City Tacos

La Mesa, CA · Taco restaurant

Rating
4.5/5
★★★★★ 4.5
Reviews
20
Rank in La Mesa
#42
of 177 restaurants
City Percentile
59%
rating percentile
Address
City Tacos, 8325 La Mesa Blvd, La Mesa, CA 91942
Phone
(619) 467-7999
Website
citytacossd.com/locations-la-mesa
Status
Closed · Opens 11 AM

City Tacos is a restaurant located in La Mesa, CA. It is one of 177 restaurants listed in La Mesa. Its 4.5-star rating is above the La Mesa city average of 4.3 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

About City Tacos

City Tacos has the Best Tacos in La Mesa! We put a fresh, inventive spin on traditional Mexican cuisine with a menu that's as bold as it is delicious. Dive into our wide variety of tacos, including the tender and juicy Carne Asada, zesty Camarón, and... More

Hours

Saturday11 AM–10 PM

Customer Reviews

★★★★★ 5.0 steve moses · Feb 2026

Very interesting taco choices. The fish tacos were very salty. Otherwise, everything else we tried was excellent. We will be back for more. Dog friendly.

★★★★☆ 4.0 JB Davis · Aug 2025

Great place for small bites and cold beer. Prices are beyond reasonable and tastes outstanding. Their menu includes vegetarian and vegan options. Both indoor and outdoor seating with the potential for private parties on the lanai. The staff is helpful and friendly. I am new to the area and this is only a couple trolly stops away so, definitely someplace where I can become a regular.

★★★★★ 5.0 Nurse Sandy · Nov 2025

This is not a fancy Mexican restaurant. That said, there is room to eat inside, and they have a patio in back. It’s casual, for sure. The food is amazing - seriously. These are chef crafted tacos. This is food you’d expect to see on “Beat Bobby Flay” or another Food Network show. The flavor profiles are excellent. The tortillas are freshly made. The portions are priced well - that said, I know guys who routinely eat 5-6 tacos when they come here… me, I can’t finish 2… but I sure want to! And the Elote corn is so fresh, crisp and tasty. Highly recommend the various steak tacos, but you can’t go wrong here, it’s all fantastic!

★★☆☆☆ 2.0 Bill · Dec 2025

My experience is based on 2 visits. The first one being The very best, although probably some of the most expensive carnitas tacos. I've ever purchased but they were absolutely just completely phenomenal, delicious, moist hot. Everything about it was an exceptional experience that I've seldom ever had. Eating Mexican food. I couldn't wait to go back and purchase another carnitas taco. So another week goes by and I purchased 2 more, and they were the worst carnitas tacos. I've ever had, and I will never return dry. Extremely dry, very tough that corn Tortilla? Shell was like more than an eighth inch thick. Probably like Three sixteenths or more sick, and they were called and almost unbendable disgusting shame on them

★★★☆☆ 3.0 patr70 · Feb 2026

My review is only for the chips. I order several orders of chips about every 6 weeks and the cooks put way too much SALT on the chips. Dosen't the manager/owner check things like that too make sure the cooks are trained properly? The service is always good and the atmosphere is nice.

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Restroom ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Seating

Services

Taco restaurantMexican restaurantRestaurant

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