I've gone to many places and this is definitely a hidden gem. From their tacos to seafood dishes to breakfast and Mexican staples. I've never been disappointed. read more

Tacos El Jaibo - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

This is my go-to stop for Mexican food. The tacos, gorditas, and pozole are awesome. The staff is very friendly and the quality is consistent. Definitely recommend. read more

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Unfortunately we did not enjoy our experience with Tacos El Jaibo.. They messed up our order with totally wrong ingredients & also called us 10 mins late that they're out of two dishes we ordered so our wait time restarted, and after all that the food was so mediocre. Dry steak, thick tortillas, soggy lettuce in the burrito, and watery charro beans. Pastor tacos were the only good thing. Staff was polite but didn't pay attention to our order. For $60 it was a total waste & we won't be back. read more

Great tacos, relatively cheap. Not fancy at all, just delicious. Al pastor was great, chicken & beef fajita were also solid. Service was great. read more

Tacos El Jaibo - Tacos - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

Always good and fresh. Food you can get with or without vegan. Service is great. I'm a longtime member.

This place is delicious and authentic ! Calling in is better because it can be a little of a wait . The restaurant is you typical small Mom and pop but the food is delicious ! read more

This place has all the exotic taco meats! The caldo is also amazing. Their agua frescas were some of the best I've had in a while. The service was excellent. Highly recommend this place if you want a good variety of really good Mexican foods. read more

Amazing tacos for a great price. Always get their birria (pictured below). They even give you nanchos and do while you wait! Very affordable and very good Pro tip: they have 1 dollar tacos on Wednesday if I'm not mistaken read more

Tacos El Jaibo - Birria - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

Great taco place. I believe here is very authentic. When I ordered food, the server said" Hola" .This meant very Mexican. The food was great. I loved it. While I was waiting, a Mariach musician came, he sang! Good job! read more

Tacos El Jaibo - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

The bf has been looking for an authentic Mexican street taco place in Houston for quite some time now - not the Tex Mex style tacos that most popular places seem to serve, but the type of tacos you get walking down the streets of Mexico in the little vendor carts! He found this place yesterday and I haven't seen him so happy after he took the first bite - he said "I finally did it!" Triumph! LOL! It was super funny. The restaurant is located on Bellaire and the exterior looked a bit sketchy - but that's all it was, just the facade. We ordered for pick-up so I didn't go inside, but it looked like there were a lot of cops dining inside and the locals who knew what's up! The lady at the counter was friendly and we got our food quickly after placing the order over the phone - it took about 20 mins. We ordered a ton of food. The bf got some gorditas and tacos on corn tortilla; I got the crispy beef taco plate with rice and beans and 2 tacos on flour tortillas on the side. Yum yum yum! The crispy tacos were crispy and loaded with meat, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream - crispy but not greasy tasting. The tacos were where it's at though - pastor was flavorful, barbacoa was delicious and the fajitas was on the lighter side but with the spicy salsa and lime, it was delish! We ate every single bite of everything and enjoyed it a lot!!! We found out Wednesday was $1 taco night and plan on ordering again tonight for dinner!! I think the bf found his new favorite taco place in the whole city of Houston! Yay to delicious hole-in-the-walls serving the best foods! Watch out for the spicy red sauce though cause it is fire!!! read more

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With Taco Tuesday being my jam, I had to stop here. The restaurant is authentic Mexican with traditional dishes like ceviche, gorditas, and tortas. And of course, tacos! They've got traditional proteins in the flower or corn format. The lengua and pastor were tasty. I found the Cameron (shrimp) to be a bit tough. Breakfast tacos were alright. The disappointing part was the tortillas. They fell apart the moment I picked them up. I had to eat the tacos using a spoon since the tortilla would crumple. It's likely due to the drive home as they sat wrapped up for a while but i haven't had this issue with other taco spots. Maybe the tortillas were a bad batch? I heard they have taco specials on Wednesday so perhaps I'll give it another shot. But not on Tuesdays anymore. read more

Tacos El Jaibo - It's open! - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

