Baja Fresh

Excellent Fish Tacos (West Coast Style)!! Fresh tasty ingredients & great service here.

When I want fast Mexican food, I usually go to Chipotle, but my husband and I were looking to try a new place for lunch. Went to Baja Fresh and loved the large selection of items on the menu. I chose the Fire-​Grilled Chicken Soft Tacos and my husband got the Steak Burrito. It was nice to get free chips to eat while we waited for our food. We visited the salsa bar and sampled all 6 salsa offerings — all delicious! The tacos were quite large and I was very happy with my selection. The chicken was very good (better than Chipotle, where I sometimes do not like the texture of it). Loved crisp slaw and the pico on top. My husband’s burrito was huge — though he said it could have had more flavor. A little hot sauce helped though. Most recently we went with our Groupon ($ 12 for $ 20 worth of food). I noticed when purchasing that the offer said the Groupon must be used in one visit, so this time we went back with my mom. She loved the food also! It’s a great place with delicious, fresh food all at a good price!

Walked in on a Saturday and were the first ones in the place. It got relatively busy there quickly. Ordered the fish tacos amongst other stuff. The fried fish tacos were great. The shrimp ones were excellent too. It seems like fresh shrimp was used, hot and grilled. Salsa bar was excellent as always!

I bought a Groupon to get $ 20 worth of food for $ 12. When I went to go use this the manager said I had to spend more than $ 20 in order to use it. Nowhere in the Groupon does it say that or could he not produce anything in writing that said that that was the deal. So I guess I won’t be eating here anymore. Considering they’re closed several months for potential health reasons I would think they would be a little bit more accommodating to the customers and be more sympathetic. With all the restaurant choices in Frederick I certainly won’t be making this one again.
I can only hope the group I will refund my money.

I was so happy when they opened up a while back then they closed and then opened back up. Other then there salsa and coupons they send in the mail I feel like theres no need to go back. The place is always empty when I go. There food goes downhill everytime I go back and Café Rio and Chipotle cleary have them beat unfortunately but no one has beat there baja salsa yet.

Absolutely dissatisfied. Went to use a Groupon like I have done 3 other times only to be told that I have to use the full value. In the past I have put the remaining balance on a gift card. Couldn’t have cared less that they set a precedent. Even the supervisor that we called was unhelpful. Will never darken their door again.

I went here with my cousin for lunch the day before Christmas Eve and I’ve got to say that the food here is very different from Chipotle. I had a chicken burrito bowl and they gave me free chips, which was cool. What I liked at the restaurant is the salsa bar. My cousin recommended the mango salsa in the chips and it tastes so good. The staff are friendly and rapid. I will come back here again.

This location was closed for a while, rightly so… it was awful all the way around. Open again, it appears they’ve corrected all the issues they had previously. Maybe new ownership? Polite, nice staff, food what you’d expect, clean. Hardly any wait for my order. Give it a try again if you previously had a bad experience.

This location has been impeccably clean, friendly and quick. Often it is fairly empty, but it is a very nice location, convenient and the staff are excellent.
Everything from my salad to the salsa bar and chips were extremely fresh. Something I appreciate.
Something I don’t appreciate is a lack of outdoor seating… but the cleanliness still warrants 5 stars.
It’s a chain restaurant, so I wont grade the food. If you want Baja Fresh salad, it tastes the same everywhere.

First, it is what it is. It is a «burrito and bowl» place, similar to Chipotle. But WAY better. The food was actually delicious. I had a burrito with grilled shrimp, and it was really, really good! My husband had a Diablo burrito smothered with enchilada sauce, and it was truly delicious too. The chips were awesome. Seriously, for a not-​quite-​fast-​food place, it was fantastic! It was clean and the salsa bar was wiped down and full.
Now. the employees. They ranged from surly to bored, but they were helpful and did seem to get most of the orders right. (We sat near the pickup spot). The one error I saw was a special request that they had misunderstood, and they fixed it promptly. So the employees were not the greatest, but they weren’t rude, and they were mostly efficient. It took about 5 minutes to get the order, but it was a pretty busy Saturday afternoon, and they gave us our chips and queso immediately. I believe they also give free chips and salsa. .
All in all, there is no question we will be back. I won’t go to the Chipotle near me because it’s such a pain to park, and the way they make the food causes 20-​minute waits. But if the owner/​manager reads this, you might want to review your staff. In this day and age of unemployment, there is no excuse for having disengaged employees.

Service was good. The salsa bar was clean and fresh. Carnitas enchilada Style with chips and queso.
The place was clean. And my food was hot and the portion was plentiful.

This one was poorly run compared to others I’ve been to. Baja Fresh as a chain is really good (love their food), but this particular location had terrible service and people who didn’t seem to know what they were doing. I stopped going to this location after a couple of visits. I hope they get a new franchisee to take over this location and make it as good as other Baja Fresh locations in the area.

The Frederick location has been closed for a couple of months now. I literally just tried calling the number listed and it said cannot complete your call at this time. I like the food and the salsa bar. Service was never great but there has been a sign in the window about mechanical issues and something about closed until further notice.

Good tacos here. I like the little salsa bar they have as well. Service is a bit slow, but the food is freshly prepared, so I don’t mind.
My only complaint is that they seem to run out of things often.

Service was mediocre, food prep was slow (there wasn’t anyone in line before me and only two other patrons in the restaurant). I got a to-​go order and the didn’t give me (or tell me to pick up) utensils and napkins. Food was great, so only the people and service was sub par.

Love the food. Fast great service too!

Finally, a Baja Fresh in Fredrick! Excellent food, quick service and extremely friendly staff! This place has become my frequent source for a great and tasty meal! Can’t wait to go back!

Terrible service. Super slow and they served it up out if order. Free chips not available but could buy some for extra cost. Food was cold cold cold. Bland and flavorless. Front order chick spent her time chatting up customers instead of taking orders. Real disappointment. Won’t be back.

Tried this place for the first and last time. Told the guy three times what we wanted and they still got it wrong. Asked for two different kinds of chicken bowls and both got the same bowls. The chicken had no flavor at all. Fire-​grilled chicken shouldn’t taste like unseasoned baked chicken. Even the rice and onion tasted like nothing.
The chicken taco also had no flavor and was thrown in a paper dish.
Our first time and we didn’t know we were suppose to get chips when we ordered, no one offered. Found out while we were waiting and saw the people after us get them when they ordered. Chips were ok. Salsas were just diced tomato. Didn’t try the hot ones but the mild one didn’t even taste like tomatoes onion and cilantro, tasted like nothing.