Blanco Tacos + Tequila

Best service ever. Great atmosphere. Ordered beef enchiladas, beef tacos, and cheese crisp. Excellent. Love that bean dip !!

They have a number of great margaritas, including skinny margaritas and some options with other fruit juices like grapefruit. The food is pretty generic Mexican, but is priced higher than that, so the value just isn’t there.

Stopped by with some friends on Sunday and was not disappointed. Our server was amazing and made sure to make suggestions from each category of the menu. He checked on us multiple times throughout our meal and took time to ask us about our weekend and carry on small talk. The amazing food was just an added addition the the service! I had the cheese enchiladas and street corn as my entrée and guacamole and queso as an appetizer. Great portions on everything and their chips are amazing! I believe I filled up on chips before receiving my food but it made wonderful leftovers!

Though the atmosphere is hip and service is friendly, the food isn’t even subpar. It’s just not good at all. I’m surprised it’s a Fox restaurant as those are usually consistently great places. I’ve been to Blanco twice and tried different dishes, and both times were a major disappointment… won’t be back again.

My husband and I went to Blanco for a quick dinner after a movie at AMC Esplanade. The food was good and our main bartender took very good care of us. However, the second bartender on staff was slow to help us. She delivered us a dirty plate and after we brought it to her attention, she failed to get us new plates. In the mean time, she unloaded the bar dishwasher and cleaned several glasses. While she was doing this, we had to ask our main bartender to get us clean plates all the while our food was getting cold. I certainly understand there are a number of items which need to be done while bartending, but the customer should be the priority.

I experienced this place for happy hour yesterday.
It was absolutely amazing‼ the food was delicious and the service was wonderful.
I will go back for sure. Our server may have been the best I’ve experienced in many years.

food? 8 out of 10. good chips.
ambience? weird, at bar, as view of other people across bar is blocked. odd design.
service? hate to say it, but as disinterested as one could imagine. off-​day, perhaps?
Love the advertising billboards for Blanco) more savvy Sam Fox marketing at work). But this place is in serious need of a pulse.

Was so looking forward to trying this place, Ambiance and staff members Awesome! Loved the décor, food not so great I wish the taste was there specially carne asada tacos, meat was chewy-​dry, tortillas cold, & if you are having tacos cilantro and onions are a must! with a choice of salsas… corn not to what I expected, guacamole needed some lemon salt & pepper. Salsa for chips needs more flavor.
I must say, was a bit disappointed on the food but place is great to relax and have fun.
Moving on to try the other restaurants from Fox concepts.

I got a recommendation to come here from the hotel I was staying at because the margaritas are supposed to be good. So, during a break from the conference I was attending, my friend and I came here for happy hour.
I got my typical margarita — mixed berry. It was pretty strong but still really tasty.
Our bartender recommended we get the dips to snack on as we chatted and drank our margaritas. The queso and the bean dip were both really good, and my friend really enjoyed the guac (which I’m not a huge fan of in general).
If I wind up back in this area, I’d definitely try out this place again on the sole fact they can make a solid margarita.

Purposely logged into Unilocal after about a year of not using it just to say how amazing my experience here was! I accidentally left some jewelry on my table that was of value to me. Harry, the manager here, went above and beyond to locate what I had lost and get it back to me. I could not be more appreciate of how on top of this he was, and how quick he was to call me back! That sort of service is hard to come by, and I am so thankful to him! Someone, give this man a large Christmas bonus.
Not to mention, the meal was amazing, as it always is. Can’t ever go wrong eating here, and after this amazing experience, I will always select this Fox restaurant over any other one!

Heaven on a plate…
I dine at Blanco regularly, and it is hands-​down the best. .. best. Surely someone will screech that the food isn’t Mexican enough, and I don’t know about all that, but I do know it is delicioso! And they have everything, really. They have ample seating inside, outside, at a bar, and they even have a order/​take-​out window just next door with options for people who just want to dine and dash. .. after paying.
I tend to order a hibiscus green tea with a carne asada burrito (enchiliada-​style, Christmas-​style sauce), rice, and black beans. Everything on the menu is good, though. My buddy loves their mole (if you’re envisioning a furry animal, let Google handle this one). Ask for the habanero sauce with your chips!

I had been to the other Blanco location a few years ago, but we only had drinks and apps. This time I had the chipotle shrimp tacos and they were A-​MAZ-​ING! Can’t wait to get back there and have them again.

