Taco Bamba Vienna — Restaurant in Vienna

Casual spot for meaty tacos and some good vegetarian options, the Oh My Squash and Rza-Touille tacos are my favorites. Definitely try the Tres dinner kit in Vienna! The Hongos mushroom empanada, Pasqualina Tart, and Mango Thai Basil Margarita are a must!

The Tres dinner kits are amazing particularly the Hongos mushroom empanada and Pasqualina Tart. The savory double-crusted tart is very similar to spanakopita stuffed with spinach, swiss chard, caramelized onion, ricotta, and truffle. Although I couldn't taste any truffle, the tart was scrumptious with a nice flaky crust. The Hongos was hands-down the best mushroom empanada I've had! The roasted maitake mushrooms and cheese filling along with the spicy mustard aioli truly tickled my tastebuds. My only regret was not ordering another one! Hubby and kiddo enjoyed the ham, egg, and cheese empanada.

Tres dinner kit also has specialty cocktails - don't miss out! The Mango Thai Basil Margarita hit the spot and masked the taste of Mezcal. While the Mezcal Margarita was fun to try and prefer Mezcal over Tequila, the Mezcal was too overpowering and the cocktail needed to be balanced out (The Margarita Del Dia in Balson with Mezcal is divine!) The boozy Foie Old Fashioned packs a punch and tastes just like an Old Fashion.

The Oh My Squash butternut squash taco is bursting with flavor from the goat cheese, crunchy pepitas and almonds with a touch of brown butter.

The veggie medley Rza-Touille taco is stuffed with roasted squash, red pepper, burnt eggplant mole blanco, pickled red onion, cotija cheese, basil. Along with Oh My Squash, it's my favorite!

The Ra's Al Ghul cauliflower taco with raisin, yogurt, and cous cous was interesting. While not my favorite, it was fun to try!

The Spicy 'Shroom taco has quite a spicy kick - my roof was on my fire! After conquering a full taco, I've retired from the 'Shroom.

The delicate house-made double-stuffed tacos perfectly tucked in the toppings, so nothing fell out to my delight. Just wish there were more vegetarian options! Hubby and father-in-law always enjoy the beefy Bamba and Carne, and the chicken Tinga tacos.

The Nachos were disappointing, very soggy and stuck together. Wish the tortillas were crispy and warm! The nachos didn't seem very fresh and lukewarm.

The cinnamon milk punch cocktail Horchata Brandy was tasty with a potent kick from the brandy! I honestly prefer it without the brandy.

True to its name, Taco Bamba is a taco feast! Love how Taco Bamba is branching out to empanadas, tarts, and...

This place is very disappointing. Food was nothing to write home about. The music was so loud in there, I couldn’t even hear the person trying to take my order at the counter. And worst of all, the service was terrible. My wife and I sat at the bar with our food and were served by a gentleman bartender with an English accent. The bar was out of a staple beer item and the drink he served us was disgusting. We paid the tab for the drink, but we pushed the drinks up and told him we did not like them. I don’t know if any of you have been to a bar (literally any bar/restaurant ever), but when you get served a drink or anything you’re not happy with, typically the bartender/server will offer an alternative and get rid of the item you don’t like. He didn’t even bother. He was very rude and snarky when we told him, responding with, “yeah this is the kinda drink you either love or hate”. Then, I asked him for a couple of sodas as an alternative. He handed us the two bottles unopened and walked away. We had to flag him down again after a few minutes to get them opened. After we finished our meal, we got up to leave. As my wife and I were basically about to cross the street, we see this bartender running to catch us and yells ,”hey you guys didn’t pay for your Cokes!” in front of a large crowd of other customers leaving the restaurant … My wife and I have never been so embarrassed. We NEVER skip out on a check, we always pay our dues. This dude had us walk back to the restaurant to pay $3 for two cokes when the drinks he served us were still full and sitting on the bar, melting. We didn’t mind paying for the drinks, but this guy messed up by not charging us in the first place AND letting us get up and leave. ANY OTHER PLACE would have gladly compensated us for being dissatisfied, and easily replaced the drinks to make us happy. Not sure how they’re training these employees, but based on that interaction, I can confidently say that this place has the worst customer service in NOVA. I’ve never been chased down like that. So unprofessional. I’ll never...

4 Aug Inspection Results: Violations:

When tested, the low temperature, chemical sanitizing warewashing machine located at then bar was observed with a sanitizing rinse concentration of less than 50ppm chlorine solution. Chlorine coincidence traction was noted to be zero ppm. The following food item(s) were observed hot holding at improper temperatures using a calibrated food temperature measuring device: queso sauce=122F. The following refrigerated, ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food that is prepared on site is not used or discarded within 24 hours of preparationand was not observed to be date marked: several small food containers in the walk-in cooler were not properly labeled or date marked. Some of the containers had incorrectlabeled to identify containers and had incorrect dates. There is no data plate on the warewashing machine located at the bar. The available data plate has completely faded and not readable. The exterior surfaces of the mechanical glassware/warewashing machine located at the bar are soiled with limescale build-up. Observed pots and frying pans that have been cleaned not stored properly inverted to allow for air drying. The following methods used for cooling were not adequate to facilitate proper cooling: ;large amount of foods in large deep containers. The following food items that are not easily identified by appearance were observed without a label: spices and sauces. A food employee was observed drinking from an opened cup and without a straw in areas where he may contaminate food, clean equipment, utensils or other items needing protection. Employees observed wearing jewelry on their arms and hands while preparing food. Food handlers were observed wearing watches...