Ocean Taqueria

Closed :(

Yo dawg, I heard you like an update so I made an update on a previous update
*Ocean Taqueria, the burrito haven of Ocean Ave, has officially closed due to a raw sewage leak? Guess they closed for the better & hopefully this is taken care of so it could be reopened? WINK WINK.
Thanks Peter R. for the message:
«Hey,
Just read your review on the Taqueria on Ocean Ave.
Its closed forever. Apparently there was raw sewage leaking into the shop. The clean up was a mess and the whole block smelt like well… the sewage. Hope that answers your question and curiosity.»
Unilocalers lookin’ out for one another’s taste buds.
xoxo ~Burrit0 luv3r

so i kno its not an SD California wonder. its kind of a wet burrito, and they put lettuce and rice in it which some say is a no no.
but honestly who cares? i love this place!
call me a sucker for the music that is blasting in the background, the local business cards that are plastered on the walls, or the occasional soccer game on the small 10 inch tube.
the carne asada is off the CHAIN. real quick — disclaimer. i come here for the burrito. ive tried the nachos, tacos, etc… but i come here when i want a burrito. I have other places in the city that i go for tacos, quesadilla suiza, nachos. but i come to ocean for a burrito.
keep in mind also, that the one on ocean is better than the one on divis. just my opinion.
so the pollo asado and carne asada is what you come to ocean for. dont get me wrong all of the other marinating meats on the counter are pretty good, the carnitas are decent, but its the asada/​o is what you go to ocean for. simply for the fact that they cook to order.
its hard to find a taqueria that does that now-​a-​days, but when you order, they reach their spoon into that dish of raw meat, and slap that baby on the grill. the sizzle alone is making my mouth water! hahaha
i think the kicker, is to ask them to cook your meat well, or in my broken, only able to speak it in a taqueria spanish «bien asado por favor».
boom done. hope you like it as much as i do!

HOLY GEEZ! I ate at this place ONCE and a year later I receive the WORST news.
This place was filled with RAW SEWAGE! The moment the owner found out, they were cleaning like crazy! NOPE! thats not going to help. Imagine that guys… The food you guys got here was probably unsanitary. The inspector came and shut the place down. Apparently the owner of the shops on the block never dealt with it and now its caused a mess. When the truck came over as I walked by, the ENTIRE block smelt like a sewage plant. oh geez!
and as for the service from what I remember… no «hello» or «have a good day» or any kind of contact. good riddance!

You don’t understand how much I love this place. THIS PLACE IS MY FAVORITE TAQUERIA EVER! There is no way that you can not like this place!
I’ve tried their burritos and quesadillas, and I’ve been more than happy with what I got. Been coming here for the past…5 years now? You will literall get a burrito that is trying to escape from its cage and unleash its mouthwatering goodness in your mouth. I recommend the steak super burrito w/​extra red sauce and the chicken quesadilla if you want to see what I’m talking about.
It’s nice because they take credit/​debit cards and parking is usually not too bad (metered). If you’re gutsy, you could even double park right outside, run in and order, get your goods, and run back out!
If you like juicy burritos, and i mean it when i say JUICY! You’ll have to give this place a try. For ~$ 7, you can have one of the best food comas of your life!!!

Deff. want to check out if you are a fan of burritos. Not really «real» tacos to me because the tortillas are huge and are filled with a lot of stuff. (I’m used to tacos filled with cilantro, salsa, and very few ingredients) But the carne asada is delicious. Customer service is really friendly and generous.
Salsa verde couldn’t be any better.

Best burritos in the city, if I’m craving a burrito this is the palce I go everytime.
The burriots are huge, the food is fresh, the atmosphere is the perfect combination of dingy and cozy.
Just don’t try to call in your order, they’re terrible at getting call-​in orders right.
And if it’s your birthday or you’re a cute girl you’ll probably get something for free!

