The food was AMAZING....but there was this lady with blue eyes and a flower mask and she was SO RUDE! We work at the mall and first of all our food took more than an hour to get ready when I only ordered 4 tacos. I kept looking at her because her attitude was awful. She kept rolling her eyes and talking to other partners about how mad she was. A few times she left to the back and left a poor guy working alone (he was doing a great job) but all the time we were there she kept getting mad and rolling her eyes. I'm not coming back to this location, she was so rude and immature. I've worked in a place in which we had to work hard and fast, I don't think she knew was she was getting into. Definitely she shouldn't be working there at all with that attitude in front of customers. I get that you're mad (fro whatever reason) BUT YOU DO NOT ACT LIKE THAT IN FRONT OF CUSTOMERS. My friend had to ask for a refund because her tacos were raw and nasty. Also I pay for chips and queso and this is what I get? Lots of chips and a little bit of queso? read more

Rusty Taco - Chips & Queso - Tex-Mex Near Me - Albuquerque, New Mexico

I go the steak nacho which originally comes w queso, pico, guac, and cheddar, but I added lettuce and cilantro. The steak was fairly chewy, but the overall nachos was delicious! I considered just getting black beans next time. I got the Mexican street corn as well. The idea was there but it wasn't the best I've ever had! I also got a strawberry margarita w a shot and it did the job lol This was an overall good experience! I'll be back to try some of the tacos! I left before and after pics to show the overall results. read more

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The queso is amazing here. Every taco I have tried has been really good. Service is quick.

I was excited to try this place because the sign inside said it was Tex-Mex. I grew up in Texas and don't get to have it very often. I had the carne asada and fried chicken (team fave) tacos. The meat was tender but the red chili sauce was bland and took away from the flavor. It comes with fried potatoes that just make the taco even drier. A fried chicken taco is definitely something new I've never had and wanted to try. The fried chicken was good but the addition of bacon was a miss for me. I would have the fried chicken taco again on a flour tortilla with no bacon. Overall this wasn't like any Tex-Mex I've ever had. Maybe this is a new kind of Tex-Mex. I also ordered the chips and queso and this is why I didn't give this place 2 stars. The chips taste homemade and the queso is flavorfully delicious. Their sweet tea is also a plus. read more

Rusty Taco - Carne Asada and Fried Chicken (team fave) - Tex-Mex Near Me - Albuquerque, New Mexico

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First time visiting the Rusty Taco and was very happy with the food and the service. Extremely friendly staff and the birria brisket tacos were amazing. I will be returning here whenever I am in the area, definitely a must try if you can. read more

Cool little dive restaurant located near Coronado mall. Quick lines with lots of options for different tacos. Tacos are hearty and it's worth it to get the tres grande....queso, salsa, and guac. read more

Rusty Taco - Breakfast bacon tacos - Tex-Mex Near Me - Albuquerque, New Mexico

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My favorite taco place in Albuquerque. After shopping at the mall, I like to go to Rusty Taco to get fried fish tacos. Good food and fast service. read more

Love the variety of tacos and items on their menu! Super welcoming and friendly staff. Just darn good food and pleasant atmosphere to enjoy a great meal at!!! read more

Walk in, half the tables are empty and the guy behind the counter tells me it's a 1/2 hour wait... FOR TACOS. Whatever. Don't go.

First and foremost- the customer service is ON POINT here. We've been chatted with by 3 different people in the short time we were here. It's Friday, so it was busy but we quickly got a table and our food followed soon after. The Tempura battered taco was SO DAMN GOOD. If you're looking for unique options and a quick service meal- this is the spot. read more

Love this place! Fresh ingredients. Fast and friendly service. It's my go-to taco place. Not grease, which is a huge plus for me. The only downside...I'd rather not have to venture to the mall parking to get me a rusty taco, but sometimes I just crave these tacos. read more

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My girlfriends and I come to Rusty Taco once a month and always have a good experience. The food is delicious, we can not get enough of the amazing chips and queso! The staff is so friendly. Highly recommend! ​ read more

Stopped in today for some lunch and David gave wonderful customer service as he greeted us, suggested his favorite tacos and checked on us as we were enjoying our meal. Come see David for some great food and a wonderful environment. read more

Great food and restaurant as a whole. My food came out very fast and the staff are very friendly and helpful.

