Taqueria La Estrella

Solid and hits the spot if you’re looking for tacos de cabeza y tripa, which I was. I wish the salsa bar salsas were hotter and that the jalapeños en escabeche were hotter and more vinegary (is that a word? iOS says it is). The roasted jalapeños though? Hot damn they were good!
So, the tacos were loaded with generous portions of meat and the added salsa and cilantro was good. My only complaint and it really has nothing to do about La Estrella is that the tripas are fried – I like them soft and chewy.
Ambiance was relaxed and the staff was great and efficient. I waited a bit longer than I expected, but it was because they were filling a gang of to go orders. Still, the wait just meant that I plowed through my chips (they offered more with my food).
I don’t come this way often, but their uniforms list Manteca and Sacramento, so I’ll have to find their Sac location!

Love the food, staff is great. Did I mention the food is great.

Very nice place to eat out. We had brunch today and it was a very nice experience. Nice seating areas offered. Excellent presentation displays of food assortments. Very nice and warm employee staff, all friendly and very serving attitude.
Both of our combinations of breakfast plates very good taste and plenty of food severed.
The staff works very hard to keep eating areas very clean and bathrooms were kept up nicely.
We would given TLE 5 stars, but there was some food on the floor and eggs were just a little under medium.
We both agreed that we had a great time and will be back for a second time!

Like the rest of these La Estrella spots throughout Manteca, it’s a fast, convenient, reasonably priced spot to grab a decent hot plate. The wife and I got a couple of single item plates and drinks for $ 20. I got the enchilada plate (grilled pork) and the wife got the taco plate (grilled beef). Not bad. The pork tasted like bacon, which is typically a plus in my book. Maybe it was because the bits of meat were so small/​thin cut or maybe they just grill it with lard, or something. I would have liked larger juicier chunks of meat up in there though. The beans and rice were good too. The corn tortillas were warm, fresh and soft. The seafood soups that other families were sharing at other tables seemed like the real thing to order there though. So I’ll be back to check that out.