I have never in my LIFE had a worse experience at a place than the experience I had at Taco Bastupid tonight. The workers see a group of alpha males, a group of MUSCULAR, GLORIOUS LOOKING, TALL, BEAUTIFUL teens walk in and they hide behind each other in fear of this BEHEMOTH order about to go through their system. They must be scared of the chefs because we looked at the menu and when say said what do you want we said “YES”. There ain’t nothing on that menu that didn’t seem appetizing. We waited FOREVER for our food. And when I say forever I’m talkin we could have went to the moon and back and it still wouldn’t have been done. When we got the food, FINALLY, I couldn’t tell if I was looking at the New York City sewer system on a plate or actual food. I mean I’ve never seen worse plating in my existence as a human being. The boys come from a hard day of school and running the gridiron and you give us this catastrophe. And you can’t forget the waitstaff. If you asked me to define the words minimum wage I would just say Taco Bahama Waitstaff. If that tip jar has anything in it yall just waisted your money. Ngl those chairs were mad comfortable tho. SIKE!!! it felt like I was sitting in a chair of nails with tiny sponges piercing through the tops of them. I don’t think I’ll ever see the day when I find one somewhat decent attribute about this building that distributes “food” if you even want to...
Read moreI walk past Taco Bahama twice every day to and from the train station and it always draws me in. Finally got an opportunity to give the food a try with my wife and we were blown away! Started with sticky ribs. They were were awesome. Great texture/cook on the meat and the sauce had us dipping between bites. We each got 3 tacos to start because there were so many options that caught our attention. I got the Korean beef, pork belly, and chicken barbacoa and all of them were divine. We finished all of our tacos with gusto. We had a lull for about 10 minutes where we just chatted and enjoyed the friendly and inviting atmosphere. Willian and everyone who works at this place are visibly devoted to it and it showed in every aspect that I experienced here. The place is very clean and well taken care of, including the bathroom. At this point we can't help but to glance at the menu again. I had tried nearly all the beasts of land, but now the sea was calling to me. The Tacohoe taco - crispy rock shrimp. We got two of them and when they arrived at the table I could smell how good they were going to be. First bite and I gotta say it felt special. Perfectly fried shrimp with a distinctly good shrimp flavor. Not greasy or oily at all - just a light crisp paired with a really tasty sauce with a nice level of heat. We were too full for dessert but we will definitely...
Read moreI don’t know what black magic is happening in the kitchen at Taco Bahama, but it’s definitely not culinary.
Walking into this place was like stepping into the abandoned shell of a gas station that used to serve food — the kind of food that might have been microwaved 3 weeks ago and left under a heat lamp as a social experiment. The air smelled like old grease, wet mop, and regret. I should’ve taken that as a sign, but no — I was foolish and hungry.
I ordered a taco combo. What I received was a tortilla crime scene. The beef was somehow both greasy and dry, as if it had been dehydrated and then rehydrated with motor oil.
The salsa? If you handed a tomato to a toddler and told them to make a condiment, you’d get something more flavorful. And the “hot sauce” should be sued for false advertising — it was basically spicy water with a hint of chemical burn.
To make matters worse, my stomach started staging a rebellion about 45 minutes later. I won’t go into graphic detail, but let’s just say I got to know the inside of my bathroom very, very well that night. I actually considered writing my will in between waves of gastrointestinal agony.
In short: avoid Taco Bahama like you’d avoid drinking warm milk from a gas station bathroom. You’ve...
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