Not really sure why this location only has reviews that average 2 stars, but when I came here I got great service, food was delivered quickly to the drive thru and the employees were fantastic. I ordered nachos and asked for it to be made a specific way and they delivered 100%. The food was hot and very tasty. I especially want to thank Erica at the drive thru window as she was great in taking the order, reading the order back to me before I paid and was very courteous. Thanks Will be back again read more

God I hate doing this, but it's getting ridiculous. This is the 4th time ordering the Supreme Dip with chips and sadly this is the 3rd time they didn't get the order correct. How high are these kids?! It's frustrating and I have to tell myself every time that it's probably their first job. That being said, somebody needs to say something or else they'll just keep on doing what they're doing thinking they're crushing it at work or something. I know there's good kids there, but mannnnn I must have shit luck because I keep getting the b-team. read more

Taco Bell - Live Más Café - It's like 90% beans! How does "no beans" means go all in?! Smh. This is the 3rd time they've gotten this wrong. - Fast Food Near Me - Irvine, California

TACO HELLS BELLS. yo. Just realized I've never reviewed Taco Bell before. Ima just say a couple of things babies I did enjoy the drinks at the grand opening of the live más Taco Bell cantina grand opening extravaganza. And as for tonight I really enjoyed the steak poblano whatever quesadilla, it was the best item we ordered easily. Yo quiero Taco Bell :D read more

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OVERALL : Taco Bell has opened their "Live Mas Cafe" concept here at the Unuversity Town Center Irvine! They sell the usual fast food that you'd find at a normal Taco Bell, but with a variety of coffees, refreshers, freezes, etc that are only found at the cafe. The inside was open and clean, with plenty of seating and a "coffee bar" time vibe with bar seating around the counters where they prep the drinks. Plenty of self-service tablets to order on and they call your name when the order is ready for pickup. Our order came out quick! Def nice for a quick pick me up. PARKING : This is located at the UTC Irvine (near UCI) -- there's a parking lot out front! FOOD/DRINKS : Wild strawberry churro chiller - vanilla ice cream base w strawberry syrup and churro crunchies Mexican mocha iced coffee - iced coffee with dark chocolate, cinnamon, and vanilla flavors. With whipped cream and syrup on top. Surprisingly good drinks! Perf for a fun sweet treat that doesn't break the bank. I liked the Mexican mocha iced coffee the most out of the 2 I tried :) read more

Taco Bell - Live Más Café - Fast Food Near Me - Irvine, California

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Cutest rendition of cafe and Taco Bell. You get the whole Taco Bell menu and more Their drink menu is like having a Dutch Bros in the same shop. The front counter is filled with 10 blenders waiting to prep your orders. Tables are welcoming for you to hangout with friends. Checker boards are laid out on several tables too. You get the coffee shop - bar feeling. Enjoy your ice blended drinks or variety of coffees and sodas. Prices are reasonable too. Many sodas are only $1 Located down the road from UCI in a large strip mall read more

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There are plenty of parking spaces. I came here for the cafe concept, and it was not that great. I ordered via the kiosk and got the Caramel Dulce Churro Chiller and Cantina Chicken Bowl. The Caramel Dulce Churro Chiller was super sweet, and I couldn't finish it. I should have guessed it was going to be super sweet 'cause it was caramel dulce churro flavor. The Cantina Chicken Bowl was okay, nothing exciting. Recommendation(s): - None Service: 5/5 Tip(s): - Restrooms available - Order via kiosk and accept Apple Pay read more

Im a frequent visitor to this Taco Bell because it's close and convenient, and why not?? 90% of the time there are no real issues because the place is clean the food is relatively fast, the kiosk are functional, and you get tacos! But today, do you know what happens what shattered my faith in this institution that I have visited so many times? I went to the restroom, I used it, but when I came to the sink, expecting to be able to cleanse my hands from dirt and fill, and other impurities inevitable, there was no hand soap! But that's fine, I guess, I told one of the workers and they said they would fill it up. This happened in the afternoon. But I visited it again at, at 10 PM, I went to the restroom again, hoping that their transgression would be improved upon. I was thinking to myself, surely that they had to fill their soap up! But no, there was still no soap. This is a shameful display, and I know for a fact that the manager is aware, and does not care, because I saw him walk in and out of the restroom. Call the health department! read more

Taco Bell - Live Más Café - No soap - Fast Food Near Me - Irvine, California

Was in the drive through and I saw a rat. Complete mess inside with the lines. Went inside since the AI drive through bot did not get my order entirely, then waited 15 minutes for one single taco. read more

