Del Taco — Restaurant in La Mirada

I forgotten how good this Del Taco location is! Or how busy the driver thru is!

A good measure of how good a particular Del Taco is, is how good their Taco Tuesday and Thursday are.

If you feel like they downsized their tacos, than chances are your other experiences with them might come up short as well. The problem with this is, it's entirely dependent on who is making the tacos at the time!

Case in point. Had I written this when I ordered three tacos for Taco Tuesday, just before their peak, I would have written about exceptional value. However I'm writing this now, just at the tail end of their peek and while their tacos still are better than the next nearest one, it can't complete with my earlier experience just two hours ago today!

However the place has a very nice layout. Including roomy taco sauce dispensers. The lighting is good, making it cozy at night, a difference than how it feels during the day, where that same layout feels cold.

The bathrooms, while having to go outside and use a token to open them, are far cleaner than the nearest one, that has them indoor. All in all, a well kept place, again depending on who is working there, as part of the reason I hadn't been here in awhile was, it didn't feel clean. So this is a big welcomed change and makes for much better...

I ordered two shredded beef birria quesadillas w/ consomé dip (plus other items), but when I got home I realized one of them was a plain cheese quesadilla. They also forgot to give me a fork - something I had selected in the options - but of course that's not too big of a deal because I have plenty at home.

I ordered in advance (pre-paid) and pulled into the drive-thru at approximately the time it said the order would be ready, and from what I saw it seemed there was only one person dining in, and maybe 2 other cars in the drive-thru so it didn't seem too busy. The order took ~10 minutes longer than the estimated time which was fine because I wasn't in a rush, but I wish they would have spent some of that time double-checking the items before bagging them. It's partially my fault for not checking as well, but I just assumed they would have so I didn't need to. The food itself was good though, and the employee working at the...

The orders are accurate, if you can place them. I have eaten here repeatedly in the last two weeks, since my kitchen is being remodeled.

Over half the time I come, the person taking my order is noticeably uninterested in helping me. “Do you have sweet tea?” Is met with “no.” No “no, we only have X or Y tea,” or anything. I guess that isn’t a huge deal for one answer, but after a few responses like that, it’s clear I’m a problem they need to solve, instead of a person.

Interrupting me in the middle of my order to ask “anything else?” Like, just let me finish my sentence and you’ll see if I want anything else.

Stuff like that. I’m over it. I’ll go across the...