Taco Y Taco

Came here from Silverton Lodge based on Unilocal.Arrived 15 minutes before opening only to discover they really open an hour later. What a joke. I depend on this site to provide accurate information on regards to local establishments all over the country. This situation is the first of its kind for me. Oh well.

I never give 5 to most places. But this place high quality ingredients, good service, good beverage selection too. We were full but couldn’t stop eating! I’m Hispanic and my company has a pacific island-​Portuguese-​French-​Spanish-​Asian pallet. Highly recommend it, suggest you try the mulas but the soft tacos were amazing.

Exceeded my expectations. Fresh food. Everything comes right off the grill. Excellent customer service. Full bar. Live music and nice décor. Pleasantly surprised.

When you come here your life is officially complete. Fo’real! Crazy good vibe, even better people, and yes you guessed it… Even better food. Bar has a great selection of beer/​cocktails. And when you come here (its a case of when, not if) stay to the right and go straight to the Al Pastor line. Then grab chorizo. And then shrimp. Then street corn. Then beer. Eat… Drink. And you’ll forget all about Donald Trump’s crappy hair «thing.»

I love the food here…
The food is order through stations. Their Street Corn is mouth watering. Their nachos are the bomb. Their tacos are so diverse. Their bowls are great. Their quesadillas with steak are addicting. Anything I’ve eating here is worth coming back for. That’s why this place gets five stars, their food is fabulous!
Soooooo what’s the problem…
Their service sucks! I always feel like they serve the spanish speakers with better service and respect than those who speak English. Every single time! If I ask for extra cheese or no avacado or anything to peronalize my dish, all I get are eye rolls and they ignore my requests. If I want my order togo, they suddenly become extremely rude. They are stingy with their sauce caps, they don’t want to give me a togo bag.
Overall…
Love the food, hate the service. So if you can ignore the rude attitude and enjoy your food. This place is perfect.

This is now my favorite place for tacos in the las vegas area its in Henderson nevada which is a 15 minute drive from the strip but worth the drive. they have a location by the strip but haven’t gone. The cooks are extremly nice attentive and genorous with the meat portions in the tacos. They also offer you to taste a sample if you’d like and the (sazon) seasoning is spectacular. I do not eat spicy so the salsa bar was perfect for me but they do have chiles toreados for those of you with a spicy palet. The atmosphere is great for both children or adults they have a a full bar and patio and dj on friday sat sun and mariachis on mondays and regular music during the week. We are visiting from Texas so we know a good taco when i eat one all in all the place is nice clean good tasting well organized and relaxed thanks had a great dinner with the fam.

Two days in a row I have had bad experiences. I won’t be back to this location ever, drive down to the one on Tropicana, it’s worth it.
Ordered our food. Mine came. I waited to eat with him. Waited 15 minutes for a burrito (yes it was picky but he is allergic), my food was cold (no big deal). Lost the ticket. That’s ok, it happens I get it. Wait another 7 or so. Comes wrong, specifically asked for cheese. Asked again, didn’t get it. I had to go to the lady and get it myself.
They have turned this place into a turn and burn. I get it. But I won’t be back. Two bad experiences in two days. Done.
It’s also way too loud.

Environment: Clean, fun, and lively. Sometimes they have DJ’s. Perfect for a quick dinner date with friends.
Food: Lots of options, fresh, well seasoned, and affordable.
Also there are free beans in the salsa bar. Whattttt?!

I love this place! The food was awesome!
And the space has a great vibe!
One of my besties just moved to this area and asked me to meet him there for dinner. –YUM!!!
Ordered a couple Al Pastor tacos, shaved, sauced and served with a little pineapple an the top. Don’t miss these! WOWZA!
Also ordered Lengua and it was SO, SO TENDER!
Shrimp Tacos, shockingly one of the less interesting, but still totally great!
And of course Elote — The corn was a TINY bit over cooked, but the flavor made up for it!
Last, and definitely not least… The jamaica for a drink. Quite possible the best I have ever had!!!
Everything made with love! I can’t wait to go back!
SO good!!!

