Reviews of Tacos El Matador (Restaurant)

vrgrindd '

First experience here. Great food and friendly staff! We will be back

Jenna Miller

Excellent, authentic, and inexpensive tacos! Highly recommend. Definitely a hole in the wall type place but if you like authentic tacos then you know that's a good thing. Pastor were some of the best I've had and asada was very good also!

Alexander Aguirre

This place is the place to go in Kansas City for authentic Hispanic food. No other location compares. The staff are friendly and welcoming. There's fast service along with complimentary chips. The salsa Verde is the best I've ever had and the carne asada is delicious. Can't recommend enough.

Lynda J Leonard

Small, a bit funky, but awesome real authentic Mexican food. Can't wait to go back and try the Huevos Rancheros.

Tommy Harmon

Staff was nice, tacos were fantastic and the building was basic. While I was there, a State Inspector popped in to do her job. Seemed like the staff, especially my waitress, were distracted so service was lacking.... understandable, I'm not upset. I'll definitely be back with some friends.

Reed Nelson

Just amazing tacos and sopes and gorditas. They crisp up the lengue and buche on the flat top grill... and it’s just perfect. The service is super friendly as well from the young folks working there. One of my favorite places.

Shay Ward

Food is good but the service is ok

Lance Stark

It is one of the best authentic Mexican food restaurants out there if you haven't tried it try it you will be amazed at the flavors in their sauce and everything that they have to offer I didn't like avocados but I love their avocados 5 stars all the wayy

Adam Springer

Absolutely fantastic food. The tacos are some of the best that I've ever had! Try the chorizo and the asada. Both are absolutely out if this world!!

Matthew Skaggs

The way tacos should be. Great little hole in the wall place.

T C

My husband and I went on Taco Tuesday for the first time. We both ordered what we thought were the hard tacos, rice and beans. We got street tacos instead, which were very good, so no complaints. I like that they give us bottles of salsa since we seem to power through quite a bit. The server was very sweet. The place was nothing fancy, but cozy. We will definitely be back.

Natalie R

Great carne asada tacos

Alex Patton

I went for the first time last night. Ordered a few tacos (asada, shrimp, and tripe). They were all excellent. So good I almost left the house to go back and get some more. Loved the food and the salsa verde was a great blend of spice and taste! I will be going back.

john williamson

I called an order In To Go I gave them plenty of time but when I got there it wasn't ready and when they did give it to me it was not what I ordered they said they would fix it but I'm on a schedule and I couldn't wait around and had to leave

Tracy Russell

Awesome food. Great place to eat great food with low costs and lots of quantity and quality.

John Kennedy

Terrific Taco Tuesday deals. Some may say it's a steal of a deal.

Valerie Nicole

Very good food

Boryana Koseva

I accidentally discovered this place with a friend. We grabbed a few soft tacos for lunch, and we had to come back for dinner. The tacos are just that good. Service is very friendly. It looks like a family business, and the people are very nice. Yes, service can be a bit slow but everything is made right then, and it's fresh and delicious! The breakfast burritos are pretty great too.

Hiram Lytch

Service is great and so is the food.

Heather Hankins

Delicious carne asada and chicken tacos. Authentic taste.

Crysy Brawley

Delicious Tacos, friendly staff, and great prices. We will be returning!

Jessica Branson

All I had was the Taco Salad and the Guacamole and they were both amazing.

Mark Kelly

A nice find close to the city. Excellent prices for excellent food.!

Jamie Wilson

I will be completely honest the food was terrific.. unfortunately the first experience was through doordash ... i was charged a high price for food that was not prepared properly . The owner continued to argue with my delivery driver that my food was correct and complete, which made my families hunger pain extend.. I also had a piece of black silk hair on my taco... Truth be told, I am an all natural African-American with tightly packed cuticles. At the end of the night it took 2 hours for great tacos!

Amber Rohlman

The first Mexican restaurant I have been able to get my Texan hubby to say is good! Don't let the look of the place fool you, the food is amazing and the staff is excellent!

Jesse Star

Good tacos and salsa

Andy Dufresne

Really good food. Nice people.

jaime vega

Best tacos de tripas! Very authentic para la raza!

Heather M

Service was great. I love the green salsa. We will be back for sure.

Erika Graham

Estos tacos están matadores! These are some killer tacos! I consider myself a taco connoisseur, I’ve tried tacos in Mexico City, Monterrey, Las Vegas and New York. These tacos are among the most delicious ones I’ve tried. The meat is …

Jonathan Figueroa

Server was outstanding. Food was good

Cheri Blessing

Love the Torta sandwhich and they have the best authentic tacos!!

Christina Sandoval

Delicious local food. Owners super friendly and work here.

Kenny Spiess

Food always great..waitresses personable and hot..very good place.

Patrick Dewberry

Awsome food. Great service.

