Raymond’s Hamburgers and Tacos

The tacos are the best in the world, but the customer service is poor I called to place a large order for our office and when I asked for a total the employee said I’m too busy for that.

We’ve been coming to this place for years and I always forget to write a review. SO heres how things work here. First its not a true mexican restaurant, its a taqueria.
So if you want a sit down meal to focus on your tamales and enchiladas, ummm not it. But if you want a neighborhood feel much like you get when you go to your favorite diner, now that’s the environment you’re coming to.
Its always quick, its always packed, and yes the tacos have american cheese (genius I know). Now if you’re not a lover of the cheese or think it doesn’t belong simple just say NO CHEESE please, they will oblige without blinking an eye. The staff is always nice and every time we get speedy service.

I just sat down at this dump and the person behind the counter took three seporate orders from people who came in after me before I walked out… garbage service. And garbage cash only

When I was visiting my friend in Chicago he insisted that we check out Raymond’s so I can have real Mexican food. Originally my thoughts were. «What are you talking about? I’ve had real Mexican food before.» Little did I know NY, NJ and PA Mexican food is very rarely legit, it’s usually more towards puerto rican style food, which is totally fine and also yummy, but it isn’t Mexican which is what I’ve believed I’ve been having all these years. Raymond’s was like a whole new level of awesome. I had a burrito nothing to crazy, but just the way it was prepared was much better was different and awesome. If you’re in Chicago this should be on your list of must check out. I’ve also been trying to find a place that compares in Brooklyn since.

These are the best tacos! Try the asada with the cheese! You will definitely be hooked!

raymonds tacos brings back so much memeries of late night dinning after a great chicago night. the tacos are so good and the cheese makes them even better, staff is very friendly and funny. love the new mango drink !

Everyone was telling me this location is so much better than the 26^th & Cermak location. I don’t see a difference honestly. I ordered the same thing. 2 ribeye steak tacos and it tasted tge same. Service was about the same. Location looks a tad bit lighter (lights). We met a funny ass dude while dining in who ate with us & talked shit. He even paid 4 our food. 26^th St is closer for me I’ll probably just continue to go there. We’ll see.

This place is THE TRUTH. Only downside is availability of a table and cleanliness. Staff is awesome and very helpful. Tacos are on point. Get the ribeye.

Tried their famous tacos al pastor with the hidden piece of american cheese. I can see why this may be a late night favorite for those of us who still may be craving a late night snack. Not bad. Nothing special, but it was worth trying.

I read about this place on Thrillist and it was called one of the best Mexican restaurants in the city. (It’s not the first time Thrillist gave me an inaccurate report!) As packed as the place was when I entered, I thought I was going to get some amazing tacos. Unfortunately, I must have hit Raymond’s Tacos #2 on Blue Island on an extremely «off» night. I ordered the al pastor taco with cheese to go. I was going to order 2 tacos but changed my mind when I saw burnt-​looking and smelling food on the grill. As for my taco, the meat was hard and even crunchy as if it had sat on the grill way, way too long. I ended up throwing a lot of the taco fillings out as it was not edible at all. While I waited for that one taco, big orders were going out the door and being delivered to tables. In other words, service was slow — even for just getting one taco to go.
The place is definitely overrated and appears to be taking that undeserved overrating for granted when it lets «a taco like I got» out the door.

I was on the fence about reviewing this place, because I don’t want people stealing my go-​to place for tacos. But I gotta give Ray’s their props, because they make a hell of a taco. This place is a gem. I’ve only been eating here for a year or so but my friend who introduced me to this place grew up in the area. And from the sound of it, their high quality hasn’t changed in 20 years. This changed my whole outlook on Mexican food. When your experiences with Mexican food only range from Pepe’s to greasy late-​night El Gallo trips, you don’t actually know what good Mexican food is until it hits you in the face, literally. I was blown away by how damn good this spot is. I bring my wifey now and she loves it too. And we’re night owls so we come here anywhere from Midnight to 3am. And we still get high quality food.
This place absolutely warrants a visit from anyone in the mood for tacos or burritos.

