I came in here with my dying father and the bartender Dave made his last day on earth the best day of his life. Dave went above and beyond and my father wouldn’t stop talking about it on his death bed. I’ll never forget this experience
Sarah Gilbride
Great margs!
Erika Redzinak
Had Happy Hour tacos (sweet potato, carnitas and Sriracha tofu) and margs (4-6pm every day and late night). We already love the Tacoma location, and we were excited that they opened up one in Bellingham! Highly recommend the tacos and the bowls!
Our specific server didn't check in at all on us after we got our food, and she missed getting us chips and salsa, so we had to ask someone else for the order as well as our check.
Parking: Street parking is free after 6pm and can be difficult to find nearby. There is a parking lot right next door, but I'm not sure if you have to pay.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Emily Goodin
TIP: This restaurant is 21+ only. TIP: The entrance is on the parking lot side of the building, where the picnic tables are located. TIP: You can add (spicy sweet & sour sauced) tofu to any item even if it's not specifically listed along with the item. I think there are still a few kinks to work out for this new restaurant, but overall we were impressed during our first visit and we will be back. The music was too loud (our server agreed), and my menu pages weren't assembled correctly so it was a little hard to find all the food options, but we managed, and we had a great meal and some excellent happy hour margaritas and tacos. I recommend the locally-made corn flour taco shells for extra flavor. We are vegetarian and found plenty of good options on the menu. We started with (non-complimentary) chips and salsa, which were excellent. The chips were warm and tasty, and the salsa was spicy but not too spicy for my heat-averse spouse. We had the black bean taco and tofu taco from the happy hour menu, along with a house margarita and a strawberry marg slushie. The slushie was sweet (but not too sweet) and smooth, and the house margarita was not sweet. I prefer mine sweet, but my DH doesn't, so I'll stick with slushies and he'll stick with the traditional ones. Then we had the veggie burrito and the taco salad (adding tofu). Both were fine, not excellent but very good. Staff were attentive and friendly. Restrooms were gender-neutral, with the sinks located outside the restrooms in a common open area that's shared with Sweet Bay Cafe.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Brian Corey
What a great addition to Bellingham! Finally, affordable tacos that actually taste amazing. The rotating ones are wild too, you have to try the Philly cheesesteak or the cheeseburger taco.
The Margaritas are bomb as well be sure to peep their happy hour. Thisnplace is a tequila lover's paradise.
Vegetarian options: Lots of vegetarian options!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pepper Queso
Meagan Minefee
We had a great 1st experience. I will be back for another happy hour again for sure. The food & service was great. Very fair prices too for Bellingham! 2 tacos & a beer for under $15 is a win around here. Only negative- It was a little loud, but could have been where we were sitting. Overall, I’m excited to see this new addition to the area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ryan Wilson
Amazing food and service! We were so excited to see Red Star expand into Bellingham having enjoyed our experiences at the Seattle location. Great vibe, drinks, and food. Can’t wait to be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
David Sauer
Had an awesome experience here the other night. Great new addition to Bellingham. Great service, food, and atmosphere. Looking forward to making a stop here every time I’m in Bellingham.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kristin Jochum
Thrilled to see another location of the amazing food and drinks that Red Star always delivers!! A wonderful addition to state st!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Grant
Our favorite Tacos in Seattle, and now in Bellingham! They have a few traditional tacos but generally lean more 'contemporary' than some may prefer. (One of our favorites is the philly cheese steak taco) Margaritas/drinks are great as well!
Price overall seems quite fair, at ~$5/taco. As for portion size 2 tacos is generally enough for 1 person.
Service is a bit slow since they literally just opened this week and are still figuring things out, but I'm sure it will be sorted in a week or two, so I'd pay the complainers here no mind. Also, there's a 21+ sign hanging on the front door, so I'm not sure how anyone missed that, but yea, find a babysitter for the night and enjoy some tacos/drinks for a date night.
Food was amazing. We went the opening night so it was crazy busy, but the service good despite that.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Cindy
In town to meet friends for drinks, and this place was amazing. Great atmosphere, kind service staff, and the best tacos (try the shrimp!) and margaritas (passionfruit mezcal margarita is SO good!)! Will definitely be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Corrin Easley
Tried to go and had a 35 minute wait which was fine. Upon returning we were advised the whole venue is 21+ which wasn’t indicated prior on their Instagram or website. While I understand it’s a “bar” some food locations have a non-age restricted area. I wished they had mentioned this before we waited 35 minutes for a table we couldn’t use. Sharing this for anyone else, it is only 21+.
Service: 2
Tanya Rayo
Very pretty place but service was terrible. Not a server in sight helping us out, I get it’s a busy night but we were just ignored.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
v s
Atmosphere was fine, service was AWFUL, took 10 minutes for someone to come by and ask about beverages and she took our order for food at the same time. Food came out in about 10-15 minutes and still hadn’t gotten our margaritas. Ordered an asada taco bowl and the meat was SO salty I couldn’t even eat it but no one came by until we were ready to leave to see if I even wanted something else. So I just didn’t eat. Told the server we were ready to leave and she said ok and never came back? Until I had to grab someone and ask for the check. Def won’t be back
I came in here with my dying father and the bartender Dave made his last day on earth the best day of his life. Dave went above and beyond and my father wouldn’t stop talking about it on his death bed. I’ll never forget this experience
Great margs!