This is the 3rd time that my tacos have come out like this. The only day they look good is on Tuesday, so whoever works on the tacos on Tuesday's you're doing great. Wednesday's and Saturday's...the person working on the tacos just needs to be retrained by the person who does them on Tuesday... I have to ask for extra cheese each time, and I have showed the employees what it looks like and they were apologetic (one time a cashier thought I accidentally clicked no cheese and double checked my order on the register because they couldn't believe how little cheese was on there). Just thought they would understand after 3 times to tell the taco person to not put 15 strands of cheese. Let alone the smaller beef portions, but I pick my battles. read more

Taco Bell - Live Más Café - Poorly made taco. - Fast Food Near Me - Irvine, California

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Literally the worst drive through in all of Irvine. Absolute joke how badly they just don't care about the drive through. They only work on items for the inside customers and leave the line in the drive through to build to infinity. read more

Absolutely under one star but this opinion not ecx One of the worst Taco Bells I've ever been to. This location on Campus Drive is a total disaster. The staff are rude, lazy, and completely unprofessional. Orders are ALWAYS late -- no matter how simple. They clearly don't care about customer service at all. They take advantage of the fact that most customers are students from UCI -- young people who may not feel comfortable speaking up. It's honestly disgusting how they treat people here. What's shocking is the location. This is Irvine -- one of the cleanest, most respected cities in California -- and this Taco Bell acts like it's in the middle of Compton. No offense to anyone from there, but the way this place is run is just that bad. Go check the reviews -- it's flooded with one-star ratings and complaints. And still, the owner or manager does NOTHING. Either they don't care, or they're just as bad as the staff. It's like they've accepted being terrible. Taco Bell should be ashamed to have their name on this place. Avoid it if you respect your time, money, or basic human decency. read more

Taco Bell - Live Más Café - 55 minutes waiting still 3 cars front of my car it's ridiculous - Fast Food Near Me - Irvine, California

One of the worst Taco Bell experiences I've had. Decided to try this location because we were nearby and hoped that summer might mean this campus location would be less crowded with college students. Unfortunately this just meant it was more crowded with rowdy teens! It was also so slow, we waited 10 minutes inside for our order (that we had preordered 10 mins before on DoorDash). On top of that, they added chicken to my veggie power bowl. Big miss. I will continue to get my Taco Bell goodies from the Von Karman location. read more

Drive-Thru open during construction! Dining area is not available at this time. Check in a few weeks! read more

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Unbelievably slow terrible service. Who wants to wait 30 min for Taco Bell and then have the food be cold on top of that?

This is what the Nacho Bell "Grande" looks like now. No more Grande!! Basically just chips with a little cheese and beans and maybe some beef hidden underneath if you're lucky. And all this can be yours for $6.99. Ugh. read more

Taco Bell - Live Más Café - Nacho Nachos Bell "Grande" - Fast Food Near Me - Irvine, California

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Ok, first things first. I haven't been to Taco Bell in literal years. And before we get into the details, was it bomb yet underwhelming at the same time? Of course. It's Taco Bell. You come to Taco Bell expecting just that and they deliver, you can't be mad at it lol I went through the drive through for my order, and the first thing I noticed was that they have an AI interface at their order speaker, I was impressed not gonna lie lol I had already placed a mobile order so the second I noted I had a mobile order a real life human came on the speaker and asked me to pull up (AI was short lived but still cool lmao) I ordered a little bit of everything (which is ironic because we know everything at Taco Bell is same same but different haha) My order was as follows: Crunchwrap supreme Beefy 5 layer burrito Cheesy fiesta potatoes Soft tacos (GOAT no matter what anyone says) Doritos locos taco Bean and cheese burrito Chalupa supreme (another GOAT) Chips and cheese Baja Blast Zero (I think this is new? I don't rameee there being a zero option before but I am here. For. It.) The employee at the window was super friendly. My order was correct with no misses. And I was given more than enough sauce to actually suffice for all my items! Also- the drive through at this location was the widest I've ever seen (you could legit pull up 2 cars side by side with ample room) and for some reason this really elevated my experience lol Overall solid 4 stars, Taco Bell always hits, and if you have the app and catch one of their promos, they're a really good value as well!! read more

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Lwky such a great taco bell. It feels like tacobell on steroids. They have more drink options that is super good and they always get my order fast. I love the decor as it feels like im in miami. Overall a great taco bell read more

