El Jefecito

Great tacos always! It's my family's go-to takeout spot on the Hillsborough Street restaurant corridor.

The food here is good, not great. Their queso is terrible. 3 chicken tacos for $15 with nothing on the side. The older lady who works here is pretty rude and gets mad at you if you don't tip her to her liking. They do serve food pretty fast though.

We stopped by Fortnight Brewery one evening and decided to try the El Jefecito food truck. I enjoyed the steak quesadilla, even though it was really greasy. My husband got a variety of tacos and I tried a bite too. The cauliflower taco was pretty delicious with a nice flavor and some butternut squash. Great food truck option and we'd eat here again.

Attended a foodie meet-up at Oden Brewing Company recently and I was super excited to try El Jefecito food truck!I couldn't say no to the 3 taco combo. Hard to choose from their vast variety but I somehow narrowed it down. Fish -- flavorful pan-seared tilapia littered with spicy jalapeño slaw, remoulade sauce and mango relish. Bulgogi -- mouthwatering pork marinated in soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, rice vinegar and ginger, smothered in kimchi, daikon, green onions and very tasty sriracha mayo. And Steak -- grilled strips of chipotle and spice rubbed steak, topped with pickled red onion, fennel, cucumbers and horseradish sauce. All were perfect. I could've eaten 6 more. So. Freaking. Good. I'll be stalking this food truck now, don't mind me!

Love the fresh corn tortillas here. Got a traditional 3 tacos for $10 (chorizo, Al pastor, steak). I was surprised that all of the tacos appeared to be ground meat. The steak was like a ground beef taco with grilled onion and pepper. We had guacamole and chips and I discovered that biting into the dry, hard stem of an avocado is similar to the ick of biting into an egg shell. Service wasn't great. I stood at the counter while the lady looked at me, turned around, drank her soda and took her time before taking my order. I tried to ask what Campechanos was and she totally ignored me. The overall flavor on the tacos was good, even if it seemed the proteins were odd. Guacamole was fresh but lacked seasoning.

"Very good tacos from a small restaurant (or food truck) in Durham"We just learned that the old "Libby's" restaurant on Hillsborough Rd is gone and that El Jefecito has taken its place, so we ordered some via DoorDash on a Saturday night. Most of us got tacos, though my wife also got a cheese pupusa. We were VERY impressed at the range of interesting taco choices. I'll rank our dishes below.1: Fish tilapia taco. This came LOADED with toppings-- pan-seared tilapia, good helpings of slaw, remoulade sauce, and mango relish. I LOVED this. My daughter thought the fish could've been more seasoned, but I thought it was outstanding.2: Steak tacos. Not quite fair that I'm ranking this one as #2 since my son got these and no one else tasted them (and he didn't taste others), but he liked it a lot. Good helpings, lots of peppers & onions, and a bit of horseradish. He reported the flavor of the beef was excellent-- almost like lamb. Maybe should be #1?3: Cauliflower tacos. We were skeptical, but it was really good. My daughter actually liked this even more than the fish. "It didn't taste like cauliflower" is true, but the mix of the veggies and goat cheese was flavorful and yummy. I liked the fish more, but this was a solidly good choice.4: Bulgogi tacos. We thought these would be beef, and I honestly still don't know what it was, but I doubt it was beef. The bulgogi spice was good. Good helpings of daikon and sriracha mayo. It had some kimchi, though I would've put more. It was decent.5: Hash tacos. Potatoes, chili poblana, and more. It was "just OK". I wouldn't order this again. My wife found it a bit too spicy for her, but her spice tolerance is really low.6: Cheese pupusas. The dough was fine, and the curtido was good, but the cheese inside literally seemed like a square of American cheese or Velveeta. Just no.Two things not listed-- the chicken tacos (my wife got them and liked them but didn't especially comment), and the churros (OMG THESE WERE AMAZING-- coated with delicious sugar!). Totally get the churros.Overall, this will DEFINITELY be joining our family takeout rotation. Overall, we're fans. Just avoid the cheese pupusas.

Best Papusas on the Durham/Orange county NC line! Go see Maria and the crew. Everything on the menu is on point! I even love their cauliflower tacos as well.

Food Truck Time: El Jefecito at TapLine GrowlerThese tacos are delicious! Tacos are $3.50 each or 3 for $10. We tried the steak, hash, chorizo, cauliflower and fish. All of these were so tasty, I couldn't pick a favorite. I can't wait to try this food truck again soon.

The Gourmet Tacos at El Jefecito (Hillsborough Rd location) are excellent! And this was the perfect lunch stop as I was driving through on I-85, delicious, convenient, fast food speed of service and restaurant flavor. I'm hooked!This location is very conveniently located between exits 173 & 170 on I-85. Easy off, easy on, and really not much time lost. Plus the food, which is all custom prepared for you, comes quickly.I had the veggie and chicken Gourmet Tacos, which were delicious. If I were a meat eater the steak, chorizo and pastor tacos looked good too.I had wondered about brick & mortar vs food truck. This was the restaurant itself. They have plenty of tables of indoor seating, plus a couple picnic tables outside in case the weather is good, like it was today. Ample free parking.

This place has the worst tacos. We visited their Durham Bulls Stadium location & after paying $50 for 6 street-like tacos & 1 steak quesadilla - we will never return. The tacos we tried were chicken, chorizo, streak & bulgogi. You couldn't tell which was which because all of the meat is minced. Who likes minced meat tacos? Gross. Greasy. No flavor. Only thing redeeming about this place was their salsa verde. Took 33 min for our food, and one of the two taco orders was wrong. The $2 tacos at the stadium concession's were WAY better.