El Tarasco Mexican Restaurant

Reviews

• LC

  LaurieL Clayton

  6 days ago
  3.0
  Way overpriced for the quality! I had steak fajitas that were flavorless… and having tomatoes and carrots with the peppers dint work for me. I should have known when the chips were stale that the food quality would’ve questionable. The tacos my husband had were good, it was the last item on the menu. Only one of us got rice and beans with our meal, and they were good. A Pepsi is $5.50, gees! The bill was $75.00 for 2 entrees and 2 sodas with tax and tip!!
• XR

  Xochiquetzal Rodriguez

  6 days ago
  1.0
  This restaurant has a nice atmosphere and decent service, but the food was absolutely terrible. The portions are small for the prices and we were actually were looking at other menu items for a future visit but that’s definitely not happening. We ordered camarones al mojo de ajo and something within the shrimp was definitely expired/bad the smell was rancid, I smelt it before I even tasted it but as soon as I tried it I immediately took the shrimp out of my mouth and put it back, I had my boyfriend try it as well to confirm and he also spit out the food. I told the server and told her she could smell it for herself and she pretended as if there wasn’t a funky smell. We also ordered camarones ala diabla without onion and when they brought it sure enough it had onion which was not a huge deal. Once we paid we were asked how everything was we said okay and the man up front didn’t even bother to ask why or apologize for the bad food. Safe to say we unfortunately not be back.
• SG

  Stefan Georgieff

  Apr 3, 2026
  1.0
  Below average food is not great close to terrible
• EQ

  Efren Quinones

  Mar 23, 2026
  2.0
  Wife wanted to buy Mexican food to go and waited around 7 to 10 minutes not bad and the food was all right for the wife but it you really want Mexican food stay home and make it yourself home Cooking is the best
• VR

  Violet Ray

  Mar 21, 2026
  1.0
  Expensive, small portions for what you pay for, impersonal staff, and long long wait times. Not worth it anymore. It used to be that this was *the* Mexican restaurant Downtown; and now it’s lost its title. Me and my man waited for about an hour and in that hour maybe 3-4 parties were sat but they had 9+ people groups coming and going all night. The staff is curt and not friendly, for the price you pay you expect a “how are you guys tonight!” Or anything really but it was just eat and get out. The sodas are expensive and the new menu says “only two refills” LMAO go to Velasco‘s down the street, they don’t say that. The portions? They suck now! They claim their biggest burrito ever is massive and it’s $20. The $20 burrito I paid for is the same size burrito I could get at the gas station for half of the price. As locals, we won’t be back, the best spot for Mexican food right now in Visalia is MZ glow kitchen on Mooney behind the party store, it’s amazing.