Recently picked up breakfast tacos for clients while on a business trip. While ordering, the menu board screen kept switching off of the breakfast taco options to another item, making ordering challenging. The people were friendly but the service was a bit slow, my friend ordered the pancake platter to eat there, and it was the last thing to come to the tables she got her bacon 5 minutes after the platter and had to ask for it to go. Clients seemed to liked the chorizo & egg tacos, and chilaquiles tacos. If you the chorizo & eggs tacos, ask them to put them in a plastic bag, mine weren't and the bag was wet. They fixed it but if I hadn't sat down at a table with my friend my car would've been a mess. Feels more like a place to go after a night of drinking. There are free chips and a salsa bar! read more

Mexican fast food Coming from the north, where the options for Mexican fast food are limited to Taco Bell, I have to admit, I did not have high hopes when a local colleague suggested Taco Palenque for breakfast tacos. Two bacon and egg tacos later, I was a convert. Fresh, hot and tasty and a welcome change from the McDrive-thru places out there. Was so good, I pretty much had them everyday for 4 days Good size amount of food and a decent cost = happy breakfast-camper. Would definitely hit again if in the area. Give it a whirl read more

For simple, fast, and tasty Mexican food, this place is hard to beat. It's nothing fancy until you sit down and start eating your food. Tortillas are fresh made, sauces are fresh and tasty and the food was cooked just right. The borracho beans were off the charts good. Service was prompt and friendly. read more

Taco Palenque South 10th - Beef Fajita Plate - Mexican Near Me - Mcallen, Texas

Went in for dinner and was assaulted by a very strong chemical smell...so bad we turned right around and left...don't know what it was but I hope they get it fixed, I was looking forward to eating there based on many good reviews. read more

Taco Palenque combines traditional Mexican street food with the combenience of a fast food restaurant. The tacos are great, the meats are high quality and the salsas are perfect. Service is very good. Workers are always making sure you get all you need. Atmosphere is great. The place is always nice and clean. They are open 24 hours so you can go any time at night. read more

All tacos delish and super friendly staff. All salsa's scratch made. The barbacoa is a must. Ridiculous breakfast. Do it. read more

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Always great food and service. Best tacos piratas. My favorite with fajitas. Fidio is also very good. Like mom's

The tacos were just okay - not bad, but not impressive either. The meat was cooked fine, but lacked flavor. The toppings were standard, and the tortillas were a bit bland. I've had better, but I've also had worse. read more

What an amazing place, hard working people and great cooks! I came for a visit due to visiting a family member in the hospital. My sister said go Taco Palenque, you are going to love it! I was skeptical, but I was surprised. To the point: the taste on the fajitas (beef) are to buy more! The service is great. Chips, salsas and customer service is 98%! I will definitely return! To the owner(s) of this place! Kuddos! You have a hard working team. read more

Taco Palenque South 10th - This is the Taco Pirata! Just delicious! It comes with 2 flour tortillas. You will get full (depending on your appetite) of you order 2! - Mexican Near Me - Mcallen, Texas

Well, I really had a Great dinning experience in your restaurant! Clean, well located, friendly atmosphere and staff and, of course, Very Good Food!!!! I want to make a Special mention about the Manager named Edwin! Very Nice Manager! Very Attentive, Professional and Down to earth!! He's always making sure You are getting the meal order Right! Thumbs Up For Him! He Deserves A Good Promotion! Thank you All, Taco Palenque! Have a great Week!! Blessings!!!! read more

I usually enjoy their respective tacos, but breakfast is not their forte! Tacos suck, I am sticking to strips

Have been eating here for a long time because food was always good, however, two days ago for National Taco Day weekend, I ordered 2 tacos caseros (sirloin) and it gave me the worst food poisoning ever. It was so so bad I'm never eating Taco Palenque ever again. My friend's husband had a burrito from here and he also got food poisoning that same week. I don't know if it was the same location though but it's a coincidence that we both got food poisoning from Taco Palenque a couple days apart. I don't know if they're being unhygienic, or the meat is not good. But beware if you eat here. read more

