Food. Tacos tortillas burritos, they are very good... but when you bring birria, it is the worst than ever... they add 2 caps of onion and cilantro (1 and 1) the burria has a lot of broth and is very crumbly.... the It's really disgusting... just the birria... the rest is very
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
Jose P.
The food tasted great. For $11.50 I was expecting either a bigger size, more of the adobada meat and more cheese.
Aurora Berdecia (Grissy)
Good taste.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
carlos torres
Closing should say 930pm not 10pm.
Adirai Negrete
They say there closed at 10 pm and I got there at 9:20 pm and they told me that they were not open anymore that they were closing.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Kelly L.
So delicious worth the price & the employees are so friendly 10/10 Recommend We got a torta, tacos and quesadilla. The bread was so soft and toasted to perfection
R. K.
Been eating here since it opened. Food is always good and prices are fair. Recommend to anyone who wants authentic street tacos. Adobada is legit! Carne Asada has that flavor you can only find in Mex. Great spot!
Jaz X.
My wife and I made the mistake of walking into the "restaurant," more like a hang-out social club for the employees on a Sunday at approximately 11:00 AM. She and I were the only customers upon arrival, during our unfortunate meal, and upon leaving, approximately 20 minutes later. When we walked in, no one greeted us, and we just stood there waiting for someone to acknowledge us or walk up to the register to take our order. We immediately observed four employees sitting at the back table, eating, gossiping, staring at us, and finally a female approached us and finally someone informed us we needed to place our order with the actual cook behind the plastic glass, who also never acknowledged us, or asked if we needed help. We then ordered a birria burrito and the cook immediately mocked us by repeating the order to his assistant cook with a silly accent (mocking us in a sarcastic way), which I found to be extremely unprofessional. When finally called to pick up our food, we were not offered an additional plate (as we were sharing the pathetic burrito), salsa, limon or even utensils. This place did not feel like a restaurant, it felt like a self-serve buffet without all the great food choices or ease to get what you wanted in real time. Other "Taco Shops" are so good with customer service, food quality and friendliness, that it is difficult to understand why this venue is so unique in all the wrong ways. It was truly a struggle to get to finally sit down and attempt to enjoy our first meal of the day. The birria burrito was a letdown, didn't taste like your typical juicy birria, it was dry, and the mystery meat was cut into tiny cubes. My wife did not finish her half and we decided our breakfast was totally ruined. The whole time we were eating this mystery meat burrito, the same four employees continued to sit at the back table, eat, be loud and just shout back and forth with the cooks to turn up the annoying music being played inside the back room. When getting up to leave, we found ourselves in the same predicament of not being acknowledged or asked if we needed help, no one asking if we needed a to go bag or even if we were ready to pay (keep in mind, we did not pay when ordering, even though they have a register booth as you walk in). We had to walk to the empty register booth, wait, turn around and eventually call out to the same lady who continued to hang-out at the back table with the boys. She finally got the energy to get up, slowly walk over and had the nerve to ask what I had ordered and was attempting to pay for, when she clearly heard me at the beginning, especially because the restaurant was empty the whole time (now we know why!!!). I told her what we ordered, and she smirked as she could tell we were bothered by the lack of service. After paying I still had to ask for a to go bag for a second time since she seemed so distracted the entire time. She then smirked and shouted at the cook to give me a bag, I then walked over to the cooking area and was handed a square piece of aluminum foil to wrap my burrito half with no plastic bag. I wish this rating service had a half or zero-star rating option, as this place is sad to call itself a restaurant or business. This review may be lengthy or even "over-the-top" for some readers, but it is meant to educate, warn and prepare daring eaters, when contemplating donating money to this place. Because that's what we did, it was not a fair money/product trade. We felt taken and will never return. My wife and I laughed after posting this review, after seeing how many other people depicted the exact same scenario upon walking into this sad establishment.
Fernando R.
