Everytime we go to this location, it is a horrible experience. I haven't used Yelp in years, and re-downloaded specifically to rate this place horribly.
Partner and I absolutely love Del Taco, and with the next closest one being in Valencia, we have found ourselves here at many late nights, early morning, etc. It's never been a good experience.
Unfortunately, our most recent trip was an official throw in the towel-never coming back to this location.
Typically, we experience waits of 15 to 20 minutes in the drive-through despite being the only person there...people seemingly not understanding what we're saying-at the "talk box", the drive through window, and the counter-and we have a lot of patience, we know not everyone's first languages English, but when I'm 20 minutes into an interaction trying to explain that, No, my name is not Mark, it's just the letter B, we could've eaten and been home at another place by now.
And no, ordering on the app does not make it less time unfortunately. Expect to wait 15 to 20 minutes longer than you're quoted. It's never a seamless and easy thing.
So I've covered excessive waits.
They often get items wrong. We order a fish taco, we get some type of burrito. We order unsweetened iced tea, we get sweet tea. Once or twice, OK, accidents happen. Every time we go? It's a quality control issue.
That's all without mentioning missing certain items. Fish tacos are supposed to come with a lime wedge, they're frequently missing. It seems silly, but the acidity in that really makes a difference. You order a certain amount of sauces online, you don't get them at all. You asked for utensils, you get told "they're in the bag" and they're not when you get home.
They'll let you order items at the 'talk box' and even charge you for those items, and after 15 minutes of waiting, come back and tell you they didn't realize they were out of something. Again, one or two times? OK, accidents happen. Nearly every time we go? You guys just don't care and a 15 year-old freshman in high school could do better.
So straw that broke the camels back...it's around 10 AM on Tuesday morning (11/19/24) I'm in my first trimester of pregnancy, and craving fish tacos. My partner is craving Del Taco in general, so we decide will give it another go after a few months. It can't be that bad right?
We order on the app, see an ad for a new drink called 'dirty del' that seems to have Dr Pepper, shake mix, and a lime wedge. Sounds great in my pregnancy brain.
We order online, wait in the parking lot for about 10 minutes, and then pull up to the window.
Queue the usual multiple times over trying to explain who we are in the talk box, that we placed an order online through their app, etc. whole exchange takes about five minutes when it should be a simple as "here for pick up, my name is" and "OK, pull up to the window!".
We waited at the window for about 10 minutes before we're even greeted by anyone. They ask if we are the one with the "new drink". We confirm, and the male employee flat out says he has no idea what's in the new drink. He tells us management never educated them on how to make the drink, what the drink is, etc. He simply saw that an ad had been put up in their window, and he had no idea what it was. He asked us what was in the drink. Us . The customer. He asked us how to make it. We don't know? I'm not paid $18.50 to know LOL
We tried to explain what it seemed like it was, and he said "oh, like a root beer, float, I got you!" Hands us the drink...has rotten limes floating in it. I balk a little, my partner tells me that they're probably just a little brown on the outside, so I take a sip of the drink. It tastes awful...not in just like a taste level away, like rotten in general. Kind of sour? But not in a lime way. Pretty quickly, we discover the entire cup is lined with cilantro leaves.
Seriously.
I don't know if the lime wedges were mixed in with some cilantro prior to being put in my drink but, yeah...It was absolutely nasty.
We remember that they frequently forget the lime wedges in the fish tacos, so we asked for some on the side. A new employee comes up and tells us she needs to charge us. We explain why we want them, and she tells us to check the fish tacos and that they're already in there, because it "comes with it". We check, no limes. We ask her for limes, And she says "whatever.". We get handed the limes, they're all brown and yellow. Like they've been sitting out for way too long.
He and I both sigh, and just decide to leave. 25 minutes waiting in total to get "fast" food where we were the only people in line with less than 6 items. Never again at this location. read more