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    Taqueria Sabor Queretano

    3.7 (128 reviews)
    InexpensiveMexican
    Closed 9:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    TAQUERIA SABOR QUERETANO ATMOSPHERE

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    Moderate noise
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    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Tacos especial
    Kate K.

    Found this place on yelp and thought I'd grab a few tacos on the way home. Stood at the counter for a few minutes before anyone came to take my order, then they walked away to help another customer while I was in the middle of placing my order... never came back. A few minutes later a takeout box appeared with the two taco especials I'd managed to order before the server disappeared. Just as well because they're so big I couldn't have eaten three! These tacos are so chock full of fillings you need a fork to eat them. I had the steak and pork, both were delicious but I slightly preferred the steak. Food is cheap, filling, and delicious even if service is lacking.

    I ordered 2 lengua tacos, 2 pastor tacos, and a side of chips and guacamole.

    This was great! Ordered it online had it delivered, great time. $7 for guacamole, typically you get a scoop or small dish, but this place was like, nahhh here's a whole container. That alone won me over. I have food for days, but hey that's okay with me. I could smell the cilantro before I got it out of the bag, perfect. This was great. The hot sauce though... they aren't playing around. I'm so glad that came on the side. Too much for this white girl, but if you like heat, and tingling tongue, they nailed it!

    My taco plate
    Dorthy X.

    Service was awful (no stars), but the food (that was available) was tasty (4 stars)! Last nights' dinner started like this--sat ourselves (grabbed high chair ourselves) and before we ordered, saw another party leave without being served. I just thought maybe they wanted something else, so didn't think much of it. We ordered chips and guacamole, kids quesadilla with fries, lengua burrito bowl, menudo and chicken con mole. The waiter gave us our drinks following the order: coke, sangria, and Capri suns. We also asked for water. A few minutes later, he returns and says they are out of water (which I thought was strange). Another few minutes later, he comes back and says no mole today, either. So I went with three tacos: asada, chorizo and lengua. Another some minutes pass and he brings out the chips and guacamole. It was very fresh, limey with no spice--perfect for the kiddies! My mom and I also enjoyed it! Just then I realized our waiter was also working in the kitchen, and there was only one other cook. Another guy was unloading boxes from the back. So I thought it was fine to cut them slack. 20 minutes pass and the rest of our food start to come out--the burrito bowl with a side of corn tortillas, my tacos, the menudo...and this is when the waiter tells us they are out of quesadillas. So my mom and I are served, but no food for the kids!? Literally, no tortillas with cheese?? I asked if they had papas fritas, so he runs back to the kitchen to check. We were still without silverware, napkins and sauces. I had seen where he got these from for so I served myself. They kept two bottles of El Yucateco at each table, but the house sauces tucked in the fridge were really good! Red sauce had good flavors and a nice kick to it. By this time, we saw our server leave the restaurant and another party walk out. Waited a good 15 minimum at the register to pay and get to-go containers because it appears a few of the cooks' buddies were in and chatting. He had his buddies start turning lights at the front off and lock the door a before 8 PM. Another party walked out without ordering. During check out, the cook did not know what we ordered so I had to tell him while he stretched his neck to see what was on our table. He discounted three of our drinks and the fries, but that did not compensate the poor experience. I have never seen that many people leave a restaurant before! Especially when the food is this good...hopefully this was just one "off" night for them. I will not return to eat in, but may consider take out if I am in the area.

    Monstrous!!!
    Matt G.

    Wow. Texas is on notice with this cozy little spot in Madison Wisconsin. I ordered 3 shredded chicken tacos with queso blanco, pico, and cilantro. Now. When I say "taco", I guess that translates to the owners as mini burritos because these things were monstrous!!! They come on deliciously delicate corn tortillas that were soft and flavorful. I don't know what was in their salsa, but it was knock your socks off flavorful, slightly spicy and smoky sweet. Wash them down with a Pacifico cerveza and you would think I was back home in Houston!!!

    Steak burrito, steak taco, and a Mexicoke. Muy delicioso!
    Steve P.

