Tacos Mexico
3208 38 St
Astoria, NY 11103 (718) 545-5888
- Nearest Transit:
Steinway St (G, R, V)
Broadway (N, W)
- Price Range: $
- Attire: Casual
- Good for Groups: Yes
- Delivers: Yes
- Take-out: Yes
12 Reviews for Tacos Mexico
Ok....I've ordered food from them a few times since my last review and the food has not been very good. Once there was a hair in my sandwich. The quality of the meat is terrible, maybe i should have expected that, but there is so much fat in all the meat dished i've ordered, its gross. The tameles are dry and not very tasty. I'm done with this place.
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06/23/2008
As expected i totally enjoyed this authentic Mexican meal. The people working there speak English… Read more »
If this is the place across the street from Ralph's ices (or the impostor) around the block from the old Mary Maguires (called Blackstone now) then this place is awesome. Every taco and tostada is TASTY! Carne Asada action, Tripe, pork, MAN this place is good!
As authentic mexican you can get in Queens.
Tacos vegetarianos, $2 each, two are good for dinner, or three if you're really hungry. And a pina Jarritos (try not to think about how you're drinking pure sugar with extra yellow 5), delish. Do you need to know anything else? Corn tortillas, not flour (which are not, of course, muy autentico, but you know most places use them anyway). Brick-sized burritos, only a problem because guacamole and crema don't survive the microwave well the next day.
My last visit we ate in, and my friend had a tamale and beef enchiladas (with mole sauce: strong, savory, good). She deemed the food the closest to authentic southern California places she's had in NY (and she's from HERE) -- in Astoria, who knew? And the food came out ridiculously fast.
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Not until i moved to Astoria did I find "authentic" (as defined by my Mexican buddies in the Bay Area) tacos. Sesos, lengua, carnitas, etc. Yummy! They remind me of the 2AM taco truck runs in Sonoma County (have yet to try the Astoria taco truck).
I have only done takeout, and usually stick to tacos, but will probably eat in some time soon. Also need to try some jarritos to complete the picture.
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Having tasted their food first by delivery, I was surprised at the speed in which they prepare and delivered such great tasting authentic Mexican fare.
I finally paid the location a visit and boy was I blown away by their impeccable service. It's almost expected that most small New York joints aren't extremely service oriented, especially when much of the business comes from delivery. Well this place certainly stands out.
Service is great and if you actually dine in there's a room adjacent to the dining area with a juke box and a pool table!
You can't go wrong with any of their food and dining in means you get to watch wonderfully over the top Spanish soap operas on their TV.
It's in the exact same vein of Mexican food as Tulcingo or El Cafetal (see my reviews for both), except when I asked what was on the items (I didn't have a menu), they neglected to tell me sour cream. Didn't even think of it. "Good," I think after the fact of ordering. "Another place that doesn't put it on by default. Cause I hate that shit."
WRONG. It was All. F*cking. Over. (well not the taco, which I am thankful for). I think the language barrier was the issue here.
The food is actually good. But it's almost identical to the 2 places mentioned above, and at least I know what to expect from there. Yes, they will tell you it has Sour Cream, which I can tell them to take off.
What did I get?
Huarache. Drenched in Sour Cream. Didn't touch it. Couldn't escape it all the crema.
Chorizo Taco: quite good. I love me some chorizo. Good tortilla, soft and fresh. I was pleased. It was identical to the one I get at Tulcingo, which I have come to love. You know, just to compare.
Beef Torta: I've never had one of these kinds of sandwiches before. I really liked it. Once I scrapped the cream off. What was inside? Sliced beef, lettuce, tomato, cheese, raw onion, jalapeno pepper, guac, and sour cream. And the bread was some sort of combo of tortilla and regular bread that was nice.
I am thankful for Tacos Mexico, even though their tacos can't compare to my Bay Area favorites.
For about $11, two of us filled up on a milanesa torta (yummmm), a carnitas taco, a carne asada taco, an horchata and a grapefruit-flavored jarritos. The prices are great and they are very generous with the meat portions in each taco. But the taco meat on both was kind of bland and really needed to be doused in lime and hot sauce to make up for it. Also, the carnitas were too fatty.
But the torta was amazing. A milanesa sandwich is a rare treat because it's too greasy to justify (breaded and fried chicken or beef, overly buttered bread, a thick slice of cheese and guacamole to boot!). Theirs was quite good and it'll be hard not to order it again the next time I go.
Their horchata ($1.95) is not the best. It's thicker and creamier than I'm used to and didn't have nearly enough cinnamon (or possibly none at all). I was sad about that. For a little more $$, they make fruit milkshakes and I plan to try the banana one the next time I go.
