Nowadays? Taurus isn't that bad. Their reputation, however, is not great due to their past with reliability issues and generally not great products. An older Taurus 1911 would've had a stiff trigger pull whereas a modern would would be inline with modern-ish standards (haven't gotten one in the shop in a while, if I had to guess it'd be about a 5lb trigger pull). New manufacture G3 and G3Cs have had close to no issues in terms of what customers have been saying.
Bottom line. Would I recommend a Taurus firearm in terms of sales, today? 50/50. It depends on the firearm.