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    Genesis Mexican Taqueria

    4.4 (20 reviews)
    ModerateMexican, Food Trucks

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    Daily specials
    Gabriel P.

    Tamales Wednesday. Wow the tamales plate was a winner. Mexian rice, refried beans, and two tamales. Can't go wrong with the price. ($10:99 on Wednesday). Friendly service and flavorful food. The food truck is located on the side of a warehouse just pass the Skyline station and Lagoon Chinese Restaurant. Mahalo Nadine C for you review. Enjoy

    4 for $10.99 tacos --chicharon, pork belly, and (2h carne asada
    Marianna F.

    They're located on Waiwai loop, and pretty easy to find. Once you're in the street wait until you see the big blue building and they're right in front of it. There's plenty of parking and their trailer looks so nice and clean from outside. We came for taco Tuesday, and it happens to be the special for today where it's 4 tacos for $10.99!!! Every Monday-Friday has a different $10.99 special so coming back on a Thursday to try their tortas later. We got here close to a lunch rush at 12:45 and had to wait a little bit to order. Once we got to the window and ordered, it only took our food about 15 minutes to come out, so super fast considering the number of people there. We ordered fish, carne asada, pollo, chicharon, and pork belly tacos and they were ALL good. The one I liked the least was the chicken though cause it was just dried out, but tasty, pieces of chicken. Good thing it has that chipotle mayo on it to give it that extra sense of moistness. The same sauce was on the fish taco and it tastes great. All in all a great experience and definitely coming back!

    Sean Y.

    Solid Mexican food in Hawaii. This is probably one of the hardest types of food to find in Hawaii. Is it the best or similar to Cali food? No. Is it good? Yes. Tried everything on the menu, the burritos are ok. The meats are good, not great. The tamales are meh. But the pork belly tacos with salsa are amazing! If you only try one thing here, the pork belly tacos are the one. Nothing else comes close. Solid place, but nothing destination level for. Pricing is good and they have daily specials. Worth checking out if you're in the area!

    Birria three tacos special for $12.99!
    James L.

    How about as close as you're gonna get to in Hawaii and authentic Mexican tacos! This is a brand new food truck near the airport. And it's walking distance from the new Lagoon Drive. Rail station! They have a Mexican grocery store right around the corner from the food truck. Everything they sell on the truck is available inside the store!

    Tamale plate
    Deborah P.

    Update 4-15-26 after my appointment we stopped by this taco truck again. For the price it was worth it. 2 tamales, rice, beans, and salsa of your choice red or green. Lots of people were in line and also phone orders were picking up too.

    taco tuesday special
    Taylor F.

    Best priced tacos on the island! We came for the taco tuesday special (4 tacos for $10.99) which is an amazing deal. The first time we came around 11:30 and the line was really long and they started turning people away, so we came back the next Tuesday around 11 and had a much shorter wait. I got carne asada, marinated pork, pork belly, and chicken for my taco meats. All were super good but surprisingly the chicken was the best, super flavorful and came with some creamy sauce that was really good. Parking can be tough so you may have to street park and walk.

    Shrimp and pork belly tacos.
    Jeff D.

    So the tacos here were really good. I personally loved the pork belly tacos. The salsa is also very good. I'd give it the 5 stars but the wait was so long here. Maybe cause it was Tuesday and the deal was for the plate of 4 tacos so lots of people ordering a lot. They also run out of a lot of the meats by like 2 pm. The other thing is that after waiting for so long when it finally should've been my turn about an hour after ordering they skipped my order or gave it to someone else. Once I saw other people who order after me get theirs I asked and they said someone took it, but they hand out all their orders not just get picked up and I was right there waiting so no one just took it. Too bad La Marea closed cause they had so much better Mexican food there.

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    they had so many phone orders they told us to come back after 1. At 12:05 in the afternoon.

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