Amigo’s Tacos

Totally disorganized
Can’t track an order when they get busy.
Even when you ask 3 times

Best breakfast burritos in Hermosa. Make sure to ask for the pineapple habañero sauce!

Came into this little place this morning for breakfast burritos, and wow! So much flavor! The burritos came with bacon, sausage AND ham, cheese, hash browns and salsa all made right in front of your face. And unlike most places with bomb breakfast burritos, they serve all day! I’ll be back to try the rest for the menu soon!

Hahaha so this place SUCKS. DO NOT waste your money here. Their food is very low grade and the beans were cold and the meat was cold too! They claim you build your own burrito, but that’s not true. It was a funny thing, this small Mexican guy started acting all tough because I didn’t want onions or any of the crap they wanted to put on my burrito. Brothers Burrito is WAY WAY WAY better and I will never set foot in this garbage place again. Haha, they don’t know how to make good Mexican food for their life.

I love the amigos tacos bordering Hermosa/​Manhattan so I’m very excited to have a location close to home. I ordered the healthy breakfast burrito (I love their regular breakfast burrito, but it’s beach season soon) and I will admit it was pretty good.
My problem? SO INCREDIBLY GREASY. I don’t know if I got eggs at the bottom of the batch but it was soaked in grease. It took three quadruple stacked paper towels to soak most of it up. The worst part was it was so greasy that it was leaking through my bag on my walk home and it got grease all over my favorite sweater. I think I got the stain out in time but I will probably have to take it to the dry cleaners now.
If you made the spicy salsa available for purchase I would buy that.

Wow!!! I have never been talked down to so horribly from a business owner in my life! Called in today to get a refund, since I have not heard back. The gentleman was super nice, same kid that was working the register yesterday. Said he’d give me a refund no problem. However the manager who’s apparently the owner, whom was the same confrontational person as yesterday just yelled at me in front of everyone in the store! He hollered at me about how rude and how stubborn of a person I was for not listening to him (like I’m some kind of child) and have no right to ever come back amongst 100 other things that he apparently felt I was. Because of a refund. Okay dude. Totally went on a rant was slamming doors and threw a fit in front of everyone! the second I mentioned I wrote a Unilocal review on his customer service. This crazy guy went as far as looking for me at my JOB! Calling my office and yelling at my manager!!! Who does this?! What business owner gets so upset about a refund and handles it this way! And searches for you at you place of business which has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SITUATION! Avoid this place at all cost! He’s a horrible man with no tact. For a new place that’s trying to strive in a little beach town like Hermosa you have some nerve! You asshole!

Went to try the new place on Pier Ave with a buddy of mine. My buddy who I workout with, has been raving about this place. I ordered the ceviche, a fish taco and a carne asada taco.
Wow am I impressed! The size of the tacos, the quality of the meat and the taste of ceviche!!! THE CEVICHE!!! so fresh, tasty and light. Served on a tostada with arugula and pico de gallo.
While enjoying my meal– I witnessed one of the most rude, arrogant, self entitled customers come in and scream profanity at the owner and the kid working the register. Furious lady ranting about an extra charge of $ 1 for the shrimp burrito. I guess she phone ordered to pick up. Came back and started firing every name in the urban dictionary. There is no excuse to talk to anyone anywhere in that tone of voice or with that language. This is a small mom and pop shop. The Owner, Sam, is such a gentleman. He remained poised and calm, apologized if there was any miscommunication and even offered to give her the lunch on the house. His nephew watched as the lady aggressively tore with disrespectful profanity. Making a show and belittling him. I was glad to finally see her and all that negative energy leave.
I noticed she left a Unilocal note and I’d just like to say to her-​we all have a choice of how to react. Screaming and shouting doesn’t make you right or any better. We get to be the best version of ourselves. Be humble and stay graceful.
It’s only a taco!
I’ll be back for the ceviche and can’t wait to try the breakfast burrito! Sam I’ll see you soon!

Hermosa needed a late night taco option and this place has great tacos. Had the carne Asada and chicken taco today. Seasoning on both tacos got the 5 stars.

I contemplated giving between three and four stars for a little while, but here’s why I gave three…
I agree with the other review that the set up is very inconvenient for the customers. A 2 foot tall sneeze guard surrounds the entire counter except for the cash register is. There’s also a swinging door on the other hand for employees to go in and out from behind the counter. There’s very little space to order and pick up food, and I can see that becoming problematic during busier hours.
I ordered two chicken tacos and one carne asada. The chicken had a very sweet taste to it, but was fresh and didn’t taste like it was frozen at one point. The carne asada meat was good, not sweet. I ordered a mild salsa, I thought it would come on the side, but the sauce was put directly on the tacos and for a mild salsa, it was extremely spicy. Red flakes were everywhere and it became tough to finish all three.
My suggestion would be to put things like onions, cilantro, and salsa on the side so customers can add at their discretion. Or make a small to go containers of these type of items and set them in an area where customers can grab the amount they want. Ideally, I would’ve tasted the salsa before being put on to the tacos since this is such a new place to Hermosa Beach.
I’m not sure what to suggest regarding the set up, it’s awkward and there are no signs telling you where to order what. I think putting a toppings menu behind the bar, because there is none anywhere in the restaurant, would be ideal as well.
I’ll head back at some point and try something else and update the review, without the salsa!

Checked this place out on day 2, so excited to have a good Mexican place close by that’s also open late. I ordered a Carnitas bowl, but it’s a similar concept to Subway where they have all the fresh ingredients and you just tell them what you want.
Here’s where I had a few frustrations. First, the glass sneeze guard case is WAY too high. I couldn’t even talk to the guy making my bowl without standing on my toes. I’m average height and still felt like I needed a step-​stool. Maybe this wouldn’t be as bad if they had a sign listing all the potential topping options.
Second, when you’re trying to build your burrito, you’re also standing directly in the way of the line of people placing their order at the register. Didn’t know where to stand. Maybe they want us to stand to the side, next to the swinging door behind the counter? Honestly don’t have a clue.
Third, while my bowl was pretty good (and the corn tortillas fresh and hot!), they’re pretty stingy on the guacamole. They charge you extra for it, so I figured you’d get plenty, but the bowl-​to-​guac ratio was pretty slim. Mine also had a big hunk of something tough in it, maybe just a bad avocado slice that should’ve been tossed?
I’ll give it another shot, probably tacos or the breakfast burrito that everyone else is talking about.

I’ve been to amigos tacos before in Manhattan. This place is amazing. I’m excited to see what this place will turn out to be! Looking forward to it!