Ordered Door Dash - this is the most dry burrito with steak I have had ever. The steak texture feels like what it seems to eat wood chips.
It's not a super burrito. Maybe just a bad day for the restaurant but if I was in the restaurant I would send it back.
Food: 1
Service: 1
cvnative72
Super authentic restaurant for amazing-smelling grill, roasting chilies, onions, chicken and carne asada.
Expectations: 5 stars Chicken: may be 4-5 stars My personal service experience and carne asada experience: 3 stars
Around 4 pm I walked in and waves of amazing roasting chilies and onions came my way.
There were many half chickens roasting and looking really great.
Prices for burritos look very fair, so when it came time to order the combo meal, my expectations were it would be a value.
I ordered carne asada (1lb), and it came with beans, rice, tortillas roasted onions and chilies with a few small containers of 2 different salsas. $32.99! The counter person advised I order an additional pound if eating for two.
The carne asada was inedible in parts. Much of it was incredibly difficult to pull apart, some of the fat being too tough and hard to even cut or chew.
The beans and rice were tasty, as were the roasted chilies and onions.
I cannot imagine how, though, the meal combo and extra 1lb of extraordinarily tough carne asada could cost over $70.
Additionally, I added a tip. Unfortunately, when I came back in to pick up my order that was on the counter, the lady that rang me up was gone and another lady said she would be with me and took a while to return. She ended up unpacking my whole order, went through it, and repacked it before she gave it back to me. She said she didn’t know what was in it or if it was mine and I showed her my receipt.
So, I would definitely never have tipped for such an experience.
I would think about returning for a chicken burrito- but NO combo meals and NO carne asada.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Michael D.
Spectacular chicken! Staff were very friendly and could accommodate food allergies. Burritos and tacos were both excellent.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
reginald shoats
Really good! Need to come back again to try more of their food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Chichi Angel
Amazingg food. Best chicken i have ever had. Torillas and rice and beans are amazing!! Mucho buenoo
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Don Northfelt
We wanted food from the neighborhood and found it here. Could watch everything being made in front of us. It felt like we were sitting in a friend's kitchen eating food prepared for us personally. And of course it was delicious.
Torie Moreno-Riano
Hidden gem!!!! If you care about delicious food & love people who know how to cook come here!! We ordered the whole chicken combo & a carne asada plate. Both husband and I ate all of it!! Flavors were delicious along with Amazing beans, salsa, pickled onions, grilled onions & jalapeños and rice and tortillas. Not many places cook meat this well. Wish we lived closer!!!!
Joseph Greco
The best chicken I have had in a long time. So freakin good
Ken S.
The food is definitely good but it's not consistent. Not caring or realizing or both that consistency brings people back is lacks cabezas. Serving tough carne asada with hard tendon in the a la Carta to save a few pennies isn't muy intelligent. On the fly we might return but for the same coin, about $50, a couple wagu steaks from safeway and some store bought la tortilla factory organic yellow corn tortilla is a much much better option. The chicken seems to be costco bought and over grilled burnt to hide it's origin. Wouldn't post this if they actually served what was advertised on a consistent basis. The server appears to be loco.
krista hill
Great little hole in the wall place. Great food!!!
OK, this place is the perfect example of why you should eat at small family owned businesses and restaurants. Food here is amazing super friendly service and really fast. This is what El Pollo Loco wants to be but can’t do it because it’s a huge chain now.
Mark Knight
Amazing food at a reasonable price. Would go again. Definitely worth trying if you’re in the Monterey area.
Andrea Flores
Mixto bowl good but not enough meat and had no chicken. I'm disappointed with this dish.
siddartha Reddy
Love the chicken
Chris Gonzalez
Food is good but after ordering online and getting the wrong items I will strongly reconsider in the future. Also, no one picks up the phone during peak times sadly.
Ordered Door Dash - this is the most dry burrito with steak I have had ever. The steak texture feels like what it seems to eat wood chips.
It's not a super burrito. Maybe just a bad day for the restaurant but if I was in the restaurant I would send it back.
Food: 1
Service: 1
Super authentic restaurant for amazing-smelling grill, roasting chilies, onions, chicken and carne asada.
Expectations: 5 stars
Chicken: may be 4-5 stars
My personal service experience and carne asada experience: 3 stars
Around 4 pm I walked in and waves of amazing roasting chilies and onions came my way.
There were many half chickens roasting and looking really great.
Prices for burritos look very fair, so when it came time to order the combo meal, my expectations were it would be a value.
I ordered carne asada (1lb), and it came with beans, rice, tortillas roasted onions and chilies with a few small containers of 2 different salsas. $32.99! The counter person advised I order an additional pound if eating for two.
The carne asada was inedible in parts. Much of it was incredibly difficult to pull apart, some of the fat being too tough and hard to even cut or chew.
The beans and rice were tasty, as were the roasted chilies and onions.
I cannot imagine how, though, the meal combo and extra 1lb of extraordinarily tough carne asada could cost over $70.
Additionally, I added a tip. Unfortunately, when I came back in to pick up my order that was on the counter, the lady that rang me up was gone and another lady said she would be with me and took a while to return. She ended up unpacking my whole order, went through it, and repacked it before she gave it back to me. She said she didn’t know what was in it or if it was mine and I showed her my receipt.
So, I would definitely never have tipped for such an experience.
I would think about returning for a chicken burrito- but NO combo meals and NO carne asada.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Spectacular chicken! Staff were very friendly and could accommodate food allergies. Burritos and tacos were both excellent.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Really good! Need to come back again to try more of their food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Amazingg food. Best chicken i have ever had. Torillas and rice and beans are amazing!! Mucho buenoo
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We wanted food from the neighborhood and found it here. Could watch everything being made in front of us. It felt like we were sitting in a friend's kitchen eating food prepared for us personally. And of course it was delicious.
Hidden gem!!!! If you care about delicious food & love people who know how to cook come here!! We ordered the whole chicken combo & a carne asada plate. Both husband and I ate all of it!! Flavors were delicious along with Amazing beans, salsa, pickled onions, grilled onions & jalapeños and rice and tortillas. Not many places cook meat this well. Wish we lived closer!!!!
The best chicken I have had in a long time. So freakin good
The food is definitely good but it's not consistent. Not caring or realizing or both that consistency brings people back is lacks cabezas. Serving tough carne asada with hard tendon in the a la Carta to save a few pennies isn't muy intelligent. On the fly we might return but for the same coin, about $50, a couple wagu steaks from safeway and some store bought la tortilla factory organic yellow corn tortilla is a much much better option. The chicken seems to be costco bought and over grilled burnt to hide it's origin. Wouldn't post this if they actually served what was advertised on a consistent basis. The server appears to be loco.
Great little hole in the wall place. Great food!!!
Restaurantji Recommends
OK, this place is the perfect example of why you should eat at small family owned businesses and restaurants.
Food here is amazing super friendly service and really fast.
This is what El Pollo Loco wants to be but can’t do it because it’s a huge chain now.
Amazing food at a reasonable price. Would go again. Definitely worth trying if you’re in the Monterey area.
Mixto bowl good but not enough meat and had no chicken. I'm disappointed with this dish.
Love the chicken
Food is good but after ordering online and getting the wrong items I will strongly reconsider in the future. Also, no one picks up the phone during peak times sadly.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Half Chicken Combo, Pollo, Burrito, Grilled Chicken, Salsa
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