Best tacos around!! Got an assortment from their menu and went back for seconds- SO GOOD. Service was amazing, everyone at the shop is lovely. Will be back this week!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pescado Fish Taco, Al Pastor, Tacos Birria Pastor Nopal& Esquites
Myriam UR
Horrible tacos, all cold, expensive, greasy and without sauce, without lemon! ??I don't recommend them
Benjamin Ostroff
Best tacos I've found in New Haven. Hands down. And I've been looking for the past 8 months. Search is over now.To the reviews complaining about greasy tacos - If you don't like juicy, salted meats then go get you some dry as Chipotle.Saudero was so legit. Takes me back to the trucks in my old neighborhood in East Oakland except you can pay with a credit card here and no one is asking for your change.Ask yourself a question - Do you, si, want an authentic experience that takes you on a journey, are you, no, looking for a generic Americanized food product? If your answer to the questions is si, buen provecho!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Kiersten Gibson-Cooper
Best burrito and tacos I’ve had in my LIFE!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jessica T. Greenberg
Amazing! A must try!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Al Pastor, Chips & Guacamole, Tacos Birria Pastor Nopal& Esquites, Asada Steak Taco, Carnitas
Betty Nolasco
Absolutely the best tacos I’ve had in CT!!!! The most fresh tortillas I’ve ever tasted.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Al Pastor
Erin McDowell
We came here on a Friday night and had the place to ourselves which was a shock after eating some phenomenal tacos with great service! We had the carnitas, birria, and asada tacos with a side of chips and salsa, and loved every bite! If we are ever back in New Haven we will be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sarah Gabbs
Overwhelmingly salty, overwhelmingly sour and spicy. Obliterating your tastebuds, not in a good way. And all the tacos are covered in oil!! It’s literally dripping out of the taco meat beef and pork, it’s literally sitting in a pool of oils, What the heck? They need something to cut the intensity of the salty and sour like some sort of crema would be nice. Tortillas and thick crunchy chips were awesome though.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips & Salsa
John Iacobucci
I love tacos and I honestly can not say enough good things about this place. I've traveled the world and I can honestly say these are some of the best tacos I have ever eaten in my life. Definitely the best taco place in New Haven County by a long shot. Everything is so fresh and you can taste it. I highly highly HIGHLY recommend this absolute gem of a place. One of my new favorite spots and will be going back often!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Geoffrey Giller
Delicious fish tacos, friendly service! Food takes a little while but it’s worth the
The inside of the restaurant is really cute. However, the guy behind the register was not very nice. It took a long time almost 15 minutes to get our order of 4 tacos and they add the green sauce without giving us an option to choose red. Also it's almost $3 to get a small salsa on the side. The pork was fatty and lacked flavor. Would not recommend coming here nor will I be back.
Michael K.
My fiancé and I were just looking for a quick bite, nothing fancy. We stopped in, ordered the chicken tacos, some vegetarian tacos, and the esquites and were blown away. Fresh, house made corn tortillas and juices added to the experience. The restaurant is colorful and clean and the service is quick. Definitely adding this place to our regular rotation of places to eat in New Haven.
Jason P.
When a New Haven restaurant industry pro and a trusted Foodie Friend both recommend Tacos Los Gordos in the same week, I do some research. When Tacos Los Gordos ("TLG") appears as my number 1 search result for "Tacos" in "New Haven" in Yelp, I fast track it up my Try List. My schedule allowed for a quick early visit on a Sunday morning. I actually was able to enter before their stated 11 am opening time because I noticed other customers inside. I was very impressed with TLG. TLG is located in downtown New Haven on Orange Street behind the federal courthouse. As a thought exercise, try to think of a great brick and mortar taqueria in the heart of a downtown area. You don't see them very frequently because tacos are meant to be an affordable and accessible food, and rent is high in cities. So as a necessity, TLG is charging more for tacos than some of my favorite food trucks or non-city brick and mortars. TLG's tacos are also more substantial and high end than the tacos at most places. The inside is like an artistic and stylized tribute to a Taco shack. An antique looking Cooler full of Mexican Cokes. Ribbed Metal ceiling and walls. Distressed wood. The most artistic and highest end inside taco shack you may ever eat at. I ordered an asada taco, a pastor taco and elote. TLG has an open kitchen.. I saw flames when they were cooking my asada. Saw smoke from the grill. A vertical spit of meat that wasn't spinning yet, because I was early. It's always a good sign to see a spit like that. My food was picture perfect. The elote looked like it does in my mind. Cheesy. Creamy. Spice Dusted. Cilantro-dotted. Limes. Great execution. I suspect it would be better during corn season, but I don't see how you could do better in February. The tacos were packed with meat, salsa verde, salsa roja, onions and cilantro. The pastor also had big pineapple pieces. The tortillas were first rate. The pastor was very good, but perhaps a touch too seasoned for me. The asada was basically perfect. Tender and good charred. If I had added the salsa myself, I would have added less. They were very good, but the flavor in that quantity overpowered the meat a bit. Visually spectacular though. If one made a CT Taco Trail, Tacos Los Gordos would definitely be on it. And given its location and style, TLG would be one of the more unique stops. 4.5 Stars
Kate Seltzer
Great food great vibes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Keith Lombardi
Al Pastor and Birria tacos were incredible. Don’t sleep on the esquites.
