Drinks were OK. Tacos were very average as were the nachos. Guacamole was not that good. The wings were the best items from what we tasted. Overall very highly overpriced for the quality of food. read more

Not a good experience! The waitress had no personality and had no interest in serving customers. She never checked on us, water glasses not refilled, never asked if anyone wanted another drink, did not ask about the food. We had to ask other wait staff for water, more drinks and napkins. The food was okay. The carne asada fajitas was the worst cut of beef I have ever had! Stringy and no flavor! The peppers and onion were barely cooked. The rest of the meals were tasteless too. I do not recommend this place. read more

Went here with a few friends to try it out we all tried margaritas and they were amazing, each of us tried a few different foods and everything came out great and good timing! Service was also very good read more

Good food and drinks, but crap service. We ordered wings as an appetizer our server forgot them. Then I received the wrong order- chicken fajitas and received chicken and steak fajitas. Had to wait an additional 15 minutes for my order they already took too long. When I told them my issues, all my server said, "It was my mistake." No offer of deducting a drink or discounting bill. No apology. Nothing. Someone came over after bill was paid. Disappointment. read more

I just came from a spa & decided to try out this place, it was actually good, they were pretty busy but they were still right on with great service! callie & cassie were super sweet! i'd definitely come back! drinks were so good & food was also great! read more

Came here to try it out for dinner. Food was great, had shrimp tacos and the steak! Will definitely come back and order again. Servers and staff were very friendly and knowledgeable about the menu, able to provide great recommendations and stellar service. Felt welcomed amidst visiting during covid restrictions. read more

I have eaten here 3 times. It has been a great experience every time! The hostess was polite, the wait staff is attentive and friendly and the food has been delicious! Family and I have eaten tacos, fajitas and burritos. Everyone has been pleased with the food. Tio's will be a regular place for my family to eat. read more

I would say that the food is great and all, and server is really sweet but, a friend of mine got a chicken sandwich and ended up being cold in the middle like it was, just thrown in the microwave, and supposedly you can't remove beans from a chimichanga? Never heard of that but okay! but overall I give it a 2 read more

New taco spot at a great location. Staff are amazing. Passion fruit Margaritas are perfect. Chef is a great cook! Family friendly. Chicken and Shrimp tacos are delicious! read more

Food wasn't what I Expected They dress the tacos up with purple cabbage and the rib tacos go with a meal not on a taco the appetizers are better very good and pricey for one tacos and its not big for 7 dollars for one I didn't like my two I ordered sent it back they insisted I take it and I still had to pay for something I didn't want food wasn't for me I suggest you stick to just the appetizers read more

Not everyone knows how to make margaritas. I have looked everywhere for these frozen margaritas! They are perfect m

I'm mad we didn't try this place earlier. I read the reviews on here and was eh about trying this place. Finally actually tried it and absolutely freaking delicious! We had the Portobello mushroom tacos, chorizo and potato tacos, chicken enchiladas, kids chicken quesadilla, and drinks.. All were fantastic! Will definitely try it again. read more

Over rated Mexican food. You gotta pay for chips and salsa and salsa isn't even enough... also not good veg options

First time myself and husband come to this restaurant and what a terrible experience we had. We were sat down, waited for over 15 minutes for someone to greet us, other guest sat down after us and were greeted within seconds by servers who were stood at the station next to us and watched us wait. My husband went up to the host stand and stated a server would be with us shortly. The server comes up to our table, didn't apologize just explained a story why no one greeted us, but this was also the server who was staring at us waiting for someone to greet us. So we just left and went to a better place. Not sure if I will be coming again. Horrible service !! read more

Drinks and food are over priced and not worth it, $11-$16 for weak margaritas........ tortillas are clearly flour you get 2 less than amazing tacos for $8........ the elote was good though read more

Great service. Natalia was our server. Food was great and came fast. Was very attentive to detail and everything came out so good

Not impressed, the drinks are not to the top of the glass at all, expense which you don't mind paying for if it's a drink, the worst salsa I've eaten and I go to Mexico, just not impressed, Marlboro, NJ read more

the food is great! always fresh! the bartender alisa is super attentive and fun! great atmosphere and place to be!!!!

Everything was Allllllllll Goood The upcharge for using a card isn't cool (cash needed $) and they can use a few wing flavors ( one is not enough in 2022) other than that ... great YumYum and Drinx!!!! read more

Visited Tio's last night and I don't think disappointing even covers it. We waited 30 minutes for our table and once we finally got our food and drinks we realized this place was just not worth it. Margaritas barely had any tequila in them and the meat inside the tacos was cold!! I was under the assumption that these tacos were made to order, so I was surprised to discover how cold the meat inside them was. The only item that was somewhat worth it was the guacamole, but it was very chunky and served with cheese on top so if you're not into that I wouldn't recommend ordering. Honestly i'm just not sure how this place is packed every night because the food is cold and under seasoned and was ultimately a waste of 104 dollars! read more

I'm used to authentic spanish food. This was "Americano" spanish food. Like if Chili's or Apple Bees had a spanish menu. Not terrible but not at all what I was expecting or looking for. read more

