Taqueria 3 Reyes

Cóctel de camarón bueno más ketchup que todo lo demás y tres camarones nadando en toda la salsa pedí dos fantas de naranja no hubo pedí 4 flanes no había pozole solo si esperaba no menos de 35 minutos nopales hervidos en lugar de asados cebollines hervidos en lugar de asados el servicio pésimo me llevaron la mitad de la comida y la otra mitad 20 a 30 minutos después de los tres primeros platos que más puedes pedir después de esto nada mejor hacerlo uno mismo porque no es tan barato para la basura de servicio.

Homemade tortillas. A friend who grew up in Texas a long time ago said they were as good as any he has had.

Fair warning as others have stated – it smells of something worse than Simple Green. On entering I was assaulted by the stench of caustic cleaners. Why I didn’t turn around and make haste was pure stubbornness of hunger. I got the chili relleno plate which had bad/​rotten grilled onions and had chicken when I ordered cheese. I went with it though. Still, how do you serve old vegetables? I can’t be back.

I’d give it 4 stars because the food is good and the service is fast but they will not turn the TV down!!! You can’t have a conversation because it is so loud.
They installed a TV earlier this year and I think they have it turned up so the cooks in the back can hear it. Very annoying.

Horrible experience I should have listened to all the bad reviews about this place but I wanted Mexican food and I was nearby. My husband and I got a whole chicken with two sides and a steak plate the chicken was very dry and bland and the steak was way too salty to the point where I couldn’t eat it. I like my food seasoned but this was way too much. The worst part was they tried telling me it was not salty when I complained. I was not expecting a new plate all I wanted was to let them know their steak plate was just uneatable. I tried speaking with their boss/​manager but according to their server they don’t have one. That was obviously a lie just like how she tried telling me my steak was not salty. First and last time I ever go there. I would give them a negative star but I can’t.

Where do I start… First off I work at a landscaping company so we’ve ordered from here enough to know how things go at 3 Reyes. The food I’ve eaten has always been packed with flavor. Can’t say it’s always been the freshest but it does have a burst of flavor. However the real issue is within their customer service. Now at first I thought it was a language barrier thing but after speaking with some Hispanic co workers they are rude to everyone. Example: The companies production manager went in there the other day to order and he was literally standing there for all of 30 seconds picking what to order when the lady behind the register told him in Spanish «if you don’t hurry up you need to get out of line so I can take other people». Another Example: Credit Card machine was down at the restaurant however they didn’t bother to tell us that when ordering over the phone. They waited till we showed up to pay and pickup a office order for 3 people with only a credit card and no cash. Then tells us we could only have the food if we went an got cash. They wouldn’t write the card number down or let us get them on the next order. And at this time we were ordering from them at least 3 times a week… Another example: I went in there with family and friends and was told they don’t have sour cream… An outright lie for what reason??? Save money on sauces… That’s simply idiotic. Raise your prices if you need to but don’t outright lie saying you don’t have it and then serve an entrée that clearly has sour cream on it… Another example: we asked for extra yellow sauce and was told they had no more. This was another time ordering from them. Plain and simple I can’t support a company who outright lies, has no loyalty to clients and is inexcusably rude to customers. I have more instances I could mention. However I think you get the point. Food is flavorful, service is horrible. Don’t waste your money. There are many other spots with great food and service. Pollo Tipico is one and it’s right down the street with delicious chicken and pupusas. (Side Note: If they corrected their customer service I would return. However after about 20 chances counting myself and co-​workers experience and every time having a issue. I won’t be spending my hard earned money there anytime soon.)

Last few times I’ve been here I’ve been very disappointed by the customer service. I may be wrong but it seems the Spanish speaking customers get priority over English only speaking ones (30+ minutes to get order, ridiculous!). Happened to us twice, pretty disappointed and it won’t happen again as I won’t be returning… Peace!

This place was a pleasant surprise for me and my family. We had drove past this place for at least a year, and one day i stopped in with my daughter who had expressed her wishes for carne asada. The service is good. The food is great, and its in one of the better locations off of 450. Definitely worth a visit.

