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Party Time Tacos

3.5 (188 reviews)
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Jessica W.

I was hesitant to give a bad review but it seems I'm not alone with my experience. Caterers showed up the week before the event. When I called to let the office know, he confirmed they would be there the following weekend. THEY NEVER SHOWED UP! 30 minutes past when they were supposed to arrive, I called the company. He remembered who I was but gave me another number to call, who I find out is now his ex wife. Why couldn't he do this for us while I'm hosting 50 people? She never answered and has yet to call back. When we called Tony again, he told me there were 7 parties that day, like this was my problem. He told us "don't put pressure on me, put pressure on her.". We asked what he could do to help, and he just kept rambling. Needless to say, do not use them. It's happened before, happened to us and will likely happen to you. Luckily El Napalito in Encinitas hooked us up within an hour of our call. Lifesaver! Thank goodness for actual professionals! Here is Tony's response to my Google review: Response from the owner43 minutes ago Why would you say such a lie like this? When my people showed up a week early yes that was a mistake that we did make I called you and apologize that is when you told me do not come on the 28th to my party if this is what your services like. I told you I was sorry and we would bring all fresh meat and vegetables and you insisted on saying no. So that is the reason we didn't show up on the 28th. I don't want to say you're a liar but you're not telling the truth. Obviously you already have another Taco Company that did your party. I hope it was good for you but we were not a no-show as you mentioned. I hope you don't carry this into a long dragged-out discussion. It's just plain and simple we did come there a week early why would we not come the following week? One other point Lucy is not my ex-wife she is my wife. It's true we are separated but that has nothing to do with our business. Sincerely, Tony manager of Party Time tacos. Lucy is the owner. Now you have all the facts and I believe you should apologize.

Thank you, Party Time Tacos for a great event at the Harry Griffen Dog Park last weekend!
Jolie G.

Great experience! We just threw a fundraising event last Saturday with over 100 people and we wanted a great tasting, affordable meal that offered vegetarian options. After a lot of research, I found Lucy's Party Time Tacos. Tony offers a monthly open house so that people interested in trying the food before booking can give them a whirl. Although we had already booked, I still went to the open house and got to meet Tony, Lucy, and their crew as well as Tracy, the frozen drink lady. Everyone there is great - they all work so well together and you can tell Tony and Lucy care about and have a great relationship with their employees. At the tasting, we confirmed that the food was on-point and it was helpful to know what sort of fixins to expect on the day of our event. Lucy and a co-worker (Elizabeth, I think?) worked our event on Saturday at the dog park in La Mesa. They were on-time, cooked up a great meal, provided great friendly service, and we still had an abundance of food to take home and enjoy after the event! Everyone commented about how great the food was. I'm not a vegetarian, but Tony really hyped up the vegetarian tacos over the phone and at the tasting, so I was sure to try them at our event. OMG! They were great!!! -And, having the veggie option which serves 35 really cut our food costs down, too! I am very happy that I saw beyond some of the bad Yelp reviews and gave them a chance, because I was not disappointed! I would definitely come back to Lucy and Tony for future personal and professional events I'm planning! THANK YOU ALL!

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Joanne C.

We had them cater our sons 1st bday party! Food was delicious and so much toppings I love it! Grilled green onions, radishes, cilantro, lime yummy variety of salsas, guacamole (chunky with a bunch of avocados pieces) yummy!!! Tortilla chips were soooo good. Oh! And flour quesadillas!!! Soooo good! The only only only thing was the chicken was a tiny tiny bit salty but other than that everything was amazing! The staff who came wanted to be referred as the two white girls lol so there you go. They were both friendly and nice always had plenty of food to serve. Lastly, the leftovers! We got to keep and there was tons! Almost a whole tray of chicken and carne left with ALL the side items and over 5 dozen corn tortillas! Score! We will definitely have them in the future!

Eds C.

My friend/co-worker used Party Time Tacos for her intimate wedding reception of 100 people. The food is delicious and the customer service of the staff of 2 people that were there was wonderful but I have to ding a few stars for making the guests wait soo long! I don't know if it was my friend's fault for not hiring more staff to help speed the flow along but when you have only 2 people manning the food for a reception of 100, you are going to get hungry, anxious guests. Hungry, anxious, and anticipating guests is definitely what happened that evening. Its a good thing that there were other things to keep our minds occupied. I would definitely use this service for more casual affairs as I said the food is delicious and the personality of the staff very professional and personable,

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Never showed up to our party had multi confirmations from Tony please go else where do NOT USE THIS COMPANY. Always blaming other people

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Did not show up to an event that was planned and arranged far in advance. Bad communication and service, in my opinion.

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