TaCarbon

Sooooo good and inexpensive. Not a fancy restaurant so don’t expect to be wowed by the atmosphere. Just a really delicious, hole in the wall restaurant. Hole in the walls are the best though! If you’re not snotty, eat at this place for some truly authentic Mexican food.

Just recently tried this spot. Great tacos! I had the Asada and Hazz. Would definately recommend, inexpensive as well. A cold beer on the side definately compliments the tacos.

Everything is good. I love the service and the way they do things. Really good food and fast too. I just keep going back for more.

One of my favorite taco joints in Phoenix! Their consistency is unmatched, and their tacos are always on point! Great place to stop in for a quick lunch, the most pleasant aspect of this type of Mexican food stop, is the build-​your-​own salsa bar, loaded with all garnishes for any taco lover, which eliminates the need of having to ask for extra or to shamefully ask for «No onions» for example. Carne asada is some of the best, hands down, and barbacoa is outstanding! It’s too bad they’re only out west, would love to have one closer to home.

Now this is the place to come for some real good tacos. Price is inexpensive and you get the real deal tacos. Flavorful carne asada fast service and salsa bar. Staff is real helpful for those who can’t make up minds. I like this place because I know I can get some good eats with family and friends. They do have an outside patio with plenty of seating for a group. Now this is how you eat simply and deliciously.

This might just be my favorite place in all of Arizona. The meat is so ridiculously tender. Plus you get all of the toppings you want! Just a heads up, you pay after you eat! This is the way authentic Mexican restaurants work. They trust you, so trust them. It’s great!

Lets talk about TA CARBON.
Found this place through Unilocal on accident and glad I did. On the outside just looks like another old strip mall building. Nothing flashy, new or shiny. Walk in first thing you see is the flames from the grill with the meat sizzling and tortillas being warmed up.
YOU CAN NOT GO WRONG WITH ANYTHING ON THE MENU.
So many choices with everything tasting great!
Great flavors with many choices of salsa from the salsa bar.
THERE IS NO OTHER MORE AUTHENTIC MEXICAN RESTAURANT THAN TA CARBON!!!

If you want good tacos only get asada everything else is whack
Good variety of salsa bar two thumbs up

Chuck, with Chuck Mosher’s Hauling, saying, I Love the Large meat and cheese, steak, crisp (Grande’ Caramello), they are the main thing, I go there for ! very good, with a plate, to go, from the Salsa bar ! :-) Hi Gilbert, and, all the guys, at this location, are Great !

Oh LORDY.
First things first, I come from San Diego, king capital of delicious Mexican food, so I am super ultra picky and self-​proclaimed snob about legit Mexican and all the other Mexican (‘t) food. The first time I came here, the carne asada taco transported me back to El Patron or Lolita’s in San Diego and I KNEW I had found my favorite place to get my Mexican food fix. Tacos are crazy cheap — carne asada taco is $ 1.85, and they have a really hefty selection of things from Lengua (to DIE for, so freaking tender), all kinds of pork, beef cheek, and my go to, the TACO HAZZ.
Let me describe to you the Taco Hazz: It is steak, melted cheese, and green chiles, compiled together for the sole purpose of bringing you to heaven. Only for $ 2.10. WHAT. I ate 3 of those in 15 minutes and left feeling like I could die happy.
Let’s also talk about the sides bar: they have a variety of sauces, veggies, limes, and even whole char-​grilled green chile peppers. Their hottest red sauce is legit hot, which is a rare find in my opinion for a taco place. All the other taco places I’ve been in in Arizona had sauces that don’t really have a spicy kick to them. The star of the show though is this incredible smooth and creamy guacamole that tastes really cool and refreshing when paired with the hottest sauce on top of that delicious savory meat and tortilla.
I will drive from north Glendale just to come here. Now please excuse me as I food coma out.

This place was amazing!!! Great tacos. Highly recommend! It was like being at a Mexican taco stand without the stand. What a find!!!

Love their tacos! The salsas are really good too! The beans are on a whole ‘nother level of deliciousness! The food is amazing and there isn’t usually a wait for your food.

