I ordered the pork taco now for pick up. The pick up service was quick and seamless. The bowl is extremely filling. It has rice, beans, pork, guacamole, pickled onions, cheese, and tomatoes. The pork was very flavourful, I enjoyed the seasoning. I also enjoyed all of the toppings. I thought it all came together nicely. read more

Colibri - a plate of food on a table - Mexican Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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Cute place! You save about $1 if you get the combo for two 'giant' tacos depending on which two you get. The steak one was soooo delicious but the tacos themselves aren't very large. They're more like normal sized house made toritillas. I had to use a knife and fork because they were so small , they were difficult to fold and eat. Maybe I was just eating it wrong but I also didn't want to be super messy. Quick service. Tacos were fresh. I liked how they had tons of different sauces! Definitely try the Cruda! It's soooo good and avocado-ey. Three stars because of the tasty steak taco but small portion sizes. Kind of pricey! read more

Colibri - Mexican Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

I've always equated tacos with cheap street food, and albeit these are some of the best tacos in the city, it'll cost you a lot of pesos. I've been searching for great tacos in this city that'll take me back to my journeys across Mexico, and in many ways, these tacos are even better. For $8, which is a little more expensive than their Los Colibri location, you're getting a decent sized taco with choices of Beef, Fish, Lamb and Shrooms. You're getting freshly made shells made right in front of you on the mesmerizing wheel of taco shells. You'll also be supplemented with a variety of fresh house made salsa's to choose from. It may not make me run to the border, but I'll be back here a few more times.. read more

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This Mexican pop-up in Assembly Chef's Hall is a bit more expensive than their Los Colibris King St. location. I guess you're paying for the location - as Assembly Chef's Hall is a hip, vibrant place to go with a group of friends or colleagues. I ordered the vegetarian al pastor taco since this was the first time I've seen a place offering an al pastor (pineapple) taco with oyster mushrooms instead of pork. I had really high hopes for this taco, but at over $7 it failed to impress. I'm from California, where tacos and burritos are a staple food, and $7 is just too expensive for a single taco that doesn't even fill you up. Better places in the city offer tacos for $4-5! The tortilla was fresh but too thick for my liking - it had almost the consistency of a stiff cornbread roti for those of you who know Indian food. The filling itself was pretty yummy after I added macha crema sauce on top, but I just couldn't justify spending $7 on a mediocre taco. read more

Colibri - Mushroom al pastor taco with macha crema sauce added on top - Mexican Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

I ordered the special, which has steak & chorizo. I enjoyed that they let you try different success to adjust the spice level. The taco shell was made of purple corn so didn't look super appealing. Taco was delicious. Steak was perfectly cooked and the avocado sauce was a beautiful balance. I quite enjoyed it but think $9+ is quite pricey for a single taco when you need 2-3 to fill you. Staff was helpful and made recommendations. I would consider coming again. read more

Colibri - Special - Steak & Chorizo - Mexican Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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Assembly Chef hall should be my new favourite fun spot to eat but with missing service and flavour, this one quickly fell off my 'must eat' list here. I've been to Assembly 3 times now and each time, Colibri is never ready. First their corn masa was not ready for 1 hour the first time. The next, they werent open when everyone else was. And this time, they weren't ready for another 30 minutes for some reason. When you have everyone else around you ready to plate up a good looking dish, it makes you look disorganized when you can't do the same. ESPECIALLY at $9 a taco (after tax). So all the other reviews comment about the costs... I get it and agree with it. I know good quality ingredients are not free. When you have other spots in Toronto producing good flavours at $6 a taco and you're 50% more expensive, pressure to create something amazing is on. Even some of the top taco places in San Diego were cheaper after conversion. I won't talk too much about the environment because I went into detail in my Assembly Chef hall review. Simply said, the space and vibe is really great. MUCH needed for Toronto and the concept is amazing. Now just for the spots to produce great food to keep us coming back instead of a 1 trick tourist trap. Beef Alambre - One taco for $9. Wow. Even though I saw nice big steak chunks and used the spicy sauce, I was really disappointed. Its like Colibri forgot to season. It just tasted like young veal with vegetable oil ... no salt or pepper. Cooked to medium well on a flat grill. I couldn't understand how bland it tasted. Sure I appreciated how they didnt just use minced beef but when it feels like you're chewing a tasteless sponge, its disappointing. 3/5 Maybe if Colibri had their service on point instead of always behind everyone else, I would have the perception they know what they want to serve. But with the missing service and bland expensive taco, I've got to say that it's a hard pass for them in Assembly. read more