    I'm in Madison for the night and pulled into a strip mall near my hotel to check my email, and saw this place. Out of curiosity, I looked it up on Yelp. Normally I stay away from Mexican food in the Midwest. Even the authentic places tone it down for the gringos. I thought I might try it later on tonight. After checking into the hotel and sorting out work related issues, it was time for dinner. And this place didn't disappoint. It is more like the taquerias I visit in Texas (and in Mexico in the past). The menu is limited, and there isn't chips and salsa on the tables (it is on the menu, however). I think that is an American thing. Chips just fill me up so I can't finish my meal. I ended up with the steak burrito and a steak taco. They quickly came out and both were huge. The taco was on corn tortillas, and the meat was piled on it, along with cilantro and onions. I added a little green salsa to it and I was in heaven. I still had that monster burrito to eat. The thing was stuffed with grilled steak, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, a few beans, and what looked like queso chalco. Yumyumyum. Halfway through, I unfolded the tortilla and just started eating the innards with a fork. A young lady came in and after studying the menu, asked what I was eating. I told her it was the burrito, and she ordered one to go. The last time I had a burrito that big was when I was living in California, 15 years ago.

    menudo, half portion
    Mytoan N.

    Tucked away behind a bridal store and tuxedo rental shop in a little Mexican themed strip mall on the East Side of Madison, is a wonderfully authentic Mexican restaurant called Taqueria Sabor Queretano. They just got a new printed menu today, my first time trying this business out. My husband and I ordered the menudo soup and lengua taco. I ordered a horchata drink - think Big Gulp sized! ($3). My lengua taco was $2, and it was actually big enough to make into two tacos with the double tortillas we received. The menudo soup is also a hearty portion size - we had to ask for the "small" size ($7), otherwise, it would have been large enough to feed at least two, likely three people. The service provided by our waiter, Mario, was good. I think Mario was the only waiter in the shop who speaks English - the owner/chef seemed to rely upon him for translation when I'd asked how long they had been open. He said three years now. Wow, that's a long time to be open and not yet have a yelp review. All the customers who walked in were from the neighborhood. I will definitely be coming back here again - food was great. Ambience was decent - a flat screen TV plays telenovelas in the background, a huge fan to cool us down from the heat of the food, and cases and cases of jarritos piled high up against the walls for storage. But everything was clean, people were friendly, and the food was seemingly authentic. there's a grocery store next door - La Hispana - that sells limited produce, household things, rotisserie chicken, boxed horchata, etc.

    Do you see how big this thing is???
    Holly T.

    We had really high expectations for this place. We were really hungry coming home from the Brewers Opening Day game. Tradition for us is to grab some burritos after the game. We decided to try a place we've never been before... The reviews of this place were amazing! We both ordered a burrito. OMGoodness!! This is like the Godzilla of burritos. It was massive to say the least. I gave this place 3-stars for quantity. I think I'll get three meals easy out of this. I also gave it 3-stars for friendliness. The person who took our order was super friendly and helpful. He did not treat us bad for being the weird gringos who don't speak much Spanish. However, we found the burritos to lack flavor. I don't think there were any spices on it. I like a burrito with a little kick. I got the steak burrito and my husband got the chicken. The burrito was not lacking in meat. It had so much meat. Usually places use it sparingly...this was not the case! It almost had too much meat! Also, if you like cheese please note these do not come with cheese. We really wanted to like this place. We are having a hard time finding a decent Mexican place, but sadly this just wasn't it.

    KJ B.

    Incredibly delicious food! Small and unassuming, this restaurant delivers BIG in flavor and value! We started with chips and salsa, which is always a risk. Will the chips be stale? Straight from a bag? Not here--these were fresh and crisp. They were served with two bottles of hot salsa, one salsa verde and one rojo. They were so flavorful and had a great kick! I ordered two tacos (steak and pork) with sides of rice and beans. The tacos were giant and the meat was so flavorful. I particularly enjoyed the pork! The rice and beans were not your average run of the mill; they were so much better. They both had distinct flavors and were a great addition to the meal! I highly recommend this place!

    That's after i ate 10 bites. Thermos to provide contrast, of course.
    Shayna S.

    Um, I wanted a burrito. What I got was the size of my calf. I got the chicken burrito for $9. I now have upwards of three meals. The chicken was great. By no means dry or lacked flavor. Added a huge heap of burrito swag (tomato, lettuce, cheese, rice, beans, sour cream and more, I'm sure). It took up the entire take out box!!!! Now let me reverse to the experience up until this point. I crave burritos and I was picking school supplies when the craving hit. So I checked out what was recommended on yelp. Drove all of .5 miles from the mall. I pulled up and this guy is pacing back and forth, singing to his rap that is blasting in his ears. He had an odd aura about him but I proceeded. I walked in and is was for sure a hole in the wall. Clean. Decorating included the standings in the world's cup and post it notes on the drink cooler. This is exactly how I like my Mexican food though. Authentic in taste and no extra jazz.

