Graciela’s Taco Shop

I used to live in south east sd and it has always been my go-​to taco shop in the area. To this day, I come here if I’m ever around craving delicious Mexican food. They have one of the best california burritos (ask with Mexican guac)!

Been going here since elementary school. Seriously the best taco shop in PH. They give good portions on their carne asada fries and chips that’s pretty affordable. Always my go to!

One of my favorite taco shops in the Paradise Hills /​Skyline area. The carne asada they make is excellent. It’s perfectly marinaded and much better than the bland and gray stuff most taco shops use. I highly recommend the carne asada quesadilla and the burrito roll taco combo.

I wasn’t sure about this place, but I am glad I gave it a try. I ordered a regular carne asana fries, though I was intrigued by the carne asana chips. Something new I seem! Me personally I felt the fries tastes different, but a very good different. My only issue was probably the hot sauce not being hot, or my taste buds are just use to it. Very good place, and would go again to try other new stuff!

I am blessed to live less than 5 minutes away from Graciela’s. My family and I have been going here for YEARS! Their carne asada burritos, California burritos, carne asada fries, shrimp burritos, chimichangas, well pretty much EVERYTHING is delicious! I love a good simple carne asada burrito and Graciela’s does not disappoint. This place is our go-​to taco shop. My family would sometimes come home 2x a week or so with food from Graciela’s and we honestly have never gotten tired of it. Moreover, I moved up to NorCal for school and I CRAVE burritos from Graciela’s. Whenever I come down I MUST have a Carne asada burrito from here! It’s just simply delicious and filling.

Finally they open up a Gracielas here in Bonita.
This place blows away the over priced Lolita’s
Check it out. you won’t be disappointed.

I have been coming to this place for almost 20 years and I am never disappointed. Such yummy food at an awesome value and great fast and friendly service.

This is are go to place 1 or 2x a week. The food is great. The chili fries are my fav. There has not been 1 bad thing there. The flautas are big and very good. It is a small
Place but great food comes out of there.

Best taco shop in spring valley!
I’ve been coming here since I was a little kid the food is great and the customer service is great, prices are reasonable. The hot sauce is too die for! I love their veggie tacos!

Graciela’s is my go-​to taco shop since it’s down the street from my house. Been coming here since the early 90s. walking home from Bell and making it my pit stop before home :)
I’ve tried almost everything on their menu and I’ve never been disappointed. Service is always family friendly and it doesn’t get any better than this little family restaurant!

This place surprised me. A hole in the wall with barely any reviews. I would say it’s my favorite Mexican taco shop in a 3 mile radius. Their California burrito & carne asada fries tastes good here and it’s reasonably priced. Their surf and turf not so much. But there’s something about their fries that taste different. And they’re not stingy on their salsas.
If you don’t want to break the bank with eating at Lolita’s. Won’t hurt to try it here.

we are here at least 1 or more times a week. i am a family of 6 with a bunch of friends and every single time we are here, we are more than satisfied with the meal. No one can still beat this place.
Outstanding customer service from their crew all the time no matter how busy it gets. Thank you for a job well done.

Really good food. Except, they dont have any ice. And theyve said they dont have a freezer. Which I find weird, how do you freeze your meat? I’ve found a hair in my food a couple of times. Inside the rolled taco or a burrito. So be careful when eating your food!

I’m new to San Diego, just been driving around and saw this place! Super cheap! The food was really hot! Temperature wise! And the hot sauce was on point! Highly recommend this place for quick service and good quality food! Thanks

Try it twice… food is good… good service and close to my home… will be going back soon.

If I can and I am in the area I hit this place up! Its a little hole in the wall but the food is good, and the both the guy and lady where super nice at the counter! I first came in here with my stepdaughter after a day of shopping and we split a very large order of Carne Asada Fries… the first thing I was asked was if I wanted regular guacamole or Mexican… and me I had to ask what the difference was. I was hooked right then and there!
It’s a nice go to spot when in the area and hungry, the menu is simple, and easy! (and yes they offer ½ orders as well).

