Tacos La Familia

This place was hard to find; it's a hidden gem located next to La Tapatia #4. Once you walk in, you are greeted by a friendly atmosphere. The tacos ahogados were absolutely to die for—extremely delicious and bursting with flavor. They have definitely become my new favorite!

Oh my! I have spent eight wint LPers in Mexico and their food is as good if not better than anything I've ever had in Mexico and I've had lots and lots of good food in Mexico

rice and beans were excellent, enchiladas had true rich flavor tastes homemade. mulita was really good flavor. Birria was tender. great flavor.

Best Street tacos around. Great price. Awesome sauce choices. Also when eating Mexican food always order fries. Don't know why but they taste great.

My wife and I's go to place for the BEST Mexican food around!!!!!!

I got the birria pizza the meat was dry chewy and it didn't come with sauce, which is crazy because it was dry as hell. the wings were ok kind is soggy. the shot I got was good

Birria pizzadilla is delicious! As well as all of the hot sauces and salsas. I really enjoyed everything. I went to the restaurant and ordered to go, was friendly, fast, and efficient. Definitely will return

Everything was good. Worth stopping by.

Great food always!! The best tacos in Des Moines!! The owners and staff are above all the best!

Love the food here. I usually order to-go and grab it on my way home. The last time I ate here we ate in the restaurant. The service was good and quick. They started us with chips and salsa, which were delicious! I got the pizzalla(surely spelled incorrectly) and my partner got a burrito. Very large portions for the price and the flavor was amazing. When paying, I noticed we were charged for the chips and salsa. This isn't a big deal and I'll happily pay the cost for them, they were delicious, but it was never conveyed to me that there was a charge for them and I've never been charged for the initial chips and salsa for the table at any other restaurant. I'd consider making this charge more clear since I know everyone isn't as relaxed as I can be. All in all, the food was delicious, the service was good, and the price was more than reasonable. I will continue to go and will dine in going forward. I like the place a lot.

Birria Pizza creatively uses shredded roast beef that is seasoned to taste. The colorful presentation with a decorative top designed with sour cream and guacamole. The mixture of onions and other spices tantalizes your palette and one large slice is very filling. Each wait staff greeted you with a smile and assisted you in getting you out in a timely manner.

My cousin took me to a small taco restaurant while I was visiting her out of town. First the server greeted us and brought out chip, salsa, and hot sauce. We each ordered 3 taco, thinking 9 tacos would be alot. However, they were on the smaller side. We ended up finishing all of the taco and chips. We also tried the menudo, since the mini size was only $3. I didn't like it unfortunately. We didn't get any herbs to add or lime. My family mentioned it was all tripe and can smell intestines. Overall the restaurant was small, yet cute.

Updating to say this place still is great. Authentic and delicious. Service is always friendly. The ambiance could improve but some of that is out of their control because of the building's location. However don't let that steer you away from one of the best taco places in Des Moines. Everything is delicious and at a great price. Complementary chips and salsas. I ordered the fried tacos with birria and a mini soup on the side. It slaps. Out of this world. The only place I get my fried taco cravings satisfied.

Hands down the best birria and burritos (the fried burrito is amazing) I've tried in dsm. Service is always pretty good and they're very friendly. Great chips and salsa with multiple salsas. If you go at a busy time there will be a wait but it's worth it!!

Tried Beef Tacos & Queso and chips First time and it was Sooooooo GOOD Delicious Tacos/Queso&Chips

Incredible local place. The prices are quite reasonable and service is quick. Usually pretty busy so hard to find a table inside but perfect for pick up. Highly recommended

One of my favorite taco places in the DSM area. Tacos are now $3 for street taco and 3.5 for fried taco. Hot sauces provided are flavorful and hot! Love spicy. Their chicken wings are delicious as well. I usually get the habanero which have a good spicy kick to it!

Best cocktails in Des Moines! Delicious consommé and fried tacos. Spicy and flavorful salsas.

Called in a order for the Birra pizzadilla and soup $14 can't beat it best price in Desmoines

Living down the street from them, we eat here a lot. Not once have we ever been disappointed. The food is consistently delicious and great quality, service is excellent, location is great for locals. The actual restaurant is pretty small, and there are always people eating and picking up take out orders, but the service is so quick no one seems to ever wait very long. The portions are great for the price and everything we have tried on the menu has been amazing. Especially for those who love lots of flavor and/or spice. Our favorites - Camarones A La Diabla and Mojara Frita

Al the dishes I've had have been the best in town staff is friendly and prompt place is clean

Super small restaurant, but was recommended. Parking seemed limited, seating is definitely limited. Service was extra slow (we got our food before our drinks, and got the salsa after our drinks). I ordered tacos - lengua, alpastor, tripa crispy, asada. They were all pretty good. My favorite was lengua, least favorite was asada. Jamaica was also good. My clothes and hair ended up smelling like the place. So ima order to-go next time.

