Birrieria La Plaza

Talk about a winner!! this place is an absolute classic. I grew up eating a restaurants like this my whole life and Southern California and it's nice when you see one doing well here. Very authentic great prices and you always leave full. Definitely worth coming in and checking out grabbing a combo plate is a no-brainer. Always get the one personally. It's well worth it and really there's no reason not to. Places always clean well taken care of is always friendly and food is always fresh.Food is great quality and they regularly run deals and promos so come check it out

Food was mediocre. Quesabirria tacos and other tacos weren't good enough to want to make a second visit. Service wasn't friendly but also not rude or bad; just indifferent or uninterested. Confused seeing other reviews claiming from SoCal, and stating that these tacos are legit. They in fact miss the mark. They are not bad, but so-so. Like, I've had way better and would rather keep looking for a better spot than return here. Plus- any good "birriaria"should have birria de chivo as well. Not just birria de res. If you never had the OG, I could see how someone might think this place hits. "Quesa-birria" tacos became an internet fad and so many places wanted to jump on that $ without doing it justice in my opinion.

This isn't my usual birria spot but the place i usually go to has started to fall off in my opinion, tacos getting smaller but the prices keep going up. So I've been on the hunt for a new place. The service here is very nice, the space of this location is very spacious & decorated very nicely. The food, best bang for your buck. Good portions. I still prefer the way my go to place makes their quesatacos but this place is very yummy as well. I just wish the tortillas were a little more on the crispier side. The horchata was good but not the best I've had. The flavor was a bit mild. Their hot sauce tho! So fire!! The green one has so much flavor & the red has that kick if you like spicy. The beans and rice from the plate was seasoned perfectly. The consome cup was good & had lots of meat at the bottom. Overall, good food. They definitely don't skimp on the portions. But not the best birria I've had in PDX

TL;DR - The birria is *really* good here. I don't think you'd go wrong with any of the choices on the menu. (I'd definitely go back here again!)Food- Taco Plato - 3 Birria Tacos, Refried Beans, Rice and Birria Dipping Sauce (Excellent. 4.5/5.0) This was an awesome, balanced decision, and the Birria Tacos were tender and oh so juicy! I'm giving it 4.5 because the refried beans were so soupy they were almost watery. - Cheesy Plato La Plaza - Good mix of everything. (Very Good. 4.0/5.0) - My wife's rating Very filing. The Birria was just as tender with a good kick to it. Service - Not Rated- The place was empty when we arrived at about 5:45 PM on a Wednesday evening. Even though we got that beeper thing to indicate when our food was ready, our server brought everything to us once it was ready.Ambiance - Not Rated - Birria la Plaza sort of felt like a "hole in the wall" hidden gem, There's a TON of space for foot traffic (and probably people waiting in line), but I guess we arrived when it was a quiet time.

We have been to their food cart location and saw that they opened a brick and mortar store and decided to stop by! Birrieria la Plaza has plenty of parking and even more seating inside their restaurant. Definitely great stop for groups with the plentiful seating. Birria was delicious! We got the quesadilla and the queso-taco birria. Extremely flavorful meat, they also give you a decent amount of meat! I will say the prices for the plates are not really a "deal". For example the quesadilla plato is $17 to buy all the items separately I'm calculating $13.50. Typically when there is a "meal deal" you are typically getting some sort of deal. In addition you have to buy water bottles for water in total $20 plus tip for a meal is a good treat but for me out of my price range for regular visits :(. Definitely stop by and try them out and support local!

Delicious food and fast service. Affordable options. Clean space. Quesadillas are to die for!

I ordered some Uber eats from here and was mostly underwhelmed. I've had better birria and I'm simply getting confused about birria. I thought melted cheese on the taco shell was normal part of birria taco but now a lot of places I go don't do that. I do not want just birria meat thrown on a shell which is what this place serves. While the meat itself is tasty and so is the consome it's just not enough for me. I also ordered a quesadilla but they had a mix up and I got a quesataco instead and that was really good. I think the quesataco should just be the basic taco. Why are taco places doing only these tiny street tacos with nothing. The quesataco should be the standard especially for birria. Overall can say it was average at best but still the best birria I've had in Portland so far. Just finding that the tacos out here are underwhelming.

All I can say is WOW. These mouth-watering foods will leave you acting like broken records about how good it is! The staff is super nice also! They bring your food right to you when it's ready and then it's CHOW TIME. You don't want to talk while you're eating? No problem! Everyone will be eating speechless. Yes, it's that good. There isn't much that meets the eye inside but it is a nice dining area with room to bring whoever you want. Party of 2? Sure. Party of 8? Sure we can push some tables around. One thing is for certain, you will not disappoint your dining guests when you bring them here. So come and enjoy!

