Food was amazing. The quality of food was fresh and delicious. I definitely recommend this place. The service was very friendly atmosphere. I had the torta and it was delicious and filling 10/10+ I just hope this restaurant keeps up the good quality and service because what happens there's a lot of new restaurants start off great and end up disgusting. read more

I was a bit taken off guard when I saw the prices...but once the food came I understood. Delicious and a lot of it. I ordered the beef fajitas bowl and my wife ordered the chicken quesadillas. Both were great and more than enough. read more

Went in because I saw they had vegan options! Ordered two tacos to go and they were delicious! Vegan tacos were full of flavor! They even have a brunch menu with vegan options! The service was fast and friendly. The place was nice, clean and spacious! Will have to come back and try out more stuff! read more

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Maybe it's because they're off the beaten path, but anyone giving Taco Ocho less than four stars must've had their taste buds scorched off. The tacos here are amazing! The two taco combo with rice & beans will satisfy most. Why? Because they're packed with a huge helping of meat! My favorites so far are the Jalapeño Pork and the Beef Colorado. Talk about a flavor bomb! We also tried the plantain appetizer. It was equally amazing. It's a nice sit-down restaurant with great service. Skip the front page and got the back where they have an array of taco choices. It's well worth it! read more

The food is impeccable. This is not your average taco spot. The food is refreshing and light. My favorite is the kale and mango salad with shrimp. The dressing is simple yet satisfying. It is my personal favorite. The Amor Puro Tostada is my next favorite. The atmosphere is always is always fun and friendly. The best part is how much Nacho cares about his customers. Definitely my go to neighborhood spot! Denise read more

I have been coming to their Frisco and McKinney locations for a while. They used to be a counter service in Frisco and then switch to the table service at both locations. The service in both formats has always been good. I have had their brunch menu once and really liked it but didn't document with a picture so it clearly didn't happen. They have a good bar selection to relax at the end of the day or get through your day. My go to option 4/5 times is the two taco plate with rice and beans. The rice is always fluffy and tastes good and the beans are a nice black refried beans. Now for the taco I LOVE the Latin Love. This is the most fantastic shredded beef with plantains. Oh i can't describe how fantastic it is and you have to get it. My second taco is always the Cabo Fish Fried as a good fish taco should be and is on par with the best fish tacos back home in So Cal! You must come try their tacos. You can try their other option but if you do be sure to get a Latin Love taco ala cart. read more

Taco Ocho - Two Taco Plate with Rice and Beans - Tacos Near Me - McKinney, Texas

Food was subpar. I have never had watery 'salsa'! We shared nachos and I would give them a 4/10. This definitely is not it.

Good fresh ingredients and made to order. Lots to choose from - even vegan/vegetarian.

First time here. Restaurant was clean and festive. Cute bar and great menu for alcoholic drinks that I'd like to come back and try. Between my husband and I we tried four tacos. My favorite and my husbands favorite was the Latin love which had so many flavors and like no other taco I've had before. The iced tea was very flavorful and the salsa they brought with the order was fantastic! Tacos are bigger than other places so two was almost too much for me. Will have to come back and try more items. read more

Great place great food. They do amazing Catering. I love their breakfast tacos!!!! we use them for a birthday party and everything was great

Awesome!nachos came with real meat on top and the sandwich was absolutely delicious. I will be back.!

It's a quiet place, not very busy, the staff was pleasant and attentive. They could have been more welcoming like others had suggested but the food and portion sizes were good. The taco plate was very good, I ordered an additional taco. The value is good, I'll come back. read more

Taco Ocho - 2 Taco plate with chips and salsa - Tacos Near Me - McKinney, Texas

Always love this place when i order in but today we ordered for entire family. Mixed veggies order turned out to be only broccoli. Not good. Order with okra literally had only one piece of okra. read more

Good breakfast tacos! Each location is independent so I've noticed differences at the few I've tried. Some are better than others. However, the tacos are the way to go. Whether for breakfast, lunch or dinner they are consistently good. They'll make it how you like and let you mix ingredients to your desire. Which is extremely nice! Ingredients are fresh and staff is always friendly. I would recommend trying. read more

Great food! Service was excellent. Our server was very kind and welcoming. Had a new dessert that was delicious. We will be back for sure

