Description - Authentic Mexican cuisine. Casual dining. Entree price range $6-$10. Services - tacos, tamales, flautas, enchiladas, burritas, quesadillas.... Dine In, Take Out, Delivery (Min $10) Hours - (Please confirm) Tue-Thu 11am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11am-12mid, Sun 10am-9pm Address - 236 Grove Street, Jersey City, New Jersey ( NJ ) 07302 Map It Telephone - (201) 333-3220 Updated 2005-09-25 Change or remove this listing
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Editor's rating of this review - 5/5
Review - As of this review, we've been here at least 5 times. Easily the best and closest Jersey City has to authentic Mexican food. They proudly boast in their menu that they do not have nachos, guacamoles and fajitas. Although those may be considered as staples by many, they're not missed since Taqueria has plenty of good food. As evident from the other reviews, their tacos are very good. We've tried the pecadillo (ground beef) and steak (very good but can be spicy) tacos. The steak and onions is quite excellent. Their chicken soup is also quite surprisingly good and is quite hearty. Their brunch/breakfast dishes is very good as well. We ordered the scrambled/sausage dish. Only drawback: somewhat small portions. Make sure you finish w/their flan, which they refer to as the Bomb (although we think the best flan can be found at The Hard Grove).
Food - 40/50 Decor - 50/50 Customer Service - 40/50 Reviewed by - DM (2006-03-07 )
Editor's rating of this review - 5/5
Review - this may be the best authentic ethnic value downtown except for ibby's. andrea and phil, young entrepreneurs originally from mexico and california, are a welcome addition to the downtown, van vorst, paulus hook neighborhoods. there tacos are reminenct of baja taco stands and big wave homemade snacks. try the picadillo tacos or the enchilada with the excellent mole (sauce)
Food - 40/50 Decor - 35/50 Customer Service - 45/50 Reviewed by - jotaman (2005-11-27 )
Editor's rating of this review - 4/5
Review - The best Mexican food outside of Mexico. The food has the original Mexican flavor. The selection is good, still expanding. I love the taco de nopales (cactus tacos), and the torta de milanesa (breaded meat sandwich). They also offer Sunday brunch.. really recommended if you are hangover !!
Food - 50/50 Customer Service - 50/50 Reviewed by - Paula (2006-04-21 )
Editor's rating of this review - 4/5
Review - This place serves real Mexican food, not the Chi Chi's version. Try the fish tacos, anything with pork, the quesadillas and tamales are flavorful and filling. However, if you want vegetarian, the cuisine is authentic - which means they use lard in many dishes. Excellent little find.
Food - 40/50 Decor - 30/50 Customer Service - 40/50 Reviewed by - Irene (2006-01-15 )
Editor's rating of this review - 4/5
Review - The best thing to have happened to downtown Jersey City: an inexpensive, quality restaurant that's not pretentious and serves real Mexican food! What an amazing combination. My personal faves: pork tamales, chicken enchiladas with some of the best mole I've tasted (and I've tasted), tacos picadillos. Yum!
Food - 50/50 Decor - 40/50 Customer Service - 45/50 (2006-01-11 )
Editor's rating of this review - 4/5
Review - We're from Southern California, so we have VERY high standards when it comes to mexican food. It's gotta be cheap and yummy. This place produces just this. Our only issue with this place is that they are a little too snobby on the authentic front. They don't have nachos because they say it isn't authentic. Whatever! Nachos are yummy. Also, why no guacamole? And you can get fried tacos in Tiajuana, but not here. They refuse to adapt to what people want, but I guess what they make is pretty darn good, so we'll deal. It's the one place I can get me some taquitos (they call them flautas) and a real tostada made fresh. Hopefully they will expand to include some of my other favorites (and take my American Express). Highly recommend the chix taquitos (flautas), the cheese enchiladas, the tostadas (any kind!!!) and the chorizo quesadilla. My mouth is watering just from writing this.
Food - 47/50 Customer Service - 30/50 (2005-12-22 )
Editor's rating of this review - 3/5
Review - This place kicks the crap out of any Mexican restuarant this side of the border. The prices are great and the food is better. Although I do love Guac (I they make a point of not serving it) I can always go down the block to Baja's for that. Give it a try, you won't be sorry....unless you think ChiChi's is good Mexican....
Food - 50/50 Decor - 25/50 Customer Service - 50/50 Reviewed by - The Beef (2006-04-20 )
Editor's rating of this review - 3/5
Review - Looove this place! Finally I can stop having to treck to Jackson Heights for real mexican tacos! Andrea is really friendly and I like the little trinkets they have at the counter to entertain yourself with while placing your order. I like that they won't serve nachos or fajitas, after all, every other restaurant in town does. Went there Friday night and they were the busiest I've seen them and the quality of the food suffered a little, hopefully as they grow they will hire more cooks / learn to keep their food quality high as the volume increases. Overall, my favorite restaurant in town, I dread Mondays because they are closed :)
Food - 50/50 Decor - 40/50 Customer Service - 40/50 Reviewed by - Taco Addict (2006-01-28 )
Review - I went in at a very bizarre time around 3:00 pm on a Tuesday, but the service was excellent, and the tacos were wonderful. I would recommend it highly.
Food - 50/50 Decor - 25/50 Customer Service - 50/50 Reviewed by - RBK (2006-03-25 )
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