Taqueria Los Comales

During our visit, we discovered a cockroach in one of our enchilada dishes. We immediately informed our server, who removed the plate and offered to bring a replacement. Given the seriousness of the situation and concerns about the cleanliness of the kitchen, we declined and chose to leave. As we were exiting quietly and without causing a disturbance, the owner stopped us and accused us of trying to take advantage of the situation. When my father calmly explained that we would not be paying due to the presence of a cockroach in our food, the owner became confrontational and made inappropriate personal accusations, including calling my father a thief and claiming he was intoxicated, which was completely untrue. This experience was extremely unprofessional and disappointing, both in terms of food safety and customer service. I would strongly caution others before dining here.

My wife and I came to order a dinner we were going to share. Right when we walked in, everybody was very welcoming and very very nice. We ordered the bistec and it was delicious. It was so tasty and the meat was really tender. It was exactly what my wife had taste for. The ranchera-type red salsa on top of the steak really made the flavor and juiciness of the steak even better. I'm not sure what other people are talking about. I'm going to assume they're not from Chicago or don't know what good food is. Comales has always been known for their small tortillas but they've always filled them up. That has always been one of their staples(and still is). I do agree they are a bit pricier than other places but not by much(honestly it's just a few dollars) but the quality of the food, the kindness and hospitality of the staff, and the really cool atmosphere is worth it. We will definitely be back. Thank you for treating us so kindly!!🙏🏽👍🏽💯🫶🏽😀

Tacos are great! Got Cecina and Crispy Tripa tacos. But the salsas are tasteless. Service is great. Atmosphere not so good. The music was extremely loud. I’ve eaten here many times before. The salsa then had a better taste.

I loved my bistec!! Omg it was delicious! It came with everything, sliced avocado, lettuce, tomato, rice and beans. I asked for it not to be too spicy because I'm a big baby. Lol. It was perfect. I had a taste for steak and peppers en jugo and it was on point!! I have no idea what some of these other comments are talking about. The staff was so so friendly and welcoming. Thank you so much for such a yummy dinner. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽💖💖💖🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽💜💜💜😋😋😋 I should have taken a pic!! My husband said it was for me but we both ate it!! 😂😂 Next time I'll post photos 👍🏽👍🏽💜💜💜 *Just a lil side note - there's a question that asks how long did we wait for a table, but we took ours to go and there's no question asking how long we waited for our food. Soooo..I answered how long we waited for our food instead 😉... We only waited like 15 minutes tops and that's because everything was made to order. It was fresh and hot and delicious!! 😁

The food is very good. The rice is vgood. This is the true test of good mexican food. Great staff, friendly. My only complaint - for indoor dining, the prices merit real silver wear. Not sporks nov 2022 the pozole was awesome. Plenty of meat n hominy. The carrotc and cauliflower spcey mix is vgood. April 2024. I tried the shrimp a la Diablo. Delicious. Beaware- no refills on drinks

Food was amazing. Service was great as well.

The food was delicious 😋 My hubby and I love this place. The waitress was super nice made us feel at home 2 thumbs up 👍🏾👍🏾 definitely coming back again

Great food ,but the service was dragging. Server forgot to send our refreshments we waited 20 min

I always get the tacos with tortillas hechos a mano & fire every time! Never waiting too long for food either and great service. gracias Dona Ana.

The food is not bad, it's horrible. We ordered chilaquiles verdes, it had a "rice" that looked like dough and the food was cold. The eggs arrived to our table 10 mins after the cold food and only because we asked the waiter for them. The coffee is water that tastes like coffee for $6 a cup, we ordered the minimum and it was $70 for horrible food. Super dissatisfied AVOID THIS PLACE. If you're hungry and want good food go elsewhere.

Stopped in with family for a torta with chopped up steak. They give small bags of pickled veggies with the meal. Green salsa needed a bit more flavor. Torta is much better than the tacos here.

Bigger portions than the pilsen location. Service was very quick. Ambiance is what it needed to be. Love their horchata. And their cecina tacos are my absolute favorite.

