Critic's Review
Yet another "authentic" Taco joint in Las Vegas. This one on the corner of Eastern and Tropicana.I was just getting a snack; 2 tacos. There was 1 person ahead of me at the counter.
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They have a dining area if you want to eat in, but I was taking out. I ordered an El Pastor and an Asada taco at the register. One of the girls seemed to speak English ok. No Pineapple, beans on the side, red salsa. Remember this.
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Unlike El Gordo, the operation here is very clunky, it took then quite a long time to make a couple of small orders (while at El Gordo the guy makes a taco in 15 seconds in front of you).
Takeout comes wrapped in foil. The salsa didn't look red to me.
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Ok, so there was pineapple on my El Pastor tacos, and they gave me the wrong salsa.
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The receipt clearly says red salsa. Nice big fonts. She didn't seem to get the no pineapple part onto the order..
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I tried the Asada first; pretty typical. Lightly seasoned meat. Not too much cilantro. $1 less than El Gordo but no Guacamole, so maybe a slightly better value.
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I tried it with the beans, since that's how they serve it normally. The beans had no flavor at all. They served no purpose.
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I was able to get the pineapple off of the Pastor tacos as it was just sitting on the surface.
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I tried with and without pineapple. I have to say the El Pastor tacos were quite good; definitely better than either El Gordo or Tacos El Pastor. They had a nice, mild flavor.
The green sauce was not to my liking (I never get the green sauce), so I had no sauce for either taco.
Conclusion
Considering they couldn't get a 2 taco order right I'd have to give pause to return here. The tacos were OK and they're cheap; not many places you can get lunch for $6.Also nothing particularly memorable; if they had a good sauce for the El Pastor I think it would be a lot better. Pineapple doesn't do it for me.
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