Tapa Taco South American Cuisine

All you can eat taco Tuesday! My son ate 24

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

'Becks' Review! Ahhh Tapa Taco how we miss you already! Had an amazing Valentines Day with my forever date Byron! ❤️ We drove from Chicago to Union Pier to celebrate! The restaurant's atmosphere was full of love! Our server was sweet and kind, we also saw Nate and he waved from a distance as he flew around the dining room floor making bellies happy! Bravo to Chef Eduardo (again) for making everything fire 🔥 We left full to the brim! Next time we will stop for a drink with Geon at the Bar!! Sorry spelling phonetically G!
We ate Argentinian Steaks with roasted veggies y un llapingacho (Ecuadorian potato patty). Yum yum 😋 I think when no one was looking we licked our plates! lol For apps we ordered platano maduros con empanadas de carne.
All of your smiles contributed to our lovely night! You've made this Ecuadorian girl so happy! Building memories to last a lifetime. Thank you for producing such culinary diversity for Union Pier! Bring that 2nd location to Northwest side of Chicago por favor! We need Chef's flavors here! See you in August when we return for lazy summer dayz in Union Pier xoxo Sincerely xoxo Michelle & Byron Beck!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amazing food, reasonable prices

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Stopped here for dinner while staying in the area for a long weekend. Great food, service and atmosphere. We had the steak tacos, plantains, empanadas and tapas size of the house paella. Everything was very tasty.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Everything I've tried has been excellent. Very tasty and a very nice indoor dining area for winter. Great staff. Great experience 😍

Visiting from Minneapolis and haven't found beans and rice this good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tapa Taco is a unique and delicious dining experience. If you want to experience different flavors and tasty South American cuisine, this is your best bet! Tacos are done in a way that makes them stand out in presentation and flavor. Definitely not a run of the mill taco. Besides the world class tacos other things to experience, in my opinion, are the guava black bean dip, fallo’n, arepas, empanadas, shrimp ceviche, seafood paella, seco de chivo, lobster mac & cheese, Argentinian steak, coconut chicken and especially the shrimp encocado. The dining room is bright, warm and welcoming and the decor involves South American pride, as it should. South American art and artifacts create a decor of discovery. The staff is friendly and attentive and the cold food was served cold and the hot food was served hot which was noted and appreciated. Tapa Taco really should be on your restaurant rotation to help support a delicious part of the variety within the local cuisine. Well done to the ownership and staff at Tapa Taco, keep up the exemplary job! KUDOS!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Our server Michael was amazing! Very knowledgeable in the menu and passionate about his service! Will definitely return!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Spent a night at the Gordon Beach Inn and gave Tapa Taco a shot. Truly loved everything about it! Had their Carne Asada arepa and yapingacho. Can't wait to go back!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

This is an incredible hidden gem. Truly unique. Absolutely delicious House Paella, Argentine Steak, and Tres Leches cake. Wonderful service with attention to detail, very friendly, and knowledgeable. All this nested inside an historic Lake Michigan turn-of-the-century hotel. Wow!

On Tuesdays, the restaurant serves all-you-can eat soft shell tacos: flour or corn tortillas with a variety of vegetarian and meat options - all fresh and delicious. Great selection of beers, wines, and creative cocktails.

Highly recommend this place.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Excellent location and imaginative concept but the food honestly was just not that great. The ceviche and pulled pork were very over salted and the arepas were rubbery. Guacamole was above average and service was pleasant. In all, sort of a miss with this place.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

A very convenient and tasty place to have so close to the beach. We grabbed take out so we could enjoy the sunset. The food was good, but a bit greasy, which I want to tack on to it being take out. The seafood arepas were really good. I was hoping the steak tacos would come with a little more in them. Chips and Guac were great.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

South American cuisine at its finest. Make a visit if you’re in the area.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food and service was excellent! The menu is vast and has a lot of variety. Everything we had was absolutely delicious.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Fabulous South American food! Everything was absolutely delicious, we ordered all of the tapas and different paella to share, would highly recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Taco, Empanadas, Ceviche, House Paella, Order of Fried Plantains