I’m Unilocaling this burrito as I’m eating it. Forget the Mission. Ocean Taqueria is THE BEST burrito spot in SF. There, I said it.
I think their secret is that they steam their tortillas a lot longer than everywhere else which makes them really tender and a little moist, which makes a big difference in the taste.
pollo verde, cheese, rice, black beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, and guacamole. Heaven wrapped in foil.

My friends and I were making dinner until one of them decided that we needed to get horchata in order to enjoy our meal… so we drove here just for the horchata.
Parking is difficult because it’s street parking and it’s usually packed, but nothing unbearable. The place itself is really small. They have a cute little cardboard menu for you to look at. It looks ghetto but it has it’s charm too.
The workers are friendly. They give you free samples of their aguas frescas (they had horchata, strawberry drink, and something else…). What was different was that they offer to mix the horchata and the strawberry drink for you so you have strawberry horchata. I think it tastes delicous… but it’s pretty much like fresher strawberry milk.
I usually don’t think much of horchata when I get it from taquerias because they’re usually grainy or watery – or both! THIS place, in my opinion, has the best horchata that I’ve had from any taqueria thus far. I’ve never been so satisfied with horchata that I didn’t make myself.
I plan on going back here so I can try their food… but in the meantime, I rate 4 stars because of the horchata.

Not the best and not the worst. I remember this place being A LOT yummier 5 years ago. Not enough sour cream and guac on my burritos or quesadillas. But the meat was seasoned well (a little salty but yummy) and the staff was nice.
Don’t try that damn orange salsa. My mouth was burning for like 15 mins.

I eat ALOT of burritos, but goddamn the carne asada in the one here takes the cake!
its a little hole in the wall, a diamond in the rough, full of promise for your tastebuds.
I can’t wait to come here again

This is probably one of my favorite horchata spots (I’m obsessed with horchata). It is a little on the expensive side though because you can go the other direction (towards BART) and get a large for $ 3. It really depends on what flavor you prefer. I like both.
The burritos are also good, but quite expensive. A «baby» burrito is $ 5.00. I went in there today and saw a dad buying one baby burrito for each of his two kids, and wondered why he didn’t just buy the larger one with more ingredients included to split in half.
The staff is super nice. This place is good, but I would consider this a «luxury» burrito, and good burritos don’t need to be luxurious.

Deeeelicious juicy burritos. Upon request, they grill the meat with onions and bell pepers hot and fresh. If you want to go lighter, you can order the baby burrito (how adorable is that?).
Besides the awesome burritos, this place looks a little dark, dirty, and dingy. The cooks have varied from being welcoming and poking fun to a look of death if you don’t hurry up and order. This is probably why I hesitate to go back, though I really want to.
If they cleaned the place up a bit and get a better attitude, I just may be brave enough to go back one day.

This used to be my favorite burrito place but their prices started to skyrocket and the size of their burrito got much smaller. I went back here after craving a burrito and I ordered the streak super burrito. I told the person making my burrito that I didn’t want it spicy. Went to pay and the total was $ 8.21. I thought that was kind of pricy for the size since there are other burrito places on Ocean avenue much cheaper for the same quality.
Anyways, when I take a bite of my burrito its spicy! It still tasted pretty good though but the size was so small and I still had room left over for seconds. Usually I cannot finish a whole burrito and save it for dinner. Overall, this place is ok. Nothing that really stands out to make me go out of my way to come here.

What a waste of calories. Are people seriously giving this 5 stars? My burrito had rice in it that was the consistancy of mashed potatoes. It was honestly mushy white rice with no seasoning. One of the most unappetizing things I have ever tasted. This nasty ass rice was in our whole order. I thought it was just my burrito but no. They put rice in the nachos and my boyfriends quesadilla. Since when does rice go in nachos and quesadillas. The only explanation for this nastiness is that the two fourteen year olds making the food were high as hell.
Avoid this place at all costs. Unless you like mashed potatoes.

