Graciela’s Taco Shop

I LOVE this place, wonderful friendly staff, and the food is G-​O-​O-​D! Just as good if not Better than Lolitas down the street with excellent customer service! Yes please

Just found this place going to the Post Office across the way. Pretty good.
Good service, good food.
This has a self-​serve salsa bar & fountain drinks. People are pleasant and quite atmosphere.
Definitely will be returning for some quick tacos & cheese quesadilla.

Food is always good, prompt service, good prices, and staff are always friendly. This one has become my preference over the other taco shops in Bonita

Wow excellent flying saucer! Better than Lolita’s and easier to get to, more parking good prices. Also tried Chile relleno and it was delicious and authentic a little hot. The flying saucer had bell peppers shredded beef onions tomato tons of avocado cheese lettuce and sour cream! Also 5 rolled shredded beef tacos were great extra crispy fresh tasting.

I have a bone to pick — well, I had to pick a few bone pieces out of the chicken, at least. That was gross. The taste of the chicken burrito was pretty good, although salty. But, after having to pull pieces of bones out of it three different times… it’s hard for me to get over that. My wife said her food was OK but really salty.
There are plenty of great spots in Bonita with Mexican food, but not many other options. Reading the reviews here makes me want to give it another try — especially since it’s in the same parking lot as the Mexican deli with AMAZING (hot) salsa that they make in back. Maybe I’ll try the chille relleno or carne asada. Those probably won’t will have bone fragments. Maybe I shouldn’t do reviews when I’m hungry! :)
Could someone please open a good brew pub or gastropub in Bonita?

I read the reviews, and they are right. The shrimp burrito was $ 6.89, and worth every penny! Use the green sauce on it. It’s hot.
I got my wife rolled tacos and carnitas street tacos.
I give the shrimp burrito a solid A. My wife and I give the carnitas street tacos a solid A. She gave the rolled tacos a B+.
The guacamole on the street tacos was thicker with chunks of avocado, but the rolled tacos’ guacamole was thinner.
She said that if the rolled tacos had the same guacamole as the tacos, she would give five stars.
She’s a tough critic on rolled tacos. We’re used to Lolita’s and Roberto’s on H street.
If I rated solely on the shrimp burrito, Graciela’s would easily get five stars.

I have loved this place since I first had it at their Worthington location. My all-​time favorites have to be the Shrimp Burrito and Shrimp Quesadilla. There’s tons of huge shrimp, and a blend of red and white sauce that pairs perfectly with the sautéed rice – & trust me, it’s not one of those where there’s more rice than the shrimp – they definitely don’t skimp on the shrimp! Grab their red sauce and some limes to go with it, and you can thank me later!
I introduced this shrimp burrito to my aunt and cousin years ago, and til this day, they still drive all the way down from Mira Mesa just to get their shrimp burrito fix!
I’m so happy for the Graciela’s family that they’ve been blessed with another location! After all these years, the quality of their food has not diminished. To top it all off, their family is always super nice, and always provides service with a smile!

Overhyped for being new at the moment. I wouldn’t go to say that this was ‘way’ better than Lolita’s or even better as some have said. I ordered carne asada fries and a California burrito and there wasn’t really that much in the fries as much as some of suggested, probably being even less than Lolita’s as it seemed they used what was in my order of carne asada fries into the burrito, like I payed for 2 different orders, not 1−½. Good food, but not that good.

Started to come here once Lolitas started to raise their prices and cut corners. The carne asada torta is really good and one of my favorites. Roll tacos have lots of meat unlike lolitas and their carne asada is well seasoned and tastes great.

Really liked that you can get a ½ order of carne asada fries for 5 bucks which is still a huge amount of food. Like all the reviews say these are solid fries. The chile relleno as an ala carte item wasn’t bad for $ 4.24. The shrimp burrito was filled with jumbo shrimp but it had a little too much sour cream for my taste. Would have preferred it with onions and peppers. Still not bad for $ 6.89. Will definitely be back to try some of their other items. On a Tuesday afternoon at 2 pm every table was full so there are quite a few fans out there!

So good! I’ll definitely have to say this is better than Lolita’s. Since Lolita’s likes to take forever to answer their phones and their quality went to crap since they’ve become so popular, this will be my go to taco shop now!

I first heard about this place in the Buy One Get One magazine and of course decided to check Unilocal reviews before going. I’m so glad I did! The staff is really friendly. The carne asada burrito is excellent! The meat is juicy and the portion is very big. I love their rice and the salsa bar is simple, but delicious. Green and Red, plus hot carrots :) I tried my son’s carne asada fries… huge portion and Delicious! I went back and made a special request for a carnitas burrito (add cheese and potatoe) like one of my other favorite Taco Shop makes. They were happy to comply and it was also Amazing! I highly recommend! Ps I drive 10 miles to get here and only wish they had a shop in Otay Ranch!