DO NOT GO HERE. They will have you wait almost an hour, then give you a WRONG ORDER. Then they won't answer the phone, because they discounted the line. Taco Familia sucks! Gave me buffalo when I clearly asked for BBQ sauce wings. And the tacos are microscopic. Go somewhere else to spend your money. They're incompetent and stupid. Never coming back because they don't follow directions.

Everything everyone said about this place is true!!! So good so authentic order anything you can't go wrong

It was really good and I will definitely be coming back. The staff was very nice and service overall was great. Nice lil place.

Very tasty!! Ordered through door dash. Arrived warm and fresh. Steak and pastor tacos! Both were delicious.

My girl and I were looking for some authentic Mexican food like we had back in cali and this place was the real deal. Got their red tacos and a small birria pizzadia or however it's spelled . The food was some of the best we have ever had. The service was outstanding and our server was extremely nice. We will be coming back for sure!!

Taco's La Familia Tacos La Familia, that's Spanish for "The Family" in a non cartelish, mafiaish type way. Or maybe that's exactly what it means. I make up words to suit my needs. Its all good. Located on a mid renewed portion of 6th street, a once proud street walker corridor, its a tiny establishment that is easily missed if you're not looking for it and Siri is not screaming at you that "you just past it on your left you idiot human!" Sitting right next to La Tapatia, that's Spanish for "The Tapatia" its unassuming with shit street parking. No worries though as parking is available in the rear (one of my favorite phrases) I only came here for one reason. Birria tacos and not because I'd heard of how great they are here. Truth be told, it was because of a YouTube video and subsequent google search of "Birria Taco's near me" that brought me here so a shout out to Sam the Cooking Guy and Google's algorithm for bringing me here. "How was it?" I asked the masked couple leaving as I got to the door. "OMG, I ate 6 fried tacos and the soup" the lady said "Tell them to hook you up with the menu I had" She led me inside, found the waitress who has served her, and asked her to hook me up. "He's never been here" Great, now I'm a virgin in her eyes. "Sit in that middle booth and I'll be with you in a minute" It's a comfortable setting, decorated in the kind of swag you'd expect from a Mexican establishment in the center of the country for people who have no real idea what Mexican cuisine is really all about. She was table side in less then a minute, took my drink order and then mentioned what the previous customer who had assumed responsibility for my happiness had eaten. I decided on the fried street taco's, 2 birria and 2 chorizo. The fried come with cheese, the non fried do not. I also went with a cup of soup for dipping. Yep. Think French dip tacos. She brought my drink and an assortment of salsa's along with chips. The house salsa is amazing with enough spice to remind you that its there but not so much that it blows off your head. I resisted the desire to eat the whole bucket of chips and won that battle. The taco's I ordered showed up pretty quickly along with the soup. First bite of the Burria taco and I was transported back to an easier time, a non pandemic time. It was like the first kiss from the one. Where the hell have you been all my life? Why are all Taco's not this. Crispy, cheesy, delicious, fried in the grease of the meat itself and dipped into this cup of life giving juice no doubt a gift from Grandma Mexico herself. I could barely get the 4th taco down. How the hell this unnamed goddess who steered me in the right direction when I arrived got 6 of those bad boys down is beyond me but I also understand. 5 stars

service is amazing and food is great! Erica is amazing and my friends and i love to support family businesses! also, they have the best steak fried tacos ;)

A small locally owned taco joint with delicious birria and street tacos. No frills, fast and friendly service! When we're craving tacos, this one ranks pretty high on my list of taco spots. And honestly, we're lucky that DSM has so many great options!

My two favorite items on the menu are: 1. Street Tacos 2. Tortas I only placed the tacos #1 because on Taco Tuesday they are $1.50 for like seven different versions. However, the Torta is so big and good that it is an amazing deal anytime. I would give it 5 stars but sometimes the size of the building, parking, and staff time sets off a few things that disrupt service. Nevertheless, it is a must try and go-to for authentic 5 star casual Mexican food.

