El Atacor #9

I have been coming here for probably 15 years. My absolute favorite is al pastor tacos. That's what I ordered at my last visit and it didn't disappoint. I've also ordered the chile relleno burrito and also never disappoints. Not a fancy place but truly delicious

Whatever you changed in your Shrimp Cocktail recipe, Coctel de Camarones, keep it! I’ve been ordering them and from few weeks ago it is SO much better! Edit: I hate to do this because I thought I found a new spot for shrimp cocktails. They were okay at first, then the next few I ordered were amazing, but the last few I’ve ordered (4-5) tasted like just water with salt… consistently uneatable. Bring back the old recipe or cook please 🙏

Meh, I wasn't really impressed. I ordered the chilaquiles plate and three tacos de pastor. To me the flavors just weren't there. The pastor had a slight sweet taste that I didn't care for. The workers seemed friendly and it did seem like this place gets their share of regulars. Maybe their other dishes are better? I don't know. I was just in the area and saw that they're open 24 hours.

Al pastor was nasty too much onion no meat.

So many good things to say about this place! First off I only ordered the Birria soup but WOW it was sooo delicious, packed (I mean absolutely stuffed) with meat ready in 15 minutes. However I have to say, I found something here that I almost never ever seen at other food places. Something I really care about and want but never see or get... A to-go container that wasn't Styrofoam!!!! It made me so happy to eat my delicious Birria soup, in traffic from a non-styrofoam cup! Thank you El Atacor. Next time I'm in your neck of the woods, I'm definitely stopping by again!

I would give 5 stars but lately they've been slacking with their red salsa. It either comes out too watery or its missing flavor. You need to replace whoever is in charge of making the salsa. Stop being lazy

I don’t like how the place smell open your door let air circulate the reason I give one star because I ask for cabeza burrito and they said yes we have it and instead they give regular carnesada do you think costumer are stupid they don’t see difference

Its good mexican fast food. The red salsa is not to spicy but very delicious. The Asada is chopped very small but very tasty, the carnitas are good if you get a fresh batch. Overall they have a good selection of meats.

Between coming here for years, but hadn't been in some time. Tried them recently with a friend, she got tacos(asada, pastor and chicken) she enjoyed them, I'm a purist, I had asada, they were good! She also ordered a quesadilla with asada, which we shared the next morning, it warmed up well. We were tipsy and our eyes were bigger than our stomachs so we ordered way too much food, but we killed it the next morning!

I called for about 30 minutes with no answer. I got to the place and saw the girl talking on the phone with what was clearly a personal call. After I ordered I watched her ignore two more calls . Now there is someone here yelling at her for telling him they are busy and there is absolutely no one here but me . She is trash and should be fired immediately

I come here every week at least once after training to enjoy the food and the customer service they provide I appreciate them helping me rectify a situation and overall help me get the best food in town come here whenever and support the business!

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS PLACE. It does not look like much at first, I was skeptical, but boy was I surprised and impressed by this small business owner and her crew. The food was absolutely amazing, service was solid. I love being blown away by small business owners like her who take pride in every detail. Food was delicious.

Excelente servicio !!! La comida estuvo muy buena, precio considerable para la porción de tacos !!! Definitivamente regresaré

You can never go wrong with the Carne Asada tacos with two of them. You get full have to definitely give them credit every time I get them they're always packed.

Order thru Uber eats for pick up and yet there was a 30min wait extra. They didn't follow absolutely no instructions to the order. Should have gone listen to the reviews. Never ordering again.

Food is always good here. Fast service. Can't go wrong for there prices. We always get the taco deal or a burrito. Haven't tried anything that wasn't really good.

Food was good! Did not give 5 stars because the machines don't work & was a bit messy and smelly

maria is so sweet. she's the only employee here with a good attitude and great service! gracias maria!

