El Rey Del Taco Y El Burrito

I was there today and everything was delicious, until while eating beans and salad (who eats the salad right?) I thought it was chewing one of my teeth, tony surprised it was a screw, I told the server and said let me take it to the cooks, it took her a while, she didn’t bring back my plate, I wasn’t done, she came back and said, well the cooks think is strange a screw in your food, everything is metal and we don’t have anything with screws, nobody else came out, I had no problem paying for my food, the server said am sorry, nobody came out to say anything, I will never comeback, because obviously they don’t care about their customers, they know people will come back because there is not a restaurant like it, around there, well am not coming back, matter of fact I am getting sick just by thinking about it.

The food is ok, but the service was terrible. Had to ask for chips and salsa, then had to ask for drinks. Common items offered when customers sit down. Please retrain your staff they look very unhappy working there!!! The poor service shows it.

The food is good but I’m always effy to go since my sister and my boyfriend have gotten food poisoning from this place. The last time I went the tacos were great, the service is horrible but that’s nothing new. They need to upgrade their servers and get some friendly people in there because my once have I had a good server in there. I have had good and bad experiences here. Also, the shakes are like $ 4 for a «large» but the cup they bring you is ridiculously small.

This last visit broke the camels back! I WILL NEVER RETURN! DON’T EAT HERE! I ordered 1 carne asada taco & 1 chicaron taco. My husband ordered a pastor burrito.
So here’s what happens next: his burrito was NOT pastor it was carne asada with some kind of orange sauce on it (mind you he always orders this so he knew something was not right). My chicaron taco was slimmy almost too gross to eat and my carne asada did not look nor taste like carne asada but more like shredded beef with a lot of fat. After I ate my chicaron and half my «carne asada» I decide to question the waitress about ALL the food (mind you service is TERRIBLE here so it’s difficult to get the waitress to re-​appear, they never come back, you have to go find these women). I asked her to look at all the food beginning with burrito, she INSISTED it was pastor (IT WAS NOT), we know the difference lady and the cooks were probably too lazy and just made it a beef burito!!! Then I asked her to look at my food, I said «this is not carne asada» she then says well because you ordered «CABEZA» I ALMOST DIED!!! I DON’T EAT «CABEZA» OMG!!! I COULD NOT BELIEVE THIS CRAZINESS! STILL SHOCKED AND COMPLETELY DISGUSTED! I didn’t know that an animals head «cabeza» was edible!!! Just thinking about it makes me sick! Here’s the kicker: she asked if I wanted a carne asada taco but Ill be charged for it because in her own words: «she heard me say «cabeza.»
NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER WILL I RETURN! YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT THIS PLACE IS FEEDING YOU, PROBABLY DOG & CAT MEAT, shut this place down and leave to the the professionals to service our neighborhood!!! I hate this place for this horrible mistake your waitress made!

Surprised to see such mixed reviews for this place, as I have been coming here for years and consistently love it. Food is great, some of my favorite Mexican in Chicago. Also, in contrast to many great taquerias, this restaurant has cute seating in a nice, clean, well decorated atmosphere, and outdoor seating. It is as affordable as any other taco place but with a bigger menu. They have great fajitas and I love their filete a la diabla. So spicy and tasty.
Tip: come in for breakfast too! Awesome omelette and pancakes. Total cure for a hangover.
They also have some customer parking and you can byob

The tacos, burritos, tortas and enchiladas are delicious! Seafood is also good, but I don’t recommend ordering the ceviche, it was way too sweet and watery.

Good tacos to order considering they’re right around the corner in my neighborhood. This day i thought I would try the camarones a la diabla. Too spicy to eat and enjoy. The rice was good and they give you enough shrimp but I just couldn’t eat them. I can handle my spicy food but not this. As for the rest of the food the burrito is my favorite. It doesn’t have pieces of fat that I hate to find in one of my bites. This place is inexpensive and the food is good.

Horrible I came for two tacos on a day that wasn’t so busy. Took them about 30 minutes to come out, food is good depending on who makes it. There’s days were it wasn’t good and days that it was. Service is horrible, my waitress messed up my order about 3 times in ten minutes. But hey this isn’t the first complain about the waiters and won’t be the last until REY does something about it.

My #1 spot for tacos. I bring all my friends here and everyone loves it. You can never go wrong with tacos. My favorite are the steak tacos! The meat is so fresh and tender and the veggies that come with it too. I’m even in love with their chips and salsa. The chips are perfectly baked and are not too greasy or plain as you’ll find in other Mexican spots.
If you’re not in the mood for tacos, their chicken tostada is also delish I’ve tried their quesadillas too. They’re okay, but too much tortilla for my taste and not enough cheese and the other good stuff.
As much as I love their food I have to admit that their service can be off most of the time. During peal hours they take forever to even acknowledge that you are even there waiting for a menu. The waiters themselves are always so nice and lovely– they just need to learn how to staff the place appropriately.

