Gourmet Gringos

When it first opened, their fish tacos were consistently very good. Was a great takeout option. After a few months, that consistency disappeared. Some days it’s worth it, but we’ve stopped going after dealing with bland tacos a few too many times.

Person on the phone was kind of rude and had trouble understanding me to take the order. Maybe she shouldn’t answer the phone? Asked for a simple substitution and she kind of sighed annoyed, said they’d do it for me «this time». It’s just pre-​cooked rice and beans, you didn’t donate a kidney. Either just say no or don’t act like its a big favour because I’m actually paying, remember?
The nachos were gross and almost cheese-​less. The fish tacos had only a few large shreds of cabbage. Bland.
When the delivery guy is the highlight of your dealing with them…

Changed management and it’s all Asian now, food were terribly and delivery took too long. No I will not recommend for anyone now.

Went Tuesday lunchtime. Food stale and cold when served. Staff were polite but the food just looked iffy.

I am a mexican, the food is not that good, it arrived cold and my order was incomplete. I called to ask for the rest of my order and they said they would take it and it never arrived… You lost a really good posible client

Tried the fish tacos and it was the best I have had outside of Mexico
Would definitely return to try again
The other with me tried the short rib taco and was not as impressed as I was
From my personal experience I would have gave them a five but docked them a point for disappointing on others meal

Food was okay not as great as queen street tho

Ate twice at their food truck — the fish tacos and chorizo are delicious!!!
Ate at their location at St Clair West last night, food wasn’t as great as the food truck and for some reason I got food poisoning later that night… Not fun.

This is a review of their food truck which I happened across at a recent event that I went to.
We got three tacos for $ 10 (chicken, short rib and pork) and also the short rib burrito. I thought the tacos were just OK — definitely nothing to write home about, and left me unsatisfied. I echo a previous reviewer when they said there was excess cheese in the burrito with a lot of rice. At least it was filling.
Meh — not sure I’m a repeat customer..

We came twice because we couldn’t use our entire groupon In one visit, not that we wanted to come again: The service was terrible and unhelpful the food was ok aka mediocre. The second time we came they were closed when the posted hours said they should be open. Nothing about the place made us want to come back unfortunately. The owners were also very stingy; I asked for some hot sauce to go with my Mexican food (surprise?) the owner handed me I kid you not a thimble sized plastic cup with hot sauce. The girl at the counter must have caught on to the look of «are you kidding me?» I was wearing and handed me the bottle (to the protest of the owner).
The short of it is this: There are many better places you could eat and spend your money on Mexican food.

(Food Truck) Ordered the pork, chorizo, and short rib tacos and then two of the fish tacos. I think the three meats were a bit too oily, and it distracted from the flavours. The fish tacos were pretty tasty, but the fish felt a bit too big for the amount of taco skin given. But the taste was alright (unlike the Buster Sea Cove where it just has a stinging spice in your mouth).

Review for the food truck only.
I tried this place out at the King City Craft Beer and Food Truck festival. It wasn’t cheap, but reasonable as you could get 3 tacos for $ 10. For the 3 tacos, I had chicken, beef and chorizo.
Likes:
–All the ingredients (including the toppings) were very fresh.
–Chorizo had a nice kick to it and when you add the hot sauce, bam, amazeballs.
Dislikes:
–you had to ask for hot sauce, and they seemed unwilling to give it. I’m sorry, but we’re paying 20−30% premium for your product, you should offer all possible condiments to your customers and not have them ask for it.
Overall, I would try this place again and try out the fish tacos since I loved the chorizo, however I thought the chicken and beef were just average.

This review is for the food truck and the Mahi Mahi Fish Tacos only ($ 10 for 2). The fish tacos were decent compared to the options in Toronto, but on and in themselves, they were meh. I realize that the ratio between the cabbage, salsa, onion and cilantro is a chef interpretation, but Gringos’ ratio is not my fave. Somehow the tacos didn’t taste refreshing or fragrant.

I can see why this place does well as a food truck but they need to realize that they lose some of that uniqueness when they open a storefront.
I ordered the fish tacos because these days everyone is talking about the fish taco craze (don’t ask me why). For $ 12, you get two tiny beer-​battered mahi-​mahi filets surrounded by a soft tortilla covered with some coleslaw. it’s not a memorable meal. The fish was tasteless, except for the heat from an unidentified spice. the coleslaw was right on target and balanced the fish well.
I can’t see myself coming back here voluntarily. However, I can see them continuing their success in the food truck business.

