Taco Bell

Nice little clean Taco Bell just off the 101 in Carpenteria. A little hard to spot in the strip mall but worth finding. Employees were friendly to me and got my custom order right, though almost forgot to give me my cinnamon twists. Food was fresh, hot and made to order. They have a restroom for customers. Overall I would return.

Seriously every time I come to this location I always have some sort of problem. The past two times that I have been to this specific Taco Bell they have not rapped the Tacos right they fall apart and the meat ends up in the bag. Are you KIDDING me what type of employees does the owner hire. I guess that they hire employees that can’t rap a taco right. Please avoid this location unless you want your taco at the bottom of your bag!!!

Even though they close at 10, they served us a 9:55 with impeccable service. #winning

This is my first ever Unilocal review of a restaurant. I must say, this Taco Bell in particular was beyond exceptional so I felt a review was necessary. To start, I walked in to a friendly greeting (even when they were closing right at 11 and we walked in at 10:55). Major plus on customer service there. Secondly, my food order was insanely customized and they were more than happy to accommodate my peculiarities. They also asked my name when I ordered, which made me feel very appreciated. You do not get this at other fast food restaurants. The food itself was top notch as you’d expect. I asked for a beef cheesy gordita crunch, but pretty sure it was a filet mignon crunch with a lobster aioli drizzled on top. I’m also very demanding when it comes to sauce requests. I asked for 30 fire sauces and the employee gave me 40. I immediately tipped her for her exceptional service towards the customer. An overall amazing experience here. Stellar service + locally sourced ingredients + great chefs = meal of your life.

Once I placed the red dusty deliciousness of a fiery loco shell that was expertly placed in a cheesy gordita crunch in my mouth and the creamy sauce balanced with the sharp cheddar converged into a rush of flavor in my mouth I knew this was going to be a fourth meal to remember. Their ample supply of fire sauce kicked up my taco experience up a couple notches. I was pleased to know that the ghost pepper griller was available on the menu, and the expert craftsmen of this fine establishment swirled together a delicious combo of salty beef, crunchy red Fritos, sharp creamy cheddar, and noise hair tingling ghost peeper sauce! It made me wanna say boo! But in a good way like «that’s my boo». Thank god I had a Baja blast to sooth my burning throat, and I intermixed my blue carbonated gulps with some sumptuous bites of a classic bean and cheese burrito. The true test of any t-​bell is the composition of the signature item. Not only was the bean to cheese ratio spot on, but the red sauce and crispy onion distribution was well above normal. The soft tortilla felt like something naughty in my mouth, and there was no clumps of ingredients isolated in the front or back of the burrito, what a even distribution! No one likes their red sauce all in the back of the burrito, if you know what I mean. The only thing preventing a fifth star is the 11 o’clock closing time, sometimes fourth meal is considerably later.

Super clean, fast and friendly service. Big and bright dining room with a bar seating area. It’s a really inviting and welcoming place, and everything is tidy. My Mexican Pizza and Taco Supremes were super tasty, full, and hot. My only issue with this location is… the location. It’s in a strip mall as opposed to being it’s own stand-​alone building. That made it kind of hard to find. Now that I know where it is, I’ll be here more often.

Horrible customer service, did not greet me, asked what I want then gave me total. A monkey could have done a better job. This place did not seem well sanitized. I think the health board needs to pay a visit. I was disgusted eating here. I will never be back again.

A decent Taco Bell does 3 things right: Proportion of meat/​beans to cheese to sauce, heats things in a microwave, and wraps the damn tortillas right. This place is pathetic and doesn’t give a shit. Taco Bell should shut this place down.