Oscar’s Taco Shop

1260 US Hwy 72 E STE A, Athens
(256) 262-9030

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Mary Gibson

Highly recommend! Everyone who works there is nice and patient! Food is always delicious!

Vicki Gaines Miller

Food is delicious and very friendly staff.

Joshua Ritchey

Friendly Staff, Quality food. I had the beef taco combo and it was perfect.

Liv Birdy

Ordered the 5 rolled tacos online. There's a fee for online orders. The meat was dry but the toppings & portion size made it satisfactory enough. Plus it was $8; That's roughly the most I'd spend on this place however.

Cynthia Clark

OMG!! ???I've been waiting for Oscar's to open for more than 5 months. ? ? Oscar's today was a great experience. Presentation. Salsas. Condiments.
My husband loves his street tacos...I mean the cilantro, onions lime and the steak meat you could ? see it!!!
I recommend Oscar's for their Mexican authentic flavor.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: California Burrito, Street Tacos Carne Asada

Decemate385

Fantastic food, always hot and fresh and never disappointed in quality or flavor

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Rolled Tacos, Carne Asada Pastor Tacos, Street Tacos Carne Asada

Anthony Lee Gosnell

The food tastes amazing ? I have had my share of bland Mexican food from the many places to eat in HSV and Athens. This food is top-notch, tangy, spicy, and fresh. I will be returning ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Rolled Tacos

underground 602

I gave this place a try based on recommendations from people. Had a burrito and burrito bowl carna asada. The meat was okay not the best and wasn’t seasoned well enough. The salsa bar sauces were bland and a bit watered down. I was hoping to find something similar to places I loved in AZ, CA and Utah and this didn’t meet that need. Maybe the breakfast is better idk. Overall if they seasoned everything it would be amazing.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Darryl Staff

Food was much more than I expected. The portion sizes are great and the flavors are on point. I would recommend this Mexican eatery for anybody that loves Mexican food.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Burrito, Chips and Queso, Fajitas, Cheese Dip, California Burrito, Guava Jarritos, Chicken Quesadillas

Bailey

I've been around Athens recently and as such I've been trying out a few of the local restaurants. Oscar's wound up being my choice for the day a few weeks ago. I thought the menu looked good before going, but sadly, I didn't have a positive experience with the food.

This restaurant is pretty new and is located in a small strip mall. I understand it to be a small chain, with most locations in Tennessee. It was a little hard to get to the parking lot (had to go behind the Starbucks) but there was decent parking. They have advertised specials like deals during lunch, on certain days of the week, etc.

Upon entering, you're funneled into a line up to the counter where you may place your order. The inside is slightly modern and looked very clean, including the women's restroom. The woman taking orders was pleasant albeit a little direct (mind you, though, I'm quite sensitive lmao).

Their menu is pretty big but I eventually wound up with a burrito bowl as that's one of my go-tos. You can choose your protein (chicken for me) and it comes with rice, beans, lettuce, pico, guacamole, sour cream, and shredded cheese. I asked for no guac and they obliged. I also ordered a medium drink and a personal sized cup of queso with chips. They have a small salsa bar where you can get your own salsa and try many flavors. I don't remember the exact total price of my meal, but I do remember being aghast at it -- pretty expensive for what I got, or so I felt.

I remember liking the salsa I got from the salsa bar and the queso, while unremarkable, was still enjoyable. The chips were fine.

But that burrito bowl...blech. It had the strangest taste permeating the entire dish, an extremely unpleasant medicinal/chemical flavor. The chicken was gray and unappetizing. The rice was a little undercooked, though that was pretty much the only thing I ate because it was the least affected item from the nasty taste. And there was so much lettuce I was a bit confused thinking I'd maybe received a taco salad by mistake. I wanted a little lettuce, but this was piles and piles of it, cold and soggy next to steaming hot food. I ate a few bites of rice, one piece of chicken, and a bite of beans and decided I could do no more. One of the worst entrees I've had in a long time, sadly.

2 stars for a clean restaurant, pleasant staff, and serviceable chips and dip. -3 stars for the taste of my entree and price.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 3

Caleb Hester

Shrimp taco do in fact go crazy!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Roger McElyea

Breakfast is awesome

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Brian Lopez

Good food. I have a few more items to try.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Priscilla Chairez

2nd time we try to order from this place. Driver is on their way when they get there they cancel. Not only do they take about 40 min to "make" it, they cancel.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1

Louis Williams

Love the menu

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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