    Mole
    Corey C.

    My English 1 teacher gave out an assignment to visit a new restaurant and write a review of it. Since my wife and I have already been to virtually every affordable restaurant on the east side, finding a place to write about was a bit of a challenge, but after scouring Google, I found this tiny Mexican place just off East Washington. When we pulled up, we were immediately put off by the lack of decor and cheap, worn furnishings that looked like they'd come secondhand from an office's break room, but I had a grade to earn, so we forged ahead. The place initially appeared to be empty, but after we walked in a server appeared from the back. The menus consisted of printed pages in the heavy plastic booklets typical of small diners, and provided virtually no information about the meals beyond names and prices. Feeling only slightly adventurous, my wife ordered something mysterious called pambazo, but asked for chicken rather than the chorizo the server suggested. I decided to play it safe and ordered the mole; though I've never had it as a dish by itself, at least I've had meals including mole sauce before. The server explained to me in Spanish peppered with English that they were out of chicken, but he could make it with beef instead. "Is good," he assured me. Our food arrived in surprisingly short order. Pambazo turned out to be a giant sandwich-thing featuring shredded chicken, a crumbly white cheese and vegetables on puffy bread. The chicken was bland and watery and the vegetables shriveled -- both obviously came out of a can -- but the tasty bread saved the dish. The mole came on a wide plate with a huge hunk of beef drowned in the thick brown mole sauce at one end, a pool of runny, bland refried beans on the other, and a thin strip of white rice down the middle. Additionally, a stack of tiny corn tortillas were kept warm in a container on the side. The mole itself was pretty good; the beef was tender and shredded easily under my fork, and the sauce had a rich, earthy flavor with just a hint of bitterness. However, I'm not sure what I was supposed to do with the tortillas. Though the thick, warm tortillas you have with butter before a meal at Pedro's came to mind, there was nothing to put on these and they were thin and oddly dry. I decided to try making little mole taco/burrito-things out of them, but they were so small that if I tried to wrap up more than a bite at a time it got pretty messy. When we were full, there was still enough food on our plates to get an entire second dinner out of it. Our waiter had left the building sometime during our meal, so I wandered back to the counter to find someone who could get us to-go boxes. The only other person there was the cook, who was occupied way in the back of the kitchen, but there was a tall stack of styrofoam boxes next to the register. I helped myself to two of them. After boxing up our leftovers, there was nothing left to do but pay and leave. This is the part that every business truly lives for, and it's the one part that they almost never get wrong; no matter how poor the service is, you can always count on them being happy to take your money. Sadly, this was the restaurant's biggest failure. Wherever the server wandered off to, he still hadn't returned. I went up to the counter and managed to get the cook's attention, but he showed no interest in taking my money, only assuring me "he'll be right back", presumably referring to the server. He returned to the back of the kitchen and placed a phone call. We stood around and waited for several minutes. I was about ready to just guesstimate the bill and leave cash on the table when our server finally returned. The prices are comparable to Pedro's or other similar Mexican restaurants, but the food is merely adequate, and both the atmosphere and service are practically non-existent. While I wouldn't necessarily be opposed to giving them a second chance, given the number of restaurant options in the area, I doubt I ever will.

    taco pastor, $2.99
    Ellen Y.

    I'm from Texas, so I have been looking for a decent taco joint up here in Madison. Today, I found an acceptable establishment. The taco pastor was superbly delicious and well stuffed. I've found that different people like their horchata different ways, but for me, this may be my favorite horchata yet! Not very cinnamony, and creamy without being too terribly sweet. Taco + horchata + tax left me at a total bill of $5.26, so no complaints there, either.

    My tacos were full of bones. It's was the worst thing to eat when you're trying to eat a taco and you bite into bones.
    Cinthia G.

    My tacos has bones in it. Never in my life did I have tacos with bones. Really upsetting.

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    The best gorditas ever and big o tacos love it the owner is a great guy . And guero the cook he knows how I like it thank .

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