Taco Roco

Awful if you like super greasy and oily food then come here but if you like real Mexican food home made and taste good go across from them at califrnia taco taco roco here is absolutely terrible people that work there act like they don’t want to be there and food is not good go across from them to California taco

The food was below average and the staff could care less about their job and I just wish that people who depend on the public and for their business to survive would realize that poor service and poor attitude will cause their shitty establishment to fail.

Very nasty food… ordered some potato tacos once which were very greasy… the filling was uncooked and lacked seasoning. YUCK…

Taco Roco offers good Mexican styled food at a reasonable price. The chili rellenos are excellent here! Chili verde, enchiladas and tacos are great as well. The main reason I’ve given 4 stars instead of 5 is because the food is Americanized and not your traditional fare. But outside of that the food quality and price make up for that.

As a new-​ish local, I’m getting used to the local fare and «spread the wealth» by trying all the restaurants. And usually my trips to Taco Roco are fine, especially on $ 1 taco Tuesdays.
But today I went in, set on getting two flautas — not one, not three, but two. So I say to the gentleman at the counter, «May I please have two flautas.»
There is a flautas item on the menu on the wall so the gentleman at the counter asks, «Two orders?» And I say, «No, thank you. Just two flautas, please.»
He points to the menu on the wall and says that an order of flautas has three flautas. I say, «No, thank you. I just want two.» He points again at the menu and says, it comes with three. I reiterate, thinking that maybe he doesn’t hear me and again say that I only want two. He, one more time, points at the menu and says «Three. It comes with three.» I then tilted my head, like my dog when he hears something strange.
I say «No, thank you» and turn and walk out the door and head right across the parking lot to California Tacos where I get two flautas — no questions, no hassle, just like I wanted.
So, in Solvang, if you want what you want then go to California Tacos. Otherwise, settle and go to Taco Roco.
Me, the way I see it, I’m probably not going in there again for a while…

Tasty and affordable. Especially Taco Tuesdays for $ 1 a taco including crispy tacos. Yes it’s not gourmet. But homey and fast. The beans and rice were delicious. So much more filling than the $$$ meal we ate the day before at The Succulent Café which for 10 $ for a child’s plate was ridiculous. I would have preferred fresh aguas frescas but eh, you can’t have it all. All in all a great choice for dinner.

This is a very small place. Usually the little hole in the wall places are good. Sorry to say this place wasn’t. We drove about too hours to spend the day at the Chumash Casino Resort and for lunch we wanted to eat outside the Casino. So we went to this location. Right from the beginning the lady taking the order no personality, no smile, no hello, most of all no Thank You after we had paid. I’m a fan of Mexican Food this was bad. No taste, I ordered the chicken enchiladas rice and beans combo plate. When my dish came, I could see they used a microwave to heat up the beans. The interior of the beans were very hot and the outside were Luke warm.
I wanted to return all the plates back to them, but I held back, because of all my guests we wanted to enjoy our day off.
I took several pictures from this location including the plates and the presentation of the dishes, however do to my carrier, the reception in the area was not good at all. I would not recommend this location.

I had such an AWESOME, great priced meal here, with super friendly service and yummy food. We had the cheese enchiladas and shrimp tacos. Absolutely delicious and fast service! I’d come back :)

This place has good food, my Husband is from Mexico so when we eat mexican food it had better be pretty authentic, and he likes their food. Their Taco Tuesday is great!!! The place is always packed, and the service is wonderful. The employees are always happy to help you. I did order a beef taco the last time as I was expecting ground beef and it was more like a slice of Tri-​tip in the taco. Their grilled fish taco’s are great as are their Carnitas, Chicken and Carne Asada. They have a salsa that is good and spicy!

