strip mall restaurant- visited on a Tuesday evening... only a few others dining in. Service was friendly and quick. Not a fan of the complementary bland salsa, or the chips, which did not seem fresh made. Anyway- they are complementary, so can't knock them too much. The ground beef tacos and the tostada were great - and I think these prices are 20% less than any other local spots read more

Tacos El Norte - Tacos and tostada - Mexican Near Me - Kenosha, Wisconsin

Tacos el Norte was really good the workers are super friendly and the food was great and inside was good ambiance and the tacos were great read more

Tacos El Norte - Food - Mexican Near Me - Kenosha, Wisconsin

We wanted some good tacos so we ordered some takeout. I had tacos pastor, my wife had a chicken chimichanga and we split an order of guacamole. The order was ready as promised and tasted great! Though we didn't eat in the restaurant this time, the quality and flavor was great and the prices were good. We will likely eat there at some point, since it seemed like a comfortable, family friendly place. read more

To me, a restaurant that brings back the flavors from home, where I can get a really good pozole this mes patrio & year-round, as well. To my husband, the best tacos in Wisconsin! I tried the milanesa, and is very good. And to my surprise, they also have agua de Jamaica (hibiscus water)! This is the first Mexican restaurant where I can find it. And it's good! Highly recommended! *** Para mí, un restaurante que sabe a los sabores de casa; donde puedo encontrar pozole y disfrutarlo este mes patrio y el resto del año, también. Para mí esposo, los mejores tacos que hay en Wisconsin! Pedí la milanesa y está muy buena. Para mi sorpresa, tienen agua de jamaica! Este es el primer restaurante mexicano que la ofrece. Y está muy rica, aunque un poquito dulce. Se los recomiendo! read more

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Amazing tacos and pozole is made with such great seasoning. I only review to places that have left an impact on me. This one will always be a gem and they are so consistent with there good. Have been coming here more than 18 years. Sorry it took so long to add a review. Service is also amazing read more

Food and service is great. Especially love the chicken tacos and the pork tamales. The ambiance is nice as well, Spanish music on in background, not too loud or overwhelming. read more

Free chips and salsa with your meal. Food prep to table was excellent. Great prices! Come sit down at a table and enjoy the food. read more

Tacos El Norte - Front counter - Mexican Near Me - Kenosha, Wisconsin

This restaurant USED to be our go-to but it sure has changed over the last year. My husband, daughter and I went there for dinner Tuesday. We ordered 2 steak taco dinners and a chimichanga dinner. The steak in the tacos was INEDIBLY SALTY! I am by NO MEANS anti-salt, but this burned my mouth. I look across the table at my daughter and see the look on her face (SHE is salt sensitive). We were 1 of 3 tables in there for dinner (about 6pm) yet the server was NO WHERE to be seen. The young man at the register was too busy chatting up someone waiting for their to-go order to see me trying to get his attention so I took the plates up to him at the counter (still cannot even see where my server was). I asked him if they salted the meat before (marinade) or during/after cooking. He said before (so it could not be adjusted). We have been customers for over 9 years and have NEVER had a complaint about the seasoning so I'm hoping it was a mistake. He asked if we'd like anything else. I had to get menus and look since THAT is what I order every time. We both decided on the flautas. The server came over to take our replacement order and I assumed since we had no chips, salsa, or beverages, she would have brought at least water back. We waited a while- again only 3 tables including us and 1 to-go customer. Meanwhile, my husband was done and we STILL had empty beverage cups and no chips or salsa. The server didn't even bother coming over until our order was ready. She brought our food and went to walk away, and I asked if we could get some more water. Come on....again....3 tables in the entire restaurant... So, we finished our dinner, and she came back with the check. THEY UPCHARGED US FOR THE FLAUTAS. This had to be a mistake, right? We did not even want the flautas. WE WANTED EDIBLE STEAK TACOS! My daughter couldn't believe it so she went up to talk to the man at the register. He said there was an upcharge for the flautas. FIRST OF ALL-we DIDN'T want the flautas. Because of YOUR mistake, the steak was INEDIBLE. We did not expect a free meal, just not an upcharge. SECOND- we have been regular customers for NINE years! They know us! We have been served burnt chimichangas and grisly steak before and just let them fix it without a fuss. Mistakes happen. But you are going to upcharge for something that costs LESS to make????? We ordered ground beef flautas which is just ground beef wrapped in corn tortillas and deep fried. WE WERE FINE PAYING FOR THE STEAK IN CORN TORTILLAS WHICH ALSO CAME WITH CILANTRO AND ONION! So you are going to upcharge us for YOUR mistake for a CHEAPER meal??? Make this make sense!? The worst part is they argued with her for the longest time. THAT alone.....was UNACCEPTABLE! So, I wonder how much MORE money they will lose not having our business for the next 9 years?? I wonder if it will be more than the $7 in upcharges??? I absolutely CANNOT and WILL NOT set foot in their restaurant nor can I recommend this place to ANYONE. The food may NOT be edible, and the service is TERRIBLE! No wonder the entire time we were there, we only saw three tables and 1 to-go customer on a "Taco Tuesday". There are SO MANY other options in this town alone! Stay away... read more

Seems every El Norte location is equally fantastic. Good margaritas, really good tacos and the shrimp diablo is super good. Will go again.

