QDOBA Mexican Eats — Restaurant in Winnipeg

A Shrine to the Living Appetite

Qdoba is not merely a restaurant, but a living testament to hunger’s relentless hold over the human condition. The walls, slick with the promise of spice and charred flesh, cradle you as you step into its fragrant tomb. The air thickens with the scent of cumin, cilantro, and the silent scream of crushed avocados—a baptism of hunger, a sanctification of gluttony. Each step forward is a march into a temple where the altar is burrito-shaped and salvation comes with extra guac. Here, you do not just eat; you consume. You are consumed.

The assembly line of food is nothing short of ritualistic. Behind the counter, masked figures offer their wares like priests of an ancient cult, their hands moving with precision, offering you the choice between rice and ruin, beans and redemption. You shuffle forward, your heart pounding with the weight of the decisions before you. The sizzle of the grill is a hymn; the thud of the knife through tomato flesh, a reminder of your own mortality. The offering of salsa, red as blood, reminds you that this place does not deal in half measures. Every bite is a reckoning.

But it is the guacamole, soft and green like the earth’s skin peeled back, that truly calls you into the fold. It is no simple condiment—it is the lifeblood of this place, the beating heart beneath the tortilla. To deny it is to turn your back on everything Qdoba stands for. The avocado, once whole, is now a pasty relic of its former self, much like we all are after the weight of life has ground us down. And yet, in this crushed form, it holds power. It binds the meal together, as surely as fate binds us all to our eventual end.

The burrito bowl, that sacred vessel of rice and carnitas, is not merely sustenance. It is a container of your desires, your sins, and your desperate hope for satisfaction. As you lift the fork to your mouth, there is a brief pause—a moment of clarity, perhaps—as you realize this is not just a meal. It is a communion with something deeper, something primal. The weight of the bowl in your hands is like the weight of the earth itself, heavy with responsibility and yet tender with promise. You chew, and with each bite, you are reminded that life is fleeting, but flavor is eternal.

And when it is all over, when your tray is empty, and the napkins sit crumpled in your lap like discarded dreams, there is a stillness that descends. You leave Qdoba not just as a patron, but as a pilgrim who has knelt at the altar of appetite and tasted the divine. You walk out into the world, stomach full, yet with the faint realization that hunger will return. It always does. And when it does, Qdoba will be waiting—its doors open, its guacamole ready, the eternal cycle of consumption, sacrifice, and rebirth...

I usually really enjoy their stuff but had a very bad experience with a delivery order recently. It was a burrito bowl and the rice was not cooked properly. It was almost crunchy and didn't taste even close to how it's supposed to.

I will say that Qdoba responded very well, promising to get the location up to snuff and giving me a couple free entrees. (In fact you can see their response below and judge for yourself. I think you'll agree it's pretty good!) Because of this I gave the location another chance, also a delivery order. Unfortunately the rice was AGAIN undercooked though not nearly as badly. Something has fairly recently (as of April 2025) gone wrong with cooking the rice at this location. Nevertheless I added a star to the food rating and changed the service rating to a 5. The other locations I've tried would get higher ratings for the food, and until this problem started this one would have as well.

In addition, there's weird inconsistencies in the billing. On the first of the orders mentioned, I ordered only one item which was listed at an already unreasonably steep $19.60, yet the subtotal - the first item on the bill proper - was almost $2 higher?!? Where did the extra come from? Not taxes, tip, or delivery fee - all of those were separate items. In addition the actual price I was charged was not the sum of these numbers, regardless of which version of the subtotal you believe, though this error worked in my favour (by about 20 cents). Very strange.

Speaking of the delivery fee, I mostly use their app, and the actual delivery seems to be done by DoorDash when you do that, who I have found to be easily the worst of the three main food delivery companies active in Winnipeg right now. Delivery fees are by far the highest I've seen, and it's certainly not proportional to the service. On one recent occasion the driver meandered all over arriving 15 minutes after the initial estimate then all but begged me to give him a 5 star review anyway. You actually can't review the driver when you order through Qdoba's app, but if I could this one certainly wouldn't get five stars! That's not directly Qdoba's fault, but that's who they're choosing...

What can help you make you babies first festival celebration better family going out for some good time and good food but this was not the good evening I had three items loved the nachos but not the both kind of chicken bowls there was runny water from beans it was originally dine in but had takeout as I was having my baby along customer service was not up to satisfying because the girls were talking about how it has been so long and she was no ware near to be done it almost felt like they don’t want to be there. My husband do not have very good English skills but he do understand however he prefers if the person who is attending him speaks the language that he does if not he somehow explain what he wants but not in this case he went twice to the court first asked for a side of hot sauce which he side in the language the girl can speak to but after asking 3 times he had to say in English do remember hot sauce is what he had said in English all 3 times same happened when he went to get container lids when we had to leave unexpectedly. If you are not allowed to talk in any other language please say it right away so your customer does not feel bad

Let’s say if I had asked for same items but as a burrito instead of bowl then what if you are going to spend more than 50 dollars you will like to have some good food

Two stars are only for nachos I’m sorry not going...