Restaurant Review: Dorado

Last weekend, I caught up with Krissie and had lunch at Dorado in Brookline. Dorado serves tacos and cemitas, with a focus on Baja-California style fish tacos and authentic cemitas. Krissie and Katie came across Dorado awhile back, and I remember them stating that it was one of the best fish tacos they’ve ever had. I’m not a true connoisseur of fish tacos, but I’ve had my fair share ever since my spring break vacation to Cabo and then senior year living near Sunset Cantina, which served southwestern style cuisine. Ever since, if there are fish tacos on a menu 50% of the time, I’m ordering it.

Dorado offers individual tacos between $2.59-$2.99 or plates for $6.25 that includes 2 tacos, rice, beans, and a charred jalapeno. We ordered incorrectly after the first go around, and only ended up with 1 taco plate with 1 of each fried fish taco (Ensenada and Dorado) and a chorizo taco. Both fish tacos were great, but the Dorado stood above and beyond. Both tacos contained, 1 piece of fried Atlantic whitefish, cabbage, and salsa fresca, while the Ensenada had pickled onions and Baja crema and the Dorado had radishes and spicy chipotle crema. The fish was flaky, hot, and had the crust that was just right to match with the flaky fish meat.

Fish Taco Plate

The house made chorizo wasn’t too notable, but came with guacamole, which was a plus. The rice was mediocre, but the beans were one of the better black beans that I’ve had. On our second round of ordering, we got 1 more of each fish taco and a steak taco, which also gets a good review. The steak was marinated sirloin, and came with guacamole, queso fresco, and roasted tomato habenero salsa. All tacos came with 2 corn torillas.

Ensenada, Dorado, and Steak Taco

Service was very friendly and that included the counter staff and the owner and/or manager. After checking in on Yelp and getting a free Aguas Frescas (Lime, Ginger, and Pineapple drink), the owner/manager began picking my brain about social media sites like Yelp and Foursquare. Good thing I didn’t reveal that I dealt with these sites at my last job, so I could get back to my food asap, but now at least I know that he cares. Overall a good meal with hits and misses, but good enough to warrant further menu investigation. It’s also easy on the wallet and accessible via public transportation.

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