It was my first time here at TIO Taco in Edison NJ , First imma say the drinks and food was pretty good , the atmosphere was nice music and all , I actually was pleased with my service untillll I got home my payment cleared for $26 which how much my bill was , I tipped in cash which means when writing on my receipt in tip I put $0.00 , my bank cleared the $26 no problem, the next day I get a notice saying my $26 balance has changed to $36 now including tip , which I was very confused cause I pay my tip in cash already , so I kinda gathered my thoughts and figured okay so my server but a 1 in front of my $0.00 which made it seem like I tipped him $10.00 , i than called the manager expressed what happen falling into two weeks later no one never got back to me or refunded me my $10.00 just be aware of tip change at this restaurant by the way the server name was (Shana) read more

Absolutely disgusting food! Nachos was bland , not flavorful, fajitas had no other veggies besides onions.. beans tasted like canned beans, tortillas weren't flour or corn, almost tasted like some other frozen think flatbread.. not like the usual in Mexican place! AVOID read more

I have been dying to come here for the longest time. Not impressed. Tasted worse than basic chain Mexican food. Moe's and chipotle over this. read more

The food was horrible. Everything was an extra charge - chips and salsa were $5.00. Portions were small and tasteless. I will never go back!!! read more

Fun vibes and right next to top golf. Great place to have a fun night with friends. We got the frozen marg flight which was amazing. They are strong but also delicious with a variety of flavors. For apps we got the ranchero guacamole which was really good and the crispy pork belly in it was to die for. We got the short rib enchiladas, chimichanga and burrito for entrees. The enchiladas were decent. The chimichanga was deff the best and delicious however the burrito was a disappointment. The burrito did lack in flavor. Would deff go again for the vibes and drinks. read more

Food is good, but service is less than basic. They can never seem to get a takeout order done on time. Lots of waiting with no one seeming to be interested whether your order is ready or not! read more

Went for first time yesterday! Food and drink was tasty! Didn't love the fries. Service from our waitress Allie/Alexandra was great. Loved the outdoor vibe surprisingly even with a parking lot/rt 1 view. I'd recommend read more

The salsa and chips were absolutely a waste of money. The salsa verde was very watery that it would not even stick onto the chip. It was like soup.The fire roasted salsa rojo tasted like tomato paste from a can. Truffle guacamole was supposed to be roasted corn but it was not roasted at all. It tasted like any other guacamole. Not worth to pay $15 for the truffle guacamole and chips. The drinks we ordered were Strawberry Basilita, Spicy Cucumber Margarita, and Mojito-Rita. The Strawberry Basilita and Spicy Cucumber Margarita were not worth ordering as they both tasted so dull. The flavor of the strawberry was not noticeable at all. The Spicy Cucumber Margarita was not spicy at all or refreshing. The Mojito-Rita was good but not great. The Jalapeño corn bread was good for a side dish and unique. The Chicken Enchiladas were overcooked and chewy. The Fish Tacos were good in taste but one fish taco was overcooked and chewy. The other taco was undercooked. We also ordered the Veggie Quesadilla, but they provided us Chicken Quesadilla. My friend that ordered it ate a couple of Chicken Quesadillas and then realized that there was Chicken in it. She is a pure vegetarian. The manager came over to apologize. This issue happened because the service SUCKED! The waitress named Myricka forgot what we ordered at first and had to come back to confirm the order. She also put in the wrong order of Fajitas instead of the Veggie Quesadillas. She was all over the place. Thus, we would not recommend this place to anyone. The vibe and environment was nice. Only the food, drinks and service was awful. read more

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Mediocre. There was a wait but the place could've accommodated more people and still would've been within the covid restrictions. The shrimp tacos and guacamole was a hit. I didn't give it 5 stars because the shrimp ceviche was overly saturated with lemon/ lime flavor making it so acidic. I'm used to ceviche having a balance and it was not appetizing. However, the manager was interested in customer feedback and agreed. Unfortunately, he didn't offer to remove it from our bill or replace with something different. Also, the waiter Arvy or RV was nice but overly annoying and "fake". I appreciate a waiter being attentive but not to the point where you can't have a conversation without him popping up every minute. He was working for his tip, understood, but he was just trying too damn hard. read more

Great atmosphere. Good food and great service! Jenny was a phenomenal waitress! Ask for her if you want a friendly, energetic waitress. She's awesome! read more

I really wanted to like this place and should probably give it 2 stars based on the indigestion I endured later that night but I'll refrain from blaming my gastrointestinal issues on the restaurant ( even though I'm pretty sure the chorizo was responsible lol) the place is visually appealing and has a nice variety of items. The drinks on the other hand are disgusting! I forced 2 drinks down: the mojito Rita and prickly pear margarita. They tasted like watered down seltzer and tequila. Definitely did not need to waste another $12 on trying something else. And seriously what place like this doesn't have a happy hour?? The service was ok. Server was good but kitchen was somewhat slow ( can't imagine a day with this place at full capacity). Ok, onto the food. Street corn was actually over seasoned wayyyy too much on it and too much lime. The chicken flautas were awesome! The guacamole with the fried pork rinds was only ok. The pieces of onion and pepper in the guacamole were way too big. It was tasty but not as good as it could be. I did really like my choriqueso torta but ahhhemmm indigestion. The rice and beans are greatly under seasoned that come with it and the fries have taco seasoning on them which I wasn't feeling. Honestly, I probably won't be back. I can look past the indigestion and not order chorizo but I can't look past bad drinks and the issue of no happy hour. It's honestly a prettier looking chevys at best but even chevys has better drinks and a happy Hour sooo...... read more