I detest this restaurant which is 1 block from my house! They over work their employees (hence the constant waitress wanted signs), they have very few staff for high volume of deliveries/​dining. They are horribly sexist and so perverted with their waitresses, last time I went over 2 yrs. ago I saw several walk around the counter just to avoid this disgusting manager who just ate them with his eyes (customers too). The food is too salty for my taste. And final warning: watch out for your car! A lot of drunks go there after parties to ‘sober up’ and many many cars get hit, especially on California.

Seriously service sucks in this place, it took our server about 20 minutes to give us our menu, then another 10 to take our order, our drinks came out about 20 minutes later. The tables around us had the best servers I wished I had one of them. I had to ask another server to bring us drinks and she was nice about it. I was so ready to walk out but I like food in this place. But it’s not worth getting ignored like that, it wasn’t even busy. Next time I’ll just take a delivery. The 3 stars are for the food only. At the end the food was the best part and the server got better at the end.

Ordene un hurache de chorizo con huevo y que no me lo podían hacer por que no estaba en el menú si ya anteriormente en otras ocasiones me lo habían servido y aparte en dos ocasiones me han cobrado de más así que revisen sus recibos

I loved this place i mean the food very good and i would always eat here. But lately ive been ordering for delivery and they always messing up my order. I asked for tacos, burritos and a shrimp cocktail. They only gave me one red sauce! and the burrito was supper sloppy no cream or cheese and alot of lettuce! :/​the shrimp cocktail had only like 5 shrimp no lie .and didnt come with crackers .the cashiers whats so ever are so rude. I dont think i will be eating anytime soon here

Had dinner with my mother and brother in law. Everything was great as always. Great service by Christina again!

I always CAME to eat here, but after today I will never order from here again. I ordered the pozole and it looked a little funny but I decided to give it a try bcuz I never had an issue with the food from here before. Pozole is supposed to have meat but it was served to me with nothing but fat and bones. After I asked it it was ok to exchange it because it had a funny smell to it and tasted like water. (No flavor) they said yes and a few minutes later the waitress came back with the same plate and said the manager said the pozole is fine and that they would charge me for it. Terrible customer service.

The food is great, but the service is terrible. They had us waiting for our order. The did not bring the drinks until we reminded them. Brought the wrong order and they even argued.

Horrible service to a faithful customer ! With that being said I will never order there again. The girls who work there have attitudes toward people while taking your orders. Phone service sucks, they don’t know english well so I ordered in spanish and still got nowhere ??? Delivery always over a hour and i live 5 minutes away from the place. And getting the wrong food is a definite yes ! Years of this stop today. Hope the owner gets on top of his workers because these girls talk to you like your a rival gang member. So watch out people this place is a «NO GO» !!!

speaking for the food.
very good and cheap. been coming here since i was a senior in hs. i had almost everything in their menu i recommend mostly everything lol
they’re open till 5am on weekends which makes it a perfect place to go to after a night out
service is eh. some days they’re «alright» others they’re bad. never great.
management needs to keep a big eye on them in my opinion

I love this place, as well as my whole family, and pretty much everyone we introduce this place to. Their food is so yum, but I always get tacos and the salsa is good (very spicy though). The service can be kind of slow sometimes, but the waitresses are nice.
But they’ve messed up my order a few times, so especially if you decide to order out, double check. I always get the wrong meat with mine and didn’t want onion and cilantro but they were in all of them… Still tasted pretty good for the most part, except one variation that I didn’t know what it was but definitely not steak taco. So I was quite disappointed. Double check. But I highly recommend just dining in, so they can fix your order which I had to once when I dined in.
Overall, I still love the food from this place. I learned my lesson taking out though. I’ll still be going here ! :)

First off, the place is BYOB which is a definite plus. Whenever I go here with friends, we usually get the same waiter and he treats us like actual human beings. The food is just as good as the price. I recommend you to go here.

This place has EXCELLENT All Authentic Mexican Food. Try coming here for tacos they are in my list the best of any other place even though there are also good taco places out there but these tacos are sure my very favorite of any place. Honestly any thing you see on their menu is all so good no doubt about it. They also have fresh squeezed orange juice and carrot juice those are also very good. This place is always very clean even when they are very busy. Parking in the back
I give this place my 5 STARS