We usually order just tacos but went outside the box. No disappointment with the quality and size of the servings. We ordered steak gorditas and a steak taco salad the green sauce set it off had a little kick but the flavor over powered it. Highly recommend 😚👌🏽 chefs kiss
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Enoch Gonzalez
El Tio Carlos – 3/5 stars Solid neighborhood Mexican spot with some hits and one unfortunate miss. The good: The tacos are legitimately excellent – perfectly cooked steak, fresh cilantro and onion, and that bright green salsa ties it all together. The taco plate with rice and beans I got as a replacement was also spot-on: flavorful, well-seasoned, generous portions. If you stick to tacos, burritos, or the standard plates, you’ll probably leave happy. The not-so-good: Ordered the menudo and… yeah, it smelled exactly like – raw sewage. Visually it looked perfect (nice color, good amount of hominy, tripe looked clean), and when I ignored the smell and sipped the broth it actually tasted great. But that off-putting barnyard/poop aroma was impossible to get past. I’ve eaten menudo all my life (Hispanic family too) and have never had it smell like that. Clearly a cleaning issue with the tripe – someone didn’t wash it thoroughly enough or soak/rinse it properly. They happily swapped it out for the taco plate, no questions asked, so service gets points for handling it well. Bottom line: 3 stars feels fair. Tacos and classic beans and rice are on point, but the menudo was a hard fail that day. If you love menudo, maybe ask how fresh that batch is or skip it altogether and just double down on the tacos – you won’t be disappointed. I’ll go back, but I’m sticking to what they do best.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Brett Ruhser
Absolutely the best Mexican restaurant I've ever eaten at. I've had Mexican food all around the world. Nothing can compete.the staff is super friendly. I eat here almost every weekend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Linda Garcia Perez
They have the best food there good service and friendly best tacos best chillrelleno
Amanda Charbonneau
Our go-to on the weekends. The kids beg to go to Red Barn just for El Tio Carlos pork tacos!!
Jess T
Honestly a 10 outta 10 all around! Food was some of the best Mexican food we've eaten. The steak was cooked to perfection. The chicken was well seasoned and juicy. The shells were homemade and the best part. Could not give a higher recommendation. Also friendly staff was a pleasure.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Joe Sabella
The best. Used to come here all the time when I lived in Bradenton, and now that I’ve moved, I still stop by when visiting.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jamie
Great good, always have to stop to eat when I am at the Red Barn.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Michael Burkett
The food is always good. I get the pork tacos with cilantro and onions. I would have given 5 stars but they no longer have the guacamole sauce to put on your food. The guacamole sauce was what set thos place apart from other places that serve tacos in the area.
We usually order just tacos but went outside the box. No disappointment with the quality and size of the servings. We ordered steak gorditas and a steak taco salad the green sauce set it off had a little kick but the flavor over powered it. Highly recommend 😚👌🏽 chefs kiss
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
El Tio Carlos – 3/5 stars
Solid neighborhood Mexican spot with some hits and one unfortunate miss.
The good:
The tacos are legitimately excellent – perfectly cooked steak, fresh cilantro and onion, and that bright green salsa ties it all together. The taco plate with rice and beans I got as a replacement was also spot-on: flavorful, well-seasoned, generous portions. If you stick to tacos, burritos, or the standard plates, you’ll probably leave happy.
The not-so-good:
Ordered the menudo and… yeah, it smelled exactly like – raw sewage. Visually it looked perfect (nice color, good amount of hominy, tripe looked clean), and when I ignored the smell and sipped the broth it actually tasted great. But that off-putting barnyard/poop aroma was impossible to get past. I’ve eaten menudo all my life (Hispanic family too) and have never had it smell like that. Clearly a cleaning issue with the tripe – someone didn’t wash it thoroughly enough or soak/rinse it properly. They happily swapped it out for the taco plate, no questions asked, so service gets points for handling it well.
Bottom line:
3 stars feels fair. Tacos and classic beans and rice are on point, but the menudo was a hard fail that day. If you love menudo, maybe ask how fresh that batch is or skip it altogether and just double down on the tacos – you won’t be disappointed. I’ll go back, but I’m sticking to what they do best.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Absolutely the best Mexican restaurant I've ever eaten at. I've had Mexican food all around the world. Nothing can compete.the staff is super friendly. I eat here almost every weekend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
They have the best food there good service and friendly best tacos best chillrelleno
Our go-to on the weekends. The kids beg to go to Red Barn just for El Tio Carlos pork tacos!!
Honestly a 10 outta 10 all around! Food was some of the best Mexican food we've eaten. The steak was cooked to perfection. The chicken was well seasoned and juicy. The shells were homemade and the best part. Could not give a higher recommendation. Also friendly staff was a pleasure.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The best. Used to come here all the time when I lived in Bradenton, and now that I’ve moved, I still stop by when visiting.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great good, always have to stop to eat when I am at the Red Barn.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food is always good. I get the pork tacos with cilantro and onions. I would have given 5 stars but they no longer have the guacamole sauce to put on your food. The guacamole sauce was what set thos place apart from other places that serve tacos in the area.
BEST TACOS
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Terrible food and expensive prices only can pay with cash had to go to ATM and pay extra fee for cash. Should be closed down
Best Quesadillas and service ever...very different then traditional American quesadillas.
Great food and people
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
All food is authentic delishes fresh and clean
Good Mexican food! Fresh. Very busy on weekends. When you order given number, they call out but not very loud, so listen!
Kid-friendliness: Part of red barn market.
Parking: Busy on weekends
Wheelchair accessibility: Fully accessible.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Taco
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