Maria's Taco Shop - Taco restaurant in Merced - 1750 R St, USA

This is hands down my favorite place in all of California for Carne Asada fries. They add a nacho cheese sauce onto the fries when mixed with their LEGENDARY Chipotle Sauce, makes a droopy and delicious mesh that is instant flavor town. This is the only stop that matters every time I come by Merced and it's always a guarantee that I eat an order of their fries. They also sell their Chipotle sauce as well, you can get a Medium sized cup worth of sauce or pay $60 and get a whooping 5 Gallons of the stuff! Absolutely great deal all around!

went to visit for first time cause was craving for beef enchiladas plus tacos, not a bad price for the good portion and was able to add meat for the combo I paid for. The price was affordable for hubby's order which is 2 enchiladas. Wish I can pay other method instead of card or cash. The ambiance was calm and nice to sit down either inside our outside with shade and safe enough for kids to run around because there is fence. We decided to dine in, place seems clean so well probably order again.

Update: I just got a asada supreme burrito and it was big. It was $10. I had like the burrito from Victoria's but they raised the price to $14.30. No burrito should cost that much. Maria's wasn't as good but $4 cheaper made it far more better. And it was good though. The food here is good. condiments which I like better than the other taco shops that are similar and Merced Maria's has the best. Update 4th of July 2023 I got a chicken supreme burrito it was so delicious. But I didn't like that it had several pieces of hard Gristle pieces that just should not be in the meat. Just having three bites of big pieces of Gristle makes me not want to eat this burrito anymore. But I still love Maria's the best..

Depending on the cook that's working the food comes out okay to great. Customer service can use an improvement but then that goes with lots of places nowadays. They're not rude, but you get the sense they want you to hurry up and order. Overall the place is not bad.

The red sauce wasn't as good as it was the first time, but the employees are awesome. Every cook has a challenging day occasionally. Definitely comfort food. The beans and rice, perfection.

The teenage girl who works the register needs to learn customer service! She tossed my card on the counter after I paid . She also tossed my food on the counter and didn’t announce my order like she did for the two orders before me . When I asked for lemons she threw those too and said “there go”. I watched her hand the customer after me the card in his hand and handed another lady salsa in her hand ! I’ve been at this place a couple of times so idk what was up with her !

The chubby girl at front area is a real bummer. Doesn't greet you. Kind of rude snarkiness. Rolled her eyes at us. We sat outside, minutes passed, I went to check on our food. It had been sitting there.. I said " you weren't gonna tell us"? She said " no, customers need to pay attention". We were the only ones there, as she was texting on her phone. Really really bad customer service. My burrito was ok. Nothing so yummy that I'd go back. And something hard I bit into hurt my tooth. Never to go there again.

Time visited 6am. As our group walk in we greeted and about to place our order the server step to the side talked and smoched with partner 5 minutes before attending to us. Also one of the individual of our group needed to go to the restroom and was denied, they said only for employees??? (They have a sign posted restroom customers only)