Taqueria Taco Padre

Stopped in for late lunch. Very authentic food. Service was fast and friendly. Atmosphere was small and cozy. Could’ve been a little cooler inside. Me and my colleague was in and out in roughly 20-30 mins.

Best authentic food in town! I was craving tacos and this place didn’t disappoint. It was delicious! Update went today and received the worst customer service ever! The lady had a bad attitude and was not friendly at all.

Picked up a taco plate with beans and rice. Not a lot of beans or rice but it was delicious regardless. The tacos were very good too. Nice spot.

She treated me very different than other customers and I was short one taco .and it was a different picture from the actual tacos racist additude I'm sorry but it's true

Love Love!!!! I have used them 2x for my sons birthday party and the service is amazing the food amazing! I love going to eat here so friendly and amazing food. The salsas are great nice and spicy. They don't take CC only cash but is worth it! I recommend

Oh man. Let me tell you. This place is choice. I can’t speak to their customer service or anything like that because indoor and outdoor dining is suspended, but I sure can rave about their tacos. I needed catering (obviously obeying all the mandates in the same manner that our Democratic government does) on New Year’s Day. Suddenly. Like, I didn’t even have time to plan it. On NYE I went out and about, fishing through all my local taco favorites. They were either closed, or didn’t want to work on the holiday. I stopped at Starbucks for a tea, and to come up with a way to tell my wife it just ain’t gonna happen without getting killed. I look over, and like a shining light in the darkness, I see the broken green sign saying TACOS, and Padre. I think to myself “what the hell, some of the best tacos I’ve ever had came off a cart with three wheels and two pedals.” I went in. Not impressed, but I figured I’d ask anyway. At this point, I’d settle for any tacos for the big day. The hostess spoke English really well. Not a good omen. When she took my questions to the cook though (who later I find out is the owner), he clearly doesn’t speak a lick of English. Faith restored. Shocked when I find out they’re willing to cater for me. Awesome. Deal done. Out of a grim curiosity, I ordered dinner there. The tacos were amazing. Not only were the meat and tortillas on point, but the onions and cilantro were FINELY chopped. When I say fine, I mean super fine. It’s clear someone who loves their craft is preparing this food. The next day I show up to pick up 80 tacos. I’m a tad disappointed when I’m there ten minutes early and find that my food is already in tin containers, but if I’m being honest, it’s just unreasonable to expect otherwise. I get the food home and serve. Damnit. These F*****G tacos are fantastic. They’re just as amazing as the fresh ones I got the night before. They’ve got two salsas. An orange one and a green one. You can tell they’re home made and even the mild one is hotter than heck. I love it. My little white niece had to ice her lips, and went back for more five minute later. We laughed. I’ve found my new taco place. Taco Padre is amazing, and they’ve permanently earned my business. Thank you so much guys. There are so many Mexican restaurants around here, I’m sorry it took me a year and a half to find you. You’re it though. To have and to hold, ‘till death do us part.

Food was absolutely terrible and was very expensive. We paid $50+ for three adult plates and a kids meal. I ordered a carne asada burrito and it was very dry. It came with the meat, rice and beans. The beans and rice tasted like they were days old and the meat was dry. The tortilla was very stiff and my meal was served on a styrofoam plate….the drinks are also expensive. Although we were greeted with a smile, we were stared at while eating making myself and my child uncomfortable. Definitely not a welcoming environment. Not to mention, this place was cash only…why? I don’t recommend eating here if you’re expectations are high. You’re better off dining at Mi Ranchito.

We spent over $40 and they won't let you take more than 4 small lids for sauce. They charge 75 cents per one tiny container. Never coming back for this reason and for the ride customer service at the register. Unbelievable.

Their tripas and Al pastor are on point. I love both their red and green salsas, this is my favorite taco spot in that immediate area.

The lady at the counter should not be taking orders - she is very unwelcoming! No customer service skills whatsoever! The food is ok.

