Taqueria La Esmeralda

Fantastic! Friendly service, super clean and delicious carnitas :) I highly recommend

Like most restaurants trying to comply with the post-COVID Shut Down insanity, this place is in trouble. Anyone with a basic education in biology and medicine understands that 90% of the guidelines these places are following are pointless and/or improperly applied by people who lack even a high school education. But they are trying, which is something I suppose. However, I fear the reality I understand too well as someone who has worked on private business as a manager, a business dependent on providing a service to customers. When the government hinders that ability to provide a high quality product, the customer does care, and the business suffers, to no fault of their own. And hats a shame in cases like this.

Overall the food and service was good. The only employee I interacted with was present and polite. Excellent service.

Soda machines were not watered down, as I tend to find in a lot of places now a days.

The salsa, cabbage, and chips were good. I would say that they need to tone back the peppers in the salsa for a better balance. The heat is good, but should never overwhelm the flavor. Mixing the cabbage and the salsa is recommended.

The rice and beans were good. It’s hard to mess those up, but many do. It’s a sign that everything else is going to suffer. Do simple things well, and they did.

The tamale was very good. Not dry, and the sauce that it was lightly coated in was properly balanced and flavorful. However, I did find a bit of corn husk.

The carne asada enchilada was the only mediocre aspect of the meal. It was soggy and the red sauce was blander than it should be. The steak however, was pretty good, but not the best I’ve ever had.

Overall, a good meal. I would come back, absolutely, should they survive the governments response to the 5 non-fatal cases of COVID in this county. They should send the county and state a bill for every dollar lost due to being a government sanctioned denial of their right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of property. Pretty good place that deserves better.

i absolutely love this place. The food is so good and the staff is always very friendly. I have never had a bad experience here. i highly recommend this restaurant

The best Mexican restaurants in the county. Always clean. Great tasting food, great service. Love this place

On our way to the black oak and stopped at Starbucks and seen this place. Definitely recommended. Taqueria was Clean. Service was great. Food was delicious. Right on Mono Way. Location Location Location. Will be back.