El Taco Yama was within walking distance of our hotel so we decided to try it. We loved the friendly service and the food was excellent. I had the fish fillet in garlic sauce and hated that I was too full too finish it. read more

Services horrible I did not like my order & let the waitress know she could care less & proceeded to tell me it's my loss.. On top of that the attentive, this was horrible never asked me for a refill or how my food was or anything. My partner ordered an item. The item did not have what it was supposed to have on it and the waitress proceeded to say sometimes we put it on there and sometimes we don't.. overall this place doesn't even deserve a one star! Beware!!!! read more

If your are looking for good Mexican spot out here I definitely recommend cocking here. The food here was AMAZING. Me and my family were looking for a nice Mexican food spot around here since we are from LA. We found this spot and didn't regret coming here. The torta and Menudo were really good. The meat had a nice little flavor to it. The service was super good. We walked in and they greeted us and sat us down quickly. The waiters here are amazing. She keep coming to our table and making sure we were okay. read more

EL TACO YAMA - Menudo - Tex-Mex Near Me - Visalia, California

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This place is on Noble, across from the Valero and Rollertown. Due to the construction at the hotel next-door, business fell slow, the family that owns it is very friendly, if you come by, get yourself a gordita with Asada and an Horchata. I also love their shrimp cocktail. Please come by and support them when they reopen after construction, blue building, can't miss it. read more

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Traveling to Visalia on business and looked up best Mexican and this place popped up. Very glad I stopped. Service was very good and friendly. Burrito was extremely tasty, with tender meat and just the right amount of rice. Great Chips and Salsa.. Good fresh food. read more

EL TACO YAMA - Asada Burrito - Tex-Mex Near Me - Visalia, California

I only did carry out. But food was excellent. And I went in to pick up the Carrie out. The ambience of the place was awesome. Great care into the aesthetics very friendly staff and the scorpion made of beads was really cool. read more

This place is just amazing, you want authentic Mexican food? here it is. My family and I enjoy coming here and the service is amazing there's a little bit of a wait but everything comes out fresh and the workers are so sweet. Definitely give this place a try, you will not be disappointed. read more

The tacos were very good! The only thing is I didn't know the guacamole salsa was a little spicy. Other than that, I would definitely come here again when I'm in the area. For those staying at the hotels on Nobel Ave, their location is before the light on Linwood St. read more

An absolute gem of a place. Delicious food paired with the friendliest service in town. My favorite Mexican restaurant in Visalia.

Burrito of asada was good very full of meat beans and rice. Added onions and cilantro. Will return for sit down meal soon

Had a hard time finding this place due to construction in the area. The big blue building was slapping me in the face. Can't miss the big blue building. The ambiance reminded me of a few wholes in the wall in Mexico. The staff was so friendly and kind. Very attentive to our needs and made sure our waters were always full. Being our first time we order a few different items off the menu. Shredded beef taquitos, wet verde beef burrito, super burrito, as well as some tacos. The food came out quickly and hit the spot. Our only complaint was the asada was almost ground beef, it would have been nice to have larger pieces of beef but would come back again. read more

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First time, good food and service, chips and salsa was tasty,definitely will be returning again read more

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Their Menudo has never let me down and I keep coming back for more. I can't post a picture of an empty bowl.

Food was great! Service was great! Ambiance was great! I ordered two breakfast burritos thinking it would be small but no! Burritos are great size and they are fresh! I ordered the asada sope and breakfast burritos. The pina (pine apple) agua Fresca was refreshing and a good size! read more

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We decided to eat here after seeing it on our way to another place the other day. It looks so festive and like it would have some great food. So the very next day we made it a point to give it a try. It's got some great reviews so it should be amazing. As I said it is very bright and festive on the outside and it flows on into the inside. It's a very open space type establishment. With table seating and a few booths. There is a huge menu behind the counter so you can order food to go. We chose to sit at one of the booths. We only saw one person working the counter and she brought us our menus. As I said it wasn't busy so I could understand not many servers working the floor. We looked over the menus as the young lady brought us chips. But no salsa. I thought that was strange. Most place bring chips and salsa together. I'm saying this because this type of thing continued throughout the visit. We had to ask for the salsa and it seemed like she forgot. Ok no problem. It happens. We looked over the menu which was really nice. With plenty of great choices. My wife opted for the enchiladas with beans and rice. But wanted green sauce on the side. Not on the enchiladas. I mean she had to repeat this several times before the young lady understood. Not sure why. But she just wasn't getting it. I ordered carnitas tacos with beans and rice and a Modelo Cerveza with lime. The Cerveza arrived promptly. No lime. I'm like wow really. Our food arrived before the lime. Which did get to me by the way. The food looked delicious. However my wife asked for green sauce on the side. She was brought red sauce. After repeating herself two or three times. It still didn't register with the server. I told my wife to say something. But she was like no it's ok and soldiered on with her food. Which she found to be bland. Void of any kind of flavor. I felt bad bcz she really wanted to try this place. My food tasted pretty good. The carnitas looked to be precooked like they got it from Grocery Outlet and just warmed it up. But it did taste good. The beans and rice were pretty mediocre at best. It wasn't horrible. But just had a weird taste. Maybe it was a bad day. Idk. But we won't be back. I hate to say that. Bcz this is just our experience. I'm sure other have had a great experience. I won't ever tell someone "don't eat there". Bcz they may like it. But again we won't be coming here again. read more

