Maybe something has changed...went here based on the Instagram videos I've seen where they are grilling asada over coals and setup outside...showed up and it was a regular taco truck with not many folks there literally in the middle of their hours open. Ordered a burrito asada ....the meat was good and could have been grilled but was kept in a steamer it looked like taking away from any grilled flavor. The tortilla seemed fresh made and the rest of the ingredients weren't anything special. Apparently this place isn't quite the same anymore ?! Not worth the drive to east oakland.
Mari Vas
My husband and I tried this place because we heard good things about it. We were disappointed the tacos are not that good ,the tortillas were undercooked the flavors were just not there.
Jocelyn Alejandre
I have been to this taco truck several times and everything we go they always mess up our orders it’s a repeating issue and they don’t even be having people ordering for them to be messing up the orders, they need to pay attention to their customers order a little bit more.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Taco Station
rocio r.
Handmade tortillas are delicious. I must say al pastor tacos and papa loca are the best!!! Hands down shout out to Tacos mi Reynita. They also have fresh agua fresca. I highly recommend maracuya.
Holly Ross
Staff are very nice. Cabeza was the best.
Jessica K.
A few people in line ahead of me when arrived. My friend and I had looked at the menu and photos on Yelp ahead of time and honestly it didn't help. There were so many delicious looking items. Person at the window took my order, was super clear and precise. It took a bit of time to get our order. There were probably 6 orders ahead of ours, and it took maybe 10 minutes? It felt longer because it was cold outside lol thankfully there are tables. It wasn't loud, patrons are decently quiet. Just normal East Oakland traffic sounds. Everything I ordered was delicious. The asada and birria tacos, and the sope. Will definitely be returning to try other items. Especially the burrito. That looked real good.
Lunden D.
Food - 1 Atmosphere - 2 Service - 2 Service- The individual who took my order was really paying attention to me and seemed to be more talking to the cooks. Seemed very uninterested in taking the order if that makes sense. Atmosphere- Not a lot of people on arrival about 9:30pm so I thought that was kind of odd, especially since the place had a good reviews (not that busy is always a sign of good food, but still) They have nice covered eating areas where you can eat. Food- I ordered 4... why did I order 4 tacos. Anyway... I ordered 2 carne asada & 2 pastor tacos. They both come with onions, cilantro, & guacamole salsa. I rarely say this about tacos but everything was completely trash I didn't finish it. The guac had an odd flavor, tasted like expired guac. It was so much guac on each taco, Im assuming they thought it would drown out the flavor. The one tortilla they had for the tacos was completely soggy & broke when you picked up the taco. The meat on the pastor was completely greasy as you can see on the picture and had no flavor except for the grease. The carne asada was chewy and tasted old. The salsas were all flavorless and tasted expired. I got the mango and passion fruit aqua fresca. It was not strained at all and I had to constantly spit out seeds and stands of fruit from my mouth. I didn't even finish my food nor the drink! It was very disappointing. I hope this was just a one time thing, however I won't be back.
Tanusree M.
This is now one of my favorite spots for Mexican food! It's located in a parking lot, so kind of weird. You have to either find parking on the street or in the lot across the street. Every time I have come here, it's been super busy. You order up by the truck and have to pick it up once your number is called. There is seating, but it is fairly limited. Also note that this is outside and open to the elements, so keep the weather in mind when coming here! We ordered a few different types of tacos and a quesadilla. They were very well-filled and delicious. Probably some of the better tacos I've had in a while! The thing that really made it for me is the salsa bar though!! There is a huge assortment of sauces to choose from to enhance your meal, and it's self-serve so you can get how much or how little you need. I ended up trying all of the salsa options. Do not sleep on the salsa bar! This is a spot that I would go out of my way to go to, it was that good. I do want to come back to try their other offerings, including the quesabirria!
Tina L.
This place has been on my list to visit and I finally came by their Oakland location to check it out. It was a drive but curiosity got the best of me and I had to know what these tacos taste like! I wanted to come on a weekday to avoid the crowds and the parking cuz it looks rough out here to find parking. Found parking right out front and went in to no line. Ordered a mini quesadilla, 1 taco de asada, 1 pastor taco, and a vampiro campechano. The kiddo ordered 3 tacos (asada, pastor, chicken). The agua frescas looked refreshing and I had a sample of one that looked like pineapple but it was a different fruit. We waited about 5 min and our food was ready. Salsa in a small container and napkins in another container in front of the truck. I didn't know what salsa to get so I got one of each to try. There's tables to eat there but it was a rainy and cold day so in the car we ate. This food is always best eaten right away. Leave it in the container too long and the condensation makes the fresh handmade tortillas soggy. The pastor was so flavorful and delicious my fav. The asada was fine nothing special. Light on the onion and cilantro topping. The glop of avocado salsa is so delicious and refreshing to the big taco with a good portion of meat. The salsas are spicy and each have their own unique flavor. My fav was the orange one which I assume had to have some habanero in it cuz that was so spicy! But it was so flavorful! The quesadilla was really good dipped in any of the salsas. The vampiro was crunchy and full of asada and chorizo. The agua fresca was refreshing and delicious. My kiddo enjoyed all 3 of the tacos. I enjoyed everything I ate. I will definitely be bringing my fam to check them out and I expect to wait if it's the weekend and hustle for parking. Service was very straightforward and transactional. One side takes the orders and gives you your order number the other side gives you your order. Best eaten right away for the best eating experience. Definitely a delicious and well priced taco. The hype has not blown their prices to extremes as I have seen in other places and I can appreciate getting a good meal that makes me full for a good price. Definitely worth the drive up!
