Barrio Tacos — Restaurant in Brunswick

Hello! I am Justin Beverley and on October 14th, I tried a Mexican (taco based) restaurant named Barrio Tacos in Brunswick GA. It is located at3601 Altama Ave, Brunswick, GA 31520, right across from the school! Me and myself ordered three chorizo (mexican sausage) tacos, strawberries and cream, and horchata. The location is great and was very easy to find. Right across the street from the college and in a shopping center. It also has a flashy “backyard party” vibe in the front of it with a colorful side and front. This is the kind of place that you can sit down to eat, or take it outside and eat it on the tailgate of your truck with friends. The kind of food is basically street tacos along with other fast and delicious street Mexican staples. The tacos I had were far from dry and were packed with flavor. I do not recommend the red salsa you receive unless you can handle spice very well. With the prices being very reasonable (my meal with three tacos, a large horchata, and a dessert was only $18.00) and the food being packaged in a way where you can take it anywhere and grab it any time. This all paired with the vibes of the inside and outside, khaki shorts and crocs are preferred. With the atmosphere of the place and the traditional Mexican music playing, this is definitely made for young crowds who want cheap, fast, great food while they hang out or Mexican families who want to feel and get a taste of home. The service was fast and amazing. The menu was easy to navigate but they were very fast to answer any questions. I believe due to the vibe they are wanting to give along with the speed they want the food out, The menu was definitely on the smaller end, but each thing on it fit the vibe of the place perfectly. They are open from 10:30am to 10:00pm every day and have just one menu that is more of a lunch/diner thing. If you can not tell from the review so far, I thoroughly enjoyed myself along with the experience! I would 100% go again and I would love to bring my wife. Me and her both love tacos and we have driven all the way to Jesup before to try some good ones. It feels nice knowing one is down the road. I would love for every experience at a restaurant to be this great, I just loved the great food with fast and friendly service. I would more than likely review this place on google along with the many other people who have and feel the same. I hope they find this possible review to be encouraging. This...

My wife and I ate here for the first time tonight. Unfortunately, we won’t be coming back. All of the food was exceptionally good. I have no complaints about the food. My complaint is with the young lady at the front counter who took my order. I have never been treated so rudely in my life. It was as if she was personally angry at me for some reason. At one point, I asked a question about the menu and it seemed to make her even madder. I was very polite to her, but it made no difference. She clearly did not want me eating there. It was bizarre. I’ve never seen someone running a restaurant act that unkind and rude toward customers, especially a restaurant with locations in seven states, according to their website. She spoke to me in a short, hateful, rude tone, and glared at me intensely, as if she was offended that I wanted to eat there. It was strange, and I kept thinking, why is she so mad about us ordering food? Does she treat everyone that poorly, or just us? All I know is, I’m not returning to find out. The older man who brought our food to the table was very friendly, and greeted us with a smile. When I was leaving, he also very politely offered to refill my drink. It seems like he should be the person working the front counter. Instead, they picked the meanest person on staff to handle front-facing, customer service. I don’t get it. Mexican food is my favorite kind of food, and I eat it all the time, and this place has some of the best food I have ever had, but no food is good enough for this kind of strangely...

If you need a Mexican street taco fix come to this place. Authentic tacos (homemade tortillas- didn’t ask, I could tell). Everything else we had was good and I haven’t felt that way about a Mexican restaurant in a loooooooong time. We had: Mexican street corn in a cup (mix it up- delicious!), pinto beans, huarache (added a little bit of salt and the green sauce and it was pretty good, it’s not something I’d order again but I do think it’s made well, I like a lot of flavor hence the green sauce on it), quesadillas, burrito and lastly since everything was delicious we decided to try the chicharron preparado- a deep fried flour square topped with lettuce, tomatoes, pickled pork rinds, avocado, cheese. It was surprisingly really good! I’ve never had it and glad we tried it. It’s topped with hot sauce but the green and/or red sauce is really good with it, too.

EAT HERE. Support local and make sure they stick around bc the food...