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| - Ignore the low reviews; they don't know what they're talking about. Anyone who could compare this to Taco Bell is either loco or was born without taste buds. This is literally better than anything I ate at Wicked Spoon or Bacchanal, and for a fraction of the cost (and, tbh, ambiance).
Now I'm not that knowledgeable about Mexican food, and it's not one of my top 5 favorite cuisines. That said, this is the one of the few places I ever actively want to go for Mexican. In fact, I hardly eat tacos anywhere else anymore, just to save up my taco stomach for whenever we come to Vegas. (My other favorites we go to far less frequently, as they're in Santa Barbara and New Paltz, NY.) I also appreciate that this is one of the few more authentic places that offer flour tortillas to gringas like me.
My favorite tacos here are the lengua (tongue), cabeza (face/cheek), buche (pork), and al pastor with raw onions and no cilantro. I can't rank them in finer detail than that -- my favorite is whichever one is currently in my mouth (phrasing)! They each come with a different sauce they put on for you, and all of them are distinct and delicious.
I also like the queso asada with salsa and guacamole, though the asada is a bit too salty for my tastes (the salsa and guac balances out the salt a bit). I usually don't get this.
The vampiro is not for me because it's made with corn tortillas, but lucky for me the queso asada has all the same fillings. Normally I like brain (give me a Midwestern brain sandwich or Indian lamb brain curry any day) but the sesos taste kinda off to me here.
Fries (campechana fries $13; lengua fries - full order $15, half order $7.50) aren't anything special, but are huge and great for sharing.
I haven't tried the quesadillas ($4.50 with any meat except lengua or $4.75 with lengua), sopes ($4.50 with any meat except lengua or $4.75 with lengua), tostadas ($2.25 with any meat except lengua or $2.40 with lengua), or mulas ($4.50 with any meat except lengua or $4.75 with lengua).
My husband likes that you can get pretty much whole raw radishes at the condiment bar.
Drinks are the self-serve fountain variety, mostly Coke brand. I'm not a huge fan of horchata but it's of note that they have lots of flavors you don't see everywhere.
Others have explained the multi-line system so I won't go into detail, only to echo that when it's busy (in other words all the time), having to get in line multiple times to order different food and then pay for it causes your food to end up lukewarm by the time you get to eat it. My trick is to order only 2 tacos at a time, from only 1 window at a time, get into the pay line, sit and eat, and then get back up and go to the next window you wanted and repeat the process. Then simply lather, rinse, and repeat until full (5-6 trips for the two of us, but we're total pigs - YMMV). Keep in mind though that the traditional-sized tortillas used here are on the small side - no Taco Bell size tortillas here that fill you up with the carby part, and they don't put 2-3 tortillas per taco like they do at taco trucks.
Ordering them a few at a time gets you way too many napkins. We try to be considerate and stack up the clean ones and put them back so we don't waste too many.
The only downsides are the crazy multi-line ordering system, and they don't have tortas or corn smut.
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