I was on a business trip to McAllen and noticed there were Taco Palenque restaurants everywhere! So I decided to pop in and ordered the Enchiladas Verdes for dinner one night. Oh my goodness it was delicious! My food wasn't as hot as I would like but it was still pretty tasty. I love the salsa/salad bar! It was definitely my favourite part. The service was great and the food came fairly quick. The only thing I would say is that my friend and I got quite a few stares. Yes, we were from out of town so we definitely stuck out like a sore thumb. But the stares from the TP staff and the customers were definitely very uncomfortable. I would definitely go again if ever I'm in McAllen, but I'll just stick to take out next time! read more

Taco Palenque South 10th - Enchiladas Verdes - Mexican Near Me - Mcallen, Texas

Review Update: 08/28/21 I visited today at 11:00AM and the staff was very professional today. The young man at the drive thru window was very polite & helpful. It was a relief to have an attentive staff. We enjoyed our food and experience. **** I recommend the food, but service is lacking. I come once a week and it's rare that they remember to put everything in my order. Sometimes they forget the rice, sometimes they forget the chips or tortillas, sometimes they forget the salsas I asked for. The worst is when they forget a taco. It seems like they're working hard, but there is an organization problem. Something as simple as counting the items in each order would be a big help to begin with. Please fix this, I'm about to give up on Taco Palenque. read more

I am a first responder and am out here in Texas on a detail. I chose this location because it was 24 hours... BIG MISTAKE. If I can give it negative stars I would. I ordered 2 medium fajita quesadillas... and a medium guacamole... I got quesadillas. No meat in them. And NO GUACAMOLE on the side. WTF!!? I went around 530am, wearing half of my uniform and got a stank eye. HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE. read more

A long time staple of the RGV that has now expanded beyond our borders. They have great tasting food here, which is why it is always packed. However, it isn't cheap. Sometimes this bothers me because I could have more of a restaurant experience for the same price, but if you order one of the meal combos it isn't too bad. Just expect st least $10 per person. There are unlimited chips and a great salsa bar. Everything is great. They use high quality meat, which I think is the reason people keep coming. read more

Taco Palenque South 10th - Mexican Near Me - Mcallen, Texas

Good fast Mexican food. Crowded and tables can be messy. Ask for ice if your getting jamaica or horchata. Loved the tacos asados read more

Taco Palenque South 10th - Mexican Near Me - Mcallen, Texas

This place was so packed when I went, around the holidays, so it wasn't surprising. They took my order pretty quick though and were helpful with the menu. My food was out pretty quick too. It was really good. I had a pirata and I wanted to try (for the first time) a quesadilla with fajita which was good but I still prefer the pirata. I think this was the first time that I went where they gave me very little fajita in my pirata. I'd never tried the quesadilla but that had very little too which was disappointing for both items. I love the variety of hot sauces to choose from and they all taste good, plus free chips to enjoy, too. They're open either 24/7 or really late so it's good to go after a night out. I've gone here for years and will continue to visit Taco Palenque. However next time, I will speak up about the lack of meat if it happens again! read more

Taco Palenque South 10th - Mexican Near Me - Mcallen, Texas

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Overpriced. While their food is tasty the prices are ridiculous. I ordered parillada. Half chicken. Half fajita. I got more onions than meat. WTH!! I won't make that mistake again. I will go elsewhere. Everyone who loves their food can keep them in business. I won't. Oh and their tortillas. Horrible!!!! read more

Great and friendly service. My family and I split the fajitas for 2 and it was more than enough food. Everything was incredible food, will return in the future. My daughters really enjoyed the homemade tortillas! read more

4 stars because it's good! Went in with the family and got well treated. The Waiter was on point with the order and didn't take long to bring the food to our table. read more

Love your new 2 taco and coffee breakfast special. McDonald's coffee never clean filters which make me very sick. Palenque 10th coffee is absolutely delicious and perfect. THANK you for your service. Hats off to your wonderful food and service. Absolutely love Taco Palenque. read more

Great place to go when you are craving fajitas! The customer service was excellent and they have outstanding salsas available.