Not good asada, SUPER GOOD Al Pastor. My wife and I got tacos from here recently and the asada was not even seasoned and looked like it was boiled! It was very tough with a dry texture. I wouldn't recommend getting their asada. The al pastor on the other hand, was perfect! Not many places serve it like they do. We had also gotten an order of fries which came in a foam compartment plate. The fries were good, but the plate wasn't even filled halfway. I would only go back for the pastor.

Great local affordable Mexican. Tacos here are very good, service is quick and i have never had an order messed up. I like to call my order in on the way there and its always ready in 5-10mins. Get the Asada. Get the Pollo. Get the Pastor. The salsa fresca is superb. The Salsa De Arbol is chefs kiss. If you want something different get the 'Gringa' somewhere between a quesadilla, mulita, and gordita.

This place is good, it's kind of a ghost town but reasonable pricing and good quality.

We had breakfast this morning and it was delicious as always. Jorge and Elenita are the nicest! I do recommend this place a 100%

Stopped in to get tacos to go. Taco plate is 3 street tacos, about 1 cup of refried beans and same with the rice. The asada tacos had decent flavor, same with the beans. Hubby opted for the medium green sauce, too hot for me so I skipped on that. Didn't care for the taste or the heat. Overall a pretty good meal. Cost was about $13, which seems slightly high. Everything has gone up though with wages, etc so it's understandable. Would I go again - perhaps if I'm in the area. Would I make a special trip for the tacos - no.

My go to spot for burritos, very affordable and they are great. Friendly customers service, Roberto is great employee! Highly recommend this spot .

The man at the front counter was very friendly and nice! He accommodated my poor Spanish skills and let me play whatever music I wanted to play. I was craving authentic tacos and these tacos were tasty and I enjoyed the rice and beans too. Thank you!

I've been ordering these nachos for the past two years. & today this was all I received . There's barely any chips or beans . It use to be heavy & a good serving amount. This amount of food wasn't worth the price I paid. I scooped all of my food into one portion of this plate and usually it's a big portion. Highly disappointed.

Food was so good! Great little place to grab a quick lunch. The shrimp tacos were excellent!! My husband ordered the wet burrito, excellent. The lady who took our order was very pleasant.

Says they're open till 11 and there's no signs of life anywhere at 8pm on a Monday night, love this place but what's up with that :(

Issa no for me dawg. I got the chicken quesadilla which she informed me was chicken breast and not asado.. What I got was a quesadilla basically filled with lunch meat of some sort. It DEFINITELY not grilled chicken breast. It was dry and tasted old. Never again.

Ordered the Super Burrito and it was tasty! Nice sized portion and it even had avocado in it. I ordered it with cheese which was an extra charge of $1. Their salsas are also very good. The only thing I don't like is that it's cash only! Please consider taking card. We also got two drinks and it came out to $20. Would I come back? It wasn't anything memorable but it was good for a dinner option!

Service was good. Food wasn't the greatest. I ordered asada fries that weren't good. They were dry and it had ground beef instead of asada. The avocado was brown, mushy and not edible. First and last time.

If you want authentic Mexican food definitely is the spot where it has all the seasonings and flavor the service is very attentive, and this food is not like the rest of the other Mexican restaurants in Santa Clarita, where they are flavorless and cost the same

Spend your money somewhere else. The tacos were okay but the lady taking the order was just terrible. Watched us the whole time we were getting stuff from the salsa bar and her demeanor was terrible. I'm sure it's tough with the economy and all but this isn't the way to go about it. In español: Vayan a otra taqueria. Los tacos non estaban mal per la señora tomando la orden necesita como atender a los clientes que están pagando para comer con más respeto. vigilándonos mientras estábamos agarrando limones y salsa estaba mal. Un mensaje para ella, tratamos como clientes y no niños.

This place sucks! First off, you need cash here because you either pay high fee's for the ATM machine or REALLY HIGH fee's at their credit card machine! My bill went from $37.16 (cash) to $46.21 (credit card transaction)!!! Second the lady at the front register is really fucken rude!!! No people etiquette for what so ever! The burritos tasted pretty salty, so they were not all that! To pay for high cost for food and bad customer service and not the best tasting food, this place sucks!!! Go to "Tortas Agodas" 1 minute away, where you will get a better overall experience! Get rid of the lady in the front and you will have better reviews!