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I didn't think the tacos were good honestly kinda small for the price you pay , but other than that service was good and the building inside is nice . read more

I ordered a carne asada burrito, no rice and their largest pina (pineapple) agua fresca. It was delish. The burrito was super packed it fell apart. It was packed with meat too not just the extras like other places I've been to. The service was excellent. She was very polite, helpful, and nice. The ambiance is Mex, Spanish music. The place is large, fits a good amount of people. It's not a new place but it was super clean, even the restroom was very clean. Kudos and thank you read more

EL TACO YAMA - Carne asada burrito (no rice). I like rice just not in my burrito ‍ pineapple agua fresca - Tex-Mex Near Me - Visalia, California

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Everything is amazing. Staff is great. Everything is clean. Definitely found my taco spot. They also have buckets of beer.

This is a hole in the wall, that is AMAZING!! Service is great and the food is even better. read more

EL TACO YAMA - Tex-Mex Near Me - Visalia, California

This place is a diamond in the rough. Quite literally. We were struggling to find a restaurant and came across this one from Yelp. We were pleasantly surprised when we walked in. It is extremely spacious, colorful with a TON of personality. PLEASE DONT BE PUT OFF BY THE LOCATION, they deserve a shot. Trust me. The beer was cold (for my guy) I got a pina'nada and it was so delicious! We got the sope, Taco combo, ceviche, and my guy got a torta meal. Everything was amazing. The salsas were delicious, the meat was very good. The tacos were very small but we didn't go for the tacos. We will definitely be back The ONLY reason they get 4 stars is bc unfortunately the area has some bad passerby's that could definitely deter people with young children but give it a shot! You won't be disappointed. Not to mention it's extremely reasonable! Check out the menu prices I posted. They ask have an extensive list of protein options! read more

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I recently tried this place on a visit to the area and found their crispy hard shell tacos to be outstanding...and quite different from the standard taco. I asked for them "ground beef" (which was an option), expecting a kind of ground hamburger beef. But this was not what came. Instead, it was a finely chopped steak-type beef, minced almost. But the curious thing is that it had a phenomenal taste that I have not encountered before and encourage all to try. It was almost tangy, and I had no idea how they achieved this or what was in it - but it was delicious. It was so good, I came back the next day and ordered the same thing-- and it came exactly the same way. With exactly the same tang to the beef that made every bite like an explosion of flavor to my palette. I can't wait to come back to this place when I visit the area next year. Aside from great food, staff was super friendly and welcoming, and the festive vibe of the dining room made me want to return immediately. read more

EL TACO YAMA - Crispy Hard Shell Tacos Combo with Ground Beef, and Large Fresh Lemonade - Tex-Mex Near Me - Visalia, California

I couldn't find them. I placed an phone order for pickup, and according to the Yelp map, it was right around the corner from where I was staying. I opened the address in Apple maps, which tried to direct me to a hotel that was under construction and fenced off. I then parked, checked my map, which was now directing me to make a big loop to pull in from a one-way road around the corner. Tried that, took me to the same fenced-off under construction hotel. I drove to the shopping center next door, called the restaurant, and they said they were near Chuck-E-Cheese, but across the street from 7-11. I found Chuck-E-Cheese, but never found a 7-11. There was a Valero that according to Apple Maps used to be a 7-11, but there was no restaurant nearby, other than New Star Chinese. After spending at least 30 minutes driving around, I gave up. Without proper signage or directions, good luck finding this place. read more

Me and my wife were staying in town a couple days to visit Sequoia National Park. We looked through the reviews of local restaurants and found this place. We have been all over the us and tried some amazing food along the way which have set our standards up there as far as taste, service and price. It's not until you travel you realize in how to find Great little spots. Let me just start with finding the place... vasalia has an odd routing of off ramps and service roads if your from out of town you'll probably get frustrated in just trying to get some where without having to do a mile turn back due to the one ways and confusing roads. To get to this shop you need to get off at the exit about 1/2 before the actual exit that Apple Maps said. The shop is on a corner but does not have an entrance you actually have to loop around 1/2 west on the service road and come back an access it from the service road and not the Main Street. on the side only entrance is to a gated apartment complex behind the shop. The sevice was slow but we did get there 1hr before close. The restaurant was decorated nicely which is an indicator that the food is good, if they take time In decorating the food is good. We ordered some asada, and pastor tacos And a Asada Torta. My wife got 4 asada tacos I got 2 pastor tacos and the torta. Tacos had good amount of meat I would say above average for tacos. The torta bad big again with a lot of meat in it. The taste of both the asada and pastor meat was delicious. I was stuffed after I ate my food and probably shouldn't have not of got the tacos. And the price for what they give is honestly low compared to other places that give you less and charge way more. I was extremely satisfied with our food and would highly recommend this place. Second day we went back and had breakfast there we had the potato, egg and chorizo breakfast tacos and were also pleased with the size of them. It's too bad we were in town a couple of days but could only imagine how good the rest of the plates are that they offer. There was a group of 5 people next to us and could see their food was prepped good and looked delicious. read more