The place has a cool look inside, almost like a classic diner from back to the future. The breakfast is king here, chilequiles are the best in Chicago (I try them EVERYWHERE I can) and the menudo there is the best Pilsen has to offer so far. The burgers are the best thing off their lunch/​dinner menu, although, they don’t really know hot to cook it properly, I appreciate the effort and speed. I’m not going to praise their Mexican food because its simply not that great. Tacos, tortas and burritos get 2 or 3 stars. Place is usually packed, and the employees there are cool for the most part. It’s worth a drunk in stumble.
One huge issue: why would you use american cheese in Mexican food? Cmon

Just had Raymond’s again trying to figure out what the big deal is​.Smdh​.Im not even going to complain about my over salted burrito (half of it had waaaay too much salt) Or why the hell they would put American cheese on their tacos and burritos to begin with (thats their perogative).If you really want to be different why not put queso oaxaqueno on your tacos and KEEP IT MEXICAN??? I wouldn’t mind spending more for the quality. Maybe next time I’ll try their cheeseburger and HOPEFULLY figure out what the fuss is about. In the meantime… MEH.

Haven’t had their tacos, yet. I don’t know, I’m just always in a burger mood when I walk in.
Do yourself a favor and grab a burger and some of their green sauce. That’s where it’s at.

This place has the best steak and chicken tacos in Chicago. Just try them. You won’t regret it.

Food was prepared fast and in front of you. All of the ingredients seemed pretty fresh the staff were friendly. This would definitely be a good place for a quick lunch that is not expensive. They only except cash which is alright, Because they have a big sign posted by the menu

Easily one of the best and innovative tacos I’ve ever had. American cheese actually goes really well with the generous amount of meat they add.
I read some of the one star reviews, but they seemed to be conservative taco traditionalists (this America, we innovate, this is how we stay ahead of the mexicans son), people who have been led to believe these tacos cure cancer, or vegan… so disregard. I’m a taco connoisseur, every mexican joint I go to I have to have at least 1 asada and 1 al pastor. The pastor is good, not my style of prep (i’ve had hundreds of these and I have my preference) the asada is out of this world. Came back to try the ribeye and now been here for 10 years.
I’ll put this up with some of the taco joints in Mexico city and taco carts in Mexico. My opinion is that street tacos are amongst the best in the world.
Anyways the rest of the food is above average. My mom says the menudo is heavenly but I can’t down that stuff and I’m off to start a taco blog!

Passed Raymond’s a lot, was told by a co worker that i should give them a try.
Ordered take out 3 Al Pastor tacos, you can see the cooks preparing your food, didn’t know they were putting american cheese between my tortillas, not a big fan, def would prefer quesadilla cheese. 3 tacos came out to 9 dollars, that’s a bit pricey but there was a healthy portion of meat so that made the price a little tolerable.
The guy who took my order didn’t mind me askin for limes for my tacos. I give them a 3 because I don’t feel they are the best al pastor in the Chicagoland area, I’m searching for them but they aren’t it. Decent taste if it’s late night or you’re in the neighborhood but they wouldn’t be my go to
You definitely should check Em out though.

You know, you think you know a taco, and then there is Raymond’s and your head explodes. I live in an area with a dozen Mexican restaurants seemingly every block and I’m probably about 8% taco myself, but never have I had a taco like Raymond’s. My friend Mike took me here and upon entry I was skeptical or unimpressed, maybe both. It’s a whole in the wall in a neighborhood I don’t often frequent, and when i saw the menu, I couldn’t see why my friend took me this far for a freakin’ taco. He then told me they do something magical to their food and to shut up and order.
I ordered three al pastor tacos, standard, and once we got our food I still didn’t understand. Then Mike told me about the slice of american cheese in the corn tortillas, to which I replied, «That’s super white-​trash.» He reassured me and I finally dug in. After one bite, I had a religious experience. I saw the heavens and all the afterlife could be. I had never even considered the slice of cheese to make any sort of difference, but seriously folks, game-​changer. The textural element it provides melted in between two very tasty and well-​prepared corn tortillas is something unfamiliar to me but that left me with the disgust of, «how did i never think of this? Am I an idiot?» Perhaps I am, but my opinion of Raymond’s is sans idiocy. The tacos were fantastic and something I am willing to drive 10 miles out of the way to get. They were that damn good.
I haven’t had anything else on the menu, to be fair, but after that meal, I don’t know if I will.
In the words of Master Shake, «I think I need to go pray…» ⁵⁄₅

i read all these reviews on how good this place is just to be let down. imo i think this place is wayyyyy over hyped.
i ordered the ribeye steak taco, al pastor taco, steak and onion burrito. the steak tasted really bland and chewy… to me this is more like drunk ppl food… i’ll probably give it another try and hopefully it will change my mind on this place.