My son and I chose this restaurant because we had never been there. I have eaten TexMex for decades. Usually that's all you can find. But nooooo, Taco Ocho was a wonderful surprise. It's many favors and foods you can't usually find in this area. We tried the plantains, excellent, and tacos, really good, big with lots of ingredients. We had a very good lunch and will definitely be back soon. Thank you Michael, you were very helpful explaining to us about these wonderful new choices. read more

Love all the vegan options for tacos here. Went for the Pura Vida and the Madre Tierra on corn tortillas. Heaven on a tortilla. Quality ingredients. Great flavors. Tacos so stuffed I needed a knife and fork to finish them off. Excellent combo as the Pura Vida is sweet and the Madre Tierra spicy. Highly recommended for omnis, vegans and vegetarians alike. read more

Taco Ocho - Vegan tacos! - Tacos Near Me - McKinney, Texas

Fresh. Fast. Extremely tasty. We order a 2 taco plate, grilled (was supposed to be fried) fish and brisket tacos. And an order of two tacos - grilled fish and Cabo shrimp. All 4 tacos were 8.6 on Dave Portnoy 10 point must scale. Which if you know that rating, it means these are tacos worth traveling for! Indeed! Chips were really good. Salsa tasted homemade. We will be back! (Taco Tuesday today - $5 tacos) read more

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I went to this place in McKinney today for lunch with friends today. We ordered the tostadas, which are listed as a deal at 3 for $11.99. Since there were six of us, we ordered six tostadas, which should have been two orders of the deal. However, the server charged us individually for each tostada instead, so we ended up paying a bit more. While that's okay, I feel like the server should have pointed out the deal, especially since most of us were first-time customers. It would have been better customer service to guide us toward the better option. Just a heads-up if you go there--though the food was really good! read more

The tacos here are truly wonderful!! Very filling and creative! The service is consistently good too. I go here regularly and always enjoy it. read more

This is not a typical taqueria.... This is more of a gourmet taco spot. Not sure if my server was new but he was young and didn't do a great job. I watched him Service my table and one other. White rice and black beans were as bland as they look. Jalapeño pork taco was by far the best. Doubtful I will go back because there are so many other great taco places in the area. read more

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We ordered from Taco Ocho last night...I hate to post this but there were 2 hairs found in our tacos that were not ours. It's unfortunate because the food was otherwise delicious. read more

This was the 2nd time at Taco Ocho and the first at this location. We were seated immediately as soon as we entered the restaurant and the server took our drink order almost immediately and the Chips and Salsa arrived again almost immediately. Drinks were served quite fast. We placed our order of 3 tacos, 2 Coco Connection, 1 Fish (Cabo something), and Spicy Chicken Quesadilla. The food came quite fast and was fresh, flavorful, and at an optimum temperature. The portion size was good. The restaurant is bright, spacious, and clean. The staff is polite and efficient & the service is quick and efficient. However, there is something missing. I did not see much interaction between either the staff or staff and customers. Everyone seems to be busy. Not a deal-breaker but it does stand out. Overall a very good experience. read more

This is not authentic Mexican food. The tortillas were undercooked and appear to be store bought and when I brought up Barbacoa, thinking I saw someone eat it, they looked at me like I was crazy. Server was sweet, but asking if I wanted to know all the vegetarian options frankly added to the inauthenticity. If you dont know what Mexican food and tacos should look or taste like, or even Tex mex for that matter, then this is the place for you. I hate to be harsh, but it was such a let down food wise. Seemed like a restaurant I would find in California or perhaps Northern Florida, but not Texas. It is also freezing in there so take a jacket. read more

