El Toro Bravo Tortilleria

Costa Mesa, United States

3.4

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21 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 949-631-4464
Website:
www.eltorobravo.net
Address:
745 W 19th St, Costa Mesa, CA, 92627
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
1.4 mi173
1.5 mi35
1.6 miOCTA;UCI Express Shuttle
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Takes Reservations
No
Delivery
Yes
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Accepts Apple Pay
No
Good For
Lunch
Parking
Street, Private Lot
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Good for Kids
Yes
Good for Groups
No
Attire
Casual
Ambience
Divey
Noise Level
Average
Alcohol
No
Outdoor Seating
No
Wi-Fi
No
Has TV
No
Waiter Service
No
Caters
Yes

Today

Today 6:00 am – 9:00 pm
Open now
Local time (Costa Mesa) 11:49 AM Friday, November 29, 2024

Business hours

Monday 6:00 am – 9:00 pm
Tuesday 6:00 am – 9:00 pm
Wednesday 6:00 am – 9:00 pm
Thursday 6:00 am – 9:00 pm
Friday 6:00 am – 9:00 pm
Saturday 6:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday 6:00 am – 9:00 pm

Description

Specialties

Our specialty are many: Corn tortillas, fresh made chips, Tacos and Burritos of your choice: beef — pork — chicken — barbecue — craws — tripe — toungue. We also serve the best refried beans and Mexican rice.

Inlcuded in our service, we sell catering «ESPECIALES» packages, from 2 – 6 person to 100 people. Please visit our website www​.eltoro​bravo​.net and go to the upper tab anc click: Specials.

Nuestra especialidad es hacer las mejores tortillas de maiz y totopos. Al igual, servimos los mejores tacos y burritos con su carne al gusto: asada, puerco, pollo, barbacoa, buche, tripitas y lengua. Tambien servimos los mejores frijoles refritos con manteca de chicharron y arroz Mexicano. Visite nuestra portal: www​.eltoro​bravo​.net y presione la ceja de «ESPECIALES» y tenemos paquetes para sus banquetes para su empresa, XVeras, bodas y fiestas particulares.

History

Established in 1976.

The owner’s Cecil and Irma Murrietta were encourged to extend the Bonilla’s legacy of catering to the Hispanic community. El Toro Bravo was the very first Tortilla factory in Costa Mesa.

La pareja de Ceilio e Irma Murrietta fueron respaldados por el legado de la Familia «Bonilla» originiarios de Fresnillo, Zacatecas de servir a la comunidad Hispana. El Toro Bravo fue la primera tortilleria en abrir sus puertas de la ciudad de Costa Mesa.

Meet the Business Owner

Irma Murrietta M.

Business Owner

Irma Murrietta —

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21 reviews of El Toro Bravo Tortilleria

