El Taco Veloz
About
Mexican, Latin American
Location
Adress: 7 Martin Luther King Dr E, Cincinnati, OH 45219
Phone: (513) 834-7354
Work Hours
Business info
- local_parkingParkingStreet, Private Lot
- turned_in_notGood For Happy HourYes
- transit_enterexitOutdoor SeatingYes
- tvHas TVYes
Reviews
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Marygrace A.
5 stars for an authentic Mexican restaurant in Cincinnati!
When you arrive, make sure you park in the section closest to the restaurant. Otherwise, you're in the hotel's parking. If it's a busy night, don't worry: you can get a free hour of parking at the hotel lot.
We have sat both inside and outside. Our server, Ryan, was super attentive and accommodating. The margaritas are SO good - $8.75 for a (very) large size, in either frozen or on-the-rocks. They are so tasty AND so strong! They also have agua horchata and agua jamaica (traditional Mexican drinks and they're delicious), jarritos (bottled Mexican soda), beer, and soft drinks.
Every part of the experience here is great... but the highlight is really the food. I have tried many, many things on the menu:
- Tacos ($2.99) - in a variety of meats. Chicken, carnitas, and carne asada are my favorite. Served with handmade tortillas, cilantro and onion. This is the authentic and proper way to serve your tacos, with lime & radish on the side. Get the tacos, they're the best thing on the menu.
- Vegetable quesadilla - Again, a handmade, thicker tortilla and the freshest grilled vegetables. So indulgent and vegetarian-friendly.
- Camarones jalisco - Bacon wrapped shrimp, served with lettuce, refried beans and rice. Very good.
- El salmon veloz - High quality salmon prepared in a very flavorful way.
- Chipotle chicken - grilled chicken served with shrimp and a delicious sauce on top, with all the normal accompaniments.
- Corn - served hot with mayo, chile seasoning, cotija cheese and lime. So good!
Every meal comes with chips & salsa for the table as well.
They do carryout orders, doordash, ubereats and grubhub - there are many ways you can get your El Taco Veloz fix ;) -
Magda C.
An OK Mexican place to grab lunch.
Food comes out very fast, the interior is OK. It is kind of a diner type of vibe, with these tall plastic water cups with straws (against the eco trend of eliminating them), cutlery wrapped in napkins, red baskets for chips. Nothing wrong with that, but beware it is not fancy date place, very casual.
I was here for work lunch. Per recommendation of my colleagues I took the Chori Pollo, which is a grilled chicken breast with chorizo, rice and guac. It was very salty and on the greasy side, I would not order it again. For $10.99, it also did not feel like a great value for the amount of food. After tax and tip, it was an expensive and fast foody lunch.
The good thing: the food came extremely fast, even for our 8 people table.
Tacos were much more affordable, they had cheap drinks and chips & salsa were complimentary. I would not recommend it as a first choice Mexican. It is more of an greasy spoon chain. -
Matthew T.
So before you struggle to find parking in this place, you will find it if you turn into the hotel that shares the parking lot, just be sure to get the parking validated. Very Leary on places that seem to change names fairly often, so we rolled the dice in Clifton last week. I hate cookie cutter Mexican menus and rarely pick this cuisine, however I browsed the menu online and found a street corn option and fajita servings in a halved pineapple appealing and worth a quick drive. Arrived and found place more spacious than what I expected and several drink options handily ready for that Margarita flare many people crave. Prices are comparable to others in the area, so don't feel like you'll have to mortgage the house for dinner. My wife always likes the open kitchen as you get a feeling of more careful preparation when you're accessible.
Ok, so to the food review. The chips and salsa are decent. Salsa is house made and not just jarred and served. The rice is seasoned and not bland. The beans are business as usual. Meat is not just sitting under a hot lamp and prepared fresh and served violently hot, so beware. The corn was the jewel of the menu. Great tasting corn, seasoned and cheese layered to hit most of the palette sensations you'd expect from the photos. Food beat my expectations and at how minimal the menu is, I think they can focus on fine tuning the simple things, yet have enough variety to keep you coming back to try new things. Worth a try as the workers were very friendly and went far & beyond to make sure my daughter was taken care of! -
Michelle B.
El Taco No Goz.
I was hoping it was true what the other reviews were saying: that this is Cincinnati's best Mexican restaurant. Alas, I found it expensive in terms of value for the $, not very fresh, and not especially authentic. They have tacos, sopas, burritos, and a few other entree choices--all very typical except for the sopas and huaraches. The sopa's thick masa tortilla was tasty, but it was topped with unripe tomato and light green iceberg (and my visit was mid August). The carnitas was salty, the rice and beans typical glop you get everywhere, and the guac came as a 3 tablespoon serving for $4. The tacos were just ok. The most inspiring things on the menu were the salsas: each was really interesting flavor-wise and none were too hot. The place seems clean and the parking plentiful.
I'll probably stick with Taqueria San Marcos for tacos in the future. -
Michael W.
Was staying next door In the hotel that shares the parking lot and was getting hungry so decided to try this place out. Was very surprised how good the food was. Had the chimichanga and was very good. One of the best parts was the cheese that covered the refried beans. Made them so much better. Got the food to go and the food came out very fast and was still warm when I got back to the room. Next time I am back and want a quick bite will be going back.