City Tacos
Mexican · San Diego
About City Tacos
At City Tacos, we're passionate about serving up elevated Mexican eats with a modern twist. Inspired by our San Diego roots, we've crafted a menu that blends traditional flavors with innovative flair. Our intimate spot offers the perfect atmosphere for a night out – enjoy our vibrant outdoor seating...
At City Tacos, we're passionate about serving up elevated Mexican eats with a modern twist. Inspired by our San Diego roots, we've crafted a menu that blends traditional flavors with innovative flair. Our intimate spot offers the perfect atmosphere for a night out – enjoy our vibrant outdoor seating area on a warm evening. Critics rave about our creative tacos, like the carne asada and al pastor, which have earned us top marks for food quality. We're grateful to receive such high praise, and we're dedicated to delivering exceptional service that makes every guest feel right at home.
What Customers Say About City Tacos
City Tacos is praised for its unique and delicious tacos, including fish, shrimp, and vegetarian options. The friendly staff, fast service, and lively atmosphere, sometimes with a DJ, contribute to a positive dining experience. Prices are reasonable.
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Tip: The fish tacos and shrimp tacos are highly recommended. Consider visiting the North Park location for its central location within a food and beverage hub.
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City Tacos San Diego Reviews
Yeah these are great tacos. By themselves they're good, but the creativity in the house specials really sets them apart. The spicy shrimp one, while not spicy, is their best taco. Go on a Tuesday for a small discount on Taco Tuesday! There is a restroom waaaaay in the back.
Great taco place in North Park. Tacos are delicious and the service is outstanding! Loved the August special - 7 seas tacos, it has lots of seafood and was a bit spicy 🔥 Carne asada taco is outstanding too. Goes really well with some Modelo Negra. Will be back to try other tacos on the menu!
This place is great. Tacos are amazing. They're always fresh and delicious. Prices are good. Not a lot of seating inside but outside options. Fast service and friendly staff.
El mejor taco de mi vida. I am upset about how incredibly good this is, and the fact I can't eat it every day. I had the friar, pescado, and Mexicali. I need to reflect for weeks about how delicious each was. And now I'm supposed to go back to the Midwest???😭😭😭
Great tacos, amazing service. The girl who took our order was so nice and friendly she even reminded places for us to have fun! Highly recommend coming here
I had an amazing experience at City Tacos today the server who helped me had such great energy, personality and customer service. She honestly made my visit. It’s the kind of experience that makes you want to come back just because of how welcome you feel. The tacos were delicious too but the service really stood out. I usually go to other locations but I might have to make this one my regular spot. Thank you for the amazing experience!
I stopped by City Tacos today for lunch.. and it turns out it was National Taco Day, such a fun surprise!! They had this spinner wheel game going on and with a little motivation from the team I ended up scoring a free taco 🤗 The energy from the staff was incredible, They were both so enthusiastic, friendly and super thorough and informative with their recommendations and they were right, the grilled shrimp taco was absolutely delicious and I’ll be back soon redeem my free taco voucher for another!! 😂🤤🌮 The food was amazing but it was really the team that made the experience so lively and welcoming. Great vibes and music, delicious tacos, and top tier customer service. I’ll DEFINITELY be back! 👍🏻🔥🤗
I had the chance to visit this restaurant during my trip to San Diego. I was glad I picked this place! After browsing their menu, I ordered City Zucchini Taco and Guacamole & Chips. There were few people at the restaurant during my visit. So, the order reached my table in a couple of minutes. My order looked and tasted awesome! The corn tortilla had fried zucchini topped with assorted veggies. This is one of the best and most authentic tacos I've ever tasted. The guacamole tasted fresh and was the perfect appetizer with the tortilla chips. Their staff was friendly and courteous during my visit. There's a 'Live in the moment' led-sign, which is ideal for a photo background. Their menu has vegetarian and vegan options, making this restaurant vegetarian-friendly. I enjoyed my meal so much that I even visited their restaurant on 7th Avenue when I was in the Downtown area. I wish I had restaurants like these back in my place. I'd love to dine here sometime in the future! Thanks to the team here for making my experience enjoyable. City Tacos will be one of my all-time favorite taco restaurants!
