Ordinary exterior and ordinary eating area hiding a cafeteria style eatery. They have all sorts of unusual and really yummy foods. Happened on the place with a friend and asked to fill a plate with a little of what was on display. WOW - culinary goldmine! They have a variety of dishes that are prepared for a lunch sack. Very interesting and delicious! If you enjoy good food and are up for pigging out, make the effort to check this place out! read more

Friends got chicken burritos and I got one each of adobada, chicken and steak tacos. Everything was amazing, meat full of flavor and all marianated, with lots of fresh and delicious toppings-salsa, cilantro, onion, guacamole. Loved it! Will come again. read more

Being from AZ I'm a bit picky when it comes to Mexican food but this place hits the spot. steak burrito is yummy no charge for quac!!! YUMMY read more

I found this place to be alright, it's not great but it is good. The place is clean, which you gotta appreciate, there is a good selection of food and it is really inexpensive. You do have a difficult time relaying your order to the help though. It is a casual environment but one side is a bar and the other side is a counter to place your order. Keep to the counter side if you have kids ;-) It sure beats the chain Mexican places and for the prices you can't beat it! read more

Tacos (steak and pork) were awesome. Exceeded my expectations for a $3 taco. This is up there *near* Tenoch quality tacos. Very tasty.

Simple and tasty food from tamales to pupusas, fried chicken, burritos etc loads d options at great prices. Lovely people. Tamales are huge with lots of chicken, potatoes and veg. Pupusa comes with pickled cabbage and delicious red sauce for dipping. My favorite. Can't wait to return and try other menu items. Cafeteria style but we did take out. read more

The pupusas revueltas here are incredible! Perfect for a cheap comfort meal and the service is quick.

So there are at least 5 other Mexican restaurants within a half mile radius of this place and I checked out the Yelps for all of them..why did I select this place?? Because somebody compared it to Anna's and I LOVE Anna's! If the food was consistent, prices didn't keep inreasing and the service wasn't so terrible I wouldn't go anywhere but Anna's..but sadly that is the case. Anyways I am so happy I came here! I had a small chicken burrito with everything on it (including guacamole at NO additional charge.) The burrito was so good..I wish it was spicier but I will order extra, extra hot sauce the next time. My husband was happy to get a plate of rice, beans, stewed steak, chicharron & sweet plantains. It was all very tasty and the prices and service was good. Would definitely recommend this place. I hope to go back again. read more

Popped on in for late Sunday lunch. Had a chicken taco, adobada pork taco, some plantains, beans, and veggies. All solid. Broadway has like 30 of these places and so far I haven't really noticed a difference. Good stuff read more

I'm not originally from Boston and I'll refrain from my normal diatribes about Mexican food in this city (I'm looking at you Anna's and Boca Grande). I've recently moved to East Somerville and have enjoyed Taco Loco to satisfy my occasional burrito and nacho fix. Yesterday I went there with a friend and found out they were closed for renovations. The man outside (I'm assuming the owner) told me that they owned another restaurant two blocks down the road called Tapatio. I'm not sure how I've walked by this place and not noticed it before but I'm glad I've found it now. I had 2 steak tacos. The meat was perfectly cooked and the salsa and guac were amazingly fresh and tasty. My buddy got a steak burrito and couldn't stop talking about how good it was. The best part was the fried plantains. OMG they were perfectly caramelized and didn't require any sauce (trust me you don't want to cover up the perfect taste of these). I was also able to get a blackberry shake (YUM) and my friend got this drink, the name escapes me at the moment, but it was red and had limes floating in the big container it was kept in. Again, another tasty surprise at this little place. Personally, I think this place is better than Taco Loco and would highly recommend it to anyone. Can't wait to give them my repeat business. read more

I was working around this area, and was starving so I stopped by - and while it was fine, given that I just needed lots of FOOD, I've definitely had better Mexican food. The place itself looks really nice and they'd do well to just make it a sit-down style restaurant and serve the same stuff. I had a standard steak burrito, which comes with a small portion of chips and salsa. The steak was really tendon-y and not well seasoned. When they were preparing it, I thought that they should put more steak in it, but after I started eating, I was glad that there wasn't too much. The best thing about this place is the HUGE number of veggies/condiments you can get in your burrito. My favorite place to get a burrito is Anna's in Davis, but Tapatio easily has twice the extras - good for if you want to customize :) read more

Ordered steak tacos, a revueltas papusa, chicken tamale, and an order of chicharron. everything was super yummy. only "complaint was that the chicharron was cut very large which I am not used to - not sure if this is an authentic style. But, again, all the food was quite delicious. Muy bueno. read more

Came here on the East Broadway Foodie Crawl and tried a bean and cheese quesadilla and a pickled salad. I didn't like the quesadilla as the beans were too squishy inside but the pickled salad was AMAZING. I wanted to keep eating it but knew I couldn't because we had more places to try. There was a great sauce to go on top of it as well--or maybe that was for the quesadilla, either way I put it on both. read more

Crispy, flavorful steak quesadilla. Super fresh chips & salsa - great (included) side to the entree!