Colibri - Beef Alambre ... $9 taco and sadly no flavour or spice. - Mexican Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

While stumbling on my way to the bar because I went far too hard at the pre, I was kindly escorted to this fine restaurant in an attempt to sober me up. Although I don't remember much about the experience, I woke up to a photo of the most beautiful taco my eyes had ever seen. This then triggered my brain to bring back the faintest memory of consuming an incredible pulled pork taco. I apparently LOVE this restaurant. To figure out where I had this lovely snack, in hopes of returning one day, I checked my Uber receipt from the night before. Luckily enough, we had called our Uber to pick us up at the restaurant. It only took a few strategic google searches to find the name. I'm excited to return in a less inebriated state to try their excellent selection of tacos once more. read more

Did not enjoy this as much as I thought I would've, although the filling in the tacos were good, the tortilla in my opinion was too thick and had a weird texture to it. Couldn't get it over my head :C. What made things ever worst was the raspberry horchata, I honestly thought like I was drinking perfume flavoured oatmeal given the again weird texture. I can't see myself coming back especially when Seven Lives isn't too far and the other options at Assembly Chef Hall. I really did like the fish though, it was battered nicely and tasted fresh! The mushroom was nice too but was a tad undercooked and very chewy. Service was not acknowledged unlike I said something even though I was blankly staring at their menu :C. read more

Colibri - Mexican Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Good tacos in the downtown core are hard to come by. I was really excited that The Assembly Hall had a spot close to work to satisfy taco cravings. First of all, I'll say that the tortillas at Colibri are amazing. It's very hard for me not to drool at the smell of fresh tortillas. This, along with the assortment of fresh salsas, were definitely the highlight of my experience. Unfortunately the taco filling fell flat for me. The lamb was well seasoned and tender, but the amount of grease that dripped out of the taco was off putting. The Fish tacos were even more of a disappointment. The small (I mean very small) piece of fish was double fried, but the inside layer of batter became sticky and gloopy under the outer, crispy layer of batter. I got halfway through the taco and then realized that the other half of "Fish" was actually just batter. Overall, these two tacos were not worth the $19 that I paid. If I had paid $10 for both, then my rating may have been higher. read more

Colibri - Lamb barbacoa & baja style fish tacos - Mexican Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Had the fish taco and chicken taco. Solid choices. Although they were on the smaller side, it was plenty to fill me up. They make the tortillas on site and the food is very fresh. But because it is made from scratch, the wait can be a bit, especially on crowded evenings. read more

Colibri is an offshoot of Los Colibris on King West and offers high quality, delicious Mexican tacos at reasonable prices. I dropped by today hoping to pick up a breakfast taco but found that they only serve breakfast on weekdays from 8-11am. I opted for one beef alambre taco and a baja fish which came to $16 including tax which is not cheap but not terrible either. The tacos were huge and the flank steak was perfectly cooked and well seasoned. I used some of their homemade salsa roja and it added just the right amount of kick. The ingredients were simple but well put together and the taco shell held together to the last bite. The baja fish came with a huge chunk of battered fish and a wonderful slaw. The fish was perfectly cooked and flavourful, another winner in my eyes. While there are cheaper taco options available downtown, the quality of ingredients and attention to detail make Colibri worth a try. PS: Did I mention they make their tortillas in-house and press them by hand using a tortilla press? read more

Munching on the Steak Alambre taco as I write this review; with my singular hand-sized taco serving sufficient for a small lunch. The house-made tortilla is thicker than I've had at other taco joints, but it's perfect for holding in all the sauce I squeezed onto it. The filling is OK - a decent amount of standard grilled beef cubes, but the choose-your-own sauce station is really the best part of it. Pick from about 10 different ones, ranging from Cruda, the very mild, to Habanero, the scorchingly hot. I picked Morita (listed at medium), whose spice level reminds me of the spicy mayo you get on sushi sometimes - with a slightly spicier aftertaste and smokier flavour. Pricing is a bit high at $7.50 per taco, considering a minimum of two orders is recommended for a standard-sized lunch meal. But the sauces are fun enough that I'd come back and try it again for a quick bite. read more

