Taco Roco – Laguna Shopping Center

Decent fast Mexican food but so ridiculously overpriced.

Taco Roco has been on the scene for a few years now and they have 8 locations throughout the Central Coast and three in San Luis Obispo alone.  I went to the Laguna Village location with my son and was incredibly let down having been there a few times previously.

The Digs:
Taco Roco
11560 Los Osos Valley Rd
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405

The Scoop:
The Laguna Center Taco Roco is a cute spot located between Laguna Brew and the Nautical Bean. When you walk in its got the usual look and feel of a fast food place but this is all your standard Mexican grub.

What Rocks:
The outside patio. Its nice to get your meal and sit out front on the patio and eat and watch the world go by. Food is good not great but what you would expect for a quick Mexican place. Nice Mexican beer selection.

What Sucks:
We went in at 6pm on a Wednesday night, right before they got busy. The very small salsa bar looked like a tornado hit it, half the containers were empty, and you could tell it had been sitting there all day. My son and I picked out two of the meals and I thought it might be small so ordered an extra crispy taco. He had a soda and I ordered a Negra Modelo cerveza. $28 bucks. (“Wait, it’s how much????) For that price for two I could have gone to a nice sit down Mexican food restaurant in San Luis Obispo, like Pepe Delgados.  I am not sure if they just charge more in SLO because they think everyone will pay it but its incredibly overpriced for what you get. I would expect the prices to be 30% less than what they are.

The Moolah:
Most combonations are $7-9 and for very small portions (except the rice and beans of course) and individual items like a taco a la carte is just under $3.