Southland Burrito Co. — Restaurant in Paradise

This is one of my favorite burritos that I've had at one of the Las Vegas food halls!

Located in the new Canteen Food Hall at the Rio Hotel just off the Strip, I was visiting to try a little something from the various spots in the food hall, and was pleasantly surprised by how great much of it was, including here at Southland Burrito!

The prices all seemed very reasonable, especially for the size of these burritos. They are HUGE!! You could easily feed two or more people with just one of them. When taking that into consideration, I'd say that they are an amazing value! There was no way I could finish it by myself and still couldn't finish it as a leftover later that evening back in the hotel room!

As for the quality of the burrito itself, I found myself very impressed! Great variety of textures and flavors. Delicious and well balanced contrast between the crunchiness of some toppings and creaminess of others. My California Burrito had flavorful pollo asada inside in addition to numerous other toppings, with a tad bit of spiciness to it, although not overpowering. If you want more spice, there were a few salsa options - I did a more mild avocado salsa that added additional flavor and creaminess to the bites - LOVED IT!

Southland Burrito is an excellent option for hearty burritos that could easily feed a couple or even a family, and I...

Lady working the register was actually really rude despite me maintaining respect. I just wanted to know if I had any points on my players card I could use towards my meal. I was told literally to take the receipt all the way to players services and ask them. The players services worker told me I should have never been sent to her and gave me a free play just because she felt bad that I was being made to run back and forth. I also wanted my order to go and got it for here so I spent more unnecessary time packing up my food.

Burrito was ok, a bit salty and the chips and queso were mediocre if compared to other burrito places.

Will never...

My burrito was decent (created my own), but the chicken was over-seasoned, the rice was not authentic (maybe instant rice) and there was very little sauce. The burrito by itself was 3 stars. My mom got a salad with steak and hers was really good! So, there’s some inconsistency.

However, the chips and guac were easily 5 stars. Whoever seasoned my guac is a champ. It had the perfect blend of spicy, tangy, salty deliciousness. And the chips were warm, fresh, crispy, crunchy, just perfect 👌 I want the chips and guac...