bbad — Restaurant in Pasadena

Thanks to Kristie Hang’s IG reel for sharing this breakfast burrito spot! It’s located inside the Pasadena Hotel, which is a beautiful building.

Parking: You can park in the hotel parking structure (B1, B2, and 2nd level), then enter via elevator. There’s metered/paid street parking along Colorado Blvd. Bbad has a street-level entrance as well.

Food: I got the chile verde burrito $17, which has slow-cooked pork. It is on the salty side, especially as I got down to the end of the other side of the burrito. I chose to get scrambled eggs. The potato wedges inside were crispy! I highly recommend eating this while still hot otherwise the potato’s will be soggy. They gave me 3 different sauces to try. None of them were spicy. The brown one was pretty good. Forks and knives and napkins are on the bench/counter. Limited indoor seating here, but you can take the food to the hotel lobby or courtyard.

You can order via one of the two kiosks. On a weekday afternoon there was no line, but I did see that they had take out orders on their shelves.

Credit card/touch pay only (via kiosk). Hotel has free WiFi. Hotel...

Staying at the hotel and decided to give this place a try since it’s attached to the hotel. Ordered my food and was told it would be about 10 minutes and that you can wait in the lobby or courtyard since it’s very tiny and crowded inside. When I ordered there was nowhere to stand so I went and watched the clock and returned 10 minutes later.

The girl who took my order was then incredibly rude and chastised me for not waiting there and that she had called my name several times. I tried to be extra polite since she clearly was taking misplaced anger out on customers. She continued with her aggressive behavior when I asked about forks and argued with me when I said there were no forks put out.

The coffee is very burnt and everything is extremely overpriced. The food doesn’t taste fresh and was very very salty. I rather go anywhere else for $40 for two coffees and two bowls. Truly regret leaving a tip and terrible way to start a beautiful spring morning.

This was around 11AM, Sunday March 9th 2025 just in case management wishes to teach this staff member some basic customer...

I visited Friday .The atmosphere was chefs kiss!!! The service was absolutely outstanding!!!!. The burrito was meh. Lacked flavor and wasnt a fan of the salsa verde as a side. Where was the pork!!!??? Heavy on the egg but very little meat. Idk who wants a crunchy burrito. I mean, i get where youre trying to be "different" with the whole fancy potato vibe but while trying to be different you put little effort in the flavor. And 17.00 for a burrito?!?!?! Would have been nice for meat to be slow cooked in the sauce. Most likely wont come back. I was so so so excited to try it. Youre almost there!! There is a burrito unforgettable in my mind to this day It is one from blakes lotta burger in Albuquerque NM. I would absolutely love to see a nice slow cooked flavorful carne adovada or maybe a nice shredded beef marinated and slow cooked in hatch green chile . NOW THIS would certainly set u apart from the same ol salsa verde that is...