Lonches To Go

I never know what to expect from a Taco Truck. This place has the best carne asada burrito in town. A friend bought me one and I have been going ever sense.

The food is OK, not as good as Super Taco or Las Morenas but better than your run of the mill Burrito Boy or Burrito Amigos type places. I like the chilaquiles, and the people are nice.
The problem is, it’s a food cart with extremely slow service and dodgy hours. I only go here when I am passing by and it looks empty, and even then only if I have time to kill. I usually enjoy the food, although the quality and portion sizes seem to vary from visit to visit. Most times I just hit Super Taco instead. The food is better and I can sit inside while I wait.

I can’t believe we have been going here for years, and I have not left a review. First of all, I love how Mom, and Pop it is! They treat you like family every time you come when they start to remember who you are. They even remember that I can’t have raw onion on mine, and I love that. I have not had anything bad on the menu, but lately my go to has been the Arturo’s special, and my guy likes the chilaquiles. He says out of any where he has had them, including in Mexico these are one of the best. I also like that Arturo’s special automatically comes with slices of avocado. Some places charge you extra for it, and seem like they have a problem even giving you a little wedge of it. Other places need to take note.
The other thing I must touch base on is they tend to get really busy, so please call in your order if you know what you want. Most of their customers don’t mind the wait for their delicious food.
Oh and it is only 4 star because it is a food truck, and the location. Other wise it rates pretty high as far as good eats.

Best burritos in town! Lonches is my favorite quick mexican restaurant.

My household absolutely adores Lonches, so much so that we are still continuing our Friday night dinner tradition of Lonches takeout even though we now live on the opposite side of town! I can personally vouch for their chicken quesadillas and pork burritos. I was dubious about them at first just given that I haven’t had great experiences with taco trucks, but after I tried them I was completely sold. I have them on my speed dial. Delicious and addictive food, friendly service, and reasonable prices!

Moved here from Texas and this is the closest to the taco trucks we used to eat at. Tacos with just cilantro and onion, stacked on two little tortillas. Big soft tortas with real media crema on them. Great beans. And it’s cheap.
Have not tried the burritos, I know west coast folks are really into them but I am a taco guy.
This is one of the few places in town for actual Mexican food and it makes me really happy.
Yeah it takes a little while but you can call ahead.

We absolutely love Lonches! Their veggie burritos with avocado is the best burrito in town, hands down.

After moving here from California, i was uncertain that I would find authentic Mexican cuisine. Lonches to go has the best Mexican food in Eugene by far! My favorite dish is the chile relleno burrito. I have brought various friends to check out the food cart. Everyone loves their food.

So I read on Unilocal when people say they got sick eating at a place and I swore I would never be that person. Just so many factors with diagnosing actually how or where you may have gotten food poisoning. So on to my experience here, that I am going to tell you about. Three of my fellow coworkers and I decided that we are in the mood for tacos and looked on Unilocal to find out that this place seemed to have good tacos. We all ordered the normal stuff you would get at a place like this carne asada etc. The food was decent nothing too special or anything great to write home about in general, but it all had decent flavor. The service is what you would expect out of a small little trailer parked in a parking lot on River Road. So onto the scary stuff… This was the only place that my coworkers and I all ate in common. I’m sure you can figure it out but we all got food poisoning and obviously that is where this review shall end. .

Friendly crew, first-​rate salsas (the red has a fair bit of heat, yum), good prices. The carnitas were perfect: crispy yet moist, pure flavor of pork butt with salt, pepper, and garlic. The tacos al pastor were spicy, savory, and rich, with no red grease.
I will be back again and again.

I’m addicted to this little food cart. Love the family who works it too.

I have been here four times. The first time I came, they ran out of black beans (at 11:30am) and said it would be a 45 minute wait. The next three times I went, they were closed, even though their facebook and Unilocal pages stated they were open during the regular business hours.

This place is amazing! Wonderful burritos, tacos, and carnitas. Very nice owners and great service.