I'm watching not even warming my not home made tortillas, adobada was over fried on the grill not even from the spicket,(Trompo)and my tostada was way premade tasted stale ,no flavor no salt , I have never complain but I remember these tacos being delicious way before tacos el gordo existed , SORRY HANDS DOWN , and my chile toreados which by the way he only had 4 in little tray burned to a crisp chiles tasted cold and like they've been sitting there for ever ....LIVE AND LEARN
Solid Wisdom
OVERPRICED, LITTLE PORTIONS, BAD SERVICE.. TACOS EL GORDO is way better !
Parking: The parking is small because it is shared between a few more businessesWheelchair accessibility: The have open tables but is big enough to move around
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Taco De Adobada, Taco De Carne Asada, Tacos De Asada, Guacamole, Consome De Birria, Tostadas De Asada
Cecy Lopez
The asada tacos are good, the birria and adobada tacos are greasy and bad. The service is terrible before taking your order...they talk and joke and as soon as it occurs to them they take your order, the place is neglected and very dirty. And the expensive mini tacos at $3.60Very bad experience
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Fernando Rodriguez
Use to visit this place for mecican food tacos now are ok, not what it use to be tacos are smaller now including the birria cup of soupI was bit disappointed, but people still come in ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Street Tacos, Torta De Birria
JASON PHILLIPS
Love this place . You go in and order you food with the cooks. Eat you order and get more if you want. Once you finish you head to the front to let the lady know what you ate and pay .I have now ate here 7 times . Figured I should show them some love with a review. I always get the birria mulitas and tacos .
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
J Z
Went out of my way to try Tacos El Polano as it was highly recommended. Very disappointed by the prices, services and food portions. Tacos are priced at 3.60, Burritos at 12-13. The taste is not up to par with some of the other taco shops around Chula Vista. Second I was served tacos with significantly less meat and toppings than the person who ordered ahead of me. This is easy to notice as they serve your order right in front of you and I saw how much the previous person got and how little I got. The size of the burrito is about a half the size of burritos you can get anywhere else in SD. Second the service is disappointing, the person taking the order got my order wrong right in front of me and refused to acknowledge that I had ordered something else. Second the lack of service and smaller portion sizes are noticeably due to discrimination as I am not of Spanish speaking descent. During the whole interaction I was very cordial and had no intention of raising a scene. I love and would always prefer to support local businesses but if you want tacos I highly recommend going somewhere else. There's plenty of better selections around CV.
Food. Tacos tortillas burritos, they are very good... but when you bring birria, it is the worst than ever... they add 2 caps of onion and cilantro (1 and 1) the burria has a lot of broth and is very crumbly.... the It's really disgusting... just the birria... the rest is very
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
The food tasted great. For $11.50 I was expecting either a bigger size, more of the adobada meat and more cheese.
Good taste.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Closing should say 930pm not 10pm.
They say there closed at 10 pm and I got there at 9:20 pm and they told me that they were not open anymore that they were closing.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
So delicious worth the price & the employees are so friendly 10/10 Recommend We got a torta, tacos and quesadilla. The bread was so soft and toasted to perfection
Been eating here since it opened. Food is always good and prices are fair. Recommend to anyone who wants authentic street tacos. Adobada is legit! Carne Asada has that flavor you can only find in Mex. Great spot!