The BF and I love sharing food. It’s a bummer that most of the time, we have to order a ton of food because I eat so much!!!
Ah that is not the case at Ocean Taqueria. They have a JUMBO BURRITO which is the size of two burritos! Now, I know we could easily buy two burritos and just eat together. This is more intimate and it has some romantic bullissssh feeling. LAME I know ;)
The burritos are always super moist and delicious. BF always rants and raves about how amazingly the burritos are amazingly moist. I don’t notice much of a difference but I like the burritos!
Oh yaaah, they have this green salsa which is AMAZING. Get it as dip for chips! :)
Reason that they don’t get the full five stars is because the chips are stale most of the time :/

So… I got a random craving for horchata last week and did a Unilocal search for it. Somebody left a review for this place saying it had really good horchata, so I thought I’d try it out.
Today I went biking here with my roommate. It was actually a little bit further away than I had expected, so I was starting to hope that it would be worth it. The place was surprisingly small compared to what I was expected. I ordered a Super Veggie burrito, chips, and a small horchata. It came to $ 9 with a tip… But then I noticed that my burrito looked TINY. For the first time in my life I finally understood something I never thought I’d experience as a man; being disappointed with something that was too small.
They must have accidentally given me a regular size burrito instead of a super. Compared to my roommate’s regular burrito, mine was about half the size. I was really confused and upset and knew that it wasn’t going to satisfy me 100%. So, being the fatass that I am, I decided to buy a veggie taco, which ran me another $ 5. Altogether, I dropped almost $ 15 bucks at this place, which seemed really ridiculous.
The food itself was, in fact, exceptionally good. 5 stars there.
The service was okay, but I think they got my order wrong, so they’re only getting 3 stars here.
The price was a bit more than your average taqueria, so I’d only give them 2 stars there.
Over all, this place is probably a 4 star joint, but I’m giving them a tentative 3 for now based on my experience. I’d definitely go again if I am in the area.

My reaction to this being my 100^th review and it being a slightly disappointing experience: TRIPLE MEHHHH (scratching my head while «mehhing», too!!)
Maybe I set the expectation too high when walking into this joint. I heard some good things about the food here, not the ambiance or service, but about the food, so I thought sure I should give it at least a try, right?
Pro’s (Let’s start off w/​this, then I’ll get on to the real nitty gritty):
–It’s conveniently located right across the street from 24Hour Fitness. If you’re hungry, done w/​your workout, and in need of some replenishment? Sure. It’s closeby and worth a shot… if you want!
–They seem to have some faithful patrons, not many, but they do have them. I witnessed at least 2 different groups, and we were dining there for at least 30 minutes.
–Prices are reasonable.
Cons:
–Ambiance: It’s a small taqueria so I shrugged my shoulders when I walked into this little hole in the wall spot. However, it’s not clean. They even use what looks like a cardboard cut-​out as their big display menu. Wow. Can’t they invest in something a little bit more 2010 or slightly up-​to-​date?
–Service: Sure they were friendly, but damn were they forgetful. The BF ordered a burrito w/​no rice and beans. Twice she had to re-​do it because maybe she wasn’t paying attention the first two times she asked.
–Food: It was okay. However, the shrimp and steak burrito I ordered seemed to have been lacking the main ingredients: «shrimp and steak». Talk about minimal. Chips weren’t complimentary like they are at other locations. And regarding being sanitary, was it even sanitary? The cashier and cook were one in the same person. Hmmm!!!
Tip: Sorry to say this, but head over to Taqueria Guadalajara for some good authentic tasty grub. It will not disappoint, especially not like here.

Big fan of this place. Prices are higher than when I first started going 3 years ago, but I guess that’s expected with inflation and the economy etc.
Carne Asada is the way to go. They grill it all fresh right in front of you which is a nice change from the other Taquerias who mostly keep their meat pre-​cooked in bins.
Make sure to ask for peppers and/​or onions, they will throw them in your meat and grill them on there, must better taste. Also tastes a lot better if you ask them to grill your tortilla, otherwise they will steam and, and I personally love the grilled crispy taste better. Great place, one of my favorites in the city!

YUMMY.