Taco Bus

Heard a lot… I mean a lot about the wonders of Taco Bus. Had a chance to stop in here yesterday. Staff was super friendly and helpful. Place ok, I get it. There’s a bus inside. Neat. I like that sort of gimmicky stuff. The food? Underwhelming is probably my best description. I had chicken tacos and the wife had a tostada. Something just lacking. I really wanted to like this place too. Oh well.

great place for a vegan taco!
close to my office, so this place just makes sense!

Went to Taco Bus tonight after the vigil in Lakeland. My friends and I were starving and looked forward to a great meal. We got there at 9pm and half of the restaurant was shut down = minimal seating and not enough for everyone in line. I said «for here» but received my food «to go». It literally took over 20 minutes to get my food. The carne asada steak was super fatty. And then, surprise, as I cut into my burrito, a long curly hair popped out. GROSS! Waste of money! I’ll never be going back there!

Over $ 7 for 2 cold tacos. This place is overpriced and over rated. When ordering a member of the staff said out loud «we’re never getting it of here»…I’ll be sure not to go back so you can home at a decent time since you don’t want to work.

Went there for dinner tonight while the restaurant was practically empty and ordered a burrito to go. It took 18 minutes according to the time stamp on my receipt. Once I took the five minute drive home, it was already cold.

At work with no lunch so at the office we decided to try the local taco bus. I ordered a couple of burritos and some tacos. The online order also provided a time for a quick pickup so I could make it back to the office before my next meeting. I arrived and the order was ready, but there was a slight error or a co-​workers order. They apologized and quickly remade the order was I waited. We got the food back to the office and we were pleased with out burrito since they were so filling. The tacos were underwhelming for the other co-​worker. The customer service was good and quick.

Great selection great service and so quaint just love this place. You can’t go wrong with anything you order if you’re having visitors to town this is the place to bring them.

I like it! A nice assortment of flavor’s. It a great place to eat low carb, just skip the shell and put it in a cup or a salad. The fish is very tasty.
I dropped one star because sometimes the music is too loud, and sometimes the service is dicey. I thought the one guy was drunk because he could not keep anything in his head. I repeated my order several times. Management needs to set service expectations for the staff and then train them.
I will return.

Got me sick and overpriced. Cost about $ 20.00 for two burritos one soda and water. They are big, but so was the price for what you get. My girlfriend tried to give the meat to a stray cat, but it would not eat it. Hope the cat does not know something we do not know.
Update: It gave me bad gas all night long. Ruins a romantic night.
Further Update: Ended up getting the Runs like an authentic trip to Mexico! This is not a laughing matter because after you eat with them if you do you could crap your pants.

Met some friends here on a Friday night. Great location. Decent food and good prices. HORRIBLE cashier. The larger lady-​man (hard to determine what the sex of the person was) got my order wrong. Clearly ordered one thing, they verify it with repeating it and still was given the wrong thing. Asked to have my order corrected only tone told ‘Thad what your ordered –_​_​-​. Another person in my party asked a staff worker walking around and he corrected the issue within minutes — no questions asked. THATS how to gain and retain business. Will I eat here again, not voluntarily.

I was in town visiting friends and knowing my love for Mexican they mentioned this as a new place. With a name like Taco Bus my curiosity got the best of me. It was in a great location downtown right next to a comic book/​board game shop which gets it bonus points. Fun atmosphere and service was pleasant but the food I got was just so-​so. I ordered a Burrito Preñado with Chorizo con Huevos loaded with Guacamole, Sour Cream and Jalapeños. I also had chips and salsa along with the star of the show, Horchata! I really wasn’t impressed that much with the burrito. It was large and filling but the flavor a were all very bland. I love chorizo but got no taste out of this and honestly I think there were more eggs than anything on the inside. I touched it up with a lot of hot sauce to get some flavor. The chips and salsa were standard fare. Nothing special. But that Horchata was heavenly! If I had it to do over again I would try a more traditional chicken or beef burrito over the chorizo con huevos. Perhaps this just wasn’t a good option. Unfortunately, I don’t live in the area so that will have to wait for a future trip. I’m still glad to have had the chance to check this place out.

Great vegan options!!! Amazing fresh ingredients. Definitely new burrito/​taco spot for me! Bye bye to Tijuana flats and moes…

Love it!!! Cute and super friendly. I’m Vegan and they are always helpful with the choices.

