I just had a 29 minute experience at the drive-thru. 29 minutes.
And if THAT had been my only problem, I'd give this place a glowing review.
I pulled into the drive-thru at 11:41 PM. There was one car in front of me waiting to order, and one car at the pick-up window.
Around 11:48 PM, the car in front of me finally placed their order and moved up to the pickup window.
I finally got my order placed at 11:56 PM. (That whole time, I just sat there in silence - I was never once greeted, or told that they'd be right with me, or anything like that.)
My order:
2 Cheesy Potato Burritos (with Chicken instead of Beef)
1 Cheesy Potato Burrito (with Steak instead of Beef)
1 side of nachos with cheese
1 Large "Limeade Sparkler"
I pulled forward and waited behind the other car (the one who had finished placing their order 8 minutes before me). Eventually it was my turn to pull up to the window. The guy handed me my drink. Unfortunately, it seemed that most of the drink was on the outside of the cup. The indented lid was covered with liquid, all of which spilled on me when I took the drink into my car, and the outside of the cup was soaking wet and sticky. Delightful.
About 5 minutes later, another employee came to the window and handed me two bags. "Here's your order" (handed me one bag) "...and here's your steak burrito." (handed me another bag. Ok,, that was weird, but whatever. I wanted to pull away, so I tried to condense the bags. Of course, as I drove off, I noticed that there were only 2 total burritos in the bag. I turned around in the parking lot and looped back around to go back to the drive-thru - only to discover that there were now SIX cars lined up. There was NO way I was waiting in that line. So I pulled up alongside the car that was currently at the window. The guys in that car were nice enough to tell the guy at the window that I was back, looking for the rest of my order.
Eventually, the girl who handed me my order came skipping (yes, skipping) out to my car to see what I needed. She asked to see my order. I handed her the bag. I don't want to say she was rude about it, but let's say that she seemed "pretty sure of herself" that I had, indeed, received everything correctly. I watch in PURE HORROR as she (with bare hands) took one of the burritos out of the bag, UNWRAPPED IT (yes, in the middle of the parking lot - and yes, with bare hands) and said "Here's the chicken one!" She then waved the other burrito in my face and said "And here's the steak one!" It took a great deal of effort and patience on my part to remind her that I had ordered 2 chicken burritos and 1 steak. She then asked to see my receipt, because she was "sure that there was only 1 on the order".
She then skipped back into the restaurant, and I returned to the waiting game. Eventually someone else brought out the new burrito and handed it to me. Not once did anyone apologize to me.
I left the drive-thru at 12:10, making that a 29 minute drive-thru experience.
BUT, here's the best part...not only did I get dinner.... I got dinner AND a show! In that wonderful 29 minute "experience", I was blessed enough to be visited by mother nature's littlest creatures, as I counted no less than 10 various mice and rats scurrying throughout the parking lot, and climbing along the ledges of the building. Mmmm, tasty and appetizing, right?
And THAT isn't even the end of the story....
I got home, and promptly threw out the first chicken burrito (the one that Susie Skipsalot opened with her bare hands in the middle of their rat infested parking lot)...
But, against my better judgement, I ate the rest of my items.
The order of nachos with cheese i ordered? There were 8 (eight) nacho chips in there. EIGHT. Well, that's 8 plus enough shards and crumbs to possibly make a 9th chip. The cheese sauce with them was cold, and rock hard. One of the chips broke when I tried to dip it in the cheese.
The steak burrito tasted "off"... which was really disconcerting, considering the wildlife I witnessed in their parking lot.
The chicken burrito, however, was what really gave this meal a nice "finish". About halfway through the burrito, I bit into something that didn't belong... INSIDE my burrito was one of those plastic-wrapped cinnamon candies (the ones that look like the red and white peppermint candies). Yes, a plastic wrapped candy INSIDE MY CHICKEN BURRITO.
Also, I asked for mild sauce, and got "Fire".
I went on the Taco Bell website to try to contact them, but their webform is limited to 500 characters, which isn't nearly enough for me. I tweeted them, asking for an email address, and they responded with a 1-800 number. I responded again, asking for an email address, and they responded again with the 1-800 number. So I guess if they're not willing to contact me the way that's most convenient for me, I'll just say "screw it" and put my story on Yelp. read more