La Taquiza Taqueria Centro(E Main St) 630 East Main Street, Lexington, KY 40508

"Edit: I tried La Taquiza again last Sunday Sept 3rd and the difference in service was night and day. The server took our drink orders soon after being seated. She checked on us multiple times until we were ready to order. She brought the food out fast and then checked on us again many times throughout our meal. It was my first 5 ⭐️ service treatment there. I’m so happy that I get to update this to a full 5 star experience. Because the food was still fantastic and it was great to have matching service. To me this is the top Mexican restaurant in Lexington. Original (posted June 2023): I’ll start with the food is 4-5 stars. They use fresh ingredients, most everything is cooked in house, and it’s not overly seasoned or salty. The service is not good. 1-2 stars. The first time I went with my kid and I got 3 different tacos averaging $5 each and my kid got 3 steak and cheese tacos and a side of rice and beans. And we had 2 waters. The total came out to over $50. I was surprised. What had happened was that there is not a steak and cheese taco on the menu. My kid had ordered 3 tacos off the main menu that showed they had cheese. He asked for all other items to be removed. They waitress didn’t tell us that steak and cheese didn’t exist and also didn’t explain that she was putting it as 3 street tacos with an additional cheese charge of $3 per taco. So each of his tacos were $8. He had a $30 meal with the side while mine totaled to about $15. The 2nd visit was yesterday evening. They close at 9 and we showed up at 8:15. They promptly sat us, but we waited 20 minutes before they took our order. And we had to go and tell them they hadn’t taken our order. Despite the fact that we were sitting inside. And that they passed by us, with closed menus sitting in front of us, a dozen times! Eventually someone came and took our order. And unlike the first time, he did say there’s no steak and cheese tacos and they would need to do a $3 per taco up-charge for cheese. So my kid instead ordered the Quesabirria which is 3 shredded beef tacos with cheese and fixins. And I had the Enchiladas which also have 3 of them with beans and rice and a side salad. Total w tax before tip = 29.66 So while we haven’t had great service on any visit, the food is excellent! Maybe the service will improve in time. It’s worth it to keep trying bc the food really is superb. I’d say the food ranks as one of the best if not the best Mex in town. I say most things are cooked in house because the ice cream is still Sav’s. Which to me is legendary ice cream. You will never go wrong with Sav’s ice cream. There was no reason for them to change that out. So in closing, I do highly recommend trying La Taquiza. But watch their service. If you feel like they forgot about you, they probably did. Save yourself some time and don’t wait longer than your first thought of that to go get their attention. And make sure they enter what you’re ordering correctly. And watch for that added cheese charge as many tacos on the menu don’t actually have cheese. Don’t assume it does. While this all likely sounds like a bunch of gripes, it really is spectacular food. Work through issues the best you can to get that incredibly delicious food into your belly. It is sooo worth it! I’ll update the stars as I keep going there. I hope I can get it up to 5 stars at some point. Did I mention how amazing the food is?"

"First time trying this place at the recommendation of a friend. I used to frequent the location when it was Sav's and was very disappointed when they left. I can honestly say this place is a worthy replacement. Lots of options available and we tried several different dishes as a group. My daughter got the Street Tacos, my Wife ordered the Tostadas and I ordered shrimp Empanadas and a Horchata. Not only did it all taste wonderful but it was also beautifully prepared as shown below. Overall the ambience was also very enjoyable. Definitely check this place out."

"Food was very tasty. Got there right after they opened at 11am, they were not really ready for people, some growing pains I'm sure. Tuesdays and Thursdays are $1.50 chicken or pork taco with minimum of 5 taco order. Lunch fajitas were also delicious even though we received the wrong meat ordered steak got chicken. Churros Sundae was not as pictured but cured my sweet tooth. service was slow. They have salsa bar which is great, although you do have to order $3 chips. Will be back just not at opening."

"Checked out the new Tex mex place tonight, and it’s gooooooooooooood. Chips and salsa are a little different, you order chips or an appetizer to get fried tacos to break up, they have a salsa bar of 5 different salsas, tried everything but the hot, and they were really tasty. Good sized menu, and lots of things looked good, so I let the bartender pick for me, knew I was in good hands as the quesabirrias were incredible. Impressive drink/food specials Monday-Thursday. They were busy, servers, bartenders were hustling non stop. Servers called in on them, so they were battling tough odds, taking care of people, bartender was non stop positive, really impressive in that environment. Great atmosphere for a date, night out with friends. I’ll definitely be back."

"Cute little place, there's not a lot of indoor seating but the atmosphere is fun! It took a little bit to get the margaritas and chips and our food came out directly thereafter. But aside from that, the food was great and the service was pretty good."