Santo Taco

First heard about this place through a positive review from a relative. Came to try it myself and will add it to my list of spots to return to! It's a got a great environment with plenty of decorations and runs on a touchscreen ordering system. They prepare your food for you really fast. Ordered their daily special burrito and it was super juicy and delicious. This place is super close in proximity to all the great spots in downtown Salt Lake but has no nearby free parking besides City Creek if you wanna do a half a mile walk. Would recommend this place!

If you’re looking for a religious experience when downing a couple of tacos, then Santo Taco (hallowed be thy name) is the place to praise and eat. The birria is on a whole other spiritual plane. You will literally drink whatever you have left. No regrets. They don’t skip on the meat in this glorious taco either. The meat is tender and oozing in flavor. The fish taco is delightful. Didn’t feel fried at all and the snappy cabbage was a textural bonus. You’ll be singing from the hymnal after polishing off these tacos. Service is either order at the counter or from a pad. Easily done. Shop is clean and salsa bar, like the Spirit, is flowing. The only downside is that it’s a Pepsi shop. Satan obviously won that battle. Santo Taco, and I’m paraphrasing Brother Brigham here, is the place.

Excellent tacos. It’s like a taco truck but with indoor seating. These guys make really great and well prepared food. I’ll post a pic of the shrimp tacos. I added the green sauce on top.

We went this past Friday night and honestly had a very disappointing experience. From the moment you walk in, the place looks neglected and dirty. We went to the counter where it clearly says “Order Here,” but no one acknowledged us for about 15 minutes. Eventually someone told us that we had to order ourselves at the kiosk. The bathrooms were extremely dirty and looked poorly maintained. From the dining area you can also see the kitchen and storage area where they keep the salsas and taco toppings, and everything looked messy, disorganized, and unsanitary. Considering this location is in downtown, you would expect the place to be more put together, but instead it felt like a run-down taquería. The worst part was the food. The carne asada tacos had no flavor, the meat was tough, and the

Best review of this place was on Yelp: “Their birria taco isn’t merely juicy—it is as though you’ve summoned a beast of flavor from the depths, complete with a dipping consomé that roars “dunk me, mortal!” It drenched my napkin, flooded my senses, and launched me into birria nirvana” But let’s make an even better review: “I walked into Santo Taco and immediately felt like I wasn’t supposed to be there—but not in a scary way, more like I’d stumbled into a family reunion where everyone lowkey suspected I was a narc or Justin Bieber impersonator. The meat was so tender I started whispering apologies to the cow in broken Spanish I learned from Dora the Explorer, I assume the meat was cow, could’ve been dog for all I cared because it was so delicious. A guy behind the counter looked at me