Tortilla Fish

I’m not sure how this place could be any better. The people there are always really chill and welcoming. Food is always the same: FRESH, and amazing. They make the tacos, and you add the fixings yourself.
I love the fish machaca: very savory. my husband loves the carne asada — amazing flavor. My favorite is their standard fish taco — always fresh, light and palatable with just about any fixing you like!
I normally go to the Phoenix location, my favorite — one in Tempe too! Both are good. The owner of these stores is really down to earth, passionate about good authentic food and truly cares about your experience every time you come in. Love that! So hard to find. Go here, you won’t be disappointed!

By far the best fish & shrimp tacos!!! Takes a little while to make but well worth it. The salsa bar is fresh and amazing.

This place is so small, seems like a fast food taco place… but, OH IT’S NOT. It’s amazing!
Small restaurant, with a small menu, super casual, has a fast food feel to it; the few items they have in the menu, they definitely do them right.
I went for the first time yesterday, on a weekday during my lunch hour, decided to get their «campechano» tacos in a combo, which is half fish + half shrimp…2 tacos, a drink, and fries; figured it was a decent meal.
SURPRISE! Tacos are HUGE and meaty, I couldn’t even finish them! They serve you the tortilla w/​the meat, and they have a salsa/​veggie bar for you to prepare them w/​the toppings you want. Shrimp tasted FRESH! They don’t cook the tacos until you order them. The salsa bar has a great combination of true Mexican and white washed salsas, very great combination! Cabbage, pickled onions, jalapenos, salsa, chipotle cream sauce, very nice variety. Their Ranch does not taste like ranch, it’s more like a seasoned garlic cream sauce that tastes amazing! The fries are seasoned fries, cooked to perfection!
The service was great, friendly staff, everything super clean, quickly done order, very satisfied.
I am a fan, and I will definitely ill be going back.

Modern and clean. Dress your own tacos at the condiment bar. I had the avocado sauce and something else… weren’t labeled, but delicious none the less. Fish was fresh a little over breaded but crispy and delicious as well. Price point is good tacos are good. Support local this place is worth it.

The fish is SO FRESH. They cook it upon ordering.

So So good fish and shrimp tacos! It was my first time in Arizona and we look up on Unilocal for a quick lunch not far from Phoenix airport and Boom! got the best tasty lunch ever!
The place was clean and the staff were nice. I like how they have all kinds of sauces at a sauce bar you can get all you want! Yum. I hope they expand the restaurant over the US really.

On my way home and starving today, the construction at 44^th street diverted me here. What a happy diversion it was.
This place has «happy hour» daily with half price Fish Tacos. Two guesses what I ordered. They came out cooked to order, hot, not greasy and HUGE portions of flaky fish. And then I got to go get my fixins at the station– love places where I can try all the salsas and fun stuff on display. Got cabbage, lime, two kinds of salsas, and chipotle cream to make my tacos just perfect. Less than 5 bucks later, I’m stuffed and can’t wait to go back!

Was thinking Chipotle, then realized it was Tuesday so I almost went to Rubios. Suddenly remembering I had seen this place while driving by. So glad I came in here instead!
Privately owned and operated. One of the owners was behind the counter and rang me up. Very friendly and very helpful. Lucked out with it being Taco Tuesday, got to add an extra taco to my combo! Went with 3 of their fish options. The Full Taco was huge and freakin delicious.
Definitely worth stopping in!

Two stars might be a little low, but considering how many great taco shops inhabit this general neighborhood, was the best I could offer.
Everything was «meh», not bad. The tortillas were adequate, the fish fresh but flavorless. The toppings are ok, but even there the pickled veggies were uninspiring.
The toppings bar itself isn’t a terrible idea, but it loses the thoughtful preparation of a good chef who knows flavors.
There are better places to go for fish tacos nearby.

