El Toro Mexican Grill

They used to be known as Mi Ranchito but I guess they’re under new ownership now. Thankfully they’re just as good if not better than they were before. It’s in «The Hood»! It’s in South East San Diego. Skyline Hills. In its parking lot you must steadily navigate potholes as big as a car, but who cares. Their food is great!
Wow, I was really surprised on how well the Carne Asada Burrito are here. It has the best flavor. It’s like that secret spot you don’t want to tell anyone about so you could have it all to yourself. Way better than «The Barrel» or anything for that matter near or far. Only Tacos El Gordo and TJ Oyster Bar can be compared. That said, they all are great in their own ways. San Diego has so many Taco shops but none are like this one.
El Toro Mexican Grill just does everything right. From their great selection of insanely crazy burritos to the street tacos (only 99 cents on Taco Teusdays), Fish Tacos (Thursday) and sopes (soups), carne asada chips & fries are the bomb!
Their menu has a great selection and variety of plates you can order. You will definitely get you’re money’s worth here. Good prices and Great service as well. Well done El Toro! I applaud you and I’m very thankful and grateful you are open.

This place did a 360 the food from the old owners suck but the new owners are doing it right the best street tacos ive had a long time

Street tacos are great. Come in on a Tuesday for 99c tacos. Customer service is great, too! Good papitas while you wait for your order.

Muy rica la comida con nuestra amiga yahaira… muy amable nos resivieron volveremos pronto…

This place makes some fantastic street tacos and some pretty good hard shell regular size tacos as well. I stopped in for an early dinner after work and order two mini adobada tacos and two shredded chicken hard shell tacos.
They made a mistake with the hard shell tacos and served me two shredded beef tacos instead of the chicken for some reason. It did not really bother me, because I like them, so I went ahead and ate them. Although the shredded beef tasted quite good, the tacos did need a little more beef. The corn tortilla shells were very well fried to a gentle crispiness and nice very light golden color. The amount of shredded lettuce was just right and so was the amount shredded cheese, but in the end, more beef would of been just grand.
The adobada mini street tacos were bliss. They put a good amount of the tasty and tender adobada flavored pork. The adobada tasted of red chili, oregano, garlic, and a touch of vinegar, but what I liked most about the pork, was the they great charring they left on the meat. The charring not only added nice color, but flavor as well. The guacamole was light in color and had good seasoning, and the chopped cilantro and onions were fresh. The corn tortillas were moist and came nice and warm. Great little tacos.
They offer and unlimited salsa bar and some house corn tortilla chips which were excellent. The chips were of the thicker variety, which I prefer and like very much. If you come on Taco Tuesday’s, they have specials like street tacos for .99 cents. The place is family owned and they are quite friendly.

This place is the BEST TACO SHOP in all of San Diego! This place has it all, Friendly Staff, Great Prices and most importantly GREAT FOOD!!! Hard to find great QUALITY food at taco shops now a days but El Toro Delivers.

Living in San Diego there’s a taco shop on EVERY corner lol but this one is the ABSOLUTE best, I’ve never been disappointed coming here, the customer service is GREAT and the food is even better, I try as often as 3 – 4 times a week lol

The best carne asada tacos– and love the salsa bar, my kids are picky when it comes to carne asada (El Toro passed the test)