Taco Time

Although Taco Time is Mexi-​fast, it’s always prepared fresh to order and mexi-​fries are better with salsa/​sour cream mixed together!!! If Taco Time wasn’t walking distance for my granbaby SOPHIA and ME, I would travel by bus to get ME some!!! I wonder if they have TT worldwide? Hmmmmm.

what in the world taco time!!! i have been enjoying your nachos for years and now, all locations are using black whole beans instead of the refried beans and why are you not melting the cheese!!! major fails twice!!! don’t ruin it taco time!!! melt the cheese, take the time to prepare and don’t ruin and flawless recipe!!! i love my nachos lol

This used to be one of my favorite places to eat mainly for the ranch. I have been trying to get the recipe for years. A few weeks ago I go in and order some of my favorites with my usual sides of ranch. Without warning unbeknownst to me they changed it to one of the nastiest sauces I have ever had. I immediately came back like what is this it taste like poison. They poorly say oh every store changed their ranch. Well you could at least tell your customers first. I guess I will never eat another crispy chicken burrito again or anything from this store until they bring the old ranch back.

Isn’t Taco Time just the greatest? A true Northwest favorite. My favorite is hearing the bewilderment of Californian transplants as to how a place with tater tots has been heralded as a local ‘Mexican’ favorite. I mostly just like picking on Californians in general.

Let me start off by saying I frequent this location but after today I don’t know I will EVER go back. I ordered the large Mexi Fries the nice young Asian guy brought them over to my table. I was very surprised that the lid was closed as every time I order them they are spilling over. So I asked the young man if this was the large and he said yes. I asked can I get some more the container isn’t full. He seemed very squeamish but told me it shouldn’t be an issue to go up front. I walked up and this rude younger blonde women looked at me and said there are 30 in a large. I said 30? Like really? You are telling me you have people count. WTF? REALLY? Well she blew me off I walked over to my table and counted the fries. YES… I COUNTED. Not because I need that extra 250 calories but because I paid .75 cents more for these damn tots and I knew that there weren’t 30 in there. Well guess what? There were 25! So I walked back up and told the cashier there were only 25 he then informed the rude blonde there were only 25. She then snactched the tray and barked at this black man to count them. He looked at her and said «HUH?» she repeated to him «Count them!» So guess what… he took my order and began counting. He said 25. She then yelled at him get 5 more and so he went over with his scoop and got 5 placed them back in the same container which was now COLD! Its been a 5 minute ordeal at this point and she then started barking other orders at the staff. I feel bad for the employees that have to deal with this women. My guess is she gets bonuses off of how much money she can save this place. In reality she will be losing my business I am not going back and I am telling everyone out there this place is a torture chamber for employees. The customer is clearly never right here.

Unprofessional worker said I gave him a different amount of money than what I counted and wouldn’t count it back for me before demanding more money. He wasn’t extremely rude but I will choose another location next time. The food was awesome though!

You can never say the words «Taco Time» to me unless you are prepared to go right then and there! I don’t care that it isn’t «real» Mexican food, eating it is like being cuddled by Jimmy Fallon on a bed of fluffy kittens– comforting and delicious. They serve tater tots with their meals… TATER TOTS! Delicious cylinders of potatoey magic. So much better than greasy, over-​salted fries. Every location also has one of those fancy Coke Freestyle machines where they have more soda combinations than colors in a mega pack of Crayola crayons. Vanilla coke, sure. Raspberry lemonade, hell yeah. Orange ginger ale, you bet your sweet booty!
Even better is the fact that they use fresh, locally sourced ingredients so everything tastes much better than normal fast food. Other fast food chains make me sick a lot of times because of the poor quality of their food. But Taco Time has never made me sick. It is slightly more pricey than the average fast food chain, but I see it as a non-​issue due to the high quality and friendly staff.
If it wouldn’t make me look like a crazy person, I would seriously eat here everyday!

No taco time should ever be rated for more than 3 stars. There is much better Mexican food in the neighborhood. Go there, unless you are in a bind or are too stoned to take the bus.

I wish I didn’t like this place… But I do. I really do…
The food is fast but it’s not fast food.
The chicken Caesar soft «taco» is a great idea and super tasty.
I love it.
Plus the salsa/​hot sauce is super unique.
Good stuff.

I love Taco Time. This particular location features:
1) An absolutely colorful and fabulous cashier
2) parking, in Seattle, YES!
3) The soda machine has so many varieties, Including Mellow Yellow! it’s crazy (the only other one i’ve seen of this is at Pagliacci Pizza aon Madison)
4) CRUSH ICE on the soda machine, not that gross ice which is not crush ice
5) Fast service
I had the soft taco with extra onions for lunch about 3 hours ago. My breath is amazing right now. Top that with a large soda, which I’m still consuming at this very moment.
I love LOVE taco time, plus it’s good to support a northwest company!
Will be back.

This isn’t the greatest location, but it’s hard to give any Taco Time less than 5 stars. The number 3 beef is basically one of the greatest American meals ever invented. I wish they had a Taco Time in Phoenix.

One of the better tasting fast food places in my book! The drive thru is usually slower than most fast food restaurants, but everyone is always very pleasant and helpful!

I’m a Taco Timer for life!
My go to meal is usually a fish soft taco, chicken soft taco, or veggie soft taco w/​a small fry. I appreciate how quick this place is, how clean it is, and how friendly the staff always is.
That and the fact that it’s open till 10pm.