I went here twice in one day. For breakfast I had the "Vigas" which were awesome. The green sauce is not overwhelmingly spicy. The portions were perfect. The tortillas are not rubbery, and the ingredients were paired together awesome! For dinner I had the quesadillas. They were surprisingly good. I enjoyed the "black bean spread", and the pico was a wonderful addition. My only feedback is: I wish they put kale or spinach inside the quesadilla. I feel this would help balance out the mushiness of the sweet potato, and beans. All in all it was a delicious meal. The menu says "All quesadillas are served with a side of pico and sour cream". So make sure to request "no sour cream" because it's not vegan (or so I was told). My partner had the "Madre Tierra" & the "Pura Vida" taco. These tacos were PACKED with ingredients as well, and were all super fresh. She didn't care for the Pura Vida as much since the way the tacos ingredients are served is cold. Not sure if that's the way the taco is made, or if it was a mistake, but all in all the tacos were delicious. I also wanted to get rice and beans as a side, but I'm not totally sure the rice is vegan. The reason for my rating: We came in for dinner an hour before closing. No one made eye contact, greeted us or even let us know someone would be right with us. It was evident they were short staffed, but a "Welcome someone would be right with you" would have sufficed. I watched a server cough/sneezed into his hands. They did not use sanitizer, or wash their hands once. Both servers had longer hair that covered their faces. This caused them to continuously move or touch their hair. Still no sanitizer, or hand washing. They then rest their hands palms down on the serving window. To watch the cooks prepare the food. To only grab, and serve your food without gloves or hand washing. Only one cook had a hat on, and wore gloves while making food. The other guy had no hair net or gloves nor did I see him wash his hands once. Like the previous review said these kids are super young, but there looked to be no real form of management on duty. So it looked to me as if no one was even there to enforce these rules. There was 0 enthusiasm from either server. We continuously smiled and tried to make eye contact, but we received little to no interaction. The last place I wanted to be as a teen was at work so I kind of understand, but there is still a certain level of expectation when providing service. The bartender offered little to no help to the servers even after the one customer sitting at the bar left. I watch her mistakenly tell a couple walking in who had a to go order "Sorry last call for food has already passed". She even told them a second time after they told her both times they were there to pick up a to go order. The bartender then cuts on the lights at 8:50 to start spraying cleaner on the bar to let us all know they are ready everyone to leave. There was a family sitting in close proximity eating their food. Had I not been done eating I would have felt super rushed as it was obvious they wanted everyone to leave so they could start closing duties. I also think it's slightly offensive to have your employees wear shirts that say "Mexican Born American Made". I don't think the owners thought that one through very much. It's bad enough you have colonized pictures of women in sombreros at your bar, and a huge mural by an artist who isn't indigenous or a person of color. I hope to visit here in the future. I will continue to update my review. All in all I appreciate Taco Ocho for having so many different vegan options. With fresh ingredients. Someone for sure took the time to make delicious plant based based options. For that I will continue to support this establishment in the future. UPDATE: The Pura Vida taco ended up making my partner sick. She just finished throwing it up! So we prob won't be coming back. read more

Taco Ocho - Madre Tierra on corn (left) Pura Vida on flour (right) - Tacos Near Me - McKinney, Texas

An insane amount of vegan options. I got 4/5 of them because I couldn't decide which to get all were amazing. I definitely need to try their other vegan options outside of the taco options but the tacos were packed full of amazing/fresh veggies, so I'm sure everything else they have to offer for my fellow veg heads will be great! We did go later in the evening so it wasn't very busy, but the guy that waited on us did a good job. Be patient...they're all young. Literally when we looked around we were like "all of the people that work here are kids..." but they are doing their best and our order was correct and came out in good timing. Drinks....we ordered two different margaritas. One was blue, I can't remember the name of it. Just got with the original margarita. The other one wasn't bad but it also isn't something I'd order again. Overall, we had a good experience. I am excited to go back the next time I'm in the area and have a craving for some good tacos! read more

Freaking love this place. My husband is a vegan and it was hard finding a taco place that had decent menu options. Great service every time we've been there, food has always been great. The portion sizes are massive and filling. Bathrooms are clean and everyone seems really well organized. read more

Meh. It has a fast casual vibe (think Fuzzy's) but it's sit down service. The taco plate is $15 so I was expecting it to blow me away and it didn't. Big portion of white rice and beans. Everything was just ok from the service to the food. read more

Taco Ocho - Beef Fajita Taco and Coco Connection Taco 2 Taco Plate - Tacos Near Me - McKinney, Texas

The breakfast was great and good size. The Buenos Diaz was awesome. I will be back to sample more.

