El Rey Dc Taqueria Mexican Beer Garden

We have ordered tacos here since they opened at the U Street location. Tacos made my owner were amazing. We enjoyed them so much that we would order the 12 taco platter. Now that the owner has opened at the downtown food court the U Street location has gone down hill. Tonight's 12 taco platter had about half the lamb, beef, and mushrooms as we usually receive. As soon as we opened the lid of the container we could tell that these tacos were made by someone who did not really care about making great food. Unless the owner starts dropping in to make sure that the employees take making traditional tacos to the highest standards then we will have to find a much better place for tacos. The website has a 6% service fee that is not disclosed until checkout. A zero tip returned an error. The $2.00 tip we paid was excessive for the quality of the service we received at the window.

Ordered the xochi platter which has tacos and birria tacos but was missing the salsas for my tacos and I don't know if the birria tacos come with consume but it was missing the consume but overall taqueria xochi is my favorite everything is so delicious and their mangonadas are better than the mangonadas for la michoacana!Update: the food is good but a little pricey !

I've been dying to go to this spot for a long time because of all the amazing things I hear. Luckily I was leaving a show at 9:30 club and needed dinner so we had to come over. Online ordering times varied and reached up to 60 minutes every time I checked so I had to wait until it got down to 30 minutes. It was a Friday so not surprising. We ordered the Pork Belly Chicharron with Guacamole, Tacos Dorados, Beef Quesabirria, and the Lamb Birria Tacos. Pick up was easy aside from parking so make sure someone can get out and grab it. They have a dedicated pick up window so it made things simple. Everything smelled so good so we had to bust something open. At first I thought the Chicharron was pricey but we got a take out tray with three huge fried slabs of pork belly that was perfectly meaty, crispy, and fatty. I would've opened the guacamole in the car but it was too messy. When we did get home though, that guacamole was also delicious (and also came in a big container. The Tacos Dorados were heavily topped with crema, salsa verde, lettuce, and queso fresco. Inside was stuffed with chicken. The chicken wasn't super flavorful but the extra salsa on the side really brought it together. The Lamb Birria Tacos were really good. I did get the ingredients separated for travel which worked out great. Wish I had more tortillas and cheese but still good. The Beef Quesabirria was so flavorful and cheesy. The beef was very tender. The consomme was also very flavorful.The place lived up to the hype for me. Anytime I'm around U street I will be making a stop here.

My god. The BEST taco I have had so far. Well done meat and made to perfection. Too bad they don’t have a full restaurant and it’s only window service because this could be a very successful

This is seriously amazing tacos and the mangoneada was sooo good. Will be coming here at least once a week lol also these are by far the most authentic Mexican tacos I’ve been able to find in DC!