Taco Bueno — Restaurant in Terrell

Taco Bueno: Too Much of a Good(?) Thing

I stopped by Taco Bueno, lured in by nostalgia and hunger, remembering their old slogan—“We put a lot in every bite.” And, well… they sure do. Maybe a little too much.

I ordered a Beef Muchaco, expecting a balanced, tasty bite. What I got instead was an overstuffed tortilla fighting for its life. One bite in, and it practically exploded—ground beef cascading onto my tray, shredded lettuce flying like confetti, sour cream oozing out like it had somewhere better to be. I wasn’t eating a taco; I was conducting damage control.

The flavors? Let’s just say Taco Bueno has mastered the art of making everything taste vaguely the same. Beef, beans, cheese—it all blends into one mushy, lukewarm experience. The tortilla? A soggy bystander in this tragic event. Even the hot sauce seemed disinterested, like it knew it wasn’t going to help.

Look, I respect the ambition of “putting a lot in every bite,” but maybe focus on putting the right things in the bite. Less chaos, more flavor, and a tortilla that doesn’t crumble under...

Stopped by this Taco Bueno in The Crossroads Shopping Center across from Buccees in Terrell Tx on Wednesday night about 9:50pm. The drive-thru lady was nice, polite, and friendly. The outside of the building and parking lot were clean. The prices are steep for a fast-food mexican joint, in my opinion. $20 for two tacos, a side of guacamole, and a side of mexican rice. The food was a disappointment. The guacamole was brown and didn't taste good at all. The rice was very dry and bland, and the portion cup only about half-full, so only maybe 2oz of rice for over $3, which I couldn't eat, because it was so dry and bland and tasteless. One Taco was for my dog, meat and cheese only, and he didn't even want to eat it. Mine was a soft beef taco with meat, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, and I paid extra to add sour cream. It was ok, but the meat was bland, and the flour tortilla was dry and hard. I will definitely not eat there again, not with so many other food choices nearby, such as Raising Cane's, Freddy's, Whataburger, Taco Bell, McDonald's,...

Simply put cassy just said she could remake our order on the phone because the first time they made it they made an error and gave us the wrong food. So unprofessional. Then Cassy who was working the window and phone today at this time allowed us to drive 30 minutes to the restaurant claiming it would be remade and when pulling up she said since the receipt got wet and the numbers for the month of the date wasn't in there that we had unfortunately wasted our time and gas and money prior to this second mistake because we never got the correct food. Whoever or whatever type of management this place is under needs a real evaluation. Just so unprofessional and as I drove off mad as I should be she said yea don't come back or she will spit in our food. Just insane what Terrell city allows for it's food industries. Terrible. I'll be calling better...