La Parrilla - Ventura

La Parrilla served me the best taco I had during a 3-day weekend taco run in Ventura County last year. The restaurant 's extensive menu of Yucatán-inspired seafood dishes, vaporcitos, panuchos, and molcajetes ought to be carefully explored by locals. I consider large menus to carry inherent risk, as there are more opportunities for one to order the wrong thing, but this possibility seems unlikely at La Parrilla given the quality of what they have served me. La Parrilla 's 'Cochinita Pibil Taco ' $4.00) is the kind of taco that lets us forget the human struggle for a few minutes, and provides ample evidence that La Parrilla is the real deal. The restaurant 's silky cochinita pibil guisado practically dissolves on your tongue, as tender chunks of pork barely clutch on to buttery bits of fat in a recaudo rojo that perfectly balances a salvo of warm chilis with a delightfully sour tickle of citrus. The taco 's white corn tortilla which can be upgraded to a handmade tortilla at additional cost) is wrapped around its contents, steamed from the decadent stew within, and then sprinkled with pickled onions and crumbled queso, inviting a spoon-and-knife approach. Carefully pour on some of La Parrilla 's exquisite gut-melting pinkish salsa and prepare yourself for NSFW repercussions. You may also enjoy La Parrilla 's take on the 'Baja-Style Fish Taco ' $4.95), as here the generously-sized flaky white fish filet is covered in an ultra-crunchy golden fried batter, and then dressed with pico de gallo, sliced avocado, bitter strips of red white cabbage, and a punchy chile cream sauce. A lightly grilled tortilla is just sturdy enough to hold the taco 's bulging contents in place for your ingestion.

Would of earned 5 stars if the coffee wasn’t cold. Other than that though, Food was very good, and I will definitely be back. Large menu options and prices are very affordable.

This place always has the best food and the friendliest staff/owners. You can't go wrong with anything you order there and you definitely won't be disappointed! Great quality food and portions for a very reasonable price!

So much flavor! All staff appeared to be happy and all guests seemed to be well taken care of. When we eventually make it back out this way again we will definitely be stopping in at LA Parrilla!

We ordered a dozen of each flavor of Tamales for Christmas Eve dinner and all 3 flavors were delicious, The ratio of masa to meat was perfect. The filings were hardy and had a great flavor. I appreciated the tamale wrappers used because they were labeled so our guests did not have to touch each one to figure out the flavor. The staff were so kind and efficient also. I look forward to trying more menu items in the future,