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Loco Taqueria & Oyster Bar - South Boston, Boston, MA

Loco Taqueria & Oyster Bar - South Boston

4.7
4.7
339 Reviews
$30 and under
Mexican
LOCO TAQUERIA & OYSTER BAR is a funky neighborhood joint located on West Broadway in South Boston that specializes in tacos, raw bar, and tequila.

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2 people

7:00 PM


Booked 60 times today

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Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Mexican, Seafood
  • Hours of operation
    Mon–Thu 11:00 am–10:00 pm Fri 11:00 am–11:00 pm Sat 10:00 am–11:00 pm Sun 10:00 am–10:00 pm
  • Phone number
    (617) 917-5626
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress

What 339 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.7
4.7 based on recent ratings
  • 4.7Food
  • 4.5Service
  • 4.7Ambience
  • 4.6Value

NoiseModerate

Loved For

  • Greater Boston

    Lively

  • Greater Boston

    Mexican

  • Boston

    Lively

  • Boston

    Mexican

339 Reviews
  1. Elise

    Chicago

    4 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on November 7, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Everything was so great. Fish tacos, birria tacos, queso, charred pineapple guacamole, and extensive tequila options. Service was fantastic and the whole vibe was just what we were looking for, upbeat and energizing but not overly noisy. Definitely recommend!

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  2. OpenTable Diner

    Greater Boston

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on October 10, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Grateful to our wonderful server and the staff for letting us sit outside with our newborn! Delicious as always.

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  3. Niah

    Charleston

    2 reviews

    3.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on September 18, 2023

    overall3food3service3ambience4
    Ordered the enchiladas. Salsa tasted like marinara sauce. Loaded egg rolls were good, but the Mexican crema was a little bland

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  4. BostonGal

    Greater Boston

    34 reviews

    vip
    2.0

    34 reviews

    Dined on September 7, 2023

    overall2food2service1ambience2
    A below average experience. Tacos were alright. Surly server. Drinks wrong. So popular but it isn’t the food or service. See and be seen? I have had great food and service here in the past. Perhaps just an off day.

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  5. PriSW

    Greater Boston

    2 reviews

    3.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on August 25, 2023

    overall3food3service4ambience4
    Everything was great until we tried to eat the Baja fish taco and realized it was raw. Thankfully I cut it in half first or I would’ve eaten raw fish, which I definitely shouldnt while pregnant. When we told the waitress she acted like it wasn’t a big deal. We eventually got a new one once we were done with everything else, it was just ok. The waitress did take the taco off the bill, which was nice since we hadn’t asked. The margarita my husband got wasn’t great. I would go back but would definitely make sure to check that everything is properly cooked before eating.

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  6. Mixie0212

    Greater Boston

    98 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    98 reviews

    Dined on August 3, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great lunch! Surprisingly busy for mid week. Fun crowd indoors and out. Incredible food - kept it simple with guac, salsa and octopus in plantain cups and a couple of the freshest tastiest margs. Service is super attentive but very chill at the same time. No pressure - there to please. Dying to go back for dinner. Talked to other diners that are regs and couldn't say enough great things.

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  7. Junior

    Greater Boston

    18 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    18 reviews

    Dined on July 25, 2023

    overall3food2service5ambience4
    Hadn’t dined here in a while. Service was excellent but the food seems to have dipped. Flavors were a little dull.

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  8. janyceM

    New York Area

    3 reviews

    4.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on July 1, 2023

    overall4food4service3ambience3
    tasty food, quick service, nice cocktail list! airy space with a polished yet industrial feel. Music WAY too loud. Our party had the smash burger (small but tasty) and the plato ranchero , which was delicious (eggs, black beans, chorizo, tortilla chips, roasted jalapeño). definitely recommend!

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  9. MeganB

    Greater Boston

    13 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    13 reviews

    Dined on June 24, 2023

    overall5food5service4ambience5
    Great birria tacos! Potatoes and drinks were delish

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  10. OpenTable Diner

    Memphis/West TN

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on June 21, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We brought our executive team. Great food. Good service. Loved the outdoor area

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  11. OpenTable Diner

    Greater Boston

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 14, 2023

    overall4food4service4ambience4
    The taco shells were absolutely horrible. Tasted and smelled like rubber. Everything else was fantastic

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  12. HC82

    Greater Boston

    8 reviews

    vip
    1.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on June 12, 2023

    overall1food1service1ambience2
    Server was extremely slow and checked on every single table around us except ours. Didn’t even check to clear the empty cups/plates. Took her (Alexis) over 20 mins to ask us for our first drinks. Was there for 2.5 hours and was only able to get 2 drinks that was incorrect (missing the grenadine BOTH times). We intentionally repeated it to make sure she didn’t forget the 2nd time. Food came cold. She was only quick when it came time to run the card for the bill.

