You won't find a better taco at a better price. The chips are always fresh. The service is very good. The music is never too loud. They have an awesome Tricia game on Wednesday nights and a Family Feud type game on Thursday's. Both with a very enjoyable host. Definitely one of my favorite restaurants in the area. read more

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Today I learned a valuable lesson; no matter what you read food is subjective. It therefore behooves one to disseminate information while also trying things for yourself. After months of debating if I should try Tiki Taco, enough reviews on YELP convinced me to drop by as I started getting cravings. I'll keep whomever is reading this in suspense for a bit. I absolutely love the theme here as there's a Tiki hut inside! Come on, that's just cool! Next please note it's located in a safe part of town and the parking is plentiful with Old Trolley right there to get in and out of. The people are nice yet I did notice that the to-go order before me got plastic utensils while I didn't. I'll call that a technicality as I have my own forks and what not but it still needs to be noted. Again, with being a to-go order I can't describe the full experience so I encourage further reading if that's a concern of yours. Now, let's get onto the order shall we? After reviewing the menu several times I decided I would need more than one visit to get all the items I wanted to sample. Please note, I just moved here from Austin Texas the food truck capital and I frequented San Antonio, the street taco capital of America so my standards are a little high. First up, the chips and salsa (which I had to pay for while people dining in, didn't. Not a fan of that policy). The chips were light and crispy but not very flavorful as if there was a shortage of salt. The salsa was in my opinion horrible. It had tons of huge chunks of onion but had zero flavor or heat. As an aside I did get two salsas with my tacos on the red salsa lit me up! Be careful my wary traveler and sample small! The guacamole was even worse. While I do give points for having cilantro and tomatoes in it considering the best version are more like a salad, this was relatively smooth and not much better than fast food guac. I tasted no lime, no salt and it looked like baby food. The biggest insult was it cost $4 for a little tiny container. As for the main courses I had a lot I wanted to sample but as for taco's I settled on the Taco Americano and Pastor. I rather liked the Americano as it had chopped beef instead of ground. The meat wasn't seasoned very well but all the other ingredients were ok and the shell was very crispy. The Pastor was good. The pork was tender and the hit of pineapple added a contrasting sweetness while the onions offered an earthy goodness. I decided not to get the Asada and pork belly on this visit. I was stuck between getting the Birria and Enchiladas Verdes ultimately opting for the Enchiladas. The chicken was cooked ok but again lacked any real flavor but at least it wasn't chewy. The tortillas were ok but the Verde sauce again lacked flavor however I really liked the amount of melty cheese on top. The rice was average but it would have been better if the rice was toasted in lard and the other sides were fresh but a little light on the sour cream. Decent but nothing I'd write home about. Ultimately, I was pretty let down as this was my second Tex Mex I've tried since being in town and my anticipation wasn't rewarded. I'm not implying it was horrible but my scratch remains as nothing really shined like I was hoping. read more

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Cane here tonight with the kids. I have been to the location in River Avenue a few times and always liked it. This location was just as good. Food was outstanding, authentic Mexican food. And the prices are extremely reasonable too! Ambiance is typical strip mall restaurant, nothing horrible about it but you weren't expecting fine dining at this price anyways. Service was fast and friendly. Could not ask for more... good, cheap eats what's not to like? J.Ja read more

Tiki Taco - Mexican Near Me - Summerville, South Carolina

Wanted to try this location since we've only been to the North Charleston one. We sat at the bar for lunch and Joel was our bartender. He was very friendly and attentive! I got 3 tacos and a side of rice and hubby got 4 tacos and a pork tamale. My one complaint remains the same between both locations which is, the red and green salsa they give you is all heat and no salt! Salsa verde is my go to and there's no hint of lime or salt so it was just very flat and spicy. Please add salt to your salsas, it would make a huge difference! On a positive note the tacos were very flavorful today and the atomosphere was nice, but a little dark for lunch. Overall I will come back for tacos! read more

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All the food is amazing better than any other Mexican food chains around here recommend over any other ones