Delicious, cheap and fast. I like their burrito much better than Anna's. Go try out yourself.

There tacos are the best!!! I had a chicharon pupusa, bean and cheese pupusa, and ayote pupusa and I also had a steak taco. Everything was great except for the bean and cheese pupusa which was dry, bland and just terrible! so if I were you I would avoid it. The steak taco had a fresh creamy guacamole and a toasty tortilla. I could eat these everyday and never get tiered of them! I happy to find a nice, clean place that serves fresh homemade food. As simple as it gets. read more

Ate here on the foodie crawl last night - tried a corn tamale thing i believe it was like corn bread ish i think with sour cream. ZOMG need more now. I live too close to not come here every week. And their fried chicken was soooo good. I may need to stop in for dinner tonight actually read more

Meals are not always fresh. Friendly service and very generous meal portions. But i've had dried meat and poor sauce. Most recent trip was for a beef burrito and something in it was rotten and foul. read more

I have been an AVID Tapatio frequent since BEFORE the place burned to the ground! I have continued my search all around the area for ANY restaurant that can compare to Tapatio.... There are NONE! (though Habenaro in boston is close) Tapatio, hands down best mexican I have ever had to date, PERIOD. read more

This place is amazing value for money. Wonderful cheap tacos loaded with fresh cilantro, onion and guacamole. The home-made tortillas are a treat. The fried yucca is usually very good too, although a couple of times it's been soggy or dry. Not sure how that other reviewer got only 2 small pieces of yucca - they always give us a huge box full. Service is fast and friendly, but they have missed items on our order a couple of times (they didn't charge for these). And since the portions are HUGE, we always had enough to eat - and yummy leftovers too. Overall, this place rocks! read more

I acquired my yen for tacos from the taco truck that parked across the street from the tech firm I worked at when I lived in SF. We would be dreaming about those tacos all morning. All of us toiling away at our hip dot com jobs in the late 90s. Then I got moved to Cambridge, which has been great - except for the tacos. UNTIL NOW. After a disastrous Chipotle experience last week, I had to cleanse my palate somehow, and we tried Tapatio on a whim tonight since we didn't have the will to drive all the way to Lynn for huaraches at Tacos Lupita (see how I am?...) These were the very best tacos I've had since the Tacos Del Norte truck in the Mariposa street parking lot those many years ago. (I still love Lupita's Huaraches but that's a different beast) I magically selected a beef tongue & 2 carne asada tacos. My order did take a little time to be delivered because they cook the tongue to order. They made the steak tacos once the tongue was done. Finally a place that has the pickled vegetables - adding those, cilantro, the chunky fresh salsa, lime & guacamole produced a clean, simple yet complex, healthy dinner. The tongue was tasty and tender. without the odd taste you sometimes get. The steak was FANTABULOUS! tasty morsels of perfectly grilled meat without any weird gristle you so often encounter. We ate in and the room is on the small side but very comfortable. And very well lit. It was very busy and the tables turned over again and again. But the noise level was not bad. People were relaxed and friendly - an eclectic mix of families with kids, guys coming from jobs, hipster art people who probably wandered over from the Mudflat studios across the street, and folks from the neighborhood. It's what a taco place should be. I wish Tapatio all the best and thanks for a great supper. read more

I love having this place close by. I'm there at least once a week. The food is great. The people behind the counter always have a smile. I especially like their steak burritos. read more

The plantains are amazing; sweet and a little crispy on some ends. The best I've had anywhere.

Great place! Pretty sure same people own Taco Loco! Try the fried chicken here it's delicious. Quesadilla good for a try too.

These places are phenomenal. Just have to know how to order. Really great food for very reasonable prices compared to other places. Before leaving, i feel it's necessary to compliment them on their great food and service. read more

Loved Loco Taco but this place has the best beef quasidias I have ever had in my life! Fresh veggies, seasoned perfectly, not too much quac or sour cream = Perfection! read more

Food tastes good. And I used to eat there regularly for years. But today, after the third time getting sick after eating, I can never go back. read more

Love this place! Great tacos, their tortillas are the best around! Burritos are awesome too. Can't go wrong.

Gave this place a shot hearing it is Taco Loco's "sister" restaurant. I'm happy I tried them! Had their pupusas and empanadas, and both were delicious. The place is a bit bigger than Taco Loco and there's definitely more of a variety. Overall good food and good prices. read more

I love the pupusas there as well as my kids but I decided to get some chicharrones but I was very disappointed. The yuca was really dry and oily. I got charged $6 dollars for a full order of that but I found only two small pieces. I called and the man there told me that's how the full order comes. Never again read more

My favorite local restaurant for Latin cuisine. The staff is great and the cafeteria-style offerings are so good. I LOVE their fried chicken! read more