Tacodeli

Had one taco it was great the carne asada one. Looked interesting but I wasn’t that hungry so I only bought one taco. I will be back.

I really wonder if my coworkers have tastebuds. This place was highly recommended.
Unfortunately, this place isn’t worth it.
The fish /​shrimp tacos were bland. The onions overpowered the fish… And the onions were barely there.
The beans are equally bland and flavorless.
The rice has potential, if they go back into the spice cabinet. I liked the effort to include vegetables. But it wasn’t enough to save it.
I did like the meat for the taco al pastor, BUT it’s not al pastor if there are no onions or cilantro. And no, putting poco on it don’t count.

Okay, so if you are into Michael Bloomberg, you are into Tacodeli. He doesn’t like big sodas or food and I guess neither do they, but this is Texas. (I think.)
A sixteen ounce soda anywhere, but New York City (or maybe Austin) is not large, but when the bill comes back and a «large» drink, three tacos, and some guac set you back $ 20 maybe you are eating in the wrong place.
The food is okay, but it just isn’t great and average food at high prices doesn’t earn my respect or more repeat business. It also seems to take an awful long time to get lunch, even during off hours, like 1:00 PM. There always is enough staff, but what are they doing because it doesn’t seem like they are very quick on orders.
Lots of people love them, so maybe you will too, but maybe they just aren’t for me. Good luck in your foodie adventures…

TacoDeli offers absolutely delicious vegetarian tacos! Very often the veggies provided at other taco places seems like just a concession to Vegetarians, not much consideration to the seasoning or lacking creativity in general.
I tried the Freakin’ Vegan and the Portobello Frontera Fundido. Nicely spicy! I could eat an entire bowl of the beans that form the base of the Freakin’ Vegan… they are that FREAKIN’ GOOD!
I’m looking forward to eating my way through the rest of their veggie menu!

Awesome tacos! Some of the best I’ve ever had, very cost effective, & the best part is it’s healthy but it doesn’t taste like it! The tacos looks different bc they’re made from healthy ingredients but they taste amazing! Good service, great salsa. A must try. Love that this area is growing to become beautiful & new!

I am so happy that we finally have a Tacodeli in Dallas! Tacodeli was always a stop for me whenever I am in ATX for the weekend. As always I am never disappointed by the service and spectacular food! It is great that the food is consistent as I have had before! If you plan on coming out here, make sure you don’t come when it is during heavy foot traffic time as you have to consider that the parking lot is small and space inside can fill up pretty quick!

Tacodeli vs. Torchy’s Tacos. It’s a battle of the two Austin-​based Taco chains. After hearing about a Tacodeli very close to where I live, I just had to try it out.
Tacodeli has an expansive menu of tacos available to try. I heard some may be good, and other aren’t. This visit I tried out the Space Cowboy and the Frontera Fundido tacos. Both were very solid. The Space Cowboy definitely has a very healthy feel since it is a vegetarian taco. The roasted portobellos made that taco for me. Conversely, the Frontera Funded was also well-​balanced in its flavor offerings.
However, I just must be a fan of Torchy’s more than Tacodeli, however, for the menu offerings Tacodeli has, it caters to more of a wider audience than Torchy’s. But, I still like Torchy’s better.

Tacodeli … you are a hit… or a miss… but I’m still going to give you 4 stars!
Being a child product of Austin, this place serves tacos in… whole wheat tortillas? WHAT??? «Healthy tacos»?? Or, at least tacos I can pretend are healthy so that I may justify adding an extra taco to my order :) Add in a kombucha drink and you’re on the road to being psychodeliclly groovy!
This place has an expansive menu, but some tacos are good, some aren’t that great. I personally like tacos stuffed with a variety of ingredients, and sprinkled with cheese. Whereas, my fiancé is a not cheesy (no pun intended) and prefers his tacos simple. But at the end of the day, it’s all relative to your tastes, but there’s something for everyone!
The chips and queso here are «do».
My only complaint is that 3 out of 3 visits, the service has been relatively slow… so plan on taking a long lunch if Tacodeli is your destination.

Great tacos. I ordered the Heather, which is a veggie taco with grilled white cheese. Very delicious. I also ordered a pork belly taco special they have on Saturdays only. It was good– but very very fatty and somewhat difficult to chew. (Insanely good pork belly melts in your mouth– this one was a bit tougher than I would have liked.)
The chips and salsa were great, although it was only 12 and they ran out of all their mild salsa, which was a bummer.
Pinto beans and red rice were on point.

Hell yes. Visited on NYE, and then again on New Years Day. I’m not sure if there are lines at certain times but on both visits was able to just walk in and order, which was a welcome change from my visits to Austin locations. Service was super nice both times too.
I am in love with the Chiles en Nogada holiday special they had and will be really sad when it’s gone (hope I can get it at least once more). But the frontera beef taco and al pastor pork tacos are great as well, and can’t get enough of that Dona sauce! Really nice, open atmosphere in the Sylvan Thirty development and I’m looking forward to eating on the patio (it’s pet friendly) when warmer weather returns.
Can’t wait to return. hopefully it’s on a day where they have the delibelly special because I remember that one being amazing in Austin.

