This El Rodeo on Electric Road is part of the Arellano family's local chain of Mexican restaurants,…read morewhich introduced Tex-Mex to the Roanoke Valley in the late 1980s. The original El Rodeo opened on Williamson Road around that time and due to community demand, the family expanded and operated additional locations across Roanoke and Salem. Their newest and most beautiful of them all, Rodeo Chico, is located at the Daleville Town Center, in Daleville, Virginia. I've had an opportunity of dining and reviewing almost all of them except this one. Today I decided I would go and try this one out. Located at the Brambleton Center, an elevated development in Cave Spring, Virginia, that also includes the Virginia Co-Op Extension, a Recreation Center, and The Bridge Church Roanoke, it is by far their largest restaurant in this area if one includes its extensive outdoor dining area with a solid beautiful gazebo with an amazing view of the surrounding mountains. I invite you to view my photographs accompanying this review to get a better sense of the place, its creative architectural design, its amazing views, and its high-quality food. After driving in my pearl white Lexus up the hill, I parked in their parking lot in the back and walked around the wraparound porch of their building until I found the entrance. But before I went inside I walked around their extensive outdoor dining area with beautiful views. Once inside a friendly gentleman at the Host's station greeted me and showed me to a comfortable booth next to a window in the bar dining area of the restaurant. The perfect location to be able to capture photographs of their food in natural light. Afterwards I visited their main dining room which was already almost full in the late afternoon / early evening. After I was seated, Freddy who had served as my host, would also be my server. I ordered a large Virgin Mango Margarita to drink, which looked wonderful and tasted marvelous. I enjoyed munching on their basket of Tortilla Chips after dipping them in their red and white salsa as well. Few Mexican restaurants serve the white salsa. For my main meal I ordered the Carnitas, which contained tender chunks of pork and their photo in the menu made them look so good. They came with rice, beans, guacamole salad, pico de gallo and flour tortillas. I drank my Mango Margarita and enjoyed my chips with salsas while I waited and it didn't take long for my main entrée to come out. It looked delicious: both in quality, quantity, the way they were cook and presentation. All of a sudden, after just taking a taste of these carnitas, this restaurant had become one of my favorites Mexican restaurants. My server did an excellent job checking on me to see if everything was all right and check if I needed anything. The amount of food was so generous that I asked for a container to take some home with me. For dessert I had a Flan and it was also large and delicious. The prices were so reasonable and the amount of food so generous and good, not to talk about the exceptional service, that I made sure to leave a good tip when I paid with my Harvard Alumni World Mastercard. In conclusion, I highly recommend this Mexican restaurant for such an extraordinary dining experience that I had today and look forward to returning many times more.

The food and the service is always excellent here! If you ask for it they bring it with a smile…read more We love coming here!

This is a lovely family-owned restaurant located in Keagy Village, a relatively new and modern…read morestrip mall in Cave Spring, Virginia. Even though there are several Tacos Rojas around, each one is owned and operated by a different family member, with the same menu, but slightly different ambience and decor. What I liked about this restaurant was the modern yet simple exterior architectural design, and small but warm and cozy interior. Its location is also very beautiful, where from the back window you can see a beautiful landscape surrounded by mountains. A friend and I decided to go visit this restaurant for an early dinner the day after 5 de mayo and overall we weren't disappointed. We were fortunate enough to have been greeted and welcomed by the owner himself who was very friendly and kind. We sat at a table near the back of the restaurant and at the time were the only customers there. A basket of Tortilla Chips and Salsa was brought to our table and they were very fresh and delicious. My friend ordered a dish with two Chimichangas, one beef and one chicken, and I ordered the Carnitas Burrito. The food was very good and my burrito was humongous, although its temperature was somewhat lukewarm and this detracted from its flavor and rating for this restaurant. There is no reason for an empty restaurant to be be serving lukewarm food. For dessert we both had a slice of their Flan, which had the right consistency, flavor, and temperature. Overall this was a very clean and cozy restaurant, with a small bar, in a beautiful location, with an appropriate decor, serving quality Mexican food. If the manager listens to my constructive feedback and takes action, I would no hesitate in returning and highly recommending the restaurant for its food and great service.

My wife and I visited Taco Rojas for an early dinner. It was our first time there, and we were…read morethoroughly impressed. We ordered the Big Quesadillas, which were incredibly generous in size and bursting with flavor. The service was exceptional, and we left feeling grateful for the delicious meal and the friendly staff.

The food is ok but it's very greasy and one time my grandpa was almost hit in the face by a hot pan…read more( it was on accident but the waisted was in a kinda bad mood

Horrible experience! 1. Dirty environment…read more2. Understaffed ( the ones working their had attitude) 3. Poor service We left because the waited on another table before us. We will never return, I found the corporate office number but it's disconnected. It speaks to the low quality of this food chain.

What a great new addition to the Rocky Mount area! The servers and food were awesome! I tried…read moreJose's ACP, chicken Sope's and the mixed pupusa's and everything was so authentic and delicious!