I've been eating at Los Comales since I was a little kid, and all I can say it's clearly going down hill. The restaurant is very clean an spacious, but it seems like they've been getting more fancy inside and the quality of the food has gone down hill. Not as much people inside here as there was across the street. I ordered a carne Asada taco and an al pasto taco. They claimed the carne Asada to be skirt steak but I beg to differ. The tacos here are very tiny and pricey for the size. The carne Asada lacked flavor and the al pastor was tasty and perfectly cooked. My wife ordered their Tripas taco. I would say I liked them, but I don't like how she orders them crispy. Los comales is also the only taqueria that I know that serves their lengua in a whole piece instead of cut in cubes. They probably taste the same, but don't look as appetizing. I'm not sure why I keep on returning, maybe for nostalgic reasons, but they haven't impressed me as of late.

Quick friendly takeout service in a clean inviting restaurant. I had Pastor, Asada and Papas Con Chorizo tacos they were great and came with some tasty salsas and spicy pickled veggies.

This place is the best so far. I had tried different mexican restaurant around the city and this is the best. I love everything about from the customer service to the food and drink. I will definitely be back to try their alcohol.

My daughter and I had lunch there; furthermore, the service was good, BUT unfortunately when we were leaving I saw a roach walkibg on the table where we were seated. I brought it to the attention of the waitress and asked to speak to a manager and was told the manager was not available. I tried to contact the owner several times by phone with no success. I would definitely NOT recommend this place. Unsanitary and disgusting!

It was good and tasty the staff is amazing and well served its very clean .And very family oriented

I was in town for President Day's weekend and after landing in Chicago my bestie brought me here for a late dinner. The moment I walked in, I could smell carne asada in the air and that my friends is a very good thing. I knew some delicious tacos were coming my way and this place did not disappoint. What I ordered: 1 suadero (flank steak), 2 carne asada tacos 1 al pastor 1 horchata (of course this drink is always a must) I personally loved the tacos here. As someone who grew up in LA and is now in DC (sadly a place where Mexican tacos are very much non-existing), I was excited to have tacos that were not only delicious but also cheap. The suadero was my favorite out of the three types I ordered. The meat on all my tacos was grilled to perfection- browned and a little crispy. Each table has a bottle of green salsa and a tub of pickled sliced carrots, cauliflower, and jalapenos. Yum. I wish they had a salsa spicier than the only one that was available though. If you want something sweet for dessert, there's a panaderia less than a block away. After some tacos, a concha and a cafecito is the way to go.

Great place for some authentic Mexican food. Has been here for long time. Everyone is friendly

So in the past, I never cared much for the food, but lately, they have been killing it! I'm not sure if the cooks have changed, but the food tastes so much better than in years prior. I'm so glad I gave them another chance. The al pastor tacos are amazing! The chile rellenos are delicious! I have been going back lately, because they are now my new favorite taco place, since el solazo closed down. Check them out!

I love this place every thing is always do fresh and tasty. The meat is very well seasoned and tender l. I have no complaint when comes to this restaurant

As we were parking outside I could smell some sort of wonderful going on in there. We sat at a booth and our waitress came faster than you can say "vamanos". The table had a tub of cauliflower, jalapenos, and sliced carrots in a self-serve fashion. The self serve gardinera type thing was mildy spicy and tart. My favorite was the cauliflower and sliced carrots. All the orders are made fresh and made to your liking. Our orders Him: 3 Carne Asada Tacos, 2 beef tripe tacos, rice, beans, and a horchata. I think to myself, "damn that's a big order he must be hungry". Me: 2 carne asada, and 1 al pastor tacos. No cilantro. One thing is for sure. The service is freakin' fast. I LOVE IT! Yes, the tacos are a tad greasy, I like them that way. The beef tripe was good and crunchy and tasted like chicarons. Al pastor tacos was mildly spicy and amazing, the carne asada tacos tasted like heaven. The only problem with this place was that the tacos were small tacos. When i think of tacos, i think of tortillas the size of my hand. These tortillas were half the size, no bueno. But damn, those tiny little suckers were amazing. I love it. The beans are medium consistency and homemade, you can tell because they leave some whole beans in there possibly for aesthetic purposes. Good service, faster than Speedy Gonzales himself, good greasy tacos. Good for hangovers. I went during the day because the neighbrhood is super shady.

