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    El Forastero

    3.3 (320 reviews)
    ModerateMexican, Fast Food
    Open Open 24 hours
    Updated 3 months ago

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    EL FORASTERO ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Veggie burrito, chips with jalapeño sour cream
    Jonathan R.

    Got to love the authentic Mexican food at El Forastero! Combined with drive through service and a chip and salsa bar what's not to love?! Food comes fast with great flavor. And you got to like the little things like jalapeño sour cream sauce for just that added zing. Yummy After being overseas on a recent holiday the one food I craved on my return was Mexican and you want to know my go to.... El Forastero. Food is simple, affordable with great service. Enjoy!

    Shakie H.

    I come here enough to know how my food is supposed to look but they got me messed up today! The consume was like they skimmed all the grease off of the top and these refried beans look last night old. For $20.00 a plate.....come on yall!!!!

    The taco was good, but the dipping broth was way too greasy.
    Alan C.

    I've been trying some of the 24 hour Mexican drive-through's in the area. This one was not as successful. The service was quick, and the person at the window was friendly. I had the quesaBirria taco, and an order of chorizo fries. I also had an Horchata to drink. The Horchata was very good. Had a lot of good flavor to it, and was not watery at all. The chorizo fries were tasty, I did like the chorizo, but The serving was smaller than I've gotten at other drive-throughs in the area. Also, the fries were a bit soggy. The taco was the least successful. The taco itself was OK, and the meat was tender. But the broth that you dip it in? extremely greasy. A good Birria broth is like a consommé that you can drink. Just dipping the taco made the taco very greasy, and I couldn't drink the broth at all. Overall, prices were on par with some of the other Mexican drive-throughs I've been to. I'll stick with the places. I usually go to. Thanks anyway.

    Burnt fish. Separated the pieces that weren't fried.
    Benny Jann P.

    I cannot even fathom how this left the kitchen. I can't even imagine how they thought this extremely burnt fish was usable in a taco. Let's just take a gander and appreciate the "what the f*ck"

    Too expensive! $20 for a combo w 2 tacos and rice and beans? Not even a drink!!That's why your mom is always saying "hay comida en la casa" Go to Olive Garden instead and treat yoself, they got the same wild prices and more ambience lol

    Birria Tacos
    Rachelle A.

    Came here for lunch yesterday & was super excited to try some of their menu options. I see a lot of El Forasteros around town but just never had the opportunity to stop. One of my favorite things too about this location, is their drive-thru location. It makes the service quick & convince which I love. Looking at the menu, I was glad to see they had so much variety. From their combination meals, tacos, burritos, nachos, & desserts. I almost got a burrito but Im a big fan of birria so I decided to get 2 birria tacos & a magonada. It didn't take long at all for the food & the staff was very polite and friendly in the process. Also, love the extra sides that were added to my order w/ the salsa ( green, red) + limes. Definitely recommend giving this place a try.

    Quesadilla with yellow cheese and store bought tortillas . They hated us cause we are Chicanos ..

    Me dieron una quesadilla con queso Americano y tortia de la harina dura, esta comida valen puro vergelitos No gasten silu dinero Chicanos are hated here...

    Carne Asada Taco - Super

    My go-to spot! Always friendly, always fast and yummy. While I probably go through the drive thru late night 3x a month, sometimes I'll pop in too. Great churros!

    I love this place. I always get the same thing and it never disappoints. Everyone is super nice too!

    Bean burrito no cheese
    Natasha Y.

    I was super surprised about this place, late night meal while I travel. I've had Mexican food in SF once before and was disgusted by what they called Mexican food and was pretty scared to even try it again up in NorCal. I'm from socal and also 20 mins away from Mexico and been to Mexico a bunch and I have access to some of the best taco shops and Mexican food so with this said this is def the closest taco shop to being like San Diego. I highly recommend this place if u want a taste of Mexico, it's not the best but it's the best up here, that's y the 4 stars and not 5.

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    Kinda expensive, but worth it!!!!! Love their platters and tacos. Sometimes the staff are kinda rude but the food is always consistent.

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    $20 for a burrito and a drink ? Well not worth it , beans are salty taste from a can , asked for asada but it's chuck steak. 2 stars is fair

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    11 months ago

    Bought a breakfast burrito with a hair rapped around the eggs. Never again! How do you not wear hair nets. Disgusting!

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    1 year ago

    Food is always great and they're not stingy with their food. Their street tacos are delicious

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    This is definitely in my top 5 would highly recommend they definitely serve quality food

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    20 dollars for a shrimp burrito is ridiculous... the burrito was good though but never coming back again

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    $16 for ONE burrito is crazy. Especially because the portion size is so small. Never coming again.

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    My California burrito was fantastic. Best I've had in a long time! Drive thru service was quick. Employee was nice.

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    Do they have black beans?

    Yes, I believe black beans are an option

    I'm vegan and was wondering if their beans, tortillas, rice, and guacamole had any animal products (such as lard, sour cream, etc.)? Or are there any other vegan options?

    Hello their refried beans do contain lard but they also have whole beans which are vegan friendly as well as their rice and guacamole tortillas are vegan friendly as well hope I answered your question as I'm vegan also I already asked my self

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    I honestly cannot believe this is what Taco Bell considers acceptable service. I ordered a taco and…read morewas handed a bag with the taco NOT EVEN WRAPPED and placed UPSIDE DOWN inside the bag, so naturally the entire taco was dumped out. I literally had to scoop the ingredients back into the shell just to eat it. I went back to the restaurant to give them the opportunity to remake something that NEVER should have been served that way in the first place. This wasn't a complicated order, a missing sauce packet, or some tiny mistake -- IT WAS A TACO. Wrapping it and putting it in the bag right-side up is quite literally the bare minimum. If employees are so careless that they can look at an unwrapped taco, put it upside down in a customer's bag, and hand it through the window like that's perfectly acceptable, there is a serious lack of quality control and basic customer service at this location. Absolutely unacceptable. Do better, Taco Bell. I'll NEVER COME BACK TO THIS LOCATION AND URGE NONE OF YOU TO EITHER. You messed with someone with a background in radio and I'll be sure EVERYONE knows about this .

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    2.9(377 reviews)
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    Fresh, fresh, fresh!!…read more I stopped in to this location on Sunday and grabbed a few fish tacos! They were amazing! They cooked the fish fresh right as I stood there and watched! The lettuce was local and hand, chopped (unlike the stuff they sell nextdoor at TB). I was out at the VA clinic a few weeks ago and saw that the food carts had been shut down for that parasite that's coming in on Midwest during lettuce, so I was very happy to know that at Alberto's only uses local grown veggies! Anyway, I can't say enough good things about it. It was great. I've been going there for 30 years and I'll go there until they close their doors. Hopefully, that will be never.

    We enjoyed it. Nearly 5 hours of driving total to help a friend move. I saw this place as we were…read moredriving to his home and I knew I wanted to stop by before we head out, but we decided to grab lunch here so the guys can refuel before they get back to moving. I went to the drive-thru because I was lazy. The speaker at the drive-thru was had a lot of static but she was able to get my order without any issue. There were a lot I wanted to try but I didn't want to be too full especially since we did not want to stop to use the restroom or anything like that. + regular carne asada burrito w/o salsa + super carne asada burrito w/o salsa + super chicken burrito + 2 Jarritos (orange) + 1 Diet Coke (large fountain drink) Waited a bit but not long at all. Thankfully no one was in line. The burritos were huge, even the regular one. A generous amount of filling and though the salsa that came on the side was not spicy, it added some moisture and it went really well w/ our meal.

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