Taco time, oh Taco Time. Your name says it all. I have trekked far and wide the span of almost 4000 miles to behold your amazing grace and ecological composting beauty. I am New to the Taco Time for scores and three months ago I knew not of the culinary delicacy that is the Taco Time for I thought the only taco was a bell and that Bell rang in my digestive track like ear piercing scream, but the grace and poise of the staff when I entered late night just before close in the wee hours of an enlightened night was that of an Angels of grace. Come in, come to us, may we take your order… and I said are you closed, she exclaimed in the voice of an Angel… NO not for you its ok, come in. With welcoming arms I proceeded to the counter and basked in the glory of a menu not full of preservatives, not full of frozen shipped food fit only for composting, but real, local and delicious sustenance. I HAD TOTS! And you will find there is only one thing greater than tots… but this is family blog ill keep it PG. (They rhyme… LOL)
So the moral to this story is tots are good, taco time is great and its cheap…
Carpe de’ Tacos Tempus

Ugh.
If I didn’t have to shove something in my face before packing up my apartment…
If it wasn’t right by where we picked up the truck…
If he hadn’t turned into this parking lot instead of some other horrific fast food joint…
Well, I might have saved my face and stomach the sadness that was Taco Time.
CW wanted the taco salad that I watched them slop together — looked wholly unappetizing but he was at least sated with what he ordered. I hadn’t been to a Taco Time in nearly… 8… years? I had no idea what to get. So a chicken and beef crisp burrito to see which I liked better. The chicken? Smooshy nasty leftover bits mixed with sour cream that was entirely disgusting. A couple bites and I just tossed that. The beef was barely edible but more so with healthy doses of salsa on top. The «mexi-​fries» were the best part… and still left me feeling greasy and gross. $ 16 for the crap we were fed makes me cranky to think about. That and this was the slowest Taco Time in all history EVER.
Their soda machine is cool though. Otherwise, I’m making fake Mexican food at home from now on.

(9÷7÷11 — I accidently put this under Taco BELL and not Taco TIME — oops):
1) Mexi f — -, I mean, TOTS!
2) The drive-​thru line felt like 56k dial-​up minus the dial-​tone… did 2 cars in front of me order big-​ass meals? Or were the workers just moving a la sloths that afternoon?
3) Who knows…

Reading ‘Fast Food Nation’ turned me off to most fast food chains mostly due to their agressive and harmful marketing to kids, extremely poor treatment of employees and overall horrible franchise sales tactics.
Taco Time seems to be delightfully exempt from these negative behaviors.
My child likes the quesadilla kids meal and I like that the food here seems fresh and healthier than most other places. I also enjoy that I regularly feel like saying ‘damn, that was good service’ after going in or even in the drive through.
I like that they offer some healthier alternatives as well as change up the menu just enough.
Overall, for the price, this is a fine place to eat– and this location has always had friendly, knowledgeable and well trained staff.

Tex-​Mex. I get it. In fact, in a way, I love it.
What I don’t love is caesar dressing in my burrito. I mean, I’m okay with «boneless skinless all white meat chicken» and salsa fresca; I’ve even opened up to the whole deranged concept of tater tots being included (sometimes featured) in these burgeoning new Texican inventions, and personally, have never balked at cabbage. I understand that sunflower seeds are great for getting in those mono-​unsaturated fatty acids.
But don’t put caesar dressing in my burrito. Nor for that matter, romaine lettuce. These things are just wrong to be mixed with refried beans and taco sauce.
Also, I’ve taken my time making burritos before, and certainly have been spoiled by the speedy results of Other Taco Joint, but, seriously? Twenty minutes to make a burrito (which is really a chicken caesar salad that forced its way into my burrito and caused no small amount of indigestion)? When I asked for a manager to find my «burrito,» the ten year old working the register raised his hand. The child was polite and apologetic, but didn’t hasten my receipt of said «burrito.»
Now, I understand there’s not a ton of choices off of Rainier here, but for the sake of culinary and cultural respect, make the trek south a few miles for a more authentic (and edible) cuisine.

So with being so busy lately, I’ve been eating a bit more fast food than I would like. That being said, this Taco Time is super convenient as it’s between the school and my home (mostly).
For a Taco Time, this one is pretty great. The staff is always 100% friendly. The drive-​thru workers are some of the cheeriest people I’ve ever encountered.
I tend to get a soft taco, hold the ranch, add pico instead. In all my many, many times of eating here they’ve only messed that up once. I
If you’re going to go to a taco time, check this one out. The people really are friendly!

«I am never going to feed my child fast food. Nor packaged. I will cook each meal FROM SCRATCH and we will eat at the table as a family. The television will NOT be on. My child will LOVE vegetables, because I will feed them to him from the very beginning — he will think carrots are CANDY. I will make him organic delights in the shape of woodland creatures and prominent 20^th century thinkers. He will become brilliant by osmosis! It will be GLORIOUS!!»
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Oh my god. Wooo. I fucking love a good retrospective.
Last night I wasn’t about to cook SHIT. I wanted to PLAY with my child, not shoo him out of the closet I call a kitchen. Taco Time is at least nominally healthy and has a DRIVE-​THRU, so my fat lazy American ass doesn’t have to get out of the car. Hallelujah. And amen.
So the best laid plans and all. I’m not a perfect mother as it turns out. A related event — as we were waiting for our food IN THE CAR:
Mini: Shut up!
ME: Who are you talking to? And don’t say shut up, it’s not nice. Where do you get this shiii… stuff?
Mini: I was just telling my pirate to shut up… it’s ok.
ME: No it’s not baby, you can’t ever say that.
Mini: SHUT UP! *evil grin*
ME: Yeah… do you want a time out?
Mini: I didn’t say fuck.
ME: What? You can’t say either one! Especially not at school…
Mini: I know. I’m not crazy mommy.
ME: Ugh… Fine, just so we understand context. Whatever…*sigh — I suck*
Mini: Whatever…
Who has a #469,974,003 Mommy mug for me?