La Taquisa

well-priced, filling and so many seafood and veggies/options ! The restaurant is fast-casual, if dining in, you place your order, get your food and sit at a clean table. They offer free water for sit ins as well. I was really impressed with their variety of seafood and veggie tacos. I got a combo of 5 tacos and was able to pick 5 different kinds of seafood/veggie of tacos to try ! Everything was tasty. would definitely come back and recommend

I hate doing this, and I like the food and the staff I've gotten to know, but this location is gross.

I went for lunch at the downtown location and when the line cook was about to make my order they took out their phone and started texting, while still wearing their food preparation gloves. They walked over to the area where the shells are made, made them and carried them over touching the food with the contaminated gloves, and then made their way to the line to prepare my order and still did not change their gloves.

After seeing this I cancelled my order.

This is the second time I have seen this happen. The first time staff was handling cash and then preparing food wearing the same gloves. I emailed the company directly and told them the issue and they assured me that they would make sure the staff would be trained properly in regards to safe food handling. The ownership have obviously not done that.

I want to add that the person who took my order and processed my refund was great and understood that people preparing food shouldn't be handling materials that are not food related without washing their hands/changing their gloves, but the other two people who were working there at the time were laughing at the situation.

There are other places in the downtown area with equal quality food in the same price bracket who handle food safely, and I would recommend you try these other places before going here.

Came by in a group of seven during a holiday Monday for lunch. The place was empty except for us and the staff...that was fine with us.

I liked the simplicity of the menu. I ordered the 5 for $11.50 deal hoping to sample 5 different flavours. This included beef, fish, chicken and pork. I think the presentation of the tacos could have been much better and was hoping the taste would make up for this. Unfortunately I found the flavours rather bland and had a very difficult time attempting to figure out which taco was which. And two in our group had intestinal issues after the meal...one of them being myself.

With such a competitive market for these types of Mexican establishments in Vancouver, I guess my expectations were perhaps a little high.

The 5 for $11.50 deal was good value for okay Mexican food, but we have no plans to return.

Not too bad! Not too bad at all. Fast food style Mexican really filled us up. I had something called a Gringo (I think), that was kinda like a mini quesadilla. It was delicious I had three of em. Blackened fish, and bean and cheese. All good. My partners bean burrito was delicious as well.
Good food. Helpful staff.

I'm disappointed at the lack of authenticity at this restaurant.
Let's start with the staple of any Mexican restaurant. Pico De Gallo. It was bland, no flavour at all, not even a hint of onion. It seems no lime or cilantro was used in the making of this pico. To top it off, going back to the authenticity, there is cucumber in it. Completely changes what little flavour palate the pico has. Complete disappointment.

The tortillas were clearly store bought. Handmade tortillas are not difficult to make. But if you are buying tortillas in bulk it's crucial that you throw them on the flat top for a minute cold tortillas do not taste good and will always crack. It also prevents the tortilla from getting soggy so quickly.

Street tacos were made to have cilantro and onions on them. Lettuce should never touch a taco. Just another soggy element. It was soggy tortilla, on waterlogged chicken with soggy lettuce on top.

If the owners are Mexican or first descendants I know they aren't taking pride in the food they're putting out. Where's the carne asada? I feel that this place can barely call themselves Mexican. Thoroughly disappointing

Very disappointed in my first visit. I appreciate and understand differences and adaptions of Mexican food - how something is different in San Diego to Morelia. But when a burrito is not only poorly wrapped but also cold to the touch, it's unappetizing and a turnoff. I did not enjoy the food and won't come back.

A delicious Mexican spot which is great for a lunch out. It's inexpensive and I would recommend eating in the restaurant as opposed to a take-out meal at this establishment. The chicken tinga burrito bowl as well the chips and medium salsa are spot on. Its central location in downtown Victoria is very convenient and this is another reason why the restaurant does so well in Victoria.

Awesome tacos best in Victoria , get the chicken tinga for sure.
Chicken Tinga Tacos

A modern mexican restaurant; this is like a Chipotle but for tacos.

Good deal for your money considering you get to try many different combinations since the tacos are pretty small at $2-3 each. When you come in you order, then you take a seat.

I got the beef taco with verde-mild and chicken tinga with pico de gallo. The flank steak chunks are incredibly tender, like beef stew. The chicken tasted more like tuna to be honest. The corn tortilas don't taste corn-y, they are very soft, stretchy and thin.

Their guac is smooth and tasted simply of avocados-- blended so smooth it's like a spread, no chunks. $1 for a small sauce cup

I appreciate that they make their own shells, use local ingredients and the meats are antibiotic. They even have vegan options! I'd give them a 4 star if there had something more unique about them that stood out from the rest of the millions of taco places.

Good eat though! Reasonable price, clean and current, you'll get your bang for your buck.

La Taquisa is an extremely well-priced, delicious Mexican spot! I was out on a day adventure with a good friend and saw La Taquisa across the street and simply made her come with me. I've been meaning to try it out for a while (especially after I read all the great reviews!) so walking by left me no choice but to head right in.

First off, this spot has a really cool aesthetic inside. A large glass-front restaurant isn't uncommon for downtown Victoria by any means but the way that La Taquisa uses the light to highlight their bright furniture and playful colour scheme is both fun and visually pleasing. Plus, when a space looks nice, I swear the food tastes better!

This time around, I went in and got 3 of the chicken tinga tacos with medium red salsa on them and it came out to less than ten dollars. When they take your order, they also get your name so that you can go take a seat and wait until they call you to come get your food. Overall, I thought that my tacos were extremely good with a taco-truck kind of feel about them. However, my friend got chicken molé with the mild verde salsa (and added guac and sour cream) and I preferred hers. Next time around I'll have to try either the baja fish tacos or burrito (since it seems to be a Yelper favourite) but all in all, I was really happy with this meal!