Just to start in case you don't know this is a cash only business so bring the green (they have an ATM inside in case). My son and I came in for lunch today, they have a very small seating area out front, good for maybe four people total. I ordered a carne asada wet burrito and my son got the Gringa which is like a quesadilla with carnitas and pineapple. We also got a couple of sodas there out of the case in a bottles. All in all pretty, good the wet burrito was REALLY WET, a lot of sauce, but tasty none the less. For the both of us with the bottle drinks and tax it was just over $23 so pretty good price for a very filling lunch.

I am leaving one star because I can't leave 0. Came in tonight and ordered pastor tacos, carne asada tacos, and carne asada burrito with beans and cheese; Everything was awful. The carne asada was chewy and contained a lot of hard pieces; the cheapest meat you can possibly get. The pastor was sour tasting and either chewy or hard. The burrito was possibly the worst burrito ever. I ended up tossing the $40 of food I purchased. I don't understand how this place is open. The street vendor down the street is 100% better.

I've ordered 2 things here, the Nachos Al Pastor and La Gringa. Both excellent. Get them with extra meat if you can, about a $4 upgrade. Nice people.

The food is delicious but needs to be more consistent for example if you're order nachos one day it will come with pico de galló on top, next time you order it will not have it nor in the salsa bar. Also they need to adapt and go beyond only CASH payments. I call ahead of time and the food is always ready when I arrive so the service is great.

Not the greatest mexican food I've had. Tried it again and their customer service is still horrible. The cashier should not work here if she does not like to work period. I definitely recommend Los Originales Mexican Bar and Grill which is up the street like 3 minutes walking distance or Taco Llama, 100x more than this place.

Food is only ok. Sauce is good but they charge for it and the costumer service sucks. The cashiers have an attitude and they always forget something in your order

The service by the lady in the front taking orders was terrible. Very disrespectful and impolite. Rude and very bad customer service. Talking back to customers. Watching over to see how much salsa/veggies you would be getting. Food was alright. Advice for the lady in the front: be more polite to customers and learn how to talk and treat customers!

Ordered three different kinds of tacos, and the gringa with green salsa. Legit the perfect amount of cilantro and onions. The gringa was melting in my mouth, the pineapple was such a perfect balance the al pastor. I just found my new favorite taco place in Santa Clarita!

I got the burrito supreme, 2 tacos de Asada and Al Pastore the service was good. The ambience was nice. My only complaint was the price of everything was pretty expensive, but the food was top notch.

Very dissapointed coming here for tacos and burritos. Their carne asada burrito and taco was very salty, and the beans and rice were not tasty. Not sure if they were having a bad day, but today's lunch was not the best. I don't think I will return to eat. They take cash only.

It wasn't my first choice but I gave it a shot. They had a clean place. The lady was nice. Had some tacos. All good. Looks like they are geared for catering corporate lunches and parties.

Please stay away from this place. Your hard earned cash will go to waste here. Walked in on a Saturday and ordered an asada torta and asada tacos. They use the cheapest quality meat they could find. I had two bites of my meal before I tossed it. The meat was full of fat, actually more fat than meat. They also don't accept cash or have ice for their drinks lol Zero stars if it was allowed.

We were shopping at green thumb nursery down the street, so we decided to check out the shopping center next door, since we've been driving by it for years. We came across this Mexican restaurant with a menu with most items in Spanish which had a few English words below it. We had the steak and chicken taco combos. It comes with three small street tacos. The beef was a little chewy, like it was pre cooked and reheated. The chicken was average also. The rice was lukewarm and bland, but the beans were decent. Oh, the salsa selection was poor and not labeled if it was mild or hot. The help was friendly and courteous.

