We as a family have been going to Taco Surf in Los Alamitos since my kids were little, and it's always felt like more than just a restaurant it feels like home. The staff treat you like family, the service is quick, and the laid-back which makes it the kind of place you just want to come back to again and again. Over the years, our go-to favorites have become the chicken bowl with black beans, the El Pescador quesadilla, and the scorpion chowder these dishes never disappoint and always hit the spot. Don't forget the side of Baja sauce!!! Add in their fish tacos, nachos, and a strong margarita, and it's the perfect meal every time. Between the great food, welcoming atmosphere with chips and salsa and staff who remember you, Taco Surf has been our spot in Los Al for years. read more

Amazing food with great ambience . Taste of Mexican food is so delicious and wonderful read more

Taco Surf - Chicken & shrimp fajitas with a shrimp chimichanga - Mexican Near Me - Los Alamitos, California

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This is my first time here. No wait for a table. Complimentary chips and salsa were served. BF ordered steak fajitas, and I got a crispy beef taco and a chicken tamale. Everything was hot and tasty. Service was very good. Holiday decorations were colorful and bright. Be sure to check in for 10% off. read more

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Great margaritas and tacos. Plenty of parking. My waitress was friendly and checked on us often. Very old-school and a great vibe

BEST STAFF! I went in and sat at the bar on Sunday and was immediately greeted and waited on by Natalia who made sure I got the coldest beer glass in the bunch. The asada tacos were so good I had to order extra to take home! Great food even better staff shoutout Natalia! I'll definitely be back :) read more

My wife and I have been here several times and the food never misses the mark. The service is always top notch as well. Tonight, though, the service we received from Nico was next level. This young man was hands down one of the best servers we've ever had anywhere. I'm not sure how old he is but he was acting like a seasoned vet that had been doing it for years. Attentive, quick and you could tell he genuinely cared about how our experience was. If you're ever here and lucky enough to be served by Nico, you will see what I mean read more

Pricey but you get a lot of food! We ordered for take out. I got the California burrito and my boyfriend got the Baja fish burrito. The Cali burrito was great, but you need to eat it right away or the fries won't be crisp. You'll also need salsa and/or extra pico. The Baja fish taco was disappointing. At first glance we were amazed because it was even bigger than the Cali burrito, but it's filled with a lot of lettuce and the fish seemed like it was frozen fish. I'd come back for the Cali burrito or to watch sports. read more

Taco Surf - Baja burrito on top, Cali burrito on bottom. Size of my forearm - Mexican Near Me - Los Alamitos, California

Great food and excellent prices! The very best thing about Taco Surf in Los Alamitos is Carla as a server. She truly cares that each meal is perfect with friendly service. She's the best! read more

Amazing as always! Karla is always sweet to my family! We've been coming to this Taco Surf location for years. The service is great and everybody is friendly. And of course....tasty food! read more

First time eating at Taco Surf. I must have passed by this restaurant many times, glad I decided to give them a try. Their exterior decor gives off a fun and casual vibe. The interior was equally bright and lively. We were greeted right away when we entered. Special note, not all the booths are equally spaced out. I got a really tight booth. I should have asked to move but that was on me. The salsa that comes with their chips and salsa was good. I ordered taquitos. These homemade taquitos came out hot and fresh. They tasted really good. The rice was fluffy. The beans were not my favorite, a little thin for my taste. We also ordered the carnitas plate. Overall good. Our server was very good. She had a great smile and was friendly. I would recommend Taco Surf. read more

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The bean and cheese burrito was mostly tortilla with little filling. The beans it it were bland with little cheese. Prefer frozen Mexican food to this. Great tasting salsa. Very disappointing. read more

Taco Surf never disappoints. Excellent service (Carla is always awesome). The food is terrific.

Amazing service. Carol is the best super nice and funny. The environment in this place is amazing. Food is great!

We usually go to the Seal Beach location but wanted to avoid the beach goers. Everyone should check out this location for the 5 star service and 5 star meal. Shortly after being seated, Chava (short for Salvador) brought fresh warm chips with salsa that was not too spicy and too mild. Just right. We did consume two baskets of chips and three little bowls of salsa. And there was only two of us. Yami (short for Yamilexi) is very courteous with a nice personality. Throughout the meal she checked on us several times. Between Chava and Yami, they made for us a wonderful eating experience. And I haven't even started on the meal. The Regular Pieline Burrito with carnitas was just perfect. It was prepared just perfect with the freshest of quality ingredients. Had a bite or two of the chili relleno. Another winner. I'm sure everything on the menu is a winner. I highly recommend this location for the food and service. Be sure to check in for Yelp discount. read more

Taco Surf - Be sure to check in for discount. - Mexican Near Me - Los Alamitos, California

We had a Fish Taco and a regular Pipeline Burrito with ground beef today. The taco was $6.25 but the Burrito was $17.95 crazy. The Burrito tasted like i was eating a extra large combo burrito from Taco Bell. Bad choice. Also, $4.25 for a soda. We have eaten some other items here before and they were acceptable, sometimes, but everything is getting to costly for this type of food. The food quality seems to have gone down hill over the years. read more

Always amazing food. Service is always on point. Our family eats here frequently. It's my grand daughter's favorite.

