Jon H.
Yelp
The Coronado is one of those love hate places for me. I know I'm supposed to love them (as a PHX vegan), and I do, but I hate that I feel called to go eat their cauliflower tacos and jackfruit flautas - basically 24/7. I can't say I've had their entire menu at this point, but I've had a good portion of it, like maybe 90% of it.
The cauliflower tacos are a staple here, it's what drives people in droves to come dine on their all vegan, plant based menu. For me though, the real winner are the Jackfruit flautas. I've had those at least three times now and they've been out a few times I tried to order them, they're really a fan favorite and my personal favorite on the Coronado menu. I love the potato tacos too, they are super tasty. Honestly, everything about the menu here is a win. I love the elote, the fried guacamole, the vegan chorizo - pro tip order the fried guac and a side of vegan chorizo then put them together, it's so good and sort of like an order of vegan nachos - which BTW Coronado - you can totally do vegan nachos with the ingredients you have in your kitchen already with the chorizo.
Coronado has a real problem with accommodation though. I've been here with friends with allergies, specifically corn, and when they wanted the potato tacos, the staff from the waiter all the way up through the manager on duty gave us attitude when we asked to do this as a burrito in a flour tortilla - allergies be damned they won't substitute jackfruit diddly on their menu - such a pain for customers, but easier on their kitchen I guess. Another for instance here is that they refuse to allow you to order a mix and match of the tacos, all three of your tacos must be the same. I understand their menu is made to order and not on a warmer and ready to plate then serve; alas, I'd still love to have a potato taco AND two cauliflower tacos. They will allow you to order an additional taco on your taco plate; however, they still require the fourth taco to be the *same as the first three.
Service is sometimes great and sometimes just ok; recall the whole allergy thing, even the person who claimed to be the manager was argumentative, but they eventually did concede and allow us to order the tacos as a bowl with no tortilla at all. Coronado is in fact one of the very few table service vegan restaurants in Phoenix and with a full bar to boot. You really don't find that with vegan food in this town too often. For those two aspects of the dining experience, Coronado is nice for a date night, a decent option for family dining night, for grabbing lunch by yourself or meeting up with friends.
Coronado could really elevate the entire experience here if they'd be more accommodating for their guests with allergies and guests who want tacos, but also don't want three of the same taco, their food is otherwise super delish. Just cut the general holier than thou because we are vegans attitude from service altogether and you'd be a super amazing place to eat. I'll definitely be back because they're so darn close and basically an extension of my own kitchen at this point, but I will do so begrudgingly while kicking and screaming and mumbling about having to eat three of the same darn taco when I want both.