Excellent food and wonderful service. The owner always greets you with a smile. I always get the carnitas burrito, but today I got a chile relleno. Also excellent. Get in here and get you some!
Jenny Phillips
Loved the food & I looooooooved they supplied pads & tampons in the bathroom for women in need!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Al Pastor
Megan Stanley
Genuinely baffled that this place rates as high as it does given how mediocre it is in an area with a ton of spectacular Mexican food.
I order a wet carne asada burrito. What I got was something with maybe a dusting of green salsa (and it's $1.50 extra for this. If it was just a free option I wouldn't complain). The tortilla was dry, tough, and chewy in some parts and damp and fragile in others. The rice tasted watery. The carne asada itself had no flavor or seasoning. Not a whiff of cheese to speak of in any portion of the burrito despite the nice lady at the counter clearly telling me it should have.
Look, I'm normally not one to nitpick. But at the salsa bar, the pickled carrots and radishes weren't on ice or even part of the bar- they were in cloudy cafeteria containers on a table pulled up haphazardly beside the bar, and the veggies within looked ancient- the carrots were completely dry. I don't care of a salsa bar is perfectly fresh, but allowing the carrots to completely dry like that ruins their taste and texture, so it's a legitimate issue.
Oh, and no free water despite being a brick-and-mortar establishment. At this point, Las Delicias is half a mile down Mariposa- I would have been much better going there. The cost of a burrito plus drink here is even in price at that point.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
Abinesh Kumar
They have their days I guess. I eat/order takeout almost every week on Fridays. But every week the same food I order doesn't taste the same and or some ingredients are missing. They have to do better to take care of their regular customers.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Gonio Lopez
Got the quesadilla asada. Pretty good. I'd come back
Abdiel Santos
awesome service
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Julie Ortiz
I enjoy this restaurant, quick and friendly service, kind and attentive employees. Delicious food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
J. Bass
The food was excellent and was prepared quickly. Service was friendly and efficient. The atmosphere is lovely and clean and roomy enough for large parties. I highly recommend this restaurant!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Josephine Espitia
Come taste for yourself. Every item on the menu is great quality, and prices are quite awesome as well compared to other taquieras that are overpriced with not so great quality. All employees are super kind and nice and will go above and beyond on precision with your order on how you would like it cooked. My family and I appreciated that. Overall impression with the food, atmosphere, and service, it's bomb!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jesse C.
Damn havnt been to Viva in years. Glad I'm back been there 5 times in the last 2 weeks. Nothing changed service is still great amd the food is fire..... get the super wet burrito red amd green sauce....
This is a hard review to write. Straight up, these people were super nice, super attentive. We got carry out and still were treated really well. Food arrival was a little slow, but we came in at the end of the lunch rush, so I get that.
I don't usually venture out, but our favorite taco truck is inexplicably and inexcusably absent this week. We were looking for something that would hit the spot, and hopefully for something we could hit up when this happens again.
While we waited for our food, the counter staff personally greeted everyone who walked in, and thanked everyone who walked out. I know a lot of places that put in a best effort in this area, and these folks really nailed it. Even while having a conversation with someone I assume was a close friend or relation, the counter lady broke her conversation with them to thank a group that was leaving. EXCELLENT SERVICE!
Given that, I really wanted to like the food. Honestly, I was prepared to forgive a lot for how kind the counter staff was. I got Pastor street tacos and the carne fries with Pastor. The tacos were not terrible. The pastor was on the sweet side, for me. My coworker said probably because they used actual pineapple, which is not super common. But even given the use of real ingredients, the meat was a LITTLE on the fatty side, and could have used some crisping to help develop the flavors. The salsas used on the tacos could have been spicier AND more flavorful. Probably a 2 or 3 out of 5 stars.
The carne fries with pastor were just not good. The pico de gallo used on them was watery and bland. The cheese was just not awesome. While salted fries could end up with a tendency to make the dish too salty, this offering just lacked flavor.
I could have caught these guys on a bad day...wiped out after the lunch rush. At time of writing, they have 4.4 * and I have to assume those are well-earned stars, but my experience with this food was not good, and I had to be honest. :(
Ricky Siringoringo
This place is amazing if you love Mexican food this is the spot the food is authentic and Miriam and employees are amazing there customer service is always excellent I give this place a 10 out of 10.
Juan C Perrusquia
I do not recommend it to better places in the same area
Food: 1
Service: 1
Omar Ramirez
Good food, fair prices
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Carne Asada Plate
Hector Avila
Place sucks , I've been there four times and every time the food is just decent, not really good , but if you're hungry at work.
