EXCELLENT!!! I had the barbacoa tacos... add the avocado salsa, and they were truly incredible. Same for the rice and beans. The dish came with a true verde salsa (not like anything I've ever seen) that I almost missed out on. A bit more heat, and a more complex flavor. Service was excellent. Will help if you can speak Spanish, but the waitress helped me navigate my order flawlessly. Great smile, super kind. I highly recommend if you want a more authentic Mexican food experience!! Oh, cash pay will save you a service charge. Did I mention authenticity?? read more

We just happened to be in the area & El Torito had been recommended. Since it was lunch time, I had their Torta Cubana & my wife had their taco platter. The only reason they are getting 3 stars is because of the Torta Cubana, it was the greatest one I've had, but it was almost gone by when I was done with it. Unfortunately the tacos were pretty bland... I wasn't expecting anything spectacular, but they're $10 for 3 tacos rice & beans, they'd better be pretty damn good! Fajita, Lengua & Barbacoa, didn't matter how much onions, cilantro and salsa was added... they were just flat. Taqueria Los Angeles, you're next! read more

Agarre 4 tacos de chorizo de el restaurante me estaba comiendo un taco y en el taco me encontré un pelo no sé si es la primera vez que ah pasado esto pero me dio asco terminarme la comida no recomendaría read more

If this place ended a war, it'd be Taqueria El Treaty If it were a right wing ass**** in England, it'd be Taqueria El Tory And if it were my gf's yelp pix, it'd be Taqueria El Oilytoes Ooh. So by no means was this wonderful Mexican food. But it was good, a little bit like Cesar's late night Mex food also iN Dallas, and service was really nice here. We were very delighted that they were willing to serve us very late at night, close to their closing time, when chairs had already been turned upside down. I hate doing that but we were starving. The food is closer to a four, but considering how late they served us, and that the prices are affordable, and that the service was really nice, I will give them a five. read more

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I often times come back here whenever I'm craving tacos. A little resturant off the main road, I'm glad to have found this place even if it is a little ways away from me. Their tripas and lengua tacos always hits the spot for me, especially with their salsa verde. Tripas could be crispier and the lengua (while super soft and tender) could be more flavorful. read more

La comida sabe deliciosa, sirven una excelente porción. El lugar es limpio y el servicio excelente, sé que volveré, todo se me antojaba. read more

Taqueria El Torito - Chile relleno, mmm delicious! - Mexican Near Me - Plano, Texas

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The salsa's are greatness, homemade, different from any salsa i've had anywhere else! Homemade flour and corn tortillas too!!!!It was hard to choose which salsa to put on the oh so piled high fajita sopes. The service is wonderful all the ladies were very pleasant. The coffee cup is so big!!!! Definitely coming back read more

Taqueria El Torito - One of a kind salsas! - Mexican Near Me - Plano, Texas

I love this place. They've been in this spot a long time and the food is still delicious. Very friendly staff. I've only done call ahead and carry out so I don't know how the wait staff is. The parking lot is a little tight so it's sometimes hard to find a park. The shrimp dinner and tacos are delicious. read more

Taqueria El Torito - Beef tacos with cilantro and onions - Mexican Near Me - Plano, Texas

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Classic Mexican cuisine! Really solid home cooked Mexican food at a great price. This is a go to for our household when we are looking for classic Mexican cuisine at a family style restaurant. read more

This is REAL Mexican Food, with all original taste from Mexico

This is where you find authentic Mexican food that is delicious. Had the tacos de lengua which I know is beef tongue but if you can get past that it was amazingly delicious. It's off the beaten path but worth the search, very friendly staff read more

Taqueria El Torito - tacos de lengua - Mexican Near Me - Plano, Texas

Came to use my Restaurant.Com gift certificate, only to find out as I'm ready to pay, that I had to bring the print out because the owner doesn't have the right tools to redeem something that he/she decided to be a part of. Not only was I not able to use my certificate, I also lost it, because it's "used" once you press the validate button. Besides that, the food was actually quite good. Would have definitely come back, but now I'm disappointed, especially because they didn't try to help me out AT ALL, server had this "oh well, sorry for you" attitude. read more

Super good! Really nice people working here. We came to Texas on vacation from California and wanted to check out the Mexican food right away. Sopes were delicious and the chimichanga was wonderful. I ordered an horchata, so refreshing! read more

