Mr. Taco

Honestly, the food here is great, it’s the customer service they really need to work on. Oh and their horchata! I had two shredded beef tacos and they were delicious and authentic. But I didn’t really appreciate the attitude that the cashier gave me. While taking my order she thought speaking over the customer in front of me was a good idea, as well as yelling at me once I could get to the counter to order. Lastly, the horchata tasted like chalk. If you’re going to give me liquid chalk, don’t make me pay $ 1.99. I can get chalk at the 99¢ store. I suggest actually making the horchata. I’d return here for the food, but definitely not the service.

Worse place I’ve ever been to. Had the grilled chicken salad and didn’t even get the good salad, Roman, got iceberg lettuce, that has no nutrition. Three slithers of chicken that were fried not grilled as stated. Super thin slices with few tiny dices of tomatoes, horrible salad dressing as thick as sour cream and salty. The best part on that salad was the avocado. For 7.99, it could of been better. The salsa they gave was watery and tasteless, and they said it was the hot version. Do not recommend, gave one star, because that was the only option, it deserves zero stars.

Love this place. But recently it has disappointed me. Today I ordered some fruit to-​go. Opened it up in my car and did not have it open for long to realize there was a bug. I was disgusted because I almost ate it! They should pay attention to detail and take caution on keeping their fruit unexposed and fresh. This place has good food, just the cleanliness could be questionable! And they should devein their shrimp.

The service was bad. They have rude workers. The burrito I order was not good. I had the all meat burrito, carne asada, the meat was chewy and had no flavor, and to top it off, too much salt. The burrito had more fat then meat. I would not recommend this place at all. Only reason they are still in business, is do to there location, right in front of the riverside court house.

I ordered a beef burrito and it was not good. The service was also not the good. The cashier lady has an attitude. I will not be coming back. It’s just convenient if your at the courthouse but that’s about it.

²⁄₂ times the cashier lady doesn’t seem to have customer service skills, there has to be a nicer person working here right? It’s mostly her tone of voice but coupled with her complete inability to smile and rushing people when you’re not even busy comes off as rude. Food was pretty good, I’ve now had the carne asada plate and the taquito lunch special as well as jamaica and pineapple juice, so I would say 4 stars but they take a long time too and that’s kind of bad because they’re right in front of the courthouse and a lot of us who work downtown on our lunchbreak it takes a good portion of your break to get food. We’re all standing around the pickup window that’s right next to the bathroom with dirty doors.

Best Mexican food ever, great prices, nice staff, and the best tasting authentic Mexican food ever

Just got lunch there. Wasn’t gross but that is all the good I can say. Fish tacos and the fish was overcooked and almost nonexistent. Barely any rice or beans. Out $ 8. Lesson learned.

The cashier was super rude!!! I watched her yell at a man because he asked for a sausage burrito. She yells we don’t have sausage. Then yells at him the meats that offered. He asks for beef and asks if he can get it w egg. She then yells we don’t have eggs. Then she tells the man go look at the menu and come back when you’re ready. I’m sitting here looking at the menu, they do offer breakfast burritos but stop serving at 11. Why couldn’t she just tell the man that the breakfast menu was over!!!
Then as its my turn she continues to shout at me takes my order. No hi how are you, no thank you. I got the all meat burrito w lengua. They don’t pick out the fat and bite after bite the fat kept on coming out. I was supper grossed out. Will not be returning ever. Coming from working in the food industry, I know she should not be yelling at customers.

Good food. Decent prices considering the location. Indoor seating would give 5 stars. Summer out here is no joke

Delicious burrito was had today … Had the right amount of each ingredient inside the tasty tortilla also the beer choices are great and perfectly complemented any food dish that we chose. And perfectly brought out the flavor.

Ok not sure what happen yesterday with my food but I ordered a shredded beef burrito with everything and Ive lost 4lb in 18 hours and my husband has also lost 3 lbs in 18 hours and we only shared the burrito. I will say tha in the past I have enjoyed a few breakfast burritos from here and I was so looking forward to a lunch item, but unfortunately we will not be able to leave the house due to food poison.
Update I called them just now to give them heads up on what happen with me and they didnt give a shit… She said we keep all of our items at the right temp not sorry not omg nothing like that.
I also called the Dept of Heath so get yo shit together cause they are coming.