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I went here after doing some research on where to get tacos. The food looked pretty good so I wanted to try it anyway, but I learned that they have $1.25 tacos all day on Wednesdays. Specials - $1.25 tacos after 3pm on Tuesdays - $1.25 tacos all day Wednesday - Other daily specials for each day The special does not include the special meat tacos, but there are plenty of other good regular meats to choose from. Note that older reviews will say $1 tacos but they are now $1.25. Location On Bellaire. It's located in a strip mall with easy parking. Parking lot is a little beat up but that's typical for the area. Inside The inside is pretty standard. They've got big TVs. They started playing music when I was there which was nice and loud. It's clean. Service Service was attentive and kind. I was checked on regularly. Food When you dine in, they serve chips and various salsas. I ordered beef and al pastor tacos. They came with lime. The beef was alright but al pastor were pretty good. Tacos weren't greasy like some places. Sauces They have sauce bottles at the tables and I did like them both. The red sauce that can with the chips were good. In total there were 5 different sauces for me - 3 from the chips, and 2 at the table. I'd definitely come for these tacos again. They have a large menu and the prices are good but I just think their tacos for $1.25 on Tuesday and Wednesday can't be beat. read more

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Tip go on Wensday for 1.25 tacos . I came here with my dear friend. Its a small restaurant that sells traditional mexican food. The promotion for Wednesday's is 1.25 per taco so 3.75 for 3 we got 10 and my friend got a coffee for about $3 it had free refills. The bill was 17 a tip was given. My favorite was barbacoa. I actually liked the sauce oposed to the fresh sauces Free chips was given as well the chips tasted incredible. read more

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Came here and was greeted with hello. Excellent service. Got breakfast and lunch and soup. Food was good. read more

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Customer service 10/10. As someone who works in customer service I always pay attention to this. At work we tend to order food from this location once a month for all 8-10 employees. Although it is a big order and it's usually made during very busy times they always have a great attitude about it hahaha and they usually have the order ready within 15-20 minutes. I've been ordering from this location for years and the flavors tends to stay the same. Portion sizes have changed a little but for me it doesn't really matter because in this current economy EVERYONE is making changes like this so it is what it is. As long as flavor and service stays the same that's what matters the most to me. Keep up the great service. And keep making delicious food ! read more

Great food, great service. I always order takeout and food is always ready when I arrive. Food is really Mexican food, it has that homemade taste. Congrats to the cooks! Delicious food! Staff is friendly and professional, all the ladies there doing a great job. read more

Close your eyes. Imagine a world with no pain, no sadness, no anger. Just tacos. Delicious, juicy, saucy tacos. Now open them and rejoice. You're at Tacos El Jaibo, the closest you can possibly get. This is what martyrs have died for! I have to thank my fellow Yelper's for this gold. I've been provided testimonies, pictures, a phone number, and menus. It was up to my skeptical stomach to decide whether this or a nice po-boy would come home with me. We'll skip the internal fight dialogue-- tacos always wins. I called in for 2 quesabirria tacos, 1 fajita on flour, 1 fajita gordita, some caldo tlalpeño, and a large horchata. I wanted to sample a bit, and made my own "sample platter" that came out to about $24. It was a slow Monday evening when I walked in, a typical hole-in-the-wall comforting a handful of families within, whom were all enjoying the leisure of no dirty dishes to wash. The young lady at the counter had life to her-- nice, quick and attentive. Smiled with her eyes. I safely assumed my food was going to be packed considerably with plenty of condiments and I was right. My soup was packed with the might of double bagging-- once in a sturdy paper bag, and once more in an actual plastic bag. So when the soup tipped over when I Tokyo Drift'd home, my panic was meaningless because the soup was completely intact except for minor dribble. That dribble might've came mostly from my own mouth though. CALDO TLALPEÑO. GET IT. It comes in a big 32 oz container-- half rice at the bottom, mostly soup with the perfect amount of chicken and veggies. It was still piping when I added the crisp tortillas, and I could die happy with this alone. Well-seasoned, but not overly salty, think of this soup as Campbell's unrealized dreams. - FINGER LICKING SCALE: 8.5/10 FAJITA TACO (flour). Meat is well-seasoned, onions and cilantro fresh and crunchy. The verde sauce they provide? Icing on the cake. - FINGER LICKING SCALE: 8/10 FAJITA GORDITA. Drooling. Masa was soft with good flavors, and meat see above ^. - FINGER LICKING SCALE: 7.5/10 QUESABIRRIA TACOS. Perhaps the best I've had. They're the size of mini tacos, but the flavors are rich. They provide a small cup of birria and I had no qualms slurping it all up. There were little tidbits of shredded meat in it, and the flavors were astounding. - FINGER LICKING SCALE: 10/10 HORCHATA. Good consistency, not thick like some place, sweet and fulfilled my sweet tooth. While I don't think I will call this the best taco spot I've ever been to (I'm reserving that for when I die and arrive at the gates of Taco Heaven), Tacos El Jaibo is definitely one of the best spots in Houston when it comes to authentic Mexican food. If you would love to support local businesses for generations to come, I highly recommend stopping here to fulfill all of your wildest taco dreams. read more