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Place rating: 5
Irvine, CA
They make some of the best tacos I’ve had outside of Mexico; I had carne asada.
Place rating: 4
Gardena, CA
Legit Mexican food. For all the people complaining that «it’s like Tj» don’t be rude about other cultures.
Yes it is exactly like TJ or like Chapas, El DF, Atotonilco and other legit Mexican spots.
It does look run down but the food taste great.
It’s over priced but they don’t skimp out.
We ordered a carnitas burrito and bean and cheese because they ran out of carne asada and chicken.
Just FYI, I would go in there and ask if they have whatver meat you’re looking for before waiting in line.
the burritos were huge!!! Like 10 Taco Bell burritos put together just not sloppy or cheap.
They had freshly made chips and fresh tortillas. The red salsa is amazing!
I would go back just for the chips and salsa.
Oh and the spot is not that «Ghetto» like these white folks claim. It’s just run down. ghetto is Watts for those that don’t know.
The place is fine, just a hole in a wall that’s worth the trip.
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
Don’t play games, this hole in the wall shows you know where to eat like a pro and a local! Huge portions, fresh and amazing! prepare for a long line, standing tables, and amazing chile and tortilla chips, buy a couple of bags you’ll need it. The pork is amazing I get the 30.00 meal with 2lbs of meat, 2 liter and a bag of chips and a large salsa and we pick at it all day. Sooo savory and delicious. The burritos are big enough for 2 – 3 and the Asada is seasoned to perfection. There is a hotty behind the counter but it seems she deals with so many latinos that she will dispatch you quick of you hit on her. Hahaha Don’t let that stop you though.
Place rating: 1
Huntington Beach, CA
Welcome to Tijuana. Smells like it, looks like it, sounds like it. This is a filthy establishment, while I stood in a 20 minute line with my two kids I watched a drug deal and a fist fight in the parking lot. Food was risky looking and I decided not to let my kids eat it. No Bueno
Place rating: 1
Fountain Valley, CA
Stood outside for 20 min to order barbacoa tacos. NO BARBACOA TACOS!!! Put a damn sign outside if you don’t have something!!! Someone tell me where I can find barbacoa tacos. I hate this place. Not very clean
Place rating: 1
Miami, FL
I have absolutely no idea why this place is 4.5
Smells putrid
Horrible service
Quality of the meat is abysmal
I ordered chicken and Asada tacos — took a bite of chicken and threw up on the spot.
Take your money else where… even Taco Bell… never thought I’d ever say that.
Place rating: 5
Costa Mesa, CA
BY FAR MY FAVORITE in costa mesa.
Been going here since I was a kid and this place never lets me down, normally go here with my step-​dad and brother. However tonight ill be taking my little one and girlfriend to enjoy this authentic Mexican food! I love the quero and asada «my go to». If you are ever near by be sure to stop in and get a street taco, one will dot he trick with how much meat they pack into the tortillas :)
Place rating: 1
Mission Viejo, CA
Man if you dont speak spanish your basically fucked. They have like this really weird menu and the whole setup is really making me question Unilocal.Is this a Deli? Or a restaurant shits mad confusing I tried ordering and bruh acting like I was speaking Chinese
ALSO WHERE R THE PRICES THEY DONT HAVE EM ON THE MENU?
Place rating: 5
Cypress, CA
Legit. You want a way to feed a family of 4 on the cheap? Grab a pound or 2 of your favorite meat, a pound of chips, a container of salsa, and a bunch of tortillas and your set. You guys will eat like kings!
As for my last visit, I was eating for one, so I chose to get 2 tacos and a 1 lb bag of chips. I love their barbacoa, lengua, and carne asada. My buddy got the nachos for himself, but If you get them here it’s nachos for 2 – 3 people. El Toro Bravo is one of my favorite places to get a taco in the OC. If they were within 10 miles of my house, I would be there weekly.
Note: The parking lot is pretty dirty and the inside of the restaurant is bare, but hot damn they make good food.
Place rating: 3
Orange County, CA
Coworker picked up some tacos from here and this time I decided to put in my order. I got 2 tacos; carne asada and chicharrones. When I got my tacos, I noticed that the chicharrones taco was all pork skins. From the menu, it states that chicharrones are belly and cueritos are pork skin. Even some of the pictures that people post on Unilocal of chicharrones look like pork belly. I am so confuse.
Luckily one of my other coworker was willing to trade my chicharrones taco for his carnitas.
