Casa Verde Taqueria — Restaurant in Boston

Food is ok but definitely overpriced. Wait staff is friendly.

When has it become the responsibility of the patrons to make up for the greediness of restaurant owners to not pay their workers a living wage?

I walked in, staff was friendly told me to sit anywhere. Served me pretty quickly, so no complaints there. I ordered the nachos, as I always do. Since this place has become way over priced, its the only thing left on the menu I am actually willing to order anymore (plus their tacos are pretty mediocre, especially for the price). And I get it, JP is expensive, and the rich people here will pay any sum for normal food, plus inflation is killing everyone, but come on, $15 for a plate of nachos with no meat? This is just getting ridiculous. Nachos were good, but not $15 good. AT MOST $12 or $13.

But boy was I in for a treat when I saw my check. They had put on a 5% HAF (waitress told me it was a fee to help pay out the back of the house). Now there's no mention of this on their menu, nor of when you walk in, I didn't look around but I'm willing to bet its not on a sign inside either. So basically, they FORCE you to tip people you never even see for basically doing their jobs. Tipping used to be something people did when they got exceptional service or they liked their waiter, not something compulsory because greedy restaurant owners no longer want to actually pay their staff. For the record no other industry has this policy. NOT EVEN customer service reps and they deserve...

Had lunch here over the weekend and it was a fairly mixed experience. We were sat about halfway down towards the back at a table in an area that was very poorly lit to the point where we would have had to use our phone's flashlight to read the menu had it not been on a QR code.

The waiter was relatively friendly and brought us cold water. We proceeded to look at the menu and order however they don't have a dedicated kids menu; we had to order our kid a $12 quesadilla, which was a bit too adult-y for your average kid since it had a few other ingredients besides cheese inside and kids are picky.

Other than that we went for their chips & guac ($12) and it was incredibly lime forward. My wife and i theorized that the kitchen staff probably didn't give it a taste test. At least we won't be getting scurvy anytime soon...

I went with the Carnitas Torta ($19) which had slow-cooked pork shoulder and a few other ingredients stacked up on an Iggy's bread roll. It was actually tasty and the meat was beautifully chopped. It was a tad messy but overall I was very pleased with it. The side of patatas bravas that came with it was underseasoned but pretty good overall. My wife liked her tacos.

All in all the place was okay. The service was good but the food was hit or miss and the inside was jus way too dim. I wish they had a few more approachable options for kids but all in all...

Casa Verde Taqueria in the Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts has a large outdoors seating area in the back of the restaurant next to the parking lot. Parking is free in the back parking lot.

One of my friends dines outside only during this health situation. There are large umbrellas on most of the tables and we got hit with the sun regardless, around 4pm.

We ordered the Brussels sprouts taco, pescado taco, queso with carnitas and chips, and barbacoa quesadilla. Each dish was delicious and flavorful. The tacos were one per order and pricey. A carafe of water was placed on the table and the server poured our glasses from the carafe, leaving a small amount. When the carafe was empty, I went to a shop for several minutes. I came back to the table and after a while, I asked a server for a refill of the carafe. Afterwards, my friend said she had asked a server to refill the carafe when I was away from the table. The service was good otherwise. What I like is that different servers help out each table, not just one person.

There is a HAF fee of 5% which I noticed when I got home and looked through the pictures. HAF is supposedly a kitchen fee and sales tax was applied to this fee as HAF was placed in...