Tacos El Jaibo - JUICY quesabirria taco - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

I've been wanting to try this place for so long so when I went over the weekend and saw that it was packed, I was excited. We called in our order so we could get it and leave but it was not ready. It took 40 minutes for our food to come out. We missed our time to see the exhibit at the museum so I was extra upset and the food was cold. I mean come on. 40 minutes for cold food. Im sure when they are on it, it's good since the flavors of the food were good but the service this day was not there. read more

Say what you will, but the flavors are there. It is a small hole in the wall tacos place in Bellaire, but their food is delicious. My go to is always the quesabirria. My friends tried various tacos molleja and asada and all were happy with their choice. I had taken a bad ass boomerang of the juice dripping, but I didn't realize you can't post videos. I'd say if you are in the area give it a try. I'm pretty particular on the type of Mexican food I like since I went to school in San Antonio, so I take my tacos very serious. read more

Tacos El Jaibo - Quesabirria - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

Tried this place one day on a whim since I was getting my car washed next door. This place is great. I come on Tuesdays or Wednesdays when they are having their specials on tacos and order a bunch. Their barbacoa tacos are my favorite. The girls are always nice when i place the order over the phone and come in to pick up. Their orange salsa has good heat and i love their green salsa as well. Highly recommend trying this place! read more

I'm pretty sure that I looked lost to the employees at the front - and yes I was but not in a disappointing way at all. Their front is wrapped in menu item pictures and specials. As a California girl, I was missing my grilled fish tacos with all the lettuce on a corn tortilla. I laughed with the women at the front about it and really appreciated that they could accommodate for my food restrictions. I ended up being able to FINALLY get a taco similar to the ones I'm used to in CA. Although they weren't exactly the same, I would get these again and add some of my own fixings. The price is incredible and the staff is just lovely. read more

Tacos El Jaibo - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

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This is a great place if you're looking for some yummy authentic Mexican food! I've been here multiple times with my sister, we enjoy the food every time! I always enjoy getting the chicken fajita and cactus tacos on their handmade tortillas which are a must try. They also have the best guacamole, you have to come here! read more

Tacos El Jaibo - Guacamole - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

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My daughter and I love the food here. All of the staff members are friendly. We come here so much, I think they know my face even with the mask (lol). I will try the other dishes on the menu, but we love their lamb tacos, and the fajita beef plate. Now I never usually get beans, but I love their beans. My daughter typically does not care for the rice, but she loves their rice. My favorite is their green salsa. I always want extra. read more

The lamb birra tacos were great. Nice crust and consume. I came here for the pezole. I prefer pork with red pezole, but the chicken was very good. Served with lettuce vs cabbage. Cut you get a good crunch from the radishes. Be sure to dine in so that you can get chips and salsa. The sauce are excellent! read more

Tacos El Jaibo - Lamb Birra tacos and chicken pezole with lemonade - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

I'm not going to lie, these are probably the best Barbacoa street tacos I've had in Houston! These barbacoa tacos are tender, well seasoned, and NOT greasy! I also love the quality of their corn tortilla, it stayed together while you ate the taco! They come with onion and cilantro, I got some cheese on the side! My bf has the beef fajita tacos and he smashed them! Was not a fan of any of the 3 salsas, but the green sauce on the table in the bottle is bomb af!!! read more

Tacos El Jaibo - Barbacoa, Corn shell taco - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

Tacos El Jaibo is tucked in the corner of a typically eclectic Houston strip center, adjacent to a store selling religious items devoted to Our Lady of Guadalupe and just down the row from a shop selling guitars exclusively for left-handed people. I stopped by not long before closing, and most patrons were just relaxing inside, watching a soccer match on the many flat-screen TVs and playing cards. It was a fun, relaxed atmosphere. I ordered a birria torta and two cactus tacos, one on a flour tortilla and the other on corn. Given that there didn't seem to be many - any - others waiting for food, it did take a bit longer than I might have expected. Also, I'm pretty sure that I was not billed just $1 per taco, which is their deal on Wednesdays (though perhaps that's just for lunch, or maybe it doesn't apply to cactus tacos). As for the food... well, perhaps I just didn't order the right things. Frankly, it was kind of meh. I so wanted to like this place. I'm going to circle back another time and try a few different kind of tacos to see if something else resonates with me, but at the moment I'll just say it's pretty average and not as good as Tacos La Bala (which is across the street). read more

