BOCA by Chef Maria Mazon

533 N 4th Ave, Tucson
(520) 777-8134

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MM

Delicious Dip Duo and tacos … glad that we heard Guy Fieri suggest this establishment and Chef on TV… excellent food!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ysa G.

Always amazing! I've eaten here probably 30+ times in the past 2 years. Try the salsa flight. Fresh, delicious tacos. Very affordable.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Salsa Sampler

Sean King

Great place to eat. Tacos are amazing and great value. Friendly service. I recommend the Mar y Tierra tacos and the boca balls.

Edit: I’ve returned here dozens of times. Each time I have an excellent experience. The Dan Gibson tacos is one of the best tacos I’ve ever had. The barbacoa beef is cooked perfectly, so rich with flavor. Also, if you love Sonoran dogs like I do, the taco dog is a must. 6/5 stars if I could.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Christian Capozzoli

Homemade chips and salsa trio is amazing. The macho and mole de pollo tacos were outstanding.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

TrueCapitalist

Wellllllll, lemme tell ya... This was our first time going to this restaurant. We arrived at 12:15 p.m. on a Saturday - 15 minutes after opening - and waited in line for 10-15 minutes before we were sat. We chose to sit at the bar to expedite matters and avoid sitting outside as it was a bit chilly. There were only two other people sitting at the bar and it remained that way throughout our entire ordeal until one guy split. The bartender took our order but then basically ignored us the rest of the time. I had to ask another server for a refill of our iced tea (you only get ONE complimentary refill; it says so on the menu) after not-so-discreetly inching the empty glass closer and closer to the inside edge of the counter hoping to get someone's attention. Yet another server brought us our mediocre tacos which were diminutive, to put it politely. No one asked us how we were doing, if we were enjoying our food, if they could bring us anything else or did/said anything that would normally happen at most any other restaurant that cares about its patrons. After we were finished we waited (and waited) for the bartender, happily chatting away with the (now) one other patron at the bar, to bring us our check. After 15-20 minutes not so much as receiving a glance in our direction, I finally had to walk down the bar to where he was and interrupt his conversation to hand him my card. On a more positive note, the salsa flight was yummy as were the Boca Balls. The guy who seated us and refilled our iced tea was pleasant. Everything else was below average. We won't be returning.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Boca Balls, Chips and Salsa Flight

Mateo Pomilia

overpriced. tacos are okay, nothing special

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

MJS DR

Disappointed. 40 minute wait time but waited over an hour. the chips were overly seasoned with salt. Beef and shrimp tacos were bland. Nothing special. Corn and flour tortillas were stale. Steak was hard. Beer battered shrimp was meh. Nothing special. The kitchen was understaffed which I believe affected the art and science of cooking. I don't know about you but music plays a big role in mood and vibes. I don't know why they chose the playlist they had playing that night. The place was dark and dusty. 🤷

On a lighter note, the salsas were tasty, and the customer service was ok. Our nice waitress replaced our overly salty chips to unsalted ones which tasted so much better. If anything, the chips were yummy. But I doubt I'll be coming back to this place for their tacos.

Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa Flight

Colson Lee

We waited over an hour, and when we checked in to see how much longer it would be, they said they just forgot to call us. The margarita did not have alcohol in it at all, and the tacos were literally flavorless. The only flavorful thing we had the entire time was the insanely salty chips that came with the salsa flight and all of the taco fillings were overcooked and flavorless.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

Daniel P.

Great food. Good service. The waitress on our last visit was probably a little high. But harmless. I'm told by several people that Maria is an angry owner. Saw her, and she didn't look happy. But the food is really good. Well worth the visit.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

sammy

We arrived around 2:30 pm
. Hostess said 20-30 minute wait - yet there were about 6 empty tables in the restaurant
unfriendly
very bad service
food is not that good
first and last time

Alan B

Great flavors. Fresh. Would recommend.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Tina C

The chips with salsa were like crack. It was so good we kept munching. I realy enjoyed all my battered seafood tacos too. Good, solid spot.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Richard Kenney

Great food and atmosphere, but they charge for chips and salsa.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Macho

Michael Charlap

The chef asked how our food was. ''OK except for the diced sweet potatoes in the tostada'', they were undercooked. She tasted one, ''it's al-denté''. Al-denté sweet potato? I'll have to ask if that's a thing next time I'm in Italy. She had attitude! It shows in the food.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 1

David Vallas

So went there for the first time. Food was very good but service was less than stellar. Thought maybe they had some issue with us but looking at the other reviews it appears thier service is thier main issue for this restaurant. It wasn't very busy when we got there so it wasn't that.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 3

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