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    Tidal Taco Shack

    4.2 (24 reviews)

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    two tacos on a picnic table
    Rachelle B.

    The lime coconut prawn taco or burrito is my favorite. Such plump fresh juicy prawns. Their Fish taco is ok but must say just can't compete with tacofino. The thai chicken is also great. The veggie taco is too messy to eat and not a lot of flavour. Also the beef is bland. Great spot to eat tacos! Worth the drive out to Qualicum bay

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    Vagrant F.

    This taco joint has been on the Vagrant Foodies "Must Try" list for some time now. We have been hearing good things for a couple years now. We waited 45 minutes for tacos at a beach-side parking lot, on a hot day with no shade to be found. To be fair, the wait is always long, and they have a sign posted right near the window stating the wait is usually 30 minutes to an hour. It's a popular place. It's truly a shack. A tiny shed like structure with a dozen or so picnic tables out front of it. We stepped to the window and browsed the menu which consists or 6 or so tacos, all of which can be made into burritos or salads as well. We decided on 4 tacos between the two of us: one prawn, one fish, and two beef. When we got there all the tables were occupied, so we sipped Mexican soft drinks and sat on the rocks and watched the ocean surf. It's quite a beautiful location. Although it it a busy place, I was struck by how slowly they get food out. In that 45 minutes we were waiting there was only two other orders ahead of us, so within that time only ten or twelve tacos were actually produced. It could be that every component is made to order, but in such a tight working space, It seems unlikely. After half an hour or so, one of the picnic tables opened up to sit on, we were grateful to not have to hand hold our meal. At long last our order was ready and were served four tacos in paper lined plastic baskets. I first noticed the size of the tacos, they were quite big. We browsed the caddy of hot sauces and spices and decided on some suitable condiments for our tacos and returned to our table. Trying to eat these unwieldy taco was impossible, so I pulled out half of the shredded cabbage so I could fold the tortilla at least part way. I started with the prawn taco. The prawns were cooked well, but even with much of the cabbage removed it was primarily cabbage flavoured. The actual tortilla was a plain white flour tortilla, gummy, not toasted and dull. The entire taco was frankly dull, underwhelming and mediocre. The beef taco looked better. Filled with stewed beef chunks, beans, corn, lettuce and shredded cheese. As I finished taco number one, fighting off wasps for my food, I removed a good portion on the lettuce in taco number two so I could pick it up to my mouth. Served in the same gummy tortilla, I had a bite of the beef taco. It was actually pretty good, not spectacular, but after the first taco my expectations were lowered. The beef was tender and flavourful. The cheese, while merely shredded marble cheddar, was ample and the black beans... Read the full review at: https://vagrantfoodies.blogspot.com/2019/09/tidal-taco-shack-qualicum-bay-bc.html

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    5 years ago

    Its okay. The food could use more flavour. Tastes like they just put salt and pepper and called it a day

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    8 years ago

    Best fish tacos I have ever had. Worth the drive and worth the wait!!! I'm sad that I hadn't discovered this gem earlier

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    9 years ago

    Food was ok not great seating is bad to put it lightly. Best thing I can say was the salsa Verde on the table was good.

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    Aqui Es Mexico - Fish burrito

    Aqui Es Mexico

    4.2(27 reviews)
    57.9 km

    It was good but the service left a lot to be desired. Pros:…read more - EV charging station right out front - Ample amount of parking - Enchiladas were good - Comfortable seating Mid: - The chicken soup was only okay compared to other places we've been to - Prices were average. Meh: - There was a misunderstanding between us and the server. We had wanted 2 soups and 2 enchiladas, but he misunderstood it to be 1 soup and 3 enchiladas. Mistakes happen, I completely understand, but when we told the server he was trying to blame us and stated that we had ordered 3 enchiladas. There were 4 of us and we thought it was pretty clear it was 2 and 2. Given some time, he huffed and corrected the order. - After we paid, I decided to look at the bill and realized we were charged the completely wrong bill. When I went to tell the server he said, "no it's the right one", I repeated it wasn't. He said "yes, 2 soup and 2 enchiladas." And I finally said "but this says 2 burgers". Then he finally caught on and we finally paid our correct bill. It was a lot of unnecessary back and forth.

    On a chilly day I took the motorcycle onto the ferry for a drive up the Sunshine Coast to Pender…read moreHarbour. Without much of a plan I headed for this restaurant. It's bright inside with lots of colourful murals. I ordered coffee, it was nice and strong, with milk arriving in a little skull pot! I decided to have a cod burrito, which I think would've been fine with a regular salsa but I ordered mole. That type of sauce is a little bit too overpowering for fish so I would recommend not to do that. It wasn't the fault of the restaurant though. The burrito was very good, filling and used cabbage with rice. The servers are all very friendly and helpful. I would visit this place again and maybe try it tostada or some of their other offerings.

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    Tidal Taco Shack - mexican - Updated June 2026

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