Taqueria Guadalajara

Despite having lived around the corner for over two years, I never visited this place until today due to the mixed reviews on Unilocal… but today, I realized it’s really kind of silly for me to drive all the way down to Los Gallos for tacos if there’s a taquería right around the corner that I’ve never even tried.
This is a tiny place with an all-​Spanish menu and rickety furniture that caters mostly to Mexican construction workers in search of a $ 6 lunch on a paper plate, and if you were going to expect fine dining, you’d be out of your mind.
That said, the food is decent. Simple, but decent. That $ 6 buys you 3 tacos or a burrito, with real fresh vegetables, and some pickled ones too. I also had the horchata, which was excellent.
If you are going to drive a ways to find a taquería, you can probably find a better one, but if you happen to be around Willow and Newbridge, this place will sell you a real meal for a fast food price.

I’ve passed by this road hundreds of times but today I tried this place out and I was disappointed.
Only tried their super burrito with lengua and it was flavorless. Actually when I got to the meat of my burrito I started tasting cleaning agent like Comet dishwashing detergent throughout the meat. I didn’t want to finish my $ 7 super burrito it was that bad.
I DO NOT RECOMMEND this place for their food.
I can’t comment on their service as I ordered my meal to go.

If you prefer fancy over great tasting food DO NOT COME HERE. This place is a neighborhood taqueria where everyone in here knows each other and comes for delicious-​tasting food and comfortable, home-​like atmosphere. Expect mismatched chairs and tables, disposable plates and cups, and working class guests having down to earth conversations while joking around with friends/​coworkers, all while you enjoy your meat-​stuffed burrito (or what have you).
Pricing is about the same for any Mexican restaurant ($ 6 burritos, $ 10 Caldos, $ 1.50 Aguas Frescas)
To add on to all of this, the cooks are very kind and will work with you if your Spanish is not all that great.

Usually it’s pretty good but recently it’s becoming greasy and greasy. Not even 5 mins into buying it and my quesadilla is greasy. Not good.

Went there again today, and yep, same great food, and same great staff. They don’t seem to get a lot of hype, but they are so much better than Chipotle or any other mexican food chain, and the people there are super friendly.

The carne asada burrito I order was really good but I wished they had a variety of beans to choose from besides refried. Overall their burritos are really good and this is one of the only places I have been to where they put lettuce in their burritos. I also order two tacos, one carne asada and one pollo asado. The pollo asado was really good and wished I order more of those or even a chicken burrito. Convenient location with ample parking. The market is next door and you can probably get different drinks but I’m not sure if they are cheaper.

Wow, finest burrito I’ve found in the area. The carnitas is literally falling off the bone tender. And you know it’s legit when it’s tough to order without a little proficiency in Espanol.

I do not live nearby. It costs me mucho gas to come here. It’s totally and completely worth it. Each taco is $ 1.50 of perfect deliciousness. I order them in Spanglish and eat them off a disposable plate. If it was socially acceptable, I would probably lick the plate before I disposed of it.
Pro tips:
Stand back and don’t be afraid to take your time with the menu.
Get up to the counter only when you know what you want
You want either the tacos or the chicken
Green salsa= mildly spicy
Red salsa= spicier
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AKA Mi Tierra Linda Taqueria and Pollo al Carbon, this is one of the best chicken burritos I have ever had… and I have had many.
FIVE STARS for the Chicken Super Burrito. All of their beef products (Asada, Cabeza, Barbacoa and Lengua) are too salty for my taste… The pork (Pastor, Chile Verde and Carnitas) is OK… But the chicken is AMAZING!!!

The Summary:
A hidden gem that is located in a shack next to a grocery store in a sketchy neighborhood. While the location is questionable, the food is not. I would never take a date here, but if I want some cheap quality Mexican food, this is definitely a good place to go.
The Positives:
Everything here is super cheap. Additionally, the portions are pretty large and I have yet to get anything that wasn’t tasty. While many may not like the shack feel with 2 tables, I definitely enjoy the homely ambiance of being mothered in someone’s kitchen.
The Negatives:
While not cash only, if you want to use a credit card, you have to go next door the grocery store to pay.

Don’t go here for the ambiance! Taco shack. Taco shack, that’s where it’s at!
Large menu in spanish and english in a pretty scray looking shed attached to a small Mexican grocery store.
However, the prices are dirt cheap. I paid $ 5.41 including tax for a Super Burrito which included a lot of limes and pepers and vegetables on the side (that I didn’t eat).
It wasn’t the most amazing burrito I had ever had but it was high quality meat, unique sauce and spices, and generally a great burrito value for the price.
My Chile Verde burrito with hot sauce was super messy so if you don’t have handy wipes or sanitizer handy, you might want to stick to a taco or a plate/​platillo.

had the barbacoa burrito. wasn’t too into it… really messy and hard to eat, probably because of the lettuce and sour cream, which i’d definitely leave out next time. Also, it was too big (this was the «regular»…i can’t imagine what a «large» is) for me, and i’m used to the standard fare in SF (cancun, los altos, papalote, etc.). the meat itself was delicious, though.
they just raised their prices on everything $ 1-​$ 2 this week. i’ll surely go back and try the tacos next time, maybe amend my review a bit based on that…

This is one of those nondescript places out on the way to the Dumbarton. It’s literally a shack next to a Mexican grocery store and the sign outside simply says «Tacos». Entering the building is a small hallway with a window into a back kitchen. Outside they have a few plastic patio tables/​chairs and they’ve started to do bbq grilling on certain days. Of course my taqueria bar are the soft tacos. Solid carnes asada and tripitas tacos. They also give you the customary radish and pickled jalapeño pepper. Typical hole in the wall locale and ambiance but definitely tasty taqueria fare.