So I have been here once before for breakfast tacos which were great! Now I figured I would hit the place up for lunch and checkout there regular tacos. Barbacoa good flavor, but nothing to write home about. Beef fajita was awesome, crispy yet tender and good flavor Pollo (I usually don't like chicken at real taqueria because they put the least amount of effort in the flavor) nice smokeiness here Carnitas, actually real carnitas here....flavor, meh...leaves a lot to be desired. Pastor, ok but not great Green salsa very fresh and tangy Red salsa is sweet tasting Overall not bad. If you have a choice between this place and the place next door....this should be your first choice. read more

Taqueria El Torito - Mexican Near Me - Plano, Texas

I ordered 3 tacos barbacoa, lengua, and fajita. All 3 lacked flavor, would not be retuning.

I'm not sure why this restaurant only has 3.5 stars. This is some of the best **authentic** Mexican food you can find. The staff is always friendly, the refried beans make you wanna slap yo momma, the salsa could be served as a soup and I would suck it down... there's honestly not enough good I can say. It's a private owned hole in the wall and although by the appearance it may not look like much, if you want real Mexican food, this is the place to go read more

Tried it today for lunch at the recommendation of a coworker. It is a hole in the wall place but had enough seating. Felt very authentic as we walked in. The chips and salas were good, nice variety of flavors and heat levels. Most of my coworkers ordered a variety of tacos that they all liked. I got a chicken gordita and a couple of chicken tacos. It was way too much food. The chicken in the tacos was so dry, I could barely eat it. The gordita was good though, quite flavorful and with moist chicken! Will have to go back and try other things. Very reasonably priced for lunch. read more

I used to frequent this Taqueria. Normal tortilla size street tacos, about $1.60 each. The tacos come with fresh onions and cilantro, as well as grilled onions and a grilled jalapeño. They have 3 salsas they usually bring with cups, a cocktail sausage type and a red and green salsa. Beware of the red salsa, it is usually very spicy! Unless you like that. The Taqueria, itself, is in a Hispanic strip mall. Most of their clients are Hispanic. Definitely a hole in the wall. So the tacos must be good right? I would say, on average yes. However, last time I went, they were short of ok. So I'm torn, and this review encompasses every single experience I've had there. The staff speaks Spanish mostly, their menu is in both Spanish and English and they have much more than just tacos. The staff is friendly and attentive. They take credit cards. The place looks a little rough around the edges. Definitely worth a try. read more

My favorite Taqueria in collin county. Good service, great food! Really good taco specials, good breakfast. I don't know what more you can want from a taqueria read more

Taqueria El Torito - Huevos rancheros - Mexican Near Me - Plano, Texas

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la peor comida que eh probado, la quesadilla estaba mal echa, ni siquiera me pusieron sour cream, y los tacos olian super mal, el peor restaurante en plano read more

Best fish I think I've ever had. Pescando frito I think it was called. Excellent!! I can barely speak Spanish but a coworker of mine told me about the place. He said it's one of the oldest Mexican places in Plano. I'm not sure about that but what I do know is the fish is delicious. read more

First time trying out this place that we accidentally discovered. The food was really good so far. They served 3 awesome sauces for your chips the minute you sit down. That was really amazing. I really love my chicken quesadilla but my chicken tacos was a little bland. The tostadas was okay. Overall, this place is cheap and the food is better than other places. read more

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The potatoes were French fries!!! They had no beans. How do you have no beans at a Mexican restaurant?! My breakfast taco consisted of French fries & burnt chorizo. Worst taco ever! read more

Simple no frills little diner with table service. Great homemade salsas and one of the best tortas in town. Fried potatoes are fantastic. For those of you that do not frequent these great little Hispanic establishments this would be one to try. read more

Nice people! A well served plates. Everything is delicious and homemade. Favorite place to bring the family for the real stuff. read more

Taqueria El Torito - Mexican Near Me - Plano, Texas

1st time visiting - attentive friendly service. I ordered huevos con chorizo - some of the best I've had! My friends got various tacos and they enjoyed their food too. The building is downscale and the pricing reflects that. No prob for me. Definitely will return! read more