Best tacos around!! Got an assortment from their menu and went back for seconds- SO GOOD. Service was amazing, everyone at the shop is lovely. Will be back this week!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pescado Fish Taco, Al Pastor, Tacos Birria Pastor Nopal& Esquites
Horrible tacos, all cold, expensive, greasy and without sauce, without lemon! ??I don't recommend them
Best tacos I've found in New Haven. Hands down. And I've been looking for the past 8 months. Search is over now.To the reviews complaining about greasy tacos - If you don't like juicy, salted meats then go get you some dry as Chipotle.Saudero was so legit. Takes me back to the trucks in my old neighborhood in East Oakland except you can pay with a credit card here and no one is asking for your change.Ask yourself a question - Do you, si, want an authentic experience that takes you on a journey, are you, no, looking for a generic Americanized food product? If your answer to the questions is si, buen provecho!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Best burrito and tacos I’ve had in my LIFE!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing! A must try!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Al Pastor, Chips & Guacamole, Tacos Birria Pastor Nopal& Esquites, Asada Steak Taco, Carnitas
Absolutely the best tacos I’ve had in CT!!!! The most fresh tortillas I’ve ever tasted.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Al Pastor
We came here on a Friday night and had the place to ourselves which was a shock after eating some phenomenal tacos with great service! We had the carnitas, birria, and asada tacos with a side of chips and salsa, and loved every bite! If we are ever back in New Haven we will be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Overwhelmingly salty, overwhelmingly sour and spicy. Obliterating your tastebuds, not in a good way. And all the tacos are covered in oil!! It’s literally dripping out of the taco meat beef and pork, it’s literally sitting in a pool of oils, What the heck? They need something to cut the intensity of the salty and sour like some sort of crema would be nice. Tortillas and thick crunchy chips were awesome though.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips & Salsa
I love tacos and I honestly can not say enough good things about this place. I've traveled the world and I can honestly say these are some of the best tacos I have ever eaten in my life. Definitely the best taco place in New Haven County by a long shot. Everything is so fresh and you can taste it. I highly highly HIGHLY recommend this absolute gem of a place. One of my new favorite spots and will be going back often!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delicious fish tacos, friendly service! Food takes a little while but it’s worth the
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
The inside of the restaurant is really cute. However, the guy behind the register was not very nice. It took a long time almost 15 minutes to get our order of 4 tacos and they add the green sauce without giving us an option to choose red. Also it's almost $3 to get a small salsa on the side. The pork was fatty and lacked flavor. Would not recommend coming here nor will I be back.
My fiancé and I were just looking for a quick bite, nothing fancy. We stopped in, ordered the chicken tacos, some vegetarian tacos, and the esquites and were blown away. Fresh, house made corn tortillas and juices added to the experience. The restaurant is colorful and clean and the service is quick. Definitely adding this place to our regular rotation of places to eat in New Haven.
When a New Haven restaurant industry pro and a trusted Foodie Friend both recommend Tacos Los Gordos in the same week, I do some research. When Tacos Los Gordos ("TLG") appears as my number 1 search result for "Tacos" in "New Haven" in Yelp, I fast track it up my Try List. My schedule allowed for a quick early visit on a Sunday morning. I actually was able to enter before their stated 11 am opening time because I noticed other customers inside. I was very impressed with TLG. TLG is located in downtown New Haven on Orange Street behind the federal courthouse. As a thought exercise, try to think of a great brick and mortar taqueria in the heart of a downtown area. You don't see them very frequently because tacos are meant to be an affordable and accessible food, and rent is high in cities. So as a necessity, TLG is charging more for tacos than some of my favorite food trucks or non-city brick and mortars. TLG's tacos are also more substantial and high end than the tacos at most places. The inside is like an artistic and stylized tribute to a Taco shack. An antique looking Cooler full of Mexican Cokes. Ribbed Metal ceiling and walls. Distressed wood. The most artistic and highest end inside taco shack you may ever eat at. I ordered an asada taco, a pastor taco and elote. TLG has an open kitchen.. I saw flames when they were cooking my asada. Saw smoke from the grill. A vertical spit of meat that wasn't spinning yet, because I was early. It's always a good sign to see a spit like that. My food was picture perfect. The elote looked like it does in my mind. Cheesy. Creamy. Spice Dusted. Cilantro-dotted. Limes. Great execution. I suspect it would be better during corn season, but I don't see how you could do better in February. The tacos were packed with meat, salsa verde, salsa roja, onions and cilantro. The pastor also had big pineapple pieces. The tortillas were first rate. The pastor was very good, but perhaps a touch too seasoned for me. The asada was basically perfect. Tender and good charred. If I had added the salsa myself, I would have added less. They were very good, but the flavor in that quantity overpowered the meat a bit. Visually spectacular though. If one made a CT Taco Trail, Tacos Los Gordos would definitely be on it. And given its location and style, TLG would be one of the more unique stops. 4.5 Stars
Great food great vibes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Al Pastor and Birria tacos were incredible. Don’t sleep on the esquites.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5