Terrible food. $10 chips and guacamole and the chips were from a bag and stale. They were basically gas station nacho chips. They were so bad. And the guacamole was clearly store bought. The refried beans were black beans and tasted like pure salt. The rice taste like card board and was clearly box rice or instant rice. The barbacoa taco didn’t taste like barbacoa. Steak taco tasted like you cooked an unseasoned steak chopped it into cubes and then put taco seasoning on it at the last second. Not carne asada, not marinated. Overall terrible food at the cost of a sit down restaurant.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Justin Presley
Great food! For the quality of the tacos you're getting the price is more than justified. I've had more expensive and smaller tacos from less authentic places - this is the real deal. Some of the other reviews here might have been expecting a Chipotle - that's not what this place is.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Carne Asada, Pork Al Pastor
Blake Levit
I heard Taco Nano is top in the area and was not proved wrong from my first experience. The taco shells I believe were corn not positive if flour.. the flavor was so good and that alone would make me want to come back and try the chip, salsa and guac. I went with the crispy camarones/shrimp and barbacoa. Whenever there is barbacoa I usually get it. I’m glad I did both were delicious. Next up is burrito y más comida!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crispy Camarones
Elizabeth Scheuer
This is my favorite place for Mexican on the north shore. They have the best queso, great quality food, and fast service! Very affordable and nice patio to sit outside and eat. I LOVE it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amy Johnson
Ordered Steak tacos and recieved braised beef. The food was awful and made me sick.
Food: 1
Tommy Bos
Shrimp tacos are dynamite! Be wary of a 3% surcharge that was recently added to every bill ??
Chris Spencer
Everything about this place has gone downhill over the past few years. Our last two takeout orders were missing food, and the manager, Pablo, absolutely refuses to replace food or refund money for incomplete orders. It's unbelievable. Poor management has also translated to poor food quality (super greasy ground beef, underwhelming presentation and shrinking portions), and given how sloppy the place is run I cringe when I think about the kitchen. We won't eat here again without a management change, and we can't recommend it to anyone else either. The trend of negative reviews is real. Check out Trendy Taco, La Taquiza or Guanajuato. All much better alternatives than Taco Nano.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Alessandra
Decent spot for quick Mexican! The guacamole is average and not worth the price, but the tacos are pretty good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Donovan James
Best tacos I've had so far in Illinois.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Carne Asada
PD Mitchell
Decent tacos. Food is good, not great. The food is probably worthy of four stars but the prices at Taco Nano are expensive, too expensive to justify a four star rating.
We stopped here on a whim after kayaking at Skokie Lagoons. My review is based on the fact that I'm vegetarian, and unfortunately, there aren't a lot of "flavorful" vegetarian options. There's 1 taco option, aside from a quesadilla and burrito. In the absence of mushrooms in my taco, it was simply some sauteed vegetables. No greens, no cilantro, no cheese, no salsa. How wonderful it would be if the staff at Taco Nano re-evaluated their vegetarian options to consider a flavorful black bean taco. Cilantro is so common in Mexico, so why not add that?
FYI, 5/5 for service and atmosphere.
Aside from the food, I wish Taco Nano would consider using reusable bowls for offering their salsa versus disposable single-use plastics. It's disappointing to see all that plastic go into the trash afterwards.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Tara Davis
Meat was dry. Both the chicken and the steak
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Jennifer Lee
Ordered 12 tacos for take out today, all the meat were super dry.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 4
Nina Gorges
We've heard that Taco nano was pretty good, so we decided to check it out today. Tbh, we were disappointed. We ordered 2 steak burritos, guacamole, and elotes. The steak burritos came out cold, steak over cooked, and so dry. They looked good, but def didn't taste it. I can't lie, the guac and elotes were very tasty. I really wanted to love this place. We def won't be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Guacamole & Chips
Cynthia Gallaher
The shrimp taco they gave me is NOT a Chile Relleno, as posted as its special. Have been going to Taco Nano! for years, and this is the first time I've been disappointed.
