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Tacos El Pelon

4.5 (88 reviews)
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Moderate noise
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Outdoor seating
Good for kids

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2 pastor and 1 carne asada tacos
Victor L.

Quick tip: Get your $20 for $15 in the info section on Yelp. You'll be able to feed 2 for about $20! My wife loved it. I'm with her on most points. This is your neighborhood taco truck. It's everything you'll expect. Authentic simple Mexican. Today I just got the tacos but I'll come back for their super burrito. Our Ratings Asada 4.5/5 Pastor 5/5 (love the strips of meat) Cabeza 3/5 Lengua 4/5 They have 3 sauces. We got one of each which worked out best. Their red sauce is very spicy. Didn't need to much of it for my pastor. Their green sauces were all similar. I couldn't differentiate. If I can add constructive criticism, this place could add an orange sauce with a sweet/spicy mix and just do 1 type of green sauce. For reference my favorite taco truck was Tacos Los Reyes when they had the salsa bar and tacos were $2. They got popular, upped the prices and pandemic took away the salsa bar. I haven't been back there since so this is one of the few taco trucks I've been. I like it.

Carne Asada Tacos (don't mind my bite)
Margaret B.

This taco truck is located in the back of the Eastridge Mall parking lot. My best friend and I were searching for taco spots nearby as we drove past this truck when we were leaving the mall parking lot. I decided to try the carne asada tacos while my friend tried the carne asada quesadilla. Street tacos are my favorite! They looked and smelled so good, I had realized I've taken a bite of my taco before taking a picture. My tacos were so tasty; loved the flavor of the tacos with the green and red sauce on top of it. My friend and I sat in the car eating and didn't say a word to each other until we finished our food.

Dana D.

I've seen this truck once before and it immediately peaked my interest. The location of the truck is in Eastridge's parking lot entrance specifically by the food court. If you look straight across where the parking lot tends to be emptier - you've found it. We ordered a taco plate with 3 al pastors and 1 lengua along with a carne asada burrito. My boyfriend loved the al pastor tacos - it was very well seasoned and tender. The burrito I had was also delicious and had such a good amount of meat. They hooked us up with so many sauce containers. Red sauce was super spicy and definitely burned. Green sauce was refreshing and paired well with the burrito! Loved our experience and I'll for sure be back to try the other meats and menu items.

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Zianna G.

Service was excellent. I got tacos de Al pastor and they were delicious. The salsas are also good, red one if you want some real heat. Sat under a nice shaded tent even though it was very hot and sunny it made it pleasant. Right next to JC Penny and the bus stop. Was hard to find at first for us. When you turn into Eastridge go right. Delicious!

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Serena N.

Ok, so I go to 24 Eastridge to workout almost every day and one Friday, my boyfriend and I wanted Mexican! (We're always craving tacos/burritos LOL) there's a few places we know but wanted to try something new, and sooo glad we found this food truck! We were a bit skeptical at first because we haven't heard of this place and I'm sure we've seen the truck around the parking lot but, like I said, we are so glad we tried it! We ordered (x3) al pastor tacos and a super al pastor burritos! If I remember correctly, each taco was $3 and a super burrito was about $12? nonetheless, the tacos and burritos were so good! What we absolutely love about this place is their SAUCES!! I'm telling you, they are SPICY. My bf and I love our spices and we can handle the heat. But something about their green/red/orange sauce that was just spicy! Don't get me wrong, they were a delicious addition to our food but damn, all places need their sauces to be this spicy!! We believe the orange sauce is their mango habanero or so and it was our favorite sauce!! Definitely recommend this food truck for a quick fix after your workout or even after shopping!

Carne Asada, Cabeza Tacos, and Al Pastor Tacos
Dorothy L.