Really solid place for late night taco cravings. Asada fries 4/5 wish it had just a touch more meat on there, but overall great. One of the few places that still use skinny fries! Pastor tacos 4/5 Taste was good, tacos were standard. They definitely got flavor.

I haven't been back here since 2020, in 2020 there was a lady who was scamming at the register. A burrito would be $8 one day and then $11 the next day. I ordered today 2024 off uber eats and they changed their game ! the Carne asada burrito was actually good, didn't taste like it came off the microwave for once. Maybe it's the people , the night shift knows how to cook. Or maybe it's I just got lucky today. I hope they keep it up with good ingredients and freshly served. Overall, be careful with the scamming ladies, order off uber eats to be safe, and give them another chance seems like they changed their game. P.S I know forsure the lady was scamming because back in 2020 a customer pulled out a calculator to double check the scamming lady, it was hilarious lol

Great food, came in clutch for a company event at the last minute. Have used them for school events as well.

Ordered burrito de tripas and asked it to be medium cooked. Its burnt and rock hard. Ordené un burrito de tripas. Lo pedi media-cocida. Me lo dieron quemada y bien duro.

Great food from a little hole-in-the-wall! Love their breakfast burritos and tacos, good al pastor as well!

This El Atacor location is open 24 hours a day like the Whittier location. This location caters to those who live in Pico Rivera and Downey and that do not want to drive to Whittier. Tacos are good as usual. Larger parking lot. Close to the 605. El Atacor charges 80 cents for debit and credit card use. Among the best tacos in the Pico Rivera and Downey areas. Highly recommended.

Had a lengua burrito. Cashier was polite. Wait time was okay. The burrito was rather mushy and could've been crisper. I think frying the lengua would help out. The red salsa was ok. Overall the food was meh. Not bad not good. I might try something else next time if I'm close by. The inside is your old school taco shop, I liked the vibe.

I love this place! Order the champorado and a super burrito with birria and order it Mojado verde, it's literally my favorite thing to eat also I come out here with my drag sisters so it's also excepting and a good sit down spot! :)

This is usually the place to go to get tacos after the bar. Food is good here, the staff is basically there to do their job not much of a personality. I'm giving them 3 stars because we found a piece of metal in the food. I called the place to inform them so they could be careful with stuff like that but all they would tell me is that the manager was not there and he would call me but never did.

Food for the value is great here but what makes it even better is being open 24 hours. When your super late night cravings hit and you are extremely famished the Mexican food here always hits the spot especially the super burrito the size of a forearm and the asada fries which can honestly feed 2-3 hungry adults. My go to Mexican spot when I need something quick even through phone orders.

Just bought food and my burrito is cold as fuck FUCK THESE PEOPLE!!Bean and Cheese Burrito

Never in my life have I had caldo de res this bad, I ordered a large and it had alot of caldo but 1 small piece of calabaza, 1 small chayote, 1 small corn and the caldo had no flavor worse lunch of my life I called to tell them how disappointed I was and they told me that is how they serve it , wow Dont get caldo here!!!

I Ordered on Ubereats and my drink came without a straw so I took the lid off to drink it and there's pieces of who knows what floating

Food was very salty couldn't eat it. Service wise I couldn't understand what cashier was trying to say rude af too. If I could give it a 0 star I would this place SUCKS

Actually writing this review while I'm still here. Waiting on a couple of people to finish up their food lol. We had just came from bar hopping in long Beach and currently sober! I heard we were getting tacos so I got excited. Upon ordering my food. I read the reviews and everybody kept saying the same thing! I wanted tacos with Carne asada. I didn't want to judge the meat because everyone said it tasted like ground beef. And guess what? They were right! Very dry and exactly ground beef. Small size tacos, two bites Is all you get! I wouldn't recommend it. I also tried the birria tacos. I love birria, but it was very dry and has a spoiled smell.. My girlfriend ordered taquitos. Greasy and the "guacamole" they provided was wack! Ehhh only benefit coming here is that it opens 24 hours for your drunk munchies. By the way they charge 50 cents for master / visa cards. Cashier was rude and if you guys can, clean up the restroom. It's all tatted up, how much more ghetto can this get.