I never post unless I feel there is a reason to do so.. I am a local who use to visit this location multiple times per week, for 20+ years! I'm not a cheap ass but $7.50 for a bottle of Bud Light is just stupid! After getting my daughter a kids quesadilla, and wife and I split a three taco plate w a couple of beers was $52. Crazy... Staff is great but won't be going back. read more

I have been to Taco Surf twice in the the past 6 months. The services is always great and the staff is super friendly. They seem to be kid friendly and my kids like the staff. Food has always been great. I recommend their fish of the day or their chili verde dishes. Next time I'll have to take a picture. I tend to go in the early afternoon before it gets busy. read more

We've been here 4x and twice we got the worst waiter named Marco. We decided to take the family 8 of us for the day before Mother's Day. We ended up the only table on the one side to get Marco. He hates his job, has no personality and made our experience horrible. He made it seem like we were bothering him. We weren't ready to order right when we were seated, which I think made him upset. He then, what felt like on purpose, made us wait 20 mins before he came back to ask us if we were ready to order. We really wanted to get up & walk out after he was being so rude. We stuck it out and the food came way fast, too fast like it was microwaved bc the plate was overly hot to the touch. The verde burrito was stuffed with rice(filler) no sauce, no beans, barely any meat for the price. It seems they just try to fill you up with filler food. It was the driest burrito. We were afraid to ask for anything extra because of how rude and uncomfortable he made us feel. The food to me is overpriced for the filler and no flavor food. I also asked for tomato or lettuce on my daughter's cheeseburger they informed me they don't have anything to go on the burger and if I wanted anything extra would be extra charge. If you order a margarita plan for it to be made with wine. Guess no hard alcohol?? Not the friendliest place, cool atmosphere that's all. Will not be back and stay clear of having Marco as a waiter. read more

Big thanks to our server Holland! She made our visit very enjoyable. A very smiley server! Be sure to try their Baja sauce. It goes great with everything Thanks taco surf! read more

Cute place very festive with good vibes. Complimentary chips and salsa which I could eat all day. We ordered fish tacos- They looked good, but wouldn't order again. Tortillas cold and fish was mainly breading and way overdone. I wanna say it was frozen fish like fishsticks. We also ordered a steak burrito and added shrimp. It was good size and plenty of shrimp. Just an ok burrito. We also ordered a cold beer SOL which is advertised all over inside the restaurant and were told they don't carry it so we pivoted and ordered Margaritas.... BIG mistake. I watched our waiter make it behind the bar and saw that he added something besides tequila. These were just regular margaritas, but when I tried it, there was a weird taste to it, so I asked the waiter for water instead. He informed us that they don't have a liquor license to use tequila, so they put wine in the Margaritas??? Say what? It's not his fault, but wish we were informed before we ordered it. Our waiter was a sweet kid but definitely wasn't sure of what was going on. Towards the end of our meal our waiter left and went to lunch, whatever he was eating looked GREAT!!! He never came back and we asked someone else for the check. We then brought the check to the bar to pay where our waiter was, now back from his lunch. We paid cash and needed 15$ and some change back. He didn't have access to the register so he asked if I needed the coins back or if it was cool not too because it would be hard to get them. He gave us our change from his order pad, maybe his tips? Idk either way, I tipped him and left. One positive note I can say is there is a waitress there who busts her ass taking care of her tables and deserves some recognition. I don't know her name but I could see she was expecting soon... All in all we won't be back. read more

Taco Surf - Mexican Near Me - Los Alamitos, California

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First time tying out the tacos from Taco Surf. I had a beef taco and the fish taco with rice and beans. Usually I don't care for rice and beans but I have to say their rice and beans were really good. The fish taco was crispy and the beef taco was soft and flavorful. I definitely will come back again since I live very near this place. read more

Delicious food with big portions. They give complimentary tortilla chips and salsa. I got the California burrito and it is super filled with meat as well as all the other ingredients. No skimping here! Service was attentive and friendly. read more

We loved this place. Great beer selection. Really nice server. The food was California-influenced but with real mexican flavors. Delicious guacamole, and the asada fries were excellent. We like the salsa. Atmosphere is cool and casual and shacky. I LOVED the pastor, and the potato taco and asada were also good. Lots of parking. Nice people, not expensive. read more

