メキシコレストラン トルタコス — Restaurant in Kumamoto

Reading the reviews of this place is really frustrating. Becuase it's good, but I just don't agree with a lot of what other people are saying. Let's be clear. I liked this place, but it was far from perfect.

"The best corn tortillas" woah! Far from it. This was actually my number one complaint about this place. They were too thick and spongey.

"Most authentic Mexican food in Japan" holy taco batman, have you lost your cilantro, becuase this place sure has! Most authentic in Japan!? There is a more authentic place 10 minutes away here in Kumamoto.

Also, lime and cilantro are key to "authentic Mexican food" there is almost none here. Maybe, actually, none. The guacamole certainly had none. It was chopped up avacado and tomato.

I'm just gonna say it. I think this place is for Japan. It's not THAT authentic. There! I said it.

Is it bad? No. Overrated? Yes.

Some good things. Wow. What a tequila and mescal menu. The most extensive I have ever seen in my life actually. Something like 30+ differnt varieties. I had a margarita and finished it in 3 gulps. Really good!!!

Was the food good? Sure? I liked the food, but only loved one of my four dishes. The boneless pork rib was a pork chop. No way that was rib meat. The picadilo taco was amazing. Really good. And so much food for a good price. (My wife says it's all pre-prepared and frozen)

The charizo? Pretty darn good.

Guacamole? 6/10. Nothing special. I wouldn't even say above average.

And I hate to have to remark on this, but the chef was not friendly. The staff was great, but the main guy. What's his problem? Maybe he was having a bad day. But twice?

This last time we went, we were like omg it was really good, thank you, and then we say "Gracias," in Spanish. Nothing. He is just like whatever.

Overall, it wasn't bad. But 5 stars and best ever? No way.

It's really good Mexican which is hard to find in Japan. But I've had better and more enjoyable experiences here in Japan at other Mexican places.

I probably won't be back. The other taco place isn't perfect either. But... Has better tacos. Bam. There it is. If you name your place after tacos. You better bring your AAA taco game. This this place is only brining their AA game when it come to their...

Eh. Food was quite good, however that seemed to be the only positive for us. Staff seemed to ignore us, other than one man sitting at the bar we were the only ones in there however no one took our order. After waiting far too long we decided to go up and awkwardly order at the bar despite this definitely not being the way things are done there. After that the wait for the food was too long. Additionally the prices weren’t fantastic, although not too ridiculous. We ordered 3 items and one drink which came to ¥2500 (tax is excluded from the listed prices on the menu, however they do make that clear). This didn’t leave us overly full however we weren’t going to order more due to the lack of service and the wait we had just experienced. Give it a go if you wish, you may have a different experience, but personal I’d recommend trying...

I really wish I could give this place 11 stars! It really is that amazing. I haven't had Mexican food this delicious in so long, and it just blew me away! I had the small queso fundido along with 3 tacos (which was technically one too many, but I "forced" it down 🤣). Everything was amazing... Given the limited hours here, I am going to visit at least once now before I leave Kumamoto. But I really can't stress this enough... Come here and...