Lazy that I am, finally getting back to reviewing from June trip to PDX.This birria place was ABSOLUTELY THE BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK MEAL EVER, not only I had in Portland, but maybe anywhere!It's not the price that makes it the best, there are cheaper meals, but I don't think you can get this kind of quality and flavor anywhere.The enjoyment of eating birria tacos (and sipping that piping hot consume) here was such that it blew my mind.Truth be told, I never really had proper birria tacos before. I've had birria burritos in LA, from Burritos La Palma, which I love, but what makes that burrito for me is the tortilla more than the birria. Last year while down in San Diego, I drove over to try the Ed Fernandez Birria which was voted #1 taco in the country or something by Yelp, but it was closed for Thanksgiving so didn't get to try that last year.This place was marked as the food to hit after checking out the waterfalls on my food planner:), due to the location is quite a drive from downtown Portland area, but I was still intrigued by it before the trip.Driving down from the freeway and getting closer to this truck location, I was actually kind of worried, since the area overall seemed pretty sketchy. When I arrived at the large empty parking lot (on a weekday late afternoon), it was even more worrisome, since the lot looked unkempt and maybe just 2 food trucks in an otherwise empty lot. Would the food even be good? Would it even be fresh??? The other truck had no customers. Luckily, there was at least one other car parked to get food here, so I got out to give it a try since drove out of the way to get here.Walked up to the truck to check out the simple menu, I was kind of doubtful again due to the herb smells in the air, hmmm, not sure I like that.A super friendly lady was there to take my order and put me at ease with her personality:) Just went for 2 orders of the Plato La Plaza, since it let's you try 4 versions and also get the consume broth. And Yes to onion and cilantro of course.Another car drove up to pick up food ordered ahead of time, think I saw that option online. The trailer next to the truck was actually a dining area.Took some time for the food to be ready, but the bag was hot and smelled great, so rushed back to the car to eat. Handed 1 set to the back seat for wife and kid. Opened up my box and placed the small piping hot consume broth cup in the cupholder, perfect!Took a bite of birria taco and wow it's awesome! Let me dunk or pour some of that consume with it, and sip it too, INCREDIBLE FLAVORS!!!All my worries and questions of did I choose the right food instantly evaporated. The smell of herbs outside the truck that I didn't really care for, all came together and made sense in the PURE DEPTH OF FLAVOR in the birria and the consume! Total flip for me from doubting to, OMG THIS IS THE BEST TACOS I'VE EVER HAD!!!The birria was sooo satisfying, the meat had this super fine grain or shredding I don't see on other birrias. The texture and chew, the embedded flavors from the herbs and spices and the broth. ALL OF IT WAS PERFECT!Being a birria noob, I instantly told wife that I an concluding there cannot be any birria better than this. I just don't see how birria can get any better than this! She later agreed, food was fresh and so fantastic. Even the kid said give this place 100 or 1000 stars!After eating all 4 versions, I think I prefer the strictly birria ones, the 2 others with cheese was of course great too, but it kind of diluted the incredible flavors of the birria here. Cheese ones cost a little more, maybe I'll request my $12 plato with all regular birria, no need for cheese, lol.But that consume was a MUST! The herb and savory deep flavors of sipping it after bite of taco still lives in my mind months later. When will I ever make it back to PDX... I think pictures are worth a thousand words, just look at that broth, you can SEE the depth of flavors from the pic! Look at the finely shredded birria meat, just wow...I'll conclude that within a month of the PDX trip, I made it down to San Diego again and was able to go eat the Yelp #1 taco place Ed Fernandez. I am sorry, but if that's #1, maybe people are no more a birria expert than this birria noob. Ed Fernandez tacos were bigger, had a lot of meat, BUT the flavor in the birria and the consume was too bland and lacked depth of flavor for my tastes, and the meat texture was no where near as fine as this truck.I don't think this place can be beat. The only thing I would change is for this truck to move closer to middle of Portland for more people to discover it, I guarantee this business will explode. But then again, growing too much can change things, so maybe it's best to be kept a secret for those who want to seek out the best birria tacos... The gentleman who prepared the meal was at the window as I drove away, I just had to roll down my windows and shout AWESOME FOOD! 5*

Random yelp dinner stop after going to a movie. Walked in and this place smells amazing! Nice lady took our order and gave us a buzzer. The restaurant appears clean with several tables for seating. Tv screens played sports and background music. The food is yummy the sauce has a little kick of spice and the quesadillas where about the size of folded taco loaded with melted cheese. The beans were ok and the rice was bland. I didn't mind it helps with the little bit of spice from the sauce. Nice experience overall.