Love all the hot sauces they had. We thought all the ones we had ( 3, from different level of heat) were all excellent. Tacos were just average in taste, and a bit pricy for what it is: $7.99 each:/ Still, we enjoyed it with all the options of sauces! read more

Big fan of the beef Alambre taco, super tender meat and tons of flavor. Baja fish taco and the shrimp taco were really good too. Random pic for lunch as we walked by the outdoor serving area and very happy we found this! read more

Wow! I need my taco fix at every business trip and this will become my Toronto spot for sure!!! Amazing tacos, guacamole etc absolutely love it!!! read more

Colibri - a tray of food with chips and guacamole - Mexican Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

First time in Toronto, we checked into the hotel and walked straight Colibri! What an amazing place, food from here was absolutely amazing!! They were busy with a little line, but I didn't wait more than five minutes for our tacos!! The carnitas, alambre, rajas pablanas were awesome!! Will DEFINITELY be coming back!! More than a five star rating. read more

The carnitas tacos are hands down the best tacos I've had in Toronto. I wanted to cry when I tasted this little piece of Mexican heaven.

The best steak alambres taco I have ever had in my life on a soft corn tortilla coated with cheese. The flavours were perfect! The steak was tender and accompanied by a generous portion of diced onions and peppers. I only ordered one and it was enough but I would have eaten a second one and paid for the sluggish non-productivity for the rest of the day, lol! I do want to try their chips and pico de gallo or guacamole but it's a bit too high-priced for my liking ($7 or $8). read more

This review is for the horchata alone - craved something sweet in liquid form so I skipped on out on tacos and ordered Colibri's horchata. First I should compliment the person who took the order, she literally ran to a neighbor vendor to fetch a straw when they had none for me. However the horchata was so disappointing because it was full of bloated rice that wasn't strained out. Every sip of milk brought this super unappetizing, awful grainy chewiness with it that filled my mouth. Worst horchata I've ever had. Wouldn't recommend. 2/5 read more

Finally did a visit at Colibri and totally fell in love with the steak alambre. Putting aged rib-eye on a taco was pure genius! The tenderness of the steak complemented by the freshly pressed tortilla was truly divine! Memories of fresh tacos from the taquerias in Mexico. read more

I just got my first chance to visit The Assembly and had the most amazing Taco I've had in a while at Colibri. Everything is newly opened and this will absolutely be a regular lunch stop for me! Highly recommended. read more

My black friends and I were racially profiled by white staff at this restaurant. We came for a 15th birthday party expecting a great time but we were faced with a terrible time. We thought everything was going fine until a manager approached us telling us that our waiter was verbally harassed by us and that we were being disruptive. They later called the birthday girl's mother to the restaurant and said that we black teenage girls called the waitress the b-word and were yelling at her. They also claimed that we tried to order alcoholic drinks while knowing that we booked for a 15-year-old birthday party. We sat in the restaurant confused and we waited over an hour for our food. The restaurant staff later said that our food was held in the kitchen and not served to us earlier because of our "behavior". Our food also tasted burnt and old. They also charged things on our bills for things we never order. Though we were kind the waitress spoke to us with a rude attitude. This was an absolutely terrible experience. No black teen should feel targeted on their birthday for something they did not do. No group of black girls should feel uncomfortable in a restaurant. It is the job of the restaurant to make their customers happy not lie on them. The service was terrible and the service was RACIST. No other table faced this in the restaurant. The only black table in the restaurant was targeted with lies and warnings of being kicked out of the restaurant. If you support black lives being accepted everywhere, you should stop supporting this business until they change their RACIST ways. read more

The taco filling is good but the tortilla is really small. Was charged $0.50 because it was 'to go'. Too expensive for what it is.

As a Mexican is one of my favourite Mexican restaurant in town, all flavours bring me back home, also seen all the chef making fresh tortillas is amazing, really good experience at colibri, I've heard about the prices, as a chef I say you pay for what you get, is worth it ! read more

the best taco spot in Toronto I'm my opinion. The tortillas are made by hand daily and the portions are really big. Will definitely be back