Colorful, compact joint dishing up Mexican street food–style eats, including handmade tortillas.
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My boyfriend found this place on instagram an we just had to see what it was all about. Now the place is small but don’t let that stand in the way of enjoying good food. Me and by boyfriend order a platter. He got 8 carne and I got 1 of each meat. Asada, pastor, birria, carnitas, pollo, shrimp chorizo, and fish. Man let me tell you the tacos were EXCELLENT. Filled with meat in every taco. The chips are homemade fresh right there as well as the guacamole. They cook everything to order so if time something you don’t have place a pick up. I would highly recommend this place over and over again. I can taste why they won so many awards. The owner is kind and very attentive. Oh by the way they also have elote and quesadillas. Don’t let the size or area fool you this place is too good to pass up.
… moreAbby Anderson
Fresh made guacamole when you order. It is absolutely amazing! We did a six taco combo which did not disappoint. There are many other great tacos, drinks, and dessert options that we were too full for but we will be back. Recommendations will not disappoint.
… moreErika
You don’t go to this restaurant for the atmosphere, you go for the fresh food and the fresh aguas frescas. The restaurant is very small and is more of a just eat and go restaurant. I had a carne asada, birria, and grilled fish taco. Most taco places don’t offer fish tacos, I like that they did and not only that, they offered in two options either grilled or breaded. Since I am allergic to gluten I opted for grilled. I also had to try their elote, which was as expected, delicious! My ultimate favorite was the fresh I agua de piña (pineapple water), my friend jhad the agua de sandía (watermelon water) which were perfectly sweetened and so refreshing
… moreStella M
Heard about this place on ticktock
Everything about this place is 10/10
Food, service, everyone there is super nice make you feel like family.
Support your local family owned restaurant
Try one of everything!! Yes including Dessert!
… moreRosalie Soward
Definitely try this place for a to go order but be willing to wait. Owner is super nice! Tasty tacos!! Wouldn’t consider going after dark. Not much room inside to eat. Needs so cleaning and updating for sure.
… moreJanelle
You know me I’m always down for a taco and always have a huge list of places I still haven’t been, but want to. La Bamba has been on my list forever and though fairly close to me in a neighboring city I’ve never made my way until today.
According to The Phoenix New Times it’s in the top 12 best taco spots in the valley.
Located in El Mirage it’s in a very unassuming shopping center with a small parking area. I hate to say it but I’ve driven by so many times and never even noticed thats where it’s at. The sign is almost unrecognizable. I had mapped the location today so I finally noticed only because I was looking for it.
The inside is quite small with a few tables and bar top seating. The menu is very small and you guessed it mostly tacos. You won’t find rice and beans here or even a burrito. Tuesdays they offer Birria along with their usual tacos and tonight they let us know they’d be making tostadas. Their social media lets you know specials and such of items not always on the menu.
Service works different here. By that I mean besides the wall menu and word of mouth from the employees you order at the counter. No one really tells you until the guy at the counter asks you lol. They have canned sodas, water etc. tacos come four to an order. We love our tacos so we ordered pastor, asada, chicken, shrimp. The presentation was awesome and it was like a charcuterie board of my dreams with pico and cucumbers etc. hot sauce was hot for sure. The man helping us even brought us over some Mexican sushi they made to try. It was very good. I’m a shrimp taco fanatic, but honestly the pastor won today! That little bit of spicy with the fruit topping was phenomenal. Service started a bit slow as they were busy and ony two people working, but once we had our turn it was wonderful the entire rest of the visit. Evryone including other customers were so kind. We genuinely felt so welcomed and appreciated. Prices were pretty fair for how full the tacos were. They don’t skimp here! Have you been? What’s your favorite taco spot?
… moreSean Stuart
Absolute best Mexican spot in Phoenix! The owner was awesome, greeted everyone, even my one year old son. Put a smile on everyone’s face! If you don’t know about this place you should!
… moreMichael Mahaney
As close to authentic Mexican tacos as you can get! Edson was wonderful and served our tennis group with a wonderful array of tacos. Based on the meats that were available. He was working solo so we understood he would take a while to prepare stuff. We had someone who was a vegetarian in the group and he made her special tacos, which could convert me into a vegetarian! I wish all the best of him and hope that he can get more help with the business so things can be done more efficiently.
… moreAlisa Hoppis
Saw this place on a TikTok Tok and it seems everyone else did. I love small businesses and his tacos were amazing! Just be patient as he is a one man shop… he might have to hire some employees after all the new business it if you go right now show some grace. He is super funny and upfront about it taking time to prepare. This is not Taco Bell… get an agua fresca sit back and relax. We had fun, loved the food and will definitely be back!
… moreCorey Nance
Edit: The owners response is more than fair. I will call ahead to make sure they’re open next time. The food is more than worth it and supporting a family owned business is important to me as well.
The Tacos are good, but this is the 2nd time I’ve spent 30 minutes to drive here when they’re supposed to be open, and they’re not. (Friday 6:47pm)
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