Located near the pool area in the Villa Del Palmar Beach Resort & Spa, Taco Bar or Taco Bar Original as the sign hanging over the entrance says is a no frills casual taco joint that's perfect for a big meal at lunchtime or a quick snack after swimming by the pool. If you're staying at a resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico at least one meal needs to include some sort of authentic soft taco, whether it be lunch or dinner, as you know you're going to get real quality food from where it was created. Selecting Taco Bar to eat lunch is a no-brainer as is it was located a mere steps away from the pool area the hotel in which we were staying at, but most importantly since Villa Del Palmar as an all-inclusive resort we decided to purchase the all-inclusive meal plan which gives you all you can eat for no additional cost because you already purchased that in your meal plan. So basically this is an order whatever you want and you've already paid for your meal the situation here.
But the star at Taco Bar is the spinning adobada, or al pastor -- moist and juicy and sliced in generous chunks from a trompo, the vertical rotisserie crowned by a hunk of pineapple. The menu is pretty straight-forward here as they have seven traditional tacos you can order with one protein ranging from pork to fish to four different specialty soft tacos that already had prearranged ingredients on it. The only issue I have with their menu is that you cannot mix and match the specialty soft tacos, and since that al pastor was practically screaming my name, I had to order three tacos from their individual taco menu, so I opted with spicy grilled pork, grilled chicken and chorizo sausage. What makes Taco Bar is that they have not one but four different sections of their condiment bar where diner can add on add or all toppings of their choice to their soft taco. From cojito cheese to salsa verde to pickled onions and radishes everything a taco lover could want was here. So this was the main reason I was sold on ordering the original single ingredient tacos of my choice rather than the specialty tacos.
Every one of our tacos tasted fine, now we're they out of this ballpark good? That's debatable as nothing too much stood out in terms of taste and uniqueness and the fact that you cannot mix and match their higher-end specialty tacos loomed large over our order. The fact that they have an optional lunchtime buffet, in addition to a pizza and sushi restaurant also near the pool could speak to why they were not super slammed with customers despite the pool being packed with hotel guests. Taco Bar is a decent if not must-visit option at the Villa Del Palmar Beach Resort when looking for a quick and rather affordable place for a quick meal. read more