King Taco — Restaurant in Pico Rivera

I really contemplated leaving this review, because I have loved king taco for more than 30years and I figured they must know how bad there food has gotten over the last 2 years, because I know for fact they have several regulars that have also been going to king taco for years. So, for the last year I have ordered food from the pico restaurant about 4 times and each time I have said, never again. It started with the downsize in the burrito, then the tacos and now the quality of taste and resize to an even smaller burrito with a horrible new brand of tortilla, which immediately tears apart once you open it up to re-wrap it, because of the lack of meat, beans, and rice inside of it. They food inside the burrito literally swims itself outside of the tortilla, hence the rewrap. Today however I tried and tried to rewrap and the tortilla just kept coming apart..on all sides, so I had to hold it together with the actual tin foil. Today was the final straw it took me 5min of try to.deal with cleaning up and rewrapping that by the time I got my first bite in, I remembered why I said the last time that I would not order king taco anymore and that was because of no flavor 😝 so disappointing, especially at their new higher price. I knew the founder and some of his grandkids and I hope they read the reviews because I'm sure they and their grandfather would be ashamed of the product some of the restaurants are putting out today. After today I surely will not be ordering from or visiting the Pico store any longer, because like I mentioned earlier this is the 4th time in a year that I've wasted 30 dollars on a burrito and tacos that pale in comparison to our local street vendors on whittier blvd. So, Thank you...

Honest review...I was looking forward to coming here listening to all the hype from my friends who are from LA area. I live in San Diego and am familiar with the numerous taco shops down here. The place was packed, long line but we only waited about 10mins. Every seat was taken but once we ordered we were able to find a seat. We waited 30mins for our food which seemed excessive considering all the people cooking back there. I ordered a Sope with carnitas, 2 tacos with al pastor and Carne asada and the nachos with chicken (see pics). I was really looking forward to some good nachos. Huge disappointment! There was boiled chicken and cheese whiz (see pic) or whatever it was on it. GROSS! That was it! Um, where's the lettuce, tomatoes, guac etc??? They were not good at all. Tacos were as expected and yes small but they are street tacos so that's normal. I probably liked the sope the best. All the meats had good flavor but presentation was, meh. And their salsas were another HUGE disappointment. The red salsa was not the typical homemade deep red hot sauce that is so much better. You could tell it was a bottled hot sauce like Valentina's or something close to it. The green salsa was better, but I usually like the red salsa more. Honestly, I would not come back again or recommend for...

The wait here is always so longgggg. I literally went here on a Thursday night, and the line was wrapped around the inside of the store and out the door. A lot of my friends don't like king taco because they don't think its authentic tacos, but honestly, their taco beats a lot of the pricier onces in bougie stores so its honestly a win in my book. I love their taco and burritos. Their salsa is amazing but unfortunately they do limit on the amount you can get for free.

This location probably have the longest wait time compare to the other ones surprisingly despite it being one of the bigger stores compare to locations such as pasadena.

I waited about 45 minutes in line followed by another 30 minutes to get my order. I took some home to go for the next day, it was still good after reheating, but honestly if you don't have the time its not worth it. But I just have days where I go, -I am craving king tacos.

There is plenty of parking since its a shared plaza, just make sure if you have somewhere to be, get there early so you have ample...