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King Taco # 11

Restaurant Fast food restaurant Mexican restaurant Taco restaurant

One of the Most Revieweds in El Monte


Address

10420 Garvey Ave, South El Monte, CA 91733, United States

Website

www.kingtaco.com

Contact

+1 626-448-5150

Price rating

$ $$$

Rating on Google Maps

4.10 (2.6K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Wednesday: 8:30 am to 11 pm
  • Thursday: 8:30 am to 11 pm
  • Friday: 8:30 am to 3 am
  • Saturday: 8:30 am to 3 am
  • Sunday: 8:30 am to 11 pm
  • Monday: 8:30 am to 11 pm
  • Tuesday: 8:30 am to 11 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: tacos (12) good (11) time (11) long (11) wait (10) salsa (10) taco (10) order (10) service (9) King (8)
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  • 5/5 Jonathan N. 1 year ago on Google
    This place is always good. The only problem it's so good you might wait 15 to 20 minutes in line and then another 15 to 20 minutes for the food. It's worth it though everything on their menu is amazing
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 A. S. 1 year ago on Google
    I love King Taco, Well I used to love it their delicious Green salsa, Spicy Red Salsa which they’re greedy with always, their flavorful meat and their carne Asada nachos with jalapeños which I keep coming back but now every time I go the portions are getting smaller, more expensive and with my last visit at king taco made it my last visit for good. The last visit hit the last nail in the coffin beside everything I describe above I got a few hair in my burrito went to let the person at the register know she called the manager, manager ask me “ what do I want your money back?” I reply “ No I’ll just take some nachos instead” it’s the same value of the burrito $8.49+ tax she gave me a grin whisper something to the server and gave me my nachos with a little bit of cheese and meat which ilI laugh saying to my self it’s their loss. Now king taco greediness comes from the higher ranks the founder kids but the filthiness and bad service of the location, well that comes from management. “ A business is only as good as it’s customer service.” Comment if you had any bad experience or what you think about king taco. If you have never try king taco you should give it a try. The Founder Raul will be devastated to see everything he build from the ground up all just to crumble down.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 3dgar V. 1 year ago on Google
    No mamen King Taco...this is the poorest looking burrito ever! For the price, I would expect better! If you like your burritos with NO meat and lots of rice and beans, this is the place!
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Brenda 2 years ago on Google
    This was my first time at a King Taco. The food is amazingly low priced and delicious! Very clean inside with lots of tables. I ordered a chicken taco and a carne asada sope. Both were very good. The salsa is very good, as well. I recommend you give it a try.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Gift4 G. 10 months ago on Google
    It should never take 50 minutes to order and get tacos, this wait is insane and too long for any establishment! Although it has amazing Al pastor tacos, our family agrees that it’s different from the other locations but to wait this long when there are so many other choices in El Monte, we will definitely skip this location from now on and just go to another place that doesn’t make you wait this long. It’s not even packed in here, management needs to do something about how their staff takes so long to make the orders when all the meat is already cooked! King taco has to do better if they want to retain their customers.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 xx y. 1 year ago on Google
    Delicious! But the wait is too long! And my burrito tore apart!! What is that about?? Maybe the tortillas are old
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 susanalasus 1 year ago on Google
    The food never disappoints. The prices are afordable but if you decide to dine in, expect a very noisy atmosphere. Every couple of minutes you'll hear #'s being called out extremely loud. Other then that great!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Miguel C. 1 year ago on Google
    The service here is really slow. If there’s a line prepare to wait 30-60 minutes to receive your food. I had just 6 people ahead of me and took me 15 minutes to reach the cashier and another 15 to wait for my order. The only positive is that food still good.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Aurelio R. 1 year ago on Google
    Best tacos every time. Burritos are my favorite, my dads is the tamales, my sons is the sopes, my wife the burrito de alpastor. Buy salsa extra to take home

  • 1/5 CC P (. 5 months ago on Google
    Came to eat and always liked it here because it's my home town. But now, with the new staff . I don't like it. They are rude, unattended, and charge for everything. I took my whole family and spent 50 plus. In which I wouldn't come back again. Just lost my loyalty to eat Here because of bad service.

  • 1/5 Hector M Ramirez A. 5 months ago on Google
    Worse taco place ever Servers are rude and unpolite, and they don't serve lemon for the tacos. Really? Lemon, it's one of the main ingredients of tacos. The food portion is little and small it's very expensive for what your getting.

  • 1/5 Aylin X. 6 months ago on Google
    i went in to order 2 tacos ! And the cashier had a stinky attitude! The cooks were arguing with each other ! Took them 15min just to make 2 tacos! The lady that handle me my food was super rude taking her sweet time serving a salsa cause she was so busy arguing with the cook ! Food wasn’t even good NEVER COMING HERE DONT WAIST UR TIME !

