Albertacos — Restaurant in Colorado Springs

I just picked up "dinner" at Albertacos and wow... What a joke. The woman taking our order was rude. We had to wait 12 minutes in the drive thru line with only 1 car ahead of us. 12 minutes, and they were finally handed their food it was only 2 small bags. We'd expected them to have ordered a feast for 15 people with how long their order took.

Then we pulled up to the window and waited. And waited. Another 8 minutes before we got our order. 1 Carnitas Burrito, 2 Cheese Enchiladas, Cheese Fries, and a large Sprite. The Sprite was the only thing that wasnt insanely bad.

The Carnitas Burrito did not have anything that looked like Carnitas in it. It appeared to be chopped onions and tomatoes in some sort of sauce that tasted like a watered down version of old turkey gravy sitting in the back of the refrigerator 3 weeks after Thanksgiving.

The fries were rock hard. Not even joking, rock hard. I dont know how they managed that. They were probably sitting around cold for a day or two, and re-dropped at least 5 times to be served to me that hard. Oh, and they put some cold non-melted shredded cheddar cheese on those cold rock hard fries and called them "cheese fries."

The enchiladas were interesting. I'm not sure what was going on there... Two cooked tortillas filled with unmelted shredded cheddar cheese. Oh, and some lettuce and red sauce nobody bothered (or had the guts) to try. Who knew an enchilada was a mound of cold and unmelted shredded cheddar cheese wrapped in or tortilla? Certainly not me.

Oh, and when the grouch of a cashier handed us our food and we were about to drive off, she accused me of stealing her pen. I told her I'd set it up on the window in the 8 minutes I'd been sitting there. She pouted, "well then where is it?" I pointed to the pen sitting in the window right in front of her.

In all, this was probably the worst restaurant experience I've ever had. We didn't bother to go to get our money back, because we didn't have a half hour to kill to get through the line of 2 cars that might have been there. Truly spectacular how bad...

This isn’t the first time I’ve been here. I’ve been a regular here for quite a while and for the past 6-7 years it’s always been consistent for both my wife and I.

My wife visits Albertacos once a week for their breakfast burritos. They are her addiction! The generous portion size for $7 of bacon, potatoes, cheese & egg make this her preferred breakfast burrito of choice in Colorado Springs. The tortilla is no slouch either and holds up well with all of the fillings.

I can easily say this is my favorite place to get tacos. Just LOOK AT THOSE TOPPINGS. Granted I ordered 4 crunchy chicken tacos with no lettuce (just chicken and cheese) and they always overflow the tacos with chicken & cheese. This is perfect and their chicken is well seasoned. Another thing that is massively undervalued is that their crunch taco shells DO NOT BREAK. Their taco shells can hold all of that food in tact and don’t break or get soggy. This makes eating tacos way more enjoyable when the shell doesn’t just “break” on the first bite.

The carne asada nachos are heavy handed on the carne asada but the cheese could have been a little bit more plentiful. However if I had a choice I would rather have more carne asada than cheese. The carne asada had great taste and texture. The tortilla chips are very good and mimics their hard corn taco shell in taste.

I did wasn’t to point out that they always give you tons of salsa (2 different types) with your food which is a nice touch.

All of our food was ordered through the drive thru and it survived the short car ride home. The line sometimes takes a little bit, but they always make your order fresh from our years of experience. We’ve NEVER had cold food and they’ve never forgotten an entree.

Overall, if you haven’t been to Albertacos, you need to fix that - especially if tacos and breakfast burritos are what you’re...

Absolutely terrible. Everything looked okay to begin with. However, once I noticed they didn't even take the time to make sure the cheese was melted (see picture) on my enchilada and their side sauce was so ridiculously spicy yet without flavor, I did some investigating. After struggling to eat the taco because the shell was stale and the beef tasted funny, I tore it apart to check out the contents. I discovered the beef was completely disgusting (see picture) . The meat looked like it had been sitting out in the open air for at least several hours. If you can imagine a cross between powdered jerky and licking a hoarder's couch, that's what this tasted like. Now I know why their sauce is so horrendously spicy. It's like olden times when they needed really strong sauces to cover up the taste of their rotten food. Hey! If you want to take a trip back in time to eat like a starving peasant, this is your place! Stop on by for some botulism freshly prepared 3 days ago. The contents of that foam box are no longer contained within me and I threw the remainder of the food away after seeing what they tried to cover up with fresh lettuce. I would recommend that unless you are actively trying to get sick you AVOID THIS PLACE...