We ordered six tacos, and two of them had incorrect labels indicating what kind of taco was inside. It's a concern when the taco with a "brisket" label contained the fish taco... and your child that ordered the brisket is allergic to fish! The kitchen staff was quite careless - don't they realize that people can be allergic to some of the ingredients that they serve and a mix-up like this can be very dangerous? On the upside, the shrimp taco was good. Others just okay, I can't say I'll go back though as what they did put my child's health/life at risk. read more

We tried to go here tonight, and were not successful. Knowing that it was Cinco de Mayo, we called ahead to ask if they had a wait and were told no. We showed up five minutes later, to be told that they had a 20 minute wait. The hostess told us that must've been a miscommunication and said she would seat us at a table she wasn't supposed to seat, just due to the error, That was nice of her - however, I guess nobody was assigned to wait that table. We waited over 10 minutes and a server never came over, even though several servers walked past our table. We got up and left. The people next to us said they had been there for over an hour and didn't yet have food. Not impressed. read more

Honestly is this place "authentic"? Probably not, but it's such a solid spot. Place is super clean and the staff are so sweet. Food has always been fresh. In this area of overpriced not so great food, I really can't complain. Everything we had here is good. I've been to several popular Mexican places in the area and I don't find them that authentic in comparison to what we had in the southern part of Dallas, Austin or California neither. At least Taco Ocho don't claim to be authentic. The breakfast tacos are amazing and a great value! Glad to have it in this area of overpriced and not so great food options! read more

I've been here a couple times and will definitely be back. Great Mexican food to have in this area that isn't chipotle or Taco Bell. Not the best tacos or quesadillas I've ever had, but the price is great! Online ordering has been very easy and very fast as well, which is always a plus. I also appreciate that they know not to put the queso on the chips if you're ordering nachos to go. You'd think that's common sense, but it isn't always!! read more

I came here base in a recommendation from - Facebook group. I like the interiors and it had potential, But it fell flat in several areas. The food portions were good in size but there's no flavor in the meat. I tried the Latin love taco and all I could taste is a plantain. The tortillas or basic and flavor, the value was good for taco Tuesday, but I've had way better tacos with more flavor that cost same or less. Unfortunately it's on a place for me read more

Taco Ocho - Brisket taco. Decent size but underwhelming flavor - Tacos Near Me - McKinney, Texas

I am a taco snob. Have had tacos in almost every corner of USA and Mexico. So my standards are high. I have had taco ocho before which was not bad..but this place, was just terrible. Ordered a total of 7 tacos and a torta. The tortillas on the tacos were soggy as I feel they never cooked them. Tacos fell apart after 1 bite. The only saving graces was the queso and the torta. Even then, it could be better. Lastly the value for the price. $70 for the order which I would gladly pay if there was value. But with the food tasting terrible and the high dollar...nope not again. read more

Battered fish tacos are delicious! I had the jalapeño pork and my husband had the steak fajita, both are fabulous, deliciously flavored!! The chips and salsa are great, thinner chips with a mildly spicy, but wonderfully full flavored salsa. Bartender Antoinette was an added bonus because she makes excellent drinks!!! We ordered vodka martini and skinny margarita. I am particular about my margaritas, I prefer them fresh and not too sweet, the skinny marg was refreshing and tasty. This location has a full bar, very attentive/friendly service, and they have happy hour until 6pm during the week. read more

So to start off with my wife liked it. I thought it was ok. The tea was not great but margarita was good so that made up kinda. The food was plated big which I like and the nachos were good. Staff was horrible. Waiters sat in a booth talking while we waited on food and drinks. Kind of a turn off when staff acts like they don't care about customers. read more

I'm usually not one to complain to the staff I just will stop going to an establishment. Since my first time visiting this this location the next 5 times it's always been a different staff and they always seem to be untrained. I don't order a drink usually but occasionally we might share one to try it out. Well I guess the waitress although she was nice was not a great listener!! She brings us 2 of the sweetest worst drinks I have ever had. Not only did we not order two but couldn't drink them either. I hope they can workout their staff issues cause they have a good product but service has only been good 1/5 times I have dine in read more

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Strange to me that tostadas only have vegetarian options. Had a two-taco plate (battered cod and beef fajita; corn tortillas). Tacos are sizable but lacking flavor...aside from the texture of the crunchy fish, nothing distinguished one from the other. Also no lemon or lime slices come with the tacos. The complimentary chips & salsa were excellent, though...the salsa was one of the best I've had in taco joints. Service was pretty good. read more

Best tostados ever! Several gluten free and vegan options. We came on a weekday around 4pm so there wasn't a crowd. Nice, pleasant environment with great customer service. read more

Taco Ocho - Best Tostados ever!! I had the Yucatan, Caribbean, Amor Puro! - Tacos Near Me - McKinney, Texas