El Malo Tacos
1705 Central Ave, Charlotte
(980) 201-9163
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This place has the most AMAZING burritos!! They are fully loaded and SO GOOD!! The morita salsa is a must, it’s homemade (as everything they do there) and delicious! The birria consume to die for!!! Plenty to share or the leftovers are good cold/hot! 10 of 10!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing food and friendly staff. The burritos are my favorite but the tacos are wonderful too!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I had been wanting to try this restaurant for a while, and finally went today. I started with a beef taco and a chicken taco - both were tasty. I ended up ordering a pork taco as well, which was a nice addition.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
We did takeout and the meal was incomplete. The cheese quesadilla didn’t come with salsa, guac, or sour cream… it came with nothing! What a joke. $7.70 for a tortilla with some melted cheese. So disappointed that they would send food out that is not a complete order. We will never be back. Birria was fine.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
The burritos and breakfast tacos here are phenomenal! Such great quality for the price. Highly recommend adding some of their homemade green salsa on the side to any order too.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Felippe was our bartender and had special creations. He’ll be the reason I’ll be back every time. Great time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place had great vibes, but even better food! Best tacos we’ve had in a while! The service super fast and everyone was genuinely kind!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Street Tacos
Delicious margarita! Fun staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Based on the positive reviews, we decided to stop in for a late lunch today, but unfortunately, the experience was very disappointing.
We sat on the bar side, where our bartender admitted he was still feeling the effects of an edible, and his service reflected that. It took over 15 minutes just to get water, despite reminding him multiple times, and this was with only five other guests dining.
We ordered two margaritas, chips & salsa with guacamole, two chicken tacos, and a burrito. While the food itself was decent, the timing was poor—our chips and salsa didn’t arrive until after we had already finished eating. Our drinks also sat empty, as did those of the other guests at the bar and nearby tables.
Four very weak margaritas totaled $52, and the overall bill came to $90 before tip, which felt unreasonable given the quality of service.
Unfortunately, this will be our first and last visit.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
I had a burrito but it had French fries in it and I went to take it back so they can remake it they didn't remake it for me. I didn't taste the burrito all I tasted was the French fries. I would not recommend the California burrito
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
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The California burrito was amazing!!! Will be going back for that very soon!
Ahh this place was alright. Came in for a taco Tuesday vibe to try out, not a thing here. It was good. A bit over priced for what it is. But I guess that comes with location. Over all this place is average for the quality of tacos. Can’t speak on the rest of the menu. Atmosphere was good though with music. Staff was great also.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
I usually eat from here all the time. This time we got a birria taco and found what looks almost like a piece of softened wood on one of them. We broke it apart and it was very hard. I’m not sure what It is but because we eat here a lot we know it’s does not belong on the taco and it did not taste edible. Probably won’t be going back because even the manager wasn’t able to tell or explain to us what it was. They said they don’t cook the birria with wood, so that made it much more concerning.
All the tables were dirty. No hot sauce on the tables, but they do have ketchup packets. Nachos were massive but underwhelming, the tortilla chips were not very good and the guacamole was straight bad. We also got the birria burrito and a California burrito, both were just fine and lacked flavor. Pretty disappointing meal for $50+. I wouldn't bother to go back.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
All day breakfast burrito, MASSIVE. I got the Al pastor in it, meat was a little tough, not sure if that is reflective of the quality of meat or it was just on the griddle for a little bit too long, but the flavor was there, heavy on the cinnamon. Salsa Verde was immaculate, pickled red onions were necessary. Very, very impressed and pleased. Open kitchen could see them cooking everything. Scalloped potato chips, fried fresh to order with the breakfast burrito. Super nice staff!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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