King Taco Restaurant Inc

(626) 792-0405

45 N Arroyo Pkwy
Pasadena, CA 91103 34.1465 -118.1478

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Neighborhood: West Central

KINGTACO.COM

Last updated 9.05.09

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

Visa, MasterCard

Catering Services:

Restaurant Management

Restaurant Special Features:

Local Favorite, Family-Friendly Dining, Family Style Dining, Cheap Eats, Hidden Find

General Info:

Open 7 Days

Cuisine:

Mexican

What People Are Saying About King Taco Restaurant Inc

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This Los Angeles County fast food chain has been serving tacos, sopes, burritos and other traditional Mexican fare since 1974.

ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. “The location was great and the store clean.”
  2. “the ambience is not "superb," but don't forget that before king taco became a chain, it WAS a taco stand!”
  3. “This place has some good food for a great place when you leave you feel like a fatty cause your so full or just cause it tastes good but either way you leave happy and it has big tables to hang with friends and chill and have fun joking aroung while you e”
food quality
96.30000114440918% positive
  1. “Love their red sauce!”
  2. “If you love Baja style tacos, this is the place to get them in mass quantities.”
  3. “My fav is the salsa verde.”
  4. “The rice is so good.”
  5. “If you love fresh tamales, go early.”
  6. “Coming from Texas, I like Mexican food, but find that it's different in California vs Texas.”
  7. “This is my all time favorite place to get tacos (the soft kind).”
  8. “If you're looking for a good burrito and taco then this is the place to come.”
  9. “This king taco has good tacos, but the service needs some help.”
  10. “It's not located on the main street of Old Town Pasadena but it is a must if you are looking for a nice Mexican fast food.”
  11. “found the food to be heavenly and the price was extremely reasonable.”
  12. “They have really the best tacos and burritos in LA (possibly anywhere?)”
  13. “But the food is absoulutely tasty without the heat.”
  14. “highly recommend the Carne Asada anything - sope, taco or burrito.”
  15. “They also have awesome burritos with red hot sauce that makes tears come to your eyes.”
  16. “Their salsas are good but really hot, if you let them they will put it in your food and you might not like it that hot and well, you would have a bad impression”
  17. “Pico/Olympic. I don't care which King Taco it is I just love this food.”
  18. “The prices are cheap and the food is excellent.”
  19. “King Taco is the most authentic mexican food I can find in the Pasadena area!”
  20. “the beans aren't laden in lard, which is good for us vegetarians.”
  21. “This is a great place to get good food quickly.”
  22. “Great burrito”
  23. “may be caucasian, but i know a good burrito from a bad one, and i need REAL spice - not watered-down - and king taco really knows how to pack a punch!”
  24. “The salsa verde was delicious though.”
  25. “like the tacos de carne asada and the sopes.”
  26. “This place has some good food for a great place when you leave you feel like a fatty cause your so full or just cause it tastes good but either way you leave happy and it has big tables to hang with friends and chill and have fun joking aroung while you e”
  27. “love Mexican food and I must say that King Taco makes good food.”
menu variety
100.0% positive
  1. “Yes the menu is really affordable with everything being under 5.00.”
overall
100.0% positive
  1. “The location was great and the store clean.”
  2. “If you're looking for a good burrito and taco then this is the place to come.”
  3. “This is a great place to get good food quickly.”
  4. “This place has some good food for a great place when you leave you feel like a fatty cause your so full or just cause it tastes good but either way you leave happy and it has big tables to hang with friends and chill and have fun joking aroung while you e”
service
75.0% positive
  1. “have been to other king taco's where the service is excellent and the staff actually looks you in the face while you are ordering.”
  2. “This king taco has good tacos, but the service needs some help.”
  3. “The service was also friendly and hospitable.”
  4. “The service was pretty rude as a few others have pointed out.”
value
100.0% positive
  1. “The prices are cheap and the food is excellent.”
  2. “Yes the menu is really affordable with everything being under 5.00.”
  3. “found the food to be heavenly and the price was extremely reasonable.”
1 Star Rating: Poor

10/01/07

below average!

by snippy_eater

Well, I just got back from my first time at King Taco: I had the carne asada tacos & they were great.however, everything else was way below average: the chips & guacamole I get I could SWEAR they bought from Smart & Final. The guacamole not only tasted wierd, it had a very peculiar consistency. Not appetizing at ALL. The Chips are a joke. Don't bother, and they charge you extra for everything outside of the tacos. This was a one time deal, I'll never go back again.

  • Pros: meets low expectations
  • Cons: everything else
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

05/21/07

Burritos, tacos and sopes - OH MY!

by shoegal84

This is my all time favorite place to get tacos (the soft kind). I've been a patron since they opened in '74. (Wait I wasn't born yet!!) But anyway, I've been to every single King Taco From East L.A. to the SGV. Sure, some are better than others, but they are all pretty consistent. The East L.A. location has to be my favorite. I would drive from wherever I lived at the time to go there. There tacos are nice and simple -- they way they should be -- just onions, cilantro, meat and salsa.

Also, nachos and one of my favorite things to eat, and although I hate to agree with the nacho cheese comment, they do the processed melted cheese. But this isn't the place to order nachos. So don't let that dissuade you from going. Stick to burritos, tacos and SOPES! You can't get sopes everywhere and boy are they delicious! Try carne asada, pollo or al pastor and the best salsas ever! My fav is the salsa verde.

I miss living in So Cal and being able to eat there!

1 Star Rating: Poor

04/08/07

Movie Theater Nacho Cheese

by samba_hips

I dont believe I went to the same King Taco as everyone else, considering the great reviews. Yes the menu is really affordable with everything being under 5.00. Rightly so, because thats about as much as the food is worth. In all fairness, I think I got the most horrible thing on the menu being the nachos with bright orange FAKE MOVIE THEATER NACHO CHEESE. I was appauled. I could have went to taco bell for that. The guacamole tasted a little funny too. Everything else seems to be your run of the mill taco stand food. The service was pretty rude as a few others have pointed out. The salsa verde was delicious though. Overall, theres too many restaurants in the area to give them another one of my dollars. If I do stumble upon the place again I wont get the nachos!!

  • Pros: Cheap Eats. Good Salsa Verde
  • Cons: Fake Cheese!
4 Star Rating: Recommended

03/21/07

Good eats

by tyneshad

This place has THE best flautas I've ever had in my life. They also have awesome burritos with red hot sauce that makes tears come to your eyes. But back to these flautas. They have chicken and asada ones, the chicken ones are my favorite. They come drizzled with sour cream and guacamole and *yum* lettuce and other fixins. Good plate.

4 Star Rating: Recommended

04/11/06

one good taco

by johnwilliams

this place is great. I go there for breakfast sometimes and get the machaca. ummm.hmmm. I'm going there in a few minutes cause I'm getting a hankering for some mex. One thing though, for this gringo, I get the salsa on the side. Their salsas are good but really hot, if you let them they will put it in your food and you might not like it that hot and well, you would have a bad impression

The Details on King Taco Restaurant Inc

Place Categories:

  • good mexican food
  • good king taco
  • good burrito
  • great place
  • excellent service
  • good salsas
  • love fresh tamales
  • delicious salsa verde
  • like sope
  • not big portionwise
  • best flautas
  • clean store
  • love red sauce
  • good rice
  • love baja style tacos
  • superb ambience
  • good vegetarians
  • great location
  • big tables
  • extremely reasonable price
  • nice mexican fast food
  • really affordable menu
  • like tacos de carne asada
  • great tastes
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