Alyssa Krestan

The two stars are only for the servers, who were prompt and amicable. But the food? The moment we got our chips and salsa I was reminded of my mom's mexican meal night, except mom's store bought chips and salsa were higher quality than those of this restaurant, which leads me to believe that all the ingredients that were used to prepare the meals at this restaurant were bought from a local grocer such as Walmart. That same quality persisted throughout the meal.

Christina Woolard

It is a great little hometown place to eat. Friendly staff and great food.

Mitchell Baugher

Mom and pop type place. Good service. I had the burrito Supreme. Very tasty. I'll go back.

Andrew Valentine

Amazing food and the people are very nice. If you want some real Mexican food for a good price, go here. They also deliver his door dash

David Thayer

Excellent food booths are small though

antonio cruz

Small diner with delicious food

Kari Engleman

Delicious. Chips and salsa, amazing. Tacos, perfection. Building could use some work, but you'll overlook it when you eat the food and feel the atmosphere.

Cinthya Ruiz

Really nice and cozy environment, great food and excellent service

Morgan Kacie

The food used to be great but they are changing the menu to American food,we ate last week as per my friends request who loved it growing up but though the atmosphere was laid back and really cool ; the tables that have old money or photos ,even a copy of constitution are great conversation starters.... the food was horrible and there’s nothing less than 11 bucks ,give or take ,except kids menu . The awesome dip we all love at Mexican restaurants—-NO WAY ! Do not order the cheese dip ( that part was the worst, it was disgusting . Processed cheese maybe with Glaze on it which was so disappointing) but the food was just bad ! Not because of the cook it is the quality of food for the Mexican dishes. I will go back for the American food soon, the waitress was eating a delicious looking burger! I hate this because my friend grew up eating here , but looks like management made the right decision to change to American food because who ever decided to cut costs and order really cheap food from whichever company that also possibly may serve our jail system... idk... but somewhere in last five years someone took a good name , that had good memories , and completely messed up the menu! Do try it when they change menus if you too used to go as a kid!!!! The waitress was cool but ... I’ll leave it alone!

Griffin Bastian

Haven't tried the food yet, but I placed an order over the phone for one breakfast burrito. Was told it would be 10 minutes. Showed up in ten minutes and so far I've been waiting here for 45 minutes. The place is slowly clearing out and still haven't received my breakfast burrito. Wait staff seems understaffed and the carry out service could be vastly improved. Hopefully the food will make up for this, if I ever receive it. Update: It appears that they forgot / lost my order. They were nice and apologetic about it. Update #2: it appears that they forgot it again? Waiting an additional 20 minutes. Very hard for me to ever justify coming back here. Update #3: they refunded me my money and the burrito is delicious. Will order 30+ minutes in advance next time.

Montserrat Jimenez

Hands down, best chips and salsa I've ever, EVER had. Also, the best gyro and I've had gyros from quite different places. I love the aunthenticity of all the foods. Not one entree disappoints. It's the real deal. Highly, highly recommend

Barbara Ray

Amazing food & great service.

Clint Fischer

Surprisingly good cheeseburgers.

Robo buddy

Probably the best Mexican restaurant I've been to in a long time. The food is really authentic and the queso was amazing!

Kim Carrington

I use to love this place and go several times a month but it's gone down hill. It took 45 min to get a simple order when it wasn't unusually busy. People who came in after us were getting their food before us so I guess they forgot our order?! The meat is skimpy unless you order tacos. The teenage waitress moved slow and didn't seem to care. I miss the old owners!

Chuck Winegar

Great food. Great service. Great price

Mr B

The English is not to good, but the food was great.

Amanda Casiano

Great food, great service!!

jeff parkhurst

Small establishment. Good service, and very tasty food. Very good mexican food.

Josie Pennington

Doesn't look like much from the outside but staff are friendly, and the food is delicious! The carnitas tacos are my favorite. Ordering ahead for takeout is also super easy. Would definitely recommend!

Juan Gonzalez

Excellent food and staff is friendly.

justin hook

Authentic taco hole in the wall joint.

Simon Dragen

The salsa at this restaurant literally tastes like ketchup salt and 90% water. Chips and salsa are usually my best gauge of a Mexican restaurants and that is where the experience eating here started off in the worst way possible. I'm …

Elijah Barber

My local taco joint. Great service, great food. Highly recommend.

Nick Schlossmacher

No frills, just great service and excellent food.

Chad Weisshaar

Great food and prices.

tim borger

In the past the tortillas were the best part, dunno if it was a stand in cook or what. But wasnt as good last time.

Pelon Paez

Food is always good

Gabrielle Trevino

Great food!!

Jennifer Craft

Very good tacos.

Benjamin A. Cuellar

Great authentic tacos

David Camacho

Love the food and and the service

NORMA AWRY

Food was cold but the salsa was good. I won't go back.