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  13. Nani

    Greater Boston

    3 reviews

    3.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on June 3, 2023

    overall3food2service2ambience5
    Food portions are super small. Also quality of food did not having me wanting to order more.

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  14. OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 29, 2023

    overall5food4service4ambience4
    Nice atmosphere and lively- enjoyable comfort food and drinks

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  15. OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 10, 2023

    overall4food5service4ambience4
    Amazing food. I took my wife there for our anniversary lunch. She loved the combination of a raw bar and Mexican food. Everything was great but the bacon guacamole and chips were standout.

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  16. skier

    Greater Boston

    2 reviews

    4.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on May 9, 2023

    overall4food4service4ambience4
    Great vibe, high energy, excellent variety of tacos!!!!!

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  17. ryanl

    Greater Boston

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on April 23, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Best food and drinks ever. Went for our anniversary. Champagne was given to us for it. I love the staff and the owner. Love y’all

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  18. OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 21, 2023

    overall3food5service4ambience4
    The music was extremely loud for a 6:30 pm dinner.

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  19. KatyS

    San Francisco

    4 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on April 16, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    Great experience. I can't eat gluten, so I appreciated that their menu was labeled, and that our server was very knowledgeable. They do have a gluten free fryer too!!! Our food was great, and so were the drinks. Already hoping to return!

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  20. OpenTable Diner

    Greater Boston

    1 review

    vip
    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 11, 2023

    overall3food3service2ambience4
    I love loco usually and am a regular but was pretty disappointed for my birthday celebration! Felt overly crowded, food wasn’t as high quality as usual, overall rushed and not super attentive

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  21. AndreaM

    Greater Boston

    6 reviews

    5.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on April 8, 2023

    overall5food5service3ambience4
    Love the brunch here. I had the burger with home fries and my husband had tacos. Best home fries ever. The seasoning and aoli they use is so flavorful. Service was a little slow. I had to ask for cream and sugar for my coffee 3 times. Waitress seemed like she was having a bad day. Otherwise we had a great time!

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  22. Belle

    Greater Boston

    3 reviews

    3.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on March 29, 2023

    overall3food2service2ambience2
    The drinks we overly iced, with no amount of alcohol. The chips were extremely salty. The seasoning (power) was overwhelming. The music selection was good.

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  23. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    3 reviews

    3.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on March 23, 2023

    overall3food2service4ambience4
    Good drinks but tacos were not good, ordered carnitas taco & fish taco but both shells were soggy and didn’t taste good. Disappointing whether it’s a $2 taco or $6-$7 at loco

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  24. OpenTable Diner

    Greater Boston

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 15, 2023

    overall4food4service5ambience4
    The food was insane and so was the service my only complaint was that the oysters were super mid but otherwise we had the guac, queso, and corn which were all outstanding and for our mains we had birria tacos which were to die for.

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  25. MiaP

    Greater Boston

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 13, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Our friendly knowledgeable server gave us excellent advice and kept us supplied with great cocktails and delicious food.

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  26. OpenTable Diner

    Greater Boston

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 5, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    Good food good location

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  27. AnAmericaninFrance

    Greater Boston

    61 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    61 reviews

    Dined on February 27, 2023

    overall5food4service5ambience4
    Quasi business/social meeting...oysters, tacos, and beer were perfect accompaniments.

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  28. OpenTable Diner

    Greater Boston

    3 reviews

    3.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on February 21, 2023

    overall3food4service1ambience2
    I always have a love hate relationship with loco. If I am able to get a bar seat then the service and quality of experience is 5 stars. But if I have to get a table that quality drops drastically. These servers just don’t care, are bad at their jobs, and it’s honestly so hard to tell who’s working sometimes when all they wear are hoodies and jeans. They’ll leave you for periods of times without checking in on you and forget multiple things. I’ve genuinely come to the decision that if I am not able to sit at the bar I would rather leave than experience such sun par service from their servers. Cocktails and oysters are great, food is decent. Not worth the stress of being seated at a table though.