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Hands down this is the best taco place I've ever been to. Hands down best tacos in Houston.. every bite is filled with flavor. I've been coming here everyday since I found this place. I'm a very big critic so the fact that I went out my way to write this .. I'm telling you, you won't be disappointed. The price is also a A+ Not only are the tacos great but the prices are too! Whoever the cooks are I hope God continues to bless you. The service here is great too. read more

My new favorite go-to taqueria! Close to home, dirt cheap tacos, super tasty, and friendly service. I happened to drive by this place on the way home from work and thought I'd drop in and give it a go. I got three barbacoa tacos, and was not disappointed - they stacked up pretty well with Tacos Tierra Caliente IMHO. The pork was slow cooked to perfection, just enough fat, and not too salty. The meal came with home-made salsa which was oh so delicious, I had to ask for seconds! Three barbacoa tacos, a 20oz horchata...and all that for $6.77 after tax but before tip. Only sad thing is they don't sell alcohol here, but no worries - that's probably better for me anyways :) Worth a go if you're in the area and craving some cheap eats! read more

Tacos El Jaibo - Barbacoa taco - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

Honestly sucks that's Im leaving a bad review because they have good food but today we went and waited almost an hour for our food only to found out our order was never placed. Everyone got there food before us so we left. Sucks because me and my husband have been coming here for years. But servers constantly change and with that so does there service. read more

Recommend: Aqua Fresca + Menudo Me and my dad came here and weren't quite impressed. We never really had just one waiter. We had a good 4 haha...which was also a problem within itself because none of them would actually help us. When we got there the place was very busy but by the time we sat down and ordered our drinks it was just our table and 3 others, yet it took nearly an hour to get our food out. I ordered sopes and let me tell you THEY ARE HUGE! I wasn't a fan of how they tasted but it was pretty cool to see a very big sope! It wasn't a good experience for us but everyone has mixed feelings about this place. read more

Cold Day, perfect for Pozole, so I went here for the first time. It was AWESOME!! There was plenty of tender Pierno and excellent fresh veggies: jalapeno, radish, onion, and lettuce! And TONS of hominy, just like I love it!! A bacon, egg, and avocado taco rounded things out (Excellent Flour Tortillas) read more

Best birria tacos of all time. Amazing service! Totally recommend this place. I'll remember it forever.

My go-to taco shop was Tacos La Bala,... this shop might replace it!! I can't believe I'm saying that! Not to be rude, but from the outside, it looks a little shady. Inside was completely different! The staffs were super nice and friendly. If you decide to eat in, you can take a seat and they'll come help you with your order. They give you free nachos and salsa when you eat in. They have taco Wednesday's... certain tacos are sold for $1.00! That is awesome! I love tacos so much and that is just good news to me. Their tacos are amazing, they also have a greater selection of meats. Their menu is big! It's so hard to decide what to get,... but I always turn to tacos and gorditas. If you love tacos like me, give this place a try! I honestly think it's worth it! read more

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Best service Best prices in town! Love this place! Don't change a thing! Your favorite frequent customer!

I love love the food so good 10/10 it's hard to find good Mexican food Shrimp tacos are bomb! read more

Great hidden spot. I come here 1 to 2 times a week. Great salsas and food is always hot and fast. read more

Tacos El Jaibo - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

This small taco place has Birria style tacos. There was no option for 4.5 stars. These tacos are served with a dipping broth from the stewed meat from which the taco is made. So many taco variations and all so good. Kids got the shrimp birria, Gordita, tacos al pastor and the tax de commun. All were excellent. We did take out. The prices were reasonable and we also ordered sides of beans, rice and plantains. read more

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Friendly staff. Very clean place. The food that we ordered was really good! Def coming back to try something new. No lie that green salsa is really good. read more

Tacos El Jaibo - Mexican Near Me - Houston, Texas

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My family came for a late night snack. We ordered the supreme nachos to go, which were very good! They could've used more chicken but otherwise they were great. The chips were very thick and crispy read more

I've been going here since I was a freshman in highschool, now I am in college! and this place never fails me. Their tacos and burritos are always good and meat fresh most of the time if you come at the right time, and their menudo or pozole on weekends always smack. I love their salsa verde it's my favorite and I sometimes buy a cup of it so I can take home. They've added birria tacos to the menu and my lord everyone should try it, it's amazing! Anyways loved this place for years and definitely recommend, my go-to spot when i'm feeling mexican food. read more