I was let out early from jury duty and I was staving! Decided to give this place a try. the lady at the front was rude as hell. I ordered the shrimp fajita plate there was no flavor whatsoever. I only got 5 pieces of shrimp that were cold and flavorless. After eating two bites of my poorly prepared food I realized that I had two pieces of hair on my plate. Everything is overpriced and they take advantage because it’s across the street from the court house! I highly do not recommend this place!

I’ve been to Mr. Taco a few times before court appearances, so I’ve only had their breakfast burritos (which are awesome, by the way.). Today, I’m here for jury duty, so I was excited to try Mr. Taco for lunch.
This is definitely a hole in the wall Mexican joint. There is no indoor seating, so you have to sit at concrete tables with umbrellas or take your food para llevar. Today is a particularly hot day, but I sat in the jury room ALL morning. Table in the shade it is…
I ordered an all meat carne asada burrito… meat, onion, cilantro, and a side of salsa. What more do you need? The burrito was made quickly and came out piping hot. The carne is tender and juicy, but not enough to make a huge mess. The salsa is actually pretty spicy, but won’t make you sweat (leave that to sitting outside). I never put the burrito down until (sadly) it was gone…
Mr. Taco is very good, and I will definitely be back when I am in the area. However, it’s nothing really to go out of your way for. On my scale of zero to King Taco (5), I give Mr. Taco a good solid 3. Enjoy!

I’ve eaten a veggie burrito at nearly every single Mexican place in the area, and I can say that without a doubt that this place is the best. Their veggie burrito is as close to perfect as you could reasonably hope for. It was a little mushy which usually bugs the shit out of me, but just order it with less beans and extra lettuce/​rice/​etc. Good hole-​in-​the-​wall atmosphere. The girls working at the order and pick up windows were kind of cunty, but I didn’t care. Lastly, its pretty damn cheap.
If you find a place that has a better veggie burrito than Mr. Taco, please send me a message and I’ll check it out. For now, my search to find a good burrito in the IE has ended and I will be eating at Mr. Taco several times a week and every once in a while, I’ll eat there twice in one day.

4 stars because one of these smoothies on a hot day is EVERYTHING. Pretty sure they’re just fruit and ice blended but they’re very refreshing. The food is good too from what I’ve tried (veggie burrito).

I love coming here. They place has gotten really busy. The food is really good but not consistent on some. I had steak and scrambled eggs. It was good but I don’t know why my scramble eggs was chopped in little tiny squares. What am I 5 yrs old?

Mr Taco is alright: decent quality and flavor. Are there better taco joints out there? Sure there are. If you are down by the courthouse, give Mr Taco a try. You might like it. I did, Mr Taco is alright.

Really Adam, lunch at 10:45AM? So Adam B bailed for a brunch date with his homeboy from accounting and those suckers discovered a wicked good Thai joint in Mo Val of all places. Meanwhile, I landed at this place in downtown Riverside with the millwork posse and my homey VSap later that afternoon (actual lunch hours for normal people).
Need a bail bond or legal services, try this place (salesmen are hovering nearby). Looking for great Mexican food, try another spot. Honestly the food was very average. Had a carne asada burrito and a small soda for like $ 8 and while it wasn’t bad, I’ve had much better, especially in this price range. Hot sauce was the highlight as far as the food goes… great flavor and really hot. I agree with other reviewers that this place cashes in on jurors and downtown employees by overcharging for food that really isn’t anything special. When Mexican food joints are everywhere around here, you need to do something special to stand out and this place doesn’t succeed at that.
Another note, seating is all outdoors and only some of it is shaded so beware in the summer (all year here in Riverside). Our posse shared a table with a guy we didn’t know who ended up being really cool. Best part of lunch was kickin’ it oldschool with him and the millwork crew.
Adam B’s review of this joint would be much funnier, but you’re stuck with mine due to the fact that I will be steering him away from trying this place because we can do much better.

First off, this place takes advantage of the fact that it’s super close to the court to overprice for their bad food. So if you’re stuck with jury duty, I recommend just packing a lunch. I sure wish I had.
This place is small and cramped, not much seating.
Ordered a chicken quesadilla, I know I said chicken clearly because I said it twice. $ 4.99…they need to get a del taco over here, I know they are cheaper and taste much better. Also got a piña colada smoothie which was OK. That was 2.75, not bad.
Waited forever and when I got my food it was just plain cheese quesadillas… not what I ordered and definitely NOT worth 4.99. Unfortunately I was low on time so I had to suffer :/​
The quesadillas were so greasy and bland and slightly burnt I didn’t even finish them. The little glob of sour cream they gave me wasn’t enough to save them.
Won’t be back.