El Tacostao — Restaurant in Oakland

It's an odd place because it's in a residential area. Looks like you're walking into a home but they've completely turned into a small dine in restaurant. I wasn't sure what to expect but I had been told by a friend to give it a try. I ordered menudo(soup:only weekends) and 2 cabeza tacos($27). I ordered to go so by the time I made it home and ate my tacos they didn't taste that great. I'm sure if I would've ate them there freshly made, they would have been 👌. As far as the menudo though...it was the BEST menudo I've tasted hands down!!!! It had that homemade taste and they package it with all the toppings paired with 3 large handmade tortillas. They weren't greedy with the tripa either. Also added pata(cows feet) which makes it that much more tasty. You want menudo and wanting the original homemade taste and flavor? Come check...

It is a small restaurant inside a little cute hut, which gives it its authenticity. The service was fast and inexpensive for the amount of meat that was put into the tacos. Even though the tortillas are small, they do use two. I tried the birria, cabeza, and surtido tacos. I give them a 4 on taste for the fact they could use more salt. I know they don't fry their tortillas, but if they were, I would think they could retain a better flavor profile. On the other hand, the horchata was definitely a 5 for the legit flavor. I definitely recommend coming by and...

First time coming here, and definitely won’t be the last I’ve never seen a place run so well and feel so welcoming 😁, tacos are bomb!! The cabeza and asada was fire 🤣 there’s no picture because i ate them haha also got birria and it was delicious! The hand make tortillas 🤤 yum. Thank you all for your customer service and making it feel at home 💯 definitely will be coming back! Also the tortas look so good forgot to get one...