Taco John's — Restaurant in Menomonie

So I am addicted to potato oles but sometimes they're old or under seasoned but it's whatever. Anyways, everytime I go there the staff always somehow has an immaculate customer service voice (I usually only do drive thru). They are almost uncomfortably chipper lol but that's fine. I'm usually always parked when I get fried chicken but that's okay because I know it's fresh (: and I accommodate my time for that. BUT the only time I've ever been dissatisfied is when I ordered the apple grande thing. I said what the heck why not it's only 2 bucks and some change. I received it , opened it, saw the cheese and thought hey, maybe this is the vibe idk. IT WAS NOT THE VIBE. That thing is an ABOMINATION. whoever at corporate came up with that needs to face at least a slight consequence. The only positive thing I have to say about that trash of a contraption is at least they use real apples (I found apple seeds in mine which is fine because apples have seeds.) Overall I love taco John's I love the employees but do not buy that apple grande...

1st time at a Taco John's - comparing it to Taco Bell, "it's ok" which is 3 stars..

The service was welcoming & friendly!

We ordered & shared 4 items off the "ValuEST" for $11.91 total: ▪︎ My favorite was the $3 Spicy Chicken & Potato Griller, I would not order the other 3 items again because the $2 Cheesy Beef & Potato Taco was teeny tiny (barely any beef & literally half the size of the other 3 items! I thought maybe they made a mistake until I pulled it apart & saw potatoes with barely any beef), $2.29 Bean Burrito was mostly all beans, & for $4 you didn't really taste the thin steak in the Spicy Steak & Potato Griller. ▪︎ My husband's favorites were $3 Spicy Chicken & Potato Griller, then the $4 Spicy Steak & Potato Griller.

The hot & mild sauce packets are both good.

In conclusion, Taco Bell does their value menu better & cheaper. I wondered why the Taco Bell nearby was rated better on gmaps....

The two main food items I get at this location are the cheese quesadillas and the potato olés. I love getting sour cream and nacho cheese with the olés and also putting sour cream on my quesadillas! I also would like to mention that I have not had a problem with any of the staff and my food has come out in a timely fashion while still tasting great! As for the price of the food I believe that it is fair especially since the food is pretty good! There are many pros and cons of both Taco John’s compared to Taco Bell so for me (personally) I will list a few... Taco Bell- pros: Cinnabon’s, closer to me, good bean and rice burritos. Cons: no potato olés Taco John’s- pros: better quesadillas, potato olés Cons: no Cinnabon’s and far away.

I’ll leave it up to you to decide which is your favorite since I am caught in the middle. Either way I hope you enjoy your food at this restaurant because...