King Taco Restaurant Inc

10/01/07

below average!

by snippy_eater at Citysearch

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

05/21/07

Burritos, tacos and sopes - OH MY!

by shoegal84 at Citysearch

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!

04/08/07

Movie Theater Nacho Cheese

by samba_hips at Citysearch

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!