I wish I could give this place 5 stars as the staff was friendly and the food was good. We didn't realize this is only the second night open or else we would have waited for the lines to die down... We waited 30 mins in the drive thru only to have our order wrong... Our receipt shows we ordered 3 beef roll tacos but instead we were given 2 beef soft tacos. That's not only the wrong kind of taco, but I also got one less than I paid for. I could also tell they were trying to get the hang of the drive thru as the girl who was taking orders on the speaker would accidentally jump on the wrong speaker when she would come back. At one point she asked the driver if she had already taken their order and she hadn't, they had just pulled up. They need cameras so they can see who they are talking to. I would come back again but next time I'm double checking my order before I leave. read more

Cotija's Taco Shop - My 2 soft tacos when I ordered 3 rolled tacos. - Mexican Near Me - Temecula, California

The first time I came, the owner was super nice (boarder line flirting) and service was very fast. The second time I came I the owner greeted me with excitement "hey, I remember you!" I was on the phone with my boyfriend and said "hang on baby" so I could greet the owner and the owner immediately changed his tune and treated me like a number. Today, I brought my boyfriend with me and was not greeted at all, it took 45 minutes to get 3 tacos and a large drink. When I went to check on my order they were all snickering and looking at us. Very unprofessional. Won't be back. read more

Well Date of Visit : April 15, 2023 and I was in Temecula and Feeling a bit hungry so was wondering if there was any good Mexican food around . So I drive pass this location and always want to give it a try !! Each and every time I look or want to come here it is closed but thankfully this time it was opened !! So I decided on going through the Drive Through and there is 2 different drive throughs here . But when I came here it was not busy !! It always looks closed here but just check the hours before you come . Well as I look over there menu in the Drive Through I always have to try the Cali Burrito and that's what I got !! Let me explain !! First the burrito is Big and it is like an arm burrito !! The flavor is Delicious and not dry at all !! It gets 4 out 5 stars and I suggest you give it a try !! Next I got the Seafood Cali Burrito the only difference is the Seafood Cali Burrito has Shrimp and it was good also !! Last I always get the Roll Tacos and here it was Krispy and loaded with Cheese and Lettuce on top !! Nice and Krispy plus Delicious !!! Well As for price it is 12.95 per Burrito and 5 Roll Tacos for 10 Dollars !! I have to say I just found my go to spot for Mexican food in Temecula !! I do suggest you give it a Try and Enjoy !! Overall it was Delicious and Service was Fast !! I surely have to try there other items on there menu also !! read more

Since last year I've tried this place out again. The food is just as good as it was before this incident. The staff recently has always been quick and I've never had any issues with their service. I'm glad I decided to try it again! I haven't had any problems with the food itself either. read more

Don't even want to give 1 star!!!!! First time tacos were good. I had one beef and one chicken. Not really flavorful but drive thru worthy. Second time my chicken in my taco was completely burnt! Not edible. I took the meat out and ate just the shell with lettuce and cheese. My 3rd and LAST time I got a beef hard shell taco. The beef was burnt to no recognition. This time I had to go back and tell them. There were 5 workers and not one customer to be seen. The woman told me, "we fry the taco"! Well the meat is burnt and I spread the burnt meat apart and showed her and she said it normal. You all can see for yourself! One pic is chicken and one is beef. Disgusting! A waste of space and a disgrace to Mexican food! read more

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Dear Cotijas, a salad for $10.99 should be more than just a pile of wet lettuce and a small scoop of chicken. Hopefully this catastrophe was an isolated incident read more

Cotija's Taco Shop - Sad salad with more croutons than chicken. - Mexican Near Me - Temecula, California

This place is really good a little hidden gem good prices and savory food. Massive burritos

I was looking forward an authentic Mexican food drive thru. It is expensive. I order ONE crispy beef taco and it was awful. The shell was like rubber, it had been fried before and sitting out for hours, the meat was SMALL, no limes, no radish and a bean and cheese burrito. The cost was $13.00! so it was 6.50 each! The taco was worth $3.00 at the most and the bean and cheese burrito maybe 5.00. Service is SLOW because the girl at the window is chatting with other employees. ambiance is ok. It is a drive thru. The place was clean on the outside. I was very disappointed! read more

We tried the chicken tacos and roll tacos they were extremely bland some of the worse I've ever had from a taco shop. We also ordered bean and cheese burritos with extra cheese they hardly had any cheese also bland. Do not recommend ordering these items. Not sure what's going on we have ordered here before (not these exact items) but didn't have this issue. It's so bad we couldn't continue eating the food. read more

My daughter and I went to Cotija's last week and the food and service were both amazing. We were in the drive-thru line and there was a police officer in front of us. When he was at the window picking up his order, I noticed that the gentleman working would not take his money. When it was our turn at the window, I told him that I noticed that and he said that he was one of the owners and that they make it a point to not charge police officers and border patrol agents. I thought that was a nice way to give back. For our food, we ordered a carne asada burrito and carne asada tacos. We loved both orders. I would definitely recommend Cotija's, service and food were top notch! read more

Food was not good spent $70 on 4 tortas and some tacos. Asada not good flavor is bland and the meat is more in the chewy side.