  • 4/5 S “Red Knight” C. 4 months ago on Google
    Only one cashier taking orders at peak time. Worse, all the employees behind the counter chatting away about what they will be doing for the weekend while everyone watches from the other side. No one is picking up the tables after guests leave, much less anyone around to keeping the floors clean. GREAT FOOD, lousy service, and dirty restaurant tables.

  • 5/5 Carlos M. 6 months ago on Google
    Quick service, got 5 different meats to try them out. Food was good but I guess you have to ask for salsas? Food was missing flavor without the salsas.

  • 1/5 tracer2002 10 months ago on Google
    This is sad. I've always enjoyed King Taco. However, this is the second time I've had poor service and food. This location took a long time with only 8 people. My burrito was ripped and had to use a fork. The beans were a little hard and the amount of meat was hardly anything. This is the last time I will eat King Taco and definitely won't recommend it.

  • 1/5 liz m. 9 months ago on Google
    Tacos with out Limon is not a real taco we need that juice. The way the order was made was not acceptable everything mixed up and the plain tacos for kids they didn't even gave them plain I spend over 70 bucks and o e my firtime but also will be my last of course everyone e have different experiences different lucks. I guess my wasn't last night..😶👎 la 2 ladies making the order and the male registered man was difficult for them two to understand the orders. So next time I'll be talking in sign language just incase o e day we decide gi e another try

  • 5/5 Katana Q. 1 year ago on Google
    Good food, brought your mom here after a night of dancing , quick, easy, tasty….King Taco was cool too.

  • 5/5 Tony J. 1 year ago on Google
    One of the better king tacos I’ve been to. The staff was friendly. The food was classic king taco goodness. I waited about 5 minutes for my food (I went around 6:15pm). Anyways, great job KT fam El Monte. Y’all’s the goodness

  • 2/5 Ramon R. 1 year ago on Google
    This message is for "MANAGEMENT" the food is really good but seriously an hour to get 4 tacos and a drink what's with the long wait lines? and this doesn't just happen at this location it's all over I hope their able to resolve this issue because I'll just start walking out like some of the other people that I see leave due to long wait times

  • 5/5 Carmen H. 1 year ago on Google
    Food was delicious but service lousy. I don't know why they are stingy with hot sauce. We had 4 people. Gave me 2 containers of salsa asked for more and she rolled her eyes at me and said ok one more. Which i told her. This food is for 4 people they are not all 4 me i need more salsa. She ignored me then said you want more you have to pay for more. Rediculous

  • 4/5 Sean H. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice local branch however during lunch the line slows to a crawl. After ordering, expect another wait. Kind of like Kaiser. Anyways the food is great. Standard fare if your love tacos/burritos

  • 2/5 Salvador S. 1 year ago on Google
    Food is always good. I’m just baffled, why do they take so long. They have everything prepared already, how difficult is it to assemble a taco? Many times I just drive away, after seeing that long line to order. The sad part about it, they’re like this in all their locations. Please hire some consultants, maybe they can help you improve on your efficiency.

  • 4/5 Aneissa U. 1 year ago on Google
    I normally come here for the burritos and sopes. The food is always great 5 out of 5, but the main thing I will complain about is the staff that hands you the food. Very rude. I would ask for a certain amount of salsas since I would always order a lot and they get really greedy and mad about it. I don't understand, is it coming out of their paycheck? Is this how all King Taco locations run? I only go to this location cause it's like 3mins away from my house. This one time this lady gave me 4 green salsas and I asked for 1 red salsa after those were prepared and she tried to cover and take away one of the green ones under her hand. She was not smooth about it cause I obviously saw it. That was terrible of her to do. Told her to give it back and the red salsa on top of it. If this wasn't the problem I definitely give it 5 out of 5. Oh and this isn't a one time thing, this happens quite often. Been coming here for more than 10yrs and they've always been like this. It's disgusting.

  • 3/5 Jessica F. 1 year ago on Google
    The cashier got my order wrong after I even asked her to repeat it. The table was sticky and had soda spilled on it and I ask employees repeatedly for something to clean it and they blew me off and once I got my food they didn't pack my chicken order to go like I asked when I placed my order they had to box it up after the fact and had a bad attitude about it. I had to come back because it was missing the salsa that was supposed to come with the chicken meal only to have the employee doubt I was missing the salsa and I told her you want me to bring it and prove it too you since you are saying that I must be mistaken. They need to have napkins or wipes to clean the tables and for used while eating because they are too busy to be bothered when they are working on food orders. I think the owner needs to have someone come and do quality control because I was so disappointed by the service I register open and it was taking way to long to fill orders.

  • 3/5 Estephany A. 1 year ago on Google
    Went on a not so busy day... Monday. Was happy that there was no line, usually this place is very busy. But... was not impressed by the food. Burrito tortilla was stale or not heated all the way. My tacos lacked flavor. I prefer the Pasadena location.


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Free parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Quick bite
    • ✓️ Comfort food
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Late-night food
  • Popular for
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Solo dining
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
    • ✓️ Counter service
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✗ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
  • From the business
    • ✓️ Identifies as Latino-owned

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