The food is good but the people at the front are just rude sometimes. They should be more pleasant. You ask a question and they answer with an attitude. And the looks they give as if annoyed. I ordered food and they told me 10 minutes got here in 15 told me it was not ready asked if I can pay and she said no. I was can I just pay so when the order is ready I can leave and she with attitude said no and gave me a dirty look.

3 different dinners, all the same results. (1) chicken burrito, (1) steak burrito, (1) steak taco. We all felt sick to our stomachs and couldn't bare to keep eating this food. The meat tastes old and dried out, the only good thing about the entire meal was the rice. Fool me once shame on you, but there won't be a 2nd time.

I've always liked the food from this specific location. In the past I have even defended the tacos against many a friend claiming they were small and expensive. Unfortunately this is as far as I go. Most food here is delicious and the size of the tacos has even increased (to normal size.) With this, however, came a steep upcharge. Now they're charging three dollars per taco! This means that you're pushing near $15 for three tacos and a drink with taxes. With so many other great tacos places to eat on Pulaski I don't see how they can stay in business. I hope they see the error in their ways and lower the prices before it's too late.

At best it's okay. The service is good and super quick. But the actual food I'm not sure. The beans don't seem "authentic" enough for my liking and the tacos I ordered (dinner, $7.99 with three tacos and beans with trice) and I really wasn't impressed either. I asked for soft tripitas and instead i got super cooked ones that could of broken a tooth! That's a no no. If a waitress asks me what level o wanted them and k said soft then what's the issue with getting them soft and not burned? The seso taco (brains) wet okay but once I really paid attention, I got grossed out but still it's what I ordered so I can't really complain on that. Like I said earlier, the beans seemed to of been canned and I was not jumping for joy. You know they aren't authentic when they have that "artificial" look to them and mama can throw down to another level with beans so you know you got spoiled. All in all I have to give them a three star because years later, I am still not impressed and I actually haven't been here in over ten years and i get this? Not cool!

Food wasn't bad, too expensive for tacos but the cashiers costumer service is horrible. Super rude! Not worth the drive.

Came here earlier to pick up some tacos for my gf and I so we can share during her lunch break. We've always enjoyed los comales tacos from this location. We usually pick up and on occasion we dine in. We've never came across a major problem especially when dining in, maybe because we come during the week and early. I can say it does get crowded on the weekends and especially at night on the weekends being that they close late at 12:00 a.m. daily. In regards to their food i would suggest just to stick with the normal carne asada with cilantro and cebolla tacos, they are small and greasy but then again taqueria los comales have ALWAYS been know for that. Their agua de orchata is always good especially if you like yours on the sweet side like I do :-)

This place used to okay. Today's trip was awful! Stale chips served with salsa. Limes were dry & old. Don't mind paying for good / tasty food, but 6 tacos & 1 horchata $25!? Service was good.

Poor! Service and food were awful! I will never ever go back to another Los Comales. It felt like discrimination on the service aspect. I had steak tacos that were so bad. And I'm not picky about food!!!

This place used to be one of my favorite places to eat. I'm very disappointed the service is horrible and orders take really long to be prepared. I had to wait almost an hour for an order of tacos an a torta. Orange juice is horrible won't coma back again.

What a ripoff! Their tacos are practically bite-size. The meat is either overcooked or undercooked, never good. The service is very fast, makes me wonder whether the meat has been sitting there all day. I've heard a lot of discomforting stories of this place. My mother lives around the corner from this place and more than a handful of times she has seen the ambulance outside. I wonder why?

This place.... well all of them have really gone down hill. I have tried em all. I lived in Denver for seven years and always thought about this place. How good it was when I was little. I started going to the original one on 26th street when I moved back. Bad. Tried the ones surrounding til I ended up at this one. Real good at first. But the quality of the meat gradually went down hill. Last time I tried them I was so disgusted. All fat, no flavor, meat tasted and looked like it had been sitting all day. After a cpl bites I put the food down and paid. When asked why I didn't eat I told them that the food was horrible and that it had been the case for months. I gave it the benefit of the doubt too many times. Til the last time. I was so disappointed. All I want is a quality al pastor taco. Sigh

Suck food no flavor is better a whopper The orchata taste like water with low sugar the green sauce no flavor don't eat here

I love comales but this one just sucks, the tacos have no flavor and the salsa is watered down all bogus n I ordered 4 tacos and they gave me 3 what type of shit is that and 4 tacos and a large Jamaica water for $21, over priced af

Horrible absolutely horrible I was with my family and out of no where we see a couple cockroaches coming out the kitchens window!!!!

