Torchy's Tacos — Restaurant in Raleigh

We love having a fast and yummy taco place in a great location! We live about 20 minutes from here, but we have a lot of appointments in the area. So we usually grab some tacos really quick if we're in the area!

The tacos and ingredients are always very fresh! We've never had a bad experience here. It's a fast/casual place and sometimes it is harder to get a table. You order at the register, grab a pager, and then place it on the table you sit at. The food will come to you and it's very fast!

My favorite taco here is on the "secret menu." It's called the Green Chile Pork Missionary Style. I could eat 10 of these if I had the stomach room for it! You can tell they slow roast their pork low and slow. It's very tender. It has green chiles, pickled onions, guacamole, and fresh cheese and cilantro. It's then sandwiched between a crispy shell and a soft flour shell with cheese in between. Think of an upscale pulled pork quesadilla taco. So dang good!

My family and friends love to get their breakfast tacos. I'm not the biggest fan of the kind of eggs they use, maybe they put too much egg in them, but they're just ok to me! But they LOVE them!

The only reason why I gave it 4 stars is because sometimes its overwhelming inside when you're trying to order and occasionally they have put extra ingredients on the tacos that were not on the menu that we didn't care for. The tables aren't cleaned off as good as some other restaurants, but that's probably because they are typically really crowded and they don't have time to clean them in between guests. Overall, great quick place for some tacos and a must try if you're...

Me and my wife are regulars at Torchy's and we came for dinner on 05/28/2024 at 9:25 PM. The cashier was cleaning her fingernails on the cash register and I felt like I was interrupting her. After the order, there was a quiet end to the transaction. No half smile and no communication. I asked her if they had cups for water and she proceeded to take a cup from the bar area, which was fine, and filled it almost half full. I took the cup to the dispenser and filled it with water. I thought this was the slow night crew and laughed it off.

The bartender was on the same level. We ordered 2 beers. Both beers looked dead flat and she filled both glasses 3/4 full. I asked her what happened to the beer. She said it was empty (keg) and they were about to close. She looked at me like i was panhandling for beer. I return the beer and told her I wanted a refund. She got the manager on duty and he looked a little annoyed. No light apologies for selling me flat looking unfilled glasses of beer. No questions regarding the cause for refund. He was going through the motions. The cashier and bartender were young and the place was cold so I would have given a pass on this matter. But a manager with the same careless attitude made me go to Google. I told him to check the reviews and he looked at me and walked away. A simple light apology would have suffice. I always keep my word so this...

I've been wanting to try Torchy's Tacos and decided to take a drive an give it a whirl today. I ordered take out through the app which was a simple and quick process. My order was ready when I arrived and it was correct. Now, the food itself. Not impressed, I'm sorry to say. I really wanted to love it, but alas, it was not to be. My son and I each ordered 2 different tacos and I also got an order of Mexican rice. My son got the Chicken Fajita taco and the Crossroads. He said they were ok, but he's had better. I got the Naughty Santa and the Mr. Orange. The Mr. Orange didn't taste like anything but salmon. The other ingredients (what there was of them) were lost in the salmon flavor. The Naughty Santa was better and had much more flavor, but I think that was due to the Chorizo. The shrimp was tasteless and over cooked. I had the same issue with the Mexican Rice. It was also tasteless and over cooked to the point of almost being mushy. The only good thing was the free chips and queso that we got from my rewards account. We haven't tasted them yet, so I can't comment on whether they are tasty or not, but the freebie was a plus. All in all, I spent $29 and felt like it was not money well spent. Not sure if we'll be back or not as we were very disappointed with this...