Taquitos Ravi Restaurant

As I was heading into Laredo after many years away and I happened to notice that my FAVORITE Mexican restaurant had been razed where a BANK now stood After I concluded my business downtown I headed out. But I was starving. What to do. What to DO!! I pulled up Yelp and started searching. I saw the Taquitos Ravi menu and decided to give it a whirl!Best. Decision. Of. The. WEEK!! (Of the YEAR in all probability!)¡¡¡Ajjjuaaaa!!! ¡¡¡Taquitos Ravi tiene tacos y platillos espectaculares!!! ...y el flan casero te hará LLORAR de plano...I apologize that I can't provide pictures of the beautiful tacos (I had Al Pastor and Brisket followed up by the Milanesa Taco) but I was so famished these completely disappeared in a matter of seconds! They were stupendous even though extra was charged for the avocado and sour cream on the Milanesa. The chips were homemade, as is everything else in the restaurant, and the smokey green sauce is to DIE for...just a subtle burn that lets the essence of the open fired jalapeño and green tomato sing. (I took some home but finished off the chips at the table!)There was a steady stream of clientele coming in to pick up their take out.There are 18 tables in some configuration or another and when I walked in there were two large groups (6 & 8, respectively) with children in tow but all was relatively quiet...I guess because everyone had food in their mouths!! The kids looked happy but there was no Children's menu, necessarily so I'm guessing children love these wonderful flavors as much as the adults do! There's a tv in the ceiling corner but quite unobtrusive...in fact I didn't even notice it's existence until I counted the tables!The staff misses nothing and work as a team at all times...very attentive to empty drink glasses or the need of extra salsa, limes or chips.Decor is not necessary because then that would add to the cleaning chores so no brightly colored Mexican cut out papier mache 'flags' hanging from cords and strung across the ceiling. Taquitos Ravi concentrates on doing 2 ...no, THREE things very well: GREAT food, outstanding attention to the customers needs and a clean environment!!PS! Their homemade flan (which thank God I overheard a customer ask about!) was SO good I actually cried (no hyperbole here) because it SO reminded me of my grandmother's flan.... just sat there while tears streamed down my face. How embarrassing. I don't care. Wouldn't have missed this for anything!! The waitress told me that the owners nephew makes the flan. They also have cheesecake which, in view of how exceptional everything else was, it's probably outstanding but if I were to try and stuff anything ELSE in my mouth it would have to be another flan....!

So I really wanted to give this place a higher score as their food was so good, especially the Al pastor (trompo) tacos and tortas. However, what ruin the experience is the attitude of the employee when questioning an extra charge. There are details but for a specific item that we got a specific detail was missing. Supposedly the charges were for ordering a torta all the way. The torta was 7.49 but we said all the way and they added .50 for one small Jalapeño on the side which no where was stated of this! I ain't crying for $.50 but the manner in which the lady at the counter explained it just seem rude to me. So to be a one time visit in this small town not sure if I would ever come back here. However, if I ever do and feel like eating al pastor tacos I may go ahead!

No matter what i order i always get the carne al pastor n im never disappointed. Frijoles are great even though sometimes they are kinda spicy. Its a quiet small place. Also a must on the mexican sodas.

Very good service. Great tacos. I will definitely return!I had a picadillo taco and a carne guisada taco, both dressed with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, onions & cilantro. Fabulous!Washed it all down with a Mexican Coke.

flavor was everything, really juicy I loved it the people were nice as well. Gringa was my favorite as well with the torta. Really original

We were passing through town at lunch time and found this place on Yelp. It said they specialize in Tacos al Pastor. We had never heard of it so after we googled to find out , it sounded good so we decided to try it. Wow! Am I glad we did. This is a very small place and everything is in Spanish. We were the only Gringos for miles. Our server was super friendly and helped us understand what we were ordering. We started out with chips and green sauce. Then we ordered the Pastor Special for two people. We got two meats and an order of ribs on the side. Came with 10 Tortillas, 2 bowls of frijoles Charros, Guacamole and 2 Carnes a Escoger. Our server brought everything out quickly and it ws fresh, hot and scrumptious. We ate until we were stuffed and had plenty left so we asked for togo boxes to have leftovers for later. This was the best authentic Mexican food we have had since we've been traveling out west for the past 3 weeks. Don't miss this place if you want to have the best food around.

Great little food spot to hit. Next time you're in Laredo, definitely hit them up. I had the chicken fajitas plate. Huge plate that will fill you up but stuff you. Prices are great so you're finances won't take a hit either.

Pollo fajita tacos are awesome. They made it just the way I liked. Fast serves quite place. Great food

We went to Taquitos Ravi on Market and thoroughly enjoyed it. The beans are amazing and the rib meat taquitos are to die for. The place is clean and the service was pretty fast. Looking forward to going back real soon.

Doesn't look like much, but I was on the edge of hunger and starvation. Let me tell you, these tacos was the Bomb.com I got 10 pastor tacos Togo and two Mexican cokes. The onion and cilantro,lime . they put on the side so you can add to your specific liking. These were the juiciest tacos I've ever had and wish I lived closer to come back again. As I'm from Miami Florida. Don't miss out on this hole - in the wall. I enjoyed myself here .