I came for the Blood Orange Margarita (excellent), and just to be sure it was legit, I had two… was tempted to have a third, and thought the wiser since it was Tuesday and a early morning mtg was lurking.
So, to keep the buzz going, and achieving my goal for the evening, I only ate half of my enchilada, which on a normal day would have been finished. It was the green chilli number, with pablano peppers, or something like that; anyway, it was layered like a lasagna, and came in it’s own cute little skillet! Good flavor, and the tortillas cooked just right, not soggy or too well done.
Pro tip: only eat half, and consume all the sourcream (it doesn’t heat up well) and bring the rest home for lunch and add your own fresh stuff.
Tried eating all the black beans, which were good, however, one can only do so many while catching a buzz on Tequila, and fresh juice and eyeing lovely ladies (oh snap, I knew something was missing). Perhaps I shall return on a Friday night.
I sat at the inside bar, which was a bit too compact (this made for superior efficiency, however), or maybe the TV too big, because I was having to look up at an angle that was non-​conducive to my personal preference. The outdoor seating along the bar looked to be at a better distance from the TV, but I decided not to look the part of a social outcast and stayed inside… I know, I should have stayed home if I was going to drink and watch baseball, right?
Cool place to chill during the week, and a bit more happenin’ on a Friday night (see comment above), especially now that the evenings are cooling off… Yay!

Wow, where do I begin? Let’s start with the service. We sat at the bar and our tender was Amazing! He recommended the enchiladas and they were dope. Both margaritas were fantastic! Especially the mango habanero. My friend even spilled hers accidentally and they got us another free of charge without us even asking. He suggested free sides of pico and jalaps which made the meal. Then when I pulled out my 50 percent off manager card because I work for another restaurant within the company he was shocked! Im so happy regular guests get this level
Of service on the daily.. I’ll definitely be back!

I first discovered Blanco in Scottsdale a couple years ago while in AZ for work. I was so excited to be coming back to Phoenix. I still craved the blood orange margarita with the sugar rim and the amazing food.
Tonight I made a reservation for 7 people at 7 pm at the Camelback location. I figured as most restaurants I’ve been to that we would arrive and be told they would have a table for us soon.
Not the case here; I felt like a celebrity!
I received a text message from Blanco at 6 pm and then when we arrived at 7, they had a table with a reserved sign on it fully dressed with chips and salsa waiting to greet us.
Well done Blanco! I was the only one in the group who had been before and the the food and service certainly earned 6 more fans.

I met a business contact here for lunch — it was delicious. We both had the street tacos on corn tortillas, each with a different filling. I had roasted chicken, pulled pork, and fish. They came with beans and rice. The rice was creamy and the beans were well cooked too.
My only quibble with my experience is I don’t like raw tomatoes and I purposely selected tacos that didn’t have tomatoes on them, but 2 of my 3 tacos had diced tomato on them that I had to pick off. Next time I’ll tell the server «No raw tomatoes anywhere on the plate, please» regardless of what the menu says.

Amazing Food and Service
Blanco Tacos + Tequila was recommended by a friend and is a Fox Restaurant Concept, generally known for more upscale type establishments. The atmosphere at Blanco Tacos is really trendy and cool. Blanco Taco is an open restaurant and can get loud at times however, I enjoy the energy inside the restaurant.
Our server suggested the short rib enchilada and short rib tacos. Both entrée’s were fantastic. The enchiladas are served inside a hot pan with melt in your mouth short ribs. The short rib tacos are served with black beans or charro beans, rice, which was served with white corn and are some of the best tacos I’ve ever had. If you make your way to Blanco Tacos you have to sample the guacamole it is fresh and absolutely delicious.
The house margarita’s are good, esoecially the orange blood. Fresh food, great drinks, incredible outside seating area and very friendly wait staff make Blanco Taco + Tequila a great dining experience.

Excellent happy hour! I love this kind of place where they serve the HH menu at a dinner tables and our comfy booth.
The 3 sauce dip was outrageously good– we gobbled up that cheese sauce and guac, and the charro bean dip was delish too. Kids quesadilla was a big portion. Street tacos are small but full of deep flavor. I’d come back anytime!

On a whim (and because we were hungry), we decided to try this place, especially as it was recommended by a relative.
We went for lunch and sat outside. So nice not to have to brave the snow that others around the country are having to deal with.
The waitress was very helpful and she gave us some great food suggestions.
Two of us had three tacos each and the third member of the group had a burrito. We were all very pleased with our choices and we all cleaned our plates.
I had a Negra Modelo on tap which was perfect.
Our waitress could have been Penelope Cruz’s double (well, maybe when PC was a few years younger). She added a little extra zing to the meal!
Definitely a fun place for lunch in the sun.

Our waitress was Penelope Cruz or her doppelgänger.
Penelope made some recommendations. Me? I ordered the Green Chile burrito (not on her list of recommendations). While the burrito was very tasty, perhaps a bit on the heavy side for lunch, the fresh-​looking tacos that were served up at my table for my companions looked sooo yummy. I only ate half of the burrito and learned you want to listen to the recommendations from Penelope!
The chips and salsa were yummy. If you decide to order the burrito (even when Penelope is recommending something else), don’t eat all the chips and salsa first, leave room for the main entrée.
Plenty of inside and outside seating. We opted for outside as the weather was perfect.
I’ll definitely come here again, but I’m listening to Penelope next time! She knows her food.