Alberto's Mexican Food — Restaurant in Escondido

As usual, the food prepared by the Alberto's late night crew was on point. These guys have it down. Fast, fresh and delicious. The cashier kid was super friendly and seemed genuinely happy to serve my girlfriend and me. I gave the atmosphere 3 stars only because of the location. Other than the drive through, the only dining area is outdoor bench seating. I don't mind it but I would completely understand if someone not familiar with the area might be a bit hesitant, or even outright afraid to sit and eat there after midnight. There are a lot of very "unique" characters that fluent the Downtown Esco area during those hours. Most are harmless and keep to themselves, but occasionally you might get one who wants to talk about whatever randomness they have on their mind, or ask for money, or even blatantly do drugs in front of the whole world. So yeah, I give 3 stars on the atmosphere, even though I personally wouldn't change a thing about it. In short, this Alberto's is a great place for authentic Mexican food, great place to come at any hour with a huge variety of made to order meals, snacks and more. Also a good place to hang out and watch the local daily circus of Esco's most unique characters. I love this place and just about everyone who has ever been there would agree that it is definitely...

So I went there last night and asked for carna asada fries on 22 October 2023. I paid for my food and got home and realize it was adobo meat and the fries were undercooked. I called and talked very polite cause I understand mistakes happen while trying to rectify the situation and repeating my order to the night manger who answered the phone he cut me off while I was trying to explain the order was wrong. He told me verbatim “ aye aye aye I’m busy!!!” I had to waist gas, drive back to the store. And as I got in the drive thru and tried to explain again he told me why guacamole was on my food. (Which is not why I was there in the first place). I had to tell him through the intercom that I still had the food with me and would show him. I got to the drive through window and he realized the cook put the wrong meat on the plate. Once I finally got the right order here said “here!!!” I asked him why did he talk to me like that on the phone. And his reply was “I was busy” he never apologized!!! 100% unprofessional trash service and trash...

I called and asked if I could walk to the window and order some food because it was late and they are a 24 hour restaurant. The man I talked to said in perfect English that I needed a car. I was hungry so I paid for a Lyft ride to get through the drive thru and when I got to the window someone else was ordering from the window I asked about 10 Ms prior; in a wheelchair. When I asked him why he said I needed to drive a car, he acted like he didn't know English. The first time I went there I only had a dollar so I asked how much for hot carrots. .90. the next day I had some more money so I ordered more hot carrots, they weren't that good, but the nearest restaurant wanted 2.99 for a bag. He told me the following day that it was 1 dollar. I didn't have much money the next day and I only wanted a side of rice and a side of beans because I wanted to go to the taco Bell next door and get a 5 layer burrito; he thought I said I wanted a rice and bean burrito. I don't know what the issue is but I suggest you just go to the Taco...