Let me tell you how the staff at Velvet Taco particularly what I think was the manager with the auburn locs and amazing personality took care of me..... On 2/10 I placed a mobile order that defaulted to the Howell Mill location after I updated my card. After arriving here and realizing what happened I tried to order at the counter. They were super busy so I had to abandon my food or be late returning to work. Who I hope is the manager tried her best to help me but it wasnt her fault and they were slammed. Fast forward to today. I walked in at 11:05am. Its a different person working the register BUT the nice hopefully manager is there! Folks...she remembered my name AND my order!!! I had my receipt ready to plead my case to get my food and she just laughed and had the staff make my food. VELVET TACO.....GIVE THAT LADY A RAISE!!!! As a former bartender, it is PRICELESS having someone who focuses on SOLUTIONS with a positive attitude and mindset and who will roll up their sleeves and do what's needed.The kitchen staff, especially the tall, slim grill guy that was there on 2/10, follows her lead and I watched him push through getting slammed with orders like the professional he is. AWESOME EXPERIENCE! read more

Loved the food here, it was tasty and great portion. The server was also very kind! My tacos were delicious and I tried something new. read more

Velvet Taco - New American Near Me - Dunwoody, Georgia

Velvet taco top taco spot for me, but be aware everything is al la carte. Well that was the case until recently; they now have a combo option to get two tacos a side and a drink for $14.50. This is an amazing deal if you want to try two tacos and want chips and dip. We had the mexi-Cali shrimp and sweet Chili shrimp with the chips and queso! As a pescatarian I've had every "Sea" option so far and majority for the sea options the tacos are cold, I believe because majority of the toppings are cold which makes the seafood cold. I would enjoy if the added more seafood options. The inside is a bit small but they have plenty of outdoor seating and shaded areas. This across the street from the back of the mall and is building up other restaurants. Definitely a nice area to grab a bite and slow walk in the area. read more

Velvet Taco is a favorite of mine, and I'm so happy that they opened this new location at the new Dunwoody High Street development! They have a ton of seating outside, as well as seating inside. It has the same vibe as their other locations. I love their unique tacos, and I especially love their "kick ass margaritas!" The best! I can't wait to come back here! read more

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I've visited Velvet Taco in Texas before, I always thought it was such a unique place. There are so many options to choose from that it can kind of leave you undecided. The flavors of each taco are so different, I would say that you have to know what you feel like eating before you get to the menu. There is steak, chicken, seafood, veggie, and more. I usually go for steak and chicken, but since I can't do a lot of spices, it made me narrow down some choices. A lot of the tacos have sauces that I can't tolerate. I suppose I could ask for accommodations but it was nearly closing time when I came here and I didn't feel like going through the motions. I chose the rotisserie chicken and a shrimp. Both were delicious but the flavor of the shrimp taco was delicious. I definitely wished that I had gotten two shrimp tacos instead. Pricing for each taco is a bit expensive, around $5 or so, which can determine how much you order. Two tacos were big enough and plenty for me. They aren't street sized but normal sized. If I had to come back, I would and get the seafood options again. I'm not adventurous when it comes to tacos so it's not my first choice, but now I know how to approach it. read more

Sorry no pics! Gobbled it down it was so good. Had the spicy tikki chicken taco, the fish 'n chips, grilled steak, and the chicken and waffles. All were good. Spicy tikki is a fan favorite for good reason. read more

"Did you just give a taco place 5 stars?" Yes I did. Holy cow - we were blown away by flavor!! Really study the menu - we had buyer's remorse because we saw three other tacos we would love to try. Already planning next visit (we're from North Carolina-we just happened to come across this place). I had the brisket taco and buffalo chicken taco - brisket was so flavorful & a bit spicy. Perfect. Buffalo chicken was good (too much blue cheese for my tastes, but that is totally me. I don't like cilantro either.) My husband had the picnic chicken tacos - great!!! Little spice from the honey Dijon was perfect. Deep fried chicken skin bits were delicious. I had the curry queso - I wanted to try something different. Soooo many flavors! Staff was friendly. Restrooms were clean. read more

