El Jefe Tacos - Taco Review - Tempe Arizona















El Jefe Tacos - 101 & University
2155 E University, Ste 116, Tempe, AZ 
El Jefe Tacos – Birria Quesataco Review  

I have never been here before and I don’t think it has been open for a long time.   

 

Appearance = 1.2 / 2     - Did not look crispy, or cooked at the level I expect for a Birria Quesataco. 

 

Tortilla = 0.8 / 2   -  The tortilla is nothing to write home about.  It seemed to be thinner than what I am use to for Birria Quesatacos.  I think I am use to homemade or homemade at a store corn tortillas verses the ones you see in the grocery store next to the flour tortilla by the cans of refried beans and salsa for this type of taco.  Also I did not watch them make it, I don’t think you are able to here.  So I am not sure if they put oil down on the griddle and then dipped the tortilla in the Birria meal oil.  Or they did not leave it on long enough.  So it could be a number of things on this one. I believe you can watch your food being made here, but everything was new here to me and I was studding the menu and looking around.   

 

Meat / filling = 1.6 / 2 – The Birria tasted pretty good.  Minus the onions for myself.   

 

Sauce = 1.5 / 2  - For the sauce, I tried both the red and the green.  The red was just kind of plain, not spicy or really anything.  The green had lots of really good flavor and had some spice.  Recommend just eating the green if you can handle a little heat.   The Birria sauce did not appear to have anything floating in it, and it seemed to not appear to add any flavor.  On the bites I did into the Birria sauce and the bites I did not, the taste was the same.   

 

Value = 0.5 / 2 - $4.49 - The price seemed high for what I got and its quality.   

 

Total Score 5.6 / 10 

 

Ambiance = 6 / 10  -  They have not been at this location a long time.  I read yelp reviews from 4 months ago were people said that the remodeling is not finshed and needs to be finished.  I did not have a bias at all, but when I was looking around I remembered what I read and I would of thought it would be done by now.  It seemed a little disorganized.  Clean table & chairs to set at.  Lots of seating inside and on their very nice patio. 

 

Service = 7 / 10  -  They had good service & friendly staff.



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