Best Tacos in Lynchburg
Lynchburg, Virginia — updated August 22, 2026
Four Lynchburg taco spots, ranked by what the ratings actually support, from a Bedford Avenue taqueria to a Fifth Street kitchen with a smaller but positive record.
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Lynchburg's taco options are spread across the city rather than clustered in one district: one sits on Bedford Avenue, another on Forest Road out toward the Forest line, a third inside the Candlers Mountain Road retail corridor, and a fourth downtown on Fifth Street. That means the choice is often about which side of town you are on. Below, the four are ordered by how strongly the ratings and review volumes back them up.
1. Taco Jesús
The highest-rated of the group and the one whose name commits it to tacos outright. Taco Jesús holds a 4.6 across 188 reviews, which is a smaller sample than the two big Route 460-area restaurants but large enough to be more than a fluke, and no other place on this list rates higher. It is at 2309 Bedford Ave on the north side of town, an easy detour from Rivermont. It also keeps its own site at tacojesuslyh.com, useful for checking hours before a trip since they are not listed here. Go if you want the strongest rating in Lynchburg and do not mind a shorter track record than the 400-review restaurants below.
2. Taqueria Mexican Grill
The most thoroughly tested taqueria in the area: 4.4 from 405 reviews, the largest count of any place on this list. A rating that holds at 4.4 across that many visits is settled in a way a small sample never is, and it is the reason this one ranks above the similarly scored Papa Gallo by a nose. Find it at 18243 Forest Rd, Suite 8, in a strip setting on the Forest Road corridor southwest of the city center. There is no website in our records, so call ahead or check hours locally if you are making a special trip out that way.
3. Papa Gallo
Effectively tied with Taqueria Mexican Grill on the numbers: 4.4 from 395 reviews, ten shy of the leader's count. Two independent restaurants landing on the same rating across nearly 400 visits each is a decent sign that Lynchburg's baseline for this food is solid. Papa Gallo's advantage is location for anyone already on the south side, at 3405 Candlers Mountain Rd, Suite A-33, near the Candlers Mountain shopping area and convenient to the Liberty University side of town. Worth pairing with errands out there rather than driving across the city for it, given the near-identical scores.
4. Uno Mas
The downtown entry, at 512 Fifth St, and the one with the thinnest evidence behind it: 4.3 from 118 reviews. That is a positive score but a modest sample, so treat it as promising rather than proven, and expect more variation than at the 400-review restaurants. Its case is geography. If you are already downtown and do not want to drive out to Forest Road or Candlers Mountain, this is the closest option on the list. No website is on file, so verify hours before heading over on a weeknight.