Velvet Taco - Picnic chicken - New American Near Me - Dunwoody, Georgia

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Was in walking distance of my hotel and had rave reviews, so had to try it. Tuesday night at 7 pm, 7 table tops occupied, but still seating for another 13. I ordered: - Fish 'N Chips $5.95 -- not crazy about the curry aioli - Chicken and Waffle $5.95 -- delicious! Waffle shell is unique, but was already getting soggy and falling apart while I ate it. - Sweet Chili Shrimp $5.95 -- I saved this for last, but my stomach started hurting by the time I got to this one. That's a pretty fast negative reaction; maybe it's the curry...the shrimp was good, but my tastebuds were left with a salty aftertaste. Food took 16 minutes to receive, which is longer than expected. There was definitely two parties that ordered after me and received their food before me including a big party of 7. I got lost in the shuffle...I ended up having to go up to the counter and asking about the order, only for it to be already sitting on the back counter. They had definitely not called my name yet... Flavors were strong, just not my cup of tea. I don't think I'd come back unfortunately, despite the good reviews from others. read more

Velvet Taco - Chicken and Waffle, Fish 'N Chip, Sweet Chili Shrimp (left to right). - New American Near Me - Dunwoody, Georgia

One of the employees, Ike, really went above and beyond to make sure we were well taken care of. The salsa wasn't great, it tasted more like marinara sauce, so I wouldn't recommend it. However, Ike kindly offered us another appetizer, which was awesome. Overall, I highly recommend this location! The food is delicious, and the green margaritas for St. Patrick's Day were a fun touch. Plus, this spot has a cute atmosphere with plenty of outdoor seating, even more than the Buckhead location. They were also playing great music! read more

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Terrible rude cashiers, omg!! Refused answer questions about their food. Food decent, but service such a turn off

We'll if you love unique and delicious tacos this place is for you. We ordered the birria double taco, Kobe smash taco, salmon taco and elote corn with chips. EVERYTHING was delicious. We split the birria tacos since there were two. It was yummy for dipping. The Kobe smash was basically a burger taco that was so flavorful. The salmon taco had tender salmowas tender and had great flavor. We ate every bite of everything. The only reason I rated 4 was because the frozen margarita had a strange taste I wasn't sold on. They have so many taco choices there. Prices are reasonable. They also have a cute patio so that you can eat outside on a nice day. We'll be back! read more

Went here for a nice date night. Customer service was a mess. We stood at the register for at least 10min while not being acknowledged and the young girl with a red bandanna ignored us. She only came to the register when another young lady acknowledged us. She then did not greet us and after ordering they were out of rice and also margaritas. We decided to leave and she sarcastically gave us thumbs up. Have a better attitude. I won't come this location again. read more

Soft Launch - grand opening on Monday, July 1st! The overall experience was top-notch. From the customer service check-ins, the Jovial announcement of your order being ready & the art of varied tacos. A unique & creative concept in serving funky fast-casual setting tacos. There are three Vegan options with slight modifications. The flour tortillas are not Vegan, yet you can substitute them with Lettuce Wraps. I got two complimentary tacos - the Nashville Tofu & Fried Cauliflower, both were delicious & with the right amount of spice. Nashville will be my go-to. I also selected Chips & Guacamole & a Jarritos Grapefruit drink. A light offering of Libations: Grand Kick Ass Margarita - Lunazul premium blanco tequila, orange liqueur, lime juice, agave nectar. Sangrita - red wine blend, kick ass margarita, boozy pineapples and apples. Sangrita Swirl - red wine blend, frozen kick ass margarita. Ranch water - Lunazul premium blanco tequila. They offer a few Beers. The rhyming announcement of your order being ready is so entertaining " customer's name is Taco Time or Dip on by for your Guacamole". Every team member, regardless of their position made their way around to check in on everybody & their experience. Prices are extremely easy on the pockets. This brand-new location is right across from the Dunwoody Marta Station. Velvet Taco - welcome to the neighborhood! read more

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In my opinion, tacos could be a separate good group, so when I saw this spot I had to try it. Came in for dinner on a Saturday, it was kind of slow. I ordered the quac and chips for an app and three different tacos for the entree, spicy tikka chicken, quesa birra duo, and the kobe smashed burger. She ordered two of the Mexi-Cali shrimp. The tikka chicken was delicious with just the right amount of spice, the Kobe smashed burger was off the chain good, and her shrimp also delicious. The birra duo not so much. Much too greasy and too much cheese to eat. Overall the meal was good. The staff could be a little more warm and welcoming, it seemed as though we were inconveniencing them at 6 pm for dinner with only two other parties in the place. Otherwise the vibe of the spot was cool. read more

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Service was great from the regular employees. The Elote was the STAR! I could bathe in it! The chips and queso was perfect not spicy. I ordered the Quesa Birria Duo (too salty) the consume was perfect, Fried Paneer (perfection), Grilled salmon (bland and too spicy), Fish and Chips (yummy). read more