Terrible food. $10 chips and guacamole and the chips were from a bag and stale. They were basically gas station nacho chips. They were so bad. And the guacamole was clearly store bought. The refried beans were black beans and tasted like pure salt. The rice taste like card board and was clearly box rice or instant rice. The barbacoa taco didn’t taste like barbacoa. Steak taco tasted like you cooked an unseasoned steak chopped it into cubes and then put taco seasoning on it at the last second. Not carne asada, not marinated. Overall terrible food at the cost of a sit down restaurant.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Great food! For the quality of the tacos you're getting the price is more than justified. I've had more expensive and smaller tacos from less authentic places - this is the real deal. Some of the other reviews here might have been expecting a Chipotle - that's not what this place is.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Carne Asada, Pork Al Pastor
I heard Taco Nano is top in the area and was not proved wrong from my first experience. The taco shells I believe were corn not positive if flour.. the flavor was so good and that alone would make me want to come back and try the chip, salsa and guac. I went with the crispy camarones/shrimp and barbacoa. Whenever there is barbacoa I usually get it. I’m glad I did both were delicious. Next up is burrito y más comida!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crispy Camarones
This is my favorite place for Mexican on the north shore. They have the best queso, great quality food, and fast service! Very affordable and nice patio to sit outside and eat. I LOVE it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ordered Steak tacos and recieved braised beef. The food was awful and made me sick.
Food: 1
Shrimp tacos are dynamite! Be wary of a 3% surcharge that was recently added to every bill ??
Everything about this place has gone downhill over the past few years. Our last two takeout orders were missing food, and the manager, Pablo, absolutely refuses to replace food or refund money for incomplete orders. It's unbelievable. Poor management has also translated to poor food quality (super greasy ground beef, underwhelming presentation and shrinking portions), and given how sloppy the place is run I cringe when I think about the kitchen. We won't eat here again without a management change, and we can't recommend it to anyone else either. The trend of negative reviews is real. Check out Trendy Taco, La Taquiza or Guanajuato. All much better alternatives than Taco Nano.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Decent spot for quick Mexican! The guacamole is average and not worth the price, but the tacos are pretty good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Best tacos I've had so far in Illinois.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Carne Asada
Decent tacos. Food is good, not great. The food is probably worthy of four stars but the prices at Taco Nano are expensive, too expensive to justify a four star rating.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
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We stopped here on a whim after kayaking at Skokie Lagoons. My review is based on the fact that I'm vegetarian, and unfortunately, there aren't a lot of "flavorful" vegetarian options. There's 1 taco option, aside from a quesadilla and burrito. In the absence of mushrooms in my taco, it was simply some sauteed vegetables. No greens, no cilantro, no cheese, no salsa. How wonderful it would be if the staff at Taco Nano re-evaluated their vegetarian options to consider a flavorful black bean taco. Cilantro is so common in Mexico, so why not add that?
FYI, 5/5 for service and atmosphere.
Aside from the food, I wish Taco Nano would consider using reusable bowls for offering their salsa versus disposable single-use plastics. It's disappointing to see all that plastic go into the trash afterwards.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Meat was dry. Both the chicken and the steak
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Ordered 12 tacos for take out today, all the meat were super dry.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 4
We've heard that Taco nano was pretty good, so we decided to check it out today. Tbh, we were disappointed. We ordered 2 steak burritos, guacamole, and elotes. The steak burritos came out cold, steak over cooked, and so dry. They looked good, but def didn't taste it. I can't lie, the guac and elotes were very tasty. I really wanted to love this place. We def won't be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Guacamole & Chips
The shrimp taco they gave me is NOT a Chile Relleno, as posted as its special. Have been going to Taco Nano! for years, and this is the first time I've been disappointed.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crispy Camarones, Carne Asada
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