Amigos Tacos

Amigos tacos
Is a great little 24 Mexican place… great for a late dinner to go after the late shift if a night/​day I fun on the strip… The food is always tasty and fresh and prepared quick and correctly exactly how you want it… If you live in mountains edge or Rhodes ranch you don’t need to go to Roberto’s ever again. This place had all you need…

This was my favorite location to get Mexican food at ANY hour of the day. However, it is now CLOSED.

Words cannot express my deep love for the food this place has to offer. It’s an instant hangover cure, that’s for sure.
They’re open anytime, which is super convenient, and it doesn’t take very long to get your food and get on your way. I love the chorizo/​potato/​eggs burrito & the carne asada fries make me week in the knees. The prices aren’t bad either, but they could use an update on their A/​C.

Amigos tacos is the place to be when you want some mexican food any time of the day. I am still in love with their carne asada fries! Most of the time I order take out, so what I do is call them and place my order and in 15 min i go and pick it up! No fussing with lines and people just in and out!
Try thier breakfast burritos! So good!

I have been to many taco, burritos, and carne asada fries places and this place is alright.
First, they really need to turn down the tv in order to understand me when I give my order. Place isn’t too crowded nor too pricey. I had to give their carne asada fries a try. I’m a sucker when it comes to french fries. Overall, I think that it was not too bad, but they should have put the sour cream and guacamole on the top of the meat. It just made the fries soggy and soft. I did give their salsa and pico de gallo sauce a try, but was too impress since it wasn’t hot enough. I believe they have another spicier sauce, but you have to ask. I think it would be much easier for them and me if you just put it out.
Place does accept major credit cards and offer cups for water. Seating is open and it’s a clean it yourself when you’re done kind of place. There is a TV and a salsa bar. Drinks are soft self served.
Parking is pretty open since it’s a huge parking lot with Vons.
I’ll def give this place another try since they have that huge 2 foot long burrito for $ 15. Just have to come when I’m really hungry.

Plus: open 24 hours
Plus: they gave me these cheese covered tortilla chips which I downed like a fat kid needing a hit of cake.
Plus: their guacamole was pretty delicious. It wasn’t very thick or anything, but still was loaded with taste.
Minus: the burrito was just ok. I’ve had better, I’ve had worse, it was just ok. It felt really greasy. I got the carne asade burrito and ate about ¹⁄₃^rd of it and just wasn’t feeling it anymore. Like my body suddenly was like, Hey you, you’re eating this burrito and you still don’t think it tastes good anymore so why don’t you stop?
Minus: the tortilla chips they gave me without cheese were really stale and hard to swallow.
So, three plus’s and two minus’s = 3 stars! Yay math.

This is your classical americanized Mexican food. Nothing too spectacular but if you want a burrito the size of your head for about 7 bucks, this is the place. I ordered the spicy chicken burrito, it was good but was nothing like the picture. It was basically fried chicken nuggets tossed with buffalo wing sauce inside an americanized burrito with cold cheese. Not exactly «Mexican» food, but tasty none the less. We also got the «house special» which is chicken enchiladas in a green sauce. Tasty, but once again cold, the cheese was not melted on either one of ours. But so much food for $ 15 and they have a salsa bar with some really good salsas. We didn’t get the habanero salsa because we were slightly worried about the heat level, but after trying the other salsas we will definitely ask for some next time.
I would go back, but don’t expect anything close to authentic. I just wish everything had been a bit warmer.

My family and I moved up the street from Amigos 4 days ago. Once we tried it, we ate it two days in a row and if it weren’t for the scary though of dying from heart failure, I might do 3 days in a row, but alas, my gas is on so I don’t have any more excuses to not cook again.
We used to be fans of Robertos and Faustos but NOT ANYMORE! The first night we got carne asada fries, bean and cheese burrito, and rolled tacos. Oh my gosh. I don’t think I’ve ever had better carne asada. It is SO tender and my teeth cut through it like buttah, not chewy at all, or dry. It is perfect and super flavorful.
Bean and cheese burrito is standard but delicious when I’m craving some legumes. Rolled tacos are also standard as I can’t distinct the difference between these and other taco joints. The second night, we got carnitas nachos. I had to order these when I found out that they weren’t the shredded carnitas, but rather the chopped and thrown on the flat top kind! These were also super tender and flavorful. In my opinion, the meats here are the star; they are quality, not chewy, and will probably change your opinion of what Mexican fast food should taste like.
Don’t judge me if you see me here… everyday… for the rest of my life… in stretchy pants…

Amigos Tacos!!! Oh, hells to the yes!
This place spanks every taco shop in town (Roberto’s, Tortas Del Rey, Tacos Mexico), you name it! This place is makes is delicious! There’s not at bad item on them menu. This little gem in nestled in the SE corner of a Smith’s parking lot.
My favorites here are tamales, chimichangas (beef, please), and their cheese enchiladas. There are several combinations, ala carte items, and different combo deals.
There salsa is on par with what you find at other taco shops (and I hate them all, what the hell is that shit anyway). The food here is so bomb dot com, that you won’t need any of that other business.
The one draw back is that this place serves Pepsi, but I don’t eat on places depending on what beverage options are available and I always get my food to-​go. If you live in the SW area of town (Rhodes Ranch especially) get on this. It’s addictive like crack!
Si señor, with yo’ tacos, we most certainly can be amigos! Hasta luego and viva Amigos Tacos!!! Olé.