This place is really good, the tacos and nice size and fresh. Definitely has a large variety of taco styles with various meat choices. Great fast casual place to eat. Price point is reasonable for lunch. They have breakfast tacos that are served all day. They also carry a few local beers on tap. If you like a margarita you can get one here for $5. Nothing fancy just fresh juice and "cheap tequila". Also this place is definitely good for family's. read more

Rusty Taco - Tex-Mex Near Me - Albuquerque, New Mexico

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Kyle has amazing customer service. Food is amazing. Place is always clean and inviting

Went to this place during Black Friday and it was pretty good. We were pretty excited to try it since there are some good reviews. The place looks really nice on the inside but the tacos were quite expensive. We paid $20 along with a drink which is quite expensive for a quick lunch. The fried chicken taco was pretty good, it was hot but didn't have a lot of chicken. The queso was really good and they do give you extra chips if you don't have enough which is what filled us up in the end. I'm not sure if I would go back to this place for lunch. read more

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Everything is so great Staff is great food is amazing I wish more places like this were around. Please keep this up and running read more

Was getting my vehicle worked on down the street and was thinking lunch. I missed Taco Tuesday but today I was determined to have my tacos. The menu is huge with a great variety. I picked #7 Fried fish taco, #8 Fried shrimp taco a one Dynamite shrimp taco. Fresh ingredients and fantastic flavor. These tacos are killer. I would have ate half a dozen no lie. I Had to wash it down with rusty margarita. The staff is jamming with orders and great customer service. First time here and I will be back. Thank you guys. Andrew read more

Rusty Taco - #7 Fried fish Taco #8 Fried shrimp taco Dynamite shrimp taco - Tex-Mex Near Me - Albuquerque, New Mexico

This place is really freakin good! I've been wanting to try this place for a long time, a good friend was coming to town, and we wanted a place where we could sit down and talk for a long time. We decided to try this place and I was very pleasantly surprised. First, breakfast tacos all day! I love breakfast, so this option is awesome. I ordered two tacos - one being the Texican, which consists of beef lettuce, tomato, and cheese, your standard taco. The taco was good, but the other was my fav. I don't recall the name, but it was the #15 and consisted of carne asade, red chile sauce, potato, lettuce, tomato, and cheese. The tacos were filling and the meat and toppings spilled over. We decided to get an order of queso and chips, the chips were light, warm, and crispy. The queso had just the right about of spice for me. I will definitely be going back! read more

Great service and AMAZING food, my friend and i got the birria taco. They were so good my friend got a second order!

My favorite for street tacos. If you order over the phone they do not put in your order till you pay. So you still wait for half hour for a take out order. The food is fresh and prices are reasonable. Hand out with your friends and enjoy a beer and margaritas with your food. The staff is great. read more

My first time here! I love the theme of TACOS! Tacos are my favorite dish!! Definitely satisfied my family and I. Atmosphere was welcoming and the staff was very helpful and friendly. The cashier helped us make our decision since there was a wide variety of tacos to chose from. We ordered chips and queso, says enough for 2 but fed my family. The beer is served in a reusable cup, so we took that home. The tacos were delicious and yes they may be small, but I think this place would be considered a get together place where you could meet your friends at and just have conversations. The seating is open, with long tables. It should not be to awkward to sit next to someone you don't know. But that's just my opinion. My family and I will definitely be back to enjoy more of the other tacos on the menu. read more

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Fried Fish, Fried Chicken, And Bbq brisket I gotta day coming here 3 years after college has brought back some memories and how much I missed these s Fish tacos were to die for!! Bbq Brisket was a bold delicious taste!! And that fried chicken was a different take read more

Rusty Taco - Tex-Mex Near Me - Albuquerque, New Mexico

Fantastic , friendly, fast and fun time at Rusty Taco at Coronado Center, Albuquerque / they will brighten your day with good food, great service and a groovy view sitting on the patio all special thanks to the superhero Store Manager David read more

Good tacos with awesome service by Robert...Had the Birria tacos and they didn't disappoint...

I shared the nachos with a friend. Was a huge serving we only ate 1/2. Service was good n quick, restaurant was clean.

This spot is one of my favorites in Albuquerque. Excellent tacos, chill atmosphere, great brews on tap, kid friendly. Robert and Dillan are on point with their customer service and food prep. Very worth checking out for a quality outing that's not too spendy. read more

excellent service and the best tacos! I highly recommend the chicken fajita tacos and queso.

There's no way this joint averages 4 stars. Or maybe we got there on a bad day. Between the two of us we had a pork bowl, chips, guac, and three tacos. The guac was brown, like packaged yesterday, fully oxidized brown. Pork bowl; meat was devoid of seasoning (not exaggerating) and dry as a bone. Rice was not lime and cilantro, it was plain, unsalted white rice. Limes in the bowl, brown and dry. Tacos, in this order, cold, dry, horrible. I think we got left overs, or apathy.. not sure which To always finish on a positive note, the tortilla were ok. read more

The most amazing place to get your tacos and nachos! Kyle is the most amazing employee. He is always friendly every time we come in for some treats! Great service all around and great atmosphere. Thank you! read more

KYLE IS AWESOME! I have been coming to Rusty Taco since they opened their doors. I have always received great service and amazing food!!! I will continue to come back and being more customers! A must eat!!! read more

