Tacos Don Goyo

Pretty good mexican place. Small, quick food, Jamaica drink was delicious. Recomend the quesataco of chicken or asada. Carnitas and lengua were okay. I'd come here again for a quick bite because of the service. The salsas were good. Also wasn't too expensive, relatively to other places.

Asada tacos were chewy but the tortilla is really good. Very generous with the guac. Carnitas were okay. Pastor was actually really good. Fries were fire 🔥. Quesadilla was okay. Tortilla wasn’t that good.

This is like a little taco stand/shop right out of Tijuana, Mexico. The food is all delicious, they specialize in Al Pastor.

My only gripe, the physical location is a bit rundown and I had to watch a cockroach battle a spiderweb while eating, not the type imagery that makes you hungry.

I had the Al Pastor quesadilla which was really filling, total cost was around, $8.50.

Pro tip: they prefer cash, you get a 4% discount if you pay with cash, OR, you pay a 4% premium if you use a credit card. #CASHISKING

Really impressed by this place given how small of a shop it is (not that small shops do a bad, job, just given how good it is I would have expected more traffic).

I had 6 tacos; chorizo, tripa, chicharron, cabeza, carnitas and pastor. The cabeza and tripa were my favorites. The cabeza was incredibly soft and moist, fatty, sweet, exactly the way cabeza is supposed to be. Seriously, bravo and thank you. The tripa was super crispy but not super greasy, and had that classic tripa taste, but it didn't hit until way late. The chicharron was super soft and pretty much melted in my mouth. The carnitas were super unique, tasted very much like pork, but rather than being super shredded they were both shredded and chunked, a little bit less wet than I'm used to, almost like halfway between Mexican and Salvadorean carnitas. It was super good. The pastor and chorizo were also super delicious, both incredibly flavorful, they just didn't steal the show for me. The red salsa was not very spicy but was super flavorful, and the green salsa was some of the best green I've had in a long time. The pickled onions were so good I wanted to take a whole plate home, spicy, sour, oniony, put them on all your tacos please.

I will definitely be back.

I drive all the way from Fresno for these tacos so if that doesn't tell you lol. My favorite is their asada and tripas but honestly everything is good!

I went last night and bought asada tacos, they were bomb!! I recommend this place 100% muy delicioso todo!! Will be back again for some al pastor to try them out next time. It’s like going to TJ for tacos but it’s way closer, really took me back to Mexico after trying these tacos!!

Let me just say they are a solid option for tacos. This is my second visit, but first was near start of pandemic and service was off, so I’ll give them a pass. This time the food was better, but service was still off. My GF ordered tacos without onions and they came with onions. No biggie if they just fixed it, but they made it our issue asking questions like why we didn’t look at receipt to confirm, etc. they even asked if this was our first time there, as if there was a process we should be aware of. Is this our version of the “soup nazi” from Seinfeld :)? “No tacos for you”! :)

Could we have checked? Sure, but the person who took our order repeated it back to us to be sure, cause I order mine with everything and hers were w/o onions, so she made it clear to put them on different plates so they don’t get mixed up. Anyway, they should work on that.

Food wise, the stand outs were the homemade tortillas, Carne asada and red salsa. Everything else, like carnitas, buche, Al pastor, guac and green salsa were good, not great.

Carne asada had the smoky flavors from being grilled over mesquite (or whatever wood/coals) and it makes a difference. Red salsa was spicy and unique. Homemade tortillas, what can I say. The extra effort pats off.

I have to go out of my way to get here, so it will be on my list of taco places, but won’t go out of my way mostly because the service. If I’m going to go out of my way, LA has better versions.

Give them a try yourself, but I don’t need attitude with my food. Would have been fine if they just replaced the tacos. Don’t even need a apology. It happens. Just don’t need the attitude.

Hello everyone.
If you are looking for a new taco spot, then look no more. Tacos Don Goya has the tastiest tacos in Downey. I recommend the pastor tacos. The meats are out of this world delicious. The mulita is a must try. The tacos here are made with a home made style Tortilla (very nice and tasty 😋). Parking and seating is limited here, so get here early. Service is quick and they do accept phone, and online orders. Cash and card are welcome here. Thank you for reading my review. Please follow me on Google maps and check out the places I visit.