Diego Pops
$$ • Mexican Restaurant
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I LOVED this place. Such good tacos, and they’re all $3 on Mondays! We got the aguachile ceviche too, very tasty with a good amount of spice to it. Very fresh. Al pastor tacos were legit al pastor. GF items marked, they’ll flag for the kitchen. Dedicated fryer. What’s not to love. Very reasonably priced too!
Knowledgeable waitress. GF items on menu are clearly marked. They use a dedicated air fryer and prep area for GF items.
Really good food served by friendly and knowledgable staff.
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Food is very good, and well marked on the menu. Waitress seemed knowledgeable on gluten and made an "allergy" note on my ticket as an extra precaution. I felt safe eating here
Lots of gf items and cute vibes. Love going here every time I’m in Scottsdale.
My waitress was very helpful and knowledgeable.She double check with the kitchen to be sure I don't get any gluten or soy. The food was reasonably priced and definitely filled my lunch time void. Yes, I'd go back again.
Great food! Tacos are gf, but also the chips and salsa/ guacamole/ queso. You don’t find that often! Clearly labeled gluten free options. Nice atmosphere too.
Was kind of scared to eat here after reading the reviews from 2019. However I had a great experience. The chips are gluten free as they have a dedicated fryer. They also have crispy corn tortilla shells which are also gluten free due to being also cooked in the same fryer as the chips. Our server and the hostess were very good about our allergy and there was not even a question whether it was safe or not. Definitely recommend its a fun and safe place!!
Thanks to some recommendations I found on Eat Gluten Free AZ on Instagram, we stopped at Diego Pops near our hotel in Old Town Scottsdale for happy hour where all apps and margaritas are half off. They have a marked gluten free menu which is important to me as a Celiac.
⚠ I was told that their fryer is dedicated but flour tortillas are stored near it, so to avoid potential cross contamination, avoid the fried foods.
After being put on a 15 minute wait list, we were seated outside. The weather was fantastic so it was very comfortable in the outdoor dining area next to the bar. On the table are 6 different sauces. Try them all - my favs were the pink one and the light green serrano one.
We got a frozen house blue raspberry margarita, 2 Diego (house) margaritas, a cheese quesadilla (not GF, but my husband loved it), elote (great), a bowl of tortilla soup (12/10 it was delicious), a corn cheese dip (fine) with tortillas rather than chips to avoid potential gluten cross contamination, and a pineapple pork bowl with coconut rice (not a fan.)
Between ordering our drinks and when our food came out, it was like maybe 40 minutes. We didn't mind because the weather was good and we were chatting and had our drinks, but our waitress kept updating us that she was on the kitchen to bring out our stuff. We were like, "it's fine." She came out 2 more times and said the kitchen had lost our ticket. Whatever, we were in no rush. Stuff happens.
She was super apologetic even though we didn't complain and the manager came over and gave us vouchers for 6 free tacos and comped our entire meal!!! We told them it wasn't necessary and we could pay but the waitress said it was thanks for being so nice and understanding. That made me feel sad that they clearly deal with a lot of rude, unreasonable people. It wasn't necessary to comp our meal or give us free taco vouchers. We did tip her in cash an amount that would have been 1/3 of the original bill.
Please don't go expecting free food but if you're in Scottsdale, please go check out the food at Diego Pops and get the tortilla soup for sure.
Visited: November 2023
Server advised that chips are made in separate fryer. Also that most everything can be made gf. Menu notes already gf options clearly. Food was good, and filled the craving for tacos.
Staff didn’t seem very knowledgeable about cross-contamination and shared fryer. Felt sick after eating and didn’t think the food was even that good.
Don’t waste your time - they are not even gluten friendly. Pretty surprising to see a restaurant advertise most of their menu as GF and not have their act together. The staff didn’t seem to know. They checked w/ the kitchen and couldn’t even confirm the wings would be safe (they have a GF symbol next to them). They are cooked in a shared fryer then tossed on the grill. I highly advise to avoid this restaurant. Margaritas weren’t great either.
They advertise many GF menu items. We went and as I always do, I advised the wait staff of my severe anaphylaxis wheat allergy. We were advised that they do not have dedicated fryers and that we should not eat there. I SO appreciated their honesty. However, they shouldn’t be advertising GF b/c they are not.
Tacos and poke’ with a great atmosphere. Items are clearly marked. I also had mango habanero wings(yum). We’ll be back.