So i love the in shell shrimp dish but it comes with nothing. They have a unshelled shrimp dish that is SUPPOSED to come with rice,beans, and a salad(Hispanic salad so just lettuce and maybe some tomato's). They're the same price basically but differ in what you get. So I got unshelled so I could get more bang for my buck and what do I get but 8 little shit frozen shrimp in sauce with rice and beans. Where's my salad? Also i ordered online and they FORCE YOU to pick pico de gallo for $1 upcharge or sour cream for 50 cents. I choose pico and didn't get anything. So my dollar was wasted. Left them a tip for pickup but won't again.

This is my new favorite Mexican food place in Des Moines. On entering I was given hot fresh tortilla chips with 4 types of salsa (all spicy) the salsas were flavorful and brightly delicious. I ordered a dinner with steak, shrimp and chicken. There was quite a wait for them to prepare my food as the place was packed and is small. It was well worth the wait. All fresh and perfectly seasoned. A packet of hot corn tortillas. A fried jalepeno (chili toreado). Fluffy rich and creamy refried beans with delicately seasoned Spanish rice. SO GOOD! Also had a homemade flan for dessert.

Hole in the wall authentic! Came to this place over lunch and it was very busy. The food was definitely worth the wait. I have been waiting to find something this good. The meat was marinated perfectly along with the soft shell. The chips came with four assortment of hot sauce to taste!

Food and service was good and reasonably priced. We went back a second time. Would recommend

I'm a little nervous to write this review because I think I have found something pretty spectacular and I don't think many people know about it. It's located in the not-so-pretty side of Des Moines that you want to make sure you roll up your windows and lock your doors before you walk into the restaurant. I had such a great time with some friends here with cheap street style tacos and just amazing food in general. You can order a whole lot of tacos as they're around $2 each and then you're ready to just go home and take a nice nap. Our party also ordered a Cantaro La Familia, it's a huge pot of some cocktail that you share. Why get a cup I say? stick your straw in and enjoy being up close and personal with your friends drink as fast as you can. (possible bad idea but all in good fun) I definitely recommend this place with a fun group and have fun with strong drinks and cheap food. I will definitely be back!

Plan to park on the street because the parking lot is called for another restaurant and other businesses. The food is delicious, excellent unique menu and the service is quick and accurate. The ambiance in the restaurant is good, it's a small place. Bathrooms are clean. It's the only place in Iowa that I've found that they sell tacos "ahogados" simply delicious!!!

Best birria tacos I had so far!!! While visiting the area best I could find birria tacos I could find in town goes while with the soup.

So the food is good....if you can actually get what you want. I have been told several times birria was unavailable, as were sopes.

Tuesday nights tacos are $1.50-$2. Amazing. Ordered a mini Consome de Borrego (lamb, carrot and chickpea soup), as well as 4 street tacos. The picadillo tacos are so delicious. Service was slow for a taco place but the food was so good I didn't mind at all. Also, loved that 3 different hot sauces came out with the chips and salsa.

Excellent street and birria tacos. The fried burrito is the best burrito I've ever had. Love the atmosphere, it's exactly what I want when I think street tacos!

Stopped in a Tuesday for the street taco special & it was very good! Was pretty busy, but I was able to get seated & served fairly quickly. Will definitely be back when in the area again.

Great taco spot.. came here for lunch on a Saturday afternoon. Lucky got sat right down. Definitely authentic Mexican food with tons of flavor. I went with two asada and two pastor street tacos. The two orangish salsas has tons of heat but we're perfect on the pastor, salsa verde was excellent on the asada. Drinks looked good but I just wanted a coke. We will definitely be back.

Fantastic food. I originally went for a taco Tuesday and I'm glad it got there early as it gets very very busy. You are started with chips, salsa, and three other hot sauces which are all delicious. There's quite a selection of drinks. I usually get tacos or burritos which can both be fried.

They don't care about there customers much there's this girl that she doesn't even pay attention to us there where a lot of people after us and they got attended first after 30 minutes nothing they didn't Offers no drink no chips no menus. They just told us to sit and they ignored us completely for more than 30 min we told the lady and she just ignored us still after that horrible service never going again

The food is good but the service is always horrible. I never have good service here and it sucks because the food is so food it's just the girls who are attending are rude.

Giving the service a 1 period. The food 5/5. Always excellent. But today you can tell the kids were running the front. Rude service. Ordered the birria and no fork or spoon. Then I came back in because the bottle drink I bought needed to be opened with a top and when I came in to ask for one the girl rudely said it's over there on the wall. Again the food is great and when the parents are yo front excellent service but today the " kids" was a disappointment

The absolutely best tacos in DSM! Wowsa. You need to stop in here and get some soon!

