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    Tacos Express

    4.1 (305 reviews)
    InexpensiveMexican
    Open • 10:30 am - 10:00 pm

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Enchiladas
    Juan B.

    This place is a bit hidden in the area of OBT where you generally see all the food trucks lined up. Four stars to a good restaurant that offers delicious food with ok service and ok environment. We tried the tacos Al pastor and although they were not from a trompo, they were quite tasty. We also got the asada enchiladas and they were spot on delicious. Bathrooms could get some improvements, but overall I was happy to eat here. Will come back if am in the area.

    Ariel V.

    Food was good, I would come back. The reason for three stars is the guys I ordered food knew my food was for dine in and didn't tell the cook(he assumed to go). After I clarified and he said "oh for here?" Then I thought he would of told kitchen. Eating and trying to cut with styrofoam sucks. Also I told him I wanted some chips n salsa and they never came out. The place inside is relatively big with plenty of booth tables.

    Date nite after the "pandemic"
    Ximena O.

    My family and I had been here years ago! Back then this place has only 3 tables and was so small and crowded to actually enjoy a meal onsite. Years later, post quarantine... my partner and I decided to go out for some beer and tacos as our first night out. This place was the only place on the S obt strip that was open until late that day we came. Skeptical thinking the place was still going to be small and not spacious, we came in and took in a great surprise... this place has expanded and now is ample and welcoming. Two nice male servers tended to our table, they were very nice and explained the great offerings they have. I went to some tostadas and my hunny had some tacos! It was delicious and well plated! We enjoyed our first night out and we will keep coming back!

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    Roxy M.

    Geezzzz, this place has disappointed me I have visited this place before with pleasure but that's not the case now. Let's talk about the service, it was okay, that's all I can say on that. He was friendly. One of the things that I loved before on this place was their salsa bar, gone, no more. Bummer! Unless they changed availability to certain hours. We did have dinner tonight in which a while back the bar was present. Let's dive into the food! They do bring chips and salsa to the table, that was good but after this all went downhill. He's what was ordered, 2 steak taco dinners that came with rice and frijoles (beans). Two pupusas de queso (cheese). Chicken quesadilla dinner with rice and frijoles. This is the first time ever in a Mexican restaurant that I had to ask for salt so that I can season my food, mainly my steak tacos. No flavor at all. The tortilla on my tacos were instantly falling apart, not fun. The rice was not fluffy at all, boo and no flavor. The frijoles were a descent taste, doable. I was surprised on the pupusas, they actually tasted great. They stood out from all the food we ordered. I'm going to chalk it up that perhaps they have new cooks hence the lack of seasoning. This visit was enough to ward me off from returning. I should have taken photos of the food however they didn't make the cut..lol I'm doing an honorable mention on behalf of my daughter who used the restroom before leaving, the toilet didn't have the seat. There was a box next to the sink which was the seat replacement. I'm guessing they didn't have time or perhaps the necessary tools to install. Picture of this provided, lol. As always, enjoy!

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    Jennifer R.

    Rated this place very high last time. And before today I had ordered food from here about 3 more times. I don't know what happened- but the last 2x the food has completely downgraded! Today My family ordered takeout--fried fish, grilled steak, al pastor taco, chorizo taco and two taco kid orders. Besides the al pastor and steak (which were okkk), everything else was just so bad! I was really disappointed! I wish I would've tasted the food at the restaurant instead of my house bc I would've returned everything! I've ordered the fish one time before and it tasted amazing- today though, had NO seasoning and had a weird "dirty" aftertaste like it hadn't been cleaned properly. I couldn't even eat it after a few bites. They also forgot my rice- but I didn't mind after I tasted my kids rice. The rice was broken up into pieces and some bits were harder than others. Needless to say my kids only ate half their food. My husbands steak came with a slice of cactus, grilled green onion and jalapeño. They looked at tasted so old, like they had been grilled days ago. The chorizo taco was just sooo greasy, the tortilla was soaked in oil. I wasn't going post a pic & gross anyone out with my "picked through" food, but I'm posting to prove that I did order and I'm not just making a review up. I've given this place so many chances,since the 1st time I visited the food was so awesome, but will not be ordering from here again.

    Interior of Taco Express is this festive decor
    Callie T.

    Thanks to Yelp, we found this restaurant since the original place we were going to, was closed for a holiday and we wanted someplace not too far, that tasted good, not too expensive and most importantly, food that Honey can eat. From the outside, it looked like a hole-in-a-wall type of place, but it's much larger inside. Though the name is Taco Express, it's name is deceiving - much more than tacos and it's not exactly quick but then again it was way past 1 pm for lunch so I was hungry! Ok, they were a bit slow but it's not a fast food restaurant. The food itself was good, very good prices but not gluten free friendly. Honey ordered fajitas with corn tortillas but the corn is not pure corn, it's with wheat flour too, but he said the beef itself was quite good. I actually ordered a BBQ taco plus chicken taco though I topped it with some of hubby's sour cream and lettuce since he can't have dairy. The BBQ was very tasty!! If it weren't for taking my husband's toppings, it'd be boring tacos. Our waiter mentioned I could go up to the bar for the toppings, and it was essentially the various sauces yet I'm a wuss for hot sauce and I skipped the vegetables there since was not much left and was bottom of the barrel. There were three large TVs though I don't recall the volume being on though doubt I would have forgotten since we sat below one of the TV. Decor was festive and place was pretty busy.

    Enchilada
    Sean C.

    Overall, Tacos Express is a run-of-the-mill taco place. But first, it is in an easy to find location right off the side of the road. However, parking is a bit of a challenge as there are many spots that are reserved for other businesses and the lines aren't painted well - beware. The service was great - everyone was attentive, quick, and happy through our whole visit. It looked to be the same around the restaurant; there were two servers handling everyone, which seemed to work out well. Also, the prices are great, nothing fancy here! The food, however, wasn't as exciting. Everything was very basic and tasted like it was from a can or had been sitting for a long period of time. The enchiladas didn't have much flavor and were covered in so much cheese it was difficult to find the chicken. The appetizer was quite similar where everything seemed like it was a a second thought then thrown on the table. From all the other reviews, we may have gotten a bad night, so we will be back to double check!

    a plate of tacos and salsa
    Andrea T.

    If you want really authentic mexican tacos go here! Their food is amazing and the service too. To be completely honest their spot is not the best one but the food and service are worth it.

    Janeth O.

    Came here on Sunday afternoon. Group of 5 people, 4 of us ordered tacos. Taco: tripa was good and crunchy. asada good Pastor taste nothing like taco de pastor should taste, our least favorite. Carnitas was very very dry. Cameron was literally just four pieces of shrimp. We ordered guacamole, that was good. Micheladas were okay. Aguas de pina and Jamaica were good but sweet. The service wasn't the best. They aren't very organized and it took and hour to serve us tacos. Enchiladas were okay.

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    Food was good. Service was a little slow, but not an issue. Prices are decent too. Check this place out

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    Genuine authentic Mexican food, the shrimp ceviche is out of this world, the food is excellent and the ambience and service is excellent

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    This place use to be fantastic a few years not sure what happen but the last 3 visit the food was awful

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