I was sitting at home last night, and a major fish taco craving hit me. There aren’t any good fish taco places in Surprise (If there are, please let me know where to go!), so I knew I had to take a drive to go find some. I had Tortilla Fish bookmarked and decided that I would head on down here when I woke up this morning. I left my place in Surprise at about 10:30 and arrived down here just after they opened.
I walked in, studied the menu for a brief second and then placed my order. I went with a Fish Taco, a Shrimp Taco, a Full Taco, and a Carne Asada Taco. Tortilla Fish has a great Unilocal check in offer, too… a free large drink! Score! Total for 4 tacos was just over $ 13.00. The tacos come plain here and you dress them up yourself. I went over to the do it yourself salsa bar and started getting some of my fixins together. Speaking of fixins’…watch this Youtube clip from Eastbound and Down on HBO. (
). About 10 minutes later, my food was ready (Everything is cooked fresh to order). Here is how everything was…
Fish Taco– This thing looked pretty good! They chop up their pieces of fish here, so you get a full taco which would probably equate to 2 decent sized whole pieces of fish. I dressed mine with some cabbage, some onions, some lime and a little bit of hot sauce. It tasted pretty good. It had a nicely fried batter on it and the fish was nice and flaky. The tortillas they use are pretty good and overall it was a solid fish taco. 4 stars!
Carne Asada Taco– Eh… just ok. The carne asada was pretty tender, but it didn’t have a smokey, char grilled flavor that I prefer in my carne asada. It wasn’t bad in anyway, just average. The best part about it was the tortillas… double wrapped flour tortillas! I would not get this from here again. 3 stars!
Shrimp Taco– Same style as the Fish Taco… they chop up the shrimp into smaller pieces and stuff the taco full of them! I dressed this one the same as my fish taco (cabbage, onions, some lime and hot sauce.) I liked this one a tad better than the fish. Both were good, but if I had to pick only one between the two, I would take the shrimp! 4.5 stars!
Full Taco– Boom! The Winner! This taco is a combo of both fish and shrimp along with a yellow pepper that was stuffed with cheese. This thing looked awesome! It had all this oozing cheese on top as well as the chopped up pepper. It kind of reminded me of the La Super Rica Especial from La Super Rica up in Santa Barbara (their version is a pasilla chile with cheese and adobada), but with seafood instead. This taco came with 2 tortillas under it, so I made 2 tacos out of it. I didn’t even top this one with anything… just kept it plain, and it was fantastic! The combo of the fried seafood, crunch of the pepper, and the melted cheese made this a fantastic taco. When I come back, I think I will order 2 or 3 of these and call it a day. By far, the best taco of the day! 5 stars!
Overall, I was pretty impressed. Skip the carne asada and stick with the fish and shrimp offerings. The tacos were very good, the service was excellent, and the free drink (Coke products) with check in was a nice bonus! This place is a bit far from my house, so unfortunately, I don’t think I will be coming back often. With that said though, if I have a strong fish taco craving, I know where to come! I’m sure I will be back at some point!

Everything here is good. At the Tempe location I would get the fish and fries combo, but the carne asada fries might have won me over here. Speaking of the fries, they are some of the best in Phoenix. The salsa bar is really where it’s at, lots of options and the sauces (ranch, cilantro, chipotle options) all really stand out.

Battered Fish is very tasty! Fries are delicious. They offer a variety of salsas and toppings. Only thing I will complain about is that I wish I had some chips to eat with my beans and rice.
Other than that I wish we had one of these in Texas!

Husband really liked it and would give it a solid four. I thought it was good and would give it a solid 3+ so I rounded up.
Very small dining area but there is also patio seating.
Very nice people working there.
Simple menu and you can put your own toppings on the tacos.
Toppings were pretty delicious.
What lacked a little was the meat — the shrimp taco and fish taco both came out fried. I guess I read the menu too quickly and didn’t notice … which is fine but the fried food tasted like it has been frying in oil that should’ve been switched out a while ago. If most of your food is fried, I think the oil should be changed out frequently.
With that said though, the fish and the shrimp taco both tasted good and nothing tasted «fishy» so we were good to go.
Finally, they are very generous with their cheese on the cheese quesadilla.
We would definitely come back and try again.