Horrible. DO NOT GO HERE. Our food was ridiculously expensive for what we got. A few tacos and a bean and cheese burrito. The cashier was rude and refused to give us more than two salsa when we ordered $30 of food. I paid 8 bucks for a bean and cheese burrito that was smaller than a Taco Bell burrito. But had nasty tasting WHOLE beans and no cheese. Who the hell serves a bean and cheese burrito with whole beans and no cheese. Not even worth calling to get it corrected since the service was so awful when we were there already. Not to mention they refused to take our card DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY, GO ELSEWHERE.

First time and last time I will eat here, food is greasy!! I felt so disgusted eating the quesadilla, I didn't even finish it. Waste of money

Just garbage. Waste of money. Garbage garbage garbage. Greasy garbage. Will fool you once or twice with a good meal and then BAM garbage.

After moving to the SCV, I was looking for my nearby taco fix. Found it here! The al pastor is great and flavorful and my favorite protein here. We got regular tacos, burritos and the al pastor nachos. Salsa Verde is pretty spicy so watch out! This place is cash only but with an ATM on the side. Oh, the lady in front has been noted to be short with us but it won't stop us from coming!

Their Al Pastor taco is delicious. I get nachos sometimes with Al Pastor and put the green salsa and some pickled onions from the salsa bar. DELICIOUS!!!!

Shitty food, shitty service do not recommend what so ever, if you decide to get some Mexican food, go to the place down the street Tortas Ahogadas much better service with a little incline in price, not like they over charge at Padres for straight horse shit

I ordered two asada burritos and the rice and the meat were sooo dry, it literally ruined the meal. I'm only giving two stars because I could taste that the meat had good flavor, but it was super dry :(. Not to mention they good my order wrong.

Finally found a Mexican place where we loved the tacos!! I ordered Asada tacos, al pastor tacos and bean, cheese and rice burrito. The food we ordered was delicious, my husband and dad also loved their habanero sauce on their tacos. I noticed they have carne Asada fries which I will definitely try next time, they looked delicious. This place only accepts cash. You can definitely order your food and eat at the restaurant. I liked the fact the place was clean. Great customer service. They also have honest employees (didn't notice that my al pastor tacos were missing, they ran outside to let me know that my al pastor tacos were missing). I will definitely be going back!

Love this place. Delicious food and good pricing. Pastor and carne Asada tacos are good, mulitias are delicious. Burritos are filling and satisfying. What kept me coming back was the salsas, both green and orange. But over the last week (I seriously order at least once a week from here) the orange spicy salsa recipe changed. Can y'all bring back the thick orange salsa? It makes me cry but in a good way lol.

What else can you ask for? The best little hole in the wall I've seen. You have to get over the fact that they speak zero English which works great for me because I speak zero Spanish haha. So glad I walked out of panda buffet in into this place three of them working the two men were really kind

Just had the al pastor and the tripas tacos and I must say they were very good.the only downside is they're not served too well.they were a bit skimpy with their meat.these were really small tacos. wife had the burrito and again it was small compare to other burritos I've had in the past. Overall I will return next time I'm in the area and give them another try.

By far, the best Tacos Al Pastor I've had in the SCV, and maybe anywhere. The meat was perfectly cooked, succulent and juicy. My order was to-go, so I can't really speak to service. I will be back, but it will be a while before I even try something else on the menu, the Pastor was that good.

The best al pastor tacos in scv! We order 50 tacos on Tuesdays and they have them ready within 15 minutes! Just make sure you have cash on you when you go, and I highly recommend the pastor !

Happy to find this yummy taco cafe. Carnitas, my favorite, are delicious. Al pastor also very good. Great service. Great prices.

I go here often for tacos and an occasional burrito. The al pastor here is one of he best in Los Angeles not just Santa Clarita, the lengths ( beef tongue is also off the hook) the food is not greasy and full of flavor. The tacos are a little pricey but well worth it. You have also been warned that is it cash only.

