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    El Pollo Loco

    2.8 (184 reviews)
    Closed 9:30 am - 10:00 pm

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    Classic Double Chicken Chopped Salad: a la carte, Chopped Chicken & Baja Shrimp (+$1), Creamy Cilantro Dressing, no Pepitas ($12.49)
    Elena N.

    Date: Monday, July 29th, 2024 What: Dinner Takeout Party of: 2 Ordered: via El Pollo Loco website Time Ordered: around 8:45pm Time Ready: about 15 mins later *Classic Double Chicken Chopped Salad: a la carte, Chopped Chicken & Baja Shrimp (+$1), Creamy Cilantro Dressing, no Pepitas ($12.49) *4 pc Half Chicken Meal: small Rice, small Mashed Potatoes with Gravy, 4 Flour Tortillas ($15.79) *Shredded Chicken Crunchy Taco: a la carte, 1 taco ($3.89) *Chicken Taco Al Carbon: a la carte, 1 taco ($3.49) The hubby and I stopped to get gas and decided to grab dinner in the area. He suggested El Pollo Loco. Since I've never tried, we decided to get takeaway from here. Using the website was pretty easy for a pickup order. Tho this location has a drive thru and that wasn't an option when ordering. When we got home, we realized my salad was missing the shrimp! We were a ways away, so it wasn't worth it to go back. At least it was only a dollar. The salad was pretty good. I actually liked the dressing. Creamy, but not too heavy. Good amount of chicken as well. I also enjoyed the tacos. Especially the crunchy one. And it stayed crispy thru our 1.5 hour transport. The chicken meal was the most disappointing. I didn't enjoy the chicken at all. It was pink, a little slimy, and not much smokey flavor. The hubs seemed to enjoy it tho. But he ate it with the sides and tortillas. I just tried the chicken by itself. Good salads and tacos, but I didn't care for the chicken meal. Even out to 3 stars, but minus one for forgetting the shrimp I paid for. REVIEW #3504

    Nachos had very little chicken and it had tons and tons of beans! They also had hardly any chips and it was as if I asked for a chicken and beans bowl. I couldn't even enjoy them !

    3pc Fire-Grilled Chicken Meal

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    Birria burrito
    Tanya B.

    I heard El Pollo Loco had a new birria burrito and taco... I decided I needed to give this a try. The wait was a bit extensive they must have been understaffed because it took a good 20+ minutes to make it through the drive thru... and indoor seating is closed. The staff seems nice enough they definitely try and upsell you chips guacamole soda... I get it but it is annoying, you get the comb then they try and upsell the chips and guacamole.. From a business point of view it must work for them. But for the customer who just wants to try something new get in and out of there... it's annoying. Now the good part... I tried the burrito... I maybe should have gone with the tacos but I wanted to try something different. It was pretty good. The meat was very good but I didn't get the same birria vibes I do at other restaurants.... This was almost like a pot roast meat just with a little bit of flare. Nonetheless it was still very good and would be worth ordering again.

    Double Protein Avocado Pollo Fit Bowl
    Evelyn M.

    When you come to the drive through here, speak loudly because they can barely hear your order. Seems like a pretty popular spot. There was a line when I got there and a long line behind me. I'm confused at the moment with the Double Protein Avocado Pollo Fit Bowl because another location had black beans in it but when I looked at the menu again it doesn't have it. Ok so I tried it and it's either really good with black beans but this was just ok. When I come back I with try the Double Protein Fajita Pollo Fit Bowl and see if that was what I had before and what is weird is because the first time I had the avocado pollo fit it was an online order so why did they get it wrong? Well I guess I must try them all.

    Coupon deal
    Richard S.

    I found a coupon for El pollo Loco, feed 2 peeps for $12.00. 2 legs 2 thighs 2 sides 2 salads 4 flour tortillas 4 small containers Pico de Gallo. And 2 churros 1 drink total cost $13.90 out the door. Chicken was good everything was good except the rice and salad dressing had no flavor , tip.. order other side instead of rice, ask for no dressing bring your own. Churros were really good and hot out of fryer .good little treat after meal. I made two burritos tore chicken off bone put in flour tortillas add beans and rice top with Pico de Gallo was good. I would go back won't rush over there, but would go back

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    I was in Vacaville on business. On my way out the door I paused, (my stomach made me do it) asked…read moremy host if the Mexican spot across the street was any good, and waited to hear his reply: "nah, not really. If you want good Mexican you gotta hit Jalisco". Say less. "Oh, and get their green salsa." Ok, you said a little more but we'll get back to that. I headed out the door and started driving. Soon I realized I didn't actually know where I was going (not unusual for me) and called the host. All sorted out I not only found Tacos Jalisco but got the (green) spot right in front. Valet parking would have been less convenient. Things were looking up. I went full gringo and bought a super burrito. Was it OK? No. Was it good? No. Was it great? Getting there. Was it superb? Warmer. Was it T R A N S C E N D E N T? YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Was the sauce good? Ok, let's not do this again. Yes! The sauce was HELLA GOOD! How good? Let's just say they sell it by the bottle FOR A REASON, primo. For a reason. Did I buy a bottle? Uh, do people come from out of state to buy bottles to freeze? Uh, yes. So yeah, you best believe I copped a bottle. Call the burrito Davíd Blaine because that lil hommie disappeared real quick. (I got the al pastor which was perfect btw. ) The ambiance? I don't know. Do you remember the color of the carpet when you were at the California Lottery's finance office to pick up your Powerball winnings (you picked lump sum)? Then you know what I'm talking about. A lot of tops. Place was clean. Menu's were easy to read. The very nice lady working the register was hella cool and even offered up suggestions when I was vacillating. Lots of dudes in the kitchen so my to-go came out real quick. (Lots of cooks to me means they're doing a brisk business. Which means fresher food. Faster service. Etc. You know the ------ vibes! So all I have now is this bottle of green salsa and the knowledge that refills are only $5.00. For life. Yes they make it fresh every damn day. Stop playing. Maybe I'll see you at Tacos Jalisco when I'm filling up my bottle.

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