My fiancé and I were looking for a good Mexican spot to eat at for dinner. We were on a quest for the best Mexican food in The Valley and we kept getting the same response as we asked around: "You have to go to Taco Palenque". The one problem is we are vegan. So we decided to see what options were available for us and if they were able to cater to us in some way. The manager Jonathan was absolutely AMAZING in catering to us . He was so courteous and went out of his way to cater to us. He actually had the cooks completely rearrange their menu so that we could have a great meal for dinner. The food was absolutely delicious! Definitely would recommend anyone to check this place out. 5/5 stars read more

Parking is a nightmare, the place is PACKED, and their tacos are pricey. But, it's damn good! I ordered the fajita taco plate. Rice and beans are the afterthought. The meat is seasoned, juicy, and delicious. Has that oldskool cookout taste. Salsa bar with plenty o choices and freshly cooked chips...be careful, they gotta refill the bin frequently and those damn things are piping hot when they do. If you don't like crowds, not sure when you can go to Taco Palenque. read more

the food is terrible, it was so cold. not to include that the tacos were ridiculously small! Never coming here again!

Overpriced, no one speaks English, and everything a mess, especially drink counter. Only decent part were the salsas. Chips were good too. But $4 for one taco is highly ridiculous, even when it tastes great. And $12-14 for fajita plate is too much anywhere. Better come with a pound of fajita. So not the best. But I'm from San Antonio and the "Mexican" food is different. And we love our fajita. $2.50 is the highest I've ever seen. I cannot fathom how this place is consistently packed during the day and evening. Late night is understandable, people are drunk and disoriented. read more

I have to come into town for business pretty often, and every time I am here I stop in to get my taco fix. Hands down the best tacos I have ever had. They mix the ground beef with delicious refried beans and cover that with fresh veggies and cheese all in their homemade tortillas. Just Awesome. The drawback for me as a native English speaker is that the place definitely seems like it has more Spanish speaking clientele so it sometimes gets confusing when they assume I speak Spanish. The main reason for only three stars is that I use the drive thru when I go there pretty exclusively, which is convenient, but it takes them forrrrrrrrreverrrrrrrrrr to get my food to me. I always get the same thing and that is a few crispy tacos. The longest I had to wait was nearly 20 minutes for 6 tacos. Worth the wait, but it seems like it misses the point. Especially when they tell me to pull to the side and I see multiple other cars get their food before me and leave satisfied, even though they were behind me in line. read more

Food is still good; however the service has gone down and the portions have become smaller with the prices going up. Mistakes on the drive thru and running out of essentials become more common. For the price, I would recommend going with locally owned restaurants read more

I love this place! It is so crowded anytime of the day you go. People of all ages and groups come here. I always see families and couples here. Parking is crazy here. I really like their sirloin tacos, and with avocado. I like their salsa bar too. My favorite were the: salsa verde, radishes, and brined onions. Love their freshly made tortillas. I agree with most of the yelpers that this place is expensive for a taco, but I think it is worth it in terms of flavor and freshness. I am not Hispanic and only know conversational Spanish, so there were items on the menu that I attempted to google to figure out what they were and had no luck: - Panchos & Nachos -- what are panchos? - Tampiqueña? - Pirata? - Piratita? - Casero? - Botanas? I wish there were more explanations on the menu or website of what these items were. I would have stood there asking the cashier what the difference between all these items were, if there wasn't a line out the door behind me. What can I say? I like to try new items. It's boring to get the same food all the time. read more

This is the place to visit if you're in McAllen and craving authentic Mexican food. Located in an old taco bell building, the interior was smokey from the exposed kitchen grill that was grilling up a storm. Once you get over the cloud of smoke, though hard to see through, the smell of the cooked meat was intoxicating. I decided to order the fajita steak and was not disappointed with my decision. The meat was tender and well-seasoned with cumin and other flavors, the tortilla was fresh and the wide selection of sauces and hot peppers at the condiment bar was kick ace (in more ways than one). This place is also 24-hours and would fix a 2 am food craving. Ayayaa! read more