Fast service with reasonable prices. I love their Asada Tacos. They are authentically made with corn tortillas, cilantro, & onions. They also have flour tortillas upon request. They are also served with two different sauces, red & green. The red is a bit spicy with good flavor. The green is my favorite with just enough heat & great flavor. There is plenty of seating available for small to large groups with bar seating also available. read more

So far this is my favorite taco spot in Summerville. I've tried the pollo, asada, and carnitas tacos as well as the birria and have yet to be disappointed. Couple that with the price, you really can't beat it. read more

Tiki Taco - Mexican Near Me - Summerville, South Carolina

Since my previous review, I have given Tiki Taco more chances. While some days the food is better than others, but I've had the opportunity to try the food now, which is much different than my first visit haha I like the birria tacos and my husband loves their Asada tacos. Overall, the food has been accurate to our order, comes out fairly quickly, and the staff is friendly enough. Not too bad. I'll continue to visit occasionally. read more

Tiki Taco - Mexican Near Me - Summerville, South Carolina

Food poisoning do not recommend Got a burrito and chips,yes please do quality control read more

Favorite spot for tacos and authentic Mexican food. I have done numerous reviews and continue to do so because they never disappoint. Food is always excellent and flavorful. Staff is nice and knowledgeable. I continue to recommend this place. read more

Tiki Taco - Birria tacos - Mexican Near Me - Summerville, South Carolina

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Food is excellent but the some of cashiers seating people need to pay attention to tables that need cleaning to seat people right away and not just look at the dirty table and have customers waiting and waiting. Not all of them do it but management should make sure all are on the same page in seating customers. I sat and watched a couple wait and wait and the young lady had just asked me if it was worth the wait bc she had been wanting to try this place for awhilI know it was but please make sure someone get them tables clean and people seated bc the food is fantastic and you don't want people walking out bc of that reason. read more

Absolutely love this place. From the decor, to the food, to the service it's wonderful. Great variety of tacos, the pork belly is my favorite, My girlfriend loves the chorizo quesadilla. Drigo, the manager treats us like family. Edi, the bartender, has our drinks ready a soon as he sees us sit at the bar. The Cubano torta is delicious and so filling as well. Awesome awesome spot. Love living across from it. Check it out read more

Hate to leave a bad review, but between 3 people, everything we ate was so incredibly bland. The only thing with a hint of flavor if their salsa verde. I will say Mondays are bingo night, and that was enjoyable. Just not the food, lol. read more

I was super excited to hear that Tiki Taco opened nearby as I loved my visit to the one on College Park Rd. I used to live in Texas and would frequent small taquerias and really felt the tacos at that location were pretty authentic. It's been about two years though so I'm not sure what they've changed but the tacos I got all had some type of red seasoning on all the meats (or maybe this is just exclusive to this new location??). I wasn't a fan of that change. I also got a long black hair across one of my tacos (zoom in on the pic, taco on the left). They were quick to exchange it for a new one but not a great impression. The guac and salsa were great and you can't beat those taco prices. read more

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This place is so good and never disappoints. My bestie has taken me twice now and you know I had to bring my sissy!!! Everything is so fresh and the people are sooo sweet. It is small inside but theybhave outside seating. The have elote too so you already know my fat girl heart was happy and beatting like the war drums in Pocahontas. I definitely recommend and its verg affordable and the portions are perfect. So you will leave hungry, full and possibly with left overs. read more

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Haven't been in awhile. Like the changes to the menu, It now includes Birria tacos which I enjoy being from California, it's taken years to reach this coast. Their Augua Fresca is something I always enjoy - pina is my favorite. They also have horchata. Their salsa is very fresh but mild. Next time I'll ask if they have non Gringo salsa. If you're in the mood for some home made actual good food, stop in. Heads up Fridays they make tamales so that's the day to come if that's what you're looking for. Love me some tamales Alex was a sweet and tentative server, ask for Alex. read more

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The food was great and the service was good. The food took a little longer than expected but people need to understand these places are understaffed and things may take longer, that I understand. The food was great I will be coming back. Oh and the margarita was good also. read more

