Fonda La Taquiza

Quick recap: overall fast service and excellent food. No real complaints other than location isn’t the best but that doesn’t take away from the delicious food that came in heft proportions.
Chips on the table as usual for a Mexican/​Hispanic restaurant. These chips were warm and not oily. Nice and crispy. Plenty of salsa options to work with so this alone made the place stick out.
Got tacos of chicken, asada, pastor, and chorizo. The asada and chorizo were phenomenal. Chicken and pastor was good but the others were clearly stand outs. Classic with the onion and cilantro with plenty of salsa to spice it up. Only got one wedge of lime for the 4 tacos but I’m sure they would be willing to give more.
The place was clean, not too busy bc if the location probably. Totally worth checking out if you’re looking for something new.

Fonda La Taquiza is the «Real Deal». I was born and raised in San Diego, CA (1957) lived there for 35 years. I also worked in Mexico for almost 10 years. I have never tasted such authentic and excellent Mexico food since my days in Mexico. The menu is huge, and delicious. They have completely renovated the inside and outside recently, and it is beautiful and clean. The bilingual servers are excellent. I recommend this restaurant to anyone who enjoys «real» Mexican food, not some Americans’ view/​version of what they think Mexican food is or should be. P. S. Very reasonably priced, with nice little bar, and decent selection of beer and sugar-​cane soft drinks.

This place is amazing authentic Mexican food, some of the best I have ever had.

From the outside it wouldn’t be the first choice once you come in your might have a change of mind. I ordered the torta de chorizo with horchata to drink, the horchata was great had to order 2 now the torta was good good size if you super hungry. Now my girl friend order 3different types of tacos Chile relleno, taco de alambre, chorizo, pretty good and inexpensive for the authentic flavor although you could easily tell the chile relleno was ether microwaved or had been sitting in a wet container for a while (could really ether improve or remove this option from the menu) but hey it’s still not bad at all for the flavor and price.

«Maybe this place is a little TOO authentic,» I said to my girlfriend as we were being seated.
There were no other customers in the clean, no-​nonsense dining room, only a silent TV tuned to Spanish-​language programming and mounted high on the far wall. Quickly we established that our server did not speak English, and she went back to the kitchen for help. Another girl appeared, smiling, and took our drink orders. I opened to the menu to see what I had gotten myself into, and suddenly everything changed.
This is the Mexican restaurant I have been trying to find for my entire life.
No, the service is not what most people are used to experiencing, or even maybe what most people would deem acceptable. The tea is terrible, so do not under any circumstances order it. The ambience, to use a word hilariously not appropriate in this sentence, leaves much to be desired.
None of that matters, unless you’re a fool and a faker.
ZOMG THE FOOD IS AMAZING EVERYTHING IS AMAZING.
That is all that matters.

Food it’s good! I can’t complain about that, but service its terrible I came to place a order to go the took a while to take my orden even if they saw me in the entrance I keep telling them I just came to place a order they just keep it ignored me.

Awesome food! Awesome drinks! Staff is very friendly! I stopped in because my car was getting serviced next door and it was a great lunch decision! I’ll definitely Be back!

I am not kidding when I say this is some of the best Mexican food I have ever had. It is also some of the most consistently awesome.
It seems like everything I order is cooked perfectly, seasoned perfectly, and just… Perfect. Tortas are huge and come on great bread, tacos of any meat are tender and flavorful, and every other plate I had was delicious.
I feel like this resurant deserves all the love on the world.

I just munched my way through a delicious order from these guys, delivered by Foodie Call. I had a huarache, which if you are not familiar, is like an elongated and extra thick handmade corn tortilla. Topped with tasty beans, meat and veggies, they’re a little messy to eat but completely worthwhile. Compared to other huaraches I have consumed, this one was a strong contender. They send along a cup of delicious spicy pot beans to go with it, and three delicious sauces ranging from mild (ish) to smoky to hot. Their prices are so low that it was a little hard to make the Foodie Call order minimum, so I had some of their flan as well. Would eat again!