This place is great! I was craving for some fish and shrimp tacos and this place hits the spot. The shrimp and fish were grilled and normally in food trucks they’re fried.
Everything here is made fresh!
The food is very healthy and spicy with lots of veggies and guacamole. The only thing I would change about this place is to upgrade the seats and tables. But overall this place feels like Mexico. I am coming back again!

Taco Y Taco: because I’m an equal opportunity carnivore and will happily nom down all parts of the cow, not just the «normal» meats.
I may be picky sometimes, but when it comes to meats, I try to be an adventurous eater, particularly when visiting one close friend of mine in Vegas who is like… Andrew Zimmern status. We had been debating between going to Taco Y Taco or Tacos El Gordo (which I have been to, many years ago) this visit, but Taco Y Taco was the obvious choice when it was decided I needed to try the cabeza tacos.
We arrived around 5:30−6 on a late Friday afternoon and it wasn’t busy at all. Lots of reviewers have complained about how confusing and complicated the ordering system is with the three lines, and I do see that when it’s busy, but since there were no others in line when we went, it was a breeze. We went to the one line we needed, but while there, the guy making our tacos asked if we wanted anything from either of the other two lines while we were there.
My friend ordered 6 tacos — 3 cabeza (head) and 3 tripas. Get the tripas crispy! It makes it the texture of super light, crispy fried chicken skin! Normally, when found in phở or at Korean bbq, i hate tripe, but my friend had be try a piece and crispy in these tacos, I loved it.
I got 3 tacos for myself — cabeza, suadero (meat from between the cow’s belly and leg) and lengua (tongue).
The cabeza was great, but the pieces of meat were shredded so, so tiny, it was hard to get a real meaty flavor amidst the onions and cliantro in the taco. This was the one meat that I added some salsa to, but it complimented it perfectly. SIDEBAR: the salsa bar is huge! I’m a big baby for spicy stuff so I only tried one mild salsa, the chunkiest one on the end closest to the taco lines) and it was really great with the cabeza. I also didn’t want to get much salsa since I wanted to really just savor the flavor of the meats I was eating.
I had never had nor tried suadero before walking into Taco Y Taco. I was curious as to what it was, and upon seeing where in the cow it was from, I knew I had to try it. I love fish bellies and pork belly, why wouidn’t I like cow belly? It was tender and sweet and flavorful. I could have easily had a few suadero tacos. No salsa necessary.
Lengua, sweet, sweet lengua, meat of my dreams. Beef tongue is one of my favorite meats at any Korean bbq (when it’s available) and lengua tacos are probably my favorite street tacos. Lengua is such a smooth, melt in your mouth meat that I just want to feed it to all my friends (without telling them what it is first so that they aren’t scared). Next time I’m here I’ll get at least 3 of these :)
I can’t wait to come back to Taco Y Taco the next time I’m in Vegas!

So I decided to go back. I got the carna taco’s this is it! This is what I like from here. OMG, this was great. My husband loves Mexican food, he usually goes to NLV. I think he’s really going to like this place. He was skeptical about checking it out. He hates it when he dosn’t like something.
So I decided to bring him here for dinner. (yes, I went 2 times today, Don’t judge me) So I tried to tell my husband to get the tacos, but he went for the burrito. I got tacos, and there mexican rice. That rice… I love rice, almost any kind of rice if it’s good, and that rice was good! So hubby really liked the burrito, but he said he should have listened to me and got the tacos. So all was good. We met the owner on the way out, she was super cool, and hella young!
Hubby had surgery, and after he wanted tacos from here. So I go and get tacos! Now I really like this place, but it’s not very to go friendly! The girl at the register gave me a plastic bag to put pinto beans in it (ok, just think about that for a min) really, you don’t have a container! Next time I will bring my own to go container. I had issues with that! So I guess, if I’m not going to eat there they my loose some business, because they make it to difficult for me to get what I want to go.