The hubby ordered tacos and a cheese quesadilla for delivery from here a few weeks ago. I refused as I had eaten already, but there were leftovers: an al pastor taco and half of the quesadilla. What a mistake!!! I had some room so I went ahead and had the al pastor taco... It was yummy...good marinade. I like that they have the taco accouterments on the side. The salsas are so fresh and spicy. I then was curious about the cheese quesadilla... one bite and my mind was blown! Best cheese quesadilla ever. It's not oily at all and the cheese is simply delicious. We recently ordered tacos and the quesadilla to share again. I told my husband I would need him to order me my own quesadilla next time!

Greasy, greasy
Karen D.

Never tried Tacos El Pelon, and I wanted to try a new place for burritos. Saw all the great reviews so I placed an order for delivery. I chose the cabeza supreme burrito with no beans. After unwrapping half the burrito, I saw the outside of it was very greasy. I figured maybe they had it sitting on the grill top just a tad too long. That's ok. I think I started on the wrong half of the burrito because the first inch or two was rice only. Halfway through, you can see there's a pretty generous amount of meat, but barely any avocado peaking through. The bottom part of the burrito had all the cilantro, onions, sour cream, and avocado. Writing this, I just remembered that it should have had cheese, but I don't recall seeing any. The taste of everything was decent but I did wish that the burrito was better constructed and that all those other elements weren't stuck at the bottom. The whole burrito was very oily. Oil kept dripping down my hand and fingers and I had a large pile of greasy napkins when I finished. I would give the taste and experience a 3/5 because of how much meat they put. However, I got sick that night and had nothing else out of the ordinary earlier that day. I have to take another star off for all the grease. Given all the good reviews, maybe I caught them on a bad day :/

Lynna T.

I think I've found my new favorite taco truck!! Ordered doordash from here recently and everything was packaged super well. I ended up eating it an hour later and it was still SO good reheated. I got an al pastor quesadilla and 3 tacos: asada, pastor, and lengua. The al pastor was my favorite for sure, it was super flavorful. The lengua was also great, the texture was just right. I really liked how they included everything: lime, grilled onions, onion & cilantro, and even radishes. They have this spicy and sweet salsa that was amazing and really went well with the tacos. Love that they also accept card. I will definitely be back(probably soon tbh lol) :-)

4 tacos: cabeza, lengua, pastor, y asada! I also got a asada burrito. The food is really good.
Stephen F.

The tacos this time wasn't as good as last time. Maybe it was a bad batch. Still decent though. I usually like to support small/single business but maybe next time I'll get another dish from here.

Asada Tacos.  Al Pastor Tacos.
Tina L.

I was searching for delicious taco truck tacos and I was not disappointed when I found this place. Walked up on a cold and rainy day and ordered 3 tacos de carne asada, 1 taco de al pastor, and one cheese quesadilla. My order was ready pretty fast and I took a large bite of the quesadilla. A mouthful of melted cheesy goodness. The tacos were delicious. I liked the carne asada more then the al pastor. The meat was savory and not overcooked. My plate came with grilled onions and a Chile and rábanos. The grilled onions complemented the tacos nicely. The tortilla had a little bit of meat grease so they were crunchy. I had a hard time finding parking but saw that to the right of the taco truck there was space to park. I will return with an empty stomach to devour more tacos soon!

Willis C.

Great tacos, loved the lengua tacos. Lots of parking, chill clean area. Call to check if they are open as sometimes they are away for an event

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Best lengua burritos in San Jose at a very reasonable price. Highly recommend, well worth driving around Eastridge to find them.

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Is there anywhere around there to park a big rig (18wheeler) while I run in to get takeout?

yes there is we are closed today but in our location there is a large parking lot

I always come by but often the truck is gone, what days are you usually open at Eastridge?

ok usually we close on mondays but some weekends we do catering

1 order of tacos comes with how many tacos? Pictures always show three.

1 Taco for $3

Where is the truck located?

hopefully, be next Saturday we are ready in the same place

Where is this truck located? Everyday? Hours open?

Located. 2770 story rd Days. Tuesday to Sunday Hours.12pm to 11pm

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