El Charro

I had the chorizo tacos and they were the best I’ve ever had and I loved their hot sauce. The rice and beans were also amazing!! If I’m ever in Carlsbad again there’s no way I’m not stopping here. The woman working the counter was really nice too! :)

Baller pastor tacos. Excellent flavor and comes with grilled pineapple on top. Would definitely order again.

Salsa bar has a light avocado cream and a ridiculously hot habanero sauce so something for everyone. You do have to ask for chips.

Great spot for delicious tacos, will stop by if passing through.

Great place to stop and eat or get food to-go. I opted for to-go and got my food pretty quickly. I appreciate the salsa bar and thoroughly enjoyed my meal. Worth checking out.

GREAT ice cream shop! I had a banana split with 2 BIG scoops of coffee and 1 scoop of pecan praline. Very nice staff. I'm from Texas and last time I was in Carlsbad, there wasn't anything like this here. Thankfully, Carlsbad is broadening its taste horizons. They also have things like Clamatos and Dorinachos.

It wasn't the best authentic Mexican food I've ever had, but it was good enough to be my first dinner in New Mexico. I loved the pineapple on the tacos, and I included them with every bite possible - It was an interesting fruity flavor to mix in with the Mexican and meat flavors. The rice could have been less mushy, and the beans should have been thicker instead of runny. But all in all good place to eat for less than $13. The customer service was excellent considering they were busy and were going back and forth effortlessly with speaking Spanish versus English, and they always intuited correctly who would need to be spoken to in English, and who not.