The tacos are huge and full of meat. I like the carne asada but it was a little dry and not as juicy as I would have liked. I am not into carnitas, but it was decent.
I need to go back next time and find out the difference between chicharrones and cueritos.
Place rating: 1
Diamond Bar, CA
I came here based on the high Unilocal reviews, but probably won’t be returning.
I wanted to try a couple different tacos but they were out of Asada and the chicken looked a little dry. I ended up with a couple of carnitas tacos.
The flavor was good and the portions generous. I also had a side of beans but they were forgettable.
My concern is due to a lack of basic health standards. I didn’t care for the fact that the guy preparing the food didn’t use gloves. While I was waiting for my tacos the guy preparing the food needed more carnitas for the person in front of me. He proceeded to grab a handful of meat with his bare hand and place it in the taco.
I continued watching to see if he would do the same for mine. He didn’t and so I proceeded to eat the tacos. Based on what I witnessed it just doesn’t sit well with me. If they make improvements to how they handle the food I would go back. Somehow I don’t think that will happen.
Place rating: 5
Costa Mesa, CA
My favorite taco shop in South OC hands down. Always a line in a tiny little shop is always a good sign of delicious food. Super fresh and affordable it is our go to take out Mexican food.
Once we found this place no where else compares. Even better they cater and the food holds up in both flavor and freshness. Tortillas are crazy good, which makes all the difference with simple street tacos. Also best tortilla chips, also made in house, super crunchy and dippable. El toro bravo is definitely a gem for authentic Mexican in Orange County.
Place rating: 1
Irvine, Estados Unidos
Extremely dirty. Food is not good and greasy.
Muy sucio el lugar para ser de comida. La comida no es buena y es muy grasosa.
Place rating: 4
Lake Forest, CA
Stopped in here one evening on the way to see our friends at Hoag (baby). They requested tacos so we made a detour here. It was about 40 minutes before closing.
The guy who attended to us wasn’t warm or charming but got right to work on our tacos. Basically, all they had left at this time were the usual — carne asada, carnitas and chicken. I wanted their lengua and buche but nope, out.
The tacos are not cheap but I think you get your money’s worth with the amount of meat they stuff into each of your tacos. To be clear, these are NOT street tacos. They are full-​sized adult tacos. Street tacos, I can plow through 6 or 7 easy. These tacos? I was breathing hard after 2. So… order accordingly.
Hubby picked up a bag of their chips but when went to eat them, they were a little hard. (These are the ones that are commercially bagged up.) So that was a bummer.
Anyway, we hope to be back maybe earlier in the day to get more of the taco variety.
Place rating: 4
Los Angeles, CA
Before anything, the tacos are huge. I usually eat a crapton of tacos but I could only eat 3 here, and I was extremely full. I had to save my last taco as leftovers, but I ended up not eating it.
1. The meat is extremely salty. Like, saltier than other taco places.
2. They run out of meat so if you want better options, go earlier.
3. Red sauce isn’t spicy at all.
3. Not much onion and cilantro on the tacos but they make up for it with… more meat!
Ultimately, I wouldn’t drive out here just for tacos. However, the service is awesome, and the staff are extremely generous with their portions. It’s definitely worth a try for those who haven’t been!
Place rating: 4
Mission Viejo, CA
I dragged my Dad here after we spent some time at the Newport Aquatic Center and left just in time for lunch. I was craving some tacos and a coca cola. My Dad wasn’t pleased with the area, it’s kinda sketchy and there are quite a few bums around. We seemed very out of place waiting in line here and we were a little confused. We both got two tacos. I asked for chicharrones first, but they didn’t have any that day so we went with carnitas. We both got one carnitas taco and one carne asada taco. They are very generous with the meat in their tacos. It’s entertaining watching them effortlessly stuff our tacos with such ease and precision. We even saw them make corn masa in the back for their tortillas, it is a tortilleria after all. We got our hearty meal of four tacos and two cokes for about $ 10.
We ate outside on their chair less high tables. What I noticed immediately was that I loved their corn tortillas. I normally don’t like them because they’re always kinda gritty. Their corn tortillas aren’t gritty at all, they were smooth and melt in your mouth. The carnitas was alright, but it was the carne asada that was my favorite. I got a good charred part that was crispy and flavorful. Washed it all down with a can of coca cola and I had a satisfying lunch. My Dad was very happy too. I’ll have to come back here for their chicharrones one day for sure.