This little food cart is worth the time it takes to find! As you travel River Road, watch the east side for a bright green food cart in a small parking lot — you’ve found it. Family run, with very friendly staff offsets an unusual dining environment — sitting on small tables under the eaves of the strip mall.
I tried the chile relleno — very fresh with lots of flavor — clearly a recently roasted pepper. The «chimichangas» are apparently a recent addition to the menu, and are also called «crispy tacos» by the family — but with carnitas filling were absolutely excellent! Fresh crema, and salsa to add some heat, and it would have been a perfect lunch in itself.
Would be great to see some aquas on the menu (horchata, etc.) but this is still a great find.

Oh Unilocal,you got me again! I went to Lonches based on all the glowing reviews. Here’s my story.
So, the common denominator with all the reviews was the wait time. I was prepared so that was not a problem for me. However long it takes. I just wanted this amazing food quality that everyone’s been raving about.
Ordered the special – 3 steak tacos for $ 4.50 and a steak burrito for $ 6.00. Took a seat in the area just in front of the truck & prepared to wait. I brought a book with me just so I wouldn’t bitch too much about the time in case it came down to that.
The tacos came pretty quickly, to my amazement. Meat was pretty plentiful, but dry and not very flavorful. Never had I needed to use salt on Mexican food before, but I had to on this one. Still, my friend & I ate it & was thankful it came so quickly. Then we settled in to read and wait for the burrito.
20 minutes. 30 minutes. Fine. Then at 55 minutes, I figured something was off. One burrito couldn’t take this long, can it? Despite everyone saying that those amazing magical beans-​from-​scratch was worth the wait.
I went back to the truck to ask the lady where the burrito was. She had a blank look at first then 2 seconds later went to where the cook was & all I heard was loud argument back & forth between her & the gentleman hidden from my view. This lasted a little while & she finally emerged back to tell me exasperatingly, «2 minutes, ok?» I smiled & said okay. What was one supposed to do?
The burrito came, COLD (not even remotely warm) but very cold. I guess it had been sitting somewhere in that trailer for almost an hour. I was still hopeful – maybe the flavor can save it. Sadly, no. The famous «beans-​from-​scratch» I was so looking forward to was flavorless and pretty much everything wrapped in that cold burrito was not up to all the hype I read about.
I’m so sad because I really wanted to like this place.

Have only eaten here once so far.
Had a bean and cheese burrito as a test.
Watched them making the beans, so they were fresh.
However, they were not hot, and the burrito was filled with barely warm beans and unmelted cheese.
After throwing it in the oven for 15 minutes, the beans were blazing hot and the cheese was thoroughly melted, and it was a great tasting bean and cheese burrito. To be fair though, I shouldn’t have to heat up my food to make it hot.
I will probably try it again, but my first impression was so/​so.
I think they close fairly early, so your best bet is lunch or early dinner.

This is the best Mexican food in town. I get the big burrito, spicy, with steak. The chicken and pork are shredded, and good, but not my preferred. The people running it are friendly and hard-​working. Everything is made fresh, and good quality. I’d recommend calling ahead during peak hours, and trying both sauces.

Meh…
I read so many great reviews about this place. I am really, really disappointed. The carne asada was dry and tasteless. There was lettuce in the burrito, which is anathema. The fish tacos had little crema and also served with lettuce. The fish was basically Van DeKamps fried and served in a warmed tortilla. Arturo was grumbly when I asked for cilantro and onion for the tacos.
I may try the enchiladas next time I am out there but Lonches is basically a watered down version of Mexican food.
The female cashier was very kind though.

This little food cart off river road is a hidden gem.
I bet a lot of people don’t know about it. I don’t think I did until I had food here with my dad.
Very fresh and good food made to order. Very good prices.
I LOVE the Arturos Special… yummmmmmm

Best roach coach in the area.
It’s probably the best Mexican food i’ve had in the Eugene area so far. Slightly better than Mi Tierra in terms of taste and flavor of the food. Oh, and also because I seriously think Mi Tierra is the most unsanitary establishment ever (Ex: flies buzzin’ all over the restaurant… going into the salsa… OK i’ll stop).
Besides that, i’d probably get the carne asada tacos at Lonches. Pretty tasty and good portion size for the price; 2 bucks. Get three or four of those and it’ll fill you up for lunch. Oh, and the lady that works at this food truck is super cool. Bonus points.