Tiki Taco - Birria tacos - Mexican Near Me - Summerville, South Carolina

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Service is terrible! Waited for about 20 minutes for a server to come over and waited another 10 minutes for drinks. Food is flavorless and just not good! Garbage food! Don't waste your time coming here! Staff seemed miserable to be working and customers being an inconvenience for a dining experience! Overall a horrible experience! read more

Tiki Taco - Garbage tacos! - Mexican Near Me - Summerville, South Carolina

Honestly everytime i come here always a messed up with my order Don't know why my family try to give this place a chance still Honestly spend 60 bucks on food Had pretty much the whole thing wrong My wife is allergic to onion And I ask for a refund or a remake my order And just pretty much shut me down Worst customer service This place has gone down hill and I will not go back anymore read more

Taco tuesday is my favorite day of the week!!! Seriously, 3 for $5 tacos?? Can't beat it! I always get the cecina, chorizo, and carnitas tacos. Most of the time I'll get a chicken tamale too! The restaurant has a really dun atmosphere and the service is always on point. I highly recommend! read more

Tiki Taco - Pollo tamale, chorizo taco, and cecina taco - Mexican Near Me - Summerville, South Carolina

Love this place! Amazing authentic food, great prices, great drinks, friendly service. The tacos were tasty. I wish I could have tried all of them (pescado, carnitas, and asada were my choices). The Michelada was so good....beware, it is spicy..... the jalapeño margarita by bartender Johnnie was OUTSTANDING! Love this place.... Will travel across the city for this food. read more

Taco Taco Tamale! I really should just leave it at that but here are some details folks! My favorite taco is Carne Asada (of course!), al pastor, lengue, cabeza &carnitas!!!!! All the tamales here are good and they've got 3! Queso, guacamole or salsa with chips are all good. When we first started going here I thought the salsa was complimentary but now it's $1.50. Still a good snack. Margaritas are good and they have mango, strawberry and original. This location has beer and liquor too! They're street tacos... so I usually get anywhere from 3-6 of them. Topped with onions and cilantro. Also, beans and rice are delish sides! Down sides are of the 3 locations, this is the biggest and cutest but the service is a hit or miss. Sometimes if you get a frozen margarita, it's not blended all the way so there are multiple ice cubes. I've gotten salt rim when I asked for a sugar rim. And sometimes we have to ask a COUPLE of times for napkins, limes, or water or something. But sometimes the service is awesome and they are ON TOP OF IT! so still 4 stars, great place to take a large group, and I still recommend this to my friends as the go to taco place. If it's just me and a couple of people, we'll go to the rivers or college park location. read more

Pretty terrible experience all around. The interior was fairly dirty, consistent with a typical strip mall restaurant. Service was friendly but so sloooooow. Chips and salsa showed up after the tacos and the server could not figure out how to work the beer tap. Overall a poor experience and we will never go back. read more

Only our first time here, but was really good! Sure the chips and salsa was $1.50, but both tasted fresh and the refills are complimentary so really it's a wash. Two hot sauces/salsas were brought to the table and both rocked- one was like a green salsa verde tomatillo based situation with great consistency and flavor, the other was a red with a low, gradual heat to it. Our tacos did not need the additions because although on the smaller side, they were packed with freshly cooked meats. The onions, cilantro, radish, and lime that accompanied were the type of thoughtfulness that make this place stand apart from the pack of standard Mexican spots. Often only order flour tortillas but these corn ones were delicious and smartly doubled up to act as the perfect vessel for our chicken, steak, and chorizo. You can truly make any day a Taco Tuesday if you want here because the tacos are only $1.69 to just over $2. But it's all the time. Really hope this place does well- we'll definitely be back for tacos and to try the burritos. read more

Tiki Taco - Store front! - Mexican Near Me - Summerville, South Carolina

Almost full restaurant, waited about five minutes for the hostess to complete a call in order, then we were seated. If you're busy on a Saturday night probably should have someone else seat people. The hostess was also handling all the transactions for waiters, pretty busy up there. All of the food was on the cool side of warm. The chips and queso weren't hot either, even the second batch felt like they were pulled right out of the bag, but I can tell they were house made because they weren't salty. The queso seemed fresh but I felt like it had been sitting out so it was starting to cool already. Table salsa was very weak and watery but the squirt bottle was very good and spicy. Tacos were very small and like I said before were on the cool side of warm. The chorizo taco was excellent the asada and carnitas were bland. My daughter's quesadilla was tasty but it gave her a stomach ache when she got home, probably because it was not hot when it was served. With a few tweaks this could be a great place. read more

