Barbacoa El Primo

Fresh delicious Barbacoa tacos! Everything was really good. The tacos are small and I started out with 4, I saw a previous comment that the salsa was not fresh so I tasted everything individually, both red and green salsa are fresh, the red has a good kick to it and it’s really spicy by itself, but it’s in a taco, It adds a nice flavor. Barbacoa is fresh, the onions and cilantro are also fresh. I ended up ordering 4 more tacos for a total of 8.

This place looks like an old diner but serves up the craziest barbacoa tacos with consume. The flavor is so rich and deep. The tacos are a bit smaller so make sure you get twice as many you would for bigger tacos. The red salsa is also the bomb. I don’t know how one would not like this place. This is the best barbacoa I have made outside of Mexico.

Tacos the size of a female thumb. No consume served with my tacos, even though that is what I ordered. Meat was dry and lacked flavor. Decent service and salsa bar. Atmosphere is really bad. Reeks of fabuloso, to the point that you can’t taste your food and music was overly loud and obnoxious. They shut down multiple sections at 2 and left an offering of 4 dirty tables, even though they don’t close for an hour and it’s Friday. Also, they were cleaning and taking away the toppings bar at 2:00 PM, even though they do not close until 3:00 pm. Overall very bad experience and we won’t be back. We much prefer Don Choches, Rio Taco, New Mexico Beef Jerky, and this other Birria + ramen taco place near 4th. All the other places I mentioned make this place a very 1 star experience.

We had such a great time at Barbacoa! Everything was so tasty and fresh. What I liked most was the super tender & slow cooked meat. And the homemade tortillas! An authentic family business with a good sense of service. We were welcomed with smiles. The place is clean and so lovely! We came from France and sure will return next time we visit Albuquerque!

Affordable tacos, excellent taste. Gluten friendly.