DC Loco’s

If you’re looking for American tacos go here. I love the ground beef tacos. However, I have a hard time figuring out where this truck goes for months at a time. I cannot find any presence of this truck on food truck fiesta or on twitter. Also, sometimes the food isn’t warm enough.

I had 2 beef tacos and 1 chicken taco in a hard shell. Everything was average at best. I agree with the other reviews — the prices are way too high. I also didn’t appreciate the warm diet coke I ordered. The last thing I want on hot, muggy DC afternoon is a warm soda. I’d advise asking them if their soda is cold before you order. If not, buy it from another vender.

Don’t try here if you’re looking for authentic tacos. The «al pastor» has no discernible pineapple and is so loaded down with guacamole and what tastes like a mayo-​based crema that you can’t even taste the meat. Much closer to Taco Bell than a true taqueria.

Can someone please tell me where this truck is/​goes??? I had 3 ground beef tacos from them at a truckeroo about 2 months ago, fell in pure love and I’ve never seen them again =(
Please come out of hiding DC Loco’s, you have people who truly love you. You are what makes a genuine taco. I miss you. I love you. It’s like we had a one niter, you gave me the best I ever had and left me high and dry, never to be seen or heard from again. Come back, find me. I’ll never forget you.

The guy was nice. Got three tacos, fish, chicken and ground beef. They were all just okay. I asked for 2 soft corn tortilla and 1 hard corn tortilla. The two soft tortillas were flour and didn’t notice until I got back to work. Not worth the price to me.

I felt so ripped off ordering from this food truck. First off I wasn’t wandering around D. C and stopped for a quick bite; I actually saw this truck in a food truck festival by Garfield Senior High School in Woodbrdige, VA. I wanted Mexican food and their truck looked the easiest to order from. The long line was worth it since I saw that they had shrimp as their meat ingredient. I ordered the shrimp soft flower tacos and a grande burrito. Each order came with tortilla chips and salsa. That cost me $ 26! The price for that would have been fair if the shrimp and ingredients backed up the price but they did NOT. The shrimp tasted like cheap frozen shrimp and the marination for the shrimp was overly salty. Also, I was so shocked when I bit into my burrito. As other reviews stated when you order the burrito, you get to choose 3 ingredients to add to your burrito other than lettuce tomato and sour cream. For my ingredients I chose: Jalapeño, mango and black beans. There were no jalapenos AT ALL, one mushed piece of canned mango and a TON of black beans. Of course, because it was wrapped with foil there was no way I could have noticed this until I got to my car and bit into it. And while it’s a great idea serving chips and salsa with the burritos, I wish that the chefs/​owners know that serving extra running salsa is messy for food truck food and not at all appetizing. Eating here is such a disappointment.
After eating D. C Loco’s excuse for Mexican food I felt betrayed and angry. The price shouldn’t be so high for 3 tacos or a burrito. To the owners: The quality of your food is simply not good enough to be that high of a price. Stop being stingy with your ingredients and make sure that you actually put all of your ingredients into our order. If you want to charge so much for a food, use fresh ingredients and upgrade the quality of your meat and staff.
To the other Unilocalers: don’t order from from here unless you’re about to faint from low blood sugar. The food isn’t worth paying for.

Love these tacos. Excellent quality and variety. Fast. Can be a bit pricey but worth it. Definitely hit this truck if you see it.

By DC Mexican food standards, it’s OK. I like the choices of meats (including some adventurous stuff) and tortillas (which were decent), and the tacos come pretty loaded (guac with steak, etc). But the al pastor meat wasn’t great (texture or flavor), and al pastor should come with just onion, cilantro, etc. — not loaded up. Steak was pretty good, fish ok.

I’ve eaten at this food truck twice. I’m not sure how often they’re in DC and I can’t find a Twitter/​Facebook presence for them but they are fantastic. One of the best tacos I’ve had (and I’ve sampled most of the DC food trucks. Great flavors & great service. I would highly recommend it.

Here’s the way it works. You choose whether you want tacos, a burrito, or a taco salad. Then you choose your meat. They come with some standard toppings (I think salsa, lettuce, and cheese) and then you can choose three additional toppings for no additional cost. Guacamole is not on either list. You can order guac for $ 2 extra.
I ordered a carnitas taco salad with a side of guacamole. For my three additional toppings, I asked for corn, black beans, and spinach. The first thing I noticed is that the salad came with guac on it (in addition to the side of guac I got). Also, there was no spinach. Not one leaf. Nor was there any cheese. The salad consisted of the fried tortilla bowl, shredded iceberg lettuce, black beans, corn, carnitas, and guac. It came with a side of salsa/​hot sauce. The lettuce did not look or taste fresh. There was a scant amount of beans and corn. The carnitas were fatty and tasteless. I ended up dumping the salad out of the tortilla bowl, mixing the few black beans and corn kernels in with my salsa and guac, and eating it with the tortilla. The meat and lettuce I left relatively untouched.
Oh, and their sign said $ 9 for carnitas and $ 2 for guac, but they charged me $ 12 total.

I edited my below review to bump this up to a 4. Haven’t had any other problems if I take a second to make sure I’m getting what I want, whether it says it on their sign or not. The food continues to be very good.
I’ve been here a few times, and the food is pretty good. $ 10 for tacos or a burrito is a little steep, but only slightly higher than the going rate for food trucks down town. You also get chips and a little container of salsa and one of sour crème.
Was prompted to write the review after today’s experience. Ordered tacos, their handmade sign says it comes with pico, lettuce, cheese. I get my food, head back to work, set the food down at my desk and open it, and it has guacamole. I have to walk back, say «it has guacamole and you didn’t tell me it would come with guacamole.» The guy says «The steak comes with guacamole», as if I should have known this. To his credit, he offered to make another one but at that point I was frustrated from the time I had already wasted.
So if you order from this place, go over with the guy in the window exactly what is coming with your food.