The guys that make you encounter upon ordering and get your food from are always cool. So are the cashiers.
My usual choices of food include the lengua tacos, but lately I’ve been hitting up their area for their carne asada fries. LOL. They fry those potatoes fresh, and they never come up greasy! Yum! Plus their toppings (ex. guacamole) is as fresh as can be.
Nice bar with a variety to impress at a taco joint, and I always hear the bartenders talking it up with patrons in their area. Overall, nice space to eat at or get your food to go.

I think this one ends up getting between a 3 and a 4 star (if only I could do half-​stars here) from me, and here’s why…
Pros: the food is delicious! And with plenty of options (I’m vegetarian), there’s a lot of tasty options to choose from. They’ll also let you sample something if you’ve never tried it. I recently moved here from the Midwest, and had never eat cactus before. (Turns out it’s yummy!) I had two burritos, and they were very good.
Cons: the food is given in very small portions. Usually I don’t complain about this because I’m a small person, and huge portions are usually a waste (or a doggie bag). But I also have a healthy appetite, and found that one burrito was not enough. So, if you’ve never been here, be on the safe side and order two of whatever you’re thinking of ordering. The tacos are even smaller, so maybe three. And I’m talking about a normal person who’s feeling an average hunger level. If you’re starving, please go elsewhere (haha).
All that being said, it’s definitely worth going to. This is Mexican food, made by people from Mexico — i.e., the way Mexican food Should be. It’s authentic. If you’re visiting Vegas, don’t go to Taco Bell. Please don’t go to Taco Bell. Go to Taco Y Taco, instead.

The tacos here are pretty delicious! The place is clean and they have a nice ordering fashion goon on! There’s different lines for different types of tacos and they’re a tad bit on the expensive side about 2.50/taco but I think it’s worth it.
These tacos are like the small street tacos or taco truck sizes. Once you order them, you can walk to a different line to get your toppings like cheese or whatever on it. That line is also for other stuff like nachos, fries or burritos and other stuff. They can definitely hook you up on them fries and nachos! Just a tip, if you want cheese, specify which type because they have like 4 kinda. My husband asked for cheese and they gave him the shredded Kraft Mexican style cheese. I say that because I’m used to getting queso fresco or cojita cheese on my tacos so just be aware :).
Once you’re done, they also have a fresh salsa bar as well with a variety of sauces, radishes, limes and fresh veggies like cilantro and onions!!! A do it yourself kinda place is the best place!
All in all, we’re coming back for sure because this place is delicious AND it’s off the strip!

