The Burrito Factory — Restaurant in Poway

Edit: Been a regular customer here for weeks on end and they're always good. California surf burrito is my regular lunch or dinner order and the steak and egg breakfast burrito is what I get in the morning.

Okay, today was my third visit here and I think I have enough data to confidently give this restaurant five stars. I had given up completely on San Diego Mexican food and started buying my own carne asada, cados, cilantro, etc. and cooking it all myself at home. I will make an exception for this restaurant and I'm going to start getting burritos here. I got their ridiculously huge breakfast burrito a few weeks ago and it was exceptionally fresh and well made. I ate half and my wife had the other half. I came in yesterday and got their California burrito, and it was exceptionally fresh, tasty, and well made. So I was out getting groceries and dropped in there again a while ago to try another breakfast burrito. Am now almost finished eating a steak and bacon breakfast burrito and every single bite is delicious, fresh, well made. That tells me that this place makes excellence a habit and my first couple impressions were not just by chance or dumb luck. The prices are very sane and reasonable too! And I'm very happy to have a place where I can get great burritos again! I hope this place never changes and that I can continue eating here forever. A sincere thank you to the owner and all the employees here for doing an awesome job! I love it when a place allows me to write a great review like this too. A third great burrito in a row made my morning a little brighter...

The Burrito Factory is tucked into a small strip mall off Scripps Parkway. The staff was welcoming, and our order was prepared quickly.

They offer a large menu of Mexican-style dishes and serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Compared to other places we've tried, their prices are generally lower. Our meal was two bowls, a bag of chips, and two bottled waters and the total came to $40.

We ordered one chicken bowl and one carne asada bowl. At first glance, the portion size looked generous. However, once we started eating, we realized that about two-thirds of each bowl was filled with shredded lettuce. There was an abundance of rice, but the servings of beans, meat, and cheese were minimal. The bowls resembled salads more than the hearty, well-balanced meals we expected. While the quantity was disappointing, the flavors were bold and enjoyable. The chicken and carne asada were both well-seasoned, and the chipotle drizzle added a nice touch of flavor without overwhelming spice.

While we didn’t feel the bowls were a great value, we’re open to returning and trying other items from their expansive menu if we're in...

We were in the area and decided to give this place a try. We are vegetarian leaning vegan and lately I've been challenging myself to only order and cook food free from meat, dairy, etc. They had a veggie burrito on the menu so I ordered it and asked for no cheese.

Now a veggie burrito is pretty simple and the ingredients tend to be fresh. The bad news about this is if any component is lacking it's noticed. In this case I bit into my burrito and it was crunchy. I thought maybe I just got a hard bit of rice or something so took another bite and that had lots of crunchy bits! Clearly old overcooked rice. We took the burritos back as they were both that way and they remade them.

The second batch of burritos weren't crunchy but I noted mine had sour cream in it, though sour cream isn't listed as an ingredient! Fortunately I'm far from a strict vegan but this was disappointing.

Overall if a "burrito factory" can't get burritos right it's in trouble. And that's where I'll leave this. It tasted decent but I value consistent quality highly and I'm not confident you can get that here. The service was really good....