Pro-tip: they have odd hours and have closures on the weekends, so plan accordingly . The law of…read moreodd hours never fails me, as it positively correlates to the quality. Served on the make-line, Daddy Donkey Mexican Grill is an upgrade from the most popular burrito chain in the world. I ordered the daddy y burrito with chicken rather than the carnitas with all the freebies , and their house made chipotle salsa. Very tasty. The chicken was made with love, and also was properly seasoned and flavorful. The chipotle sauce was appropriately spicy, but there was a pleasant almost slightly sweet after cool effect. Never had something like this, but it works quite well.

Nice spot for a Burrito. I had a Beef Burrito which had a generous amount of meat, it is not just a…read morewrap of rice. In addition, meat was good and extremely juicy! Service is quick and price is fair.

One star means that I threw away food. And if you know me, there are not many things that I dislike…read moremore than throwing away food. We were at the Boneyard in Shoreditch, where some food trucks hang out. Because we were in a hurry, we stopped in for a quick bite since our next meal was a considerable time away. What was I thinking?? Everybody knows that quality Mexican food is hard to find here, but I figured: who can muck up nachos? Freebird. That's who. The guy working the stand seemed distracted (yes, that's the word I'll use...) when we ordered the nachos, he seemed to carefully put as little cheese as possible on the chips. I noticed that the cheese looked like lightly shredded cotija, which with a melting cheese is fine, but... alone? He put the nachos in the oven so long, Frodo and Sam would have made the perilous journey to Mordor AND back well before the guy remembered to take them out. Burnt. He then tried to cover the worst burnt chips with salsa. Doooohh Three chips (no kidding) had barely visible cheese, a sticky remnant like gum stuck to the bottom of somebody's shoe. The chips are the consistency of sand, shaped into a triangle. Or, sawdust. Or the dust and dirt that gets kicked up during rush hour in downtown London, getting stuck in your eyes and teeth. It literally did not taste like something you should put in your mouth. I ate three chips before I gave up and threw them away. Their name isn't 'Freebird Nachos' so maybe their burritos are better. I know I won't take the gamble and find out.

"Whatever this is, it's not Mexican." -- that's what I kept repeating to myself as I ate this…read more When people at work asked me what I was eating, I had to say "food" and actually use air quotes when saying it because I couldn't give it the honor of actually calling it a burrito. First of all, the chicken just tasted all wrong (and I got the regular "grilled chicken", and not one of those faux-southern things they were attempting here). I chose the chicken fajita burrito thinking it would be good, but it just didn't hit the spot for me. I had more "authentic" tasting Tex Mex fajita-food at El Padron. I just get the impression that this place was started by someone who had never had a burrito in North America, and they assume people over here aren't going to know what they're supposed to taste like. It's not Mexican. It's not Tex Mex. It's just..... No bueno. Maybe I'd have better luck with one of the non fajita-style items on the menu (though I really doubt it). By the way, the Liverpool street location is take away only, so don't come here thinking you can dine in. I'm not taking any stars off for that, but I feel like people need to know that in advance.

PonchoNo8 have constantly been filling my inbox with their deals (which are indeed welcome) but the…read morelocation is just far enough from work I'm unable to go their for lunch. Crossing the bridge one evening, I decided to stop by the Steward street branch and expected an experience close to their extremely personable email marketing teams spiel. The shop is extremely well decorated. Modern, like a candy shop selling burritos. There was nobody at the front, a an "ahem" did the trick. I asked for the low carb box which I'd received a QR code voucher for. Something I noted was that the staff are perfectly pleasant, but don't really chat to you much. I was pretty much expecting somebody really chatty taking my order which the emails sort of indicate with their tone. The most I was asked were the ingredients I'd like and my phone to scan the code. No pleasantries or small talk. That said, the guy creating my box was generous with the portions of everything, so fair play. The food itself. WOW. I've never had a naked burrito before, but wow. You don't miss the empty carbs from the flour tortilla and you don't miss the rice that feels like a brick in your stomach afterward. If anything you get more beans and chicken as a result (more protein \o/) The salsa, salad and other toppings are quite standard, The chicken however, is by far the highlight of the meal. It's cut into big chunks. No small crumbled pieces of dried out frazzled chicken here. The grilled chicken is chunky, just charred to give it that bbq taste and moist real pieces of part breast, part thigh. So the shop is nice, well designed and clean. The food even better. I just wish there was one south of the river in Bankside Southwark so I could head here for my Low Carb Box after hitting the gym :D

Poncho No 8 is the sort of eatery that I call a Chipotle-alike. Chipotle is a wildly successful and…read moreoft-imitated chain of fast food burrito joints in the US with a distinctive setup. You queue for your burrito across the counter from a parallel queue of employees who will make your burrito in an automobile factory-esque line. One guy puts chicken on the tortilla, who hands it to the rice applicator, who passes it to the salsa dispensation engineer and so on. If you're not a people person or if you're worried that your shirt clashes with your tie today then restaurants like this will drive you mad - there are half a dozen social interactions that you must brave before the last person on the assembly line hands you a burrito. I happen to like this setup, but I'm a chatty American so your mileage may vary. It's hard to judge Poncho No 8 on its own merits and without comparing it to other Chipotle-alikes. Chilango here in London is similar, and if the signs on Charing Cross Road are to be believed then Chipotle's arrival on these shores is imminent. Poncho falls a little short in this company. The rice tends to be just a tad under-cooked. The cheese has a slightly odd sweetness to it. The salsa at the extreme end of Poncho's heat spectrum will produce a scalp sweat or two but it isn't meet-your-spirit-animal-and-ancestors hot. (The sign in the restaurant that favourably compares their hot salsa to riot control gas had raised my hopes.) It's not the best burrito you can get. It is, however, the best burrito you can get in East London, so far as I am aware. It's also the only Mexican place in lunch hour reach of Spitalfields, the Land of 1000 Lunch Places (Boho Mexica nearby is outstanding but it's not really a take-away sort of spot). The chicken and beef are uniformly delicious. There is value for money here, too: £4-6 spent at Poncho No 8 nets you a burrito that approaches the size and shape of a rugby ball. Three stars seems unfair for a place that I've been to a few times and am likely to visit again, but the memory of and future hope for finer burritos keeps me away from granting four. Poncho No 8 is pretty damn good, though, and for the moment it's the only game in this part of town. Burrito lovers and queue fetishists should give it a try.

