Fresh Taco — Restaurant in New Haven

Sorry, was really hoping for some real "Mexican" food here, or at least close to it, but it's really like an Asian influenced, and totally Americanized spin on Mexican food (I guess) and it's the only way I can describe it. I have no idea how it's gotten all these "awards" from local diners. Overall, the food lacked your even basic of Mexican flavors, and spices. My tacos came in a deep fried Asian type taco shell thingy (not the usual Mexican hard shell taco, nor like the one's pictured on their website). They were really crunchy and taste good, but heavy on the deep fry flavor being since they were not Mexican taco shells (corn), so it had an all over different flavor, again tasted more like how deep fried Asian food taste, it was probably made out of flour. The shrimp on my tacos were cooked in a tempura coating style and taste, they were good, but not Mexican, and with no other spices at all. The steak on my other taco was good, but everything else was bland, both served with lettuce, tomato & shredded cheese. I ordered some jalapenos on the side, thank goodness, and which finally gave my food a little kick. The salsa was also very bland, no spices at all to speak of, it was a runny red sauce with maybe some red hot pepper flakes in it? Lastly, I got a side of the Black beans which were so boring and bland as well, no spices to speak of, blah, blah, blah. Anyway, huge bummer and oh well. So if you like this kind of food that really isn't "Mexican" you'll...

I walked by this place so many times. Glad I gave them a try finally. The food is delicious and FRESH! We ordered the shrimp house salad, shrimp nachos, and some soft shelled tacos (chicken, shrimp, and beef). Portion sizes are good and well worth the price which is relatively inexpensive. I was expecting some limp sorry looking tacos on life support like Taco Bell, BUT I was pleasantly surprised when we actually got them because they were stuffed with a lot of goodness. From now on when my family wants tacos, this is going to be our go to spot. Customer services and delivery are also very good and the food...

I don't understand what most people expect from a fast food restaurant. If you want authentic Mexican food, you go to an actual sit down restaurant with waiter service. I got a chance to see how they make their tortillas and it's from actual scratch ingredients, homemade, and not imported tortillas. For the most part, this is a basic Mexican fast food restaurant. You don't go to McDonald's for real good burgers or for taste. You go there for conviniece and this...