Del Taco — Restaurant in Redding

ADIOS, SORRY TO SAY Get ready for some funky smelling meat, flavorless beans and odd tastes and odors coming from, of all things, the fountain drink machine. Their usually awesome crinkle-cut fries, tragically, were severely undercooked—truly unforgivable, no excuses allowed. The tiny street tacos, too, are highly un-recommended, to put it kindly, and, due to their sparseness would be a horrible value even if they didn't suck. Their basic crispy tacos were still passable, but for two bucks-fifty you'd expect a bit more flavor—you know, like back in the “good old days” (say, 2019). And it says a lot when a Mexican food chain's tastiest menu item is the cheeseburger! Surprisingly busy when we were there, and this was during the traditional down time between the lunch and dinner hours—so they must be doing something right, one would guess. We saw scant evidence of this on our visit, however. Hopefully, it was just an off-day for this eatery. But you'll excuse us if we won't be taking a chance again any time soon. In conclusion: For great Mexican food in Redding, your best bet is to ask a friend for recommendations—then get ready to roll the dice. This town ain't exactly a Mecca of quality ethnic cuisine, after all. Plus, these just-off-the-interstate places are always a bit iffy anyway, including the...

This was the Del Taco located in Redding CA. Once you get past all the homeless hanging out front, watch your step - the floors are slippery. The exhaust fan seemed pretty ineffective. There was a light haze and a strong odor of fry oil past it's prime hanging in the air. The shake machine was broken so no shakes which is why the customer ahead of us was there. Service was provided by a disinterested counter person. It was just ok.

For food I had a bean burrito. It was just ok. I'll give it a generous 3 stars. I also had the shredded beef birria quesadilla with consumé broth meal. It was poorly assembled with just a little meat at the center and the cheese was not melted all the way. The tortilla was ok and the beef consumé was actually pretty good by itself. Fries came with the meal and they were cooked like they were waived over the fryer. They were pale and soggy. I'll give the whole mess 2 stars.

My wife got a chicken cheddar quesadilla. It was ok - a fast food quesadilla. 3 stars. She also had the grilled chicken stuffed quesadilla taco. The cheese and queso blanco sauce between the tortillas was warmish at best. The chicken had a soapy taste to me but my wife said it "wasn't bad" but the cold queso sauce was...

me and family decided to stop by for a bite to eat, went inside to order but needed to use the restroom first. They were locked due to homeless problem, requiring a key for entrance, ok no problem totally understand, went to ask for the key but was told that a food transaction needed to be completed before I was allowed to use the restroom. I stated that there were three of us that would be ordering but I needed to use the bathroom first then I'd be out to order. I was told that it was company policy that the order needed to be done first.

Long story short, a member of my dining party bought a taco to use the bathroom, I used the restroom, came out, got the taco then left, was treated rudely and unprofessionally by the on-site manager, named Melissa, stating that our opinions about their policies didn't matter and that they have problems that we just needed to understand. I replied that no one in our party appeared homeless and that most homeless people don't drive up in a $30,000 car.

We left the business, gave the taco to a homeless individual then went to "The Taco Shop" and had lunch there instead. Due to this incident I will not go to another Del Taco anywhere or at anytime, my money is better...