Tienda Morelos

I've had the chicken tacos twice and today', I had asada tacos and Torta Cubana. The tacos are authentic with cilantro and onion and packed with meat. A great taqueria! The Cubano was not to bready with sausage, egg, bacon, ham and was delicious. Not sure what Chris C below is talking about because Paco's has nothing on this place. Let's be real, the best authentic taco spots in Indy are on the West and Southside. Nothing in Fishers comes close. Chris must be a Taco Bell guy. Great job Tienda Morelos Grocery Taqueria!

Perhaps what happened during my one (and only, probably) visit here was a one off, especially given the very high ratings others have given this restaurant (well, this food counter, really). Who knows? But if this is standard for what this small, local chain of taquerias has to offer, and people are rating it this high, I'm guessing a lot of folks don't know how a really good one operates.I wanted four different tacos that were ON THEIR MENU - barbacoa, tripe, lomo and carnitas. After the guy who was supposed to be working the cash register put down his phone and walked over to take my order, he informed me they were out of three of the four tacos I wanted. How a Mexi joint/taqueria that's literally part of an entire Mexican grocery runs out of carnitas, I don't know. But that's what he said.So I ordered barbacoa, al pastor, carne asada and chorizo (with onions and cilantro and salsa roja on the side). And a can of Coke.Each taco came back almost as hot as the surface of the sun. After letting things cool down for a while, the barbacoa tasted pretty good, by far the best of the four. The chorizo was overly crispy and actually tasted crunchy. The al pastor was ok, nothing special, possibly under-marinated or something because it didn't taste spicy at all, while it should.I think the whole meal was like $16, so I can't complain about that. But to be out of that much stuff and to send food out that looks and tastes overcooked and underspiced....I was not impressed.Go to Paco's Taqueria if you're on the South Side or near downtown or Pancho's if you're in Fishers. Much better.

Note: I only ate at the restaurant without shopping at the grocery. I didn't realize until I started working on my review that there are Tiendo Morelos restaurants/markets all around town. I don't usually shop at a Mexican grocery unless I am looking for cotija cheese for making elote.However, I entered the grocery because the sign in front of the restaurant entrance said it was closed. I clearly saw people working at the food counter and a customer standing there, so I went through the grocery to see what was going on. Apparently, nobody had removed the sign and left a "caution" cone blocking the door. Anyway, after the weird start, I enjoyed my experience.The colorful dining room has lots of festival streamers hanging from the ceiling and loud Mexican music playing. (Note that the grocery has an equally loud sound system playing something completely different so you get a weird stereo effect that is hard to tune out.)The dining booths go about half way back into the restaurant on both sides. Beyond the left side is a cooking area with a large menu posted over the top. Even though there is a counter at the cooking area, you don't order there. Behind you on the right near the back of the restaurant is a smaller counter with a cash register and a menu booklet that you order from. Once you place your order and pay, you wait and they will bring it out to you. Note that any beverages are sold in bottle form and are self-serve from the cooler next to the order counter.The wait was fairly short considering they prepare the entrees to order. I went with a couple tacos (with the cilantro and white onion) and ordered rice and beans. Apparently the cashier had a little trouble understanding me when I ordered the Asada and Pollo tacos. I was brought out the Asada and Lomo instead. (I was the only customer at the time.) But, instead of sending it back, I like pork loin as well as chicken, so I simply added some green sauce (mild) and a few drops of red (supposed to be hot, but I didn't think it was that hot.)The tacos were excellent. They were served on double layered corn tortillas. I usually prefer flour, but wasn't given an option here. These were the best tasting corn tortilla shells I've had. And the ingredients inside were delicious with the added items being colorfully fresh. The side of beans and rice were forgettable. Not bad, just lacking much texture and flavor. Very bland and not much other than filler when compared to the robust flavor of the tacos.The staff was friendly and the restaurant was pretty clean looking, so given the high quality of flavor, I would recommend stopping by to quench your Mexican food cravings.Review #2698

Being a California girl, tacos have always been one of my major food groups and always will be. That experience also leads me to believe that some of the best tacos you'll ever have are in small little out-of-the-way places that are simple and unassuming. Such is the case here. Nothing fancy, mind you, but simple done so well. Tried the chicken and steak tacos with onion, cilantro and their two fun house salsas in old school tall squeeze ketchup/mustard/condiment type bottles. Flavorful, filling and only one gristly bit had to be removed. When I'm in this part of town, I'm not missing a stop in here.

Dive taqueria inside Mexican grocery store! The best and most authentic tacos! Best place for lunch!

We have had a few bad experiences recently with local taquerias and this was the light at the end of a dark tunnel. The tacos were simple and delicious- just as they should be! All of the tacos were fresh and flavorful with just the right amount of char on the carne asada. They're all made hot and fresh on a flat top grill and served with red and green sauce! We will definitely be coming back.

Pastor an Asada TAKE IT FROM A TRU TEXAN THIS IS AS CLOSE AS YOUR GONNA GET TO AUTHENTIC STREET TACOS!! I've been several places GILS ON Lynnhurst and the carcineria Guanajuato off Harding do not compare !!! These are the best out of those three

This is a magnificent place! Having recently moved here from Florida. We are lovers of the Latin flavor! But, have been looking for a way to get at least some of the food s and spices we had very available to us in So Flo!My daughters are the Tienda Morelos and called us up with the "News" So she and my beautiful wife made a date to go and " just take a look"... And my cell started going off after just a little while!My wife was thrilled with the service and selection she found in the place! A greater variety of foods and some very specialized products to the true Latino foods too!She ended up buying all the things that she was looking forward to and then some. And seasoning of all sorts to do a large amount of her fabulous dinners. Right away she made us a family favorite of "Arros Con Pollo"and Flan de Coco" was dessert with a wonderful look of satisfaction on her face, and contentment in our lives because "Mammas happy"and so am I.We will be back each week to keep it up!

The food here is authentic and delicious. The problem is thats in a hispanic grocery store and you have to speak spanish to place an order.

I was treated like an unwanted gringa. The server was completely indifferent to me trying to pick out tacos, didn't offer onions and cilantro, didn't ask if I wanted flour, corn tortillas, etc. when I did ask for onions and cilantro, she got kind of miffed and went back and added two dollars to my order, that's a racket for putting a tablespoon on a taco Didn't ask if I wanted salsa, and she later had a look of surprise when I had pulled some salsa off another table for mine, as if her plans were thwarted. Didn't understand what drink I wanted, but understood English perfectly fine from the next person that she spoke with. It took three requests to get my chips, which cost four dollars, and had about 12 chips. This was the biggest waste of four dollars. I've made in a long time. This is why I don't like to tip ahead of time. I hope she reads this and understands that. Definitely not a place to go back to, which I don't think they'll mind, given how she treated me.