Carnitas la Cotorra

Five stars for the salsa verdeFour stars for the barbacoa. Three stars for everything else. This place came highly regarded within Reddit threads for tacos in Garland. I had never heard of this place, and since I was in the neighborhood that day, I figure I'd check it out.This place definitely does not cater to gringos, with all the signs in Spanish. The lady who took my order did speak good English but I still ordered in Spanish. If you order for dine in, youll get some tortilla chips.The pastor was good, although there really wasn't much pineapple flavor or char to its texture. It definitely looks impressive though. The lingua was okay, but it could have been better with having some type of Jarred texture or stronger beef flavor. Texture wise, it was quite consistent and enjoyable. No peace was chewy or tough. The barbacoa was probably my favorite! It had the right amount of Grease, but wasn't overly greasy. It had plenty of beef flavor. The green salsa was amazing here! A deep bold pepper flavor, but still felt refreshing and bright. It had a good amount of spice to it too, but nothing that's going to knock you off your ass. If anything, this was my favorite part of the meal. It tasted as good as the salsa Verdes I've had in Mexico! The red sauce is not to be messed with! This was a mouth scorcher, while not being to the point of abysmal pain but not for the faint of heart. A lot of it's flavor reminds me of vinegar. There was another sauce that they kept hot. It tasted like it used dried chili's like a pasilla or guajillo. It was quite different from the usual salsas. I liked it, although it was quite watery in texture and taste.

Great tacos especially tacos de trompo. The fries and salsa are great too. Burgers and fajita tacos are good and actually everything on the menu is good and tasty. Try them out.

Trompo is always delicious they have a buy 20 get 5 free for 35.99 only options are trompo, chicken or carnitas but for the price it is totally worth it to feed your whole family! I did also order some fajita but it actually seems more like bistec which kinda had a lot of fat on it only reason for my 4 stars other than that this place is really good! The red potatoes they give you also super tasty! There green salsa was extra spicy just how I like it. When in garland make sure to try these bad boys out.

I am on personal quest to find the best taco in the DFW metropolitan area. I will be rating my opinion based on three criteria's. 1. Is the taco as good a Sanora style taco. 2. Does it taste good without salsa. 3. Originality to be fair to TEX-MEX style. I will only order beef, pastar, or carnitas since these are the main tacos most people order. Beef Taco good flavor of a street taco but needed the help of the salsa 3 Pastar taco was good and was served of the kabob and was sliced off the kabob a little dry but still good 3

I also get tacos de trompo and they're always so good. Sometimes they are a little too greasy but hey they're "street" style tacos so can't get upset over that and the salsa verde is so good! The black red looking salsa is not so good in my opinion it doesn't have flavor and has a weird taste but it's just my opinion. I love that they always give you a little potato too they're so cute and delicious!

We LOVE the Tacos de Trompo from Carnitas La Cotorra!! Riotous red, chewy, porky, crispy goodness served with some cooked onions and a tiny boiled potato -- we crave these!!The restaurant is located in a dingy 4-store strip in the parking lot of a larger more decrepit strip center across First Street from Fiesta, but the adage applies: From humble places, great food flows. The restaurant is maybe 20 feet wide and long like a boxcar. Interior and decor are nothing special at all - plastic formed bench seats and Formica tables dominated by a huge Coke machine in the dining area. BUT - the Coke machine holds a colorful rainbow of delicious Jarritos sodas and once the tacos de Trompo arrive, who cares what you are sitting on!!The tacos de Trompo here are hand made with love and pride. They are simply delicious. On our first bite we knew we were hooked, and have been here at least a dozen times for more. Today we ordered tacos to go, which were carefully packaged in styrofoam containers for us, the pork still crispy crunchy around the edges when they got home. YUMOther diners ordered the steak quesadilla, which had a generous amount of deliciously seasoned carne asada in gooey melty asadero cheese, and the Trompo quesadilla, ditto. Don't drive by and shudder at this humble taqueria in a struggling shopping area -- drop in for the tacos we keep coming back for. You'll be glad you did. You will melt into a puddle of happiness!!

These are the true OMG tacos. The meat coming from the trompo is perfectly cooked and charred just right on the edges. I am very surprised there are not that many reviews of this place. The carnitas are tender and cooked just right to perfection. Who can beat perfection for a 1.30 each taco.

They are ok. Never seen a place where they charge you for paying with debit card . Specially when you can't trust currency because of covid19. I stop going because of that . Food is ok the tacos de trompo are my fav there.

Service was 5/5, respectful & got my food pretty fast, although my food was not so great, I had ordered a pirata, & they gave me what I asked for except if was cover in oil & grease. To the point that it was dripping from the pirata, & the tortilla was SOAKED. The ambience was good.

The gringas are amazing !! A must everytime I go ! Love it and the sals verde to top it off is **chefs kiss*