Reviews for Tacos El Costalilla in Alexandria, VA
First time trying this place. Two others and myself ordered chicken tacos and carne Asada tacos. We also ordered the... salchi-papa, flauta platter, and pupusas made with loroco, and some revueltas as well. The loroco pupusas: the cheese was toorunny, as in oily, with pale loroco The revuelta pupusas: the pork tasted old, as of refrigerated too long before finallycooking The flauta platter: the chicken was dry. The saving grace of the platter was the seasoned and perfectly cooked andfluffy rice. The carne Asada and chicken tacos had an off-aroma as soon as we opened the carton. The salchi-papas: the minisalchichas were overcooked. The fries as well. Overall, the meat was dry for everything we ordered. We ordered with an hour togo before closing time, the food should not have tasted old, or been overcooked, as well as under seasoned. Read more
Highlight: Tacos Al Pastor Tortilla chips we're just ok. Guac was also just ok. Nothing really special. Tamale was good. Carne... Asada was once again, just ok. Nothing I had was phenomenal. Salsa was good and spicy. Tacos come with just meat, put on yourown toppings (Hot Salsa, Salsa Verde, Cilantro, Raw White Onions, Iceberg Lettuce) on a small bar in the dining room. Probablywould not return. Read more
I ordered a chicken sandwich. It was a big sandwich for $10 but the chicken had no flavor !
I like this place, make sure to check your take out order before leaving though, because sometimes they forget some stuff... ordered or it's still sitting on the counter and never put in the bag. They have great fresh fruit drinks! I highly recommendthe cantaloupe one Read more
Tacos are SO GOOD!!! I always get the al pastor with everything on them, and sometimes chips & guac too. The corn tortillas are... so delicious and soft (they make them in-house maybe?), and the tortilla chips are freshly fried with your order. The flavorsare great in the tacos, the salsas they have are delicious, and I will continue coming here when I get a craving for somedelicious authentic tacos. I usually buy 4 and it?s only like $11!! Go to any restaurant in DC or Old Town and 4 tacos would belike $20 lol. You have to try this place!! I can?t say enough good things. Read more
I've known about this spot for about 10 years now and I can tell you this is authentic Mexican food, the guys who make the... goodies are really from Mexico so they know grandma recipes, I didn't know about their catering service till recently so Idecided to place a big order of delicious tacos, I called them a day before my reunion just to make sure if I had to pay somesort of deposit or something, but no, they didn't require that for my order, the tacos were on time and everybody in my reunionwere amazed with the tacos. ???? Updated: We were out craving for tacos and this place was open on Thanksgiving!!! We orderedcarry out order, tasty as always, we love them!!????? Read more
The carne asada was super tasty and cooked perfectly. The beans and rice were also great and fresh. My boyfriend spent 30... minutes driving us around to find this place because he couldn?t remember where it was the first time he went. Read more
Subpar customer service. They only accept cash. I ordered an $11 steak burritio with three-four small pieces of beef and the... rest was beans and veggies. Read more