Don't even know where to begin with this place. Everything was fantastic! Tunes were awesome, had me dancing and singing in my seat. Service from the team was helpful and kind. Food was magnificent! I tried each of the traditional tacos and all of them are must tries! Guacamole was yummy! Green and red salsa was on point. Spicy creamy dipping sauce is a must try. Loved this place!
Super delicious tacos! My favourite was the special edition vegilicious (vegetarian) taco, which has a phenomenal combination of flavours. I also got the surf and turf - shrimp was well done but I found the steak a little dry and the tortilla a little too thick (homemade tortillas tasted amazing though!)
If you want tacos done right, then I highly suggest getting them from here. There’s a reason City Tacos have such a good rep. The quality of the tortillas are phenomenal, the ingredients are incredibly fresh, the the service from start to finish is friendly and fast. Thank you for the amazing tacos as always. P.S. They do have plant based options as well.
Best tacos ever with the best ambiance ever. My fav. Crunchy shrimp. Sur and turf, and the steak and mashed potatoes
Best tacos ever with the best ambiance ever. My fav. Crunchy shrimp. Sur and turf, and the steak and mashed potatoes
Best tacos ever with the best ambiance ever. My fav. Crunchy shrimp. Sur and turf, and the steak and mashed potatoes
Best tacos ever with the best ambiance ever. My fav. Crunchy shrimp. Sur and turf, and the steak and mashed potatoes
Best tacos ever with the best ambiance ever. My fav. Crunchy shrimp. Sur and turf, and the steak and mashed potatoes
My favorite tacos to get at City tacos is Ahuevo breakfast taco. It has sunny-side egg over refried chorizo beans, finished with pico de gallo, avocado & house salsa. It has so much protein i…
Large selection of traditional and not so traditional tacos. Price tag will not hurt your pocket book. staff is friendly and the service is great. Relaxing atmosphere where you can sit with frien…
Large selection of traditional and not so traditional tacos. price tag will not hurt your pocket book. Staff is friendly and the service is great. Relaxing atmosphere where you can sit with friends…
Large selection of traditional and not so traditional tacos. Price tag will not hurt your pocket book. Staff is friendly and the service is great. Relaxing atmosphere where you can sit with friends…
City Tacos is unique in their taco toppings and sauces that pair really well with the fish/meats. The favorite I got was the shrimp camarones. It was so so good. I also love the fish taco with stra…
At City Tacos it's friendly, cozy,warm & inviting. The food is super cool ; I mean where else on the planet can you get a taco with scallops in it? City Tacos is the one and only taco spot. They al…
Tacos so good that I didn't mind the DJ bumping club music while I ate. Yes, there was a DJ spinning mid 90s bangers on a Tuesday night at City Taco. \n\nWe tried a variety of tacos and all were gr…
Great fish tacos beer hip and authentic! Micro greens with habanero strawberry salsa on fish tacos were so good! Kids loved it as well!
Great fish tacos beer hip and authentic! Micro greens with habanero strawberry salsa on fish tacos were so good! Kids loved it as well!
Great fish tacos beer hip and authentic! Micro greens with habanero strawberry salsa on fish tacos were so good! Kids loved it as well!
Amazing fish tacos made freshly on site the best I have ever had - went a few times during my stay and adored it ! Even have a cheeky cool beer available to go with it !
Its nice to have a place with a variety of vegetarian tacos that werent just cactus or beans and cheese. We got the city zuchini and chili relleno. Each had a good mixture of veggies and sauce pairings. The tortias were a nice stretchy which was good considering the amount of filling would have ripped straight through a corn tortia. They had a sauce bar that was pretty good but the mango sauce was more of a syrup than a sauce. On its own it was too much but in the taco it worked. Overall a good spot.