Taco Madre is NO more....... same Owner has decided to change the name to "Taco Padre" Although I'm not really one who goes to Buffets this seems like a pretty good deal to me http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/ioPpECNPMgdcDOFVQylxhg?select=bis7OY16S6vF0X2_2FcCLw#bis7OY16S6vF0X2_2FcCLw but I didn't bother to see what kind of items they have. My wife and I decided to order from what's a pretty good menu selection, and I see photos of Al Pastor on the trompo everywhere so that should be a good thing!?. Carne Asada y Camarones - http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/ioPpECNPMgdcDOFVQylxhg?select=BTNNFlZrg72PsEmiyPHghw#T-IeGZl0JvDnt2LZARO6zw 4-Stars Camarones - http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/ioPpECNPMgdcDOFVQylxhg?select=BTNNFlZrg72PsEmiyPHghw#Rki-nknbNjCb1SrbyuZrYg Nice large shrimp, cooked nicely with good flavor. Carne Asada - http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/ioPpECNPMgdcDOFVQylxhg?select=BTNNFlZrg72PsEmiyPHghw#sr11JG8EIOzECvrzA4J32A Although EVERYTHING seems to be cooked on a flat top the carne asada was pretty good, Beans just OK, Rice I pass....... Torta de Milanesa (res) - http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/ioPpECNPMgdcDOFVQylxhg?select=BTNNFlZrg72PsEmiyPHghw#BTNNFlZrg72PsEmiyPHghw The telera / bread was a little overgrilled and NO mayo was spread to the underside before grilling so it left the telera on the dry side, the thin piece of beef was nicely seasoned and breaded done well http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/ioPpECNPMgdcDOFVQylxhg?select=BTNNFlZrg72PsEmiyPHghw#BrOfpZx_S1ZpBEcXVBQQwA I also it didn't have beans, but they do have a good salsa roja that saved the day http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/ioPpECNPMgdcDOFVQylxhg?select=283Ky_-YjUskQrFeMeBexA#283Ky_-YjUskQrFeMeBexA 3-Stars Tacos - http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/ioPpECNPMgdcDOFVQylxhg?select=BTNNFlZrg72PsEmiyPHghw#e1A71zzmjcEQLsPuX5e-1g Carnitas y Al Pastor Carnitas - http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/ioPpECNPMgdcDOFVQylxhg?select=BTNNFlZrg72PsEmiyPHghw#dLZRH4bn0DCtZHA2hUKDdw Great PIG.... Crispy meets Moist = DELICIOUS, tacos are served plain and you put your own toppings. 5-Stars Al Pastor - http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/ioPpECNPMgdcDOFVQylxhg?select=BTNNFlZrg72PsEmiyPHghw#RZ4ra7kbYCUWmqbrMkPUDQ I'm not really sure what the deal is here, they advertise Pastor on a trompo, they do have a trompo, but...... it was NOT being used, the pastor was cooked on a flat top grill, now I didn't see if it was precooked on the trompo and finished on the flat top? either way the pastor was just slightly above average but definitely NO WOW here! 3.5-Stars AVG: 3.875-Stars

After 9 months and some change, a yelp review is born. Ive tried to give this place MULTIPLE chances. Its been so hit or miss that lately its just a miss. The service is just horrible, rude and unprofessional. The lady working the register must hate her job and sure as hell acts like it, seems like shes always more worried about her fake acrylic nails then us paying customer. Don't bother asking for lemons and pickled veggies she might give you a look of loath that pierces the soul. The food is very small portions for the hefty price tag. There a far better places in Newhall to eat Mexican food (like Taco Llama a few blocks down, they are always on point!) If you call ahead to order for pick up it better be when they are ready, doesnt matter if they open at 10am, she will tell you it'll be another half and hour at least if they are not up to game, must be those late night margaritas. The taquero posted on the street has FIRE tacos, this place seems to serve leftovers reheated. All in all 2 stars just for the fact that one day the food was good, now due to COVID they are having complications and are on life support. Find a better place people, save that cash

This place is delicious. I've always contemplated stopping by and finally decided to. Food is done fast.. they always give you a fried tortilla sort of like a tostada with beans with your tacos. Only thing I would have to give a thumbs down, would be the young cashier in the front.. she is there early in the day. Always on the phone, even while you order.. never says thank you nor greets you. For a business, this is a big downfall for someone to have. If you can get passed that, you'll love their food.