Las Tortugas Grill

Need delicious tacos, will travel!! I live in Irvine, (land of no Mexican food) and let me tell you, it is SO worth the trip to drive to Santa Ana for the most scrumptious tacos and burritos in town! The carnitas is so juicy and tender and carne asada has tons of flavor and is great quality. They've even catered 2 birthday parties I've hosted and such a hit with guests every time. Conveniently located near Stater bros and plenty of nearby parking. Great portions for the price. Yummy homemade Mexican food served with a smile and feels good to support an honest family-run business.

This place should remove their tortas ahogadas from the menu. They have nothing ready. If you order a torta ahogada they will have you waiting for 1 hour so that they can make the salsa and serve it hot. And if you complaint for not telling you in advance. They will speak to you like you are stupid for not knowing it will take them tooo long to make it. This service is garbage. They rather be talking and chatting inside the truck while people is waiting, you could hear them cracking up. Yet they have the guts to tell you. Making the salsa takes time you know!!

I come for the tortasogadas The Huaraches de barbacoa and gorditas de barbacoa consomé. Been here two this January . Had made gorditas en guarachas.

Food is great, salsas are spicy ! Service is also great have not had a problem with any cashier. Been coming here for years !

I was craving an alambre this afternoon. Why not go to a taco truck to support small businesses. I was very disappointed. Will not be coming back to this place. Workers don't even wear face masks.I've had it before but today my first plate I had was too salty . I called and asked if i could get it remade . I asked if I had to bring the food back . Which is probably a no because of COVID 19 but they wanted it back probably to make sure I wasn't trying to get free food ?. I took the food back anyway. They "remade the alambre" second plate wasn't salty but burnt on some parts the bell peppers are big chunks, there was barely any cheese and onions. If you get lucky the food will be "ok"

Tortuga was my to go Taco Truck. Very disappointed seeing the cooks not wearing a mask. I was too embarrassed to cancel my order so I payed and threw my food away. Times like this I wish people in food service would take the situation seriously. Two cooks one cashier... cashier had her mask and gloves, too bad the taco guys weren't feeling like wearing masks while preparing food.

Off and on I make my taco run during my lunch breaks. Service can vary, it depends what time of the day of the week or year. Sometimes the truck breaks down or they move it in the residential area so stay put and make sure you drive into the recycling area. Be aware the salsa's are not really salsa's but more of a picante. The green one is the mildest the rest will kill all parasite's in your pancreas.The gorditas are usually bigger then my face and they are not shy with the servings especially the cheese! It will be a sloppy adventure!The tacos are street tortillas size tacos. That being said the tacos are small but you can enjoy fresh radishes and homemade pickled carrots. Those I consider my veggie intake.I have tried just about every dish on the menu and i have learned to take breaks during the year and only because the picante can kick my ass in the middle of the night. I have a nasty habit that my lips do not get burned but my small intestine will pay the price and that is usually in the middle of the night (LOL) The seasoning of the meats is "OK" but for the cheap deal your getting its pretty good. they only offer soda-pop and that is a bummer.They do NOT accept plastic only cash. (bummer)Another bummer is it is next to a recycling center so it gets stinky. Not all the times but sometimes.Phone call orders? Yes they do offer phone orders but sometimes they hangup. I was not rude but if they run super busy they can afford to hangup on you. Just being honest.I have seen them get slam busy especially during lunch time. So I get it besides it is a food truck.

The tacos are so delish. I wish I lived here. I would go back again and again. They make the tacos fresh so there is a wait. There was also a lone of people waiting which is always a good sign. They spoke a little bit of English so if you know Spanish it would help. But they do try to understand and communicate. I wish my Spanish was better. Totally worth the wait.

Was skeptical of the total cost before seeing the portions which were generous and filling! Flavorful. Salsa is spicy!! Well worth a try

So I haven't been here in a few years and the service has gone way down. I asked the woman taking my order how big the gorditas were and she showed me. I asked what they put inside the gorditas and she told me. She took my money, gave me a ticket, and turned around. I was just standing there for a second cause she didn't say anything but whatever. That wasn't a big deal, anyway, I asked if I can get cups so I can get salsa. Didn't acknowledge me and just continued with whatever she was doing. After when she was done she gave me 3 cups BUT with her bare fingers inside the cup. Come on! You work in the food service industry, you should know better than that. I noticed that she took a to-go order when I was ordering ... they decided that order needed to be done first before our order (2 chorizo gorditas) The reason I mention this is because we were LITERALLY the only people there.Lastly, even the cook had attitude. I'm over here flabbergasted with the situation and he's asking me about my order "well, that's why I asked you" Im sorry but don't you have a ticket that has my order?I called the number they have on their truck, sent straight to voicemail. Overall disappointing experience.