Chicas Tacos — Restaurant in Los Angeles

I am torn between giving three or four stars. Ultimately I weight everything with price vs quantity. While quality is just as or even more important, this is where I stand.

My initial search was for fish tacos. I have been to Señor Fish and Guisados, but I wanted to see what this location offered. I ordered combo #1, which was two tacos (any protein), nachos and salsa, and a drink (any drink, plastic or glass bottle, or agua fresca).

I asked for a fish taco, meat, and the cucumber, lime, mint agua fresca. The order was ready, no longer then five minutes. When I took my order to the table I observed that the tacos don't have the traditional two tortillas. The chips were much larger portion then a taco itself.

They do provide three different salsas made by Chicas. Chicas taco sauce was good. Chicas hot sauce was better (thus my favorite). Chicas habanero, not much taste (if anything, it should have been spicier).

Taste. The meat taco was delicious. The meat was tender. The cheese, cilantro, and radishes complimented the taco. The fish taco was delicious. The portion reminded me of Guisados. The sauce (morita) a beautiful addition to the taco, delicious taste, I absolutely wanted more!

The chips were good and simple. The salsa accompanying the chips tasted mostly of tomatoes.

The cucumber lime mint drink was in a container that keeps the juice flowing in order for the drink not to sit. It did taste good but it was a bit difficult to narrow down the lime and cucumber taste. The mint was a bit distinguishable.

All in all I enjoyed the small location. They do have an outside area to stand and eat and they also have a seating area.

Price can be steep, but this is Downtown Los Angeles. Pictures attached are of my lunch, drink, and...

$3.95 each taco!

Let that price shock melt away and just try the darn tacos! First glimpse, they get mucho points for picking the ultimate, petite taco shop in DTLA. Despite the smallness of the restaurant, this place delivers BIG taste! I especially appreciate their authentic/organic/non-gmo/free range/wild caught fish menu! Wow, that was a mouthful! And that's exactly what you should do...get a mouthful of their amazing tacos.

Ordered "tres" tacos at $3.95 each:

*Beef Barbacoa Taco: Baja med salad, feta, and cilantro. My ultimate favorite. The juicy, rich flavor just made you not even care about who's watching! Incredible taste! *Steak Taco: Peppered angus steak, crispy potatoes, queso, radish, pequin salsa, cilantro. A little spicy, but tolerable for my white self! The ingredients all came together wonderfully. *Pork Taco: Chili Verde, chicharron, roasted tomatillo salsa, caramelized onions, cilantro. My "non-latino" friends, be aware...this one has a little kick. If you're highly sensitive to spiciness, opt out for a different choice of taco. Tasty nonetheless! *Vegans! They also offer Veggie taco that comes with: cauliflower chorizo, queso panela, marinated mushroom, avocado sauce, chile tornado, cilantro. I didn't get to try this one, but assuming how delicious everything else was here...got's to be pretty good.

*Cucumber Lime Mint Agua Fresca: You know when you're eating tacos, you need to be sippin' on some agua fresca to complete the experience. This drink was so refreshing and not at all watered down like other places. Highly recommend, they even offer Watermelon Cinnamon and Horchata if you have something agains cucumbers.

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more at (insta/ceilingkatz): My bff and I decided to try a random taqueria (@chicastacos) next to tall skyscraper in downtown. It reminded me a lot of the movie Up where the old man’s house was squeezed by two giant commercial buildings. The shop might be small but they were bold in their flavors. From the first bite, it was obvious that they spend a lot of quality time to marinate and slow cook their meat. We got beef, pork, fish tacos, enchiladas and nachos. I like the fresh take of using romaine lettuce and cheese on their fish taco, almost like a fish caesar salad. The topping with red radish on their taco was something I’ve never seen before and it gave a nice spicy contrast to the bbq flavor. I wish they pickle some of the radish though, the additional acid could really complete the dish. Overall a great place for lunch while strolling around downtown...