I was so disappointed at the service when I called to tell them about my dish, she sounded rude and asked me to return the dish & they would make a new one, but naturally I declined because I was worried they would spit in my food. But to charge someone $16 for 2 burnt small trips of meat, and overcooked my over easy eggs, and I asked for no beans & rice yet it came with it, possibly the reason for the $16charge. But honestly the dish was not worth that amount. Would of love to get refunded instead but they offer that. So I ended up losing money that I work hard for.

While I love the food here, especially the nachos con asada with everything, I just don't like how they charge folks more for using card/debit than just using cash.

Best beans west of the 605 freeway. Very friendly staff. Lots of parking. The food is good I love the smell of the menudo on Sunday's

I have waited so long to eat here. After tax season I deserved a treat for my payment in full and efforts all year tracking expenses. It was worth the wait. They were polite, clean, had a great menu to select from, and the food tasted so great. Not greasy, nice portions, and very tasty. I don't feel super fat after enjoying my dinner tonight. I'm so happy when I find good food. Everyone inside was happy while eating too. Good food makes people happy which is a nice ambiance. Very few things on this planet make me happy anymore. But this place is a nice little step back in time. Thank you so much to the staff. 5 stars. :-)

This place used to be the best around. But have gotten very stingy lately. Carne asada burrito the past few times is only beans and a little meat. Very expensive as well. Very small too. A tiny salsa and if u want extra u have to pay. I wish they would go back to what they used to be years back. This used to be our breakfast and late dinner spot. Always take out

Been going there for years food was good. But the girl in front her name is felipa she is freakin rude always in a rush. Argues with you does not have customer service ettiquete wth.. food was made wrong twice. Wont go back

Was standing at the counter trying to order for 5 minutes and not one worker even acknowledged me. Keep in mind there was hardly any customers in this place. Employees were having full blown conversations with each other while I'm just standing there. I turned around and left. Very rude, also prices are sky high and portions are small. This place lost my business for life!

Open 24 hours. Had a taco and carne asada nachos. Liked the nachos! The asada taco was ok. The asada wasn't my favorite but the ingredients on the nachos tasted good together and were dispersed well. Also added some of the salsa they gave me which gave them a nice kick. Staff was nice and the place was pretty clean. They have some arcade games too which is pretty cool. Pros: + Carne Asada Nachos + Salsa + 24/7 + Arcade Games + Friendly staff + Clean Cons: - Place is a bit worn

Where to begin, as soon as you walk up to order you're greeted with attitude. I asked for a Dr Pepper she gave me the unfriendly " We don't have that!" Which at that point I should have turn around and walked everyone knows good customer service comes with a smile a greet and if you're out of something you suggest the options available not a rude we don't havee that. Ok we ordered 10 tacos with drink and a quesa birria Five chicken and five asada .. Jesus they heat up the tortillas in the microwave so as you can imagine they were half done half raw the asada is basic which to say barely editable they have salt to taste ig, the chicken my god the chicken brown and black I shouldn't have ate not one piece but I thought I'd give it a taste full of nerve and no flavor gave me nausea getting home. The birria my God that birria 60% balls of gummy nerve 40% "birria " meat tasted like salt and random seasoning Not what birria is suppose to taste like , And they added Lettuce and tomato inside !! Who and where in Mexico do they do that all in a Soggy tortilla while being undercooked all at once , all in all a true shit show. Del taco a chain fast food restaurant has better birria in their ramen birria and that says a lot ... I really had hoped for better I've been to the one in silver lake where they have more pride in what they serve I thought I live in Downey let's see this location well you'll find your typical lunch spot of the type of guys that drink beer 24/7 that kind of spot it's not a restaurant at all I guess they bank on the fact the guys there are drunk or hungover so anything and everything tastes fine. Don't come here it's a waste of 30$

Gross! Got their quesadilla one time and by far the worst quesadilla I've ever had in my life. It was like a soup poured into a tortilla with cheese. Super soggy and little flavor. The "green burrito" (chain with Carl's Jr.) has better quality food than this place. Doesn't that say enough?!

