Del Taco

I got sick from eating here, the food was cold and the wait was long.

Wow can’t believe this Del taco has so many bad reviews yikess! I personally like coming here. The food is always good but I like the night staff better they are way more friendly then the morning. I usually get helped by Jesse and Oracio in the drive thru. They are very nice and polite. It sometimes might take a while but chillll, the food is warm and delicious.

Worst Del Taco Around. Been to Burbank, Pasadena, Los Feliz, and others, but the staff here seem pretty rude. Was told this is a franchise, so I think the owner needs to pick better employees to take care of their customers. No wonder these guys tend to be kind of empty most of the time. Granted, not all the staff are bad, just the higher up ones. Seem to be in league with the guys at Monte Bello Del Taco from whom I also got weird looks from :(. If the store closes I can understand why. Seriously, needs new management or new ownership. I love Del Taco, but the guys working here make it a terrible experience.

Literally the slowest Del Taco I’ve ever been to. I don’t know how their lethargic work effort is even allowed? Everyone was legit like straight chillin but in all fairness my food was good.

Tried the new salad it was AWFUL also got the nacho chips were stale waste of money will never go again. Threw all the food in trash
Go to Wendy’s for a salad

They forgot my churro and they take a long time cooking the food. It’s not really a fast food restaurant, so if you want some faster food, I would suggest the jack in the box on the other side.

I used to come to this location a lot on my lunch & this is still the closest location to my house since I moved, but I just want to throw out there that I’ve never had a bad experience at this location. This is the best, most consistent location I’ve visited in SoCal. The food is always fresh, they don’t skimp on ingredients like others do, and everyone that works there is always really nice. Also, it has always been fast in my experience coming most often during peak lunch hours.

Good thing about this Del Taco is the food isn’t too oily. Bad thing, the lady had to ask me 6 times about my drink, order took around 20 minutes and understaffed. Don’t want to write much, but they do need to make some big changes; so I would return.

This place deserves my PERSONAL Opinion
1. the food is great
2. great pricing, somedays there are deals taco tuesday 3 reg tacos for 1.29, buy 2 get one free deluxe tacos 2.29
3. service is a ok

LOVE Del Taco… However, this specifc location seems to have some shady practices…
As I walked up to the register, I noticed the receipt printer had the bottom half of the previous customer’s receipt still attached. The cashier had handed the part of the receipt with the order and payment to the customer but the bottom half with the survey was not given to the customer. Before the cashier took my order, I noticed that she removed this bottom portion and placed it in a pile of 5 – 6 others on her side of the printer. After I placed my order, I watched the cashier, Leticia, rip off the top portion of the receipt while it was printing. She handed me that portion and took the survey portion of the receipt and placed it in the same pile. She walked away and I stayed there in front of the register. Another associate, Rocio, came to ask if I needed something else. I questioned why I didn’t get the survey portion. She said it was to give the receipt faster. There were no guests waiting behind me so it’s not like it was busy. Rocio told me that most people didn’t want their receipts and I asked why I’d be given the top portion then. I referenced the fact that there was a pile of surveys ripped from receipts sitting on the counter and she went over and reprinted my full receipt. I told her that ripping this portion did not save any time as the receipts print quickly and if the customer doesn’t want a receipt that badly, they would say so. I told her I wasn’t trying to be rude and suggested this might be a «shady» practice. She started to get an attitude and told me that it’s not shady because the consumer would have to have the full info at the top of the receipt to take the survey, which is untrue. All that is needed is the store number and the survey code, and the associate would KNOW the store number. I said I felt like the associates were either keeping the survey code to take the survey for the coupon or to get good scores by doing the survey themselves. I really feel like something unethical was going on and that everyone who runs that front register knew what was going on because when Leticia went to another register, another associate took over her’s and the pile of torn off surveys were sitting there. Rocio did not seem at all surprised to see the pile on the counter. I work right next door to this location and when I got back to work, my coworker pulled her receipt out, too, and it was also torn off just before the survey. This is very unethical. The associates seem to be taking advantage for either free food or good survey scores… or both.

I’m surprised how tasty their carnitas and beer battered fish tacos are. I come here maybe once a week now to order two of each. Just avoid going inside… there’s a strange El Monte crowd that comes in here during lunch hour. Just the sight or smell of them is enough to murder your appetite.
Other than that, I don’t really go to fast food expecting the best service; as long as they’re quick and get my order right (sans hair), then I’m happy.

I have no idea why Del Tacos can be so inconsistent? I actually have had better Del Taco. The tacos had basically no toppings and no Cilantro? Not impressed with the lack of topping and soggy fries here.

Breakfast… You have to ask for «The Shelley» it’s like some sort of secret menu…
it’s EXTRA sauce… and EXTRA Cheese. Really! When I mean EXTRA, there’s no holding back when you order «The Shelley» … a friend of mine told me about it, it’s named after some lady in the area that always makes sure she get’s extra sauce and extra cheese on her Bacon and Egg Quesadilla. It’ makes for a whole new experience. So I guess, this lady loves the sauce and cheese enough that she makes it very clear every time she orders… so they’ve started to call it «The Shelley!»
I have to thank The Sheik for turning me on to this little secret. It’s the Bomb!

Not so busy during the evening since most of the office bldgs are closed. Right off the 10fwy so convenient (also is the drive thru starbucks next door to it). Friendly service but food seem to be better at the rosemead location. Hot fries but tacos were a bit soggy and burritos were a little cheap on the cheese and sauce. Macho nachos were generous thoughm. Clean and quick. Open 24 hours.