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The food is delicious and full of flavor in every bite. Got the side of tots with goat cheese and avocado crema ( see picture) shrimp taco, salmon taco, birria taco and fried fish taco... all yummy. Loud music playing.. maybe a bit too loud for lunch. No servers, pick up your own food, but the employees were all very nice. The chairs are standard hard chairs, kind of uncomfortable, but overall we enjoyed lunch. The red velvet cake looked tasty too, but we were stuffed. read more

Velvet Taco - Crisp Tots & Sunny Egg*(GF) - New American Near Me - Dunwoody, Georgia

I got the combo with a quesa birria taco, paneer taco, and a side of red curry queso and chips. I really LOVED the birria taco with the consome. The consome wasn't watery like others I've had 10/10. The paneer taco was soggy and not spicy enough for me 6/10. I really enjoyed the red curry queso! Especially with the fried Thai basil on top just wish there was a bit more salt 8/10. Overall cute spot with super fast service. read more

Order with Uber eats n order was delayed over a hour when I'm 5 minutes away. Quit using Uber eats if your delivery partner can't fulfill its mission as stated when order read more

Parking.... Parking.... They have to do better. Limited parking which also includes the limited street parking available. Most convenient parking has entrance on the opposite side of the building and one level down. Once u manage to stumble upon parking you will enjoy the good. I had the steak taco with lettuce wrap... delicious. Service was quick and everyone was friendly. This location is smaller so be prepared for a wait unless you want to sit outside where there's much more seating. read more

Velvet Taco - Queso Blanco - New American Near Me - Dunwoody, Georgia

I came here after R told me about his "good experience at a new place not far called Velvet Taco." He also told me to download the Velvet Taco mobile app to get a free reward that I could redeem when I go there to eat. Velvet Taco just recently had their grand opening. This new restaurant (part of a chain that is new to this area) is in Dunwoody, on Middle Street, just across the street from the Nordstrom side of Perimeter Mall. The entrance to the parking garage for Velvet Taco is on High Street, and signs instruct drivers where to park for VT. Velvet Taco is open until midnight on Thursdays through Saturdays, but I'd be wary of coming here that late because it's close to both Perimeter Mall and MARTA, but that's just me. Anyhow, finding a parking space, and parking is free, was easy to find, and it was a short walk to Velvet Taco. The first thing that I noticed was that there is a large well lit outdoor patio on the side of the restaurant with many tables shaded with large umbrellas, and a smaller patio with tables in front of the store. There are also many regular height tables and high top tables in the inside dining area. Upon entering though the doors, large, easy-to-read menus are on the wall next to the order and pick up counters. My first thought at looking at the taco prices were that they were expensive, since the prices of the tacos ranging from the $4.75 Nashville hot tofu taco to the Chimichurri steak taco and the Slow-roasted Angus brisket taco that cost $6.25 each. The menu on the wall lists the tacos separately according to the type of protein, such as chicken, pork, veg, fish and beef. One of the menus that caught my eye was the one that that advertised "the SAY WHAT?! combo, which is any two tacos, an individual side item and a fountain beverage for $14. This is a great deal! My mind was made up - I was simply going to order a SAY WHAT?! combo with a Chimichurri steak taco, a Slow-roasted Angus brisket taco, an order of chips and queso blanco, chimicurri, Velvet Taco heat sauce and cilantro, and an iced tea drink. From my mobile app, I was able to redeem my reward, selecting chips and the classic guacamole, with avocado, jalapeño, lime juice and red onion. It took about 10 minutes for one of the chips orders to be announced for pick up at the counter. Two minutes later, the rest of our orders were delivered to our table. I loved the bold tasting chimichurri sauce on both the steak taco and in the queso blanco. I also liked that everything was flavorful and fresh, and that the tacos had a generous amount of filling. I didn't care for the meat in both tacos being on the tough side, when I was expecting tender meat. The service was very good. Not only was everyone nice, they were pretty quick to clean up tables after customers left. read more

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Everything was Amazing as usual! Q is the best! Ask for Q when you order your tacos and she will make sure you have everything you need, the food was excellent. read more

Velvet Taco - Hamburger Taco & Shrimp Taco w/ Chips and queso. Delicious! - New American Near Me - Dunwoody, Georgia

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Came here with a friend for their soft opening and we had such a good time! The staff is extremely friendly, the atmosphere is very welcoming (there's indoor & outdoor seating) and ordering was a breeze. The only reason I'm giving them 4 stars is because there wasn't a ton a veggie options to pick from. They have 3 tacos in their "veggie" section and all of them are fried or spicy. Wish they had some more options. The guac was delicious though! Overall it's a great place to grab lunch with friends. read more