Doesn't deserve 0.0.....while visiting Plano for a tournament. On Sunday morning my son wanted breakfast tacos and found this place on his maps app. I drove to this location and placed an order for 4 tacos. There's another taco place in the same center so I walked over there to place an order for 4 of their tacos. I walked out and went to my car and smoked a cigarette while waiting. I walked back to this location and looked in saw my son waiting and walked to the other taco place....order ready and done.....go back to this location and waited 40 minutes for 4 tacos while watching the blatant neglect of having other orders being filled from customers that came after I placed my order. I told the girl that I have a Hispanic wife and it shouldn't take 40 minutes to make 4 tacos.....she told me...have your wife make you some then.....I dumped my order on the floor and stepped on it....I wonder if it took 40 minutes to clean the mess off the floor.....I wouldn't donate a dime to anyone having any charity event hosted by this place....PURO BASURA read more

They have the best tortas in town; however the salsas were not the most appetizing and the chips were served partially burnt.

Just had the BEST Mexican dinner and ran home to tell you about it. This place is located in a small strip mall with other Hispanic stores and restaurants. Don't let the location deter you and do not confuse Taqueria El Torito with Taco Rico which occupies the opposite end of the same building. We were the only Anglos in the place. The staff barely spoke English but were attentive and friendly. We were served chips and given 3 types of salsa and they were warm not cold like Tex-Mex. Two were red and one green. The first salsa was smokey and spicy, the other sweet with medium heat and the green one was mild. There is nothing I can compare it to but 2 of the 3 were good. I ordered cheese enchiladas and a barbacoa taco. The barbacoa was tender and seasoned perfectly. The enchiladas had the perfect ratio of filling to tortilla topped with a brown sauce. It was served with guacamole, rice, refried beans and chopped tomato, cilantro and onion. Yum. My husband had a whole fried catfish and his meal was served with rice, beans, french fries, and warmed tortillas. The fish was fried golden and was very flavorful. The rice and beans were average but the main entrees were above average. I am definitely going back for more. read more

I Drive all around town as a courier working for the last 15 years and tried to stop and sample tacos wherever I can. I have tried many many places and rarely am I ever very impressed. That being said, I must say that the pastor tacos earlier were some of the very best I have ever eaten anywhere. I wasn't too impressed with the salsa Roja, but was very impressed with the salsa verde. It was served more like a green salsa stew. I asked for lots of salsa verde because I didn't realize how big the containers were, so I had quite a bit left over. It was so good I drank it all. If I had liked the salsa Roja more, I would have given it 5 stars. read more

Arturo best server ever on earth excellent service...Arturo catered to all our needs, he's like a mind reader.

This Taqueria it's still open and they have authentic Mexican food! The tacos are really good and the ingredients are fresh.

Absolutely spectacular! Fresh food, hand made corn tortillas.....what could be better???

I love this place. If you're looking for authentic Mexican food. Come here. They have gorditas, caldo de mariscos, and tortas to die for. My favorite is the tacos. read more

Good food, service was alright. The Tortas are amazing they came served with wedges and the salsas are home made. read more

Taqueria El Torito - Authentic tacos. - Mexican Near Me - Plano, Texas

Typical taqueria, nothing special. The food was decent, salsa was good and fresh. Service was excellent.

I love this place. The staff is helpful to gringos who don't speak Spanish. They have a little TV with Telenovas always playing. I usually do take out, but it is probably the best little taco joint in Dallas, and no one knows about it but the locals read more

One of my favorites restaurants to get authentic Mexican food , plates are big & great taste . I highly recommend this place ! Nice customer service. read more

WOW! I really didn't expect THAT! Not much from the outside. But inside it smelled wonderful! Great service. And the food...AWESOME! What's different about this place is that they brought the chips and salsa like always, but the salsa was warm like soup! It was great! Chunky, and two kinds, green and red. For lunch I had the catfish. It came on the bone, the whole fish, minus the head and scales (thank the Lord). Fresh made tortillas, fresh pico, guacamole, lettuce, beans and rice, a grilled jalapeno, French fries (I don't know why) and lemon wedges. I also had a Jaritos Limon, mexican soda. I was the only white guy in there at that time and enjoyed watching Mexican soap operas on TV with the crowd. What a kick! I had a great time and will definately go back!! read more

Worst service ever! I called to complain on my food and got hung up on! I'd like to post a picture of the crap they served me.