Have you ever eaten in a disco, the music being so loud you can’t even hear what other people are saying? That is what I felt when I had dinner at Pink Taco in Times Square. They describe themselves as a “trendy eatery/bar with a rock 'n' roll vibe, serving Mexican fare, including tacos & margaritas”, that is for the most part correct, but the rock n’ roll part is more than a vibe. Good music, but so loud, that you just want to eat quickly and leave (at least that is how I felt). The thing is, the food took forever to come, and then came at once: house margarita, guacamole and chips (these could have come first), Mexican corn, fried lobster tacos and vegetable fajitas. Overall, the dishes were good: the guac, although small, was fresh and well seasoned; the lobster tacos were crispy and well cooked, not greasy, with a nice kick from the mango-habanero salsa (I should mention that they came with rice and beans). The Mexican street corn was good, but spicy, with a nice char, and the vegetable fajitas, that also came with rice and beans, decent.
House margarita at Pink Taco in Times Square
House margarita at Pink Taco in Times Square
Guacamole at Pink Taco in Times Square
Chips and salsa at Pink Taco in Times Square
Mexican corn at Pink Taco in Times Square
Rice and beans at Pink Taco in Times Square
Vegetables fajita at Pink Taco in Times Square
Rice, beans and tortilla at Pink Taco in Times Square
Fried lobster tacos at Pink Taco in Times Square
Fried lobster tacos at Pink Taco in Times Square
Dessert was a bit of a let down: we decided to try their tres leches churro, thinking that merging two of our favorite desserts would create an amazing combination. That was not the case at all: it looked really good, but the churros were heavy and doughy, with a pink tres leches sauce that did not help. This was not good at all.
Tres leches churro at Pink Taco in Times Square
Tres leches churro at Pink Taco in Times Square
Although most of the food was good, I was a bit disappointed by Pink Taco. Too loud for my taste and the food is not worth having a headache…
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Pink Taco - 7 Times Sq, New York, NY 10036