So glad to see great food again. Was beginning to think we had to settle for acceptable. Been…read morethere twice and both times the people were kind, considerate, attentive. The food was awesome. Try their special dip. ACP for one, I had grilled chicken and nephew even said his burger was delicious as he ate it in 5 gulps. I definitely would recommend this restaurant.

There is a new food truck in town. Familia Argentina Food Truck. As soon as I found out about its…read moreopening day, I headed over to their anchor location (the parking lot of the Marathon Gas Station) at 3664 Colonial Ave in the Cave Spring area of Roanoke, Virginia. The owners of this family-owned and family-run business are a very warm, friendly, and welcoming Argentinian couple who bring the best of genuine Argentina cuisine to our area. Their menu includes autentic Argentinian Empanadas, which are known around the world as one of the best empanadas. Steak, Chicken, and Chorizo sandwiches. And Argentinian Grill with some of the best cuts of meat around. With plenty of parking space around their food truck for convenient parking, they also plan to have picnic tables with umbrellas for customers who would like to dine on the premises. Today, on its Grand Opening, I went to be one of the first ones to witness the opening of this new establishment and wish them well. Since I already had a previous commitment for dinner, I ordered two ground beef empanadas which are my favorites. They were one of the best empanadas that I have ever had. A special dough stuffed with seasoned ground beef and onions, peppers, olives, and pieces of boiled eggs. I invite you to view my photographs accompanying this review to get a better sense of the place and the high-quality of their food. While I was there, another customer came by who ordered a Milanesa Steak Sandwich with fries. This is a breaded steak which is then fried. It looked delicious when it was served and I'm looking forward to having one of these next time I come around, with the option of one fried egg on top of the steak. I highly recommend this place for their fresh ingredients and homemade flavor of their food, generous portions, reasonable prices, and warm, friendly service in a comfortable environment.

The food was hot, service was excellent, and the house margarita was delicious…read more I can't say en good things about my visit on 10/20.

immediate seating friendly waitress. clean very clean. Great food very happy. They even gave us a…read moremilitary discount!

Some of the best Mexican food I've ever had. Have tried countless items on the menu and never been…read moredisappointed. Usually very busy, but service is still pretty fast

Fresh,tasty,colorful Mexican food. Full bar with tvs throughout. Comfy spot with indoor and…read moreoutdoor options. Kid options and even ice cream in the back. Can't beat it!

I alway love eating at food trucks because I never know what I am going to get! Generally on…read moreTuesday they are park by food lion. When I saw them I instantly parked my car and approached the truck. The menu looked really small, but they say they rotate their menu a lot so who knows maybe they won't have these items next time. I looked at the menu and saw that they had spring rolls! When I got to the window the lady at the register told me they ran out of the pork ones so I got three vegetarian spring rolls and a spicy tofu rice bowl! Service was really friendly. The food came out pretty fast. Now the overall meal was quite pricey even for a food truck. Each spring roll was $2 and the rice bowl was 8.99. So I brought it back to my place and was ready to chow down. I started with the spring rolls, and man were they good. I never had Thai spring rolls before so I was a little surprised, but they had noodles in them! Spring rolls I would say 5/5 a must get item. Now for the rice bowl it looked appetizing so I went in for the first bite and noticed I hit celery... It always shocked me when I ate Asian food how some places add celery to something. I am not a big fan of celery in Asian food so I took it out and kept eating. The sauce was spicier then I thought it would be. So I struggled trying to finish. What was amazing though was that green cilantro sauce they had. If I could I would just buy that sauce it is amazing! The tofu was also cooked well. I give the rice bowl probably a 3/5. Overall, I gave the rating of 4 because I just averaged the scores. I say if your going to this food truck, definitely get the spring roll. It is a little pricey, but out of the two items I thought the spring roll was far superior. I'll definitely come back to try their spicy pork rice bowl and the panang curry.

Overall: 3.5 stars Average food for a fair price with good…read moreportions. Heard great things about this food truck from other people but was not very blown away or overly impressed, however, look forward to trying other menu items. Food Quality: 3 stars Ordered the Spicy Pork Rice Bowl, which as AVERAGE. It wasn't bad but it wasn't great either. The pork was cooked well, not dry/overcooked, and had plenty of kick from the spicy tomato sauce, but felt like it was missing something. Maybe not enough sauce? The cilantro-jalapeno dressing was good and I wish there was more, drenching the dish. All of this was over a bowl of white rice. The Spicy Pork Rice Bowl costs about $10 after tax, which isn't bad since it is deceptively filling. Although I probably won't try this menu item again, I don't regret trying it and look forward to trying their other items. Service/Experience: 4 stars No problems with the service/experience. They rotate their location throughout the New River Valley area, from Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Radford. They post their menu items and schedule on their website. The menu items posted on their website is their entire menu, however, they select a few items off that list to sell for that day. Food came out relatively quickly and the workers were friendly and helpful. They do accept credit/debit cards which is convenient. I visited the food truck when they were parked at the Auto Spa in Blacksburg, which has plenty of parking around the area.