El Chaparrito Taqueria — Restaurant in Livermore

We were looking for a place out of the busy sections of Livermore, and we found one! Seemed like more of locals place, which is fine by me. Walk in grab a menu have a seat, then when you're ready come back to the counter and order. Simple enough. And it's what works for them. Food was delicious, both my husband and I had the taco salad, he had grilled chicken and I had barbacoa. Both excellent choices. They were a little small for the price, but since we also wanted to try the al pastor, so we got tacos too. Food alone- totally worth it.

Missing two stars because of the staff. One of the members of our group has a service dog and the girl at the register was giving us attitude about it. And just kind of had a "can't be bothered" attitude all together. Look, I get people try to pass their pups as service dogs, when they aren't. And if you watch the behavior of legit service dogs versus the animals people try to pass off as service dogs, you will see a HUGE difference. However, if you really want to be sure that people aren't abusing the system then get employees trained. Regardless, don't give your potential customers an attitude before you even have a minute to see the whole picture, and trust me if you didn't see us walk in with the dog, no one would have even noticed...

Hello everybody I just stop by this place for a super burrito to share with my wife on my birthday. Got the el Pastor. First of all I’d like to say the outside landscape that they did is absolutely spectacular. The cactus they brought in looks so amazing. You could tell the love they put into this. Which obviously was put into their food to the food It was very delicious and I will definitely be back I’d also like to say that everybody that worked there was very friendly, especially the nice lady behind the counter. Thanks again to her for being such a great person and perfect customer service. One last thing this place was immaculate very very clean in fact, while I was there, they were lightly sweeping Much Love from Jerry

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Decided to try a new place on account of the reviews. As I walked in a cozy place, I was greeted by a friendly staff. When the Ranchero plate I ordered arrived, I found everything looked in order. However, I found that there was absolutely no flavor on any of the items. The meat was chewy, the jalapenos had no flavor and no heat. The rice and beans simply tasted like they were just boiled in water. Even the cheese had no flavor. The salsa tasted more like it was tomato sauce from a can. No amount of salt, pepper, and the hot sauce could bring this plate alive. My wife ordered a totally different plate and had the same result. Absolutely no flavor on any of the items!

I gave this place 3 stars because of the friendly staff. The food, I would rate as a 1-star. One-n-done for me...