Pretty good. 5 $ burritos! (It was the daily special) I’m stuuuuffed! Should have stopped at half way, but i continued to stuff myself. I got the Chipotle Chicken with the rice and beans. I’m glad I did because I’m preggers and too much meat has been a turn off. My buddy got a regular burrito and it was a lot of meat! My husband got the chicken quesadilla. He said it was good. IMPORTANT: Be sure to ask to get the sauce that you can bring to your table. The chips and salsa was only ok. Probably wouldn’t order it again.
Very fast service. It was pretty quiet on a Tuesday evening. 3 $ XX beers. I’ll definitely go back sometime. I’ve heard they are open late when the bars close.

I’ve eaten at the Downtown Lakeland location 3 – 4 times and a few times at the Tampa location over the years. I’ve never been super impressed with the food and the consistency varies. It’s honestly more trendy and hipster than anything else. You’ll gain cool points going here. Fun atmosphere, nice service, great location in downtown.
I’d only eat here again if someone else picks it. There are much better Mexican options. It’s kind of a more traditional Tijuana Flats, but I’d rather eat Tijuana Flats. Haha
Burrito $ 7.99 (several meat options). Make it a combo $ 2.99 (rice, beans and a drink).
Chips and Queso are awesome! $ 4.99

Food was great, reasonable prices, atmosphere was good, and they really had a bus! I though my son was taking me to some sort of food truck its not! Order your food from the «bus window «have a seat and then they bring your food to you.

My friends and I were in the downtown Lakeland area for first Friday. If you don’t know, the first Friday of every month there is a sort of festival downtown. They have various booths set up and each month there is different theme.
We had couple drinks and decided to grab something to eat at the Taco Bus. The set up is really cute as they have it set up like a bus inside the restaurant.
However, the line was long and the service was slow. I could cut them a little slack because it was First Friday.
I ordered an horchata and a single taco. The horchata was excellent. The taco, not so much. How does a place called the Taco Bus, screw up a plain beef taco? I didn’t care for the flavor of the beef. There chunks of tomato mixed into my beef. The cheese was good and seemed fresh, but it was soooo small. I like small portions, but I paid $ 3 for a single taco, so I expect it to be a good size. This was about half the size of a Taco Bell taco.
Maybe other menu items are better. I though ordering a taco at the Taco Bus was safe, but overall I felt the quality was meh and the value was terrible.

Overall a fair to good experience (2.5 stars). The ambiance is fun and affords a unique venue for escaping work during lunch. The bus in the dining area added to my experience.
The service was friendly but the main problems were the value and food. The price is a bit high for lunch (no lunch specials, everything is ala cart) and this resturant features itself as a lunch spot. I ordered the chicken burito. I enjoyed the flavor of my chicken but the other ingredients overwhelmed my dish. I am not a fan of the refried beans in my burrito. The salt content of the beans masked the other ingredients. I ordered guacamole but could not taste it.
I may return and try the tacos. I wish that Lakeland offered more options for Mexican cuisine.

Waited two weeks after their opening to try it out. I’ve been there twice. Both times they have messed up my order. Once they didn’t order what I wanted (I didn’t pay for it), even though they asked me questions only related to a burrito (got a quesadilla). So they didn’t try to fix it. The second time, they just messed it up, and were too busy (they weren’t really) to fix it.
I really only went here because on their menu it says ”Fresh Made Tres Leche DAILY.” Both times I went was a week day, right after they open. Both times the cashier turned around and yelled the question at the kitchen if they had any (once she said did they still have any from yesterday (thought it was supposed to be made fresh daily, right?)), and both times they said no.
Its hard to want to go back when they keep messing up your $ 10+ order, and can’t serve whats on the menu.

I cam with high hopes because we went to one in downtown Tampa and loved it. the friday lunch rush wasnt as bad ad i thought and we got there and got our food pretty quick. There werent many places to sit but there was a bar area where they have beer and wine. The food was good but the portion we received was NOTHING compared to the Tampa location. i dont know if they were just rushing but the prices DEFF dont match the portion. The cashier was nice and the server did get our name wrong giving us our order and didnt apologize but i guess that would just be me being picky. The soda machine was out of everything and the Mellow Yellow my Husband got tasted really weird. I will probably try this place again, maybe at a less busy time and see if it changes how my experience it.