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    Jack in the Box

    1.8 (143 reviews)
    InexpensiveFast Food, Burgers, Tacos
    Open Open 24 hours

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    Moderate noise
    Outdoor seating
    Dogs allowed
    Good for kids

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    Steve D.

    1100 El Camino Real San Carlos, CA 94070 I will have to agree with the lousy reviews about this Jack in the Box (JITB). I was in the area, and decided to grab a burger & fries in the drive-thru. Not sure what was happening, but it looked like the menu board was leaned up against the wall. There's no drive-thru lane or pathway. You just order and drive around the building. The server was cool. He offered me napkins and ketchup. However, the food wasn't too good. The fries were crispy, but lacked flavor or salt. The Jumbo Jack burger was a thin meat patty with a slice of cheese. They load it up with lots of lettuce to make it look larger. When you eat it, you hardly taste the beef. It's like a salad burger with pickles. Price $5.79. Oh well, don't come here again.

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    You can't be serious. Who thinks this is okay? There is no reason a taco should be placed in a bag like this.

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    Stacy G.

    I am filing a major complaint against the jack in the box in San Carlos, California.. this is going to be a legal issue. On 9/22/2024 at approximately 5 PM.. I went through the drive-through of Jack-in-the-Box, I ordered a couple items.. when I got to the drive-through window, I noticed a man that I had dealt with before that works there, but I do not know his name because I've run into him a couple other times where he refused to give me his name or make up an order for me. I paid for my food with my debit card and it was the same guy. He kept saying oh you have such a nice car. Ect.. and then when he handed me the order, I couldn't believe it. The whole bag has been immersed in cigarette smoke, and it just REEKED!! I put it up to my nose to make sure I wasn't imagining this, and my face felt like it was on fire. This is unacceptable, and was done with malicious intent. I immediately threw the bag out the door. All my other bags that were in the front seat underneath that bag got the smell of cigarette smoke all over them. My car now smells like cigarette smoke. I tracked and cigarette smoke because of the smell was so strong it wasn't just a little bit. I tried calling the store no one answers... This guy needs to lose his job. This is completely done with malicious intent, and I've dealt with him before. I need to talk to a REGIONAL manager and have something done about the situation. They're going to have to pay for having my entire car detailed out. This individual needs to lose his job. I don't know if he was involved with another person, but he was talking to someone in the back. I'm going to be filing a lawsuit if I do not hear from anyone from Jack-in-the-Box in the next 48 hours.!! This is not the first thing that this person has done to me and it's foul play.. I will warn other customers that see this. DO NOT GO TO THIS STORE!! Employees should not be smoking behind the counter or around the food in any way, shape or form!! Stacy Greenspan

    Suzette M.

    This location at 1100 El Camino Real at San Carlos CA is the Worst Customer Service ... The Bathroom is SO disarray and nasty dirty. I asked the counter person to clean it up coz it needed some attention... they just have me a cold shoulder and said that they can't do anything about it coz a lot of people are using it... mind you I was there as early as 6:45am and it's that dirty???? Very disappointed with this location.... POOR!!!

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    Standard jack - person who served me was nicer than most locations I've visited previously - went the next day t it was

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