We ordered from here on a weekend. Ordered the chicken flautas which my kids helped devour and they don't even like Mexican food. My husband ordered the steak burrito, which I tried and found that delicious. My husband went in and picked up our order so I cannot comment on anything in the restaurant but my family has been ordering her for years and their quality always remains the same. We got the horchata that my kids also helped me drink! read more

Hello!! Nothing special at this Tacos El Norte location. They do not speak or understand English! Please folks if you work in America respect the language. Also, they had no idea about several other locations. (????) Its a franchise, hello. The location in Highwood, Illinois is the best location. This location has really bad service. The counter person and waitress we had were more interested in their cellphones the whole time. We were there dining. We had to ask another waitress for our check. The only item good here is the margarita. Do not bother eating here. Price range is ($). The tamale was old and dry the cheese enchilada was old and the meats have no flavor. Old meat with zero flavor. The coffee tasted like it was watered down and reused from earlier in the day. Just horrible. Not recommended read more

I would like to express my experience here. To start it was not great! My parents took me out to dinner to celebrate my birthday we were a party of 4 adults and 3 children mind you it is not my first time eating here... the service was awful she made me not want to be there at all the way she was engaging with our party was not good what's so ever ! I understand people can have a bad day but you need to maintain professional especially when it come to offering service! I will be specking to management in the morning to address my un satisfaction! read more

Had a taco salad charged for a fajita salad. Taco salad no taste. Asked for salsa for the salad. They charged 1.95 for the salsa. I told they charge for another bag of chips. My friend was charge $7 for a small guacamole. read more

Came in tonight for dinner. Quick, friendly service and all our food was fantastic! They give extra sauces. The red one was spicy and delicious! read more

Best Mexican food in Kenosha! Staff is so friendly and prices are reasonable! Guacamole so fresh, and a nice bonus is they have margaritas to go! Love this restaurant! read more

Love Love Love this place! The avocado tostada and ground beef burrito sueza are exceptional. We travel a long way to eat there and it is always worth it. Food is very fresh, tasty and reasonably priced. Employees very friendly and the place always looks clean. It is an open kitchen, so you can see that they care about quality and cleanliness. It's not fancy, but it's my favorite restraunt, it never disappoints!! read more

Great restaurant, great food, nice people. To the stupid people that are complaining that they don't all speak English? It is a MEXICAN restaurant!!!. What part of Mexican restaurant don't you understand. Its called TACOS EL NORTE. Not Wraps in The North. The comment about being on America? Mexico is in America just like Canada you ignoramus. Complain about the food if you want to, but everything else is stupid. read more

Been coming here for 15+ years and in my opinion it's the best Mexican in the county especially for the price. Tacos a superb.

We've been going to Tacos el Norte for about 20 years. Always loved their food. But after tonight we will never go back. They have forgotten to give us some of our order the last three times we've ordered over the last two months, and never wanted to hassle calling and driving back. But tonight we did call after we got home to let them know they didn't give us three tacos. They asked us to hold on and we listened as he was talking to his cook for a minute or two. He came back on the phone and said "yeah, we all talked about it and agree we put all the tacos in". That was that. No apology. No offer to make them. No offer to make them and give us a free order of guacamole for the incredible hassle... Basically calling us a liar. Blew our minds. We ordered about $60 of food for our family. We told them this was ridiculous- the idea that we would try and scam them for three tacos, like we WANT to drive all the way back to their restaurant to pick up 3 tacos. An insane way to handle a customer situation like this. Completely shady mentality if you ask us. Never again. This is not how you treat your customers. read more

I love this place!! I'm from Long Beach, CA, I am Hispanic, I've spent A LOT of time in Mexico...this is hands down the most authentic place I've been too since moving to WI. The food, music, decor, all very authentic. They speak both Spanish and English very well. read more

tried to place a order over the phone and it was busy. then got there and ordered food pay for it and then look at menu and prices are alot more then they were before. get it everything is going up but they didn't say anything about prices be more than the menu price and the menu prices are the old prices and not new ones. not to mention food wasn't even worth the $44 that i paid for 2 meals. won't be back again!!!! read more

This little local restaurant is basic but pretty good. My biggest issue is that the vegetarian options aren't very good. I got a cheese quesadilla and it came as three very small corn tortillas with a very small amount of cheese. Luckily there were some sides of sour cream and salsa because it would have been very little flavor if not. I came here with some coworkers because it is a place that they really enjoy, but if not for that reason, it probably wouldn't be top of my list. Would go back with those coworkers, though! read more

Me and my partner come to tacos el Norte every time we are in town. It is our favorite spot to eat in Kenosha and offers very good price ranges. read more

