The food was fresher and with what I perceived as being much better crafted. I'd put Hole Mole in Alberto's genre, or any of their similar sounding sister restaurants, but better. ![]() It's obviously a better quality than the chain spots, like Del Taco or Taco Bell, and not as good as Pepe's, Cali Tacos, or Lupes Taco Shop. Hole Mole ended up being a good spot for what I'd call fast food Mexican. The carne asada was tender, but a little more seasoning would have helped this out. The fries could have been crisper, but the ingredients were layered well, so you did not just end up with a bunch of fries at the end. This was a big portion, which I needed a little help in finishing. ![]() The foil container was layered with fries, cheese, tomato, onions, sour cream, guacamole, and cubed pieces of carne asada was our protein of choice. Definitely one of the most colorful things we have eaten this year. We finished out our meal at Hole Mole with their version of carne asada fries, which they list on their menu as Nachos Papas Nachos ($7.49). Ordering is done at the register, and the food is brought out for you. The inside dining room is compact, with maybe five small tables, a tiny condiment bar, and soda fountain. It's situated in a small A-frame building, with an eight-table patio on the left-hand side of the restaurant. Hole Mole has brought some stability to this building, as they have now been here for coming up on 7 years. It has been at least two Korean barbecue places, a teriyaki restaurant, and a Cajun spot. Hole Mole is housed in one of those places that have changed hands a bunch of times. If you've ever eaten at Sushi Wasabi, which is also in this narrow strip mall, you probably have had the same issue finding one of the coveted twenty parking spots here. We were not here on a Taco Tuesday, so we did not have to battle the crowds, but parking at this Tustin location is challenging to say the least. They get a lot of love for their Taco Tuesday, with lines out the door of hungry customers looking to snatch up their $1.19 tacos. They are a family owned business serving what they consider to be classic Southern California comfort food. They have three spots in Long Beach, one each in Carson and Signal Hill, and OC outposts in Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, and Tustin. Hole Mole is actually a mini-chain of restaurants with seven locations spread throughout Southern California. One place that looked pretty promising and was in the middle of us was Hole Mole in Tustin. So when it was time to meet up with my parents for dinner, I found myself searching for fish tacos on Yelp. My reason for bringing this up is because with all of this calling my dad by his new nickname, I must have subliminally been craving fish tacos. Okay, it makes sense, but after 9 years of visiting restaurants for this blog, I've found that there's plenty of items on menus that don't taste good. He didn't want to hear it, instead, countering with, "if it's on their menu, it should be good". I tried reasoning with him that they probably only serve a handful of fish tacos during the week, so the fish is probably frozen until it hits the deep fryer. He was actually surprised that his fish taco was subpar. This is a restaurant that is right across the street from the local high school, a place that mainly serves burgers, hot dogs, pastrami sandwiches, and chili cheese fries. It started about a month ago when my mom told me that he went to their local burger restaurant and for some inexplicable reason he got fish tacos. ![]() ![]() For a little while now, I have nicknamed my dad "Fish Taco".
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