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Tuesday, June 12, 2018

TACO'S ZARATE

TACO'S ZARATE
4210 WAIALAE AVE
HONOLULU, HI. 96816
808-892-1565
RESTAURANT CLOSED 6/16/18
www.tacoszarate.com
www.yelp.com/biz/taco-zarate-honolulu
www.facebook.com/zaratez/

Sad to see the closing of Taco's Zarate on June 16, 2018. This family business is the victim of redevelopment and will be missed. Mr. Zarate worked hard from a food truck to a sit down restaurant moving from King Street to its current and last home on Waialae Avenue. I had to stop in and get a few of my favorites before they close. Ordered a Fish Taco and Carne Asada Burrito. Yum! Stopped in a week or so ago and got my last fix of their Crunchy Tacos too. Gonna miss this place.

Click Links below to view previous posts on Tacos Zarate;

https://greateatshawaii.blogspot.com/2018/05/tacos-zarate.html

https://greateatshawaii.blogspot.com/2016/09/tacos-zarate.html

FISH TACO

CARNE ASADA BURRITO WITH CHIPS

CARNE ASADA BURRITO WITH PICO DE GALLO

Monday, September 12, 2016

TACOS ZARATE

4210 WAIALAE AVE, B108

HONOLULU, HI 96816

808-892-1565

HOURS: Daily 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM

www.tacoszarate.com

www.yelp.com/biz/taco-zarate-honolulu

www.facebook.com/zaratez/

Very pleased to see a Mexican eatery come to the East Side of Oahu. Tacos Zarate which was a hole in the wall on King Street now enjoys a great location across from Kahala Mall with plenty of parking. We visited on a Sunday and found the owner and his lovely girlfriend smiling and working hard to make sure everything was running smoothly. The menu here is posted on the wall above the counter where you place your order. We ordered and in minutes our food was waiting on the counter to the right where we picked it up and took it to one of the tables. Started with the Pico and Chips ($5). The Pico was super fresh and served with a basket of Tortillas Chips. I liked the Pico on the food but prefer a more liquid and flavorful salsa for chip dipping. The Taquito's ($7.25) and everything else were served with Chips so it really did not pay to order the Pico and Chips. We went for Chicken Taquitos. There are three pieces filled with a good amount of Chicken. Topped with a Guacamole Sauce, thickly cut cabbage and Mexican cheese. The Tostada Polo ($6.50) was a bit of a disappointment as the Chicken was cut into small mini cubes that you could really not taste. The beans were not mashed and again the cabbage was cut really thick instead of shredded. The Tacos Carnitas ($3.25) was filled with a good amount of Pork but lacked big flavor. The Fish Taco ($5.25) again had the thick cut cabbage and again lacked a lot of flavor that would make me come back and order this again. The highlight of the meal was the Super Carne Burrito ($9.50). This was a large burrito filled with Carne Asada, Rice, Beans, Cheese, Onions and Cilantro. The Pico went very well with this Burrito and I would try to order it next time with Pico inside the Burrito. Tacos Zarate serves up two types of Salsa. One red and one green. Both smokey with the Green Salsa packing a bit more heat. Glad to see Tacos Zarate in Kahala and wish them nothing but success.