After a great tip off from another Yelp Elite, i'd bookmarked to stop off here whenever I was next…read moreTravelling from Paddington. A trip back from Cardiff and my first stop was to venture to Poncho 8 for a free burrito! It's nicely located near the canal, so it's a pleasant little walk from the station. The little fast food restaurant has a few seats, but it is more of a grab and go place. The menu isn't extensive but easily covers the full burrito range and also offers a healthy, low calorie salad option too, which is good for the health conscious out there. The free check in offer with Yelp doesn't actually outline what free thing you'll receive, and when we showed it to the staff they weren't too sure what it was but told us we could have whatever we wanted, which was great! I chose a delicious burrito mix of pulled pork and spicy beef, topped with lots of creamy advocado, chilli sauce, beans, rice, lime juice, cheese, sour cream, the full works! We sat holding our heavily filled wraps and tucked in, accompanied by help-yourself mint water. A lovely refreshing drink to wash drink such heavy food! We gobbled up our food and left feeling happy and full. I'd most certainly pay for a burrito from Poncho 8. The ingredients were tasty and fresh and very satisfying. Yelpers, definitely cash in on the free check in offer! Thanks Yelp and Poncho 8.

This was the first time I've used my Yelp! App to find somewhere new to eat and I was not…read moredisappointed! Firstly, the burrito was very tasty. The double meat (succulent pork and barbacoa steak) was well seasoned and magically crammed into the tardis-inspired tortilla. Secondly, because it was my first time checking in there, they gave it to me FOR FREE!! A free burrito. Just let that sink in for a while. So the burrito was as tasty as those from Tortilla so it deserved 4 stars, plus the bonus star for it being free! Did I mention I got a free burrito? Amazing.

Fave Mexican burrito/taco bar I've ever visited! Such amazing food with a great atmosphere inside…read moreand the staff are so so nice. Couldn't recommend it more! Ps: follow my Instagram for more pics @sophiehirshall

Had the pork baby burrito and it was great. Perfect size. A…read morefancier and tastier version of Chipotle

Food 5/5 Service 4/4…read moreAmbiance 5/5 Great envirnoment, wonderfull and delicious food, i was very happy to see lighting here

It was fine. Not as good as chipotle, but service was quick and friendly. It's a weekday lunch spotread more

Tucked away in one of the by lanes around Liverpool Street station, the only reason I stepped in…read morewas the giant plaque outside claiming this was the best burrito in London. And they aren't lying. I had the pulled pork burrito: both in the whole wheat tortilla and a naked one. The rice is good. They have a choice of two rice types: tomato and brown. Both are good. And the beans are well cooked too. But what makes the burrito is the pork. Juicy in every bite! Their nachos are baked, not fried, and the medium salsa is a perfect accompaniment. Definitely coming here again.

Poncho 8 is a pretty average establishment. The only thing that I've had from there is the burrito…read moreso that is all that I can comment on. Everything about my visit screams just OK. The meat tasted OK, there was an OK amount of filling and the price was OK, even with an extra £1 for guacamole. I can't bring myself to get excited about my food from there but I wouldn't say that I didn't enjoy it, just not enough to rush back. If you are in the area and there's a big queue at Chilango's it's worth a shot. Maybe you'll like it more than me!

Chipo, erm, I mean Chilango…read more.. You were out of chips. You were out of guacamole. I was not drunk. Yet you still receive 3 stars. Now that is saying something. Seriously, they were some pretty stellar chicken tacos. Not quite like..... you know what....... I'm not even going to go there. "Pretty stellar" it is. You're growing on me, and not just because you're all I ate for two days while laying grass, wrapping a wall and building a pub. (Nope, not a euphemism, even in the slightest.)

I've been desperate for some decent mexican food since I left Kansas. I happened across Chilango…read moreafter a job interview the other day and the bright neon green and pink drew me in. I was very excited to find that this was an English version of Chipotle with a similar setup and menu. It even TASTES like Chipotle. Yay!! I ordered a veggie burrito with chips and salsa. The burrito was awesome. The chips--eh. I agree with Tisha B. that a bit of lime and salt would make them fantastic. I got the mild salsa which was basically just diced tomatoes. Not great, but still good. Another big plus is lack of damage to my wallet--two burritos, two side orders and two Cokes cost me about £13. I dug the neon green. I also loved the hot pink stools and paper flowers. Kind of an odd choice of decor for a Mexican joint but it was sure happy and friendly. And I think Chilango is probably the only place in town where you'll hear a mariachi cover of 'Billie Jean'. You don't want to miss out on that!