My only other comment is that the music was incredibly loud when we walked in, and that made us decide to do take out. But the service seemed really good so I'll eat in next time.
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One of two locations in Queens, this Astoria version of Tacos Mexico is one of the more authentic restaurants in the area. The food is cheap and delicious, the service is wonderful, and the delivery is decent. Another plus is that unlike other authentic dives, they actually take credit card.
Since the trek is a little far for me, delivery has been the most preferred option here. Their tacos carnitas and burrito al pastor are delicious, fresh, and well prepared. I've been quite impressed with their enchiladas poblanas as well as their wide variety of tortas. The sopa lengua (cow tongue) may freak out a few folks but is assuringly one of the best things on their menu. I would recommend this restaurant to virtually anyone in the Queens area who is dying for good Mexican food.
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Someone famous somewhere said that the biggest challenge in life is 'Know Thy Self'. I'm pretty sure an ancient Greek philospher said that but since I can't spell his name, I'm just going to settle with "someone famous". This famous person, who I will now refer to as Mr. Famous, imparted some very important words of wisdom. Yet the questions that come from "Know Thy Self" are far more difficult to explain and handle than simply saying "okay. I'm ::this::". How does one know thy self? What is self? What is knowledge? Are material goods included in that? Are we what we eat? Does emotion play a role? Are their stereotypes that I can include to study? Should I ignore stereotypes? Was my father right? Am I really what I eat? Does my inability to mach a pair of pants and shoes somehow illustrate some aspect of myself that is destined for failure? WHAT WHAT WHAT.
As you can see, the questions are endless.
When I look at myself now wearing socks that are graying because I do not bleech my whites, a pair of shorts that are frayed and covered in the paint I used to paint my girlfriend's apartment last year, and my belt held together with duct tape, I realize something about myself. Mr. Famous was right - knowing thy self is key. And I know that I am a cheap bastard.
Thank the Lord for places like Tacos Mexico where being cheap is not only embraced but embellished and loved.
Tacos Mexico makes Mexican food the way I remember it as a child. I imagine that kids with mexican mothers, mothers who yell a lot, invoke the Lord many times a day, question the sanity of their children, and cook, would make the food served at Tacos Mexico for their kids at lunch. The food is efficent, effective, tasty, and fast. It is not elaborate nor does it take any strange terms. There is no fusion - just simplicity. It's mexican food that anyone from the south western US would recognize as Mexican.
In a phrase, it's mexellent.
Tacos Mexico serves all your basic mexican needs. The mole is heavy yet tasty. The enchilladas are buried in cheese. The tamales are cheap, fat, and delicious. There is a bar attached to Tacos Mexico with a killer jukebox filled with mexican favorites and a very nice pool table. The clientent of Tacos Mexico is mostly mexican. Your waitress probably won't fully understand your english but that just enchances the authenticity of the place.
I grew up in Colorado, just south of Denver. I lived for the eateries on Federal Blvd as a child - the home to the mexican beachhead of the reconquista. On Federal, places like Tacos Mexico are a dime a dozen. In New York, this level of deliciousness is few and far between.
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This is the best mexican food around astoria, and it's cheap and authentic. There are some weird things on the menu (like brains and stuff) but I don't think about those. The margaritas are good and not too expensive, it's never crowded, and the waitresses are very nice although some don't speak english very well. which can make ordering a little difficult if you don't know spanish.
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i wasted $40 bucks on delivery.
we got the chicken torta: it was flavorless chicken. a quesadilla that had...wait, wait, MUNSTER CHEEZE! WTF! i've been to mexico, i grew up around mexicans and i haven't ever seen that, now that doesn't mean that it doesn't exist in some region, but shit fire my food sucked! oh and i had to smother my tacos with my own chalula.......
dude, someone please help me, i need tacos, good tacos...please ayudame!!
tacos mexicos is by no means the only place to get awesome mexican food in astoria (taco truck, i am looking your way!), but it is by far the most inviting. the space is big and chill and never too crowded. the waitresses are sweet and patient.
as for food, i have eaten many things on the menu and they all are really good. the strength of their food relies primarily on their two main sauces - you know its a good place when they name their sauces 'green' and 'red', as opposed to 'roasted poblano pumpkin seed puree' or some nonsense like that. my favorite dishes include the chilaquiles (simple dish - mixture of tortilla, sauce and cheese), the tortas (cheap and tasty) and the tacos, of course. My roomate loves the burrito and the enchiladas.
i should also mention there is a pool table and adjoining bar - a hangout for mexicans in the area - nobody drinking mojitos in there!
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