I am being generous with the two star rating for this place. Ordered a combo that included a beef burrito and cheese enchilada. The quality of the cheese in the enchilada was so low Taco Bell would be too ashamed to serve that stuff!!! The beef burrito was HUGE, but included way too many green peppers. Had to get a knife to cut up the massive burrito, but even the quality of their plastic utensils is so low I was surprised the little knife didn’t snap in two.
As a bonus, the ice machine wasn’t working, but the courteous counter worker did get me some ice from the back. I won’t be back to this place ever again.

I’ve eaten here a bunch of times since discovering it back when i moved into the Rhodes Ranch area in 2006. Coming from the North East, you don’t get many places with good southwest flavor like this.
Have had numerous things from here. Chicken tacos are bomb, little greasy but damn tasty. California burrito is good, way better than those I have had at Roberto’s. My wife digs the carne asada taco’s, I’ll agree with some other reviewers though, not very big on seasoning flavor here, but it is quality meat and the salsa, cilantro and guac makes them go down easy.
All in all, this place is cheap eats, done proper. And oh yeah open ²⁴⁄₇. Can’t be beat really.

LJ vs the Amigos Grande Burrito attempt #1. The «biggest in NV»!? maybe. All I know was that it was very very delicious and well worth it. For $ 14.95 you get a very intimidating about 25 inch long burrito filled with a ton of ingredients not just rice and beans but all the good stuff, guacamole, cheese, sour cream, steak, salsa, etc. I had no shot, not even close maybe ate about a 4^th of it and I ready to throw in the towel. UYE challenge anyone?
They were pretty fast in making it just waited about 5 mins. If your planning on taking it to go be careful because it’s a little flexible, maybe they could make it like a chimichanga so that its firmer.
They also have a real good carne asada super nachos for $ 7.25.

Hungry and in a odd area visiting a friend late at night, we stopped in for some noms. We’ve been in the same situation before and remembered it being good the last few times we got food here.
This time the BF got a California burrito and I got a carnitas burrito. It was pretty good flavor and there wasn’t odd chewy or dry spots, only nice and juicy meat. Only «bad» thing about it was it needed a tad more seasoning on the meat as adding tad of salt brought the meat out. The guacamole and salsa was fresh tasting which can be a bit shaky with some of these late night Mexican food places. Their burritos are also on the heavy side– more generous with the filling than most.
It’s definitely fresher tasting and seems a bit more consistent in quality and flavor than Robertos and other late night Mexican.

One of the first Mexican Restaurants I dined at, just after moving to the desert. Probably been here like 30 times since.
From experience, my preferrred orders:
Carne Asada Burrito or Tacos: The burritos here are wrapped tight and more long than thick. The meat isn’t super tasty but it does carry that authentic flavor without and trace of grease!
Bean and Cheese Burrito: Their Beans here are among the best refried beans I’ve had! Beans may just be a filler to some but I always pay attention and adore beans in my mexican food! Sometimes I add sour cream.
Other great options: carne asada fries or nachos (could feed 3 – 4 hungry peeps), california burrito, cheese enchiladas.
* They got this habanero sauce that they don’t have available at their ‘get it yourself’ condiment bar (they used to). For those brave, hot chili sauce lovers, try this! You must ask one of the staff members for it because its in they now store it in their kitchen fridge.
Decent food and prices, staff are friendly and place is looks and feels like a typical mexican joint should.

If you think Taco Bell is quality Mexican food you probably won’t like these types of places… But for those of us with more sense, it is Great to have places like this to get great little tacos even at 4 AM, since they are open 24 hours.
Amigos gets 4 stars because:
It’s open 24 hours;
The tacos are consistent and overflowing with meat; T
he specialty habanero sauce (by request only) is INSANELY hot but when used sparingly ads great flavor to the tacos.
4 small tacos and a drink combo is $ 6.75
The reason it’s not 5 stars:
The variety of the tacos is missing a few staples (there is NO CABEZA) which, in my opinion makes the best tacos.
They claim to have the world’s best chicken enchilada… OK it is a big portion for the cost, and does include delicious chunks of dark and white chicken… But nothing ever needs as much sour cream as this enchilada has. it is literally stuffed and topped with so much sour cream you almost can’t taste anything else.
I once had to borrow a large serrated knife from the kitchen while I was dining in, because they were completely out of plastic knives.
For the brave with huge appetites they have the 22″ 4 lb. burrito, which you can often see people leaving with as if carrying a huge loaf of french bread over their shoulder or cradling like a small child. They stuff everything in it including the beans and rice. I’m not a fan of this style because all the flavors run together, but… at only $ 15 for 4 lbs. it is a more reasonable challenge than the one featured on Man vs. Food from NASCAR café, and its more cost efficient to feed 4 people with. Split one with 3 friends and its only $ 3.75 for each person to have a 1 lb. burrito.
My advice is to stick with the tacos and get it to go.
This is how the 3 small taco chains rank in my opinion:
Pepe’s
Amigo’s
Roberto’s