I come to this taco bell really late and night usually after work and truly they always do such a good job. Ariel (the baddie with the fun hair and piercings) is always so sweet and upbeat even at 2am! I didn't know I could love a taco bell but this is the one :) read more

Ordered at 9:45 only 1 baja blast freeze and a blue Gatorade bottle. My friend order a little before be just a medium baja blast soda. We noticed they were busy so we were waiting patiently, but when 10:15 came around we were mad. Lady behind the counter asked for our names, grabbed our melted drinks and tried to hand it to us ?????? We didn't obviously asked for new fresh drinks. We said our order and she checked our order ticket. Gave us 2 Baja blast freeze, 1 small baja soda and 1 large red Gatorade (tasted like melted popsicle) we told her we didn't order all this and she went "here just take it" forcing us out of there and seem annoyed at us. I just wanted my blue Gatorade and Baja blast man. read more

They will take your money and not give you any food. This is the craziest experience I've ever had in any restaurant... point black period. I have always been patient and understanding, as I have been in the food and service industry myself for years. When I pulled up in the drive thru to pick up my online order, the employee at the drive thru instructed that I wait in their restaurant lobby. I obeyed and parked my car and walked on in. Here is the kicker: I waited 30+ minutes for my order. When I asked for confirmation that my order would still come out after the half hour had passed, they o roceeded to laugh in my face and wondered loudly why I was still there. Mind you, there were people inside the restaurant and out that were patiently waiting as well. Their audible jeers and pointing was so embarassing and not even an ounce respectful. I'm 22 years old with my own apartment and bills to pay. And I wanted a meal to eat tonight and they didn't even bother telling me that my order wouldn't come out. They just kept saying it would eventually come and continued to contribute towards laughing at my plight. Eventually, after waiting a ridiculous amount of time, I just left on my own accord. I probably waited until 3:30 am after I place my order a little before 2:30. Mind you, they were open until 4 today and had the workers confirming their hours over and over again when asked. No sympathy. No human connection. No lack of understanding. I literally lost money and spoke to a person behind the counter telling me to keep waiting. Over and over again. For nothing. I will never come back here again and I hope this business understands the jeapordy they put real people in looking to get a freaking meal to survive. These are college students that want to eat for God's sake. Look at the location. Prime area. Right next to UCI. They stayed open on New Year's Eve this time of day knowing orders would rack in. However, regardless of the targeted population, if something clogged up the orders or business was going way faster than man power could handle, customers would completely understand and accept a valid y such as that. If I was told that it was too much trouble to get to my order today I would have understood and walked away with a refund. It's 2025....just say the app should have closed and online orders should not have gone through. Do NOT make false promises that orders will go through and then laugh at people that wait for the meals they've been promised. LIKE HOW TWO FACED CAN YOU BE? To promise a meal then expect people to give up after waiting half an hour is insulting and ridiculing. And to top it all off it was my fucking birthday. I was born on 12/31/2001. I can show you my drivers license. I ordered my first and last real meal of that day. I could have been fine with everything that went down, but that laughter and rude attitude will forever be engraved in my mind.... especially on a day like today where I could have spent it at home with people who actually cared about spending my birthday with me. I already opened a ticket with the customer service at Taco Bell, and I will be expecting my payment back to my card in full. It would be ridiculous if I did not receive it. I didn't get any of my food! And they confirmed the order??! Like what the heck. If receipts are needed I am happy to provide them. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me and contact me about this situation as I am happy to explain exactly what happened. If Zero stars was a thing I would leave it for the heartless people who left me insecure and sad on my fucking birthday. I asked so many times if my order would be ready and they continued to confirm it would come out at a reasonable time. Yet, it didn't. Figure out what happened that day because I am not the only one filled with promises and empty pockets. You stole a lot of money that day and had too many rude individuals employed. There was a couple that waited an hour. I spoke with them. Embarassing. Sad. Pathetic. Do Better. read more

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Probably should of known better than to go here on a Friday night with a bunch of college kids just trying to get out but alas they missed 10$ worth of food and also my fault for not checking before leaving read more

Please STOP being stingy with the sauces. The last 3 times I've ordered from here, I requested a lot of sauce packets, delivery gets here and I'm lucky to get 4. Super annoying. The sauce is my favorite part. If you don't want to give it out, don't ask us how many we want and what kind on the app. THANKS! read more

