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    2.9 (163 reviews)

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Chimichanga was amazing!!

    The food was so good .... fresh, tasty and huge portions! Price was very reasonable as well! So much food for the money spent! Can't wait to come again!

    Carne asada wet burrito
    Brenda A.

    Wednesday about 2pm. Ordered a carne asada burrito. No rice and wet (enchilada sauce and cheese on top). Served with sour cream, guac and chips. Huge!! Huge! Easily 2 could share. I always find that Rudy's makes the burrito without mixing the ingredients. So here one end was all bean and the other was all meat. So weird. But it was tasty. The meat wasn't really seared but just chunks. I would have preferred real carne asada off of a flat top or grill. This burrito was $20. Insane. I think the price and meat quality might make me pause before returning. Still have a small salsa bar.

    Shredded chicken burrito
    Erika V.

    Rudy's is a family favorite and I know I can always depend on them for a comfort meal. I usually order the shredded chicken burrito (chicken, beans, rice and cheese) and it is amazingggg. If my body allowed me to eat burritos every day, I would Rudy's burritos are a great price for the size and the chicken and all other ingredients are always cooked perfectly too. Thank you!

    Typical bag of Rudys burnt chips.

    Food is okay. Chips are ALWAYS awful. Never Fresh. Chips are made way in advance, usually over-fried and burnt. They sit around in bags all day (or days) and get more stale as the day or days go by. In the "old days" when Rudy ran things, everything was always fresh. Why can't they just make fresh chips throughout the day? Come on Rudys, you can improve quality if you want to.

    A sad small bag of chips

    There is a reason why this restaurant only had 3 stars, poor customer service. If you order a meal you will get a bag of chips. But if you order 5 meals you'll still get that ONE SMALL bag of chips. I asked for a bag of chips per meal because we had more than one and they refused to give us some. Yet I asked if I paid per each meal individually if each meal would get one and they said yes. Which is ridiculous. They admitted that they would rather refund me the whole order and charge me each meal individually and added that it was time consuming but would rather do it the long way than to give us two more small bags of chips. Some customer service there. I have included a picture of the bag of chips for size reference.

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    Breakfast burritos are amazing. Very filling, well distributed ingredients and delicious!

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    Love everything there @ Rudy's in Carpinteria - stop there every time I pass through & recommend highly!

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    Have eaten chicken tacos there and they are big n heavy. They also have great freshly made chips. Red salsa great taste and spicy

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    The only Mexican thing about this restaurant is the Spanish name. Everything else is bland dull and flavorless.

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    Huge burritos! and I also love the crispy shredded beef tacos. Awesome customer service.

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    Tried this place a couple times. It's a little pricey and not very tasty. The salsas suck too. Not a good Mexican food spot!

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