Estrella Azul — Restaurant in Holmdel Township

They're very nice re: customer service, the decor is beautiful, the location inside Bell Works is awesome! Easy self-ordering and the pickup is great. The people really are nice. Their specialty tacos look interesting, definitely cool and experimental looking stuff.

That said, the street tacos (aka the authentic, actual Mexican-style tacos) are not good. They don't heat their tortillas, which is an awful and bizarre choice (unheated corn tortillas are so chewy and stiff and sad). The carne asada was in these big chunks instead of being smaller like in a normal taco, and it wasn't very well spiced (I made up with it with their chunky habanera salsa). There was so little cilantro I thought they'd forgotten it. And weirdly, I ordered three tacos and they were in like several plastic containers instead of just layered in like usual.

All in all, cool place but not authentic Mexican food, so skip the "street" tacos and stick to their more...

We ordered Cinco de Mayo catering and it was phenomenal! The food was so fresh and the flavors were insane. My only complaint is we wanted more! The staff was over accommodating, they helped me carry all of the food outside of Bell Works to my car in the parking lot even when they were getting ready to close. Another staff member also came out and explained all of the food items so I knew what was what. Us and our guests were so impressed and we will be back. Don’t pass this place up for solid, fresh and bright...

I ordered fish which they didn't have. Then asked for chicken - got pulled chicken. Bowl has rice beans and chicken. There were no options to get veggies, corn, cheese etc like at Chipotle or Moe's. Salsas were very marginal. Adding lots of salsa didn't help the taste. It is a VERY nice place to eat though. It isn't a services restaurant, so nothing to comment on. Staff was nice and...