Valerie's Taco Shop- Flowermound — Restaurant in Texas

Edit: Called this “destination restaurant” out for buying reviews and clearly struck a nerve. Blame the customer all you want, but soggy quesadillas and old food speaks for itself, Valerie’s.

Not an authentic California taco, because all the taco stands from Morrow Bay to SD serve fresh food. The flavors are familiar, but nothing was cooked fresh at all.

Went for late lunch around 1pm. Only 3 employees in the place, one was on break. Ordered a burrito and taco and flan, my friend ordered a chicken quesadilla and elote. Everything came out fast and hot. Yay! Unfortunately all the food was reheated either in a microwave or on the flat top grill. Quesadilla was drowned in a pool of chicken water from the meat as it was reheated. The meat on my burrito was dry and super chewy (maybe cooked yesterday?) The shrimp had no grill marks (or flavor) and was rubbery too. They fried the shrimp on my taco instead of grilled like I ordered.

There were some highlights. They whipped up a new grilled taco for me when I pointed out the fried shrimp. The burrito was huge and the taco was stuffed full too. Prices were reasonable. They have agua fresca. Best part was the flan, but Valerie’s does not make or assemble it in house. Lol.

I’ve been to this place several times since they opened early July 2022. It hasn’t improved at all. They have recently paid for another round of 5 star reviews,...

Hard to judge a taco restaurant with nearly 100 choices on the menu based on a visit and eating just two tacos, but, I will try. This is a counter order restaurant with plenty of seating. The restaurant felt a little grungy, but not dirty. It just has a bit of a used look to it. The woman who waited on me to look through the full menu board was patient and friendly. I placed my order and then noticed that there was a small salsa bar over in the corner. Unfortunately, someone had used the same ladle in all three flavors so there was a splash of red in the green and green in the orange and orange in the red. Not the restaurant’s fault. My food arrived in pretty good time, but I was also one of only three people in the restaurant. The Pollo Asado was excellent, full of flavor and plenty of filling in the corn tortilla. The Grilled Shrimp was good, but not as good in terms of flavor balance. Again, corn tortilla. It is important to note that they have corn tortillas, not flour. I was asked about flour and told no. So, overall, good experience, good pricing, can’t judge how they would do in a crowd or rush because the kitchen looks pretty small. Salsa bar is a plus. Corn tortillas only is a minus because I have lots of friends who just prefer flour. If I could give 3 ½ stars I would because it just doesn’t quite make a 4-star experience for me. I will return and try a...

The line around the building indicated that what was being served inside was worth it. Should’ve stuck to going through the drive-through. Unfortunately, maybe due to what appeared to be a pretty significant staffing shortage, I would highly discourage anyone from eating in the dining room. Not only did it take forever for us to get our food, but the quality of the food was beyond sub-par. The chicken in my chicken tacos was hard, crunchy and transparent with no seasoning. The taco shells were not even chewable, and the Styrofoam plate that came with my husband’s enchiladas was actually melted into his food. Needless to say, what little I was able to pull out of my tacos and eat, made for a night of horrible indigestion. In cases like this, it would behoove the owners of the restaurant just to shut down the dining room so they can focus on the bulk of the customers going through the drive-through and serve quality food without the concern of impacting someone’s health or...