This is by far the best Comales I've been to! Honestly. I don't necessarily like Los Comales simply because they went down in value the past couple of years. I loved them maybe 6 years ago when their tacos were normal-sized. But I guess since everyone's down-sizing with this economy, Los Comales owners probably thought "hey let's down-size our food & menu as well!" Anyways, so the restaurant we were originally supposed to go to was closed due to "holiday vacation" which really pissed me off because that was quite a drive. We had to come in here--last resort. No biggie, my dad said it was better than the other ones. So we come in, find an empty booth and start looking over the menu. I immediately noticed a difference, beginning with the fact that their menu selection is wider. My parents got the chilaquiles rojos and I ordered the gordita with beans, cheese and carne asada (steak). I also ordered a side of avocado to put on my gordita. (Oh, PS. Since avocados are out of season, I suggest don't order anything with avocado during this time...they're not good at all.)! My gordita was delish--aside from the bland tasting avocados. I tried my mom's chilaquiles and they were good too...she said they were "really spicy" but they're not spicy. If you have a high tolerance of spiciness, you won't find them spicy but rather tasty. Good, friendly service here.

Oh where do I begin. I will post pictures in hopes other people will understand how unacceptable and inedible some of the food is here. The rice was burnt and probably made from yesterday's batch. Barely warm and 30% of it was hard as rock and a dark burnt Orange color. I even pulled some to the side to show the waitress. The guacamole had no flavor so we added lime and salt and it tasted fine. The chips were paper thin and just not appetizing, I seriously believe the el milagro chips in a bag are fresher and better!!! Also what a horrible watered down salsa. The waitress was the absolute only thing of this whole experience that was great. She was sweet and understanding. The lady at the counter was clearly upset and was almost to the point of disrespectful. She wasn't apologetic and didn't even acknowledge what happened. How rude and disgusting. This place from a 1 to 10 was a 1. The walls were dirty visually not wiped down. Seats were dirty. The least you could have done is be understanding while taking our hard earned money for your crap food. Hopefully one of the inspectors pay a visit soon. I'm sure other patrons will appreciate it. By the way we ordered a carne asada plate and a shrimp fajita plate with the guacamole and 1 coke. Our bill was a $44, you can clearly spend much less somewhere else for much better food.

This would be the fourth location of Los Comales I have ate at, but it's not as good as what I have experienced at their other locations. Don't get me wrong, I don't think their Tacos are bad at all, they are just not up to par. As with any of their locations people, don't be scared to order up 5 to 6 tacos, they are tiny but flavor full. Picture this, you pull up to a parking lot, half full. Inside the restaurant they are 3/4 full, order 5 tacos (my order) and 3 tacos for her. Almost instantly as soon as you tell your waitress (es todo (Spanish) = that's all) she turns around and there's your food. Your booth or table is equipped with green and red hot sauce, paper towels, and vinegar cured Jalapenos, garlic heads, and carrots. It's always a treat. You must try their Horchata... Delicious! Now down to the nitty gritty: Tacos: Greasy, decent flavor (my taste buds were also still adjusting from drinking the night before). Once again they are small, but they are also $1.25 so there's no rip off here. Drinks: Horchata is yummy. I will most definitely return after a long night of drinking, or when I'm in a rush. Decent food, but certainly not the king of tacos by any means. PS... They finally accept credit cards...

Me and wife ordered 2 taco dinners. . the beans I can tell they are refried can of beans instead of making in house.. The steak looked and tasted like steamed steak instead of frying in a pan.barbacoa was bland and dry..I added salt and lots of their green salsa to eat it..place is nice and good space..service was decent. I would of put 5 but the food was nothing amazing.. So they only get 3 .

It was horrible, salsa was watery and not even Salsa. I asked for a grilled breast chicken the chicken was not even grilled almost raw. Never coming here again and barely make reviews!