This is the best Mexican food, the most authentic Mexican food, I’ve ever had in my life. We were in the neighborhood and had heard about this place. It doesn’t look like much. We were the only people there that were white, and nearly all the customers appeared to be Latino, which I assumed was positive.
This place used to be called Cocina Latina and was listed in the Our State Magazine 100 places in 100 counties. They still had the recommended food item, the enchiladas verdes con pollo on the menu. It was fantastic. The tortillas were clearly made from scratch and the homemade green sauce was spectacular and spicy. We also had some homemade guacamole and an assortment of salsas that were brought to the table. I’m still not sure what some of these salsas were, but they were all awesome.
I really enjoyed my experience. This isn’t gringo mexican, this is authentic. Go for it!

Excellent service, friendly staff and delicious food. I came down to Charlotte from NY to visit family and stopped by to try thier famous enchiladas. Highly recommended trying their horcarta as well. Next time I’m in town I’m definitely coming back.

Stopped in for lunch, today. Given that the advertised lunch specials run $ 5.75 including beverage I was expecting something on the order of sodium laden, über-​heavy lunchtime fare typical of Mexican restaurants in the area; and that would have been just fine for the price. But boy was I pleasantly surprised!
To my eye, I was the only one in there who did not appear to be of Latin descent. This I took as a particularly good sign, perhaps even an indication of some level of authenticity in the cuisine. The place was clean, the décor inviting and the staff warm and welcoming. The carpet was noticeably worn, which was the only upkeep issue that stood out for me
Now on to the food… For starters, my server brought me a complimentary bowl of bean soup (delicious!) and also placed on my table a small platter with three sauces and a wedge of lime (nice touch). From the lunch menu I opted for a slightly pricier pollo dish (all of $ 6.25) and it was a good choice. The white-​meat chicken, peppers, onions and sauce melded wonderfully inside the flour tortillas that accompanied the plate. The beans and rice were fairly run-​of-​the-​mill, but plenty tasty, and again not so darn salty, as is so often the case at the Mexican restaurants. All-​in-​all this was a wonderful meal.
Staff were attentive throughout and extremely friendly. Surprisingly, the place was not busy at all, but I sure hope they stick around. I know I’ll be coming back as often as I can and as long as they stay open.

I found myself close to Fonda La Taquiza at lunch time today, and stopped to check it out. Before going in, I looked to see if they were on Unilocal so I could check out the reviews, but they had not been listed yet. I decided to take a chance and check them out anyway.
When I first walked in the door, the place was a bit under-​whelming… the décor could certainly use some updating — especially the carpet because it was in terrible shape (run-​down and taped in several spots.) Also, the carpet was not as clean as I would have liked to have seen, but I decided to overlook that and give the food a try. So, when I got the menu, I saw a good selection of options but decided to just go with a chicken burrito.
While waiting for my order, my server brought out chips and salsa. I really liked the salsa — it tasted fresh and had just enough spice & good flavor. The chips were fairly thick, but nice and warm. It did not take long for my lunch order to come out, and I dug into in the burrito right away. It was filled with rice and pulled chicken.
The lettuce, tomato, avocado, and sour cream came on the side… and I asked for more salsa to go with it since the little bowl of salsa that was originally brought to the table was so tiny.
I was impressed with the burrito — it had good flavor and was packed with lots of chicken. In fact, I could not eat the whole burrito, but I did dig all the chicken out and eat it since it was so tasty.
I am not normally a soda drinker, but because they have the Mexican sodas which are made with real sugar, I splurged and got the pineapple one. It was very tasty.
While looking at the menu, I had thought about ordering some churros — but after my meal, I was too full. Shame because they were probably tasty as well.
The meal including my drink was right at $ 9.50 so this place is quite affordable. (I think the burrito was $ 7 or $ 7.50 before tax).
Bottom line, I would not come out the of the way to eat here, but if I found myself to be close-​by at lunch or dinner time, I would stop back in to give them another try.
My food and service was good, and I would have given them higher marks, but they really need to do a better job vacuuming the carpet before lunch/​dinner so that the place looks a little cleaner.