Taqueria Morelos

The vegetarian burrito is boss. Only $ 6 and it fills me up. Don’t get the chips they are a rip off, since they are not home made. However the vegetarian burrito makes it worth coming to this place. And I love the sauces. The red one is too hot if you are not used to it. This is small place and it just opened so I expect the menu to grow. Also very important they use fresh ingredients, which many have stopped doing.

Morelos is excellent. My Mexican-​American girlfriend loves their food and says it tastes just like home.
–Tacos are spot on.
–And guacamole has spice and FLAVOR.
Try Morelos!

I recently moved from California to New Jersey, so I know awesome food! Specially Mexican food since I am Mexican. This place is over priced for the size and quality of the food. My husband and myself were very disappointed. The order of tacos or should I say «mini tacos» are 7.00! Not only are they tiny but they have very little meat. The menu is super limited there only a few things to order. The one star is for the customer service, the owner was very nice and attentive. I will not return to this restaurant. I’d rather pay that same price but for a real order of tacos just a few blocks down.

I work in the IronBound about a block away from this restaurant. I was excited to see it opened and because it’s in the neighborhood our office always likes to support local places. The food was disappointing. Chicken tacos, vegetarian burritos, rice and beans and the guacamole with chips where all blah! No flavor just plain! We ordered a side of rice and beans and unfortunately they only offer «small sides» which was a surprise to us when we saw it because no one told us they small size =tiny sample sides. I will post pictures of how small these «small» side orders are! The yellow rice taste like box rice and the black beans are watered down and they have a charcoal taste to them! Everything needs seasoning!!! Everything needs salt! Everything we ordered needs improvement. Btw when I returned to asked them about their side order (because it was literally a tiny cup!) they said It was my fault because I didn’t tell them how many people would be eating from the side Oder. It seems ridiculous because I ordered an order of rice and beans plain and simple-Didn’t know I had to be specific about how many people would be eating from it! I expected a small order of rice and beans but this was just a joke! I wish them luck with their business and I hope they improve their dishes, but we will never order from here again!

The chicken tacos are made with all white chicken topped with cilantro. They use one corn tortilla instead if two like most Mexican places do, which I think it’s good because two corn tortillas always makes me think they use it as a filler. I think they’re a little overpriced due to the small tacos (3 per order). You can get a better bang for the buck at other Mexican restaurants around the area. I do have to say that the tacos were very tasty and the sauces were some of the best I’ve tried so far.

I’ve been to this place a couple times since it opened about a month ago. The tacos at this spot are absolutely authentic. The tortillas are made in house and all the sauces are great.
The owner is really nice and appreciates his customers. I’m really happy to have some REAL tacos in the Ironbound section of Newark.
My only gripe with this place is that they do not offer sides on the menu as of now. Grant it, they just opened and will update this provided that changes.