Taco Cabana

I got the street taco plate and my girl got a chorizo with bacon… it was a bit salty for my liking but she loved hers. That’s what matters so I guess I’ll be eating here again tomorrow lol. The cashier was very friendly too, maybe I should give it one more star for customer service??? Hmmm

I must stop here for breakfast at least 3 times a week, it is very convenient since it is on my way in to work. I love the chorizo and egg breakfast taco (number 81). The server at the window always remembers that I like pico de gallo with my taco and includes it for me. His customer service is awesome and they are quick to get the food out. The price is very reasonable as well. I am sure there are probably better breakfast tacos, but I prefer the ones here. They are the perfect size and the salsa is great!
I will see you next week Taco Cabana!

The food has gone down hill since the remodel for some reason. I used to get the fajita tacos but they’ve changed their meat… Tastes fake and is super chewy. So sad my favorite place has gone down hill. :(I’m not sure about the other menu items but I’m really disappointed. I give 2 stars because I love the mango tea

Food is good, but service could be better.
We love the chips and queso. Tortillas are delicious!

Such a better alternative to fast food or faux Mexican food like Taco Bell.
Good prices, decent food, festive atmosphere with a nice salsa bar.

I frequent this location and the San Mateo location and fully enjoy it every time. Often we go for breakfast, which is amazing by the way, or I like to get the flautas platter for dinner.
Of course I really enjoy the salsa bar and love the breakfast tacos. My husband likes the gringo breakfast or the Fiesta breakfast I think it’s called.
The tortillas here are great, soft and pillow like. Which if you’ve read my other reviews… any food that resembles pillows is what gets me every time.
I also really enjoy the bacon-​y beans.
The décor at both of the aforementioned locations is really nice. I like it. I think its hip. cool.
I like to come inside rather than the drive thru, but will do the drive thru if I truly must get it togo. Otherwise, seating is ample and clean and you can pick what you want on the salsa bar which is of course a big perk.

Food was decent but I do not see myself going back until the renovations are complete. It looked quite dingy and dirty inside. The food was okay. I just felt like I was eating in a construction dustball site.

Outstanding «fast» food. Fresh, well seasoned, great variety. I love the fajita tacos, rice, flour tortillas and boracho beans. Better than most local casual dining tex/​mex or NM restaurants. This particular location is much better than other franchise locations I’ve been to. Always friendly and delicious and they give a military discount.

I dig this joint cuz not only is it casual like Albuquerque but cuz the food really is good. The drive thru is always accurate & the ppl are nice and seem happy :)

I love this place! Fresh, fresh, fresh! Fresh salsa bar, fresh made flour tortillas fresh made to order! Grande taco platter is 3 Tacos, beans, rice and 2 tortillas! Add a strawberry Margarita and you got a whole meal plus a drink for less than $ 10!

The best and most authentic Mexican restaurant this side of the border. I love it and will always go back for more

Yum Yum Yum! My family loves to eat here. The kids can’t get enough of their bacon breakfast tacos. I love the Fajitas and the salsa Ranch. Their tortilla’s are great and they have yummy watermelon drink. This is probably one of the very few places in life that have never gotten our order wrong (we are a family of 9)

Terrible. Hard tortillas. Can’t get the order right. Salsa tastes like a fruit smoothie… wtf? Bean burrito came busted open in the middle and had an electric burned smell. The carne asada was dry and cold. Both nights at around 2am now. no joke. Each complete meal with cost around $ 10 it seems. I’ve had good meals at the one off San Mateo late at night, but this one gives out garbage that nobody would eat. I’m going to go the extra distance to the San Mateo one. Also, I wonder if these people just don’t like us white folk there and screw stuff up on purpose?

The most authentic manudo and lengua I’ve enjoyed in quite some time. The prices are stellar, the cuisine fresh and well prepared with superbly mingled profiles and adequate spice. Living in Boston makes locating excellent Mexican taste something of an impossibility, and will make it a conscious point to visit Taco Cabana during subsequent treks out west. Extremely delectable. My only complaint concerns the décor… the fast-​casual diner aesthetic doesn’t mesh ideally with the fine gastronomy offered here.
In general, highly recommended for the knowing palate but not for the ambience.

Taco, Taco cabannaa. Great Mexican food on the go. Good salsa bar on the cheap .Like there beef tacos. Service was fast as they could move. Like the menu.

I had the chiles rellenos platter and my husband had the lenguas platter! We both enjoyed our selections a lot. This isn’t some high class joint — the plates are disposable, you get your food yourself from the counter when they call your order number, etc, but the food was good (the frijoles had bacon in them?! so good) and it was quick and easy, because I only had a one hour lunch break at work. I’ll definitely come here again, as it’s right up the street. I was surprised that the food here is just as good as my friend Cristina’s food (and she’s a transplant from Mexico). For a chain, I thought the food was pretty authentic. In this gringa’s opinion, anyways.

I have to say that the 4 stars is just for how sinfully good their bean and cheese burrito is. You can taste the bacon fat in the beans and it is SO good. Yum. If you want fast, cheap Mexican food and don’t care about ambience then Taco Cabana is your place to go!

Ick.
This place looks so fun from the outside, we were eager to try it. Boy — looks can certainly be deceiving.
The food wasn’t inedible, but it was pretty bad. I had gastrointestinal issues for several hours afterward — no one was happy about that.
The restaurant was dirty, the staff was unpleasant, the entire experience was just icky.
I recommend you avoid the cabana. Just look at the lights as you go by.

We’ve stopped here each time, on our way to and from Santa Fe over the past ten years.
Our first Taco Cabana, was in the Hill Country outside of San Antonio, TX. It was probably twenty years ago, before the advent of Chipotle. It was unique and served the same food as they do today. Fresh chickens spinning on the rotisserie, waiting to be cut up for that salad or burrito. But, a lot has changed over the years.
As, I’ve mention Chipotle has gone national, and an interesting start up has gone private and has stayed regional. That’s too bad, because this could have been an interesting competitor to that McDonald’s Venture Capital investment that now seems everywhere.
On our last trip, the meal ran us $ 20.37, taxes included. The food was really good, but that certain je né sais quoi has been upstaged by the folks from Colorado. As I’ve noted it’s too bad, but the food is still good.
Enjoy!

There are only 2 Taco Cabana’s you should go to in ABQ. This is one of them. The other is on San Mateo. The food is much better, authentic and the other locations all taste like fast food.
The fajita taco combo is one of my favorite items along with the chicken quesadilla and chicken flauta plate. Their fresh tortillas are damnnn good.
Currently I am on a Keto (low-​carb) diet and this is one of my favorite places because i can get a plate of eggs with queso, guac, and their chicken all on one plate.
Talk about amazing diet food. The only downside is i have to over pay in order to get my keto meal. The staff doesn’t understand that i dont want tortillas, beans or rice… they just get confused when I ask for something different.
Anyways, it’s still delicious.