So here’s the thing. I’ve been to Tacodeli down in Austin several times now, and as is documented in my reviews of those locations, I honestly wasn’t a fan especially when you compare the chain’s tacos to some of the wonderful options in Dallas and Austin alike.
The Dallas location of Tacodeli mimics the Austin locations brilliantly, and arguably even improves on many of those locations with more floorspace and a great contemporary location. Even so, I still don’t really think the tacos at Tacodeli really compete with some of the elite tacos in Dallas like Good 2 Go (
), Velvet (
), and Come (
).
Bottom line? If you absolutely love Tacodeli down in Austin you will be smitten with the new Dallas location. If not, or if you’ve never been to a Tacodeli, you might be more inclined to agree with my A-​OK marking here.
Star 1: How were the service and atmosphere?
As I touched on, the Dallas Tacodeli location is brilliant, with abundant floorspace and a streamlined and friendly service pipeline keeps the lines manageable even during peak hours. Speaking of hours, the fact that Tacodeli is only open for breakfast and lunch keeps it busy pretty much throughout the opening hours, so be advised that seating may be a bit limited even though it’s abundant. Star Granted.
Star 2: How were the portions relative to the cost?
While Tacodeli could probably charge a premium being a hot new Austin-​born kid on the block, they keep prices more than reasonable, and my tacos ranged between $ 3.00 and $ 4.50 even though they were pretty large. Chips and queso were sub-​$ 5.00 as well, and the trend continued across what is a very broad menu.
Stars 3 and 4: How was the food?
So here’s the breaking point. At the end of the day, both here and in Austin, I think Tacodeli’s tacos are really nothing special. The standard options like Carne Asada and other traditional street tacos have decent flavor and the traditional onion and cilantro combination, but it was the breakfast tacos that I was really excited about, which were nothing more than plain.
You can tell even by the picture that these are made assembly line style, with the eggs, jalapeño, etc. cooked separately and then stacked, which in my opinion is far inferior to cooking everything up together. I get that the partitioned approach allows them to come out faster, but at places like Good 2 Go and Velvet you can tell that everything is made to order together all at once.
I will say that the queso was very, very good — as were the chips, so tack them onto your order if you’re inclined. Single Star Granted.
Star 5: Would you eat here every day if you could?
Again, if you love Tacodeli, you’ll love the Dallas location. If not, like me, you’ll stick to the Dallas classic spots. No Star Granted.

If you have a hard time getting in touch with me on a weekend morning… chances are I am most likely nursing a hangover or my sorrows at Tacodeli!!! Long story short I fell in L-​O-​V-​E with Tacodeli in Austin (at the recommendation of dear friends), and was one day driving through Trinity Groves when I stumbled across the new Dallas location. Out of pure joy, excitement, and couldn’t believe my eyes/​pinch me this isn’t real feeling… I about jumped out of my moving car to run and grab a taco to go (this is how much I love this place!).
Seriously though if you love tacos as much as I do be sure to come here and order the Otto with scrambled eggs and any of their specials of the day or month (this place basically makes you think Torchy’s who?!). Also, the guacamole is some of the best I have ever had. Basically, all ingredients are fresh, organic and just plain amazing! You cannot go wrong here.
2016 New Years Resolution: eat more Tacodeli!

Back for breakfast tacos. Ordered sirloin, egg, cheese on corn and chorizo, egg, queso blanco on flour.
Compared to lunch tacos, breakfast was disappointing.
Sirloin was very fatty, for $ 3.35 expected much better and larger taco.
Chorizo was good but really, giving me egg whites instead of egg when you order queso blanco? Didn’t want to wait again so let it go, and yes, $ 3.25 was too much for a breakfast taco of this size.
Overall, skip breakfast and go with the Cowboy.

I made the long drive for this little slice of Austin and it was worth it. The tacos are fresh the service is quick and the space is large enough for people to gather and still be intimate. I love their sides to tacos. I mean they have mashed potatoes on tacos. How can you not love that. I just tried breakfast and I had the Otto and a make your own (chorizo, mashed potatoes and avocado). Yum and more yum. I love this place. I will make the drive again next weekend.

Seriously the best breakfast tacos ever! It’s so nice to see this Austin tradition expanding to other cities. I do wish that they’d placed the Dallas Tacodeli in a more central location, but I’ll drive a bit further because they’re just that good.
We could tell that the tortillas in Dallas are a bit different (amazing!) than the Austin ones, and we were right – Dallas uses a local supplier for its tortillas, and they are just wonderful.
As far as specific recommendations for breakfast tacos go, you really can’t go wrong with any of them. The chorizo is nice and spicy, and their other toppings are good too.

