La Selva Taqueria

this great to for some drinks and food; saturday they have karaoke a bit loud but its fun :)

Had 3 tacos from them, pastor, carne asada, and pollo asado. All 3 were great. And the guy at the counter was really friendly. Got free chips and 4 different kinds of salsa. Definitely coming back.

We were passing through from out of town and thought we would check this restaurant out. We were surprised at the size of the items they served. The restaurant appeared clean and had a nice salsa bar. The two people cooking was also waiting on us and did an outstanding job. I would return to this location again.

I'll preface by saying I ordered my food shortly before closing and maybe that contributed to the quality of food I got....but I don't think so.

I ordered the chicken enchilada plate, a pastor burrito, and some tacos (1 chicken, 1 pastor, 1 carne asada) I paid $2 extra for 4 small containers of salsa. And the order came with a bag of chips.

Chips - stale I tried one, no crisp, all chew, and I threw the rest of the bag away.

Chicken taco - moist, basic flavor.

Pastor taco - tender, juicy, flavorful

Carne asada taco - omg overcooked, do not enjoy the flavor, ate 3 bites and tossed it. The meat was so hard and bland.

Enchiladas- I love that they separate the toppings from the enchiladas themselves ::chefs kiss:: but the enchiladas themselves were unimpressive. Lots of bones in the chicken meat for enchiladas made it difficult to eat them without being very careful to chew slowly and feel around for potential bones. IMO, that's entirely too much brain work to just be stuffing my face.

I wanted to give a new place a try and I'm semi glad I did because now I know, but I really could've gone without this experience and I will not be returning. I will say, the ladies working were pleasant but that's about all the good I had in my experience.

No nos gusto el burrito. El arroz sabe muy feo , no lo recomiendo. Ocupan mejorar en su arroz y tener opiniónes veganos. Ya que ahi mucha gente que se esta asiendo veganos

Pero la salsas saben ricas.

Service was terrible, but the drinks and karaoke were ok. They never gave us our food and told us that they already did and so we ended up leaving and getting our money back

I found this place through one of my favorite food sites and was excited to give it a try! This place is on a somewhat busy street with limited street parking. The restaurant is pretty casual walking up to it and the interior is equally casual. The food site recommended the whole grilled chicken or "pollo al carbon" which we got and was delicious! We also got some different tacos, the carne asada was just ok though it's usually my favorite but the al pastor was very good! The burrito we got was ok, nothing super unique. I think in none COVID times they offer a salsa bar but during COVID just offered some salsa options. We got our food to go and it traveled fairly well. Overall if I were in the area I would likely return!

** The following review reflects my delivery experience DURING the shelter-in-place order currently in effect. **

As Jamie W. and I were made fully aware at last year's Cinco de Mayo festivities, 23rd Street in Richmond is chock full of family-run Latin American eateries each one likely drawing their own devoted followings. Jamie and I, for example, are pals of Portumex since the menudo they serve there is really good. This raging pandemic has offered a glimpse at other nearby restaurants that otherwise wouldn't have drawn our attention. That's due to delivery apps like Door Dash which treats all these spots on a level playing field. What drew me to La Selva was the $21 Pollo al Carbon.

On the menu, they accommodated us uneducated, unilingual souls by describing it as "Whole Chicken Everything". It was an entire chicken cut up in eight pieces and accompanied by six flour tortillas; sides of rice, refried beans, and pico de gallo; and a paper bag filled with tortilla chips and served up with little containers of a typical salsa bar selection. In other words, it was a family meal for a relative bargain price much like my mom used to get at KFC when the empty bucket magically turned into a Christmas card holder. The poultry was surprisingly tasty. Not really succulent but the breast meat wasn't dried out as I was fearing.

I got the impression they make these whole cluckers en masse, so we were happy it was quite edible (photo: https://bit.ly/2TSGaK3). The rice and especially the frijoles were quite flavorful though likely calorific if that's a concern (photo: https://bit.ly/2Xx9EOi). Presentation is not a strong suit here but flavor is as we ordered two of the $6.25 Super Soft Tacos with the pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream, cheese having shifted around on its travel to our home (photo: https://bit.ly/2TEDMGm). For an extra fifty cents, Jamie had pieces of pork added to his, while I had yet more chicken added to mine. Sloppy was just not a big deal to us as our bellies were getting filled.

FOOD - 4 stars...get the chicken with the fixings...get sloppy tacos at your own discretion
AMBIANCE - n/a...a 'shelter-in-place' treat
SERVICE - 4.5 stars...it came fast and warm
TOTAL - 4 stars...you hungry?...come here!

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Primero que todo quiero empezar por decir nose por que espere que este lugar fuera ser bueno para ir a comer con mi familia.
El servicio fue fatal. No escribieron bien mi orden y la muchacha se notaba distraída con otras cosas. Y pues ni decir que estaba bien ocupado porque la verdad nomas estaban unos dos señores tomando y los dos que estaban trabajando se estaban haciendo pendejos.
Nunca llego mi comida y cuando fui a preguntar porque estaban durando demasiado con mi comida la señora tuvo el sinismo de decir que ya me avían dado mi plato cuando la verdad fue que no estuviera preguntando por mi plato si ya estuviera comiendo y luego se disculpa porque pensó que ya me lo había llevado y pregunto por el otro plato y ese tampoco lo avían anotado.
Pedí un refund y la seño dice aver si se puede
Claro que se puede mijita pero bueno.. en lo que cabe fue una experiencia inolvidable que ni por ahí vuelvo a pasar. Horrible servicio y los chips quemados y salsa sin sabor y bien enchilosos ni eran comibles. Nose si fue una semana mal que fui oh ahí eso es siempre. Ambiente fue muy raro y si pudiera darle nada de estrellas eso pondría...

I have been craving lengua or cabeza tacos and saw that La Selva had cabeza as one of its meats. I also read about their chicken, so I ordered a cabeza wet burrito to try and half just chicken.

The chicken had a good flavor and was pretty yummy. I loved the burrito. Everything together mixed well and had savoriness, acidity, and little bit of heat. The portion was huge so the food will probably last me 2-3 meals, which is great cause I can enjoy it for longer.