Mike R.
The sidewalk and street is full of grease from the taco truck. They need to clean the sidewalk and street before a customer gets hurt.
Tacos al pastor are delicious! Flavorful and a tone of meat! The salsa options will blow your brains so many choices all delicious and spicy ! I wish I had pictures, but trust me this is a great spot for tacos for a southern cali girl used to Tijuana style tacos!
Eddie Vera
Go there once in a while tender meat fresh food recommended for sure
Marcus F.
Wow. This place was fantastic! Everything you want from a food truck. I wish it were closer proximity to my home. If you're ever in the East Bay, this one is my favorite I've had. Parking sucks on the narrow crowded street. We opted to risk it and park at the Auto Zone across from it. It was worth the risk. What's nice is that they have an awning and tables set up and most people just share the picnic benches. The agua fresca I ordered was delicious. I opted for pineapple. There were small bits of pineapple in the drink which I loved. I ordered 4 tacos which come TJ style. 2 were steak and 2 were al pastor that came from the spit. I want to confess that their steak was tender and packed with flavor. I usually say pastor is the way to go at taquerias, but this one was fire. Pastor B- Steak (carne asada) A Of course, I had to try their birria. I ordered a burrito which all come in the super form with guacamole and sour cream. I ordered mine without beans. The birria was great! If I had to rate the birria I'd say it was A2 and the steak was A1. (No pun intended) It wasn't super oily and it had a good flavor to it. Birria A- Overall, the experience was great and I will come here any time I'm in the East Bay!
Khris T.
Fuhhhkin amazing !!! The wait is worth it if there's a line ! It's in a kinda sketchy area but the best places are in sketchy areas .. worth it for sure !!
Gladys R.
Really good tacos that do actually take me back to TJ. Long wait, but worth it! Lots of parking in the lot across the street.
Maybe something has changed...went here based on the Instagram videos I've seen where they are grilling asada over coals and setup outside...showed up and it was a regular taco truck with not many folks there literally in the middle of their hours open. Ordered a burrito asada ....the meat was good and could have been grilled but was kept in a steamer it looked like taking away from any grilled flavor. The tortilla seemed fresh made and the rest of the ingredients weren't anything special. Apparently this place isn't quite the same anymore ?! Not worth the drive to east oakland.
My husband and I tried this place because we heard good things about it. We were disappointed the tacos are not that good ,the tortillas were undercooked the flavors were just not there.
I have been to this taco truck several times and everything we go they always mess up our orders it’s a repeating issue and they don’t even be having people ordering for them to be messing up the orders, they need to pay attention to their customers order a little bit more.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Taco Station
Handmade tortillas are delicious. I must say al pastor tacos and papa loca are the best!!! Hands down shout out to Tacos mi Reynita. They also have fresh agua fresca. I highly recommend maracuya.
Staff are very nice. Cabeza was the best.
A few people in line ahead of me when arrived. My friend and I had looked at the menu and photos on Yelp ahead of time and honestly it didn't help. There were so many delicious looking items. Person at the window took my order, was super clear and precise. It took a bit of time to get our order. There were probably 6 orders ahead of ours, and it took maybe 10 minutes? It felt longer because it was cold outside lol thankfully there are tables. It wasn't loud, patrons are decently quiet. Just normal East Oakland traffic sounds. Everything I ordered was delicious. The asada and birria tacos, and the sope. Will definitely be returning to try other items. Especially the burrito. That looked real good.
Food - 1 Atmosphere - 2 Service - 2 Service- The individual who took my order was really paying attention to me and seemed to be more talking to the cooks. Seemed very uninterested in taking the order if that makes sense. Atmosphere- Not a lot of people on arrival about 9:30pm so I thought that was kind of odd, especially since the place had a good reviews (not that busy is always a sign of good food, but still) They have nice covered eating areas where you can eat. Food- I ordered 4... why did I order 4 tacos. Anyway... I ordered 2 carne asada & 2 pastor tacos. They both come with onions, cilantro, & guacamole salsa. I rarely say this about tacos but everything was completely trash I didn't finish it. The guac had an odd flavor, tasted like expired guac. It was so much guac on each taco, Im assuming they thought it would drown out the flavor. The one tortilla they had for the tacos was completely soggy & broke when you picked up the taco. The meat on the pastor was completely greasy as you can see on the picture and had no flavor except for the grease. The carne asada was chewy and tasted old. The salsas were all flavorless and tasted expired. I got the mango and passion fruit aqua fresca. It was not strained at all and I had to constantly spit out seeds and stands of fruit from my mouth. I didn't even finish my food nor the drink! It was very disappointing. I hope this was just a one time thing, however I won't be back.