I was on the fence about how good this restaurant was. After eating there, trying their sauces (spicy). So far I’ve only tried the tacos, all the ones I’ve had are season nicely and cooked properly.
As far as the service, not good, pay before you eat sort of thing. They don’t follow through what they say (still waiting for my cup with ice).
If you can get over the service, the food is ok.

The food here is excellent! My boyfriend and I each got a chicken quesadilla. They came with four spicy sauces to use, but I don’t know what they were called ’cause I don’t like spicy food. They gave us plenty of food, and we were both extremely satisfied.
There is definitely a language barrier. Please know how to say what you want in Spanish so you won’t have a hard time. Overall, we had a great experience

I had to make a Unilocal account just for this one. They close at 10:30 me and my wife walk around in @ 9:55. As soon as we walk in we get the dirtiest look from the lady behind the register. Tells us they only have tacos and tortas. So we are ok with that. They bring our food out. And this other lady starts mopping with ammonia or bleach not sure but I can taste that over my tacos. My wife had trouble breathing so we got a box to go. When I told the lady about it and that they shouldn’t do that when there are still customers there she just rolled her eyes at me. And went to put her mop away. I was not looking for freebies but I didn’t even get an apologie. Unbelivable. There food was nothing special. You want real Mexican try tacos moyas in Alexandria, va. They have great food and the people are friendly.

Extremely unsatisfied with the food. Ordered chicken tacos and seafood soup. Starting with the soup the fish and crabs where old. Not fresh at all. The shrimp was overly cooked, it tastes like it was reheated. Very displeased with the ford and the cost was outrages. The chicken tacos were okay nothing to go back for. In regards to the Service, i placed My order first. And was the last one to receive it. I understand certain foods take longer than others. I asked the lady at the front how long it would take she said 8 minutes. Overall it took 40 min. No bothered to come out to apologize for the wait seemed like no one was virtuous of your time. I will no longer go to this location. Food was old and expensive. I would NOT suggest this location.

First time here. Their food is authentic but it’s just ok. No welcome or chips and salsa to get the game started. The black beans were dry and tasteless. My al pastor pork tasted just like my daughter pork barbacoa. My other daughter wanted a quesadilla withe the pork on the side. The young lady didn’t understand what I wanted after I explained it several times so we got a quesadilla the way it’s normally served but with chicken instead. The yellow rice was just ok. Now their flan was very good in my opinion. My family and I were not impressed. Hope you can speak Spanish.

We were just browsing something to eat and saw this place. .The server could only talk in Spanish and I could only talk in English. .so literally we couldn’t order anything and had to walk out… they have menu om the wall outside. .and look wise it was just okay restaurant… may be next time… I will able to eat and go… I am giving one star because she was nice… confuse but nice…

Best yuca and tres leches in town.
For a minute I was on a quest for tres leches in the Washington, D.C. metro area after eating a pieces of tres leches at a birthday party. They said they purchased the cake from West Virginia.
I thought to myself there are several bakeries, Mexican food places, Latin food places, etc. right here in the D.C. area so there would be no need to drive to West Va to get a slice of cake.
Goodness! I did not know this would be such a tall order. I went to one restaurant and it tasted like they dipped their cake in milk per order Yuck! Other places just were not the taste and texture I was looking for, then I stumbled upon Taqueria 3 Reyes when I was at a meeting at a nearby hotel. I will continue my quest to find the best tres leches, however right now Taqueria 3 Reyes has my vote hands down.
I have tried Yuca at several restaurants in the area and no one in my opinion seems to cook them quite like Taqueria 3 Reyes. They are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Delicious.
I always order the Chicken Cemita when I go. It is a delicious chicken sandwich. The bread is soft. The chicken is lightly breaded. It also comes with avocado (one of my faves).
I visit this restaurant at least once a month and highly recommend it.
The food is authentic and made from natives.
Sometimes there can be a language barrier, so you might want to brush up on your Spanish.

