Tippy’s Taco House

I’m not sure if I can put into words the awesomeness of Tippy’s Taco. I will forewarn you that my family has been going here since I was a wee tot. We would go here specifically for cheerful occasions like excellent report cards and such, so perhaps I have been conditioned to associate the taste of Tippy’s with good vibes… But here’s the thing — I can compare Tippy’s with other local Tex-​Mex restaurants, and none of them are as authentic and distinctly flavorful as this taco house I love so dearly.
I think what really makes Tippy’s amazing are the sauces. The queso, oh the queso! It is out of this world, and demands to be placed on every single thing you order to eat. Now, the guac is just right — not too much avocado and not too creamy. It is how all guac should be. If you aren’t yet ready to ride down to the closest Tippy’s, wait — there is more. The red sauces Tippy’s gives for free are spicy but not too spicy where you burn your tongue and are screaming spicy. This sauce also demands to be drizzled over every single thing you order. Also, if you order guac or cheese, they each come with delicious tortilla chips.
I have ordered the enchiladas, tacos, and rice and beans. The enchiladas come with rice and beans and you can choose between tomatillo sauce and another sauce. The tacos are served in a little basket. You can also choose to fill your tacos and enchiladas with cheese, chicken, or ground beef. I recommend everything.

i love tacos and this place has delicious tacos! there is another store in VA that i went to so when i heard there was one in the area i was excited. it’s a lot cleaner at this location and the furniture is moderate but comfy! i love their guacamole it tastes so fresh!

Came in a little hesitant considering the mixed reviews. Ordered the California burrito wet and four beef tacos. The tacos were decent. Nothing really seemed to stand out about them. The burrito was pretty subpar. My boyfriend and I were both surprised about how quickly the food came out. Within 4 or 5 minutes of ordering.
*the taco sauce was tasty and added flavor to the overall bland tacos.

Daily Specials from 11am to 5pm for $ 5. Today, Tuesday, was the quesadilla… I got here at 5:05pm. :(
Silly Lady. She did not know that I was starving and had not eaten all day and only stopped in because I had been craving crunchy tacos all day long! She could have sold me tacos and the quesadilla… but I digress.
You can order 3 tacos for $ 5.50 or for $ 7.00 get 4. Of course, I ordered 4 with ground beef.
Nothing outstanding. Yummy beef, cheese, lettuce and tomatoes. The taco shell was ½ filled with beef which was a good sign. It was not greasy which made it a little dry (am I seriously complaining because grease was not dripping down my arm???) but when you added the homemade taco sauce… YUM! There were 2 sauces on the table… a red one and a salsa verde. For a spice wimp like me, there was just a little kick in both even though you could see the seeds (isn’t that what makes your eyes water?) in the green one. I used them both together and the dry beef problem was gone!
I haven’t tried anything else but when I’m craving a crunchy taco, I think this is a pretty cheap place to go… before 5pm. (Monday and Thursday — 4 tacos for $ 5)

Ironically, the only thing that tasted good was the free chips and salsa you get with your order. They were actually pretty far above-​average on the deliciousness scale.
I ordered chicken fajitas ($ 9.50) and my husband ordered a taco salad.
The first thing I didn’t like was that the burritos came in «wet» and «dry», as in, unless you spend an extra $ 3 (making your total $ 11) you won’t get any sauce, salsa, sour cream or anything on your burrito.
My chicken fajita was very disappointing. The chicken was brittle, I couldn’t tell how on earth it had been cooked (baked, grilled, etc.?), it came in these weird asymmetrical strips like it was previously frozen, and for the price it definitely should not have been cooked from frozen!
The onion/​pepper mix was limp, the re-​fried beans had congealed a bit, the brown rice was dry and the tomato/​lettuce mixture was utterly tasteless, the ‘soft’ tortillas were hard and inflexible, and I found the guacamole to be too salty. To make matters worse, I had to buy the sour cream to put on my fajita for an extra $ 1.00!
Somehow, even the extra sauces laid out on the table were pretty awful. I don’t know how anyone could give this place five stars.
My husband also thought the taco salad was terrible and very dry and tasteless. Our total came up to $ 17.50, not including tip.
On the upside, the waitress was very sweet, and the chips and tomatillo salsa was great… but…
For this price and (lack of) quality, JUST GO TO CHIPOTLE, or even taco bell!

Nice little place playing country music?
The taco I had was flavorless. And not seasoned well
The enchilada was warm on the outside and cold on the inside. Is that even possible!!!
The rice were undercooked and the beans cold.

Some of the worst tasting mexican food ive ever had. Wow. No wonder it was empty! Never going back and would never recommend this place. Taking up space of a better restaurant that can be placed there.
Bland, no flavor.
Ended up chucking my dinner.

