Takoz Express — Restaurant in Cumming

My wife came home from work on Tuesday and said they had ordered their lunch from an AMAZING Mexican Restaurant. She insisted we go and try it out on Wednesday since she was off work and it would be good for lunch. I was skeptical, but we drove to Industrial Dr and Lumpkin Campground Rd intersection at 12:55 PM and found Takoz. It is well hidden, beside Gilstrap and facing Industrial Dr on the side of the building in an industrial area. As often as I have passed this building, I have never known it was there. I would not have found this hidden gem if I had not been looking.

Being an industrial park, parking was limited, but we found a space and walked inside. It immediately reminded me of many of the small mom-and-pop restaurants I visited as a child living in Miami, Florida. If you are looking for elegance and a seating area, this is not for you, but if you are looking for hole-in-the-wall authentic Mexican food prepared fresh to order, then you will LOVE Takoz Express.

The lady working the front counter was super friendly and helpful and took our order shortly after we arrived. I ordered one each of the Steak, Chorizo, Grilled Chicken, and Pork soft Tacos. My wife ordered two Steak Tacos, a side order of homemade warm chips, and a large Guacamole that was freshly made at the restaurant. Our eyes were larger than our stomachs. I ate two of my Tacos and a few chips and was full. I had to save the other two for my lunch today.

The Tacos are authentic street Tacos with a generous serving of meat topped with onion and cilantro in your choice of a warm flour tortilla or two corn tortillas. All the meats I tried were seasoned and cooked to perfection with generous portions. The Guacamole was amazing, the only problem is once you taste it, you have a hard time stopping.

On top of an absolutely incredible meal, I also received a 5% off coupon for our meals after checking in on the Yelp app.

If you are looking for a filling, authentic meal at a very reasonable price, topped off with great customer service, this is where you want to come. I was amazed to find genuine, authentic Mexican cuisine in Dawsonville. This is our new favorite place for a snack or a meal. We will see you on Yelp and see you at...

I'm a taco guy. I spend a good percentage of my day thinking about how to eat more tacos. The tacos here are only topped by some I have had on the west coast. I can't speak to any other food items on their menu. If you're looking for a tacos review, keep reading.

If you are looking for tacos you can eat plain (no toppings), I suggest you skip this place. However, if you love onions, cilantro, limes, and salsa verde or roja, you're in for an outstanding meal.

The lime slices and salsa you get with your tacos are not just extras. They are required for the flavor explosion these tacos are capable of.

If you're seeking inspiration, here's the way I do it:

If you don't know what meat you prefer in your tacos, I'd suggest campechano. Here, that means chicken, chorizo, and pork. Steak and chorizo are also delicious. If you don't know what kind of tortillas you prefer, I'd recommend the corn tortillas because they come double-wrapped, which is the proper way to eat a taco.

Once you receive your tacos, you will open your to-go box to find lime slices and the salsa you definitely asked for. Go with salsa verde if you are unsure.

Next, you will delicately unwrap your tacos as if carefully unswaddling a newborn baby. Stare. Maybe drool. Take a lime slice and squeeze it all over a taco like you're a mafia gangster, and the lime owes you money. Then, pour a thin line of salsa across the length of your taco to top it off.

Prepare yourself for the flavor overload you are about to experience. Take a bite and be thankful that you are alive to experience pure, unfiltered, flavor-powered bliss.

These are the best tacos in Dawsonville (I have tried them all) and among the best in Georgia.

If you're a taco fan, do yourself a favor and check...

I wanna start by saying I'm kind of a carne asada taco afficionado. I've been to probably hundreds of Mexican places (the legit ones, not the flour tortilla places) and always get the exact same thing - carne asada tacos - corn, onion, cilantro, steak.

Walking in, the store is very nice and charming. Lady working was nice and helpful. Lack of tables was a surprise but makes sense given the to go sign. But even gas stations have a couple. Would have been nice as a lot of people will go here while on break from work or traveling. Related to this, the packaging was mildly disappointing. No napkins or foam container to eat out of which makes eating in a car or sitting on a curb really awkward. Gave me two containers of the green sauce instead of like a pico. The green sauce is okay. Really has a lot of vinegar taste.

The chips are interesting. They're much thicker and crunchier than most places. Not my personal preference but also unique and kind of cool.

So the tacos. First the corn tortillas are not very fried (if they are at all). This makes for a fresher and lighter taco, but lacks some of the flavor and taste of the ones that have more oil and makes it more of a dryer mouth full of corn.

Inside the taco, probably could have used more cilantro and onion. Especially with so much corn. Really all you taste is corn and meat. The meat is fine. No ugly chewy bits but would have been nice to have it cut a little larger as it's just a step above ground beef. I'm being really nitpicky because these are like my favorite food and I've tried hundreds of different. Overall, they taste good, but not amazing. Still worth going if you're...