The Real Taco — Restaurant in Santa Cruz

I was on a lunch break from work today, my route was in Santa Cruz and asked google for the nearest Taco Spot. It recommended me this place. Very nice corner spot and great seating area. I ordered 1 Al Pastor taco and 1 asada quesadilla just to try out the food quality. Honestly the meat was absolutely delicious!!!! Their meat is very well seasoned and the tortilla for my taco is made by hand or how we say in Spanish “Tortillas hechas a mano.” Absolutely fire 🔥 Told the owner “Memo” that his food was absolutely delicious 🤤 and definitely coming back for more when I’m in the area next time! Definitely worth the money if you want quality tacos & burritos, and no more Taco Bell for me...

Not impressed by this food truck based on the 4.6 rating which led me here, I was raised by an excellent Mexican cook and this was not it, the Birria burrito was about 60/70% rice, I literally forked it out and noticed the skimpy meat portions, birria was not sauced up, on the dry side, green avocado salsa was salty, I also ordered the rolled tacos (flautas) and thought it was probably one of the crispiest but also very bland paired with the salty green sauce, next time I'll grab some tacos if there is a next time. If you do happen to order a burrito ask them for light rice, and extra meat, I paid close to $40, kind of upsets me when I think about it, do...

The Real Taco had good authentic Mexican food. They opened at noon but it took 30 min to get food out because they literally opened at noon. So food wasn’t ready to come out for a bit. You can pay with card and order at the window or the exterior order tablet. They are parked in a lot attached to a brewery, so several people were having beers and waiting for food. It got quite busy at 12:30. Their presentation was beautiful. Food was fresh and very tasty. I had the fish tacos. My husband had steak tacos. I’d for sure eat here again and try some...