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    Tacos El Viejon

    4.0 (35 reviews)
    Closed 10:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    *This review for the food truck* been to the normal storefront In coachella and was driving down the 111 and spotted the food truck ..decided to pull up and after eating there regretted it ...food taste and quality nonexistent ..can cook a better carne at the house ..only upside was friendly service ..Skip this one

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    We were looking for a place to buy some good tacos. We came to find Tacos El Viejon on Yelp. It is located in Coachella. For being our first visit, we were curious what we were going to face. It is a small restaurant. The employees are friendly. The inside could use a little work. It has tv's to watch games or something. You can eat there or take it to go. They offer different kinds of foods such as tacos de asada, pastor, lengua, burritos, menudo and other mexican foods you can think of. The tacos can be pricy. They also have the cart with the salsas, cucumber, guacamole, etc. You can order a beer or chavela with your food. What makes them different are their homemade tortillas! You can choose the regular store bought tortillas if you like. We ordered a couple of carne asada, pastor and lengua tacos with homemade tortillas. Oh man, the 3 kinds of meat tacos we ordered were delicious especially with the homemade tortilla! The mixture of the meat with cabbage, guacamole, red salsa, onions and lime! Wooo! Hits the spot! Overall, I recommend anyone to stop here to enjoy delicious tacos! Remember to order them with the homemade tortillas! Hopefully I get to go back soon!

    So delicious!! We were skeptical but it was worth it!!

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    very Authentic. Not a word of English spoken but Taco's were very good. Felt like I was in a small town in Mexico

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    Good authentic Mexican flavor. From the hand made tortillas, to great customer service, highly recommended.

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    My favorite taco spot in Coachella. Never skip the carne asada taco with all of the fixings!

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    Highly recommend their flour tortilla tacos!! Plus the staff is super friendly! This place is recommended

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    4 years ago

    Me gusto el servicio los chips con frijolitos estan muy buenos excelente idea tubieron se los recomiendo ....y son gratis no los cobran

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    I ordered 14 tacos and all 14 tacos were shoved in a little box... It was mostly tortillas and no meat....never coming again

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    Got a burrito de asada, hands down the best!! They don't add any type of chile, so you can add it yourself

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