Shredded Beef Burritos were pretty good. Had to give one a shot. Way to many Onions. I think they do it on purpose.

Handy and close to the freeway.
What are you expecting for fast food tacos? in the land of Homemade around the corner and up the block? Of course, this is gonna taste like… but, it’s cheap, reasonably sure you won’t get a bellyache after eating this for the general population. The price is right when they have a special. Freeway close, by the on and off ramp for the 10 Freeway going Eastbound.
Large lot shared with it’s own lot alcoved within the general lot. Drive-​through, but with a tricky angle, that should have been rejected by the planners or the inspectors. Well, it just might be better to just get out of the car and park, if yu are coming to this place! Hey, I warned you. It seems that you can either be likely hit by either a car exiting or entering the lot as you exit the drive through. (but, more likely, from the one exiting the lot, since you are hidden completely by the building as you egress from the drive through lane.
service was OK, I was the only customer; the entire time I was here eating my tacos.
Fast Food, quick, disposable, «eating for when you are so hungry you might die, if you don’t eat anything food»
Of course, Fast Food is not your first choice… It’s the last resort! ^_​^
Nom, nom!

I came here today just to get my KROQ bumber sticker so I guess I’ll order something which I decided on the Vegi burrito for less than 3 dollars.
I pulled up to the drive-​thru and asked for whole wheat tortilla and the person responded corn? I said no! WHOLE WHEAT! We must have gone back and forth for a good 30 seconds until I got frustrated and told him I will pull up to the window. Not sure if this guy knew or even heard of whole wheat. I pulled up to the window and I said WHOLE WHEAT… He said, oh no we don’t. and stated his head phones don’t work well. C’MOn sON! He don’t know. Whatever so I paid for the burrito and asked for a few of the KROQ stickers so he gave me my burrito and 3 stickers and I was out! See ya, wouldn’t want to be ya. I got home and dissected the burrito and picked on the lettuce and rice and tossed it out. Not worth the $$. I wished Taco Bell had these stickers or even better… King Taco! Buche baby!

My sister received some coupons from working at some fundraiser or event in Downtown LA through her YMCA club and wanted to use them. It was for a free taco so this location was the closest to our home. 2 miles turned into 5 miles though because this particular location is located at a very hard to find spot. Because I was already angry at the fact that I wasted so much gas driving around for a free $.49 taco, when I got here I was NOT HAPPY that the guy at the cashier who I believe happens to be the manager tells me to go to the corporate offices of Del Taco to redeem it. .
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? You’re telling me to go to the corporate office to get a free taco? Seriously, I was not a happy girl when I left. In fact, the b*tch in me sure came out. Never again am I coming here.
Taco Bell for the win! Ugh. It really sucks when you have a bad first experience because it seriously makes you not want to ever return. But then again, because I give every place a second chance this will not be my last review for a Del Taco. Just don’t come to this one. dumb guy.

I like Del Taco, but this particular location is horrible.
I blame it mostly on the guy who works the drive through window at nights. This guy has got to be the absolute biggest A-​hole in restaurant history! Just a mean, mad, individual who looks like he belongs on To Catch A Predator. God forbid you take a second between ordering, he’ll let you know by his huffing and puffing over the speaker, mind you there is NO ON ELSE in line. He’s also the biggest sauce nazi I’ve ever run across. I kid you not, he’ll give you 1 sauce packet per 3 tacos, and that’s when you’ve asked for extra sauce. It’s like he’s trying to single-​handedly trying to f-​up your Del Taco experience!
I thought it was just my gf and I who thought this way about this dude, until one night there was a girl at the drive through window and we mentioned something about the guy to her, and she laughed and said — «NO ONE likes him!» — really? WHY THE HELL IS HE STILL THERE?
I finally had to review this place after what happened last night, my girlfriend and I stopped by, but it was early enough that the dining area was still open. My gf, pissed that this dude protects Del Taco sauce more than his own nuts, recommended that we go inside, that way we can grab all the sauce we want. We walk in, and to our AMAZEMENT, this jerk had literally turned the sauce caddy around towards the register so that customers couldn’t just help themselves. I hate this dude, I don’t know what his deal is, but it’s pointless to go through life that mad. You can see it in his eyes, it’s as though someone just shot his momma and he was made to go to work that same day!

At last, I found another Del Taco that is set up right. Open late for my food cravings of whatever I can shove down my gullet. Especially since I haven’t had dinner yet. You would imagine they would have tremendous business all hours of the night. Yet, I’m the only poor sap rolling up in this place while the only two employees are checking out one of their cars. I rolled up to look at the menu but that made them go back in. Seconds later, May I take your order?
The #6 combo please. The macho combo burrito? No, the #6 with two tacos and a quesadilla. What would you like to drink?
Just freaking make it already before I reach through the speaker box and make it myself. $ 6.49 at the window, thank you.
Scorcho hot sauce, tons of it. A packet on each byte, it’s pure bliss and I don’t care of this isn’t wholesome food, junk food, processed food, I’m devouring this before I head home just to go to sleep. Watch, I’ll be waking up in the middle of the night with a belly ache, holding my stomach. Moaning, never again will I do a spicy late night snack every again, uhhhhhhhhhgggghhhhhhhhhh. Ha ha.