I adore their food! It’s authentic it’s delicious and incredibly good. Try the Gorditas inexpensive and wonderful. Only issue is the language. Unfortunately I cannot speak Spanish and I have been told I have a ‘accent’ it is really hard to order sometimes. It frustrates me to no end, but still a great eat so I can get past that.

This place is not fancy by any means but the food is SOOO good! It’s definitely authentic! I’ve had their soupa de res, tacos, quesadillas and sandwich in the past and were never disappointed! Love the pork belly tacos!
The food is not expensive either. It’s a great place for a quick authentic lunch. The only thing that I wish could be better is that I wish they speak a little more English there and the tables are sometimes sticky.

Can I give this place ZERO stars? This experience here has brought me out of my 2 month behind on Unilocal reviews out of hiding. I truly believe the people that reviewed this place had to have been paid or they have never had good Mexican food on the left side of our Country. I’m from Ca and I get good Mexican at pretty much any corner. I came here with my Husband and my 2 yr old/​1 yr old. Besides the stares that never left us, we walked into blaring Mexican ballad music day up in this joint. When say «Blaring»… … I couldn’t make conversation with my husband or kids. I have nothing against the music (I’m Half Mex) so when I asked my husband if he could «politely» ask them to turn it down. They agreed and I think they maybe turned it down one decibel. While waiting in line to order, they had a tv on for everyone to watch and what caught my attention (and everyone else) was the topless woman on tv dancing with a Mexican rockstar on stage then she starts to lift her skirt to everyone in the audience. WTF? I ordered something basic… Carne Asada burrito and my husband ordered a carnita gordita/​2 tacos of pastor (Not made with the usual pineapple special vertical rotisserie they shave off from). I ordered beans/​rice for the girls.
The rice/​beans came out first. The rice was a fake bright orange color with no visible signs of onion or garlic or tomatoes… the rice was way overcooked and bland with a flavor profile I can not describe. My burrito came with shaved thin meat (Like gyro meat) and as stuffed with that stuff they called Mexican rice and white cheese that was cold and not even close to being melted… I can’t forget about their lettuce garnish. That was a nice touch. NOT I beans were watery black beans with decent flavor but more like a soup. Eeek! I tried my husbands and not because I wanted to but for this review. His pastor was bland mystery meat and the fixins were the basics. The finale was his 20 min late gordita that was oil-​logged on the outside and the carnitas were cooked as if in a poaching of oil. Sooo disgusting! My husband put a napkin over it in hopes they wouldn’t notice that he didn’t even eat anymore past 2 bites. Oh and I can’t finish this review without mentioning that we kindly asked them one more time after they continually kept raising the music back to where it was over and over. No one smiles in this place and they obviously made sure to let us know that we were not welcomed. I need an advil now just for reliving that experience. Oh and I forgot… The green onion side is suppose to be grilled, not steamed! Someone call the police on this place!

