Zia Taqueria

We had impromptu dinner since I was craving for Mexican food and find this place on google map. Zia Taqueria was not busy on Sunday night and we kinda enjoy that. I had their burrito special with spicy carnitas, sliced jalapeños, black beans and rice and crema sauce. It was so good! My husband had spicy fish sandwich and the seasoning on the fish was so good. Although, he think the fish will taste better on the taco instead of buns. Overall, the food is good and also the drinks! Our waiter, Ella,was nice and attentive. We'll be back!

*Updated* No longer my first choice for Mexican cuisine. The food was dry and bland, impressively so, it's not what it was and I'm not sure why. Shrimp tacos weren't amazing, okay at best, and the torta had dry meat with little to no flavor. It was extremely disappointing knowing how good this place used to be. Added an updated photo as well. *Previous review* First choice for Mexican food. I go for the Torta (The one that looks like a "Mexican Burger"), and it's always on point. Tacos are good too, but felt kinda small, but had a lot of flavor though, and the Quesadilla was good and really filling. Pretty nice and relaxed place. Good to sit down and have a drink at too.

Borracha beans amazing. Hatch Chilli stew excellent. Barbacoa excellent. Guacamole best in the Area for 3 years. Service spectacular. Salsa excellent and onion eee. Elote Street corn excellent.

5 Stars are not enough! When I wake up in the morning and know I am eating at Zia Taqueria that day I get excited. If you are in the Charleston area and want THE best Mexican in the area cross over the Ashley River to Zia. The fish tacos are simply the best I’ve ever had. Tender white fish matched with soft warm tortillas and a delicious Baja sauce with red cabbage makes for a true trip to Flavortown. Nachos. The best Nachos I have ever had. What’s the usual problem with nachos? Lack of uniformity when you eat them. Too many ingredients on one chip, not enough on another. Zia Taquira fixes that. Go see how. Lastly the staff is “lovely.” When I say that I mean it. “Love” is the name of a manager that really brings it all together with her friendly spirit and attentiveness. Virginia is just as lovely and I can’t say enough nice things about her. She’s a treat. Go try it and you will see why it’s full of locals.

Absolutely delicious. The dining experience was a bit odd to this first timer, as they don't have traditional servers. You go to the counter, order and pay for your food and drinks, and take your drinks to an open table, they then bring your food out to you when it's ready. Aside from that it was an awesome experience. The staff was super friendly and helpful, and every single thing we ordered was amazing. We will 100% be back, and I actually almost went back the next day. A++++

I've been here a number of times and I guess I don't really "get it." Unless you sit at the bar or bar area, it's not full service. You have to order your food and drinks at the bar register. I can highly recommend the grilled fish tacos, but at about 4 bucks a piece, they seem to be under stuffed. It's $6 for a small cup of guacamole or queso oh-so-very-lightly dusted with chorizo. On this trip I got the carne asada nachos, despite remembering that I've found most meats on the menu to be pretty mediocre. It was not what I was expecting. It was 8 individually topped nachos, not the typical big mound of nachos that we've all come to expect. For $10.50 I would expect more, but it was decently filling. They do have good margaritas and Cocktails, so I do go back when I'm in the mood for grilled fish Tacos, but I find most of the other options to be lacking in taste and portion size. I just can't really get over the lack of table service. They do have servers running around, but do you tip them if they hardly do anything? I say yes, but it's just a very strange concept to me.

Favorite spot on a Sunday afternoon for a tasty Mexican bite. I celebrate the entire menu but really love the individually prepared nacho chips. On Sunday’s and Monday’s they are easy to pair with a frozen screwdriver or two. Make sure to keep the chips and salsa coming!

First happened upon Zia in NC near Asheville, great little hopping taco spot. Saw that they had a location in Charleston and had to check it out. Atmosphere was quite nice. My wife and enjoyed some great margaritas from JOSH. We had the taquitos app and that pepper, vegetables pickled relish was to die for when combined with the fresh guac and crema fresh. Next the tacos!!! Let me just say that if taco bell can sell millions and they suck….Zia couldn’t make tacos fast enough if everyone knew how good these were. Barbacoa and Baja fish were out of bounds delicious. My wife had their portabella mushroom taco and it too was incredible. Seriously people….just go and have tacos and Tequilla. Perfect place for it in Charleston or the mountains. Don’t even waste any more time anywhere else. Keep up the awesome tacos and tequilla Zia!!