El Caléntano del Sur — Restaurant in Maple Grove

We've ordered here a few times, and the food has been superb. The service is friendly, and best of all, they accept card payment! We ordered taco platters, where you get 3 tacos, plus a side of refried beans and rice. The beans and rice are flavorful and delicious. The tacos we went with were the pollo (chicken), carnitas (pork), and carne asada (steak). They came on corn tortillas (as they should) topped with onions and cilantro. The tortillas were soft and scrumptious, and the ingredients were cooked perfectly. We also ordered a side of the chicken nachos which was a HUGE portion. The tortilla chips were a little soft, but what the chip consistency lacked the toppings made up for. The chicken was well-seasoned for a perfect flavor combo with the jalapeños, cheese, pico, and crema toppings. We will be back! Tip: Don't sleep on the taco sauce they provide. The avocado and habanero salsas were soooo good. 4 stars for atmosphere because its a food truck and not an actual sit-down restaurant. It's not a knock on the business, but with only 1 picnic table to sit at, it leaves a little to be desired when you want to eat, right then,...

This place is amazing! From the food to the service - I cannot express how great everything is. My husband searched for HALAL places in Maple Grove and this came up. The next day, we took a group of 10 cousins on the 25 min drive there and didn’t expect this to be a taco trunk outside of Lowe’s! There was enough seating available for 10 of us on the two picnic benches. I had my doubts about the meat being halal, but the friendly woman up front assured us that the chicken, steak and a few other meats on the menu are definitely halal. They threw in a coke and Mexican corn for free, which was such a sweet gesture. I’d like to give them a shout out because we put in our huge order around 7:30/7:40 pm when they closed at 8. They got our order out all at the same time 15-20 mins later! Wow, such fast service and not to mention everything tasted SO good! They gave us a bowl of limes and another bowl of raw radishes to share. The owners are absolutely wonderful. So glad we found a new halal taco place! We’ll be coming back...

My order was mistakened with another customers order but the owners were so nice and willing to remake my order.

I denied it because I don't want food to go to waste. I had a similar order to another customer except 3 of the tacos had different meats. The other customer received 3 asada and 3 pastor.

The one I received was asada and chicken and it was very good. Rice and beans were great. The other customer enjoyed the pastor so I'm sure it...