We went to Tio TAco today and the food was great. The service was the worst I have had in years. Took 15 mins for waitress to come give us menus ask for drink order. Asked for two waters and my companion had a drink we got one water. We ordered two appetizers both were great but she never took the plates away and they sat on our table until we left. Got our dinner ask for water again didn't receive. Never once asked us if food was ok until we were done. Had to ask another waitress since could find ours for water before we ever got it. It was 3 in the afternoon so not busy. Service really ruined a nice lunch. We still gave an ok tip but nowhere near my normal tip. I will think twice before going during dinner hours if service this bad when not busy. read more

This place has definitely been hyped up so I was excited to finally try it. We had to wait 35 mins for a table on a Thursday although this may be due to Covid and distancing regulations. Our waitress was super nice, but the food/drinks were disappointing. I tried the frozen margarita flights, the strawberry basilita, the mojito, the mexican bulldog and the regular margarita with passionfruit. (My friends and I all shared drinks lol) I could barely taste the tequila, and the cocktails were only about three/four sips which was disappointing for the price. For dinner I had the short rib enchiladas which were good but nothing great. This place just seems like a ~chain~ to me, I think you would be much better off going to Esquina Latina or Fat Cactus. read more

I hate to give a bad review during Covid and will order one more time and edit my review if the next time is better. Ordered takeout guac, flautas, street corn, chicken chimichonga, and chimichuri steak. Guac was not thick enough for me and too much lime. I like to taste the avocado in my guac and it was too citric for my liking. Flautas were the worst. Flavorless and chicken smelled a bit. Street corn was OK but much better options near by (Havana and Margheritas). They gave big portion on the corn. Chimichonga was like a one note cheese laden flavor, very blah. The steak they somehow hit it out of the park - one of the best I've had and maybe the best skirt steak in Edison. The fried plantain that came with steak were dry. Everything aside from the steak was dry or very dry. The rice was not soft and dry. Same goes for beans. Also annoyed they didn't give any sauces or accompaniments in the order. Kitchen staff take note. read more

Went on a Friday at 3. Plenty of tables inside but told we had a wait, which was fine. But then we were put at a table outside in a corner. It was cold and raining so we were uncomfortable, but we sat. Then we waited and waited for someone to take our order. They never came. I think they didn't even know we were there. Finally gave up and left. It's disappointing because we had been there several times before and liked it. I understand places can be short staffed, but someone could have let us know that. Won't be going back. read more

I love Mexican food. I was excited to try this new place in our neighborhood. We ordered frozen mango margaritas which were absolutely delicious. The chips and salsa were ok. It bothered me that I had to pay $5.00 for it. The 3 other Mexican restaurants in the area give you chips, salsa and refills for free. My husband and I both ordered beef fajitas. The portion was a nice size. However, the meat was a bit on the tough side and didn't really have that traditional fajita seasoning. It came with beans and rice and sour cream, pico, cheese and guacamole. The guacamole was very good. The service was excellent. We arrived at 5:15 on a Friday and sat about 20 minutes later. It always seems to be crowded when I pass by. I would go back and possibly try a different entree. read more

Truly disappointed in this restaurant, I've been so excited to try it and was completely disappointed in all aspects. We were seated and absolutely no one came to take our order for At least 20 min. Once our order was finally taken I went to the bathroom there was zero toilet paper in any of the stalls. Unsure who is managing this place but there is zero attention to detail or customer service. We ordered tacos and guacamole all of it came out at once. Just a tip guys you will make more money in drinks if you let people enjoy their appetizers first instead of rushing people out. The tacos finally arrived they were bland and portioned terribly with loads of unnecessary ingredients. We left fairly quick there was simply no need to order dessert or another drink. Heck there wasn't even a waiter around to even get anything else. I understand there's a pandemic at the moment but that's all the more reason to make sure your customer service is on point. Sadly this place will be gone soon just like Zin burger it replaced. read more

First time at this bar. Kim, the bartender, was an excellent bartender. Great service and great conversation. Highly recommended!

food was super bland and beef tasted as though it was cooked in water and had the flavor washed away. the meat was bland and soggy. they did not provide any chips or salsa, which most restaurants do. the food was really expansive and i felt as though i was paying for the aesthetics. the Queso Blanco was very watery. lastly the service was subpar and not at all attentive. we waited 15 minutes to order drinks and another 15 minutes to obtain drinks. word of advice, restaurants make alot of money on drinks and some chips will encourage people to get more drinks. overall disappointed and wouldn't recommend i would go to Jose tejas or Margaritas which are both on rt one read more