I ordered via Uber Eats and found a chunk of plastic cooked into my quesadilla. Also super super bland. Read the rest of the reviews that say it's crappy- the woman on the phone didn't even sound surprised. Yikes

Late night snack and the taquitos were delicious. Especially late at night! It's open 24 hours. What could be greater than this!?

Best carne asada fries around that true mexican flavor, sometimes the uber drivers lag but its not restaurants fault been coming here since high school

Too much fat chunks in the carne asada. Just a constant complaint! Everything else is pretty good

Omg! I found a hair in my nacho fries. This place used to be a lot better but absolutely disgusting. Go ahead and try your luck.

I love ordering ahead and just picking up the hot delicious food. We have always has a great Meal from this place.

Best carne asada fries around! And the taquitos are pretty bomb aswell! Old school spot use to come in high school now still ordering nacho fries lol

La nina que me atendió a mi y las personas al frente de mi los atendió bien mal .. y nomas porque unas de su compañera los ofreció sanaorias y jalapeños la regañó que ya no la ande ofreciendo a la gente en vez de a serla alado.. y después la actitud que me dio cuando estaba pidiendo mi comida .. no vuelvo mas.

DO NOT BUY FOOD HERE. The employees here are rude and they don't give a f*#% about your order. The food is horrible I order 3 tacos and a side or guacamole and my tacos and guacamole had hair. Eww. I told the lady in the front and she just rolled her eyes and with an attitude she gave me a new order. I just threw it in the trash waste of money. First and last time I will ever go here.

Bomb Mexican Style Breakfast Burritos and inexpensive as can be!!!! Attitude can use some help but it goes with pay I guess.

I was just there 25 minutes ago with my little sister and I she order first she got 3 tacos of pastor with a horchata. Then I told her what I wanted 6 tacos of pastor. Con todo. I've also got a small drink which I wanted. The the person behind the cash register yells 6 tacos. ?????? Why is she behind the counter. The proceeds to charge me 11 dollars & some change. For that price is cheap for 9 tacos that's what I thought. When I found out in the bag it was 6 tacos. What language do I have to speak for them to understand of what I'm saying. sé algo de español solo un poco. I've never had problem with this taco place. I've always get good service no matter what but come on when I ask for the amount of tacos don't short me 6 tacos can't feed 5 people. That's why I did the math 9 tacos is enough for 5 people

I went here to get a breakfast burrito and end up biting into a rock causing my bracket to break very disappointed because now I have to pay for this to get fixed

Stopped in for some takeout, got home starving only to be disappointed. I ordered sopes, rice and beans, with extra cheese and sour cream. To start, they omitted the extra cheese or sour cream, but the worst part was having a mouth full of burnt beans. That char taste, the burnt smell, it was ridiculous. Now, if you have ever burnt beans before you know what I mean. I'm appalled that a cook/chef could even allow this to leave his kitchen, shame on him. So unacceptable! There were black specks throughout the beans. I forced myself to finish one of the sopes (because I was so hungry), in total regret. The sopes were overly cooked harder than a tostada shell, it had a layer of the charred beans every bite was agonizing. I gave up, my meal was ruined. I called to tell them and the person who answered copped an attitude. She finally agreed to give me a refund, but I would need to bring all the food back. Not wasting my time twice! Duces!!!

This shit fire ONG. Y'all mf's trippin abt this place being bad and stuff. I've came to this place for 14 years now. Shit fire and I'll continue to come for the rest of my life probably. Shit smacks. And If you don't agree, your moms a hoe. (Respectfully)