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Tacos El Gordo
Des tacos mexicains de rue authentiques, servis frais et rapidement au cœur du centre-ville de San Diego.
3.8(5 avis)
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Des tacos mexicains de rue authentiques, servis frais et rapidement au cœur du centre-ville de San Diego.
Tacos El Gordo est un restaurant mexicain animé situé dans le Gaslamp District du centre-ville de San Diego, réputé pour ses tacos savoureux, fraîchement grillés et ses mulitas traditionnelles. Cet endroit populaire offre une expérience authentique de street food avec des viandes cuites à la demande, parmi lesquelles on retrouve des favoris tels que l'adobada, la carne asada, la cabeza et la lengua. Bien que l'ambiance soit animée et souvent bondée, l'accent est mis sur des viandes de haute qualité, assaisonnées, accompagnées de tortillas chaudes et de garnitures généreuses. Idéal pour une bouchée rapide ou à emporter, Tacos El Gordo est un incontournable pour les amateurs de tacos en quête d'un véritable goût du Mexique dans un cadre vivant et sans chichis.
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Tacos fraîchement grillés avec des choix tels que adobada, asada, cabeza et lengua, servis sur des tortillas chaudes.
Plats mexicains copieux avec du fromage fondu et de la viande assaisonnée, un favori des clients.
Options pratiques à emporter et services de livraison pour profiter des tacos partout.
Des places assises intérieures et extérieures, dans une ambiance dynamique, pour des repas rapides.
Sélections de tacos sur mesure avec diverses garnitures et salsas pour satisfaire vos goûts.
This is a hectic, fast paced taco stop but a must visit any time you’re passing by! The food is unbelievably fresh, flavourful and cooked in front of you. It’s quite a melting pot if you’re there at night but all the better for a local experience. Absolutely delicious, mouthwatering choices and generous portions of beautifully seasoned meat (tacos).
Some tips on ordering and seating! As people can glean from some of the other reviews, it’s a little confusing how to order and/or where to seat. Seating is a bit problematic, but there is a room upstairs that a lot of folks did not seem to know about! So try to make your way up there! For ordering, there is somebody who comes through the line and funnels you toward different lines based on what you are ordering.So, I was really hoping this would be a five star review. And it was very very very good, maybe a 4.5. But it certainly wasn’t a five star review. Here is why. I wanted to order Cabeza, and so I was sent to a quicker line, and then nobody really waited on me. It was very confusing. I was trying to ask them for two tacos to go, and they were waiting on the people that were behind me. So, my husband (who ordered in the longer line) had his tacos finished much before I did. I think they followed me to a spot that they thought I had already ordered? It was really unclear. And then they gave me the tacos and they were not “to go.” And I did say it in Spanish and in English. Now, keep in mind it was super chaotic, line was out the door, and loud, so I completely understand that maybe they did not understand my order needed to be “to go.” And the tacos were excellent! But people were saying there were some of the best they’ve ever had, and I used to live in San Francisco, and I had tacos like this in the mission district on a regular basis. So I don’t know what I was expecting, but all of the reviews made it sound like this was just a “wow” moment, and it was not. It was very very good. It was a very solid excellent taco with lots of good toppings, but was it the best taco I ever had? No. We also travel to other countries, including dipping into Mexico and Argentina and so perhaps that was also affecting my expectation? All that said, it was a solid taco with good flavoring, but I especially heard the Cabeza was excellent, and maybe it was because I got it “to go”, and so it dried out a little bit, but it just wasn’t the excellence that I had hoped and heard.
Anytime we visit San Diego, Tacos El Gordo is a must, whether it's going in person or ordering on doordash. This was my first time to this location. It is super cramp and busy, but remember, there's separate lines for different meats. We always get adobada tacos and mulas. The cheese on the mulas is soooo good. The flavor of the meat is delicious and moist. For this particular location, there's seating inside and limited outdoor seating. There's more seats upstairs but the ventilation is terrible. It gets really hot up there so you'll just want to eat your tacos quickly and get out. Regardless, it is so nice to have a location right in downtown SD. It'll be our first stop every time we fly into SD!
I used to LOVE getting Tacos El Gordo anytime I was in San Diego, but on my latest visit, I unfortunately found myself quite let down and disappointed... As a popular destination, you can often expect for Tacos El Gordo to have a wait - especially during late night hours. So that wasn't surprising...what did surprise, however, was the lack of quality or flavor in any of the ingredients for both the Tacos and Mulas that we ordered. The asada taco meat was dry, overcooked, and quite flavorless. They seemed to have attempted to make up for that by just utterly drowning the thing in salsa and guacamole - the problem is that (aside from being WAY too much) these also tasted very bland and flavorless. There were definitely not-so-fresh ingredients comprising them. The tortillas were also all very dry, crumbly, and will fall apart while you try to eat the Tacos or Mulas. Another thing I noticed - the tacos are now almost FIVE DOLLARS. This was supposed to be a great spot for grabbing some solid & cheap tacos.....now the tacos aren't even cheap OR of decent quality! One more thing to keep in mind is that there is limited seating inside, and the environment isn't necessarily conducive to a relaxing space to eat within. This is best as pick-up/take-out! But regardless of where you plan on eating your tacos, I can no longer say I necessarily recommend Tacos El Gordo...for pretty much ANY situation. They were never easy to order with the chaos of the environment and the long lines, but now you're waiting all that time for overpriced tacos with low-quality preparation and ingredients.
We stopped by the Gaslamp District location of Tacos El Gordo after hearing all the hype — and it definitely lived up to its reputation for flavor. The line was long and the space was packed, but once you get inside, you can immediately smell the grill and hear the sizzling from the open kitchen. We ordered a mix of tacos — carne asada, cabeza, lengua, and a couple of mulas. Every bite was fresh, hot off the grill, and full of that classic, smoky street taco flavor. The meats were perfectly seasoned, and the tortillas were warm and just the right texture. That said, the ambiance isn’t great — it’s crowded, loud, and the limited seating makes it more of a grab-and-go spot than a place to relax. The service, however, was quick and efficient despite the chaos. Food: 4/5 – Authentic, flavorful, and satisfying. Ambiance: 2/5 – Crowded and noisy with minimal seating. Service: 3.5/5 – Fast and organized. If you’re looking for top-tier tacos and don’t mind waiting in line or standing while you eat, this is absolutely worth a stop when you’re in downtown San Diego.
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