Salt & Lime Modern Taqueria — Restaurant in Costa Mesa

Tacos in which the numerous artistic elements play an even greater role to your taste buds. My favorite taco so far is the curry dusted chicken. I find the complex, savory flavor to be quite impressive for a taco. The chicken is seasoned to perfection, and as tender as it gets. The other ingredients act as a beautiful structure built on a foundation of chicken prepared to perfection. I guarantee you’ve never tasted anything like it before, regardless of what other taco joints you’ve visited. The other taco I had recently was the peppered ribeye steak, in which the steak has similar traits to the chicken mentioned above regarding quality. As someone who loves beef, I can say with confidence that the steak in this taco was not only tender, but some of the most flavorful steak I’ve had in a long time.

My only piece of advice is:

When you order tortillas and queso and accidentally fill yourself up a little too much before getting the tacos (as the queso is 10/10) , if you know you can’t finish, don’t get caught filling up on one taco without trying the other too!

Salt and Lime started as a vision, and that vision is now a reality due to the unequivocal passion I believe the Chef has for his restaurant and quality food. Passion like this is not easily replicated and makes itself evident with every sip or bite.

10/10 would recommend, it’s not the cheapest but the quality...

This is an edit to my first review. We came here with our Labrador to eat outside. It was just as good as the first time. My husband said it has become his favorite restaurant. Our dog again loved the doggie bowl of chicken, carrots and sweet potatoes. My favorite is still the poke nachos. My husband loved the octopus taco still, and also really liked the steak tacos with the blue corn tortillas. I had the citrus margarita and he had the homemade lemonade too. All excellent. We'll be returning.

My first time checking out Salt & Lime, and decided to go by for take out. I was not disappointed and neither was my husband or our Labrador. It was excellent. We had a shrimp taco and one of their new octopus tacos both on their house-made blue corn tortillas... so very good. My husband said it was the best octopus taco he had ever had in the states. We also had the poke nachos and OMG the sauce was amazing. All three a must have, and the cranberry margarita delicious. A bit of spice to it and I loved it. Our dog... I ordered their chicken and sweet potato doggie bowl for him(which was a great price) and mixed it in his kibble when I arrived home and he cleaned his bowl. He is picky but he ate it all. So the entire few family was happy. Next time we'll go...

Salt and Lime was absolutely delicious. The combination of flavors in each taco shows how much the chef thinks about a person's experience as they take each bite. I had the grilled salmon taco, the braised short rib taco, and the peppered ribeye taco. The grilled salmon was grilled to perfection with a sauce that brought the whole taco together. The pickled Fresno chilis and fried avocado slice brought this taco to the next level. The ribeye taco included another delicious sauce with pickled shallots that brought a delicious acidic bite and a shishito pepper that made this girl into a shishito lover. The short rib taco had this delicious short rib that melted in your mouth with pickled onions, a horseradish sauce, and peppery arugula. What made this taco even better was the crispy potato on top. It made this carb love happy as can be. The margaritas were also fantastic! My personal favorite out of the two I tried was the blood orange with a salt rim. I will definitely be coming back next time I find myself in the Costa Mesa area and will definitely recommend this to anyone one I know heading over...