I ordered three chicken tacos. The chicken was somewhat dry iMO and the tacos were pretty standard. Nothing extraordinary but pretty cheap. I still prefer the gas station tacos near the rio.

She said…“I got the soft chicken tacos. Pretty yummy and tasted fresh. The guac and chips were good too… wish the guac was bigger tho. I want to come back and try the nachos.”
He said…”

Friendly staff, good deals on tacos (the 4 for $ 5? Yes please.) What more could you want? Oh, other types of Tex-​Mex. Done and done.
I walked in here with my sister, who was jonesing for tacos. We picked up a bag, along with some chips & salsa. I wasn’t a fan of the chips — I’m a BBQ Fritos girl, don’t hate — but the salsa and the hot sauce? Delicious. Really. Yum.
The tacos themselves were very tasty too. You can get ‘em hardshell or soft, but we chose the crunch. A little bit of lettuce, a little bit of tomato, and then there’s the cheese. They don’t cheap out on the cheese on these puppies. Mmmmm.
I think I prefer the shredded beef to the ground beef, but then again I think I may need to go back and double-​check…

Chicken Tacos $ 7 (⁵⁄₅ NOMs)
Bring out your hardshell!!! Its just good to enjoy nice and simple hard crunchified tacos. I really like the chicken and so far its one of my favorite meat chices. They are not very big tacos, so make sure to get plenty! Make sure to ask what is today’s special. There is now a different nomnom special every day like 4 tacos for $ 5. Make sure to stop by and check it out.
Beef Tacos $ 7 (⁴⁄₅ NOMs)
Bring out your hardshell!!! Its just good to enjoy nice and simple hard crunchified tacos. They are not very big tacos, so make sure to get plenty! Make sure to ask what is today’s special. There is now a different nomnom special every day like 4 tacos for $ 5. Make sure to stop by and check it out

Today was my first time there. I got done with a meeting at Montgomery College and took the bus towards Rockville station. But I was hungry, and I’d walked past this place a bunch of times while meandering around the Rockville Town Square. So I went in.
It was… OK. Admittedly, I wasn’t familiar with the menu at all. I ended up ordering this combo with two tacos, rice, beans and a drink for $ 7.75 at the suggestion of the guy working the register. Everything tasted fine, but nothing really impressed me. The beans and rice were kind of standard for what you might expect at a Mexican joint.
The tacos were pretty good, though. They were definitely the most memorable part of the meal. The shredded chicken gave them an authentic Mexican feel (sorry, Chipotle), and I found that the sauce at the tables ups the flavor a few notches. It was good stuff, but I ended up still feeling a little bit hungry when I walked out the door. I’d be up for going there again, but I’ll get something else next time.
Oh, and the cool part: they take Rockville Rewards cards. Snazzy.

Honestly, the tacos don’t look like much. In fact, they look straight off the El Paso taco shell commercials. But you know what, sometimes you want homey «Americanized» tacos instead of the fancy «authentic» tacos that are popping up these days. But I digress.
Even though the ground beef tacos are four for $ 5 during weekday lunch hours, I decided to try to the the tilapia tacos, which were three for $ 8. They were served in crispy corn shells, with shredded lettuce, tomato, and a sauce with a teeny hint of spice. Different, but tasty. I have to say the tilapia was perfectly cooked– tender and flaky. A lot of taco places tend to just fry and overcook their fish.
Tippy’s earns a fourth star for selling Mexican Coke. I’ll def be back to try other menu items!

** I was recently contacted by the new manager* who had just messaged me and told me that they are under new management, new menu and new staff and asked me to take down my review or to change it. Just like that. He didnt offer me to visit his restaurant. I could care less if the meal was on the house or if I had to pay. I would not mind paying.
Original Review:
Unilocal should make it so u can put 0 stars who cares about feelings hurt.
the only time i will say that i will get a better tasting taco at taco bell or from the mva trucks…
u go in and i get flashbacks of hollister… cuz its dark in the restaurant…
i ordered 3 tacos… with no cheese… what do i get… cheese… smh.
they apologized and fixed the problem… then, i bite into my taco and its some weird tasting beef… doesnt taste fresh… the taco shells taste like it came from an old el paso box… yuck… nothing exciting… so dared to try there so called hot sauce… i tasted it and wth is that??? some cheap tomato paste diluted with water and blk pepper doesnt cut it.
so i get the option to choose chips and cheese dip or guac… and from what i read on Unilocal i passed on guac… when i should have just passed on the restaurant and gone to giuesspis pizza.
the chips were like your cheap grocers brand of chips…
the queso dip– tasted like some sysco brand cheese sauce… yuck, honestly, taco bell is soooooo much better… it really is… try it for your self… any mexican joint that cant whip up a good salsa dip from scratch is not worth my while.