Maybe I got the wrong thing, or maybe they were just having an off day, but I was a bit disappointed with my first visit. The hubs an I found the food to be on the bland side. It wasn’t terrible by any means, just not as flavorful as you’d expect. Maybe I’ll give them another shot at some point, but I won’t go out of my way to do so.

I am pretty stoked that these folks open a new location in Bonita. I have been going to the original location in Paradise Valley for 12 years.
I’ve always thought they have one of the best Carne asada hands down so you can’t go wrong with them. The prices are alot better than some of the more main stream Mexican spots.

Definitely agree with those saying that’s WAY better than the nearby Lolita’s. Graciela’s has much better quality carne asada and better value for your money due to the good portion sizes. I tried their rolled tacos, bean and cheese burritos, California burito, and carne asada quesadilla. I LOVED them all!!!

Came here after going to the post office well because who doesn’t want to try a new taco shop! The food is soo delicous!!! I got the half size carne asada fries and they are the best fries I have ever had! For it being a half size it was a pretty big size two people. could deff eat from it. My husband got the california burrito and it was huge. The fries were crunchy and not soggy the meat taste like it was grilled on an actual grill… Bomb!!! Great customer service and free refills on horchata so I think we found our new favorite mexican spot.

Another location opening up for Graciela’s out in the Bonita area. The other shop which shares the same logo but different menu is off Paradise Valley Road. I enjoyed the Spring Valley location a bit more than this one. This place is located in the same center as the famous Hans & Harry bakery down in the Sweetwater district area. They just recently opened up with a fairly good sized menu. When I came here on a Sunday evening, the place was surprisingly very busy with orders, yet they still managed to get food out in a timely manner. Even though they just opened, the woman working at the register knew the menu well and could answer questions about what comes in all of their burritos /​items. The salsa bar is a little cart which features a red and green sauce along with hot carrots, fresh veggies and pico de gallo to top your food (
). They conveniently leave sandwich bags on top so you can take some home with you. The red and green sauce were both excellent in my opinion, I usually don’t care for the greens but this one had just as much spice as far as I was concerned.
I’m definitely a sucker for giving every taco shop a tryout for their California burrito. Most burritos at this place will run you in the village of about six dollars per burrito. They spared no expense with their California as it came already equipped with sour cream and guacamole. They do have two types of guacamole here both American and Mexican, make sure to state which you want even though she asked me at the time. The Mexican guacamole is a bit runny but didn’t have any filler ingredients in it like tomato or onions, plenty of avocado. The burrito was decently sized (
) and was definitely pushing the limits of their tortilla. The tortilla was pre heated a good amount of time on the grill which gave it a great texture when biting into it. The carne asada meat here was cooked fresh, seasoned great and was in reasonable sized chunks. They use thick cut fries here but don’t worry, the burrito ain’t full of them. They added plenty of other stuff including the cheese, sour cream and guacamole.
As for their tacos, I gave both the rolled and street tacos a taste. All their street tacos here cost $ 1.75 and sport two small corn tortillas, bit of meat and a dab of Mexican guacamole. The pollo asado (
) meat was tender and moist but needed a bit more marinading. I also think it needed to be cooked a little longer to get some crispness. The three chicken rolled tacos () come basic with guac, cheese, lettuce and pico de gallo. If you wish to add sour cream like I did, be warned they get nuts here with the sour cream. If you look at some of the other pictures, they go really overboard on it. I’m surprised my burrito wasn’t full of it. They were smaller sized rolled tacos with just adequate shredded chicken in the middle, I really wish they added more lettuce and pico de gallo to give a refreshing crisp taste to the top. The tacos were decent but I really enjoyed the burrito a lot more.
I really hope Graciela’s does well at this location. They just recently had their opening and the place was already filling up with orders and call ins. Overall it’s a pretty good taco shop with decent food, great tasting hot sauce and friendly service. They had the resturant tables filled up with model sized dolls of the woman in their logo, they looked a little bummed out (
). I guess she doesn’t really enjoy making tortillas all day.

New taco shop in the neighborhood so we decided to give it a try after mass. We are glad we did! Carne Asada tasted great! It tasted like it was cooked on a real grill rather than a flat top grill. Rolled tacos 4 ways — ground beef, shredded beef, chicken, and potato. All the usual suspects on the menu… I anticipate we will be back. The staff was friendly, place was clean and spacious. The only reason it’s not 5 stars is because I miss the cotija cheese (Lolitas :)).

This place blows away Lolita’s.
Good service good food and good prices.
You won’t be disappointed.

Friendly staff, fair prices and awesome food! My dad and I used to go to their location in paradise Hills and I’m so glad they’re here in Bonita. When we moved here I fell in love with Lolitas but over the years the quality of service has gone down.
I love the rolled tacos and the Mexican guacamole I’ll be getting my mexican food fix here from now on!