Velvet Taco - Chips & classic guac - New American Near Me - Dunwoody, Georgia

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Rounding this up, but this is a 3.5 review that is frankly, not worth the hype. I came in at 8PM on a Saturday. At this location about 60% of the total seating is outdoors. This is being written in late February. So 60% of the seats were unusable. The remainder of the seating is a few tables, and a few long benches. I wound up being completely surrounded by a group of total strangers while dining here, which severely hampered my enjoyment of Velvet Taco. Velvet Taco does not do traditional Meat + Corn Tortilla + Cilantro + Onion tacos. They do a dizzying variety of unique and specialty tacos that will surely have something for everyone. I got a Kobe Smash Burger, Mexi Cali Shrimp, and Rotisserie Chicken Tacos. They are served quickly (Less than 10 minutes) but on a taco rack and no tray. The tacos do taste good. They're flavorful and of a good size. There's plenty of meat and they're very good. They're a little expensive, but you get what you pay for. However, the Rotisserie Chicken taco leaked on both ends. It leaked and of course, they didn't bother to give me a plate. My taco leaked all over the table because it quite literally had nowhere to go. I used about 3 paper towels just to contain this. I have no idea why they couldn't bother to put the metal taco racks onto a quarter sheet tray (They have them), but it would have made this much cleaner. The food quality is good, but everything else about Velvet Taco was quite lacking. I'd recommend you to get these to go, but I don't think Tacos are a product that would hold up as a to go order very well. read more

1st time here the food was amazing great custom Tacos very filling! I had the combo I did the fish and chips and the Kobo smash burger! Love them both? My better half had the Baja shrimp tacos and Stk and portable mushroom tacos he love them we will be back great service as well! 5 stars read more

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Strange tasting margaritas and overpowering lime taste in the food. Buffalo chicken taco oozed in red sauce that overpowered the dish.

The lady that was bagging the food (a manager) did not have on gloves! I discreetly advised another manager and when she told her she said loudly I'm not in the kitchen! I explained to her that i watched her touch the register go in the back and bring a book out and touch a dashers phone and she dismissed me by saying have a good day! I advised her I was doing a bad review and she said "ok" The cook only had 1 glove on he too went to the back office and came back and resumed preparing food. The lady at the register was a little rude as well. My company eats at this location once a week and never have a problem, this day we were celebrating my promotion and all of my coworkers were highly disappointed. read more

The flavors were good, but it's just a glorified whatever inside a flour tortilla. I wish it were inside a corn tortilla instead or they did something with the flour one because it was a little lacking. read more

It's gotten a little better over time. I think a problematic manager may have left as customer service has improved greatly. The food here is pretty good, although something weird with the rice in most of the tacos and bowls. The salt in the rice sometimes is out of control. I noticed it a few times but someone else mentioned that that rice is crazy salted sometimes and I was like wow that's the same things I thought. It's weird that they have not noticed it had many complaints. read more

The food was very good. However, they seemed like they didn't know how to manage a restaurant. We order tonight and they were out of many things. For example, I ordered a bowl and was told they had no guacamole. I asked if they discounted because of that and she said no. They also only had flour tortillas. It was a long list of things they were out of, including Topi Chico. That seemed odd but ok, we ordered. Then the three of us at the table waited a while for our food. It came out so delayed one after another, I was almost done before the 3rd in our party got their food. Overall great tasting food but really poorly executed otherwise. read more

To be honest, it's been a while since I dined at this establishment because the one and only time I got food here, it was not good. My tacos were gross and overpriced and truly I wanted to like it. I don't know if it was what I got specifically, but it did not taste right. I will give them a round of applause for that red velvet cake because wow. You've done it. But I cannot get behind the tacos. read more

Atmosphere was awful - like a bad fast food place at a truck stop or mall food court. Tacos - ugh - they looked like tacos, beyond that... Beer selection was bad 1980s. Dos Equis and Natural Light or something like that. Weird parking with no signs - still not sure what is legit parking versus residential and permit. Worst taco place I've been to. Tacos at the BP on Mt Vernon are much better and cheaper. Prices are crazy for quality and awful atmosphere where they had terrible music cranked up like it was a club. I can't believe they get any positive reviews - how? read more

The food is good and the prices are amazin but the customer service really brings the experience down. I've been here about three times, and the first two times I had to wait quite a while to order even though there was no one in front of me. The last time, I waited again, and the cashier didn't even acknowledge me. It felt very disrespectful, and I ended up leaving without ordering, I won't be comin back. I recommend hiring more professional and friendly cashiers read more

Super delicious, imaginative tacos. Make a point of going when I'm in Charlotte or Atlanta. read more

Velvet Taco - New American Near Me - Dunwoody, Georgia