Don't knock healing qualities of fat and carbohydrates after 2 a.m.! The best quesadillas I've EVER had and huge breakfast tacos (read 'burritos' if you're visiting from somewhere else). Fresh tortilla chips and an amazing salsa bar make Palenque an obvious stop after last call. NOTE: The lighting is insanely bright, so be prepared to have your beer goggles snatched away when you walk in the door (it makes for some awesome/hilarious people watching though!). read more

When I wanted breakfast here. Someone suggested this restaurant. Their selections sound good. When we went and bought tacos. We came back. And sat down to eat. The tacos smelt good and I took a bite. Yummy! This taco is really good! I ate all 2 tacos in 4 minutes. The tacos are really greasy. But good. Love them! Looking forward to eat this again another day! "My mouth is watering for tacos! I may have the poops soon." read more

Taco Palenque South 10th - Bean and cheese! - Mexican Near Me - Mcallen, Texas

Taco Palenque is as good as it gets when it comes to Mexican Taquerias. The individual items such as steak tacos, La guera (taco al pastor with cheese on flour tortilla), or parrilladas are all great selections. Everytime I visit South Texas, I make it a point to dine at a TP at least 2x during my visit. read more

This is seriously so ridiculous that it took 20 minutes this morning to even take my order in the drive thru when there was ONLY 4 cars ahead of me. Not only that the lady at the drive thru took forever to greet and ask for the order.. This is horrible customer service!! Very inconsiderate of the service. read more

The food is good BUT they do skimp on the meats pretty significantly. Also, the daytime manager doesn't speak a lick of English, so good luck trying to voice any concerns unless you're bilingual (which the manager, Mr. Rivera, should be as well). Someone should also tell their staff the polite thing is to speak the same language as the customer. Some prefer speaking Spanish, some English. read more

On a business trip saw this Taco Palenque everywhere so decided to try. Never have tried TP. Very good fresh food. Employees are great, was uncertain what to order. Very helpful and patient employees making suggestions. The whole staff is great. Hard working people in every area of the restaurant. All friendly, all eager to help. I gave them 4stars because the restaurant needed to be cleaned. They may have had a rush, perhaps some sweeping, pick up would be nice. Great salsa bar. Strongly recommend read more

Taco Palenque is wonderful, ask anyone who goes clubbing at night if they know about Taco Palenque and they'll probably look at YOU like the idiot. It's great because it's open 24/7. There are constantly people in that restaurant and after you go there for the first time you'll realize why! It is a little on the expensive side for tacos or ponchos or a quesadilla but their tortillas are homemade and they (as cliché as it sounds) don't make it until you order it ;) Pay the extra if you want, you'll be glad you did. I don't think I'd go there every day for lunch but hey, it's good to have when you've got a craving for good Mexican food. I give it five stars even though the price is higher and you can't find a seat at 2:30 a.m. on a Friday night. Enjoy! read more

Everything about Taco P that's worth saying has already been said. Great fajitas, great salsas (chips are free), great hours, delicious agua de jamaica, and authentic tortillas. The taco pirata is $4 and a meal in itself (fajitas, beans, cheese, wrapped in a delicious tortillas). The atmosphere leaves everything to be desired. This is not a relaxing eating experience. It is always busy, always loud, and it really drives one to just eat and go. Or drive by and go. This time around I tried the breakfast tacos and they are delish. Only 99 cents Mon-Thursday. They almost double in price Fri-Sun. Taco P is on my eating checklist every time I'm in the Valley. read more

This place was awesome! Me and my buddies had the beer munchies around 3am and had no idea where to go since we were from out of town. Anyhow, the Hotel recommended that we try this place out and I asked the bell boy what was good on the menu and he said, "Everything." And he was right on the money. We all ordered something different and we are all very happy with the authenticity and quality of the food. They also had this great salsa bar with 6 or more different salsa's. So, if you are ever nearby, then do yourself a favor and stop by. read more

Taco Palenque South 10th - Picture by Mario Anima of Salsa Bar 11/1/2008 - Mexican Near Me - Mcallen, Texas