Backyard Taco - Mesa East

Great food and great service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Chipotle NEVER getting my money again now! These burrito bowls are HUGE!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Very disappointed with the steak quesidilla, its good and tasty, but for 8 dollars they could have used the big tortilla.. its a regular tortilla folded in half.. it was good though. The crazy tater was very good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nothing to get excited about I've gone a few times and it just doesn't do anything for me. The tables were dirty as was the floor and nobody seemed to be interested in cleaning up until we started cleaning our own table and then someone finally came out and got busy. I won't be going back that's for sure.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 2

would give 0 stars if possible. first and last time ill order from this place. i never write reviews but i had to on this one. got an al pator burrito and the family chicken taco pack. burrito was literally ice cold and tasted like it was a day old, and the chicken was hot but just had a strange taste i cant even explain it. veggies also had a strange taste, idk what they are doing in there but man they need to figure it out. i would have rather eaten top ramen and saved myself the $50. if you like this place, get yourself checked.

Food: 1

My first time eating here and will not go back. I ordered the quesadilla plate which consisted of a chicken quesadilla, refried beans and yellow rice. Here are my reasons why I won’t return:
1. The portions of the beans and rice were approximately 2 tablespoons each.
2. The rice was very bland and dried out.
3. The chicken in my quesadilla was overcooked and dry.
4. The price was too high for what I got and the quality of the food as well.
5. Food was served on styrofoam plates. Who does that??

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

Great food and excellent service! Very authentic tasting food with a good range of salsa. Highly recommend this place!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Friendly service and great tacos.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Hello, I ordered steak quesadilla plate. What I received was a carne asada quesadilla... Not a plate. When I questioned the cashier she told me that steak and carne asada ARE THE SAME THING! Pretty sure I know the difference. However, they were going to charge me for their mistake of me not receiving the rice and beans. I asked for the manager, they only spoke in Spanish and I could NOT understand what they were saying. In customer service one must read their clients and not exclude them in the discussion. I said never mind, didn't want you to spit in my food. Not sure I'll be back.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 1

Very good I would go again

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Taco Plate

Backyard Taco is one of my faves, but was a little disappointed with the Signal Butte one today. There were very few customers but the place was a sloppy mess. The condiments bar had lots of spills on the surfaces where one would set their plate to dish up. Most tables were available and all the available tables were dirty. I could overlook it if the place was slammed, but it was not. They had a few people come and go, while we waited for the food, ate and then had some ice cream, but not once did a table get wiped while we were there. I like this restaurant a lot,so hoping someone with oversight of this store sees this and makes some tweaks. What we can see is probably better than what we don’t…

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 5

Service: 5

I love having their Street Tacos on Tuesday nights after a workout! If you haven’t tried them, this is a must have!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This is by far some dang good food and excellent service!! Go get ya some!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food is always good when I go. For some reason the Mesa locations are better than the Gilbert one.

Food: 5

Very Disappointed – Wrong Order and Poor Service
I ordered 8x steak tacos and a chocolate milkshake, but instead I got birria tacos and what was clearly a vanilla milkshake. I tried to return it, but the staff insisted it was chocolate — which is honestly insulting. It didn’t taste anything like chocolate at all.

The tacos were greasy, not what I ordered, and completely unappetizing. I was so frustrated I ended up just throwing all of it away. What a waste of time and money. Absolutely zero accountability from the staff.

Never coming back. If they can’t even get a simple order right and won’t admit their mistake, I wouldn’t trust them with anything else.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1