Tico's Tacos

So nostalgic being here!! The last time I ate at a TICO'S TACOS was before the SJ location burned down! Being here was like stepping through a time portal! The beef taquitos and green sauce were just as I remembered! Delicious and made fresh! Great friendly staff. Fast service. Fresh salsa bar. Seating wasn't "plus-sized" friendly but they had an extra chairs along the back wall that I was able to use to sit outside the booth. Bathroom was clean but didn't have a baby changing station. Otherwise, it was q perfect and memorable experience!

I stumbled upon this by accident, this is my first time at Tico's. While I was reading the menu, I heard she ladies talk about how good their Chile relleno was, so I went for that and the asada enchilada, that with a small drink I paid about $15-16. The food was much better than expected. The relleno was so cheesy and perfectly sauced. The meat in the enchilada was tender. They also have an incredible salsa bar with I want to say 8 options, if which I tried 4.

I use to love ticos tacos food, and it was always nostalgic to come in for my order, but within the last year I've become vegan. I thought ticos was great for being able to provide a vegan option, and was charged a specific price every time I got my vegan burrito. But today was different, I was charged much more for a simple 3 Ingredient burrito. When I called and asked if this was a mistake, they told me they've been doing me a favor not charging me the proper price this entire time, and decided to change that today, even tho I've been regularly coming in for my usual order with the average price. Felt like it was an excuse... Either way, very inconsistent. Also kept getting cut off in conversation when trying to explain my confusion. Not worth the trouble and excuses. I could find just as good burritos at other taquerias without the high prices, and in my partners experience, occasional chewy meat. Lastly, most of the staff will be rude/impatient/expressionless with their customer service, unless you're a regular. Everyone I know went in for the food, never the service. But now I Definitely won't be coming back here.

If I could rate this place lower, I would. I love Mexican food, and when I drove an hour 'cause I heard about this place, I didn't realize who I heard it from was being sarcastic! I don't know how you screw up Mexican food, in Salinas, at a real taquerilla, but Ticos Tacos did it. I took one bite of a burrito and had to spit it out! This is hands down the worst place period I have ever been. Do not waste your time or hard earned money!

So not the same as I remember from San Jose years ago. I came once before Covid... once during covid and today, March 21, 2020. Once again the lady cashiers were rude and they rushed me to order eventhough no one was in line. The food food was just ok... the chile verde plate and the chile verde burrito was filled with so much fat on every piece of pork meat! Yuck! Taquito plate was ok with lots of watered down avocado sauce. The expensive quesadilla that I could have made at home for my baby was ok, but my 15 month old baby didn't even like it! The Nachos were the only thing that was worth the $10 price tag, only because I did like the chicken meat. I also did not like the ladies to get mad and grab my cup for a water refill and an iced tea refill. Wow, those ladies need customer service skills or they should not be working in the front counter. There was no greeting... no "niceness" at all and I have NOTHING GOOD to say about them. Needless to say, probably will not be back for a while if at all.