El Rey Del Sabor
“I had the chicken with salsa rojas (red sauce) and spicy pork with salsa verde (green sauce).”
“I'm not a heat seeker so I go with the salsa verde and enjoy the spiciness from the pork.”
“2 tacos for $5 is killer for a midtown lunch.”
El Rey Del Sabor
Take-out: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
4 reviews
Rate and write a review Cancel reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
My coworker and I tried El Rey Del Sabor today due to their wonderful reviews and the fact that they won the Vendy's this year.
We were really excited to try some tasty Mexican, but were a little disappointed.
The pastelillios (doubt I'm spelling this correctly) were really good and cheap, $1.50 each. Definitely worth coming back for.
We tried the chicken tacos which were tasty and fresh. You need at least two or three to be full though. Street carts are meant to be an affordable way to eat lunch but at $2.50 each you're talking about spending AT LEAST $5.00 for lunch. That's fine, but then you add a drink and something else, and you're talking about a fairly expensive lunch.
I was interested in trying their rice and beans, which were truly disappointing. First off, they were bland as hell and they basically put 12 beans on top of a tray of rice. We were shocked at the portion. It would have been fine for $1.00 (that's what it was worth) but it was 4 Freaking Dollars!! Seriously! A bunch of crappy tasteless rice with beans I can count on my two hands, I felt like bringing it back and asking for my money back. Something I would never do, but was really tempted to.
Most of the other menu items sounded good, but due to my inability to eat cheese, were not an option. I'd definitely l like come back and try their burrito and might do so when craving Mexican, but I wasn't all that impressed with this street cart.
Hopefully they can change my mind in the future.
First time here and I got the spicy pork torta for $7. The sandwich is the size of a manhole cover and is heavy to hold. The pork was cooked perfectly and was juicy, the guacamole was fresh and the veggies were too. Every bite a delight. I will come back here for sure.
This is about as close as a four-star rating can get for me until it becomes five.
I went to the new Rey Del Sabor today, and I don't know if it was the fact that it's beautiful outside, I hit a good time, or what, but my torta was fantastic. Not quite to the level of Guerrero, but damn, damn tasty. And cheap, six bucks, and I'm totally full.
Not surprisingly, I will be back, and if they raise the bar a little higher, we could have something special.
Tried some of their pastelillos (Puerto Rican style empanadas). I had one with cheese and one with beef inside. Unfortunately both were disappointing. They were both old and had been sitting out a while. The guy there reheated them but did not even do a good job and they were still slightly cold when I ate them. They were also very dry and hard. I stopped by this place later n the day. They might be better earlier in the day during lunch time but I will need to find that out some other time.