First the owner argued with me about the presence of the beef. Then he came back out and said "absolutely not. It's portion control. If I made it for you again, sweetie, it would taste the same. These are the portions. I've owned this place for 26 years." I should have known because he gave us exactly 11 chips. He had absolutely no cocern for us being unhappy with our order. If we wanted something else, we'd havr to pay for it. It was extremely upsetting. Within a half an hour, two other people cane In and complained about their take out order. The last order, he told the lady " I'm sorry you're wrong. That's how we have always made it. Next time, you will have to ask for it." At least he told her he was sorry she was unhappy. Just no regard for customer service or satisfaction from the owner at all. I was pretty upset and shocked over this interaction. Typically we have great interaction with the employees and good. read more

simple cheese and chips .. very low quality shredded cheese over chips is NOT it. stuck to chips not edible at all. I normally don't do reviews but this was pretty bad this day. read more

Taco Casa - Mexican Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

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Food is wonderful and it's worth the wait. The service is also very friendly and I appreciate it the way they handled large crowds in front of me. read more

Taco Casa used to have the best taco salads and ranch dressing in the area. Used to visit one in downtown Cincinnati weekly. That being said, my husband and I drive to the one in Norwood to have lunch. I ordered a large taco salad for 15.99. I was so disappointed. It was overpriced for what I received. Seemed more like a medium with little meat. The taste was just ok and I didn't care for the ranch dressing at all. Sure not what I remembered. My husband ordered a burrito and he said it was just ok, nothing special. read more

Food was OK but we would have had better service from a rabid dog. The woman at the register was surly and rude. The other workers were no better. I dropped nearly $90.00 on this order. NOTHING was labeled, everything was just dumped into a paper bag. Plastic containers were tipped and leaking. The best thing i can say about this is that i know i will NEVER darken their doorway again. There are plenty of restaurants who would love my money and will be pleasant and attentive to the details (like how to pack the bag). read more

I liked the flavor but it was a little small. My receipt clearly says no tomato and they gave me like a full tomato that was ice cold diced up and plopped in the middle not even separated read more

Taco Casa - No tomatoes, tomatoes are not in this picture if you work here - Mexican Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

The ranch.... the ranch can turn anything into the most amazing thing that has ever graced your taste buds. I always get the same thing - a taco salad. It's very basic and you could definitely make it at home. But why would you when you can get it here... for an insanely reasonable price. For what it is, it is dang fine food... it is not, however, meant to be fine dining. So don't @me when the lid on your ranch cup comes off on the ride home. (Plus, you can squeeze it out of the bag like it's icing, it's fine, I promise!) Life hack: you can get a large and take it to a party as a seven layer salad. You're welcome. read more

I ordered two taco salads large paid $49, order came and it's only one. Talk to a young man on the phone about my order he tells me that he checks every door dash order before it go out. Ok but Mia who takes the order isn't reading the orders correctly, so now I have to do the foot work just to get my money back. Not happy at all. read more

This place sucks. The food is overpriced and you can make it at your house with ease. Don't come here unless you want to pay high price for cafeteria food read more

Taco Casa - Small - Mexican Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

My order was a taco salad, what I received was a salad with a tease of the actual taco meat. I wasted my money. I'm terribly disappointed.

It's delicious imo but.. don't expect authentic Mexican or anything fussy. It's very simple almost plain. I use lots of the hot sauce and the xtra hot sauce is even better. It's still not even really hot lol. But this place is good! I love the sancho boat and add pinto beans to it. The crunchy tacos are good too. Don't expect uncanned tomatoes though lol read more

This place is not what it use to be a few years ago. Ordered a large taco salad that looked like it could fit into a small taco salad container. $15.99 and I felt like I was ripped off. read more

This place is pretty good the food isn't bad at all. The customer service isn't bad either lol. The only issue that I will say that I would have with this place is I am unable to call ahead to place my order. Due to my job I do not have much time to wait for my food to be prepared if I order when I get there. They do offer ordering online which is not bad but for me personally it's much easier to talk to a person. Outside of that, I would recommend checking this place out. read more

This store is a shit show. It's such a shame because I grew up loving taco casa but I can't even go anymore because this is the only one around and it's terrible. It's dirty, run down and employees are rude. Today they were arguing with one another when I came in and frazzled with four customers in the store. Clearly there is a leadership problem there that will eventually put them out of business. read more

The employees aren't educated. My entire family and I have went to Taco Casa my entire life. I miss the original in Hyde Park. This location doesn't seem to take pride in their work anymore. They barely fill the food in the container and serve minimum amounts on a $12 taco salad. Also, they never answer their phone to place large to-go orders. Every single time I have called in the last year, they have never answered. I tried to place a to-go order today and ended up going to the store in person to place the order. I walked in without a mask, as I do everywhere, and they refused to allow me to remain in the store. I told the man working that I do not wear a mask due to my medical conditions, (which I don't even have to disclose), and he proceeded to ask me if I had a 'card' for medical exemption. First off, that is a direct violation. It is illegal to ask someone to disclose any medical conditions in such scenario, and they did this in front of approximately 10 customers. Then, he told me if I didn't have a 'card' that I had to wear a mask just like everyone else if I wanted to order! Just lost business from an entire family. I was hoping today, a better taco salad would be made and I could give them another chance. However, I will no longer support this small business. read more