Been here twice in a week and I’m already planning yet another visit tomorrow for their Taco Tuesday special. The fish taco and full taco are spectacular, and the refreshing aguas frescas make the perfect beverage to accompany these delights. The tacos are «plain» when handed to you; from there you dress it up with the freshest toppings and salsas from the toppings bar; my favorite topping combination is their creamy slaw with the pickled red onions and jalapeños. Service is fast and friendly, there’s a cool patio area, and free WIFi is always a good thing.

Awesome fish tacos! I love the salsa/​topping bar. I had 1 fish taco, and a mixed fish and shrimp taco. The oil was a little bitter, but not terrible. The tacos were stuffed, and I was way too full to finish the second one. The beans were way too spicy for my liking, but I’m not a fan of spicy hot foods and definitely wouldn’t order them for my kid. There are a couple kinds of iced tea and a soda fountain. I left full and relaxed. Friendly cashiers and cook. I’ll be back.

Do not, I repeat, DO NOT listen to the three star review below that states, «This place sucks! Wtf is this??»
Well buddy, if you just take a few minutes to understand the whole concept of this restaurant, then you would know what this place is about and it doesn’t suck! They serve the taco with meat plain for a reason! You customize them the way you want with as much or as little jalapeños, onions, salsa, etc you want! It’s great and I love it!
Once you add all the toppings you want, that $ 2.99/taco is a steal — hefty and delicious! They don’t even skimp on the meat. Two tacos and some fries were enough for me and the service was really friendly too!
Order and pay at the counter, pick up, dress your tacos, eat it up then head out the door to go on your merry way — It’s easy, painless and simple!

I was told that I must go here by another amazing Unilocaler and boy was he right, this place is amazing! The tacos come plain and then you pack them with toppings from their fabulous salsa bar that has everything that you could ever want on your taco! The bar consists of a ton of salsas, hot sauces, jalapenos, cabbage, slaw, avocado sauce, homemade ranch, tartar sauce, cucumbers, pickles onions, limes… seriously, you name it, it is there! I ordered their beer battered fish tacos and holy yum, I was in heaven! On Taco Tuesday, it is buy 2 tacos, get 1 free! …Can’t beat that! We may be regulars here very soon!

This place sucks! Wtf is this?! A fish Taco that is solely just fish and a tortilla. This place is pathetic, and they wanted $ 8.99 FOR TWO!!!
I went back in after eating one of the tacos, and the manager was kind enough to refund me for the two I didn’t eat. I bumped up to 3 stars for service.
Tortilla fish should revisit the recipe because the fish, and the presentation of the fish (with obscene large chunks, as a result of no effort in cutting these, that have no choice to fall out or punch through the tortilla), were soggy and flavorless. The tortilla shells were mushy and when I put the salsa on they immediately soaked in the salsa and broke apart at the first bite. I believe that both the fish and tortilla are frozen and packaged because fresh made don’t do that.
I understand that they do have a topping bar, but it doesn’t matter when the toppings can’t fit on the Fish Taco because of the large chunks. The toppings also appear to be canned products based on their taste, and my experience with LA Taco trucks having the same toppings (and nothing is fresh on a Taco truck). I would be shocked if these were prepared fresh.
Because commentors inspired me to elaborate on my experience — In retrospect, I don’t think 3 stars is deserving. I would rate 1, but the service was okay.

I was waiting for the opening of this place! This is their second location and I am happy it is so close to home. This is the first time I’ve tried Tortilla Fish and now I am hooked
Our order included battered fish tacos, a Barbacoa beef taco, shrimp quesadilla, steak quesadilla, rice and beans. Everything comes undressed so you can wild out at the salsa bar. Everything you could ever want on your taco or quesadilla! The fish by itself is melt in your mouth. The shrimp tastes fresh and not like salad shrimps. The Barbacoa is tender and juicy like a pot roast.
Only thing is the tables are tight if the place is busy which it was and I assume it will always be. They do have patio seating so that’s a plus!

Congrats to Francisco on this new location! I’ll update this as soon as I can, but suffice to say these guys understand what makes great Baja-​style Mexican food! If you’re carb-​conscious, be sure to try your fish tacos «naked style» (no tortilla).