Graciela’s is a bit out of my way, but I made a trip to see what all the good reviews are about. With four stars around the time of posting, I figured I’d find something worth trying out. Their website claims they are a family business with over seventeen years of experience with working the restaurant business. Their menu is quite conservative and sticks to the main basics of San Diego taco shop foods, they don’t offer any crazy burritos or any type of fancy salsa bar, they just have the basic goods. While they don’t have much to set themselves apart from other places, they do serve pretty good food here, but only about average in my humble opinion.
The outside of the shop is laced in green (
) which seems to be their theme, and a specials sign out front. Open 7 days a week, they’re open only until 10 pm but I suppose if I lived in this area I wouldn’t be open past 10 either. They have a large no public bathrooms sign out front letting you know they are oh-​so grandfathered in the «we don’t need to provide a place to wash your hands» California rule. Along with that, they do charge a fee for using credit cards, while both of those things are quite annoying they don’t ruin the place for many.
After making my order, I notice the guy is not giving at all with their hot sauce, he kinda holds back on me asking for a «crap load» of sauce and only provides me with four reds and one green. It’s always a bummer when they put the hot sauce behind the counter (
) where you can’t reach it and take as much as you need. Especially when their hot sauce was so good! I loved the hot sauce here, spicy without being too watery. I do like that this place has an amazing ability to neatly organize your to-​go order, they use plastic wrap over their rolled tacos (
) which allows none of the cheese to stick to the usual food service foil most places use.
The California burrito here (
) is of quite normal size, nothing out of the ordinary. They do limit the ingredients that come in this thing though, only your basic meat, cheese, shoe string fries and Mexican salsa (
). While I have no qualms with that, what I didn’t really care for was the large amount of fries added to the burrito, where’s the beef man? Their carne asada was quite good, very flavorful stuff cooked great there just wasn’t enough! The fries fortunately weren’t all nasty soggy, they were crispy and tasted great, just too many of them. Some people however may like their burrito overloaded with potatoes, but not me.
The rolled tacos (
) here were great stuff. They give you the option to add either «American» guacamole or regular Mexican stuff. We all know that one friend who prefers the good olé sour cream green sauce guac instead of the real stuff on their tacos, so here you are given the choice at no extra charge. Tacos were crispy, cheese was slightly melted and lots of chicken filling (they give you the choice of chicken or beef here as well).
We also ordered a side quesadilla (
) that was «supreme» basically everything without the meat. The beans, guac, sour cream, rice and cheese here are all delicious stuff. The quesadilla tasted great and made good for leftovers the next day. All their food here went great with their red hot sauce, sadly of course they didn’t give enough. Graciela’s turned out to be not half bad, food and ingredients all taste great, just need better ratios in their burritos and be a bit more giving on the hot sauce!

Please change your fries back to what they were originally. They appear to be battered now and the flavor is totally different. It’s not as good as it was before.

Trying something new and decided to stop and grab some dinner. i will be coming back delicious delicious delicious. I have found me a new taco shop and the prices are decent.

Came in craving flautas! A clean simple taco shop lit up with green neon lights. The menu is posted above with appetizing pictures of their specials, that surely got my tummy grumbling.
I opted for an order of 3 beef flautas. The man who took my order was nice and asked if i wanted american or mexican guacamole. I requested for the mexican since it came mixed with pico de gallo. I added sour cream to my order and it arrived fresh with shredded lettuce and cheese. Their hot sauce was red, wasn’t runny, homemade with the right amount of spice. The flautas (a rolled taco but in a flour tortilla) were crispy and delicious definitely a step above the other shops in the area but not the best. I left satisfied, and will be back to try more whenever I’m craving cheap mexican food.
The food is made well, this shop closes at 9 and takes telephone orders. Stop by, and see for yourself.