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| - I ate at Paquime for the first time on Sept 22, 2016 with an ethnic lunch MeetUp. 12 of us. I asked the employee at the counter, what was the favorite menu item that their regulars come to order time and time again. He said very affirmatively, the rib eye tacos. I said I'll have that. I wanted mine rare. My rib eye tacos came RARE indeed, and they were delicious. 4 for $9, menu says you get 8 ozs of meat in them. Although rare, they still had a hint of the charbroiled flavor in the meat. MeetUp member sitting to my left ordered the same rib eye tacos, but "medium rare". To my eyes, they were "well done", not even pink. I showed him my rare color. He said his tacos were good, but was "not overly impressed" with them, which he considered could be his fault. I said if I did not get what I ordered, I'd send it back, but he did not. Person sitting to my right ordered the fish (red snapper) tacos. He thought they were so delicious. I felt three 4 inch tacos for $8 wasn't much food, but then again, the fish is red snapper (they said), and not tilapia.
The corn chowder soup was really good, but everyone who tasted it, agreed, that it needed more salt. I also tried the broccoli soup on another day. That had enough salt! It was really really good!
I went back on another date to try the fish tacos. Yes, they were really delicious, but for both the fish and rib eye tacos, I keep replaying what one Yelper said about this place, copy and pasted here: "So its a nice lil spot but i think the prices are sort of high. 4 lil street tacos is like $8bucks wtf! Probably wont be coming bak, portions is too little for the price". His little review got the most "useful" votes, many times the others.
According to Yelper posting in 2015, the rib eye tacos were only $7.49 then, now $9.00 for four 4" corn tortillas. When I posted on our MeetUp that I kept thinking about, that I do not see "value" here for the price, either, person sitting to my right who ordered the fish tacos said "what we were served were "street tacos". That's their size. I found the ingredients and presentation way above average, so I would definitely go back. The prices? We're paying for better food quality, not size of portion....my 3 cents". I said to him "You might like The Mission in Scottsdale, cos you get even LESS for more money ($12 for only three 3" meat tacos, no sides), but it is really tasty. I told him I like paying for better food quality AND generous size of portion BOTH. Two of those places is Kyber Halal and it's sister restaurant Tahoorah Grill's Sunday buffet. Otherwise I would give Paquime 5 stars if I paid $7.49 for the rib eye tacos.
Today, I spoke to the Paquime manager about rib eye tacos being $7.49 last year and $9.00 this year. He said that the price of ribeye tacos will go UP again, SOON, cos it is costing them more and more money to get the ribeye, and they are losing money. He dared me to find cheaper rib eye tacos anywhere in the Phoenix area.
I bought the Flan Napolitano $4, because a Yelper said it was the best flan she ever had in her life! I agree, couldn't remember a richer flan. But there are two kinds, Flan Napolitano is baked, and in the pictured take-out clear container. The other one is more orange in color, and she said is boiled, and comes in a clear round sealed container, called Flan Casero $3 (Casero = homemade), which I did not try.
I will come here again to try the other tacos, and the $3 "boiled" flan..
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