This is by far my favorite place to purchase «tacos de tripas» yum. Everything else they cook is also very good and fresh. Love that they have a fresh salsa bar

As soon as I arrived to AZ we looked for a taco spot and this place did not disappoint! Their tacos are authentic. I usually order Asada tacos ($ 1.85). The meat is really tasty. Their burrito and quesadillas are good as well.
They have a small station with different kind of sala

Ok. I had heard and read many good reviews about this place. To be honest I have my favorite taco place already and it has been my favorite for years!!! But I don’t get to go that way too often because is close to central Phoenix and I live farther west. So for that reason and because I was near by this place my mom and I decided to give it a try. Well let me tell u… this place didn’t disappoint me at all. Best of all my mom (who by the way is super picky when it comes to Mexican food) loved it!!! We had tacos al pastor and tripas. Both were bomb! I also order a small caramelo (cheese and carne asada flour quesadilla). It was good but for my taste, carne asada was a bit salty. They have a salsa bar with different kind of salsas, pickled carrots, cabbage, onions and limes. I tried the red and toasted chile sauces. Both lack flavor and heat. I usually love the pickled carrots but this ones had no flavor. They didn’t even tasted like carrots. We also order a carne asada and bean burrito to go for my wife. Well she didn’t like it so much but because they were very skimpy with the beans. She liked the carne tho.
We were definitely be back. Tripas tacos are my fave and this place has the best tripas in town! I just hope the add more flavor to their salsas and their pickled carrots.
Try the JAMAICA agua fresca. Is to die for!!!

My wife had dinner, and, let me add that she is ultra critical of carne asada here in the States. Her standard is set by carne asada in Sonora which, admittedly, is very tasty. She said the meat is comparable!
Like:
Lorenza — a bit small but very tasty, the beans are like in Sonora!
Cleanliness
Wish:
A few more around Phoenix

Best tacos in town, by a long shot! If you are in the area and want a quick bite to eat, look no further. Although it constantly stays busy, they still manage to have your food ready in no time! They offer a wide array of meats to choose from, my favorite being the «Pastor» which is a marinated pork. They also have played to go by the pound, so if your in need of last minute catering give them a call!

This place is EXCELLENT. It’s seriously buzzing, and the cooks and employees are always kept on their toes to provide excellent service and a clean place to eat; indoors and outdoors! They had heating lamps outside since it was chilly which was awesome!
The only thing I wish they had was a bigger inside, it was packed inside and it was hard to grab condiments (lettuce, salsas, guac, etc) without bumping into other people’s elbows :(
Other than that, this is seriously a great place to get Mexican food that I’ve been to yet!

I come here at least once a week. Not a fan of the burritos but they do taco’s very well. Anything you get, carne asada, pork, it’s all good. The dining experience is different, you go to the counter, pick what you want, then you either get a tray or to go box for the salad/​salsa bar. You pay after your food is done, which is interesting but makes things quick.
This place and La Santisima are my favorite taco places. TaCarbon being the better deal.

Me and my friend were in the area and decided to stop here for lunch. I’m always down for some good tacos and this spot looked pretty legit. From the sound of it, it reminded me of Tacos El Gordo back in SD kind of.
We walked in and placed our order. I got 3 carne asada tacos on corn tortillas (I noticed here in Phoenix, they give you the option most places. corn or flour) and I got a small carne asada caramelo (quesadilla/​mulita). My friend got some carne asada tacos and some lengua I think. We had Mexican Cokes to drink. Quick rundown on how everything was…
Carne Asada Tacos ($ 2.00) — Legit. The carne asada was cooked over charcoal and had good flavor to it. Minimal gristle/​fat which was nice. They come plain on double layered corn tortillas. I topped mine with some onion/​cilantro mix and some hot sauce. They were pretty good… best carne asada tacos I have had so far in Phoenix.
Caramelo ($ 2.50) — This was a mini quesadilla with carne asada. It was filling and delicious. Same good carne asada and a good helping of cheese. I would definitely get one again. They have a larger size too (probably in a flour tortilla) for like $ 5.00.
Total for everything was around $ 20.00. My friend bought me lunch which was awesome and much appreciated! I even scored an extra taco because she couldn’t eat her last one. When it comes to an additional taco, don’t have to tell me twice… ate that sucka in 10 seconds flat!
I could see myself coming back. This was the closest thing yet to reminding me of Tacos El Gordo or Tacos El Poblano in SD. The guys working there were friendly and personable. Nice little spot!