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  29. SammyB

    Greater Boston

    8 reviews

    5.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on February 11, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great food and service. Went on a Saturday afternoon for brunch. Live entertainment was excellent. Can’t wait to go back.

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  30. HannahB

    Greater Boston

    8 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on February 5, 2023

    overall3food2service4ambience3
    Came for brunch, got the breakfast taco and the cinnamon roll. I clarified with our server whether the breakfast taco was spicy as I am not a fan of the current trend that food must be spicy to be good (not true!). She suggested putting the salsa verde to the side, which I appreciated. Taco arrived, tried the pico and found it to be spicy so I removed it and basically had a tortilla, egg and steak. Neither the egg nor the steak had any real seasoning, so basically the dish is counting on the pico and salsa to bring the flavor. The cinnamon roll was tough/hard, even the center pieces, so overall my meal was pretty underwhelming. I did enjoy the coco marg mocktail, but generally haven't found the food at Loco to be good in a while.

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  31. StevenI

    Greater Boston

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on January 16, 2023

    overall4food5service4ambience4
    Had a great time with the oysters and the tacos!! Excellent concept and experience

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  32. OpenTable Diner

    Greater Boston

    3 reviews

    vip
    1.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on January 15, 2023

    overall1food2service1ambience3
    I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND LOCO. Was kicked out because our waitress got offended that I tried to get her attention for another round of drinks after walking by our table 3 times. Was super unprofessional and I will not be going back.

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  33. OpenTable Diner

    Greater Boston

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on January 7, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    I went to Loco on Saturday for my cousins birthday lunch! The service was amazing! She noticed I was pregnant and gave me a baby onesie and the special chip seasoning which was so above and beyond! The food was phenomenal! Needless to say we will be back!

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  34. kimm11

    Northern MI

    14 reviews

    5.0

    14 reviews

    Dined on December 30, 2022

    overall5food5service4ambience4
    We absolutely loved the braised short rib tacos!! So delicious!! Great combo of flavours.

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  35. KathrynS

    Washington DC

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on December 30, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Wonderful and friendly service and yummy food. Try the starter corn!

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  36. keviny

    Greater Boston

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on December 29, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    Above average Mexican and great cocktails

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  37. johnf

    New York Area

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on December 22, 2022

    overall1food2service4ambience1
    food was mediocre. service was fine, but the noise level was ridiculous. on top of that they are pumping in music that cannot be heard except for the throbbing beat because the volume for that is too high. no chance we would return

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  38. OpenTable Diner

    Greater Boston

    4 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on December 17, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Staff is great

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  39. Reeeat

    New York Area

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on December 4, 2022

    overall4food3service4ambience5
    Great ambience and service! Oysters were a bit mediocre in my opinion.

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  40. NatalieM

    Philadelphia

    1 review

    vip
    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on December 4, 2022

    overall3food4service1ambience3
    I typically love this place, food is always delicious, always comes out quick and truly always a great time. The service was terrible this night. We ordered chips and salsa multiple times from our server and on the third request she finally put in the order. Our meals took 45 minutes, which having been here before on similar nights when it was just as busy is never the case. It seems as though the server forgot to put in our orders, cause when we finally checked in about our meal, she was able to get it made and brought over literally within a few minutes. We had a late reservation so the kitchen wasn’t crazy busy, from the looks of it, we were the only people eating. The server was not great at customer service, she just seemed as though she did not care whatsoever to be there and could careless about even making sure our orders were completed.

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Loco Taqueria & Oyster Bar - South Boston is rated 4.7 stars by 339 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

Make a reservation

2 people

7:00 PM


Booked 60 times today

Order delivery or takeout

Google Map for Loco Taqueria & Oyster Bar - South Boston

412 W Broadway, Boston, MA 02127

Additional information

  • Neighborhood
    South Boston
  • Hours of operation
    Mon–Thu 11:00 am–10:00 pm Fri 11:00 am–11:00 pm Sat 10:00 am–11:00 pm Sun 10:00 am–10:00 pm
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Mexican, Seafood
  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Parking details
    Public Lot
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Additional
    Full Bar, Gluten-free Options
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