We finally made our way to Cotijas last week and we have been back twice already. During our first trip we tried the burritos. They are huge and filled with so much meat. Very impressed. The salads we had tonight were fresh and large enough for two meals. We are very happy we finally made it here and we will be back soon. read more

Worst restaurant ever. Terrible customer service. Simple instructions can't be followed when ordering food. If you ask a question or for them to re make food they always mess it up. The main lady who picks up the phone when you call is incredibly rude. Literally any other Mexican restaurant in Southern CA is better than this place. Food is soggy and taste bad too. Avoid this place. read more

I absolutely love this place! Best Mexican Food in the area hands down!! Staff is amazing! Never had any issues with my food. Best prices. Jose' is a sweetheart. I've tried many items on the menu and it's always wonderful!! Thank you!!! read more

Don't waste your time coming here. One of the worst breakfast burritos I've ever had. Customer service was terrible. 10/10 would not recommend. read more

Love their food they have a new Chile verde bowl and the fresh waters are bomb. Will be coming back for more.

It pains me to write this, but it must be done. We ordered $41 worth of food this evening and ALL of it was completely cold. The cheese wasn't melted, fries were barely cooked. Overall just really disappointing. I planned to take it back until I realized he didn't put the receipt in the bag like I requested. This was my families favorite taco shop but unfortunately, it seems like we need to move on. read more

Don't recommend. Taco Tuesday Special was a little too special and caused food poisoning.

The food is decent for "Mexican food," but if you're craving horchata, I suggest you go somewhere else. It's like drinking rice water with cinnamon powder. The cinnamon is so overpowering, it burns my mouth. I thought it was a one time thing, so I gave it another try. Unfortunately, the second time showed no change. read more

Don't understand all the negative hubbub. Been going to this place ever since they opened and the food has always been stellar. In my opinion the best taco shop in Temecula. Or at least on Temecula parkway. I did though encountered a situation about a month and a half ago at Cotijas. I ordered some food for my family and when I got home, my daughter was eating one of her chicken tacos when she bit down on a piece of broken plastic. When we finished eating, I went back with the piece of plastic and explained to one of the workers that my daughter could've swallowed it. He proceeded to show me all the plastic trays and anything else where the plastic could've come from but didn't find anything. So to make amends, he gave me a $50 credit purchase on my next visit. I found a note in my beans saying, "look, no plastic!" (That was a joke!) Pretty funny huh?! read more

Been numerous times never really know what to expect food is always made different some of the workers are rude messed up my order a couple times but food is good just know it's a gamble tbh I won't be back and I loved cotijas I like the one in Hemet read more

The food is good, can't complain about the authentic taste. However, If you end up going through their drive-thru and you hear a males voice on that loud speaker, rest assure service will suck and your order will be given to you incorrectly and/or missing items. The Hispanic male I talk about, has tattoos on his arms, and will overcharge you. Be aware and do not drive away before verifying your order and asking for a receipt. (Hector I believe he's name is) read more

Went to eat around 11:15am, no line and fast service . Ordered chicken chipotle burrito. Burrito was bland/no flavor and did not taste any "chipotle" . Tasted like bland chicken with beans . I am not happy with the quality . Price and wait time were both good though . read more

This place use to be good but now they consistently get the order wrong the (last THREE times); food doesn't taste as good as it use to and the employees have the most unprofessional conversations amongst each other that can be overheard by customers waiting at drive thru window, yesterday evening an employee was telling another employee about how she was turned away from a night club because she was accused of trying to take in drugs to which she responded by bragging she had already taken her drugs at home. read more

DO NOT GO HERE!!! EXTREMELY DISRESPECTFUL. ONLY BEEN HERE TWICE, and TWICE NOW they've disregarded my order and given me opposite of what I ordered. I'm lactose intolerant and tried this place once a while back, burritos are my thing but everyone puts cheese and sour cream in them. I ask for none everywhere I go, this place must have absolute retards working for them cause I don't think they care the slightest. I asked for none and they put it all over the place. I'm pissed cause I even gave them a tip (cause I'm a nice person who works for tips so I know how it is). Months later I thought I'd try it again, NOPE, still the biggest douchebags in Temecula. This time I made sure that they couldn't possibly get it wrong, asked three times at the order menu if they could take off the cheese and then I get to the window, and as paranoid I am, especially since they fucked up last time, I made sure TWO MORE TIMES! And asked to please make sure there's no cheese, I even told the guy I'm lactose intolerant. When I got home and opined my burrito, mind u this is after tipping $5 for a $10 order. I was absolutely THE MOST PISSED OFF IVE BEEN IN MY LIFE. I was contemplating taking my burrito back and throwing it at their faces or all across all their windows. Fuck this place, never going back and recommend nobody eats here so they can go bankrupt. The only good thing for this area = no more Cotijas. And on top of that they charge $3 for their spicy carrots. Absolutely the most audacious fast food I've ever been to. Please save ur time money and stomachs from this terrible place. And if they try to contact me to "make things better" I promise I will NOT get rid of this review for the betterment of the people thinking of trying this pace, you have been warned. read more

I eat here several times a week. The food is great. The prices there competitive, and they have a drive-through, which makes my life easier.