Place rating: 5
Washington, DC
Best Mexican food in Orange County. Fresh and moist carne asada, carnitas and pollo tacos, plus some other parts of animals that people don’t usually eat (lengua).
The standard is the combination plate, which is a tray half of meat with some onions, cilantro and light salsa, a side of beans, a side of rice, chips, six corn tortillas and a soda. If you can’t decide between carne asada or carnitas, ask for half and half. I forget if there is a no price substitute of horchata but that’s made on site as well.
If you’re not incredibly hungry, consider splitting a tray with someone since three or four pounds of meat, beans, rice and tortillas is a bit much. Prices have seem to gone up a couple of dollars in the last few years but everything will run you about $ 9.
The downside is that there is no seating, only four standing tables outside that are usually dirty. There isn’t really room for seating to be added so most people will have to get it to go, which I think kills a little bit of the experience. The place is easy to miss, it’s in a back corner of a strip mall. Again the best Mexican food in Orange County.
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
When there’s ALWAYS a line out the door and you’re clearly the only non-​Latino person around, you know it’s good. And if it’s good enough for the sh-​tfaced, homeless guy laid out in the parking spot out front, it’s good enough for me! And you know what? It’s the best damn Mexican food I’ve EVER had. BOMBA.
This is real, homemade, authentic Mexican food packed full of fat, flavor and possibly the work of angels. Best beans, best chicharones, best carne asada, amazing carnitas… the list goes on. They make everything from scratch.
You can’t sit inside, bc it’s designed for takeout (probably a safety concern since the food is so good it will knock you on your butt– flash back to passed out man in parking lot). I would move back to Costa Mesa in a heart beat just to be near my beloved, most favorite Mexican food place of all time. Serio.
Place rating: 4
Irvine, CA
Generous portions … I got the two taco meal since it was my first time. My coworker had been raving about this awesome dingy hole in the wall mexican food place… hahahaha
I got a chicken and carnitas (supposedly this is the item they are known for) taco… they just pile on the proteins… add in some chips w/​beans … GUT BOMB … afternoon nap!!!
I will say it was delicious but the tortillas were a bit much so I basically discarded half of it — low carb yo! Taco Meal + Soda was about $ 8
The chips were yummy, I resisted the temptation to purchase a big bag — think it’s $ 3.
I’ll probably go here again to try the carne asada … hopefully someone will share an order of nachos with me :) Any volunteers? hahaha
Place rating: 4
Vista, CA
First, don’t make the mistake I did and almost walk into El Toro Bravo market. Take a few more steps to the right and you’ll arrive at El Toro Bravo Tortillieria. It sits back out of street side view. When I waked in at 6pm they were completely out of carne asada. I was sour about that since I was headed back to San Diego and had already prepared my mouth for some of their juicy tacos. I suppose they saw the sad look on my face, because I heard someone say y media hora… don’t sleep on a sista… I understand Spanish. Thank you very much sir, I’ll wait the half hour for my carne asada!
I ordered the carne asada meal for one. It could’ve fed a small family. Only cost me $ 13 for the meal and a bag of their homemade tortilla chips. SOLD! The meal came loaded with rice & beans. I grabbed a bag of their chips too because I’m greedy like that!
Note, if you want guacamole they only make it on weekends, so don’t come looking for it on weekdays. Everything was
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I’ll be definitely be back!
Place rating: 4
Long Beach, CA
Chips and salsa could be considered a slight addiction to me. Every once in a while the anesthesgeoligist from work brings us chips from El Toro Bravo and we couldn’t be happier .
The chips themselves are always crispy and perfectly salted. On occasion the chips are delivered warm so I imagine they couldn’t be but a few minutes old. Perfect crunch and they don’t get soggy easily while dipping .
He usually brings us the fresh salsa and we absolutely demolish it. The salsa has an awesome kick to it. The salsa is loaded with vegetables as any chunky salsa should be .
Great stuff… check them out of you get a chance. You won’t be disappointed.