Excellent food and wonderful service. The owner always greets you with a smile. I always get the carnitas burrito, but today I got a chile relleno. Also excellent. Get in here and get you some!
Loved the food & I looooooooved they supplied pads & tampons in the bathroom for women in need!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Al Pastor
Genuinely baffled that this place rates as high as it does given how mediocre it is in an area with a ton of spectacular Mexican food.
I order a wet carne asada burrito. What I got was something with maybe a dusting of green salsa (and it's $1.50 extra for this. If it was just a free option I wouldn't complain). The tortilla was dry, tough, and chewy in some parts and damp and fragile in others. The rice tasted watery. The carne asada itself had no flavor or seasoning. Not a whiff of cheese to speak of in any portion of the burrito despite the nice lady at the counter clearly telling me it should have.
Look, I'm normally not one to nitpick. But at the salsa bar, the pickled carrots and radishes weren't on ice or even part of the bar- they were in cloudy cafeteria containers on a table pulled up haphazardly beside the bar, and the veggies within looked ancient- the carrots were completely dry. I don't care of a salsa bar is perfectly fresh, but allowing the carrots to completely dry like that ruins their taste and texture, so it's a legitimate issue.
Oh, and no free water despite being a brick-and-mortar establishment. At this point, Las Delicias is half a mile down Mariposa- I would have been much better going there. The cost of a burrito plus drink here is even in price at that point.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
They have their days I guess. I eat/order takeout almost every week on Fridays. But every week the same food I order doesn't taste the same and or some ingredients are missing. They have to do better to take care of their regular customers.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Got the quesadilla asada. Pretty good. I'd come back
awesome service
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I enjoy this restaurant, quick and friendly service, kind and attentive employees. Delicious food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was excellent and was prepared quickly. Service was friendly and efficient. The atmosphere is lovely and clean and roomy enough for large parties. I highly recommend this restaurant!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Come taste for yourself. Every item on the menu is great quality, and prices are quite awesome as well compared to other taquieras that are overpriced with not so great quality. All employees are super kind and nice and will go above and beyond on precision with your order on how you would like it cooked. My family and I appreciated that. Overall impression with the food, atmosphere, and service, it's bomb!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Damn havnt been to Viva in years. Glad I'm back been there 5 times in the last 2 weeks. Nothing changed service is still great amd the food is fire..... get the super wet burrito red amd green sauce....
Restaurantji Recommends
This is a hard review to write. Straight up, these people were super nice, super attentive. We got carry out and still were treated really well. Food arrival was a little slow, but we came in at the end of the lunch rush, so I get that.
I don't usually venture out, but our favorite taco truck is inexplicably and inexcusably absent this week. We were looking for something that would hit the spot, and hopefully for something we could hit up when this happens again.
While we waited for our food, the counter staff personally greeted everyone who walked in, and thanked everyone who walked out. I know a lot of places that put in a best effort in this area, and these folks really nailed it. Even while having a conversation with someone I assume was a close friend or relation, the counter lady broke her conversation with them to thank a group that was leaving. EXCELLENT SERVICE!
Given that, I really wanted to like the food. Honestly, I was prepared to forgive a lot for how kind the counter staff was. I got Pastor street tacos and the carne fries with Pastor. The tacos were not terrible. The pastor was on the sweet side, for me. My coworker said probably because they used actual pineapple, which is not super common. But even given the use of real ingredients, the meat was a LITTLE on the fatty side, and could have used some crisping to help develop the flavors. The salsas used on the tacos could have been spicier AND more flavorful. Probably a 2 or 3 out of 5 stars.
The carne fries with pastor were just not good. The pico de gallo used on them was watery and bland. The cheese was just not awesome. While salted fries could end up with a tendency to make the dish too salty, this offering just lacked flavor.
I could have caught these guys on a bad day...wiped out after the lunch rush. At time of writing, they have 4.4 * and I have to assume those are well-earned stars, but my experience with this food was not good, and I had to be honest. :(
This place is amazing if you love Mexican food this is the spot the food is authentic and Miriam and employees are amazing there customer service is always excellent I give this place a 10 out of 10.
I do not recommend it to better places in the same area
Food: 1
Service: 1
Good food, fair prices
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Carne Asada Plate
Place sucks , I've been there four times and every time the food is just decent, not really good , but if you're hungry at work.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 2
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