Tell me why it took until I moved to Dallas from Austin and it opened here that i became a fan of their tacos? The quality of these tacos are just great and filling. Yeah, they are a little on the expensive side but comparison to getting a plate of a tacos at a sit down restaurant and these at an order at the counter spot, I would choose these tacos hands down. Right now, the lines are out the door but it moves fairly quickly and somehow when you think all the seats are taken, one opens. Not to mention they serve Tweed Coffee as their daily drip. Dope.
Come for breakfast, come for lunch, come for dinner. There’s a taco waiting for your appetite at all occasions. Not to mention, their queso is right up there with Torchy’s and Kerbey Lane. Now I’m hungry again.

OH MY GOSH!
This may be my new favorite taco place!
Atmosphere: hip and fun! Definitely a busy restaurant but there are a lot of tables inside and outside. The tables had beautiful artwork on the tops of them. Everything was colorful
Customer service: one of the best I’ve ever seen. The workers made sure we had everything we needed. They even remembered our names when coming by to make sure the food was good. They were all cheerful and helpful!
FOOD: I had «The Heather». Sooo delicious! Instead of lettuce I put spinach on it. The tortillas were soft and perfect! We also got the chips and queso… be careful with the queso, it’s so good you’ll want to drink it!
I’ll definitely be coming back and telling all my friends to come here

You know how «I wanted to like this place is over used»… well I DIDN’T want to like this place. why, you ask? Well… this is Oak Cliff… with an authentic taco joint on every corner. My chiropractor said «sure, but these guys don’t use GMO or meats with all that nasty stuff»… ok I said.
So my friend comes to get me so we can try it, his treat. We get there during the breakfast taco only time frame and the line is out the door. Ok, gives me time to look over the large menu over the counter to chose. My first bit of agitation comes when I realize the non breakfast tacos look so damn good and I can’t have one. Secondly I had to hunt for the breakfast taco with any meats… ok, found them… ate them… shit… these are good, no… these are damn good, great. A bit of angry face and my friend laughs at me.
I sneak off a few days later for the lunch tacos… I mean I just had to right? I mistakenly order a «daily special» item on the wrong day… drat. Ok, I order a couple other piggy related tacos and also got a chips and salsa to try.
That dang tortilla… yes, you can have corn, but as a gringa I ordered the flour. They must make these things in house, because they aren’t like those thick store bought kind… they are yummy as hell. So much so I ordered them again! Another thing… when I’ve eaten tacos they have always been kinda dry. As in you needed a bit of salsa to make it more edible… here you will want to leave the salsa off. The tacos are so moist and tasty all on their own. Then you will be conflicted because the salsa they make in house is so tasty you want to add some. Oh drat, what do I do? To add or not to add?
the chips and salsa was good because they make the chips and then you get to satisfy that salsa issue… I recommend anything, because they were all great. I took multiple pics so you can see what I had. Be careful… you may like it so much it turns into an episode of when Harry met Sally.

DANGGGG!!! Taco Deli has really brought the taco standard quality of a normal taco to a new and higher level. The original location began in Austin and slowly migrated to Dallas. My sister usually stops by the Austin location everytime she heads home to Dallas. Move over all gas station and Fuel City Taco joints, theres a new TACO HOT SPOT in town!!!
I ordered the Jess special and steak/​egg taco which was soooo good. I could immediately tell how fresh the ingredients used to make the taco and it was tasted to perfection. The size of the taco was a bit larger compared to the typical gas station taco which makes it a great deal at an affordable price. The menu provided a variety of options which resulted with how difficult it was to making my decision on ONLY the breakfast options. The salsa is probably the reason why I shall be returning every week and the taste ties the whole taco together. I also got a chance to taste the potato/​egg/​cheese taco and STRONGLY recommend EVERYONE to try this option. The potato resembled gravy and Im a huge fan of gravy (white or brown).You will NOT regret it if you choose this taco option.
Overall: I LOVE LOVE LOVEEEE Taco Deli. I dont think I could say anything negative about the place except for how they need bigger salsa cups so we can DRENCH OUR TACO with more salsa. Jk! Anyways, this is officially my new go-​to place for Tacos from this point going forward!

First, because I live a block away from Sylvan Thirty, I am SO excited about the new restaurants opening slowly. Second, Tacodeli definitely lives up to the hype. With an almost overwhelming menu, I found myself wanting to try everything… A good problem to have, I suppose. A man, whom I presumed to be the owner or manager, met us at the door and welcomed us then asked if we had any questions. (we did) We tried two of his suggestions, The Cowboy taco which comprised of sirloin, grilled corn, caramelized onions, roasted peppers, huac and queso fresco, and the MoJo Fish which had gulf drum, a yummy sauce, huac and pico. Both were super yummy and full of flavor.
We also tried the shrimp taco, which was good but not as good as the fish taco and the Frontera Fundido Chicken. I can’t wait to go back and try the other tacos, however, the Cowboy will definitely be my staple, get this every single time, taco.
My ONLY complaint is that this place is only open for breakfast and lunch. No dinner here folks. And that makes me sad, because tacos are life.