[TLDR]It may seem like a local version of a Taco Bell from the outside - but its much, much better[/TLDR] Let me get this out of the way right off the bat - I dearly love the food at Taco Casa But the strange thing about this place is most folks I talk to either really love it, or really hate it - views seem very polarized. And it seems to both start and end in most cases with the key ingredient - their taco meat, which goes into about half of the items on the menu. The taco meat is finely ground hamburger mildly spiced with the same sort of spices most of use use to make tacos at home. But it has a certain something, one or more things added that I cant quite put my finger on, that change both the texture and the flavor into something a lot better, at least in my opinion. It has a slight creaminess with very little grease, not much heat, and holds together well, almost like a very very thick meaty sauce, It is hard to describe, and I've never had anything like it anywhere else. The most popular thing here is the taco salad, but I prefer the sancho boat, available as a single or a double, which is a tortilla stuffed with the taco meat, rolled, covered in red sauce (your choice of hot or mild, its kinda like a enchilada sauce) and melted cheese, then topped with fresh lettuce and chopped stewed tomato. It might sound a little weird, but it is tasty as all get out. The hot sauce is about the same heat level as a medium hot wing. Prices are a bit higher than you'd expect for a counter service taco joint like this - 2 dollars for a standard american-style (meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato) taco. More expensive than Taco Bell, yes, but a bit bigger and a lot tastier. Special on Monday: Extra Meat (free). Only on items using their beef Taco Meat only - tacos, taco salad, burrito boat, etc Special on Friday: reduced price on their Tuna Boat Plenty of parking in the strip center lot it is located in, right next to Arby's. Service is friendly, but a little slow. Plenty of indoor seating. Recommended read more

Taco Casa - Taco Burger - meh, get tacos instead - Mexican Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

I usually go to Hyde Park location, but when I found out they were opening one up in Norwood, I was psyched! What I love about Taco Casa is that it's simple American Tex-Mex food, quick, and cheap. I absolutely love their Taco salad-lettuce, tomatoes, beef, beans (I tell them to hold it, since I don't like it on my salad), onions, ranch dressing on the bottom, and ground beef with chips, your choice of mild or hot sauce. I usually get the junior size which is perfect portion for $4.99. Simply delish!! I've also tried their Tuna Boat, Cheese Quesadilla, and hard shell beef taco, which are great too. Their pricing at this location is higher. The Hyde Park location is $4.59 for a junior salad. The employees are very friendly and fast at making my meal. You can also dine in, which restaurant is really clean and the condiments section is very organized. I would choose Taco Casa over Taco Bell. I don't see why the reviews are bad, because if you are expecting authentic Mexican food, you are definitely not going to get it here. I'm obsessed with this place! read more

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Nasty. This is like the cheap version of Taco Bell. Yes even Taco Bell is better. I lived in Phoenix for years and have been trying to find good Mexican food around town. This place is NOT it. Cheap meat. Processed cheese. Store bought tortillas. read more

They raised the price on their Taco salads but now give you less ingredients. They're not worth the price. The large is $15+ and the small is $8+ but it's mostly lettuce with toppings just in the middle. I bought my husband one home and he asked why did I just bring him cheese & lettuce. I told him the toppings are on there under the cheese they just don't make them like they use to. This is the second time I went within a couple of months. The first time I noticed this I just thought maybe a bad day but when I went this time I just realized they're skimping on giving you what you pay for. Use to love them but it's no longer worth it. read more

drove an hour to pick up an order today - we have been customers for 45 years - the order was not correct and also $10 over the prices on the website - when I called, a person who said he was the owner told me he had personally completed our order and I could not send him a picture that proved it was incorrect - he refused to give me prices and said "they increased like every other place" and then said he didn't have time to talk to me - so much for good customer service - sorry the food has gone so far downhill read more

I have been eating at Taco Casa since i was a little girl We used to go to the one on Erie Ave in Hyde Park Ohio They closed down the location in Oakley, The Norwood store bye far is the worst ever. Horrible customer service and the food is always cold Not to mention the wait read more

I had family over the holidays and wanted something different so ordered a party size of the taco salad. It was a HIT! Everyone loved it!!!

Most of the things are good. It's great value, relatively-close-to-authentic Mexican food for the price. My #1 complaint - please cut up your damn tomatoes. You're supposed to use little diced pieces of tomato, not giant chunks. If I get a taco salad, I don't want my chip to break under the weight of an entire section of tomato. read more