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    Tavial Grill

    4.4 (288 reviews)
    InexpensiveMexican, Fast Food
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    Updated 3 months ago

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Ground beef quesadillas
    Wessrick H.

    I've driven this place for years. Finally decided to give them a shot. Best torta in the Twin Cities. I tasted every ingredient in the torta. Very tasty! My boys had quesadillas and loved them. My older boy said their asada burrito was better than Chipotle. We waited about 10min for our food to arrive. All of us had let our food cool a bit. Love the flair of the restaurant with all its colors!! We'll be back!

    Chicken 3 Enchiladas
    Josh D.

    This place is sneaky good. Tucked into the west seventh area of St. Paul - the building would make you think there isn't a lot to offer, but don't take Tavial at face value. The chicken enchiladas were pretty darn good! I asked them to spice it up and was given some light green sauce to drizzle over them. Wow! It really packed a kick and was super tasty. My only regret is that I didn't also get these spicy jalapeño roll up things they were advertising as an appetizer. They looked super good! There is a lot of Mexican food to pick from on the east side of the twin cities - but this place is right up there in terms of taste.

    Chicken tinga and El pastor tacos
    Abby L.

    Yum, yum! Came here over lunch for some tacos--I had the chicken tinga and pastor! Tacos came out fast and HOT. Both were flavorful and delicious but the fresh tortillas were the standout to me. I will be back--and I saw they have a drive through too.

    Chips queso Pico de Gallo
    Annie D.

    Stopped in after a visit to the James J Hill house as this place was highly recommended on Yelp. This place was great! I love a good street taco and these were really tasty. We got steak and chicken, no onions on either of them, with some chips, queso, and salsa. The prices were also reasonable for the cities and they had a lot to choose from on the menu. Quick and great service and plenty of seating inside. It is more casual than I expected but I loved the vibe and they had their own parking lot which is always a plus! I want to go back to try some other items and maybe a dessert since they had some interesting options.

    DaQuia C.

    The tamale's flavor was really good, the chicken was scarce though so that was a little disappointing. The torta's chicken was chicken tinga. I wasn't the biggest fan of it. There were good bites and there were bites that the flavor was just odd. Overall I don't think I'd come again it wasn't my cup of tea and I was craving Mexican today so I'm a bit disappointed.

    Fish taco & lengua taco
    Elly P.

    Excellent place. Unpretentious simple and delicious Authentic Mexican foods. Chilliquiles with steak. The steak is perfectly cooked with burnt edges and perfectly seasoned. Also had lengua taco. Generous amount of lengua and amazing flavors

    The chorizocasadia. Looks like an omelette W/o any egg!
    karen k.

    Still the same wonderful food and quick service. Is MN spicy not Mexican spicy unless you add the red sauce! ( which is delicious oh by the way.) This is the most authentic Mexican food we've found in the area, further exemplified/demonstrated by the number of Hispanic men coming through at lunchtime for meals! Highly recommend.

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    Maikey M.

    Went out for a quick food. Service was great, food came out fast. Awesome Mexican place to have a drive through- it's rare up here in MN. Ambience very cozy place with old school diner feel. Order a good amount of food: Asada fries: it's ground beef well flavor over cricket fries. Smother with nacho cheese sauce. Very good- fries was crispy and soft El pastor tacos: did not taste like pastor flavor. It was just sweet like flavor with pineapple. Not much flavor Asada dinner plate: same ground beef on the fries with a salad , beans , and rice. Good but not great. El pastor tamales: tamales didn't have much flavor in the masa, the pork inside was super dry- flavorless Horchata : very good and sweet but a lot of cinnamon- overall refreshing good. If looking for drive through or quick okay Mexican food then coming here is fine. Disclaimer: for people who comes From California who loves Mexican food or if you Knows what the flavor of Mexican food is, most places here in the twins cities or MN, is not Mexican FLavor food. Reason be- most Spanish speaking folks or Mexicans restyup here are operated by Central Americans or Latin Americans. If you feel like why the Mexican restaurants flavor is different or doesn't taste right - that is the reason why. The majority of Spanish speaking folks up here are canteal Americans or from Latin America.

    Cabeza Quesadilla Chips and Guacamole
    Michael K.

    All I can say is YUM!! Tavial Grill did not disappoint in the slightest. Of course this was an Uber Eats order but I ordered a variety of items so I could get a broad taste of the menu as best as possible. Shoutout to a review from fellow elite, Ralph M, you were right, that meat cheek quesadilla is no joke - sooo good!! I ordered the cheek meat quesadilla (so tender and juicy and so flavorful!), the carne asada torta (also insanely flavorful, I've never had a torta before because I was always afraid it would be too much bread but this is sooo yummy!!), the chips + guacamole (guac was a little too tart for my liking but the chips were great), the tres leches cake (super moist++), galaxy cake (chocolate cake with caramel), and two horchatas! Huge order but so worth it getting to try as many things as possible on the menu. Would 10/10 recommend this restaurant, I will be favoriting it and coming back anytime I have a Mexican craving! Recommending to all of my friends :).

    Torta de milanesa me encanto! 10/10 Food was amazing! Definitely recommend . Small establishment but the food was amazing! Definitely coming back.

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    So good! We love having this spot in the neighborhood. It's always good for a quick meal and the kids love it too.

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    Mmmm tinga chicken for enchiladas makes no sense...the rice lost its soul somehow...but the tortilla and cheese were good...overall ass

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    Great fish tacos and excellent huge burritos. 5 star. Great service it looks like a family run business.

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    Delicious! The carnita tacos were juicy and I love the mild and hot salsas with their crispy chips. Definitely going back!

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    Excellent restaurant where they make all their sauces and chips and tortillas on sight have excellent pork tacos and tortes sausage.

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