Taqueria La Espuela

How the food tastes depending on the dishes and the mood of the cooks. The chip and salsa is $1.75 and is free refills, but we never feel the need to even call for any free baskets. The soup and tacos are good, but the ham and cheese omelette are really bad. The restaurant is decorated in Mexican style. Very pretty and colorful, reminds me of the animated movie, Coco.

Bottom line -- I rate 3+ stars and mildly recommended this resturant. Many nights after work I go to a taqueria in the city where I make my last delivery. I've been to so many I feel like a taco eating expert hahaha. This was my 2nd time at LA Espuela in Mountain View, CA around 9pm. The first time the place was packed with dinners. This time I was the only patron. There was an hour before close, I was the only order/customer but they got my simple order of 2 grilled chicken tacos and 1 steak taco wrong. Initially brought me 1 chix and 1 steak taco. I reminded them I had paid for an additional chix taco and they soon delivered a 2nd steak taco (not what I had ordered but I didn't say anything). They were very polite and I felt welcome but have to ding their service rating. Both the chix and steak tacos had plenty of meat and we're seasoned well. The chix taco was really good...almost slammin' (but not quite). The steak tacos had a gamey wild meat kind of taste. Won't recommend or order it again. I still have sticker shock of the price of tacos -- these 3 tacos plus 2 cans of Dr. Pepper cost $21.58. Wasn't that long ago when this would have been less than $15.

What an amazing little spot. The atmosphere is perfect. It’s set in a really nice downtown area with lots of places to walk to. The service was excellent. The gentleman with the mustache was on top of it. Food was ready almost instantly and the flavor was on point! If you’re looking for a good quality Mexican restaurant I highly recommend it!