Was in the area and decided to stop by for lunch. It’s a small, casual dining restaurant with seating for about 20 people. It has a small salsa bar, which is always a plus to me.
After browsing the menu for a while, I decided to order a Carne Asada Burrito ($ 5.25) and a Carnitas Taco ($ 2.65). I asked the guy taking my order if they had a spicier Salsa than what they had on the Salsa Bar. To my surprise, he said they had a Habanero Salsa that they make in the kitchen but it has to be a special request because it’s that hot… perfect! I asked for a side of that too.
After a few minutes, it was ready and I picked up my order from the counter. The Burrito was huge! I eagerly took a bite with a little Habanero Salsa… yum! Very tasty and spicy! The Carne Asada had a good flavor to it and was slightly dry, but that’s ok with me. There was a good ratio of Guacamole and Beans in the Burrito and the Tortilla held up well… it didn’t fall apart, which I don’t enjoy.
The Carnitas Taco was just OK. I thought the Carnitas lacked flavor. I won’t order this next time.
Overall, it was a good meal.
Will I return? You bet.

Solid Mexican food. Don’t ask me about authentic, I’m not ethnically predisposed to be an authority of the food. Its good and like Mary J. Blige said, thats «all I need to get by…»
Lengua (cow tongue) tacos.
Carne Asada Fries.
Spicy chicken nugget burrito.
I saw a dude order a carne asada fries plate and a giant tortilla, then pour the entire plate onto the totilla to make a giant carne asada fries burrito, brilliant!!!

This is a nice place to go. I was here around 3 en la mañana, was the only party there. Everything was clean.
They are cash only.
From what I remember the carne asada fries were very very large. They don’t come with salsa, which I guess is common for non Los Angeles mexican restaurants from which I order carne fries from, but nevertheless you can add from salsa bar. Comes with fries carne asada, cheese, gwak, sour cream, and a hint of refried beans (those are the mashed ones, not the whole beans).
The rest of my party ordered: taco, tostada, and chimichanga. All of these looked delicious as well. Too bad I didn’t get a bite.
Also tried the lingua tacos (cow tongue) that I did not order but was offered a bite. They were pretty decent, for being tongue and for never trying them before. Had the texture of soft beef brisket and tofu, but tasted like turkey.
If you feed them to you cat you can say, «Cat got your tongue?»

I recently moved away from my favorite grungy Mexican food source, Filipitos. So I’m on the prowl for a new place. Enter Amigos. The place is tucked inside a strip mall, an inconspicuous looking place, typical for the valley. The décor is what one would expect from a Mexican place catering to Americans. Couple this with the claim of being the «best Mexican food in the valley», who doesn’t make that claim? My expectations where low.
I ordered the Green Chili Chicken Enchilada plate, to-​go. Sounds good, a bit safe (it is easier to gauge a place by trying something you are familiar with). When I got home & opened the box, I was confronted with a familiar sight and sound. Nothing about the food is standing out. And that’s a good thing. They aren’t trying to be some hoity toity place. This is cheap Mexican food. Perfect!
First up the re-​fried beans. Ick! Talk about a bland experience. I’ll pass on these from here on out. Next the rice… Now that’s some good rice. Great texture, not a dry grain in the bunch. It wasn’t soggy either and had a great flavor. Now on to the enchilada. First this looked more like a wet burrito than an enchilada. The green chili sauce was sparingly ladled on. Not a minus, just a note. The chicken though. Oh, mostly white meat & cooked just right. The flavor of the chicken was great. It was not drowned out by sauce. (Now you know why having less sauce was a good thing.) It was clearly the center of this meal.
The restaurant offers 3 salsas. (A green and red at the self serve bar, a Habanero you have get from the cashier) The two from the bar are typical. But a must. The habanero though. SPICY HOT. I love hot, hot and more hot! So this was right up my alley. But for those with a less than iron stomach. Use sparingly or not at all.
All in all, I’m impressed with my new Mexican food source. I will be coming back.

Don’t mean to be a hater but I guess I’m just picky on my Mexican food. If I’m gonna eat a burrito or taco, I’m thinking L.A. taco truck style. This is more what I’d call TexMex. Lettuce, tomato, guac, and sour cream on the burrito. The carne asada doesn’t taste like it’s been marinated. Don’t get me wrong, it didn’t stop me from eating plenty! (see photo I submitted of Steve R.‘s arm next to the big burrito)
I’m rating it 2.5 stars but rounding down to 2.
I will be trying it again.