Vallarta Express Mexican Eatery

Best spot to munch after a long night. If you know you know

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Best Mexican food by far. Great prices and big portions.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Super yummy, super friendly.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Place is open 24 hrs for late snack. Food is good and prices are reasonable for the area.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

I’ve visited this drive-through Mexican fast food spot twice now, and unfortunately, both experiences were disappointing—primarily due to the consistently poor customer service. On both occasions, the same individual at the register was extremely rude, particularly toward female customers, which made the visit uncomfortable and unwelcoming.

The food itself is average—decent enough in a pinch.
Customer service is a big part of the dining experience, even at a quick-stop location. I hope management takes this feedback seriously. In the meantime, I’ll be looking for other options that offer better service, even if it means paying a bit more.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 2

I found this place by accident while walking to Jack in the Box. But I had been wanting to try some fish tacos in California, and yeah, this place has fish tacos.

It has amazing fish tacos. They're six bucks each and they're huge. The fish are in breaded chunks, and there's a lot of fish on these tacos.

This is a 24 hour place, and most people sit outside. The folks in the kitchen deserve a shout-out. Most seating is outside. The menu is huge. And of course in Carlsbad, the weather is always perfect for outside seating.

Update: I went back the next day and got a breakfast burrito. It's as big as a house.

I give this place an A+

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Hearty portions, good salsas, fast friendly service. And super cute vibe as a little fast food taco shop.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

😂I always order the same thing every time I go, which is a chimichanga just by itself. (Guac and sour cream) mostly with Pina drink...

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Open 24/7 for burritos and tacos. Very tasty.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Fast, tastes great, typical price.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This place has great food but too bad they can never get your order right make sure you check everything before leaving or you will most definitely be heading back to get it fixed. Wish it wasn’t like that but they can care less just say oh it’s not my fault and will not do anything to make it right other then just make you the correct food ha what a joke better off spending your money elsewhere with proper customer service

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

I love their chicken roll tacos. The homie at the drive thru is always friendly. Appreciate you man! 🔥🙏🏻

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Very expensive and the staff actively dislikes you. If you like that kind of thing.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1

Just because it's fast food doesn't mean it lacks quality! Really excellent California Burrito. Their Red hot sauce had an awesome smoked flavor to it. Highly recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

If only there were a zero star option. We wanted to like this place, a good friend of mine suggested it and it was supposedly good. We walked in and was not greeted by anyone, that was the 1st strike. The inexperienced cashier was not able to communicate the menu well. He told me my total was nearly $65, so I told him to delete that order because from my calculations it should have been closer to $40. Even after he retook my order it was $51 & some change. I was thrown off because of his inability to convey the menu of his work place, I figured maybe he's new. I was trying to be nice and took a $4 refund of at double of something I took off the order. Came to find out he had put an item on my order that was from the original order and left off an item for my child. That was strike two. We get back to our hotel and noticed there was no salsa with our food. We said it's ok we don't need it, if it's any good you won't miss it. The meat was so dry, we couldn't eat it. The rice was so bland yet overly salted, maybe all the salt killed the flavor and there was so many hard clumps in it too. Almost like they either reheated old rice or it has been sitting around all day. The beans were flavorless and not appetizing at all. So I called the restaurant back and they told me to call the customer service line. They gave me the number and I called twice no one answered. I got got here. Go anywhere but here! Chipotle is better! This place is not worth the high prices they charge. Not sure how they're getting away with this! I wouldn't even feed this food to my dog, he'd turn his nose at it!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1