First, let me admit my California elitist attitude when it comes to Mexican food. For context when I was around 10 years old, my family once met for thanksgiving dinner in a small park in Southern California. We made tri tip, carne asada, rice, beans… you know… the staples. Now, let me draw a comparison for those not raised on authentic Mexican food.
From my experience, authentic Mexican food is not appreciated by 90% of the Maryland, DC, Va area… see what I did there avoiding the annoying Delmarva nickname or worse the DMV nickname, but I do carry on. Let me get to the review.
As other reviewers mentioned, if you can Habla a little espanol, you won’t be intimidated, but if not, just point and order like you would do if you were somewhere no speaka tha ingles.
The restaurant was filled with Latino families. There was the requisite gaudy shrine to a catholic saint complete with big outdoor Xmas lights. Soccer on tv. Working men ordered huge bowls of soup. So yeah… this place reminds me of many like it in my hometown of Las Salas or Salinas, California.
Chorizo and egg torta. It was right. The filling was what I hoped to taste, but I missed out on the line of red oil that runs down my arm when I order Chorizo and egg from Rositas in Salinas. The sandwich was good. Next time I will order the same but as a burrito and I will successfully navigate the language barrier so I can get melty Monterey Jack or similar but not 7 – 11 pump cheese on it. As it happened I did not get any cheese and that is fine.
The tacos were correct, if a little too much on the beef jerky side for carne asada. Lots of onion and cilantro. Served with radish, wilted green onion and salsa verde. What you would expect from the kills taco shop.
The corn tortillas are home made and tasty but and I admit this is nitpicking, the tortillas are too thick for corn tortilla, but maybe I’m just used to Jalisco and Zacatecas region and with all the Salvador and other Latin transplant families, this may be the way they do it.
The flautas were more like flour chimichangas, but nothing great. I won’t order those again. The chile relleno was scratch made. Kick ass hot pepper, very cheese filled. I liked it.
Kids meal tacos and fries was way too many onions and too much spice for my 3 year old, but hey he is only three. The fries were ok if you like really oily fries.
They didn’t gyp you on the cotija cheese or veg.
So, I will be back again, but probably just for my own meal. My southern family didn’t really dig the authentic flavor. When I asked if they thought Chipotle was better they asked if there was even a comparison. I like Chipotle too so… happy wife, happy life but I will eat in with the Pozole next in my target.

Fine Mexican food in Maryland? FOUND.
Since moving here from California, we have been yearning for a good taco, and people have recommended places where your only response would be, «Hmmm…» We were looking for an authentic street taco. Luckily I was talking to my cousin and she recommended this place, «it has menudo and flan.» LEGIT. SOLD. We are going.
Read some Unilocal reviews about the main location and it seems like someone found maggots in their food, so we decided to come to this location.
We walked in and immediately felt like we were transported back to the west coast.
National colors of Mexico on the walls? Check.
Order here sign? Check.
Juke Box named «Quiero Calle?» Check.
Large colorful Virgin de Guadalupe statue in the corner with flowers and Christmas lights? Check.
Station for pickled veggies and small plastic/​foam containers? Check.
Cholula and Valentino’s Hot Sauce on the tables? CHECK.
We got several tacos, each a steal for $ 2.60 and a menudo, which was off menu but they had other sopas. An horchata and a glass bottle coke. Huge portions for the price.
Their motto is Fine Mexican Food and they were right. There was a contant line to order the whole time we were there. Everything was fresh. No soggy or cracking tortillas here. Just straight up legit.

When I heard Taqueria Tres Reyes opened up a new location, I was excited to try it out. I am a HUGE five-​star fan of the food at the Kenilworth joint, but don’t venture out there for reasons I won’t get into. Anyhoo, just had lunch here today and I was not disappointed!
The joint is pretty big — maybe twice the size of the Kenilworth location. Everything appears to be pretty new, complete with flat-​screen TVs with menu items. While they look nice; they flash maybe eight items at a time on the screen, and you kinda have to stand there and wait to see the complete menu. Um, no thank you. I already knew what I wanted; but if you don’t, they have traditional menus as well.
The place wasn’t crowded (big difference from the other location) and I was able to go up to the register and order. I ordered my usual two carne asada tacos and rice, which came out pretty quickly. When I got my food, I was surprised to see that the food looked a wee bit different from the food at the Kenilworth location. The meat wasn’t chopped into little pieces as I am used to, and it didn’t have the char that I like. The meat was in big chunks and looked a little grey. Whatevs, not a deal breaker since it tasted fine. There was plenty of meat, served up in two corn tortillas with ciantro and onion on top. And the rice — it was fantastic!
The location is part of a little strip mall on Annapolis Road and 85^th Avenue, so it shares a parking lot with other establishments, including a Cricket Wireless. There’s plenty of parking but there’s only one entrance/​exit which is off of 85^th Avenue.
If only this location could make the quality of food made at the other location, it’d be perfect. Otherwise food is solid and fairly inexpensive; two tacos, rice and a bottle of Diet Coke cost me $ 10.02. I’ll definitely be back.