Tiki Taco - Asada, carnitas, and chorizo tacos. - Mexican Near Me - Summerville, South Carolina

I really liked the food. I had the torta with all the meats. Very flavorful and delicious. I would order it again. My wife wasn't to impressed with her fish tacos though. Said they were little, hardly any fish on them and it was dry. I'm trying to convince her to try Tiki Taco again. I will be back. Good torta!!! read more

Tiki Taco - Mexican Near Me - Summerville, South Carolina

Guys I work here in Summerville but live in another part of Charleston and let me tell you: this place just made me cry. I was so hungry and just wanted birria and I've had so AMAZING birria here in Charleston. I opened the container of "consommé" and instantly was heart broken. It's water. Literally brown, see through, water. My thing about birria being a trend is that everyone is putting it on their menu and either don't know how to make it or don't wanna put in the time to make it properly. It was no good. The tacos had no flavor and the two salsas they give you were season-less. I'm not even exaggerating. I've made birria myself before and even mine took more than 12 hours because I needed the consommé to be rich and flavorful. Two stars because the employees were sweet. That being said, it makes me sad to have to leave this review but don't get the birria here. El kiosko, el pincho downtown, and el molino are your best bet. read more

Tiki Taco - Birria - Mexican Near Me - Summerville, South Carolina

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Service was lackluster and and food was good. Prices are inexpensive including drink offerings. The salsa was authentic and not watery as I've experienced in other restaurants. I would like to try other taco offerings Tiki has to offer so will definitely be back. read more

Tiki Taco - Mexican Near Me - Summerville, South Carolina

I placed an order over the phone for pickup. It was taco Tuesday and I placed an order that totaled $21.71. I had to be at work by 2:00. I placed the order at 1:17. I was not greeted at the door. When the hostess came to me I said that I was there for a pickup order. I paid for the food at 1:32. I was told on the phone it would be ready at 1:40. They didn't get anything right with my order except they gave me tacos. The first thing I noticed was they were all in the wrong kind of tortilla. So I said I don't want you to remake these just provide me with the correct tortillas. I had to wait another 10 minutes. They were more concerned with getting orders to the people that were eating in. I brought that to the attention of the server behind the bar. Nobody seemed to be worried that I was there before the guests at the tables. When I got to work I noticed that nothing was correct, no sour cream, no sautéed onions or fresh onions that I asked for. I called to speak to a manager and was told that she quit earlier today. I was than told that my information would be given to the owner. That was on December 28th, it's now January 5th. I explained that with the cost of take out, the pandemic going around and how the delivery apps take their profits, that I was trying to support a local business. I am truly disappointed that the owner didn't reach out. I will be spreading the word to my local community and on all social media platforms to show the experience was so negative! I thought for sure I would have received a store credit or a refund. Sad! They also took forever to answer the phone! read more

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I'm just curious about what this little blue light is in the women's bathroom right above the toilet? I was in here yesterday and went to use the restroom just to look up and see this? yikes read more

Tiki Taco - a close up of a ceiling vent - Mexican Near Me - Summerville, South Carolina

This is our second time here...first time we had high expectations. Friends had said it was the best Mexican restaurant around. Well, first time we ordered the nachos with cheese and chorizo...fabulous! So good, I went home and made it again that week. We also ordered the Mexican street corn. We've had it before at Taco Boy and love it there...here, not so much...way too much mayonnaise and the spices were just off. This trip, we ordered the nachos again and again, they were fabulous! We both ordered quesadillas. I ordered the carnitas...it was ok...I guess I was expecting them to have a bit of a spice, a bite maybe...they didn't...and there were pretty big pieces of fat in there...gross and chewy...yuck...will we be back??...maybe for the beer and nachos but not for another meal I don't think...sad... The quesadillas came in a small metal tray/pan...too big really to pick up and eat so we had to ask for a knife...then the tray kept moving all over when we tried to cut them...the 3 star is for the nachos and the cold beer! read more

