rocco's tacos & tequila bar

came to this las olas location one night during my stay in the area. great, great spot. gets crowded even on weekday nights. big tourist attraction known for some of the best mexican food around. waited about 30 mins for a table. didn't mind- grabbed some awesome margaritas at the bar during happy hour. had a great waitress after we were seated. great service. we immediately ordered guacamole for the table, made table side. one of the better guacamoles i've had. theirchipsare delicious even by themselves. a salty, chipotle type seasoning on thechipsmade for a delicious starter. i ordered the surf & turf molcajetes, which is a collection of shrimp, skirt steak, chorizo, and chicken with sweet potatoes and vegetables in a fajita type sauce served in a red hot "lava rock" bowl. it's their version of a fajita platter. absolutely incredible. came with four fajitas and all the fix-ins. awesome, awesome dish. my girlfriend ordered a chicken taco and a carne asada taco. both were very, very good. ordered a few more margaritas at the table too since those were great too. overall great spot for very good mexican food if you're in the area. highly recommend.

absolutely delicious. i got 3 tacos and he got the spicy chicken chimichanga andchipsand salsa to share. everything was superb. just enough spice and thechipswere warm with a tasty seasoning. wish we would have tried the guac! next time for sure!

bland and loud!!. we made the mistake of trying rocco's on a friday night. anyone familiar with the las olas area knows not to do this. but we figured that if we got there ealy, (6:30pm), we could avoid the mob scene. wrong! 90 minute wait to be seated, followed by another 45 minute wait for our meal to actually be on the table.
as for the food, after that kind of wait you'd think we were so ravenous that we would have wolfed it all down. wrong again. while thechipsand salsa were delicious, the dinner was anything but. i ordered that night's special: shrimp tacos with a miso sauce. i might as well have ordered plaster board. tasteless, and the shrimp were so overcooked they'll be appearing as fossils at the museum of natural history. seriously, what a terrible experience and disappointment. but what can you expect from a kitchen that is so overwhelmed. quality suffers.
the only thing worse than the food is the ambiance. forget about talking. the music is cranking, the bar is packed with drunkards, and the patrons are all screaming at one another to be heard. loud! let me repeat: loud!!!
i can't recommend this place for dinner, at least on a weekend.

good food but expect to pay. rocco tacos has good food, but expect to pay. for example, most of these places gove you complimentraychipsand salsa, but here you pay....imo that is wrong, but i do have a choice to go or not go....

we sat on the patio, very comfortable. thechipswere excellent as well as the table prepared guacamole. the slow cooked pork tacos and enchiladas were good. the iced tea was actually tasty. the staff wasn't rude but could have been more engaged or interactive. for instance, the waiter preparing the guacamole could have engaged in conversation. for mexican, worth a trip.

go for the experience. fun atmosphere and beautiful people, good music and nice decor. food was good, not great. i had the yucatan combo of shredded chicken verde enchillada and two steak soft tacos. the tacos got wet in the enchilada sauce. the server was not attentive, bringing ourchipsand salsa (also just okay) at the same time as our meal and not refilling our drinks until he brought the check. friend had three steak tacos which he felt were "fair" and red sangria which he did not care for. a nice experience, but not for the service. be prepared to sit awhile. prices were fair, but you're paying to eat on las olas. this location has city parking around the corner on 14th street for $0.75 an hour on a sunday.

expensive and wayyyy overrated!. i was down in south florida visiting friends this past weekend. they were talking up rocco's and i have heard great things about it from other south florida friends, so i wanted to give it a try. we originally arrived at 11:00pm on saturday night to a 45-minute wait. we were starving, so we left. we went back on sunday night at 9:00pm and there was a short wait. the fact that people would wait to eat at this restaurant is ridiculous!

they charge you $3.00 for salsa. now, if the salsa was good i would not be complaining. but, it wasn't! it is pretty standard in mexican restaurants in this country to give you complimentarychipsand salsa. so, the $3.00 charge was surprising. i ordered the yucatan (a chicken enchilada and two skirt steak soft tacos) for $16.00. i requested no lettuce, but the server obviously was not paying attention because they had lettuce on them. it did not even come with any rice and beans. i was completely underwhelmed with the dish and for the price i expected more. we also ordered the homemade guacamole prepared table-side for $12.00. cantina laredo does the same thing and it is only $9.00 there and better! the server did not even prepare the guacamole at the table. a gentleman who did not speak english prepared it on a dirty cart that was brought out from the kitchen and had dirty dishes on the middle shelf!

i imagine our server gets by on his good looks. i mean, he was not incredibly bad. but, he was not attentive either. we sat for a very long time without achipsand salsa refill and before he even took our order.

i am so confused as to why this place is so busy and popular. it is loud, expensive, the food is mediocre, and the service is eh. i am sure it is because the residents of south florida have no idea what a good restaurant is. they just want to think they look good at a trendy place. i fell for this trap once. but, not again. i will not be back. south florida, you should demand better!

rocco's, schmacos. i have been to the las olas location twice since it finally opened. i understand that it's new to the neighborhood and yes, they stay busy, but i'm being kind by calling the service sub-par. both times it took forever for us to even be acknowledged by a server after being seated. the food took forever, and the guacamole came out pre-made. salsa was bland,chipsuninspired. we gave it a second chance, thinking that since they were so new, the bugs were being worked out. same scenario all around. i recommend cantina laredo at gulfstream park for their tableside guacamole -- it's more authentic, they do a simply fabulous presentation, and it just tastes better! the courteous, attentive service at cl is also head-and-shoulders above rocco's, as is the value for your money.

in summary: poor value for the money, and super-sucky service. we won't be back, even though it's very conveniently located (just 5 blocks from my home). we'll drive the 30 minutes to cantina laredo in hallandale.

these tacos rock!. rocco's tacos is a great place for lunch, dinner date, happy hour or group dinners. the atmosphere is amazing w/ a full liquor bar and teqila bar. they have many types of tacos to choose from. i had the skirt steak taco, fish taco and the spicy beef. the skirt steak had great flavor, just a little bit over cooked, as for the spicy beef, i would give it 3 out of 5 stars...the fish taco was the shining star of the tacos! it was blacken mahi and all of the tacos are dressed w/ lettuce, tomatoes, cilantro and queso fresca cheese. thechipsand salsa may be the best i've ever had! please visit rocco's tacos when you are in ft. lauderdale! happy eats!!

when my boyfriend and i arrived to this restaurant we asked for an order of guacamole, the waiter asked us if we wanted somechipsand salsa to which we agreed. i asked for a frozen strawberry margarita ( the waiter got me one on the rocks, not big deal, they blended it) we got some tacos later on and the quality of the food was mediocre at best. the food was bland, did not like the chips, guacamole was ok to say the least ($12) the salsa seemed that had been made ahead of time and kept in the refrigerator. we have been in quite a few mexican restaurants in the west and east coast and this one was a big disappointment... if u are a mexican food lover and know quality mexican food, coming here will be dfininetly disappointing, not to mention the overpriced drinks and to our surprise they charged us for thechipsand salsa, which are usually complimentary. when the waiter offered us thechipsand salsa failed to mention there was a price for it). not worth your money!