This is now one of my favorite spots for Mexican food! It's located in a parking lot, so kind of weird. You have to either find parking on the street or in the lot across the street. Every time I have come here, it's been super busy. You order up by the truck and have to pick it up once your number is called. There is seating, but it is fairly limited. Also note that this is outside and open to the elements, so keep the weather in mind when coming here! We ordered a few different types of tacos and a quesadilla. They were very well-filled and delicious. Probably some of the better tacos I've had in a while! The thing that really made it for me is the salsa bar though!! There is a huge assortment of sauces to choose from to enhance your meal, and it's self-serve so you can get how much or how little you need. I ended up trying all of the salsa options. Do not sleep on the salsa bar! This is a spot that I would go out of my way to go to, it was that good. I do want to come back to try their other offerings, including the quesabirria!
This place has been on my list to visit and I finally came by their Oakland location to check it out. It was a drive but curiosity got the best of me and I had to know what these tacos taste like! I wanted to come on a weekday to avoid the crowds and the parking cuz it looks rough out here to find parking. Found parking right out front and went in to no line. Ordered a mini quesadilla, 1 taco de asada, 1 pastor taco, and a vampiro campechano. The kiddo ordered 3 tacos (asada, pastor, chicken). The agua frescas looked refreshing and I had a sample of one that looked like pineapple but it was a different fruit. We waited about 5 min and our food was ready. Salsa in a small container and napkins in another container in front of the truck. I didn't know what salsa to get so I got one of each to try. There's tables to eat there but it was a rainy and cold day so in the car we ate. This food is always best eaten right away. Leave it in the container too long and the condensation makes the fresh handmade tortillas soggy. The pastor was so flavorful and delicious my fav. The asada was fine nothing special. Light on the onion and cilantro topping. The glop of avocado salsa is so delicious and refreshing to the big taco with a good portion of meat. The salsas are spicy and each have their own unique flavor. My fav was the orange one which I assume had to have some habanero in it cuz that was so spicy! But it was so flavorful! The quesadilla was really good dipped in any of the salsas. The vampiro was crunchy and full of asada and chorizo. The agua fresca was refreshing and delicious. My kiddo enjoyed all 3 of the tacos. I enjoyed everything I ate. I will definitely be bringing my fam to check them out and I expect to wait if it's the weekend and hustle for parking. Service was very straightforward and transactional. One side takes the orders and gives you your order number the other side gives you your order. Best eaten right away for the best eating experience. Definitely a delicious and well priced taco. The hype has not blown their prices to extremes as I have seen in other places and I can appreciate getting a good meal that makes me full for a good price. Definitely worth the drive up!
The sidewalk and street is full of grease from the taco truck. They need to clean the sidewalk and street before a customer gets hurt.
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Tacos al pastor are delicious! Flavorful and a tone of meat! The salsa options will blow your brains so many choices all delicious and spicy ! I wish I had pictures, but trust me this is a great spot for tacos for a southern cali girl used to Tijuana style tacos!
Go there once in a while tender meat fresh food recommended for sure
Wow. This place was fantastic! Everything you want from a food truck. I wish it were closer proximity to my home. If you're ever in the East Bay, this one is my favorite I've had. Parking sucks on the narrow crowded street. We opted to risk it and park at the Auto Zone across from it. It was worth the risk. What's nice is that they have an awning and tables set up and most people just share the picnic benches. The agua fresca I ordered was delicious. I opted for pineapple. There were small bits of pineapple in the drink which I loved. I ordered 4 tacos which come TJ style. 2 were steak and 2 were al pastor that came from the spit. I want to confess that their steak was tender and packed with flavor. I usually say pastor is the way to go at taquerias, but this one was fire. Pastor B- Steak (carne asada) A Of course, I had to try their birria. I ordered a burrito which all come in the super form with guacamole and sour cream. I ordered mine without beans. The birria was great! If I had to rate the birria I'd say it was A2 and the steak was A1. (No pun intended) It wasn't super oily and it had a good flavor to it. Birria A- Overall, the experience was great and I will come here any time I'm in the East Bay!
Fuhhhkin amazing !!! The wait is worth it if there's a line ! It's in a kinda sketchy area but the best places are in sketchy areas .. worth it for sure !!
Really good tacos that do actually take me back to TJ. Long wait, but worth it! Lots of parking in the lot across the street.