Tried Raymonds tacos tonight for the first time.Wasnt too crazy about the american cheese concept from the get go.Im sorry.Im Mexican.Im traditional.I dont even want lettuce and tomato on mine.Im a onions and cilantro guy.And if youre gonna put cheese in my tacos it BETTER BE MEXICAN CHEESE!!!! Dont want cheddar,munster,mozzarella and DEFINETELY not AMERICAN.Was it good???? It was ARRRIIIIIIGHT!!!! I dont want to eat it like that again.END OF REVIEW!!!!!!
Review Source:Me and two of my coworkers have a New Years Day tradition. We hit Raymond's on Cermak for some steak tacos. If you made a New Year's resolution to eat healthy, these tacos will leave that resolution unconscious in an alley with its pants around its ankles and bleeding from its ass...they may be the most unhealthy thing on the planet. But they are ridiculously good! Plus, they have the ability to reach back thru time and erase past hangovers. Getting the cheese is a must! Putting a slice of pasteurized, processed, American cheese-like product on tacos might seem like a sacrilege to some, but they are the key to making the whole concoction work! They put the slice between the tortillas. This acts as a binding agent and holds everything in place. The only thing is, they put onions in with the meat. If you don't like onion, make sure to let them know when you order.
Review Source:These people are freakin nasty! We ordered 9 tacos for pick up. Out of 6 tacos, 2 of them had hair in it. The other 3 tacos were thrown away. Theses tacos were eaten by 2 different people. When the first hair was discovered, my son approached me showing me the hair in the taco and said "this is why I don't like eating from there. Then when my sister discovered a hair in her taco, she vomited. That's just really disgusting!
I called and asked to speak to the owner or manager. Of course she wasn't in. So then I asked to speak to someone who understands English. They put some guy on and he answers the phone saying "what do you need?" I'm like wtf? That really upset me so I told him his customer service sucks! I then proceed with my original complaint. He kept asking me what order it was. I was like "what does it matter? Your food has hair in it. Not only in one taco but in two!" meanwhile i'm telling him this and he's attending other customers. I hear him saying "yeah. The fries are in there." So of course that makes me more mad! I start to yell at him and he says "he no understand." I'm like what don't you understand? I gad to repeatly tell him that he has hair in his food. I finally got fed up and told him in Spanish. English is my first language. I don't like to speak Spanish but if I have to I will. So the dumb ass still kept saying he didn't understand. I told him I'm telling you in Spanish as well and you still don't understand? Do I need to speak in a 3rd language now? I got do frustrated and hung up on his ass. I'm not looking to get my money back. They just won't have us as customers anymore.
The food is not that good. If I wanted to eat grease then I would've gotten a spoon and ate from a grease can. There was no flavor, and they used american cheese. Where they do that at? I could've made a taco at home that tasted better than the ones at had there. But, the people were fast and friendly, and the area was comfortable.
Review Source:While the morning rapidly grew colder and colder, as if Zeus suddenly summoned a mighty wind down California Avenue, only the quest to find a restaurant -any restaurant - open early for breakfast gave me any incentive to soldier on.
Was there a hashhouse hidden along this gray/black stretch near the Cook County Courthouse?
Perhaps a greasy spoon could give me something I didn't have to look at, but could easily swallow to stay fortified.
Maybe...just maybe, there was a friendly tacqueria that would welcome this Spanish-language-challenged stranger in his time of need.
OK, this may sound like a bit much but when you fall down the rabbithole and begin a day on jury duty with no lunch in hand and undetermined hours in court ahead, you want food fast and fulfilling.
After a fruitless walkdown down California, I head east on Cermak. Two guys walk out of Raymond's. It couldn't hurt for me to walk in.
Great call. As I enter, I can hear the sizzle of chicken and steak strips coming from the grill behind the counter along with the words "Kobe Bryant." It is the only English I hear for a minute. Smiling guys at the counter are getting that delicious sounding meat put into taco as I wait to order. The TV is on ESPN Deportes, but sports is a universal language, right. I order. No problem, of course. Everybody's bilingual but us native born gringos.
I don't know if this is Raymond behind the counter making my pollo and al pastor tacos, but it wouldn't surprise me. He knows his requlars, possibly family, and in a second my food is ready to go.
Nice. I rationed those tacos over two days just in case. Raymond's came through at a time of need. I'll definitely be back to try the burgers.
This is actually Raymond's Tacos and Hamburgers #1; #2 is the one on Blue Island.
I was here with a friend today and we both got some tacos and double cheeseburgers. The taco shells were a tad on the greasy side, but the char grilled steak was perfection! The cheeseburgers were excellent as well.
This place tends to be a little too small for comfort - there's a counter and four booths. We were lucky that we managed to get a booth just as a customer was about to leave.
Service was good given the crowd size and the number of employees working.
The one critique I have is regarding their beverage sizes - there seems to only be one size if you get the lemonade, fruit punch, or horchata, which seems to be somewhere between a small and a medium. You will get thirsty, so plan on ordering more beverages as your meal progresses.
If you're in the neighborhood, definitely check this place out - but plan on getting your food to go on the weekends.
EDIT 2/22: I stopped by here and it was a busy Friday night for them... I had to wait more than fifteen minutes for my order (there were several large orders including one guy who ordered 20 tacos for 'taco night'); still, they were efficient and moved as quickly as they could. Their hours are from 8AM to 12AM.
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