Loco Taqueria & Oyster Bar — Restaurant in Boston

Really enjoyed our experience here - came on a Sunday afternoon for a snack and a drink. We ordered drinks at the bar because we weren't able to be seated until every single person was there. Somewhat annoying, but also understandable considering how crowded it ended up getting. The bar service was a little slow, but it was EXTREMELY busy. Pricing was reasonable and the drink sizes were fair, although our second round had a few drinks that were like 80% ice which was annoying because they're definitely not cheap.

Once we finally sat down we were seated in a booth. This worked out for our group because we were able to make room when two additional people showed up which might not have otherwise been possible since it was really crowded. The booths also had much better lighting than the tables which, on such a crowded day, might have gotten annoying. From what we could tell the tables were lower to the ground but still had people walking by, which can lead to a lot of chair bumping and getting your head knocked with purses etc. So definitely try to get a booth when it's busy!

The food itself came out really quickly - we got an order of the crab guacamole which we loved! Really good sized portion and extremely reasonable price. It came with a ton of crab and definitely enough guac. We then ordered the queso dip, which was also awesome. This portion was a bit smaller, but relatively to the price was fair. I definitely wouldn't have minded a bit more. We also really liked it, but it did taste a bit like fake cheese - might have just been the consistency, but if you're picky about cheeses, I wouldn't go with this! However, our group totally didn't mind so we enjoyed it.

Kathleen was our waitress and she was awesome. Supper attentive and handled the big crowds really well. She didn't make us feel like we needed to leave even though we were definitely lingering a bit.

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I usually never complain about restaurants because i work in the restaurant industry as well. But i am deeply disappointed with the way me and my boyfriend were treated. i had a reservation for 5:30 for new year's day. we tried to speak to the hostess that was working but the two bouncers wouldn't let us past because i was not 21. I did not try and give them a fake ID or try to pull anything that would result to me being turned away. they scanned my boyfriends ID he is 21 and he tried to explain to the bouncers we were just eating we drove 50 mins to get there and they said no sorry we're too busy and there were no tables anyway. But after calling when we left the hostess said "if it was a family they would let them sit". I have heard really great things about this place but to be turned away and hovered over by the bouncers is very weird. and made us extremely uncomfortable. I would understand the 21+ at later hours of the night because my work does that as well. But it was 5:30 pm and no where on the website did it say it was 21+ that night or when i made the reservation. I would have been way more understanding if they were nice about it and explained why they had to turn us away due to my age but they just rushed us out and hovered over us the entire time. I would've liked to try this place i'm sure the food is great but the bouncers absolutely shocked me in...

Loco's food is good (and it should be at the pricepoint). I tried to get a table on New Year's Day with four friends. We called in the morning and told there was no wait. Since my friend lives 3 minutes away, we quickly got dressed and headed over. When we arrived, we were told there would be 45 min-1 hr wait. Inconsistent. The hostess made an excuse that a lot of big parties just walked in and that there were a lot of reservations. You're saying the whole establishment filled up in the 10 minutes it took us to head over there? Unlikely: she gave an inaccurate estimate. After waiting for an hour in the next-door Cafe Nero and not receiving a text that the table was ready, we went back over. Our table was still not ready and the hostess told us we were 3rd on the list. At this point we walked back to the apartment. We waited another hour then went back over to find out we were 2nd on the list. You're telling us not only can we not be seated after a 2 hr wait, but that one party left in the span of an hour? Unlikely.

Takeaways: Poor service Bad estimates on wait time Rude service Food still good but I would only go with a reservation or give business to an establishment that has better service: there are plenty of good restaurants in Boston that offer wayyyy...