Rusty Taco - BBQ Brisket nachos - Tex-Mex Near Me - Albuquerque, New Mexico

I wanted to love this place, and it may have been an off evening, but on cinco de mayo and taco Tuesday, the team should have been on their A-Game. Sadly, this was not to be. We got there and after driving halfway across town we still had to wait around 30 minutes. We ordered the Cinco de Mayo 10 pack with chips and queso, 2 orders of beans and a sopapilla. We ordered fish tacos, grilled shrimp tacos, brisket tacos, roast pork tacos, spicy fried chicken taco and rusty tacos.. all with no cilantro or with cilantro on the side. after waiting around 25 minutes we were called to the counter and told that the brisket was out. We opted for 2 more rusty tacos to replace the brisket tacos we ordered. Around 5 minutes later we were called up to collect our food. After quickly looking it over, I asked about some missing sopas. The girl went back and got a few and wrapped them up... I should have taken this as a sign as well as seeing others going back up to the counter with their orders in hand.. but my wife and I were hungry and the 2 bags we were handed were pretty full as it was.. When I got home we laid everything out. 7 tacos made it into the bag. We were missing a grilled fish and 2 rusty tacos. "Cilantro on the side" was ignored. "Add avocado" to the shrimp taco was ignored. Beans were very very good but had cilantro in it. My wife liked the roast pork taco the best and I enjoyed the rusty taco and the spicy fried chicken taco. Queso was good but the salsa wasn't anything to write home about, especially here in New Mexico.. The nearly forgotten sopapillas were not cooked through.. just white, slightly puffed with a thick layer of slightly raw dough in the center and very very little cinnamon/sugar on it. After sitting down and writing down everything that was wrong and realizing how much we were missing, I'm not sure I'll go out of my way to get tacos here again... we were missing around a third of our order which equated to around $10 of food. read more

Came here on a Monday evening around 7:30PM, place wasn't too packed but there were some people there. Door was open, and there was outdoor seating although it was too windy outside for that. I got #3 steak fajita, #7 grilled shrimp, and #8 grilled fish. It came out to be about $11, and we sat down to wait for food. My friend got his first, and I got up to tell the person making tacos my name (since it was asked for the order) and that I didn't want cilantro. The person looked at me very oddly, which made me feel very strange too. Not sure what was up with that. I don't know why, but I didn't hear my name called for my tacos and someone walked around to find me. I got the food and we got the three hot salsas out of the fridge: habanero, red salsa, green salsa. I had the shrimp one first, flavor was a bit weak but the sauces were tasty. I really enjoyed the steak fajita because it had tons of flavor, and the fish was also just okay, not much flavor. For more than $11, I expected to be full but I wasn't really; tacos were a bit small. read more

Kyle is awesome!! He is always super helpful, and the drinks and chips and guac are super delicious, probably the best place to eat at the mall! read more

We were traveling through town and stopped to get some tacos. These were some of the best tacos we have had. We got the fried fish, the chicken fajita, and the green Chile chicken tacos! Excellent. The service was just as awesome! Very attentive and friendly. From the moment we walked in, we were greeted right away. They were quick with making our order and also gave us small cups of their awesome salsa. Every salsa was delicious. Highly recommend. read more

This place never disappoints. I had the BBQ brisket nachos.. they were so good. Very courteous staff and they always greet you with a smile. read more

Rusty Taco - Tex-Mex Near Me - Albuquerque, New Mexico

My wife and I chose to have lunch here the other day with my in laws. We got the Brisket Nachos to share, they were okay. The pico is fresh. Chips are store bought, brisket had good flavor but seems to be packaged and just warmed up. For them being Nachos it was very little cheese and the cheese was not melted at all. Think a place that has queso on their menu should probably use the queso for the nachos. We also got a carne Asada taco, a Baja shrimp taco and a roasted pork taco. We really enjoyed the Asada and Shrimp tacos, we thought the Asada had lots of flavor and the shrimp tacos had a tasty spicy Mayo type of sauce on it. The roasted pork taco was our least favorite item. Pork, same thing as the brisket, seemed to be packaged roasted pork , except it had no flavor and was extremely dry. Overall I'm giving the place 3 stars because of the friendly staff, and the Asada and shrimp tacos. I would advise to not spend money on the nachos and the pork taco. read more

Great strawberry margaritas! Try the brisket! Thank you Al for great service, the chips and queso are also just as delicious! read more

Rusty Taco - Al made us some awesome margaritas! Great atmosphere and service. - Tex-Mex Near Me - Albuquerque, New Mexico

If you think Taco Bell is Mexican cuisine, then Rusty Taco serves tacos. Had a really unfortunate dinner with their name sake taco and the picadillo taco was like a reject lunch lady's attempt at slapping some ingredients inside a tortilla. There's other options that are decent but having those two as my first options kind of soiled the rest of the experience. It's a chain, it's American, it's basically fast food. Go there with your expectations appropriately set and you should be fine. read more