Food is always amazing. Customer service? Garbage. You'll probably talk to your server about 3 times your whole experience. Make sure you're clear on what you want, like ice in your water, because they don't care lmao.

Great food and service. Small building so it gets crowded during peak hours. It is worth the wait, many items to pick from. I would highly recommend this place!

My favorite dining companion and I, love Mexican food. We try new ones often, and have a few favorites we frequent more often. Tacos La Familia, is now on that list. There are several reasons why. When you walk into Tacos La Familia, there's a small dining area and then another dining area down the hall. It's cozy, and it smelled delicious. As soon as we were seated we were greeted with chips and salsa, but not just one kind...four! Yes. Four different salsas. That's a strong start! There was a fairly standard but tasty red salsa, then a slightly smoky salsa verde, and two different hot roasted salsas. I love having this kind of variety. Take note, other Mexican restaurants; This is chips and salsa done RIGHT! There's certainly more to Tacos La Familia than just chips and salsa, of course. The menu isn't large for a Mexican restaurant, but the selections are solid. One that immediately caught both of our attention, was the lamb stew. You don't typically see that at a Mexican restaurant. We had to order it, of course. We also ordered the habanero wings, as those too were unusual for a Mexican restaurant. We then ordered three individual tacos, one asada, one cabeza, and one barbacoa. We can't very well go to a restaurant with taco in the title, and not get tacos, now can we? Our food arrived quickly. We received the lamb stew and the wings first. The stew smelled downright heavenly. It was so very hot, but I simply couldn't wait. I scooped up a little chunk of lamb with some broth on my spoon, and blew on it. I was hungry, but was not trying to burn my mouth on this molten liquid. It did not disappoint. It was just the right combination of salty and fatty to go with the tender pull-apart lamb. It also contained carrots, onions, and other veggies. We devoured it quickly. The wings had a very subtle flavor, but had a nice amount of heat on the back end. They were big and meaty, and well-cooked. They had no breading, but were fried. All in all not bad. These were not why we were here, anyway. The tacos came when we were about halfway through the stew. They all looked and smelled good. They had the proper adornments for a Mexican street taco: protein, raw white onion, and cilantro. The asada taco was excellent. It had lots of steaky goodness, and it wasn't overcooked. The cabeza was great, one of my favorite cabeza tacos I've had. I definitely recommend them. Lastly, we had the barbacoa taco. I generally am not a huge fan of barbacoa. It too often tends to be sweet and I don't care for sweet sauced meet. This was a notable exception. This was very savory barbacoa, with no sweetness. It was impressive. I'd honestly order all of the tacos again. They were all good representations of their respective tacos. We left Tacos La Familia with full stomachs, and some leftovers. If, like us, you've never heard of Tacos La Familia, you should do yourself a favor and go. If you've already been there...then I don't need to tell you how good they are!

I enjoy lunching solo and Taco la Familia was my destination. I ordered the pastor taco, camarones cucarache, and a michelada to wash it down. I ended up taking my camarones home since I stuffed myself with their chips and salsa. Well, TBH, I took it home to enjoy at home since I was seated in the middle of the dining room and didn't want everybody to watch me suck the shrimp heads, lick my fingers or peel my shrimp. It was delicious; spicy and juicy. I would definitely go back for that dish alone. Service was fine, a bit slow on my michelada as I had to ask for it, but they were pretty busy. Regardless, it's nice to see a locally owned restaurant be supported by the community. Thumbs up for sure.

First thing is it's a little tricky to find but it's right next to La Tapitia. Got sat by a friendly server and went during a busy lunch hour. They were all wearing mask due to covid which was a good sign. Chips and salsa did not disappoint they even give you a variety of salsas to start with! I got the steak fried tacos with the red soup (bierro?) anyways it was amazing with tasted like pork broth, similar to a posole which you would dig your taco into! After seeing endless reviews I had to try it out for myself, and they are vegetarian friendly! Will be back soon!

The food is actually really good but the service is terrible , I won't be back any time soon.

Absolutely the best Chilaquiles that I've every had nothing can compare!! Always so delicious for breakfast in the morning! This is Fried corn tortilla chips topped with guajillo chile sauce, Mexican sour cream and cheese comes with a side of rice and beans and your choice of fried eggs or scrambled eggs.

Servers are incredibly rude and unprofessional. Wouldn't bother eating food here when particular waitresses refuse to treat me like a human being.

Best homemade/authentic Mexican food in Des Moines !! From tacos, tortas, burritos and bigger dishes. Try the consomé --signature soup.