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El Toro Carniceria is a butcher shop in Santa Ana, CA.

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Edgar Pedroza
Edgar Pedroza -Local Guide
a year ago
Love coming to this meat market. Not just because of the prices but also the selectiona ane quality of meat cuts and items you cannot find at your local grocery stores. And next door you can by ready to eat meats, tamales, salsas, tacos and...Read More
Nestor Hernandez
Nestor Hernandez -Local Guide
4 years ago
Let me start by saying that I've been living in santa ana for 10 years and i have been looking for the best tacos in all of orange county. I discovered el toro right when i moved to Santa Ana, however i feel like i...Read More
Customer Service is Quality & Family is Priority
Customer Service is Quality & Family is Priority -Local Guide
a year ago
Customer service was goodThe tacos are a good sizeBut no flavorThe chicharrónHad no tasteAnd they are very priceyI not coming back
Varinia Rodriguez
Varinia Rodriguez -Local Guide
2 months ago
I love El Toro Carnicería. I used to come often when visiting family as a kid. The meat market has a variety of fresh meat and seafood and they sell their freshly made tortillas from their taqueria next door. They have a lot of fresh...Read More
Carlos Cruz
Carlos Cruz -Local Guide
7 years ago
A staple of mexican Santa Ana. This place is best known for its meats and masa para tamales. Tacos are so jammed pack with meat and have double tortilla that you can make two tacos out of one. My favorite are the carnitas and lengua....Read More
Jett G
Jett G -Local Guide
a year ago
What a great place to eat!! Everything is fresh and large portions!!!Thanks again you are our favorite Sunday night dinner spot!!Mahalo~Jett. 😎🏝
Cassandra De Alba
Cassandra De Alba -Local Guide
2 months ago
Don't come here for pico Rivera sports arena tickets they charge unecessary extra fee per ticket on top of that they don't answer phone calls i had to go back and forth between Pico Rivera sports arena and this place el toro because el toro...Read More
Pauline
Pauline -Local Guide
a year ago
11/08/2023AMAZING!Victor and Ezekiel were phenomenal. They listened attentively and went above and beyond to provide excellent customer service. Highly recommended place for great foodUpdate: La señora in the night was rude and confrontational. She interrupted the lady helping us. It made it difficult to order...Read More
Hugo Arceo
Hugo Arceo -Local Guide
7 years ago
Food: 5 🌟Service: 5 🌟We ordered 5 lbs of meat some rice and beans, guacamole, nopales and sauces. Everything was delicious. Place your order 45 minutes ahead of time. Pick up was fast and helpful.
Edwin Orozco
Edwin Orozco -Local Guide
2 years ago
I never would of thought I would see the day I would give El toro a bad review. This has been our fifth bad encounter in a row where not only the meat is old & with mostly fat but the rice has been undercooked...Read More
Josie Cabrera
Josie Cabrera
8 years ago
Noche Flores
Noche Flores -Local Guide
8 months ago
Well it use to be a good place to grab something to eat now there's no organization every body looking each other.cuse they were confused like .. this is a sign that the place is not doing goodAnd it is sad ..it use to...Read More
The Artist Nanz
The Artist Nanz -Local Guide
a year ago
Need large quantities of meat to eat? Tubs of salsa and large amounts of tortillas? This is your place. They also sell tacos individually, with ample amounts of meat, in all sorts of different meat types, and other good eats like burritos and chicken, though...Read More
Veni H
Veni H -Local Guide
a year ago
As a long time customer that has supported this establishment, it was very disappointing to see how greed has affected this business and, more importantly, its once loyal customers. While standing in an unusually short line recently for the fresh food area, the other customers...Read More
OC Strangest
OC Strangest -Local Guide
2 years ago
I Highly recommend visiting if you want authentic Mexican grocery items, incredible meat, and chicken. There is NO place better for great-tasting fresh tortillas (unless you make them yourself). And El Toro is the ONLY place I will buy Champurrado. And this is my...Read More
Brittany Rose
Brittany Rose
2 years ago
