Las Delicias

I have been going here for a while and decided to switch up my order to try something new.

I got the gringa taco. This taco is loaded with shredded cheese, pork, and a pineapple slice. This taco is amazing and I love the sauce that came with it. I also got the Milanesa (breaded chicken) sandwich. It tastes great and is loaded with jalapenos. I ordered the All in One.

This order was quite a bit more expensive than what I usually get but I was happy and full beyond belief.

Private parking lot and very easy to spot from the street.

This is one of my favorite spots because the food is very inexpensive.

Decent food for a great value. This place is close to the University of Memphis so they probably cater to the college crowd when it comes to price and quality.

They have recently added some seafood options and increased the prices. The increase in price also comes with more food so it is a good trade off.

I got the Cuban Torta and Steak Quesadilla. Both are extremely good.

Private parking lot and very easy to spot from the street.

Decent food for a great value. This place is close to the University of Memphis so they probably cater to the college crowd when it comes to price and quality.

I ordered a steak burrito and two tacos. Everything was pretty simple and tasted great. Entire meal costed ~$11. Happy I came and I would gladly return.

I also got the Cuban Torta and Steak Quesadilla. Both are extremely good.

Private parking lot and very easy to spot from the street.

Decent food for a great value. This place is close to the University of Memphis so they probably cater to the college crowd when it comes to price and quality.

I ordered a steak burrito and two tacos. Everything was pretty simple and tasted great. Entire meal costed ~$11. Happy I came and I would gladly return.

My husband and I came here tonight with a friend at 5pm. At first the place was pretty empty, but I wasn't fooled- I've been unable to dine here before late on a Friday night because the place was so packed. In fact, as we ate, the main dining room slowly filled up without me noticing.

I've been here before a few years ago with a group of friends and I remember being really impressed by the tacos, so I made sure to get some. I got the pork chop to try something new and the al pastor because it's a classic favorite of mine. Hubby got chorizo, al pastor, and the gringa, and agua de horchata. Friend got the All in One fajitas.

The horchata is pretty amazing. I kept stealing sips from my husband. I was really impressed because it didn't have that chalky aftertaste that a lot of places seem to infect their horchata with. The salsa was pretty good but oh my goodness the tortilla chips are indescribably good. Ok, I'll try to describe them anyway. They're flaky and crunchy with a flavor all on their own which complements the salsa well. The salsa by itself was ok, but with those chips it was transformed into something wonderful. Everything from their texture to their taste was fantastic.

But enough about chips: Bring on the tacos!

I ordered a pork chop taco for the heck of it but I really wasn't expecting much. I even made my husband try it first to make sure he liked it and would eat it in case I hated it. (I'm not sure what my logic was there since if he hated it he wouldn't eat it and if I hated it, too, I wouldn't either... I guess I wanted him to be the brave one first haha). However, he liked it and I was delightedly surprised by how wonderful it tasted. It was bursting with flavor and is my new favorite taco there.

Sadly, their tacos al pastor fall flat. The flavor was ok but mostly lacking.

The chorizo tacos punch you in the tastebuds they're so packed with flavor. They were a little too intense for me, but they were still amazing and hubby loved them.

The gringa just wasn't good. A Mexican taco slathered with cheese and thrown into a flour tortilla? No. Go home Tex-Mex, you're so drunk you're in the wrong restaurant. To be more specific, all I could taste was cheese and all my husband could taste was meat but we both agreed the flour tortilla was icky and it wasn't something we would want to try again.

I did notice the service was lacking quite a bit. even when the place was pretty empty. We actually ran out of chips while waiting for our food to arrive (which seemed to take longer than usual but may have been because we had stopped munching on chips and salsa) and it seemed like we barely saw our waitress. I had to tell her my friend needed a box (she didn't suggest it like they do at most places) and we sat there for a long time before realizing we needed to pay at a counter in the corner of the room (she never mentioned it to us). She seemed super busy and was running around, but when I went to pay there were like 5 women just standing behind the counter chilling out... which was extremely odd as the place was getting very full by that point. So one star down for off service and for that mockery of an al pastor taco!!!

I suppose it might not be the most authentic of places since most of the clientele are white (my husband noted that he was the only Mexican in the place). I noticed most of the diners were college students, so I think it being so close to the University of Memphis is a good reason for this. It is a little americanized (it has a menu online!) but not enough to really affect the food too much in my opinion. Regardless, the food was pretty authentic to me.

Taco Summary:
Pork Chop: amaaaazing. My new favorite taco.
Chorizo: moist, juicy, strong flavor
Al Pastor: ok
Gringa: No bueno.

All in all, we enjoyed ourselves here. My friend gave me his fajitas to take home as he dislikes leftovers of any kind (more for me!) and hubby and I agreed it's a place we would love to return to.