Island House Taqueria

2773 Bee Ridge Rd, Sarasota
(941) 922-8226

Recent Reviews

Nicole Durst (Nicole Durst)

Got the carne asada taco and al pastor. The asada was my fave. But the meat on both was moist, huge, clean and flavorful! Chose medium red salsa, but will definitely request the red hot or green next time.

Karen Grost

The tacos were excellent! We were impressed with the quality of the ingredients and their taste. My daughter loved the chorizo potato taco special. Also of note was the birtia (lamb) taco. The texture and flavor of the lamb was excellent.

Nick

Taco Bell would knock this place out.“Smells and taste like I’m eating cat food “3 stars just for the friendly guy working Saturday night.

Destiny Vela

I’m not so sure why this place has great reviews. If you want REAL tacos, go somewhere else. I got a fish taco, alligator & Al pastor. The fish taco was good but not cooked how I asked. The alligator was a tiny little tough piece that I could hardly bite through. The Al pastor taco was decent but the meat was mostly burnt. The tortillas these were served on, were also hard & really dried out, definitely were not warmed up. The only thing that would’ve made these tacos better was salsa. But that isn’t offered or made known unless you look around the corner of the register & there it is! Out of sight for anyone to ask or use. For $30+ with a tip for 4 tacos, it was NOT worth it.

coachgrl26

Just moved to town & was looking for places that sells birria tacos & this was the only place i could find but I was very disappointed this is not what a birria taco is, there was no flavor in the meat or the consommé, they also charge extra if you want consommé which was weird

Marcos V

Eh, that's all I need to say about this place. Tacos didn't really have much on them, very little cilantro and onion also not much meat, for 5$ I expected more from them. They had no salsa and gave me 1 lime. If you live Midwest or anywhere they sell and make Mexican tacos plz avoid this place. My wife liked the fish taco tho...

Rebekah Bata

These tacos are good meat wise, lots of flavor and seasoning! The Al Pastor is the BOMB! The only thing that would have made this 5 stars would have been if the tortillas were better! They have the blue masa tortillas but they were a little hard and needed to be a little more fresher! But overall staff nice and helpful and place is small but I cant complain to much. Would deff come back again!

Jennifer Hoffmann

This little hole in the wall is delicious, everything is really fresh and so many varieties to try. My opinion of the taco shell is that it could be a tad bit softer the outside is a little too hard but honestly everything was really fresh and very flavorful!!! The elote was great I can tell they put a little chipotle in the sauce and they did not gip on toppings. We had a few different tacos Birria was awesome, the Florida mad was good but I couldn’t taste the dill and it was only a tiny piece of gator, so there’s some minor things but for the most part this place is janky lol I dig it and I can’t wait to come back and try more good stuff!! Keep up the good work guys!!

Hank Groff

This is not a place for a dining experience, but if you want authentic amazing Mexican food, stop and make your order. With over 14 million views of my posts, I tell it like it is. Island house it's small inside. But the ingredients are fresh and you will get your food fast.If there's a wait its worth it!

Matthew Ducsay

Tacos was kinda pricey and wasn’t that big. Came during a rush and tacos seemed a little hard around the edges. The picante was very hot but didn’t linger. Consume was very good. Birria tacos was pretty damn good as well. Came late in the day so didn’t get the pastor fresh off the trompo. Place is kinda small out door area available. Was pretty good Deff not disappointed but still don’t know if this is a go to, not trying the other places in the area.I gave it four stars because it’s a three star place but since they do things somewhat traditional makes that even better. Top it off, I didn’t even they had elotes.

Katherine

I got the wrong food. I wanted a Torta and I got a burrito. The restaurant called and said they no long have Torta's and we agreed I would get a chicken burrito instead. They said they would give me the hot sauce, guacamole and Horchata that I ordered. All I got was a chicken burrito and nothing else. I want my money back for the Horchata, guacamole, and hot sauce because I paid extra for them.

Colleen C.

Ordered 70 tacos for a work lunch. Supposed to be ready by 11:30. 11:50 and they're still not ready. Staff doesn't seem to care at all that the order is almost 20 minutes late which will ruin lunch for a lot of people. And ruin my reputation. Zero sense of urgency, even though I called and ordered and discussed the times the day before. Also told them I would continue ordering from them for all my office lunches. No reason they couldn't have had my order ready with 24 hours notice. I will NEVER be back.

Susan Stemitz

Flavor great, but expensive for the amount served and a walk up counter. Our food was ordered together but not served together. Recommend not ordering drinks to bring to reasonable price. $60 for 2 burritos, 2 tacos, and an 1/2 order of yucca fries plus 3 snapple bottles, I would choose to go to a full service Mexican restaurant next time.

Pablo Cozumel

Absolutely, positively the best ceviche this side of the equator.

Larry Ross

Extensive selection of South American inspired dishes - including Tacos, but waay better than (ahem) the ?. Soon they will have their own take on BBQ, and if the Tacos and Chimichangas are an indication, you won't want to miss it.

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