It's been about 1 year since I ate at los cómales, it was always one of my favorites until today, my bill was $12 for 2 tacos and an Horchata (that's ridiculous) the person at the counter seemed annoyed to be at work and to top it all off my food was disappointing....the tortilla was fine but the meat was hard, almost like it had been fried. Not a good experience definitely won't be going back.

Excellent food a little pricey but well worth it. I tried the steak burrito dinner with gauc and chips.

Absolutely disgusting. They changed their recipes now that they are under the Doña Ana name. I ordered a steak torta with everything. The meat had so much fat and cartilage! The cheese seemed to be a single piece of what tasted like Swiss cheese. Most places would have served shredded cojita or crumbled queso fresco. Even the salsa verde tasted off. Perhaps too much cilantro in it? My boyfriend had a steak burrito dinner. It was so greasy (not unusual for Mexican food, but the fat is what made it so bad) that it soaked through the foam container and managed to ruin his jeans. Since I was so disappointed in my torta, my bf offered me his rice and frijoles. I started to eat the frijoles only to find a hair in them. I quickly ran to the bathroom because I started gagging like crazy. It's safe to say we are NEVER going back to a Comales under the Doña Ana name.

This place is not that bad. I truly enjoy their tiny tacos and especially their grilled onions. They might be a bit greasy but still good. I also like their breakfasts too. I'm a big fan of chorizo with eggs. One thing that does annoy me a bit is their tortas. Their good but super SLOPPY!!! The torta totally falls apart. But it's still good so I stop whining and keep eating. Their horchatas are pretty good too.... not to watery.

This location you only go for one thing THE STEAK BURRITOS period. I have yet to taste a better overall Burrito around this area stay away from the tiny tacos, chiliaquilies and all that mumbo jumbo and you'll be fine. I always stick to a Burrito and Horchata and I'm in heaven.

no mas for me. this place was good. now it is ok. With two of the best taco places next to them I am surprised the still have get business. The reason why i went was for breakfast since the other two were closed. I order huevos con chorizo and my wife chilaquiles rojos. My chorizo was a bit crispy which I had no issue, yet the rice and beans very bland. My wife's chilaquiles were very hot!. I don't think I will try this location again. Plenty of private parking. Service quick, but food bland.

My friends and I decided to check this place out after shuffling a few pieces of furniture across town. One of my friends suggested it, he said he used to eat here all the time when he was back in school. The rest of us took his word and off we went. Yes, this place is decidedly Southside, although after walking in, it could have been south of the border for all practical purposes. Mexican music on the juke box, a predominantly Hispanic clientele, and not a word of English spoken. The tables looked dingy, better than Chinatown, but not as good as some Northside Mexican restaurants, and had trays full of hot peppers that you could feel their burn just by sitting down. There was a fair amount of business in the take out area and you could feel the heat from the kitchen nearer the front. But the smell of the cooking food, oh, it was flavorful. We ordered tortas, tacos, and burritos. I had a beef steak torta and because there was the wonderful smell of chorizo in the air, one chorizo (chorizo=Mexican sausage, often spicy) taco. At first I thought I would want more than one, but after my torta came, I was glad I only ordered one.And here's my reason for only ordering one. I've been to several Mexican places where the the chorizo smells very good and flavorful, but tastes bland and stale when eaten. So when my one taco arrived I looked at it with a healthy amount of skepticism. It smelled good, the cooked chorizo steaming out of the corn tortilla that surrounded it. The tace was on the smaller side, some people may think it's a rip-off, but at least it was stuffed to the brim. Well it turns out I was pleasantly surprised- the chorizo not only smelled good, it tasted good as well. And it was spicy and slightly greasy, just the way I like it. Based on the qualification alone, I knew we had come to the right place, and was thinking about ordering more tacos. Then came my torta. Whatever appetite I had would definitely be satisfied by it. That sucker was huge. The steak flavor was good, though I've tasted better, and everything else tasted, the way it should. And in the back of my mind I was thinking that I should have ordered one with chorizo on it. The thought of even trying the other tacos and burritos we ordered was out the window as well. For a moment I was in cloud nine. Anyhow, should you go, try your Spanish out. One of my friends was trying his out to the waitress and she was loving it. The other two of us were amused. Yes, this is out of the way just to get Mexican food, but by the amount of people eating, or waiting for their take-outs, the place is doing something right. Pros: Food tastes as good as it smells, reasonable prices, big parking lot. Cons: Bring your Spanish, even broken Spanish will give you some respect here, dingy ambience may be too much for some. To sum it up: The world definitely revolves around a tortilla.