Had Happy Hour tacos (sweet potato, carnitas and Sriracha tofu) and margs (4-6pm every day and late night). We already love the Tacoma location, and we were excited that they opened up one in Bellingham! Highly recommend the tacos and the bowls!
Our specific server didn't check in at all on us after we got our food, and she missed getting us chips and salsa, so we had to ask someone else for the order as well as our check.
Parking: Street parking is free after 6pm and can be difficult to find nearby. There is a parking lot right next door, but I'm not sure if you have to pay.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
TIP: This restaurant is 21+ only.
TIP: The entrance is on the parking lot side of the building, where the picnic tables are located.
TIP: You can add (spicy sweet & sour sauced) tofu to any item even if it's not specifically listed along with the item.
I think there are still a few kinks to work out for this new restaurant, but overall we were impressed during our first visit and we will be back. The music was too loud (our server agreed), and my menu pages weren't assembled correctly so it was a little hard to find all the food options, but we managed, and we had a great meal and some excellent happy hour margaritas and tacos. I recommend the locally-made corn flour taco shells for extra flavor. We are vegetarian and found plenty of good options on the menu. We started with (non-complimentary) chips and salsa, which were excellent. The chips were warm and tasty, and the salsa was spicy but not too spicy for my heat-averse spouse. We had the black bean taco and tofu taco from the happy hour menu, along with a house margarita and a strawberry marg slushie. The slushie was sweet (but not too sweet) and smooth, and the house margarita was not sweet. I prefer mine sweet, but my DH doesn't, so I'll stick with slushies and he'll stick with the traditional ones. Then we had the veggie burrito and the taco salad (adding tofu). Both were fine, not excellent but very good. Staff were attentive and friendly. Restrooms were gender-neutral, with the sinks located outside the restrooms in a common open area that's shared with Sweet Bay Cafe.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
What a great addition to Bellingham! Finally, affordable tacos that actually taste amazing. The rotating ones are wild too, you have to try the Philly cheesesteak or the cheeseburger taco.
The Margaritas are bomb as well be sure to peep their happy hour. Thisnplace is a tequila lover's paradise.
Vegetarian options: Lots of vegetarian options!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pepper Queso
We had a great 1st experience. I will be back for another happy hour again for sure. The food & service was great. Very fair prices too for Bellingham! 2 tacos & a beer for under $15 is a win around here. Only negative- It was a little loud, but could have been where we were sitting. Overall, I’m excited to see this new addition to the area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing food and service! We were so excited to see Red Star expand into Bellingham having enjoyed our experiences at the Seattle location. Great vibe, drinks, and food. Can’t wait to be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had an awesome experience here the other night. Great new addition to Bellingham. Great service, food, and atmosphere. Looking forward to making a stop here every time I’m in Bellingham.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Thrilled to see another location of the amazing food and drinks that Red Star always delivers!! A wonderful addition to state st!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Our favorite Tacos in Seattle, and now in Bellingham! They have a few traditional tacos but generally lean more 'contemporary' than some may prefer. (One of our favorites is the philly cheese steak taco) Margaritas/drinks are great as well!
Price overall seems quite fair, at ~$5/taco. As for portion size 2 tacos is generally enough for 1 person.
Service is a bit slow since they literally just opened this week and are still figuring things out, but I'm sure it will be sorted in a week or two, so I'd pay the complainers here no mind. Also, there's a 21+ sign hanging on the front door, so I'm not sure how anyone missed that, but yea, find a babysitter for the night and enjoy some tacos/drinks for a date night.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
Food was amazing. We went the opening night so it was crazy busy, but the service good despite that.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
In town to meet friends for drinks, and this place was amazing. Great atmosphere, kind service staff, and the best tacos (try the shrimp!) and margaritas (passionfruit mezcal margarita is SO good!)! Will definitely be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tried to go and had a 35 minute wait which was fine. Upon returning we were advised the whole venue is 21+ which wasn’t indicated prior on their Instagram or website. While I understand it’s a “bar” some food locations have a non-age restricted area. I wished they had mentioned this before we waited 35 minutes for a table we couldn’t use. Sharing this for anyone else, it is only 21+.
Service: 2
Very pretty place but service was terrible. Not a server in sight helping us out, I get it’s a busy night but we were just ignored.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Atmosphere was fine, service was AWFUL, took 10 minutes for someone to come by and ask about beverages and she took our order for food at the same time. Food came out in about 10-15 minutes and still hadn’t gotten our margaritas. Ordered an asada taco bowl and the meat was SO salty I couldn’t even eat it but no one came by until we were ready to leave to see if I even wanted something else. So I just didn’t eat. Told the server we were ready to leave and she said ok and never came back? Until I had to grab someone and ask for the check. Def won’t be back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 1
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