Really good, authentic Mexican food in a casual setting. Service is wonderful (fast and very friendly). I've been coming here for years - and despite what another reviewer said - they ABSOLUTELY speak English! (Sheesh!!!) I typically get a steak burrito - or tacos - and they're very flavorful. Have also tried the Pozole, Mexican steak dinner and Camarones Diablo - all were very good. There are fancier places in town - but this has the best, most authentic Mexican food in town. read more

The staff was very nice the entire time. Evidently a good place as several locals were in there eating as well as picking up food. My food was good and the waitress was up front about no refills on drinks. They do not have cheese sauce for the chips for those who are like me and enjoy that. The tacos were kinda small but the chicken tasted good. Overall a 4/5 nothing to write home about, but a place I would for sure go back to as well. read more

Stopped in for lunch on a Sunday. The staff was friendly and service was prompt. I had the taco dinner plate. The street size tacos were fresh and yummy. Rice was good, but beans seemed a bit off to me. Overall, a great place to get affordable, authentic Mexican food. read more

My husband and I have been coming to this location for years. We ate here on Memorial Day 2022. They decor was redone which looked great.... Here's my issues: server did bot know the menu, didn't understand what I was asking for, Spanish rice and refried beans were bland and Margaritas were very WEAK!!!!! we did not recognize any servers, cooks, front of house employees, yet when I called abs asked if they were new owners they told me no. So..... short of a long review..... I am not pleased at all with my food, service. read more

These other reviews are just silly. This IS and has ALWAYS been my favorite mexican restaurant in Kenosha. The first time I went, my friend Javier took me, back in 2006. It was amazing then, and this past month ago (2011) it's still amazing. I try to go at least once, every time I'm in town. The server this past time was stupendously personable and nice. He brought out every kind of hot sauce and salsa they had for us to indulge in. So, if you like spice, ask for the super spicy sauce. Yum! And the portions and quality have never wavered. Their burritos are the size of a small child! Jokes!- but they are huge. They're margaritas are pretty darn delicious, as well. Oh- and check out the sweet jukebox! Thank you, Tacos El Norte. Don't ever change, 'cause you're Perfecto! read more

I love the service here, the owner knows me personally because I stay ordering all the tacos, the burritos are to die for read more

Tacos El Norte - Taco dinner - Mexican Near Me - Kenosha, Wisconsin

Great food and great service DONT have anything bad to say smooth dine in got full of a dinner meal and ordered extra tacos assuming I would need them but portions are good read more

I first walked into this restaurants about eight years ago. "The decor has been improved since then." I sat down and was served. I ordered a chicken enchilada. The serving was generous and was accompanied by Spanish Rice and re-fried beans. Upon leaving the restaurant, I was both very pleased with the food and the service. I have been frequenting the place on a bi weekly basis ever since. read more

Easily the best Mexican food in Kenosha! Always very clean and friendly. Also, the prices are great. You can walk out of there full for less than $10. Tacos El Pastore is where it's at. Thinking of going there today! Highly underrated in the city of Kenosha. People are sleeping on this place. PS-You're near Big Lots, so where else would you need to go!?! read more

Clean restaurant, the food was pretty damn good one of my favorites is tacos alpastor. Staff is nice.

Nothing like the one in Libertyville. Food was terrible.. Hard meat couldn't even chew. We won't be going back. read more

Tacos El Norte - Mexican Near Me - Kenosha, Wisconsin

Wonderful authentic Mexican food. My friends cannot get enough of the whole fried tilapia. It's crispy and golden brown every time and is an excellent sized portion. I love their Beef with lots of onions, I think it is Lomo Encebellado in the Mexican Specialties section. It is so flavorful and satisfying! Some of the best refried beans I have ever had and their Horchata is perfection. This is a regular in our rotation of restaurants and we look forward to our next visit! read more

Came with a few friends so there was 10 unsatisfied customers ! Service was good so I give them 5 stars for customer service but food wasn't great! Tortillas where so small I'm not sure I would want to pay double the cost for a small tostada or tortilla! Not sure if we would be coming back soon! read more

I've been going to Tacos El Norte for a very long time and just wanna say they have the best food around. Hot dishes authentic Mexican food from the tacos tortas to the quesadillas. The service is friendly and fast which I love especially if I'm in a hurry I can order quickly and expect my food to come out fast and hot. I encourage everyone if they are in the Kenosha area and wanna try excellent Mexican food to stop in and give it a try. Bring the family or hang out with friends and have some drinks and celebrate great times. Try the torta any style and you'll be hooked!!! read more

I grew up eating the carne asada tacos. The BEST I've ever had.

This is our go to take out Mexican cuisine in town. Authentic Mexican food at reasonable prices. Friendly family owned business. Orders are made up quick and accurately every time! read more

My rating is based on quality of food and service. Ambiance leaves a little to be desired. One of the first things you'll notice when you walk into Tacos El Norte is that most of the customers appear to be of Mexican descent. That to me speaks volumes for this place. The food here is phenomenal. Some of the best Mexican I've ever had. Give it a shot if you're in the area and as long as you're mostly in it for the food you'll love it. read more