Abelardos

Food is decent, but they never get my order right. The people that work there are rude. So if you are looking for decent mexican food and are willing to eat whatever they decide to give you regardless of your order and be up for getting yelled at and treated like an annoyance, this is your place!

This is the best Abelardo’s in the city. I’ve tried a couple of the locations and I love this one! It looks cleaner then the others. The people were friendly. And I didn’t get treated like I was an inconvenience by the staff. The best part was they knew how to treat the food. I’ve had cabezas tacos at other locations and they were full of sinew and fat. The ones at this location were amazing! The other types of tacos, quesadillas, chile rellanos and burritos we tasted and shared were all amazing also. I’m definitely returning!

Had the taco salad tonight and it was excellent. At $ 4.99 it beats the heck out of the taco salad available at the franchise place on the corner of that same block. I usually just get tacos here, also very good. Don’t miss the condiment bar with the pico de gallo and other sauces you can choose to accompany your order – you put what you want into sample cups with lids and there’s something there to please any palate. Staff is always pleasant, depending on time of day, orders don’t take long.

I love this place! Ask for the side of red sauce, super yummy! I get the Taquitos with Sour Cream and Cheese.
Bean & Cheese Burritos yummy too!

Fantastic place! From the outside it looks like an iffy place, but this place is definitely worth the stop in for good quick Mexican food! They are open late so great for late night cravings!
There are only a few tables inside to eat in, did not have a problem with that. The food came out fairly quick, good thing too because I was hungry. The pork burrito is what I got and steak taco combo what my friend got, both were excellent dishes and satisfying!
Now that I know what they offer I will definitely continue eating here and at their other locations!

This place never disappoints! They offer a wide variety as well. They have what they call «Super Fries» which are kind of like nachos but instead of chips they have French fries. Taco salads are great as well, smothered burritos and my personal favorite the chicken quesadilla! Best I’ve ever had! They offer huge portions at a really reasonable price! Two people under $ 20.00, and more than likely leftovers!

Let me start out by saying I LOVE Abelardos… Just NOT this location. I have eaten all 3 in Des Moines numerous times and this one always disappoints. I keep telling myself that that I won’t go back to this one and to drive the extra few miles to the Ingersoll location. Tonight my girlfriend and I got two burritos and the shells were both not only old but the inside was nothing but pico and a few pieces of shrimp on hers and on mine (fish) was two cold pieces of previously cooked breaded shrimp which seemed microwaved and was soggy. Not going back to this location ever again!

I come to this spot me every time I come to the Val Air and it never disappoints me. The lengua tacos have to be the best thing there.

This place is super. To the point that, over a 5-​week period working on a project in Des Moines, I probably ate lunch there 15 times. In what I took to be a good sign, I was very often the only gringo in the place.
Other reviewers have praised their burritos. I never got them myself, but my co-​workers did, and they thoroughly enjoyed them.
I came for the tacos, usually the fish tacos but sometimes I mixed in other ones too (my favorite after the fish was cabeza). The tamales were a good accompaniment, but you’d probably be disappointed if you tried to base your meal off of them.
Here’s a tip: raid the salsa bar. Several different kinds of very good salsas, plus the carrots and jalapenos in vinegar are very, very tasty.
There is very little seating available, as almost everyone takes out.
The food is very good, and the prices are ridiculously low. This is one the best values to be had in Des Moines.

Some of the best burritos I have ever had. The portion size is huge, and they will even fry your burrito. Good stuff.

Our favorite go to for quick Mexican, even above some sit down places. Carnitas burritos out of this world!

So the place is a dive inside. But the salsas are the Best In Des Moines.
I made the mistake and ate somewhere else tonight closer to my home, when i was eating at the «other place» I could only think «I wish i had went to abelardos»
They take phone in orders, so my little girls rice will be the right temperature when we arrive, and they always give her a ¹⁄₃ cup of water. She loves the rice, and I LOVE the green chili burritos, lots of spice! the breakfast burritos are super good, make sure to tell them to put the «green» salsa inside the burrito while they are making it, you will be happy you did. I am sorry for not reviewingthis place earlier, and i am sorry for trying the new place i did tonight, instead of going where i know the food is good.

Looks like a rinky dink taco bell from the outside but don’t they say it’s what’s on the inside that counts? What comes out of there are ginormous portions for such a cheap price… and it’s AMAZING & authentic! They seem to have endless combinations or you can get pretty much anything ala carte. The salsa bar is great too and they provide all the to go containers for them that you could want. It’s small in there and seating is limited so I recommend you just get it to go. They also have a drive thru. I recommend the burrito de carne asada.

Classic SoCal Taco Shop. This Place puts all other burrito places in Des Moines to shame.