The food wasn't bad, they just messed up my order and someone else's order. I wasn't even paying attention to the order total which is my bad- but I payed $54 for a queso birria taco and a pastor burrito with a 32oz Jamaica. But... I got like a 3lb asada burrito with fries, a regular burrito asada with spicy Cheetos, and a large order of asada fries and a horchata. It was my first time there. I got what I payed for but not what I ordered. So based on that- Im just assuming it was a busy day and there were only a couple people working. The food wasn't bad. I'll give them a second shot, hopefully the people who I got their order weren't rude for the mix up. read more

Bruh this place sucks ass ordered carne asada fries and it came w carne asada and fries.. when the menu said cheese guac sour cream and salsa can't even get fries right ... bloooooooooooooow read more

One of the best Mexican spots I had in a while and biggest torilla I had ever seen you got to try it yourself. Service was amazing even had to go back the drive thru to send my regards to the cooks 10/10 read more

Cotija's Taco Shop - Best Mexican spot in Temecula parkway you have to try it even there tortillas are amazing - Mexican Near Me - Temecula, California

I gotta say the food is really good here! Shout out to Enrique for providing quick and great service! The ambiance is nice as it's located in a cool spot of Highway 79 along with it being one of few Mexican restaurants with a drive thru. read more

Bought 7 breakfast burritos that took almost 20 minutes to wait for. Cost me 80 bucks for them and when I got home every one them was wrong. The guy that took my order had a shitty attitude when I was there and then when I called he had a shitty attitude. He told me they all come with fries when I'm plain English it says in the menu it does not. I'm tired of shitty attitudes and shitty people being lazy not wanting to do their job right and not even caring. No one has any self respect anymore. Needless to say I will never go back to this dump. read more

Really wanted to give this place a good review because I like their food but they ruined my morning. I was craving a breakfast burrito and they open at 7am. My wife waited at the drive thru window until someone told her they don't open until 8am. We went back at 8:10 and waited at the window for another 10 minutes only to be told there was a miss communication and they were now not sure when they would open. How on earth do they expect to make it when they turn customers aways when they are supposed to be open? I wont make the mistake of going here again. Sad when I was really looking forward to breakfast and now I'm hungry and angry... read more

Come here everyday for breakfast, the guys are cool and the lady at the front sexy af, amazing service read more

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Whoever owns this location needs to update their hours. Always closed hours before supposed closing time, staff is rude and after a few attempts at going here hoping it was a fluke will not be going again. read more

David & the brothers , Excellent customer service , has a sense of urgency for my Doordash pick up orders and the food is really good a-swell thanks cotijas! read more

We love this place!!! We get their breakfast burritos at least once a week. They are fantastic! Our friends all love their food too!!!

Food was not good. It wasn't gross(except the powdery cheese), but it was bland and boring. Portions were small for how bland and boring it was. It reminds me of what Mexican food from the Midwest would taste like from a caucasian family. Like they just don't know how to do it authentically. The cheese was that super processed shredded cheese that has that powdery taste on it. The carne asada tastes just like flank steak with salt. The barely put any sour cream or guac on it. I was just very disappointed. Our total was $35 and we just got 2 quesadillas(very little cheese), 3 rolled tacos(mostly lettuce and zero cotija cheese), and carne asada fries(crappy undercooked fries, the powdery cheese, salted steak, and a spit of guac and sour cream) I won't be back here. Service was ok. Nothing great, but not rude or bad. That is why they got 2 starts instead of one. read more

Cotija's Taco Shop - Carne asada fries. - Mexican Near Me - Temecula, California

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We love their street tacos for Taco Tuesday or their weekly discount until 5pm. The BEST! And their creamy green salsa is delicious.

I've tried this place 3 times and all 3 I ordered a California burrito. 2 times all I got was meat, cheese, and sour cream!!! There was even one time it was so watery, I couldn't even eat it. The one in the pic is what the inside of my last burrito looks like and man is it trash. I will NEVER be giving my money to this trash place again and I hope they get replaced very soon by something else. read more

Cotija's Taco Shop - Trash. Fry's are over cooked, no guacamole, no cheese, and wrapped like crap. - Mexican Near Me - Temecula, California

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The first time I went there I used the drive-thru. I ordered a cheese quesadilla, a tamal and rolled tacos. The tortilla on the quesadilla was burnt. You can smell the burn tortilla from the closed bag. The tamal was ok. The rolled tacos were good. The drive-thru is a huge mess. They have a double ordering menu but there is no organization. One car went out of turn after ordering which caused a delay for everyone else. The second time I called in an order just to pick it up. I ordered carne asada fries. Huge bummer. The meat has hard and the fries soggy. Needless to say I won't be coming back to this establishment read more