La Casa Del Tamal — Restaurant in West Valley City

Food: The dining experience was delightful, with the food beautifully presented and bursting with flavor, avoiding any sense of blandness. I ordered the “Pambazo,” which was indeed tasty, though I found it to be a touch too spicy. Another family member tried a different dish and enjoyed it immensely. Overall, the food was truly enjoyable.

Service: The overall experience with the service was positive. After we arrived at the restaurant, we were seated without delay, and the waiter quickly brought us the menu. Regarding the duration from when we placed our order to when our food was served, I can assert that it was a brief wait. In summary, the service was both fast and consistent.

Atmosphere: The ambiance was lively and dynamic, characteristic of a Mexican restaurant. It exuded a sense of cultural heritage while maintaining a vibrant atmosphere. Additionally, it felt secure and exceptionally inviting.

Menu: While the food was delicious, I noticed that the kids' menu was somewhat limited, featuring only one main item. Although I appreciate the option to add extras to that item, I believe it would be beneficial to expand the kids' menu. Additionally, restructuring the menu for better clarity could enhance the overall dining experience. Nonetheless, the quality of the food was excellent.

Presentation: The overall presentation of the food dishes we received was satisfactory, and I believe there is potential for improvement if necessary. My critique stems from the fact that the dish I ordered, the "pambazo," appeared quite dry, although it was delicious. If I am correct, this traditional Mexican dish is typically served soaked in sauce, but in this instance, it seemed more arid than expected. I want to emphasize that this did not detract from the flavor of the dish in any way.

Seasonality: The seasoning on all the dishes we ordered during our visit today was excellent. However, this brings me back to my previous critique about the "Pambazo" I ordered. I believe the kitchen could benefit from being more mindful of the appropriate level of spiciness for certain dishes like this one.

To sum it up, I really enjoyed my time here and I would consider coming back. The staff and waiters were fantastic—thank you...

I was recommended La casa del tamal for their birria tacos. I've been an advocate of santo taco in SLC for a minute, but.... wow! These tacos are delicious! Deceptively simple at first glance: a fried tortilla, a delicious birria filling with some garnishes typically onion, lime, and cilantro - and a beautiful consommé stew that goes on the side. There's more than meets the eye here.

It's pretty apparent that this place takes particular pride in their Taco making abilities because as you look around in the restaurant and see everyone enjoying eating their tacos, there's a ubiquitous feeling of pure bliss. My family is from guadalajara and I've been blessed with having grown up tasting birria tacos specifically with recipes from mexico's birria capital. I acknowledge that I have been spoiled with all the deliciousness that involves marinated spicy guajillo chili based broth and goat meat for the last 25 years. I'd like to say I know my tacos and appreciate a well made taco when given the chance. However since these tacos are typically served during holidays and/or festivities - mostly because they're labor intensive and definitely a labor of love to make, that's why this place is special. To know that there is a place that serves tacos this good in Utah at any moment is a real treat. I highly recommend this restaurant if you'd like to treat yourself to some wonderful birria tacos. I also had the pleasure of trying their tamales and I can vouch for those too. I hope to bring friends and family to this place many more times and try their full menu.

This place would take the cake if they had a full service bar. Staff was incredibly friendly. I really want to get this place five out of five (their tacos definitely get to 5 out of 5) but in terms of seating and food prep and total time spent waiting for food I really want this restaurant to know that there's room to improve and I want them to get better. In terms of the experience I can tell that this restaurant needs a little more time to work out their inefficient kinks but I trust that that will sort itself out in the...

So I have been here about 4 times now and each time the food and service has gotten worse. The last time I will be going is today. I walked in and was told that because we have a party of 6 people we will be tagged with automatic gratuity in the amount of 18%. I agreed and said that’s fine. When I got to the table we were asked about drinks and they were brought out almost 10 minutes later only to have the waitress walk away and come back to get our order another 5 minutes later. While we waited for food all of our waters/drink were empty. I had to actually get up and ask for a refill because the waitress was behind the counter horse playing with other employees and not paying any attention to us. I think because she already knew she was getting a 18% tip. She brought us our drinks and was unapologetic and had zero emotion at all. She only checked on us one more time after receiving our food only to ask if we needed boxes. While we ate this is the experience with our food. The shrimp was filled with the strangest texture almost like completely fatty I don’t know what was wrong with it. I had to pick through my son’s quesadilla because his first two bites were gristle and fat. He ended up getting a bone in his quesadilla as well. The enchiladas tasted almost like soap… this whole time the waitress never even came by to ask how it was… just really bad experience with this place I would have given a chance to make right if they seemed to care but they didn’t. I would have loved to get refunded for at least 3 out of 6 of our dishes but didn’t dare ask because the waitress was horrible. I’m out $150 bucks and with literally a bad taste in my mouth. Last time I go here. Consistency is the key. Like I said in the beginning my experiences have only been worse each time I went but the first time I would have swore this was one of the best restaurants in the valley…....