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I had really high hopes for this place. I've heard amazing reviews over the years and I just couldn't wait to experience it for myself. We ordered elotes, chips and queso, carne asada, and camarones al mojo de ajo. The elotes were pretty spot on. The queso had absolutely no flavor to it and had a weird, thick, grainy consistency. The entree plates weren't anything to brag about at all. My expectations weren't met and that was disappointing. The customer service however was spectacular. Kudos to all the servers! I'm not sure I'm even willing to give them another chance but I will update review if I do. read more

Tiki Taco on Old Trolley Road in Summerville is a great place to go for quality Mexican food and drinks. I really like the location and the food is fresh and well prepared. This is a great place to go for lunch or after a long day when you are hungry. I like the relaxed atmosphere here and being able to enjoy your meal. The staff here is very friendly and does everything to make sure that you have a good meal. read more

Tiki Taco - Tiki Taco - Mexican Near Me - Summerville, South Carolina

No where near real mexican food....gave it two stars because the basic queso and chorizo was ok...the food was bland...ordered the birria tacos an was given watered down beef broth, not actual consommé. Mexican street corn was slightly over cooked and didn't taste like actual elote either. Just slabbed mayo, parmesan and tajin on corn on the cob. (I wiped everything off and just ate the corn). It was just meh. read more

Tiki Taco - Mexican Street Corn - Mexican Near Me - Summerville, South Carolina

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Visited your restaurant yesterday. Ordered tacos...some were very dry, some tasted horrible. When we mentioned it to the waitress, all we got was people have different taste. We have come in there numerous times and ate. Yesterday was the worst experience we had. Made us wonder why only 1 table seated when we arrived and 3 when we left. I ended up being sick from the food. I don't know if the taco meats were old or what. But I will never go back or recommend this restaurant. We spent $75 on food that wasn't that great, asked for no seafood tacos and got a shrimp one (waitress said it wasn't fish). Not a great experience. read more

I have visited the establishment at least 4 times now, and seeing as how the first time they had not done a hard opening; I wanted to wait to do a review is going to be on all the times I ate and when I ordered delivery during quarantine. Honestly, its my favorite Mexican restaurant around. The ceviche is hands down the very best. Fresh shrimp and crab, tomato and cilantro. 2 of us could eat from one order. The Shrimp salad and Pollo salad are a great change from the normal taco salad from other places. Ive had every single taco they serve and I cant say there is a specific one that is my all time favorite because they are all amazingly delicious. Fresh ingredients and meats (Beef, asada, polloe, etc). I honestly think that is what set this place out from the others, it tastes freshly cooked with fresh ingredients and toppings. NOT like its precooked and warmed till ordered. I ordered delivery over the quarantine and my single entree order was enough to last me 2 days of dinner. Delivered hot and delicious. read more

It food is ok to good even, but the service is so slow. They are slow to greet you? They're usually super ready to take your order, but if you don't know it takes him 10 minutes to come back. They're slow to bring the food. They are slow to refill your beer. They're slow to bring the check. I've been five or six times it just never seems to get any better. read more

The food here is so good! Tamales, tacos, horchata.. They're often out of carnitas but that's ok because the other stuff on the menu is great! I really look forward to returning! Side note...I've also been to the one on college park and it's not the same one bit. This one is much better! read more

So glad we found this place up the street. They have amazing tacos. It's our favorite place to spend taco Tuesday. As soon as we are out of quarantine we will be back!!! read more

Tiki Taco - Taco Tuesday to go - Mexican Near Me - Summerville, South Carolina

Pros: Will let you inside the restaurant to eat and have indoor and outdoor seating. Very popular on socials, people have a lot of good things to say. Great quantity of food. Cons: Sorry but not sorry, everything. It's over-rated. No flavor. It was just underwhelming-- maybe due to expectations of socials ratings. Was expecting exploding flavor and great quality but it didn't live up to the hype. Queso is tasteless and feels like paste. To each his/her own‍ read more