These tacos are the ISH. Not as big as their competitors but tastier. One huge benefit is that they are open really late for those late night munchies. The staff is really nice and attentive at all hours of the day.

We had to walk out on this place. I placed my order and waited for my food. Meanwhile other patrons came in ordered and received their food time and time again ( 3 tables total!). After 20 minutes it must have dawned on the waitress that she should do her job so she walked over and asked us what our order was. Shouldn't she know?! I mean she had walked over, asked us when we walked in and wrote it down on her pad! If she lost the order why wait 20 minutes to come and ask us to repeat it? So we told her to forget the order because we were leaving and she made no attempt to try to keep our business at that point by making up for it.

service sucks....I don't like a place where the waitresses talk about sex where everyone can hear... the food is okay.... waitress & the cashiers need to leave there sex hobbies at the door before they go to work... i refuse to ever go there again, being there with my kids and hearing the servers and cashier talking aloud about there personnel life and what they did the night before really made me see that i will never return to a more disgusting place with workers like that. I can imagine them handling our food, after knowing what they did the night before.... i dont care how good your food is..... service counts as well... never again...

This is where to go after a late evening out with friends on the Southwest side. If you're familiar with the chain, it's a pretty speedy and standard Mexican taquería. Mix a few chorizo, asada and al pastor tacos which are your usual popular favorites. Try the chorizo and egg (with exta avocado) torta anytime of the day.

I have never left a negative review in my life and I do realize that this is not a Passerotto restaurant, but the food & service at Taqueria Los Comales on 60th and Pulaski Road are Terrible!!. I went out for a meal last night, the restaurant was unpleasant. They use cheap cuts of meat, probably not fit for human consumption. The meat had a sour/bitter taste, I've never had this from other restaurants I've been to, and I've been dining out at places like this for years. When I mentioned to our waitress that I would be giving them a negative review, she smiled and said "Okay". Clearly management had no interest in me or my guest, only our money. They certainly use cheap ingredients and cheap meat, if it is meat at all. This is not reflected in the price you pay per meal with cheap goods. Save your money and eat elsewhere. Our night out was ruined due to the fact the cook and management couldn't be bothered to serve us decent food. We were totally ripped off

Los Comales has small, flavorless, greasy tacos that are fried over a skillet. You can literally see the grease drip as you hold your taco. They have what I call "hangover" tacos. "Hangover" tacos are what you need in your system so the grease can keep you from yacking.

Had dinner w my husband, we ordered steak torta, 3 steak tacos and a side od grilled onions. Steak was so so rubbery and not fresh at all! My onions were cold, like if they were refrigerated. I told our waitress she was nice and apologized. On the other hand..the young cashier was very rude and bitchy! I go up to pay and she says its 24.00 I asked are the onions temoved from my bill (waitress said we will not be charged for cold onions) Cashier says YEA its off the bill! I was like YEA? Seriously? I looked over at my husband and said she seriously needs to be retrained as well as some manners. WORSE FOOD EVER!!!

Place is horrible! Service sucks, food is mediocre, and their drinks are so sugary you can get diabetes in a few sips. PLEASE GO TO OTHER TAQUERIAS ON PULASKI! If your someone with common sense for mexican food, you should know to go to Pacos Tacos instead which is only few blocks away from this disgusting place.

So, far I haven't have a bad experience about this place, I usually order on my way to work and they are really fast, tacos are tasty and delicious. The tacos could be kind of small for some people but I honestly prefer them like that. I order 3 tacos with a large horchata or jamaica and I get full with it.... plus staff is always nice to me and they seem to start to know me.... Girls always have a smile on their face.... only one time they took awhile to answer the phone, but I am guessing that I am not the only customer they have... so is understandable........plus I been to other comales taquerias and so far this is the best....