Tacos.

5 rankings across New York City, built from 36 scored dishes. Pick the exact tacos you want — each ranking compares only that dish.

Best Al Pastor Tacos 9 dishes ranked Street-style tacos of spit-roasted achiote-marinated pork (trompo / al pastor), typically on corn tortillas with onion, cilantro, salsa, and often pineapple. Rank the named pastor taco at a taqueria, not the burrito version, not the shop as a whole.

#1 Al Pastor Taco Taqueria Ramirez · Greenpoint, Brooklyn 8.7 Limited data
Best Carne Asada Tacos 8 dishes ranked Grilled marinated steak (carne asada) served in corn or flour tortillas — usually a plate of 2-3 street-style tacos with cilantro, onion, salsa. Rank the named carne asada taco SKU at a taqueria, not the restaurant as a whole, not the burrito version, not the torta.

#1 T Asada Taqueria El Chato · Greenpoint, Brooklyn 8.4 Limited data
Best Birria Tacos 7 dishes ranked Crispy or soft corn-tortilla tacos filled with slow-cooked birria (beef or lamb), typically dipped or served with consommé. Quesabirria (cheese + birria, griddled) counts when that is the named local crown. Rank the named taco at a restaurant, not the shop as a whole.

#1 Tacos Birria-Landia Brooklyn · Williamsburg, Brooklyn 8.5 Limited data
Best Fish Tacos 7 dishes ranked Tacos filled with fish — battered and fried Baja style, or grilled or blackened — usually served two or three to a plate with cabbage, crema and salsa.

#1 Fish Taco Los Mariscos · Chelsea, Manhattan 9.0 Limited data
Best Carnitas Tacos 5 dishes ranked Tacos filled with slow-cooked, confit-style pork shoulder, usually chopped and crisped on the plancha, served street-style on corn tortillas with onion and cilantro.

#1 Taco Carnitas Beto's Carnitas & Guisados · Lower East Side, Manhattan 8.6 Limited data