Tradition or not, M-​Th. 4 tacos for $ 5. Yea, you can’t beat that.
My fav. taco place in the DMV as of this review is TaKorean. Yea, they are more expensive, but the flavor is incredible!
Tippy’s also had a lot of flavor on their chicken and beef tacos (especially after adding their sause they have in the plastic containers). They also had NO WAIT at all (which is a rarity for TaKorean unless you hit the truck on the weekday. And the special makes it ridiculously affordable to the point you can’t pass it up.
Would I got back? Absolutely!

My boyfriend and I decided to try this place out last Friday. We went around 4, it was not that busy. In fact, there was only one other customer there finishing up their meal when we came in. After placing our order, we sat down at an empty table. Every table had some sort of food dropping on it. tomato squares, lettuce, and/​or cheese… =/
The chips and salsa that we ordered came out in no time. Just your normal chips and salsa. (Nothing compares to Rio Grande’s chips and salsa!) It took quite a bit of time for our tacos to come out… They were delicious though! We probably will come back. Hopefully, with better service next time!

**Update: I was contacted by the owner saying that TTH is now under new management and they have different cooks now. They also said the margarita that I tried its not been served anymore. I have not been back still.**
Original Review:
If I had a choice between Tippy’s Tacos or Taco Bell– I would choose Taco Bell… every single time.
Worst guacamole I have ever eaten. Imagine someone took an avocado and smashed it up– stuck some onions in it– didn’t season it at all. That’s pretty much what it tasted like.
Paired with chips that tasted stale and strangely nutty
Wash it down with margarita that is so incredibly sweet and has little to no alcohol in it.
Not to mention the fact that they got nearly every aspect of the order wrong.
Let’s put it this way– they gave us a coupon for a free taco due to the number of errors they made– and I left it on the table.
I shoulda given it to a homeless person.

The prices are very cheap as my enchilada combo cost only $ 7.
However, the taste of the food is definitely lacking. I daresay Taco Bell has better tasting refried beans and rice. Their nachos only come with one topping which is kind of dissapointing.
The décor of this place is pretty decent and when I went, it was pretty quiet. This is definitely a place one could come to relax and chill.
In addition, they bring the food to your table which I consider good service.
I would say this is a place I would go back to if I felt a craving for cheap Tex-​Mex food but if I want a little better quality, I would head elsewhere.

BP and I went for a quick lunch yesterday. I’ve been to other locations years ago (Springfield and Centreville… I think), but this location was great! Very clean and the servers were kind, patient, and attentive.
The restaurant had cute booths and even bar-​type seating by the windows. Although they serve the majority of food in disposable material (foil tin pans), they ask that consumers not throw away the plastic baskets. I made sure not to through away mine :)
I ordered the special: Monday and Tuesday– $ 5 for four tacos (soft and or hard shells and beef and/​or shredded chicken) and unlimited refills on a fountain drink. Such a steal!
I chose to mix and match: One Chicken in soft and other in hard shell and same combination for beef. They both were really flavorful and not dry as a previous Unilocaler found them to be. I also added the Red sauce to my tacos along with some lemon juice from the lemon wedges from the drink station
The tacos were all dressed up in lettuce, shredded cheese, and tomatoes. I was really full by the end of the meal :)
The cashier recommended the chicken fajita for BP and it was really amazing, as well. It came with four flour tortillas, over 16 pieces of tantalizing pan fried chicken strips, guac, sour cream, green peppers and onions, tomatoes and Mexican rice.
We also tried the bottled Coke. It was from Mexico and made with cane sugar. It tasted different, but really refreshing. Bottled drinks are not included in the unlimited refills, though, which is understandable.
Enjoy!

Tippy’s mascot is a burro, a mule, and you almost feel like one after coming here. Walking up… my first thought was, ‘it better be on a corn tortilla’. I know that I should have asked, but I didn’t and that as my first mistake.
I have to admit that it’s a good deal. Three tacos and a fountain soda for $ 5. So, I got the beef and chicken. I also got a chips and guacamole and finish it off the frozen margarita… and that became my second mistake.
The beef and chicken was served in a flour tortilla with the edges cut off to make it smaller. Really? You couldn’t splurge and make your own tortillas? It had lettuce, tomatoes, and cheddar cheese. Very standard really. The meat was bland, but it was not greasy… but, still bland. Eating the seasoned beef made me question… is there seasoning on this?
The frozen margarita was almost neon green and far too sweet and made me question… is there alcohol in this? Hence, my third mistake.
The hot sauce… well, it made me question… is there heat in this?
The only saving grace was the guacamole was very well peppered and had a nice little kick to it. Then, I realized the answer to all my questions… all the flavor is in the guac.
Ay Caramba!
Service was quick and friendly enough, but if that’s all then… I have one question for you.
Is this the kind of place that you want to go to for basically mediocre tacos?
Don’t let this be your mistake.