Fuego Maíz — Restaurant in Stanton

Saw this spot on a couple different IG stories and figured it had to be worth a try. Especially, if that many people are actually taking the time to post about them. This spot is actually less than a 10 min drive from where I live so it was even more of a reason to just try it out.

When I got there, there wasn't a long line. I was able to decide what I wanted to eat based off of the videos that I saw on IG. So I ordered the surf and turf machete quesadilla and the Al pastor belly bites. Shared both with my wife and 4 year old son and we loved both items we ordered.

The quesadilla has a nice and flavorful tortilla and the flavor on the shrimp and steak was perfect. It was so much food that we still had at least a 4th of it to take home. The belly bites were amazing as well. Something I didn’t expect but it was really good.

The price for the quesadilla was a little pricey but it was ok to at least try the quesadilla. We should have gotten the smaller quesadilla but I was really hungry and could normally finish something that big by myself.

They have a lot of other menu options that I still need to come back and try. They also have AYCE tacos on Tuesdays and Thursdays. They have two separate AYCE options which the first option had the basic meats like asada and pollo. But the second option had things like shrimp and carnitas. The prices for each option was actually cheaper than I thought and I will definitely be there to try it out soon.

Definitely a must try spot if you’re local or are willing to take a drive Anaheim to try some real good...

I do not like to bash restaurants and like to give every place a fair chance but this has been one of the worst mexican places we've been to. We went there for their all you can eat tacos after seeing it on social media but everything about it was a negative experience. We went there early about 11am and saw someone peeing on the wall right outside the liquor store in the Plaza. Was very offputting but didn't deter or bother us from wanting to try the food since we still wanted to give this place a shot. We walked in and a lot of the tables were left dirty with them barely wiping it off with a rag. We asked for water and they said they didn't offer any tap water and would need to buy a bottle water for $2-3 which is insane for a place that doesn't offer tap and we couldn't even bring our own water in as well. We decided to order and we were the only table in there and the server still managed to get our order wrong. Food came out and I ordered pastor, chicken and asada tacos. Pastor and chicken were super dry and bland, almost like jerky and could tell it was just reheated. The asada was the only thing that actually tasted okay but the pieces were very fatty. I'm glad we didn't order off their pricier regular menu but still didn't feel like we got our money's worth even with the all you can eat. Overall very disappointing and upsetting we even tried this place and gave...

We came here for the AYCE Tacos. They were ok, but I wouldn't do it again. At $14 total, I was able to eat 14 tacos, making each taco $1. But I didn't really think the tacos were that good. The asada was bland. The chorizo and al pastor were decent. The herb mushroom one was surprisingly better than I thought it was gonna be. And the chicken one was kinda tough. I did think the horchata was good though - it was very sweet and cinnamon-y.

The service was kinda weird. The tacos take a while to come out, which I wouldn't have minded if the tacos were yummy, but they weren't yummy enough to warrant that wait. Especially for an AYCE service, that lull while you're waiting on your tacos makes you feel full. It's almost like they want you to get too full and not finish your tacos because they'll charge you $2 for each one you don't finish. One of our friends took a while to finish his tacos because he was obviously full and our server kept coming over and asking if he wanted to tap out. He came 4 times seeing if my friend was gonna give up, like chill and let him finish. Made the vibe feel a little sleazy...