Taqueria La Estrella — Restaurant in Tupelo

I was raised on tacos. Homemade, street and commercial stuff that passes as tacos in the last 40 years. As funny as that sounds, I say that to point out I know my way around Mexican food. And this isn’t it. What I got was a pile of greasy, slimy, soggy undercooked tortillas with SOME type of meat slapped in between that left a layer of oil at the bottom of the To-Go trays. I should have photographed the gunk to post. I couldn’t even enjoy the aguas frescas drinks I purchased. The horchata and melon was so diluted, I wonder if they were debating refilling the containers since it was the end of the day and simply topped what little they had left with water to my cups to save on cost. I’m hardly convinced the 5 Star ⭐️ ratings on here understand the concept of a real Mexican plate. I will be willing to accept the possibility I got a trash plate out of mistake, as every restaurant has off-days and serve a bad meal. If that’s the case so be it, I still got a puddle of oil on uncooked tortillas with mystery meat and watered down sweet drinks. And I paid for that. NOT recommend even for a second try. Straight up...

We got the corn tortilla tacos (steak, pork, and chicken) with side orders of rice and beans, and one quesadilla plate (steak&cheese quesadilla with beans and rice). They were incredibly good! While one of our members was at first disappointed that the corn tortillas weren't fried for crunch, the tacos were surprisingly good and felt very earthy and authentic, not grainy like the ones you might get from the store. The rice was really fluffy and flavorful, and the beans had this distinct earthy richness and smooth blend that just leaves you so satisfied. From my own observations, I recommend this for gluten intolerant people. I didnt ask the ingredients, but I have felt no ill effects from it, and it isn't likely that anything in the meat or corn tortillas or rice would contain wheat, so you get a really rich meal with soft tacos but without wheat. That's a plus. :) The waitress was very attentive and helpful. Atmosphere is really fun and relaxing. Feels like a nice community place. Clean, good service, good food, rich culture....I would...

Food was ok service was like talking to a sloth we constantly had to repeat our order but the worst of all was the owners kids they came in cursing in front of my 3 kids they then turn on loud music we couldn't evan hear each other it was so loud and they kept turning it up all the way to 80 then the music video had alot of drugs on it the Girls that came in was so disrespectful we will not be back not a good family...