First time eating Mexican here. We've been to this location many times before when it was an Indian restaurant. I like the decor it was very nice they seemed to make the huge open room more comfortable. The food was amazing I especially enjoyed the homemade tortilla and the beans and rice! The pork ribs were spot on and had a great flavors with the chile verde sauce! The fall off the bone ribs were perfectly cooked and delicious to pick up with a piece of tortilla! The posole was also amazing with great combinations of flavors with the shredded beef! We will come back maybe next time we'll try the seafood.. read more

EL TACO YAMA - Beef pozole - Tex-Mex Near Me - Visalia, California

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Vegetarian review - the food was decent, we ordered the cheese taquitos and vegetarian burrito. The red salsa was super spicy and great! Service was the best as the waitress was super nice and the kitchen didn't hesitate when we asked for some customizations. Place was very big, quiet and clean when we went at 7pm. read more

This Mexican restaurant have good food. My husband was so ex it's to try it. Last time he found a 0 stars restaurant that was over rated. So this time he was so proud of him self for finding this hidden gem. They have plenty of choices on the menu. From breakfast to dinner. We order: Red chilaquiles. Came with rice and beans. I prefer potatoes but it was ok. Chile Relleno came with red spicy sauce, rice and beans. Menudo this one my daughter was not to happy with it. She didn't finish it. She always finished her menudo. Quesadilla it came with fries. 2 carne asada sopes. The flavor of every dish was great!! The sauce For the chilaquiles was on point. The Chile relleno my mother in Law loved it. And of course my husband enjoyed his food. Highly recommend. If you are around try their food. You won't be disappointed. For drinks I got coffee, it was ok. Not the greatest. My husband and daughter got imported bottled drinks from Mexico. Overall great experience. Plenty of seating are. Great for a company party or any celebration. read more

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Our server was great, the food was amazing, everything about this place was perfect. Got the torta with a taco plate and had to be the best torta I've had my whole time in Cali. Will be the only Mexican food spot we go to from now on. 10/10 read more

I've had several items here and all have been good. The food has great flavor and keeps us coming back. At times, service is slow because one waitress is working tables. Other times the service is pretty decent. Give it a try and you might be pleasant surprised and have a new place to add to your rotation. Staff is always friendly even when extremely busy. read more

Asada tortas, Burritos, breakfast burritos. This place was our go to spot after the water park at adventure park during the summer. Now we are making a special trip across town just to get the goods. Salsa red also, it's great if you can handle spicy. read more

Fantastic chilaquiles - I got rojo with asada; zero crowd for weekday breakfast. Easy location, great service, and good variety of salsas.

Great food selection, good people and this restaurant overs a variety of food items. Looking forward to try out everything. read more

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Wonderful service and great food. I got the breakfast burrito, which you can pick four things to be put into it. It was very good and quality. I would have liked the burrito to be a little bigger. The salsas were also very good. The agua de Pina was sweet but not over powering. Overall would come again and recommend. Family owned and ran. read more

EL TACO YAMA - Dining area - Tex-Mex Near Me - Visalia, California

Bomb. Ass. Breakfast. Burritossssssss!!!! 20/10. The server was amazing as well, making sure we were taken care of. The horchata was yummy too! Overall amazing food & menu is top notch! read more

Food is amazing. The staff is super polite, attentive and you def get your moneys worth here. There's music playing gives all the vibes of a just overall good time. Pozole on deck every time I come so for gonna keep coming back here. read more

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I ordered Pozole... got 2 pieces of meat and 2 small pig knuckles... for $14??? No wonder you have no one in your restaurant!!

Came back again for breakfast since the breakfast burritos were so good last time. The breakfast plates did not disappoint. I highly recommend coming here and trying their food. read more

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Really nice spot for good Mexican food. Place is out of the way a bit but worth it. Located at the corner of Noble/Linwood. The restaurant was clean and well kept, nice and cool inside. The wife and husband are really nice people and friendly. The food was outstanding... I ordered two breakfast burritos and they were hot, fresh and super tasty. Came with some chips and salsa too. The salsas are REALLY tasty. Looking forward to going back for lunch or dinner. A friend of mine had been raving about them and I had to try this place out and I wasn't disappointed, I'm sure you won't either! read more

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The best Mexican food in Visalia and we have tried them all. This will be our new go to. And the service! Top notch!

Great to watch Sports has 3 Tv's, great music too. Love the cactus ribs in salsa verde, comes with homemade tortillas and the salsas OMG spicy but good. Love the Red, green and black salsas. I will keep recommending this place and telling the world you guys need to go and eat there. Look at the sopes. One will fill you up. read more

EL TACO YAMA - Sope de pollo - Tex-Mex Near Me - Visalia, California

Love everything about this place. Authentic, delicious, and always available with excellent service.