2016 Unilocal 100 Review Challenge — ¹⁶⁄₁₀₀
I RARELY give 1 star reviews.
I love Mexican food and surprisingly I have never been here till last night. Well… lucky me, I found out why…
I was craving Mexican food and my friend suggested this place. She said she liked the tacos here.
It’s an upscale taco joint. 2 floors and large open spaces with lots of tables and a bar. Great for big parties.
There must have been something in the air here, because as soon as we got in line… someone in front of us was complaining about something and it held up the line about 10 minutes. The way it’s set up, there’s a taco counter and an everything else counter (elote, burrito, nachos, etc.) There was one guy serving at each counter. And two of them, was helping her for 10 minutes. Three other guys in the back cooking and two at the cash register. They were fully staffed but no organization or management.
There was already a line of people complaining and asking, «are you guys in line? is this the line?» Apparently, they aren’t organized. Other places, they could have a line out the door and the service would still be faster than this place.
I was craving for a burrito, but I wanted to try the Al Pastor tacos. I wanted to see how it compares to other places. I got three with everything on it. About $ 8. $ 2.25 each taco + tax. Pricey for a taco. Most places are a dollar something.
When I ordered, the guy had an attitude and was obviously pissed with the customer he just dealt with… and I was doing my best to be kind, smile and be understanding… but I got pissed when he just threw the tacos on my tray. It splattered and left a mess. W.T.F.
And up next, we had to wait in another line just to get an elote (Mexican street style corn on a stick). that took another 10 minutes. Because there was only one guy working that counter… he was on point and had great service, the only one that had great customer service.
The tacos were Bland, flavorless, lifeless… in the al pastor meat and sauce. And the pineapple doesn’t taste like pineapple. The toppings didn’t make it any better.
I was disappointed. So very disappointed with the food and service. I should’ve just went to Roberto’s, Café Rio, or Fausto’s near by. And at $ 2.25 a taco… it was so not worth the $ 8.
Before we left, we asked for a takeout box.
Turns out they are charging $ 1 for a takeout box. So my friend ended up getting a foil and a bag. Cashier was rude about it as well. Attitude problem.
That pissed me off because every other restaurant anywhere… takeout boxes are FREE.
I will not be back again. The food is pricey, tasteless and service sucks.
I’d rather drive all the way to the Strip or north side for Tacos El Gordo than eat here again.

Best tacos in town hands down. I’ve been to lots of taco spots but this one takes the cake. It’s a really spacious restaurant, it gets super hectic on weekends but the line always moves fast and I’ve never had trouble finding a place to sit.
My go to tacos are al pastor, the fresh pineapple on top and avocado crema is out of this world. I always get elote as well, you can never have too much queso fresco. I’ve actually never had a bad taco from here. If you’re feeling adventurous the lengua and beef stomach tacos are amazing.
For drinks I either get horchata or a margarita. There’s nothing special about the margarita, drink service is fast. Their horchata is really good but I can’t drink more than a glass because of how sweet it is.
Their salsa bar has a wide selection of salsas, as well as having black and pinto beans and fresh veggies. I always load up on radishes and cucumbers.

My cousin was raving to me about Taco y Taco and when I finally got to try it, it totally lived up to the hype!
The place is huge. So much seating! Very clean & modern feel.
You get in line for tacos based on what kind of meat you want. They have everything! Al pastor, carnitas, pollo, barbacoa, carne asada, and more (even tongue if that’s your thing!). Street style tacos with everything — onions, cilantro, and salsa are where it’s at! Although you can get burritos, tostadas, too.
I went for carnitas, my favorite, and they did not disappoint! Juicy, crispy on the outside, and packed full of flavor.
And let’s have a moment of silence for the Mexican street style corn. … Get it, squeeze with fresh lime, stuff yo face, be happy.
Salsa bar, thick crispy chips, cheap (2 tacos and corn for under $ 10!), and you can find me at Taco y Taco every time I’m in Vegas.

It sucks having to drive all the way to charleston and etc… for mexican street tacos but I usually suck it up and just do it. Taco y taco gives me that option to avoid driving down to the east side but taste and price is at a compromise.
There is a paper disclaimer in the small walkway to the restaurant warning people that this place is open to foodies with an open mind and some of the options they have will make people turn around. Honestly though… those options are worth the risk.
Interior: BIG, so big that there is a second floor to eat tacos. Some days they have a dj spinning edm sort of music otherwise it’s popular mexican songs. Clean for the most part and they have someone rounding all the tables to wipe up.
Food: Your standard taco joint options with the addition of burritos, and street corn. I always go for the al pastor (spicy pork on a pineapple spit) or the lengua (tongue) always tender with no foul odor. The street corn is just like the ones you’d get from the carts, cheesy with mayo and a slight kick from the tajin. Their burritos are a hit or miss, miss in the sense that the white rice will be mushy and ruin the burrito. Otherwise it’s on point and make sure you ask for the cotijas (mexican parmesan cheese) it goes great.
Price: a bit higher than your regular mexican restaurant but not by much.
Overall: a nice option to get authentic mexican tacos in henderson but places like tacos el gordo is still better

