Puesto Park Place

Came here on taco Tuesday for an after work get together, was able to get a same day reservation, the staff were super accommodating and friendly. Our server was Isabella and she was FANTASTIC! The half off tacos are a MUST. My coworker told me about the "secret menu" surf and turf Hero taco and it blew my mind. I want to say it was filet mignon and lobster. Ordered the filet and el pastor taco as well. I ended up taking the chicken el pastor home and ate it the next day. Honestly one of my favorites here and love that it's chicken based instead of pork - a fun change! We also ordered chicken flautas for the table. They were okay - a great filler because we were hungry. I really loved the salsa it came with and a spicy garlic chili oil. Our group asked for extra of the chili oil and I put it all over my tacos. Delicious. For drinks I went with the guava margarita, and the Clara beer. Our server mentioned the cervezas on draft had some that were Puesto specific so you can only get them here. Loved it and would wanna go back during a happy hour! It did get busy as the night went on so the beers we ordered the 2nd time around were slightly delayed but Isabella was very accommodating and checked on us regularly otherwise. We were seated in the back for a big group of 10 so I couldn't tell how noisy it was. The parking will always be busy at Park Place Irvine especially at night, week day or weekend. Incredible food and service, great for big groups, gatherings, girls night out. It's my second time at this restaurant, first time at Irvine and I hope to come back again on a Tuesday for even more tacos! The flavors are incredible and every single item on the taco menu is great.

Not going back to this locale. Service was meh. Drinks late in arrival, even had to ask for them to be delivered as we saw them sitting at the bar. Food was also sitting for a bit for some of the 5 in our party. No host/hostess, had to wait around for attention. Just a really embarrassing experience for me as I recommended we go here. Chips were served with most of the basket broken into tiny pieces. I won't go on, too depressing. I'm the fool for paying the bill.

Couple weeks ago I showed my husband this place and he took me here as a surprise dinner! The place is a cute like cabin cozy vibes! And when you enter the bar area is near the entrance.The wait was not long and the host was very nice and friendly! Our server was also very kind and helpful and she knew the menu very well and recommended one of her favorite dish! Our server was Sidney! Thank you for being a wonderful server!The food was very good.I was craving esquites! But when I tried it here it was overwhelmingly sour. The sourness hit me after it starts to get a bit better and not as sour. My husband and I would have enjoyed it more if there was more of cheese and sauce bc it was just on top of the corn and I think having layers throughout the corn would have been good. Since that too layer of sauce and cheese is gone it's just roasted corn. 6.3/10.The chips and salsa was very good. The salsa had the perfect taste and flavor to me. The chips were a bit over salted. 8/10The chicken flautas was divine! It came out hot and crispy! I enjoyed this dish a lot and it had god toppings and sauce on the side like spicy salsa and chili oil. 9/10.We also got one carnitas taco because it was $9 for one. Although it was good. The price for one taco price ranges from $9-17 for only one taco. Regardless, it was good to try at least one. 7/10.The classic guacamole was okay would have been better if it had a bit more salt. 5.6/10.For the main we got the steak plate! It was very delicious and divine. The meat was seasoned good and it came with a side of beans and rice that I enjoyed a lot. And it came with 4 blue tortillas with cheese in between the tortillas. Only thing about this meal was that the blue tortillas was not to my likely, but the steak was very good.My husband also got a watermelon margarita with sugar rim. It was strong and then it tasted better and sweet! 8.5/10for dessert we got the chocoflan ? I think that was the name of the dessert, please correct me if I'm wrong. It was very good dessert and it had nice crunch from the toppings and a soft creamy cake layer and the smooth flan texture. It had hits of coffee to me. 8/10!There's also a surcharge here.Thank you for the experience!

I've been here a few times but last night was pretty awful. Usually I don't have any complaints, everything runs fairly smoothly and it's all cool, but yesterday I went during the dinner hour (and Puesto was PACKED) but the amount of time that every stage of our meal took was crazy. First of all, we did have a party of 9 and like I said, it was busy so I can give them the benefit of the doubt to an extent but we waited for the appetizers we order for about 20 mins, then we were pretty much done and then waited another 5-7 mins before our waiter came back to ask what we wanted, then it took a solid 35 mins for our food to come out... but it wasn't all at once. In fact, two of us had to wait an extra 10 mins then I had to wait another 10 or so minutes for my meal which was just the nachos appetizer! Someone else at my table also had the birria meat (which was in the nachos) and he finished his tacos long before I got my food. Everyone was done by the time they came out and although the waiter was apologetic, it just kinda sucked. The nachos were fine but it was literally just meat, cheese sauce and some veggies... shouldn't have taken forever. We did get guacamole for the table and tried the Puesto Perfect guacamole (with parmesan cheese) and it was very good. The table also had the corn and I got the guava agua Fresca which was tasty. I'll probably come back but if I have to wait eons for food again, that might be my last time here

I visited for Taco Tuesday with my brother, and aside from the delicious food, we had the pleasure of being served by Spencer. He was an outstanding server very attentive, friendly, and provided excellent recommendations. While I typically go to the Puesto in Irvine. Spencer's exceptional service has made me look forward to visiting this location more often.

Good food but somewhat slow service all around. We came here for a group birthday lunch (party of 13) and they were able to accommodate our larger than expected reservation. I had been to Puesto before (Spectrum location) but not this particular one. We ordered some ceviche and Puesto perfect guacamole to start. I think the Puesto Perfect guacamole kind of overdid it with the cheese on top, so probably would not get this next time. Ceviche was ok, not too impressive. For my main meal, I went with the Filet Mignon, Baja Fish, and Lobster tacos. All were good. No complaints there. They do bring out a small complimentary dessert for the birthday person which was a bite sized small mango custard cake type thing. Chips and salsa are complimentary. Parking is free in the lot if you mention Puesto. Overall, good spot for Mexican food and groups in Irvine.

Really love it here, it's bougie tacos, so just know that before you go and you'll have a great time.Awesome vibes in here and a great place for a nicer dinner.I've been many times, always getting 2/3 carnitas tacos and some guac, and I love it every time. Love the cheese skirt on the tacosDefinitely is expensive, but again it's bougie tacos so ‍

I was really looking forward to trying Puesto in Irvine while visiting friends. I'm glad I didn't go expecting to eat a large meal because the dishes we ordered were more appetizer size. Although the drinks were good, they were very pricey, but Irvine is a nice area so I get the cost increase. The restaurant was busy while we were there so I did appreciate that we had an attentive server who appeared really happy to share his recommendations with us. It was a warm day when I went and it was uncomfortable sitting in the restaurant with the sun heating up the place. There was definitely no AC going and made it difficult to get settled during the meal. A plus they serve complementary salsa and chips!

Food and drinks were really good. Spencer our server was amazing. Everything came out perfect and on time. Will definitely come back again.

Had a great taco Tuesday experience, good margs as well. Spencer was super helpful! Enjoyed the chicken and short rib tacos.