I really like the food here. I picked up some tamales and carne asada for Thanksgiving. Both are delicious. I love the Salsa Roja as well. I’m impressed with how fast and efficient the business is considering the volume of food they turn out. They...Read More
Debi Gu
Debi Gu -Local Guide
a year ago
My family was very disappointed in the carnitas and Carne asada we received on our purchase this trip we ordered 2 lbs of carnitas and a numer 2 and the meat was all like crumbled into small pieces when usually the carnitas is given...Read More
Juan Gil
Juan Gil
3 years ago
Even though the pandemic is going on people don’t respect each other’s space, instead everyone is too close together in one single line waiting outside for they’re food. The restaurant inside looks very dirty the food out there for display looks like it has...Read More
Kevin Christmas
Kevin Christmas
3 years ago
What use to be is no longer there. This used to be the carniceria that carried high quality meat and provided excellent customer service. Over the past years this place has been a huge disappointment. Poor customer service, the quality of the meat has declined...Read More
Salvador Gonzalez
Salvador Gonzalez -Local Guide
6 years ago
Great authentic Mexican food. They make there own tortillas and have almost any meat you can think of. They also have burritos. They sell it by the pound or in a taco or in a party pack.I wish we had one closer to our house...Read More
Jose Ocampo
Jose Ocampo -Local Guide
2 years ago
The very best Super Sized Tacos , Burritos and delicious carnitas all at great affordable price . This place makes all the other tacos restaurants and tacos food trucks look like a ZERO . If you have not been here , you don't really know...Read More
joe oc
joe oc
6 years ago
Pros: The prices are golden and most generous when it comes to packing on the different types of meats on tacos or burritos.Cons: The parking and wait time might be a little long at times but well worth it. Standing up eating or in your...Read More
Carolina Flores
Carolina Flores
2 years ago
So today my mom and her friend where trying to get a ticket in one of there Machines but some how it took their money and the asked to speak to the store manager he came out but didn’t say anything or helped in anyway...Read More
Los Angeles
Los Angeles -Local Guide
a year ago
Update; I didn't know that the ownership changed until now... Well, it's not as good as before, but it's still pretty good, better than most other places.This is the real taco at best! Fresh tortillas wrapping well prepared meats with good pico de Gallo and...Read More
Anselmo Rascon
Anselmo Rascon
2 years ago
I come to this store since they opened on 1974?, there been so many changes, right now they don't care about the customers, specially the Security they're so rude with the public, since the original owners are gone, they don't care. The Bonilla Family was...Read More
Buk Lau
Buk Lau
a year ago
My mom has been coming here for the past 10,15,20? years or so...we get all of out Christmas tamale masa here and sometimes their meat but today at the kitchen table during dinner she said that “ya no hacen las cosas buenas.” In English this...Read More
Suani Franco
Suani Franco
4 years ago
The food is amazing but the one problem I have is with the security guard in the morning on July 8th. He is very rude. Just because you have a "badge" doesn't mean a thing. Yelling at people at 8 in the morning. The person...Read More
Carms
Carms -Local Guide
2 years ago
You get quality and quantity food, no tiny tacos at this place. My favorite tacos from El Toro is, lengua (cow tongue) and I prefer the green salsa, they provide that for FREE. El Toro offers other Mexican foods like: tamales, burritos, tortas, etc......Read More
Steve Miller
Steve Miller -Local Guide
6 years ago
Absolutely the best carnitas in orange county. I've been coming here for close to 40 years. It is now a 45 minute drive for me, but totally worth it.Their tortillas are fresh, still warm when you get them, and it might be mandatory to sneak...Read More
Yobanie Lopez
Yobanie Lopez
4 years ago
The service was terrible. I understand the pandemic is happening but keeping everybody bundled up outside is not a good way to stop the spread of Covid 19, nonetheless I waited outside for almost an hour and i only ordered the fried pork skin thats...Read More

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