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    Tacos El Rey

    4.3 (97 reviews)
    InexpensiveMexican
    Open 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Divey
    Casual
    Good for groups

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    Enchiladas asada
    Ronald F.

    Excellent food! Very popular, great salsas too, plenty of free parking. Friendly staff.

    The inside of the torta à la Garcia
    Brad F.

    I got referred to taco El Rey by my banker in Ontario, she said this place is the bomb! So far so good a lot of Hispanics here so this must be a good hangout! Service is good so far huge menu, reasonable prices mariachi music in the background. I'm having torta à la Garcia my girlfriend's having beef enchiladas. The torta very fresh flavorful you gotta keep it in the wrap because it does fall apart because it has so much stuff in it which is Bueno. The enchiladas were OK. Come with the standard beans and rice. The enchilada looks like birra. Glad we stopped in.

    2 carnitas & 1 Barbacoa taco
    Em J.

    I thought everything was just ok. The tortillas weren't that good honestly, and the meat was just fine. It's ok for a quick lunch but wouldn't go out of my way to go back.

    Tacos El Rey, Caldwell, Idaho.
    Michelle P.

    We actually went to my favorite Tacos Colima for lunch first, but they were closed, so we checked Yelp for other taco places and found this one just 0.3 miles from Tacos Colima, so off we went. The on-street parking was packed, so that was a good sign. The inside is nothing special, clean, with tables and old plastic booths in the main room where the doors open and close and if it's a cold day, you'll feel it (like I did) and then more tables in a larger dining room. The menu is on the wall and you order at the window and they bring it out to you. Street tacos were $1.50 - above the average for the area which is typically $1-$1.25 - and we ordered 6 carnitas tacos and 6 carne asada tacos, 2 horchatas and a can of Coke. The first thing I noticed when they brought us our tacos was that the meat was beyond shredded, it was so small, like that jerky chew beef jerky you get in a chewing tobacco can. This was the same for both kinds of tacos. The carne asada was dry and crunchy and being early in the day it didn't seem like it was fresh or made that day. The carnitas were moister and had good flavor to them. The horchata was very watered down and had way too much cinnamon in it. It was not good at all and I was ticked that I spent so much on that drink and not drink it. If Tacos Colima isn't open next time, I'll find someplace else to go.

    Ronald B.

    Great little taco joint serving authentic Mexican tacos! I got take out as did many others I observed. Nice tasty corn tortillas, appropriate amount of fillings and NO CHEESE! They added in plenty of fresh salsas for my order too. This place reminded me of a place in Puerto Vallarta - Pepe's Tacos which we both loved. Not to be missed if you like fresh, authentic Mexican tacos!

    Pork Sope Yuuuuuummmmmmmyyyyyy!!!!!!

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    top of the line best mexican food in caldwell area. customer service top notch and great pricing. definitely would recommend

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    Great food! We were looking for something a little more authentic and we were not disappointed.

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    Great food great service. The Sopes are delicious and fresh. Love the Jamica. Great please for authentic food

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    Food is excellent and great prices!! Very authentic but not much in the way of ambiance in the way of seating.

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    We used to go here a lot. Haven't been recently but a while ago they were really good. I assume they've kept the same quality!

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    Best Mexican food!!!! The food always looks great and tastes amazing!!!! The Chicken tacos are my favorite!!!!!

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    Real authentic Mexican food Have ate here numerous times and every single time our food is fresh and delicious. Highly recommend!

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    Came here for lunch with friends. Place was empty. Great atmosphere, cool artwork, comfy seats,…read moreall the good sort of things. Right away we noticed service was gonna be an issue. While we were waiting on friends, the apps we ordered early took forever. This was a theme that would continue through out the afternoon. The food took forever. The tables sat around us ordered after us and were done eating by the time any of ours arrived. They forgot one of the burritos ordered and tried to claim it's because they ran out of that specific meat. It was way too slow to run out of anything. Server was nice, but the kitchen and food was just so insanely slow. Despite having to wait forever, once it showed up, it was okay. Not great, not terrible, just ok. I'm not saying I won't come back, I'm just saying I know what to expect. There are better Mexican restaurants in Caldwell, and a much better one in Kuna that I'd rather go to.

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    Eliza's Mexican Kitchen - Grand Open!!! 

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    Eliza's Mexican Kitchen

    4.5(2 reviews)
    0.1 mi

    It was my birthday, and family tradition says the birthday-ee gets to choose dinner. I was going to…read morehit my favorite Mexican restaurant, but in my mind, molcajete came up. A quick Yelp review showed that Eliza's had recently opened. It wasn't in the core of old downtown, so it's a little tough to find. It's next to a Hispanic grocery. You walk in and go to the counter to order. The menu is perfect. There aren't a million things to go through. We got some guacamole and chips, tacos, a torta and the molcajete. I got a medium horchata to drink. We found a place to sit and a cute little fella came to deliver our chips and salsa. The salsa was fresh, and very clean tasting. I enjoyed it a lot. After a while the guacamole came out with chips... it was a hit. I little on the spicy side, but it was fresh, no doubt. While we waited, a mariachi singer came in and sang... and boy did he sing. He was fantastic. We absolutely loved the intimate concert. It took a while, but our food came. My wife had the tacos and loved them. The torta, for the 13 yr old, was great his only complaint was it was a little too toasted. The meat was fantastic. The food was legit. If you've never had a molcajete, it's an experience. The thing is a flaming hot stone bowl,(no touchy, it's hot,) filled to the brim with shrimp, strips of grilled chicken, Carne Asada, cactus leaf, cheese, onions, and some jalapeno strips. They bring it to you hot as can be in a boiling stew of a tangy green sauce. It's not cheap, but it could easily feed 2-3... The horchata was great. I enjoyed it, it was totally refreshing. The food came and so did the songs, BTW, if the guy we heard tonight is singing, you need to show up. He's seriously awesome. They were so polite and I really enjoyed it. Here are the things I took a star off for. 1. As sweet as the waitress was, she got distracted a few times, and could have paid a little more attention. I am gonna chalk this up to inexperience. We needed a chops refill a few times, and there were only two tables filled tonight. 2. It was pricey... but worth it. 3. This is NOT fast food. Plan on a long wait. Understand though, that you are getting some made to order food, not just a scoop of something out of a bucket. There were a lot of people making food, so it was weird to have it take that long... the singer made it ok.. because he was fun to listen to. 4. They could serve and refill water, instead of selling water . The kids wiped out their water bottle in minutes. All in all, the things they can improve on didn't impact the quality of the food. It was REALLY good. We will be back... I think that they will continually get better and faster. With the quality of the food, I'm shocked this place wasn't packed.

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