My wife and I made the mistake of walking into the "restaurant," more like a hang-out social club for the employees on a Sunday at approximately 11:00 AM. She and I were the only customers upon arrival, during our unfortunate meal, and upon leaving, approximately 20 minutes later. When we walked in, no one greeted us, and we just stood there waiting for someone to acknowledge us or walk up to the register to take our order. We immediately observed four employees sitting at the back table, eating, gossiping, staring at us, and finally a female approached us and finally someone informed us we needed to place our order with the actual cook behind the plastic glass, who also never acknowledged us, or asked if we needed help. We then ordered a birria burrito and the cook immediately mocked us by repeating the order to his assistant cook with a silly accent (mocking us in a sarcastic way), which I found to be extremely unprofessional. When finally called to pick up our food, we were not offered an additional plate (as we were sharing the pathetic burrito), salsa, limon or even utensils. This place did not feel like a restaurant, it felt like a self-serve buffet without all the great food choices or ease to get what you wanted in real time. Other "Taco Shops" are so good with customer service, food quality and friendliness, that it is difficult to understand why this venue is so unique in all the wrong ways. It was truly a struggle to get to finally sit down and attempt to enjoy our first meal of the day. The birria burrito was a letdown, didn't taste like your typical juicy birria, it was dry, and the mystery meat was cut into tiny cubes. My wife did not finish her half and we decided our breakfast was totally ruined. The whole time we were eating this mystery meat burrito, the same four employees continued to sit at the back table, eat, be loud and just shout back and forth with the cooks to turn up the annoying music being played inside the back room. When getting up to leave, we found ourselves in the same predicament of not being acknowledged or asked if we needed help, no one asking if we needed a to go bag or even if we were ready to pay (keep in mind, we did not pay when ordering, even though they have a register booth as you walk in). We had to walk to the empty register booth, wait, turn around and eventually call out to the same lady who continued to hang-out at the back table with the boys. She finally got the energy to get up, slowly walk over and had the nerve to ask what I had ordered and was attempting to pay for, when she clearly heard me at the beginning, especially because the restaurant was empty the whole time (now we know why!!!). I told her what we ordered, and she smirked as she could tell we were bothered by the lack of service. After paying I still had to ask for a to go bag for a second time since she seemed so distracted the entire time. She then smirked and shouted at the cook to give me a bag, I then walked over to the cooking area and was handed a square piece of aluminum foil to wrap my burrito half with no plastic bag. I wish this rating service had a half or zero-star rating option, as this place is sad to call itself a restaurant or business. This review may be lengthy or even "over-the-top" for some readers, but it is meant to educate, warn and prepare daring eaters, when contemplating donating money to this place. Because that's what we did, it was not a fair money/product trade. We felt taken and will never return. My wife and I laughed after posting this review, after seeing how many other people depicted the exact same scenario upon walking into this sad establishment.
I'm watching not even warming my not home made tortillas, adobada was over fried on the grill not even from the spicket,(Trompo)and my tostada was way premade tasted stale ,no flavor no salt , I have never complain but I remember these tacos being delicious way before tacos el gordo existed , SORRY HANDS DOWN , and my chile toreados which by the way he only had 4 in little tray burned to a crisp chiles tasted cold and like they've been sitting there for ever ....LIVE AND LEARN
OVERPRICED, LITTLE PORTIONS, BAD SERVICE.. TACOS EL GORDO is way better !
Restaurantji Recommends
Parking: The parking is small because it is shared between a few more businessesWheelchair accessibility: The have open tables but is big enough to move around
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Taco De Adobada, Taco De Carne Asada, Tacos De Asada, Guacamole, Consome De Birria, Tostadas De Asada
The asada tacos are good, the birria and adobada tacos are greasy and bad. The service is terrible before taking your order...they talk and joke and as soon as it occurs to them they take your order, the place is neglected and very dirty. And the expensive mini tacos at $3.60Very bad experience
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Use to visit this place for mecican food tacos now are ok, not what it use to be tacos are smaller now including the birria cup of soupI was bit disappointed, but people still come in ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Street Tacos, Torta De Birria
Love this place . You go in and order you food with the cooks. Eat you order and get more if you want. Once you finish you head to the front to let the lady know what you ate and pay .I have now ate here 7 times . Figured I should show them some love with a review. I always get the birria mulitas and tacos .
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Went out of my way to try Tacos El Polano as it was highly recommended. Very disappointed by the prices, services and food portions. Tacos are priced at 3.60, Burritos at 12-13. The taste is not up to par with some of the other taco shops around Chula Vista. Second I was served tacos with significantly less meat and toppings than the person who ordered ahead of me. This is easy to notice as they serve your order right in front of you and I saw how much the previous person got and how little I got. The size of the burrito is about a half the size of burritos you can get anywhere else in SD. Second the service is disappointing, the person taking the order got my order wrong right in front of me and refused to acknowledge that I had ordered something else. Second the lack of service and smaller portion sizes are noticeably due to discrimination as I am not of Spanish speaking descent. During the whole interaction I was very cordial and had no intention of raising a scene. I love and would always prefer to support local businesses but if you want tacos I highly recommend going somewhere else. There's plenty of better selections around CV.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1