I decided to celebrate «National Taco Day» with a tasting of sorts at Taco y Taco. Unfortunately, the results were decidedly mixed.
October 4^th is one of those so-​called holidays dedicated to a specific food, and this restaurant decided to celebrate it by offering all non-​seafood tacos for $ 1.00 (normal price $ 2.25). Having eaten a lot of tacos at other places since my previous review, I approached this as an opportunity to try a multitude of the meats available here. The lone exception was the reasonably tasty carnitas (tender pork) because I’d eaten my fair share of those on their Mexican Independence Day celebration at the OG Taco y Taco. I would have skipped the al pastor also if my friend hadn’t gotten too full too quickly.
I actually went here for both lunch and dinner, which was necessary for me to have the stomach space for everything. I was going to describe the two meals separately, but I’ll list what I ate from the best to the worst (with line breaks to separate tiers). Note that not all of the options will be appealing to all palates.
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— Buche (pork stomach): probably the best rendition that I’ve eaten, bursting with flavor and juices.
— Tripas (beef intestine): about as strongly flavored as any tripas I’ve had here or anywhere else.
— Barbacoa (tender beef): I wonder if this has the fatty bits that are normally served with cabeza. It was pretty good overall, and I’d order it again.
— Al pastor (marinated pork): flavorful, but still not as good as one particular local taco stand. It’s still pretty good, although the pineapple was a bit too acidic.
— Cesos (beef brain): distinguished by the almost creamy texture, and no sign of prions so far
— Cochinita pibil (roasted/​marinated pork): tasty marinade, but too chewy.
— Chicharron (pork rinds): this actually lacked the crunchy stuff that my friend reports usually getting when ordering it, so it was just a rather spicy, marinated, and overall intensely flavored pork. It packs a punch that I’m not that interested in.
— Pollo (chicken): surprisingly good, but chicken isn’t that unique naturally, there wasn’t a special marinade to lend any flavor, and most people go to taco places for beef and pork, not chicken.
— Carne asada (grilled/​marinated beef steak): pretty good, but not as impressive as what I’ve had elsewhere in Vegas.
— Chorizo (pork sausage): served as finely ground meat instead of as a cut sausage, so the texture was disappointing. The flavor was average at best.
— Lengua (beef tongue): significantly tougher to chew than it should be, suggesting that it’s been overcooked or wasn’t cut properly.
— Cabeza (head meat): boring compared to past experiences with this meat, seemed to lack all the fatty bits that provide flavor and typically make it a can’t-miss option.
— Suadero (a beef cut from near the udder): the one I was served was simply too dry and chewy.
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In addition to the unfortunate issues in various meats, I found another problem. By the time I had seated myself and readied myself to eat the tacos, I found that the tacos as a whole were merely warm and approaching lukewarm. Yep, on both visits.
I think this happened because of the inherently flawed ordering/​paying system: they’ll prep the food first, then you’ll most likely have to wait to pay (I did wait, twice), then you’ll spend more time filling beverages and obtaining lime wedges, salsas, etc., and finally you get to sit down and start to eat. My currently preferred taco joints in town ask you to pay first, then allow you to do other things while waiting for the tacos. When the tacos are ready at these places, you’ll be done with all of the other time-​consuming tasks, so the tacos won’t be too cold. As with most foods, tacos simply don’t taste as good after they’ve cooled down.
By the way, I’m still not cool with the prices for the standard meats being that higher than the standard $ 2.00. What’s next, a bump to $ 2.50? Let’s hope not.
I saw too many flaws today. I’m no longer comfortable with giving Taco y Taco anything more than a 3-​star rating. I’ve already been reluctant to return, and based on my observations, I’ll continue to limit my visits here to sales (holiday promos, happy hours or Taco Tuesdays) and occasional invitations by friends.