Taqueria Viva Mexico Clearwater — Restaurant in Clearwater

The best Mexican tacos in Clearwater! I moved from Austin TX recently and after trying many other mexican restaurants, I can say this one is definitely the best overall.

First, they have the best salsas in all of Clearwater, super tasty and right amount of heat.

Their mexican tacos (street tacos) are legit. Pastor and carnitas are legit but carne molida (ground beef) is so unexpectedly tasty. They also serve other more traditional mexican plates (mexican guisados)

Also their aguas (flavored water) are all made in-house and they are just right, not too sweet and traditional mexican flavors like horchata and lemonade and jamaica.

Customer service is always friendly too!

Recently changed name from "Viva Mexico Taqueria" to "Viva Tacos! Mexican Restaurant" I like the name better and it is all the same tasty food and...

It breaks my heart to give one star because I started out bragging about how good this place was. I have been going there for a couple of months. My first few visits, I couldn't have been happier. I bought 6 chicken tacos there yesterday(2-5-25). Aside from it being the driest chicken ever, 3 of them had the string that you truss rotisserie chicken with IN them!!! I got home and started to eat my 1st taco...found the string. I tried giving the benefit of the doubt to them. 3rd taco......found the string. I said forget it. I was getting ready to just throw them in the trash when I decided to dig through the remaining ones left. Yup! Found one more string. Too many to chalk up to carelessness, if you ask...

Viva Mexico is a pretty unassuming place sitting in a rather shabby strip mall with an interior that defines modest. This isn't the kind of place you go to for the atmosphere because there isn't any.

No, Viva Mexico's charms are all on the plate and the value for money you get for it. The chicken enchiladas with rice & beans were $10.99 for a massive amount of food I couldn't finish. 12oz Mexican beers are only $3 or $13.75 for a bucket of 5.

There's a wide variety of the typical taqueria fare including Al Pastor that looked promising. There's plenty to explore to eat...just don't have high expectations for the surroundings you're eating in. Concentrate on the food. That's where...