Absolutely love this truck and was lucky enough to see it at the auto show. We ordered 5 tacos to share, short ribs was amazing and had a creamy texture that was soooooo savoury. Chicken tinga was equally as good and the pork carnitas, our least favourite, was still super tasty. They were so good we went back and ordered three more! Aside from great ingredients and flavour, I love that they use proper corn tortillas. Throw in their perfect hot sauce, great mix of heat and flavour, and this is one of the tastiest tacos in Toronto.
I can’t give it a five because the prices are out of control, like most food trucks. Five tacos and two drinks was close to $ 30 bucks, that’s insane!

Still THE BEST mahi mahi tacos in Toronto. And this is comparing to buster’s sea cove, seven lives, la carnita, and grand electric.
BRAVO.

Don’t judge a burrito by its truck!
With the recent explosion of food trucks in Toronto… the options for on-​the-​go and late-​night meals are blasted wide open. And with twitter and facebook its easy to track your favourites… Food trucks are the «pop-​up shops» of the restaurant world! But when I think «truck» I still think «fast food», «fozen food» and «unhealthy»… Well! The Gourmet Gringos sank all those subs in one delicious BITE!
Toronto’s only *gourmet latin* food truck… their burrito is the BEST I have had at *any* location-​locked food joint in town. Whole sliced chicken breast, made-​from-​scrach guacc, soft tortilla shell, quality herbs, freshly-​chopped salsa… mmmmmmmm… This kind of quality doesn’t usually fall off the back of truck! But I guess that’s why they feed stars on local film shoots, and wheel in to cater large-​scale, UP-​scale events. The brilliant part of being mobile, is they can carry their catering operation (everything *including* the kitchen sink) to any wild party location.
But there IS value to having a store front… which is why they just openned a stationary location at St. Claire and Bathurst. 1384 Bathurst St. Yup! The Gourmet Gringos have a pied-​de-​terre downtown. And the neighbourhood is in for a treat! Not to mention some new friends… nobody is nicer than owners Terry and Krystian: friends since childhood, they playfully rib each other through 15 hour days of crafting and delivering hundreds of mouth-​watering meals across the GTA. With so much love of quality, cooking and people… its no wonder the Gourmet Gringos food taste so good! Follow them at @gourmetgringos

Is this truck called Gourmet Gringos because it’s run by «gringos» or because it caters to them?
I suspect it might be the latter, because the tacos I got today were unfortunately lacking in flavor.
Although the chipotle crema was lovely, my chicken tinga taco was missing acidity — where was that tomato-​ey goodness? I couldn’t taste the mole in the «mole braised» short rib taco, and that is a sauce that NEVER lacks in flavor! Finally, when the best part of your pork pastor taco is the chopped pineapple… you’re doing something wrong.
A good taco usually just needs a squeeze of lime and it’s good to go. Maybe some salsa for heat, but never to replace the flavor of your filling. Just season the meat a bit more and I think these could be great!

Gourmet Gringos is the only Food Truck my friend wanted to try out of all that’s available during Nuit Blanche event. And I am glad that I finally get to try out their tacos!
We tried:
Beer Battered Mahi Mahi (2/​$ 9)
Chicken (2/​$ 7)
Pork (2/​$ 7)
Fish taco definitely the best out of the 3 we tried! My friends just chowed down all the tacos in record speed.
The line for Gourmet Gringos was surprisingly short during the event and the wait time for other other to be ready was around 10 – 15 minute. Definitely worth the wait especially all the food is made to order!
I definitely want to have some more Mahi Mahi tacos next time when I bump into Gourmet Gringos again! And extra hot sauce please! :)

After my last review I was invited back to try Gourmet Gringos again. This time around, it was a completely different story.
Fish Tacos. Amazing.
Mole Braised Beef Short Rib Burrito. Amazing.
It was like night and day coming back here. It was really busy this last Sunday as the gringos were sitting at the Queen West Art Crawl. Orders were taking a good 15 minutes because they were so busy. This turned some people away but trust me, it’s worth the wait.
Let’s talk about the fish tacos first. Beer battered mahi mahi, cabbage, guac, and a chipotle sauce on a delicious corn tortilla. The fish was piping hot and had a great ratio of fish to batter. The cabbage was nice and crunchy adding to the texture palette. The chipotle sauce was a nice point of difference from the lime crème that traditionally comes on a baja fish taco. The corn tortillas are a little larger than average which helped to make sure all the great toppings went in my mouth and not on the ground.
The burrito, what can I say? Gooey, melty, deliciousness in a tortilla. The beef was so tender with a nice fattiness to it that added a great flavour. There was a healthy amount of cheese which you can never go wrong with. The burrito disappeared quite fast.
Thank-​you for an excellent lunch gringos!