My family and I have eaten here quite frequently. It’s okay, but my kids love the combo meals, so we go once every two weeks or so. We usually have friendly service but last week we ordered food to go for two families, and it was a disaster! When we opened the food, we realized they only gave us half our order, so I went back to get the rest. I called ahead to let them know. When I went in, the girls were extremely rude. The one girl said the cook remembers putting the whole order together, and that I was lying! First of all, my husband works in the restaurant business and would never stoop so low as to try and get free food. Second of all, they treated me like a criminal! I couldn’t believe it! I asked for the non existent manager, and got no help! I ended up paying for the tacos I already paid for because it was late, and there were 5 starving kids. I will NEVER step foot in this mediocre place again!!! Take my word for it… they don’t understand the meaning of CUSTOMER SERVICE and if you don’t have that, well your food better kick ass, which sadly it does not!

Finding it via gps was kinda hard as its in a stripmall towards the back on the left side.
Plenty of parking and open late as a local place.
Came to it because this type of food is quick and usually hard to mess up.
I had the 3 crispy tacos with chicken but the chicken reminded me of McD’s chicken nuggets that had no flavor and wasn’t made of? chicken. The tortillas were greasy and over fried. Topped with lettus strips, cheese, bits of tomatoes looked fresh.
My wife got the 2 fish tacos with no flavor and the tortilla which we are convinced made her stomach feel like it had a large air bubble and ache. Alka-​Seltzer to the rescue! The rrefried beans were good and the rice is as same as everywhere.
The horchata came out of the tap like soda?! Not okay.
Maybe across the parking lot the tacos are better at California Tacos as some of the reviewers wrote.
Service was fine. Seating was fine. Just another slight below average place.

The California breakfast burrito has bacon, cheese, pico de gallo and eggs in it. Very fresh and clean tasting. IF you need a breakfast burrito with these ingredients, do drop by and be very nice.

Place was clean
Food was good not great or bad but meh good
Staff was nice

Surprisingly very good! Not the best but I rather enjoyed it! :)

I stopped at this Taco Roco on my way to Lompoc. The two women working at the counter did not make eye contact with me and I proceeded to wait 3 – 5 minutes until someone acknowledged me. (The women were not helping anyone else at the time). The woman who took my order was not pleasant and continued not to make eye contact or smile. I would not recommend this Taco Roco due to the unfriendly encounter I had.

Inconsistent. I’ve had decent food here, but my last visit was terrible. I ordered a burrito and asked for no rice. The girl taking my order said.“no rice??” In a rude way… and rolled her eyes at me when I confirmed I did not want rice. When I received the burrito… part was cold, and other parts hot. It was disgusting. I give two stars because this happened one of three visits… but I will never return when I can just go down the road to Santa Ynez Burrito for a great burrito made with a smile every time…

I go here probably once or twice a month. i always get the same thing. The burrito Roco with chicken. Big burrito covered in sauce with some lettuce, sour cream and guacamole on the side. Hey, 8 bucks it’s a nice lunch. Friendly and clean place. It’s not your gourmet mexican food but pretty good.

Ok so a 2.5 I would have to say… I guess.
So I heard about Taco Tuesday’s here and I did not feel like cooking or going big on dining. I just wanted to have a couple tacos…
Well seeing that it was Taco Tuesday and I am a chef, and a wanna be food critic (beyond Unilocal) I said one of each please. So I got 10 tacos.
I just worked out for 3 hours and was soooo hungry.
I love street car taco’s! So excited…
I felt like a little kid who just found out there was no such thing as Santa Clause. I was heart broken. :(
Carnitas and chorizo were good and the other 8… well… kinda sucked. I am still trying figure out what one of the taco’s meat was? It looked like a hair ball and tasted like recycled paper.
It did not do justice to the beauty of what mexican food could be. It was lacking, but so was the place itself. It was kinda dirty and just… Well I don’t think I care to go back.
Look, if your broke, hungry, and it’s tuesday then feel free to grub. Some of it was edible. Get the carnitas and/​or beef I guess. It was no way as bad and inedible as, say, Cowboy Way
but there are tons of taco places around. Why not try another place.
I am coming to the realization there are very few good food spots in this valley. So glad to be heading back to LA!