El Vaquero Restaurant — Restaurant in Los Angeles

great food and very friendly staff!(2 years ago)

UPDATE: This place has gone downhill in food quality since my original post. Yes, the hostess is still very friendly but it seems like they have a new chef now. The quality of the food is like the new chef was trained at taco bell. What a shame? This place really stood out 2 years ago as real authentic mexican food. Now it's worse than taco bell quality with a 20 minute wait. i happened to notice a male chef in the kitchen touching the food and then wiping his hands on his pants, touching utensils, then touching food again. Not very sanitary. He takes a long time to prepare basic items that still turn out...

I give this place 5 stars- it was my first time there. And the tortas are so delicious. The bread is perfectly toasted wjth the mayo and perfectly browned to flavor, its super soft. And with the spread of beans and your choice of meat. I had the carne asada. It was a definite- i gotta go back. Service is great. Parking available in the back area through the alley ir street front parking. Place looks small from the outside but its very big on on the inside, plenty seating inside. Check it out! BTW they are also great - supporters of the schools in the community such as Farmdale Elementary. Thank you for your...

AUTHENTIC delicious tacos!!! 🌮 🌮

Found this place randomly and we were SO glad we did!! Sooo delicious!!!

They give you chips and salsa when you sit down (kinda wish the chips were crispier but i liked the mild salsa and cut up lemons).

Service was great, she checked up on us a lot and was very friendly!

Ordered the Asada Torta and it was amazing!! Meat was cooked well and the bread was perfectly toasted!

Also got adobada and asada tacos! Tasted so good!!!!

Will def be back. Craving it just thinking about it again 🤤🤤😋😋😋 don’t have to drive all the way to SD for good tacos, can...