My husband & I were the frequent visitors of this location before COVID happened. The experiences were always good. Well, when I said frequent, it was probably twice every month, more if we have visitors from out of town. The service was great. The server would remember our drinks and remembered I liked my tacos with Ensenada style. I had always ordered mine with no sauce, and it came correctly every time. For the last two times I visited, that awesome server was not there. Again, I ordered with Ensenada style with no sauce. Twice, mine came with sauce. I politely asked the server what was in the sauce, thinking maybe I would just eat it if it wasn't something I didn't eat. The server took the plate and said: "Oh, no sauce" and came back quickly with another plate. This time, I didn't ask and just went ahead and tried it. I left half of the food on the plate. My husband even noticed that I didn't pack mine home. During COVID, they stopped offering sauces in bottles, which I believe was the regulation, and I appreciate that. Now, the sauces are still in the tiny plastic containers and only a quarter filled. We eat very spicy, so we always had to ask for more. I feel so bad how many containers it took to have barely enough hot sauces for our food. (I felt bad asking for more) That server made our meal wonderful every time. He always had a big smile, said hi to everyone, and got my order right, every time. I understand things change, and everyone is overworked nowadays. I just missed my time at Taco Surf. I will still go back and give them another try since this place had always been great. read more

Taco Surf - Asada taco Ensenada style with no sauce(requested no sauce) - Mexican Near Me - Los Alamitos, California

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Carol, server, was just outstanding, and so personable. Always greets me when I get there.

Food: taste 2.5/5 appearance 3.8/5 Ambiance 3.5/5 (pretty deceiving since the food is not that good) very colorful and decorative Service 5/5 -Chips and salsa .. classic .. but the salsa wasn't the best .. tasted like the one you buy @ the grocery store. -enchiladas rancheras the only good thing was maybe the filling (chicken) and the rice w beans. The sour creme literally looked like cheese.. overall not that great the salsa is plain and lazy -fish Baja taco could've been tasty BUT the fish was burnt (looked too dark) and the fish tasted frozen.. the toppings were the only tasty thing (guac & cabbage etc). -the horchata was house made .. I give that a solid 4/5 + a KIDS soft taco w fries Total came out to be $43 ish read more

I've been to this place around 3 times. I normally get the carne asada plate. Love how the meat is seasoned and tasteful. Beans and rice are nice. Server came often to check up on us and they were all very nice. They play a different mix of music which is nice. On the menu it does say no refills. read more

Great food and service is great place rocks place Jennifer, the waitress rocks the atmosphere was good.

The food is always great. Our server Jennifer was a Rockstar!! Everything was perfect.

Crappy tacos and relatively expensive, especially for the quality. Taco Tuesday deals were only for off-beat meat options and still weren't even a good value. Came here because it was quick and easy/close to my house, but definitely won't go there again. read more

Taco Surf is the best of the best Mexican Restaurants on Main St. in Seal Beach. I was so grateful for having Ellie as my server ! She is the crem de la crem of servers! You will absolutely love her kindness, attention to detail and big smile!!! Go visit Taco Surf soon b4 Ellie leaves for college in September! read more

Finally going to this place recommended from friends and co workers. Post pandemic times. Plexy at cashier and everyone with a mask on and spacing throughout the restaurant. One time use printed menus. Love how the table how quotes pertain to life. Complimentary Chips and salsa - very fresh and tasty. We both got the 3 street tacos special. Got carnitas potato and their famous Baja fish taco. Carnitas super flavorful, moist, and meaty even with all the fixings of lettuce guac tomato cheese and so forth. Baja fish was fried fish with coleslaw their special sauce and fixings. Potato taco is actually a hard taco line with potato and filled with veggies and top with a fresh avocado slice and spicy salsa. The 3 tacos are larger than your traditional street tacos and no additional charge for the guacamole! Also had a side of rice and beans which were light and complimented the tacos. Definitely will be back to try more tacos and off their menu! Service was simple and pleasant! read more

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ok food, depending on what you get. This is a beer and wine bar so margaritas are made with wine.

Service is 10/10. Food is 0/10. The fish taco($5) is made with a fish stick. The enchiladas ($19) had very little sauce and the sauce was obviously from a can. Over all the food here has no flavor. Definitely not authentic Mexican food. I should've just gone to Taco Beach (better taste and at reasonable price)! This is what I get for trying something new. read more

Taco Surf - Flavorless vegetarian enchiladas - Mexican Near Me - Los Alamitos, California

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Went in to have dinner last Tuesday night with my husband and I gotta say food, drinks & service was great. Our server Yami had amazing energy & a smile on her face. She didn't only service us well but all surrounding tables near us. Will be coming back just because of her and the tacos off of the Taco Tuesday menu. read more

Great service from Nico....good food (fish tacos) and always a good place to watch baseball or any sport

We went to my wife's favorite Mexican restaurant and i liked it much better on my second visit. My shredded beef and shredded chicken burrito was one of the best burritos ive had. Most other restaurants make the burritos to soupy but this one was hearty and thick with lots of cheese. The guacamole on our second visit was much smaller then on previous visits and not worth the 7.00 so please make your guacamole servings like you used to. read more

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The first thing that I noticed is a super friendly person at the front counter. I wondered if he was an owner or store manager because he really cared about the customer experience. The wait staff were friendly and attentive and my two chicken tacos, rice and beans with chips and salsa were absolutely great read more

Good food and service. They allowed us to have separate checks. We were also able to stay for 3 hours and play games.