Boca By Chef Maria Mazon - Tucson

From the fresh salsas to the spicy Serrano margaritas, Boca does not disappoint. Sitting outside in the warm evening breeze was delightful. Fried mashed potato “Boca balls” are delicious.

The food here is incredible! The flavors are delicious and each food item is cooked to perfection. They have some delicious taco flavors and I enjoyed the Pulpo Asada (flavored grilled octopus). I found that their cocktails are on the smaller side and didn't have as much flavor as I would have hoped.Note that it's popularity makes it quite crowded during the evening, but around lunch, there is plenty of space.

This is one of those places we like to hit up while traveling because we enjoy watching Top Chef and then visiting the chefs at their restaurants to see how well they really cook. Chef Mazon really brings some great ideas to Mexican cooking, and some of her recipes are amazing and delicious. We really loved the chips and salsa sampler with our favorite tacos being the Cameron Shrimp (do not get breaded and deep fried), Barbacoa, and the steak tacos Unfortunately, we were unable to try the corn tortillas as the person who was making them had to leave, so we had the flour tortillas, which were just fine. I would not recommend the steak and shrimp tacos unless the shrimp were grilled. The deep fried shrimp were were.too thinkly battered and greasy. The mole de pollo was also one of our least favorites. It was too dry and gritty and definitely did not have enough mole in it. I would also not recommend the boca balls. It is a mashed potato ball rolled in panko and deep fried. It tasted mostly like fried oil and mush, to be honest. The house margaritas were excellent... perfectly tart and with just the right amount of salt. The service was very spotty. We were watching other tables, and we thought it may have just been our server. Perhaps he was overwhelmed, but he forgot to bring parts of our order multiple times and never refilled our drinks or came to see how our food was. It also took an extremely long time to get the check and to return the payment. For a lunch service, we were there a good two hours. The outdoor seating was nice, but we were seated by the bathrooms, and there was a line at times... it took us out of the feel of the restaurant. Overall, it's worth a stop for the food, but maybe stick to the tacos, margaritas, and chips.

The food here is incredible! The flavors are delicious and each food item is cooked to perfection. They have some delicious taco flavors and I enjoyed the Pulpo Asada (flavored grilled octopus). I found that their cocktails are on the smaller side and didn't have as much flavor as I would have hoped.Note that it's popularity makes it quite crowded during the evening, but around lunch, there is plenty of space.

Well, this place it’s really cute, it was recommended by several friends of mine, but what it was funny all of them say two things in particular, one that the drinks are fantastic and the second one that the tortillas always break apart, and funny enough fantastic drinks and yep the tortillas break apart, even though the tacos were really good I have to eat them with utensils.They have a nice patio, if the weather it’s nice you should take advantage of it.If you are in Tucson for a visit you should check Boca for sure and let me know how you like it.