El Taco Loco 5

I love their posole, but I ordered their rice, bean n cheese burrito today was quite delicious. Their avocado salsa was the best one they have. The workers are pretty nice. Don't let the looks of this place keep you away, give them a shot...... you might be pleasantly surprised!!

The service was friendly and fast. Lots of parking right outside the restaurant. This is definitely a take out spot for me. The menudo was packed with protein (served only on weekends). The torta de lengua was tender and the bread was very fresh.

El Taco Loco #5 is part of a small chain of Mexican fast-food restaurants. They have an extensive menu with all the normally expected Mexican food items.Tacos are, of course, one of their most popular items. Great quality with lots of meat and toppings. I've found that I usually don't feel like I need to add hot sauce to make them more palatable. The tacos use just one tortilla, but that tortilla is thick and light, so don't think you're missing something if they don't use two corn tortillas. There are almost a dozen meat/protein options, which should cover just about anyone's wants.I've frequently ordered one of the Torta sandwiches. Excellent. But sometimes, I've added some hot sauce to spice them up.If you don't speak Spanish, you should be able to order your food successfully. I mention this because sometimes I've experienced a lack of English knowledge on the part of the workers; whether this was real or they were 'playing' with me, I don't know, but it has made some trips here interesting.The restaurant is getting on the older side. For many years, this was an Astro Burger and didn't get much of a facelift when El Taco Loco took over the building. The signs outside are faded and could do with an update. The handwritten menu inside is in Spanish and English, so everyone should be able to make an order.Please note that while the mailing address for this restaurant is Torrance, it is physically located outside the City of Torrance, in the L.A. Corridor. The Torrance post office handles their mail, hence the Torrance address.

I'm shocked at all the 5 star reviews. I rarely leave reviews, especially for restaurants, but I felt the need to write how awful the food was. I ordered $80 worth of food for 4 adults. The food was absolutely terrible--lengua had zero taste, birria had NO SAUCE and was super dry, the asada and pastor both had little or no seasoning. The tortilla they used in EXTREMELY THICK. So every bite was just tasteless and dry meat with a chunk of thick tortilla. My chili verde enchiladas were just a few pieces of chicken wrapped in a layers of tortilla. I couldn't even a third of it cause all I was eating was tortilla. All 4 of us were extremely disappointed in both taste and quality--and trust me when I say we are NOT picky eaters. This place was absolutely awful. Will not be coming back.

Quick delicious food. This is our go-to spot in the neighborhood. They are consistently good. We've tried pastor, carnitas, & fish tacos. The carnitas are our favorite. Definitely recommend for take-out.

Still the best local burritos. I recently tried a wet burrito, but the sauce is way too spicy! So I will stick to regular dry burritos.

The best ever Mexican food I've EVER had. Very extensive menu with the usual tacos, burritos, etc., but a load of stuff I've never seen or heard of before. I had a torta cabesa with added jalapeños which was HUGE & out of this world. Service is slow because around lunch time it is EXTREMELY busy. It is a smallish eat-in and takeout but mostly the latter. No atmosphere at all but that's not why you go here. If you speak Spanish it is even better but the VERY few English speakers got what they wanted as well. A great place to go in Torrance, even though Yelp says it is in Harbor Gateway (it's NOT).

Great tacos and burritos in the industrial area of Torrance. Love the lady making tortillas in the back. Chile verde wet burrito hit the spot for me.

Authentic Mexican place I usually get their tacos rice and bean combo.So good beans they have. Recommend everyone wanna taste true Mexican Shoutout to the owners who fixed the restroom recently

Pretty good stuff. Homemade tortillas. Quality authentic Mexican food. No complaints. Definitely recommend.