I consider myself a Taco Bell connoisseur, and this has *consistently* been the worst Taco Bell I've ever been to.
Just to give you some background, I'm from California and have been to almost every Taco Bell in Cali (including the Cantinas). I'm an OG rewards member and am the highest level. I also worked for Taco Bell when I was 19.
My first review of this Taco Bell was actually on another platform (Google) over a month ago. I explained how my order was wrong, the beef was the incorrect color, and my Crunchwrap was ridiculously skimpy.
After writing this review, I decided to give this location several chances to redeem themselves, and each has been worse than the last.
On three separate occasions, they've straight up ripped me off by completely leaving out the main ingredient, whether it was meat or beans.
On one occasion, they left the beef out of a Chalupa. On another, they left the black beans out of a Gordita. On another occasion, they left the potatoes out of an item for which potatoes were the main protein.
Three times is way too many to have accidentally forgotten the protein. Since I worked for Taco Bell as a teen, I know the manager gets bonuses for ingredient surpluses.
I very highly suspect that the manager at this location has directed staff to routinely leave out the protein in order to make their food usage look low, so that they get bigger bonus checks.
I also strongly suspect that this Taco Bell intentionally retaliates against people who write bad reviews, which is a horrible and immature business practice which always leads to a loss in revenue.
Instead of trying to do better, they've messed up every order I've put in through the app.
After I complained about my $7 Luxe box, they seem to have removed it from their menu by marking it as unavailable. I'm still able to order it from other locations, but not theirs.
Last time I came in, I ordered the loaded beef nachos, sub potatoes for beef. There was no beef or potatoes. There were ten chips that didn't even cover the bottom of the tray. The tray was not even 25% full.
These mistakes cost the business money since I ended up complaining and getting free items. I'll be redeeming them at a different location, though.
This Taco Bell is so bad that I literally went to McDonald's for the first time in over a year and Dairy Queen for the first time in many years-- they literally drove me away to their nearby competitors.
The Taco Bell corporation needs to take a serious look into what is going on with the management at this location and consider closing the store until it's staffed by at least one person who isn't constantly harming Taco Bell's reputation. read more