Just visiting the area - arrived a bit late and needed a meal. We picked City Tacos because it was open and had great reviews, even for vegetarian choices. We ordered the chile relleno, zucchini & mushroom tocos. All were delectable! We loved the food so much that we went again before leaving town! Highly recommend!!
It was slightly busy when I arrived for dinner on a Monday night. Luckily, there was a booth open so I quickly snagged the table. You order at counter and staff delivers the food to your table.\n\n…
I got a scallop dreams and a pescado taco! The wait was really long for two tacos (30 minutes) even if there was almost no one in the restaurant. I also saw people order their food after me and get…
I got a scallop dreams and a pescado taco! The wait was really long for two tacos (30 minutes) even if there was almost no one in the restaurant. I also saw people order their food after me and get t…
I got a scallop dreams and a pescado taco! The wait was really long for two tacos (30 minutes) even if there was almost no one in the restaurant. I also saw people order their food after me and g…
Expect a wait. We work close to this place so we usually call ahead. The food is good but the place is pretty hard to walk through at times. I like that the food is healthy compared to other fast f…
We ate lunch at the ballpark location downtown on 7th. Solid tacos. The carnitas was probably the best. Shrimp good too. Nice sidewalk seating outside or inside options. I think this location is…
We ate lunch at the ballpark location downtown on 7th. Solid tacos. The carnitas was probably the best. shrimp good too. Nice sidewalk seating outside or inside options. I think this locatio…
We ate lunch at the ballpark location downtown on 7th. Solid tacos. The carnitas was probably the best. Shrimp good too. Nice sidewalk seating outside or inside options. I think this location …
We ate lunch at the ballpark location downtown on 7th. Solid tacos. The carnitas was probably the best. shrimp good too. Nice sidewalk seating outside or inside options. I think this location …
Incredibly satisfied with my tacos here: so good I came back the next day. Really appreciate the creative vegetarian and pescatarian options, as well as the friendly counter service by the young ma…
Incredibly satisfied with my tacos here: so good I came back the next day. Really appreciate the creative vegetarian and pescatarian options, as well as the friendly counter service by the young …
Incredibly satisfied with my tacos here: so good I came back the next day. Really appreciate the creative vegetarian and pescatarian options, as well as the friendly counter service by the young ma…
Incredibly satisfied with my tacos here: so good I came back the next day. Really appreciate the creative vegetarian and pescatarian options, as well as the friendly counter service by the young ma…
This place had good service and good presentation of the tacos but flavor fell short on some of them- hit or miss. I ordered a carne Asada taco and a Cochinita Pibil since it looked the closest to …
I feel like their tacos are always solid but a bit undersized for their price. The grilled pescado is tiny with barely any fish. The camaron enchilado shell is great with the melted cheese but so l…
Oh my God, I love this place came here after getting my psychic reading which was very cool. Either way long story short the tacos are really good. A little bit overpriced for what they are, but th…
We went to City Tacos in North Park for lunch today. The girl who was taking orders at the register was so busy texting on her phone that we had to wait for her to take our order. After about 20 mi…
We went to City Tacos in North Park for lunch today. The girl who was taking orders at the register was so busy texting on her phone that we had to wait for her to take our order. After about 20 minutes of waiting for our order and watching other people who came after us receive their order, we went up to the counter to ask about ours. Turns out she gave our order to someone else. How is that possible, especially when they place your number in a holder and you place on your table? It happened because she was preoccupied with her cellphone. Another ten minutes passed when she finally delivered our order. Guess what? Our order was wrong. She only gave us 3 out of the 5 tacos we ordered. I told her she needed to fix it and bring us our 2 missings tacos. She stood there for a minute staring at us like she didn't know what to do. So I said, "you need to bring us our other 2 tacos." "If you would have been paying attention when we placed our order instead of on your cell phone, maybe you would have got our order right." She left and about 10 minutes later, she finally gave us our other 2 tacos, with an attitude. If I was her boss I would have fired her. That's how bad her service was and how negative and nasty her attitude was. So to rate this City Taco location. The food was a 5 and the service was a negative 5.
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