The Taco Stand

Great food! Great service! I did get my churros first… but I’m okay with that. It can get a bit busy at times, I went on Saturday did wait about 10min for the food. When we found a table outside it was dirty, but a staff member was happy to clean it for us. Not sure how they are during the week. Roll of the dice with parking. But worth the effort in my opinion. Outside and inside seating. The fish tacos were fresh and lightly battered, nice and crispy. Will be coming back.

I was ecstatic to learn that a new location is opening in Oceanside. Now, I won't have to drive to their Encinitas branch to indulge in their mouthwatering tacos. The flavors are simply out of this world! And let's not forget about their churros – they are hands down the best I've ever tasted, perfectly crispy on the outside and delightfully soft on the inside, dusted with just the right amount of cinnamon sugar. Kelly was taking my order today, and she's a friendly and sweet young lady.

So happy they opened one closer to my work. Love stopping by before heading home to get a corn on a cob. I love corn and every time I go it never disappoints. The carne asada fries are so good I like that the fries aren’t thin and they are a perfect crisp. The staff is super friendly and greats with a smile. My husband loves the burritos they are so filling and full of flavor. His go to are carne asada and camarón. Highly recommend and would definitely go again!!!

The Taco Stand is now open in South Oceanside, just off of S. Coast Highway and these are my first thoughts for my first experience here. The Taco Stand is a well-known Mexican taco chain that is very popular in Southern California and even has branches as far as Miami Florida. They have a very simplistic menu that primarily consists of tacos, burritos, and a few options of fries. They also have churros for dessert. The Taco Stand is known for their housemade tortillas and chips. They also have a variety of 6 different salsas available at their toppings bar. They have a small array of seating outside and some additional seating inside. Interior seating feels a little bit cramped. But it's good that the small tables can seat 4 and each table has cupholders that hang off the side of the table-legs (saving you space for food). Seeing as they just opened, I will try to be lenient with the service category. But even so, there was a point in time where there was a table that had been abandoned with a food tray on it. and I watched this table remain empty for an hour; the whole time there were other customers looking for seating. I ended up throwing the food tray away and clearing it so that others could use it. That observation being made, please note that there is no table service here. You go up to the counter and place your order and they will call your name over the speakers when your food is ready. Their bathrooms were spotless clean and that's a great thing. Another thing to note is that they DO NOT have an alcohol license, and thus, there only serve mineral water, bottled sodas, and have a drink fountain. I ordered a grilled mahi-mahi fish and a spicy shrimp taco. Both came with their soft-shells that are made in-house and both were delicious. I'm glad that they didn't smother the proteins with a lot of toppings & the flavors were on-point. I also asked another patron who is eating and they were enjoying their al Pastor taco as well. Now comes the part that many may have a problem with and that is the pricing. For those people who are looking for a taco Tuesday deal, please know that there are no specials here. The average taco will run you $4 and a fish taco gets to be around $5 with tax and tip. These are not discount tacos !! Between my two seafood tacos and a bottled soda, my order came up to $13 and then I added a tip, making my total around $15. The size of the taco is reasonable, but the true testament will be the size of their burritos. For what it is worth, this is a higher-quality Mexican taco chain. I have had comparable tacos at nearby smaller, local establishments. But this is a good spot if you're not in a rush and still don't really need to sit down & dine-in for tacos.

Hands down the best tacos you can find. The Baja and Camaron tacos are PHENOMENAL. AND ON TOP OF THAT, friendly and helpful service (they helped with a food allergy in my party).

I have been to other locations and have had good experiences, this one totally missed the mark. I was excited to have this as our first meal of our trip but was very disappointed. The main issue was the wait time and the second was the consistency of the food. We were fortunate enough to be able to grab a table outside for our larger group , which some people were out of luck. The wait was about an hour from waiting in line to order to when we finally got our food. If you've been to other taquerias before, you know it should not take that long. Lunch rush probably contributed to this but I feel it was more poor management. The second issue was the quality of the food. The tortillas seemed to be undercooked, portions were smaller, carne asada was dry af, and overall it just looked super sloppy. I had the tiniest baby teaspoon of guac on my carne asada taco (see picture but you have to ZOOM in). If they're going to make people wait this long, at least give them something worth waiting. I wouldn't recommend going here until they get their stuff together. The only thing they had going for them was their sauces/salsas which I assume is a product of their chain recipes.

I truly love taco stand with all of my heart. I eat here at least once a week. My favorite thing and the highlight of my week is pouring cilantro salsa, or would I call green cream, on my burrito. No matter what happened with my week, green cream always makes it better. For the past two weeks in a row even though I ordered my food at a reasonable time in the evening around 6- 7 PM when I show up to the restaurant to pick it up and get some delectable green cream they have been out. I can see running out once as an honest mistake, but two times in row is unacceptable. I’m begging you to fix this. I can’t stop ordering burritos, but I also can’t continue to eat them without green cream. I’m about to call cooperate.

Absolutely delicious! So excited to have The Taco Stand in Oceanside now! My whole family loved it, even my 2 year old! We tried the corn on the cob, camarón burrito, pollo asado burrito, mar y tierra burrito, sonora taco, camarón taco and al pastor taco. They all tasted so good, my personal favorite is the camarón burrito but seems like you can’t go wrong with anything here, it all looked so good. Definitely worth a visit!