Taco Bell - Live Más Café - Fast Food Near Me - Irvine, California

The food is always on point here. Since it became a cafe the drinks are always super tasty. I've never gotten a bad order from this taco bell. read more

First off the service here is horrendous. The workers are incredibly rude and refuse to clean the venue. When I ordered dine in, the lady serving the food refused to say my name and even yelled to everyone "I am not saying that inappropriate name!", referring to my name "Genji". I felt discriminated and considered leaving as soon as I heard that. I swiftly grabbed my food and left to eat it at home. A horrendous experience. read more

My favorite fast food is the Taco Bell crispy taco. A prefab hard taco shell provides crunch without grease. It's filled w a crumbly Protein, shredded cheese-like substance, shredded iceberg, diced tomato and packaged hot sauce. Life doesn't get much better than two of these puppies for lunch. read more

I would rate this experience a zero if I could. I waited in the drive-thru for 48 minutes. The staff, seemingly inexperienced, moved slowly and lacked urgency. They paid no attention to waiting customers, instead repeatedly shouting names without focus. One employee even said, unprovoked, "We're not robots, I'm human too," which felt out of place. This is supposed to be fast food, but the service was anything but. I won't be back. read more

I was baja blasted to Italy with this Mountain Dew GELATO STRAIGHT! Loved it! Plz gimme a free taco read more

Taco Bell - Live Más Café - Gelato - Fast Food Near Me - Irvine, California

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I ordered a baja blast. I was happy. They didn't have baja blast. They took 20 minutes to tell me they did not have baja blast. Employee told me to leave a bad review. read more

I ordered a couple of box combos for me and a buddy. They added all of the items with salsa in one box stuffed to the point where the tacos were broken. I asked for them to re bag it and they just put everything in a bag. They said it was because Alyssa didn't want to use gloves. read more

taco bell is amazing. they're my savior and holy grail when i've had too much fun on a night out. bring back the nacho fries tho

usually when I go to this location, my food is bad but today they did a good job I went during 11 PM and my food was hot and right this time. I don't know if they got a new manager, but keep up the good work please. read more

Been in drive thru line for 28 min and still 4 cars away from window. Not sure of problem but nothing is moving.

Takes so long to get the food. Waited almost an hour in drive thru. They take over 15 minutes for each car. What is the hold up?

Waited in line at 3:15am for 45 minutes before the girl working in the drive thru said they only did mobile orders but would not take my order now even if I downloaded the app. Absolutely ridiculous it's not even closed until 4:00am. Garbage customer service read more

My friend and I went and the emo girl with black hair was rude asf. She got mad because we couldn't find the straw AND we did not want hot sauce!!! Also, btw, she had rbf. read more

I honestly doubt writing this review will ever get to corporate but figured it's worth a shot. I had a late night craving of a large baja blast freeze & nachos. There's 2 taco bell's close to me & this one is the closer one. I've been here many time before & it's always such a hit & miss. Feeling lazy I ended up here of course & the drive thru already has like 4 cars in line. It seems like it takes forever to get up to order. I finally did & it literally felt like years & years & years to get to the pay window. IDK what the idiot 2 cars ahead of me ordered but they messed it up for everyone behind. By the time I get my order the large baja blast freeze is basically liquid. I should of sent it back but I was just so over it at the time & took it anyway. Maybe it wasn't the car in the drive thru with the complicated order to blame but the idiotic workers. Why would you let a freeze sit on the counter for 30 minutes when it takes a couple of seconds to fill up ? the stupidity of the workers really amaze me. They didn't even apologize for the wait. Also took forever to pay for my simple easy order. I would try to avoid this place. Drive thru is just so bad & incredibly slow !!!. & it's common for them to run out of baja blast freeze which has been my experience in the past. Drive a couple min up Jamboree to visit the barranca location instead. read more

I just went through the drive through. First of all, there was a computer taking my order. Some may like the cool factor, i do not. Then, my order that i was given was totally wrong, except for the drink, so i didn't notice until i got home... There's no excuse for that. The computer took my order correctly. If you're not taking orders, you should be able to get the customer the food they ordered and paid for. And now that i'm home, i don't want to go back and get my correct order... read more

Horrible service and it takes about a million years to get your food. Do not recommend

Have been currently waiting 45 fucking minutes for a goddamn DoorDash order and no progress has been made!!

anyone leaving this place more than 1 star is being paid to. orders take too long on uber eats and either take hours to come, or don't show up at all. read more