Taco Shel — Restaurant in Albuquerque

I’ve been going here for around 16 years, I used to love their food, but the lady Gloria is very rude, I can feel the bad vibes as soon as I walk in the door or even on the phone, she is wired!! I ordered a few weeks ago and I think she pockets some money for her tip, cause I’ve never paid $42.00 for 2 combination plates, she’s overcharging me, and that day I’m sure her and the cook put something bad in one of the plates, cause my husband got extremely sick, almost had to go to the emergency room, but the owners are so nice!! I decided to go back today and I asked Gloria if they changed the recipe on the red chili cause it was wired and awful last time, she said no, and I think she is charging me more than it really is for 2 combination plates which is $23.00 plus $6.95 for guacamole salad plus tax came to $42. And some change?? Most definitely overcharging me for some reason, when I walked in for my order today the cook was laughing, like he knew my husband got sick last time, I hope the owners are aware of what’s going on there, I will call again to speak to the owner again, it seems like they’re never there anymore, just Gloria...

I could see why some people like this place. You could easily become a regular here and be on a first name basis with the owners; they were very kind. But then there’s the food.

We had the stuffed sopapilla, beef taco, cheese enchilada, tamale, and chips and salsa. It had a very cafeteria like feel and flavor. On the plus side it wasn’t greasy or overly salty, but the flavors were just kinda lack luster. They did offer complimentary sopapillas after the meal and those were quite good.

Lastly, for as many short cuts as they take to keep operating costs manageable (serving meals in styrofoam containers, being cash only, not automatically providing lids on styrofoam cups) you’d think it’d be better reflected...

Cash only.no menu it's written on the wall. You have to hover over folks trying to eat their meal while you stand an decide what to order. The disturb more folks as you squeeze through to sit at a tiny table. Fat owner made himself a heaving plate of food. Then our very expensive tiny portion of food came out.. I've seen pin cushions that were bigger than our sopapillas. The waitress old as dirt and so rude. Expected a tip to cover her mortgage payment.. no I'll not be going back...