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    Achilito's Taqueria

    3.7 (131 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    The food is mediocre at best. The service was quick and I was in and out in less than 5 minutes but I ended up paying 16 dollars for a medium sized burrito. The brisket and rice which I ordered in my burrito were dry but everything else was not too bad.

    Brisket enchiladas and the birria broth from the Barria Taco I ate
    Chirag P.

    These bad reviews are interesting. Orders being made wrong is top complaint, I guess we'll see about that because today wasn't one of those days! Birria taco, brisket enchiladas, and brisket tostada. The flavors are great with the brisket! Some of the brisket was a bit dry, but didn't care much since I had leftover BIRRIA BROTH and a small thing of taqueria hot sauce that came with the tostada. Decent rice, refried beans. My only other wish is I wish you can actually order the sauces that come with tostada separate. I would pay extra for more of those.

    Ordered two shrimp tacos. But did not get ‍

    I really don't like throwing food away, but honestly I had to throw it away. people interested in another Mexican or Latin food should try El Jefes . unfortunately my location was not within delivery for them. i normally listen to the reviews and tonight I didn't. I placed an order for a plantain burrito and it was mid. like 30 percent decent. I requested two shrimp Baja tacos, because I had a friend who ordered it for me before. guess what, I didn't get what I asked for. but instead I got some can tasted chicken flavored steak meat that prisoners in 1774, and some meat that might be pork. neither was even eatable to make up for what I didn't get. i cant even blame the driver because the bag was stapled. the receipt on the bag shows what I asked for but somehow the bag maybe didn't get the message and put the wrong items in itself. it is after 10 and they already closed. a cold rainy day and night , looking forward to something to eat. to get disappointed. I had to give this one star to give the rating.

    a beef taco
    Meg C.

    Had a carnitas taco and steak taco that were good. The corn tortilla was fresh and there was a decent amount of protein in each one, but both could have used more seasoning and salsa. Seemed a touch pricey for what it was, but it scratched my taco itch. Place was clean and service was quick.

    I had ordered in the past from the JP location and been less than impressed. I'm at a friend's house in Cambridge and my kid wanted some ground beef tacos... pretty basic. So I ordered 3 ground beef tacos in a hard shell and 3 in a flour tortilla. They are all woefully over seasoned. No real flavor, just tons of salt. Perhaps worse yet, the ground beef filling is ridiculously wet. Also the supposed hard shell was paper thin and had the texture (and taste) of card board. So the overly wet filling soaked straight through the hard shell tacos to the point that they could not be picked up and eaten. Completely defeats the point of tacos.

    Chimichanga carnitas burrito, revuelta popular, chicken burrito
    Laura C.

    3.5 stars. Very decent, spicy Mexican food. Both burritos were lacking in the amount of meat though.

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    Fresh food, clean restaurant, tasty Jarritos soda! I got the mango flavor. Staff is super friendly and the wait was quick.

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    The service here was awesome,and even though we didn't get food the drinks here was like we got it straight from Mexico.

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    The food is great! The music is great and the ambience is nice for the Harvard square. Feels authentic.

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    Very good everytime I come. The vegan options are very good and my boyfriend likes the birria tacos and empenadas

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