Jack in the Box — Restaurant in San Diego

Compared to other JIB's, the College Avenue JIB restaurant seems to have better foods and service than some of the others that I have frequented. Their restaurants on Washington St. and Linda Vista Road are also quite good too ( My rating is based only on "fast food" criteria only...). The team members are always busy at this JIB, as it is located next to the San Diego City College Trolley Stop and many bus routes. It is in an area that is a central stopover to many students from San Diego High School, City College and those who commute both towards La Mesa and the U.S. border with Mexico, as well as a shortcut to the Green Line's southbound starting point. Although they are often quite busy, they really crank out some good food ( Their crowds of customers are a great indicator of their popularity). On one visit, during October, 2017, was one of the best experiences that I have ever had at a JIB in a long time. It was surely worth a letter to corporate headquarters. The young lady who helped me with my order, also allowed me to use a corporate coupon - their computerized system accepted it - and I got a (3) Taco Bundle, a Large Dr.Pepper and 2 free tacos for only $3.65, with tax included! The sale, plus the free coupon was an unbeatable deal! The interior of this restaurant is usually very clean and there is plenty of seating, including some old fashioned comfortable bench seating. Their associates are always quite polite and - as usual- customer service oriented. Most of the time when I eat at JIB, my order - when served - is "hot," which is an area where many restaurants loose points. When people ask me if I have any "favourites," it is often a guestion that I usually can't really answer. My return visits always answer that question for itself. My service is just as I expect and my orders are prepared "just right," while I listen to some awesome 60's music. The crew is really wonderful and "people pleasing" ; even the manager has come out on the floor to help everyone. They all really have it together... JIB always has changing "advertised specials" and you can always get "bonuses," that can be earned by filling out register receipt surveys. I am usually pleased with my orders, even though the crew is sometimes extremely busy; the orders are prepared guickly and everything goes pretty smoothly. I have stopped by this JIB several times since my initial reviews, over the last six months : They have yet to let me down. One day, I ordered three of their $1 Monster Taco specials - I also got a "senior value coke" with two refills for only 50 cents - and all for only $4! ( Sometimes I have to fight to get a senior special. This weeks of May 16th and the 23rd, I stopped by to order their Chicken Teriyaki Rice Bowl - several times - the order also includes a large egg roll and a "Peak" Mango iced tea( The third time I ordered "the bowl," I was given one of their small egg rolls - in fact, I had to ask their associate for the egg roll! My food is usually hot, my dinners fill me up and I'm sure that by the time I leave, that "Jack" is quite happy too, where ever he is ( Probably on his private jet, on his way to congratulate an outstanding staff member somewhere? ). One gentleman came to San Francisco, all the way from India and started working as a JIB fry cook at 17 years old; he now the CEO of 350 of his own restaurants. That is an awesome accomplishment and is a shining example of how detication and hard work have allowed him to accomplish "the American dream!"🗽🇺🇸 I usually spend about one hour relaxing and "people watching" ; during these periods, while customers order meals and drinks to both "dine in" and "to go." Thank you Brian and my JIB associates - over the last year - for a job...

Great fun. Waited 20+ mins at drive thru for our order to be filled. We were the only ones in line, restaurant fairly empty. Not a big order, about 12 items tops for the four of us. Attendant asks us to park the car while they work on the order. Fine. Random woman comes to car window to ask for 5 bucks, gets extremely hostile when I decline (if i give a fiver to one i'm gonna have to give a fiver to all, right?). We continue to wait a loooooong time -- the one who needs the fiver takes full advantage of this, making random trips to our car to communicate how much she doesn't like me. Finally drive-thru person tells us she's ready to give us our order. We swing around, but for some reason she's actually not ready. She's still slowly putting things in the bag then starts furiously trying to secure the bag. We beg her to just let us take the bag and leave cause we're starving and we're on the way to the waterfront to try to catch the sunset before it drops entirely. Nope, she keeps working on it. Now when I say secure the bag, my meaning here is literally she is winding industrial strength tape all up and down the sides and over the top of the bag. After 5 mins of this she passes the bag over. Getting the bag in our hands makes all of us feel a bit better. I try to peek in to check contents against the order, but realize we're kind of stymied by all the tape. The paper bag is also industrial strength, impressively so, and with all the tape we realize we can't get in without making a mess or taking another 15 mins to pick at it and pull it off. So we trust that the 20+ mins they took was sufficient for them to get everything we ordered into the bag. Off to the sunset!! Not sure where we actually went but it was nice, lots of hotels looking out over the water, shops, and big rocks against the waterside, and stretches of green grass behind with folks and dogs prancing. Still a little sun left. We find a nice spot and then all of us start furiously picking and pulling at the tape to get at our dinner. Now I've been living in Japan for awhile and they don't have JIB there. So this was a first for 3 of us and we learn that JIB is very tasty. And we are really enjoying the experience -- I mean really enjoying. We are eating our burgers and fries and watching the sunset and the party boat and dogs and kites. And then my son, fries eaten and ready for his burger, roots around at the bottom of the big bag and pulls out one of the most pathetic things I have ever seen any restaurant produce: 2 circular cheese-covered and very dried hamburger slices wedged between 2 leaves of lettuce, carefully assembled and placed into some folded paper to hold it. LOL, gotta hand it to you JIB, you got us pretty good!! No bun, clever!! Made sure we didn't notice at the drive-thru so we'd get the full effect of your...

Maps assumes I've visited Jack in the Box because I live relatively close to it, and pass by it multiple times each day. I don't know of a way to make it stop suggesting that I review it so maybe leaving a review will make it stop. I will be using my knowledge of their menu and the experience I had at the last one I actually had the pleasure of eating at. **Upon further consideration kce decided to give 4/5 stars on the off chance that this is the best location in the history of the company. And let's face it. There's no Jack in the box with an average rating of 5 stars.

While I do not eat fast food (besides independently owned Taco Shops in San Diego only) I do not disparage those who do, and would tell them to eat whatever you want. At least you're eating. That being said. I think there's a brief window of time between the food being prepared and packaged up to serve to a customer of about 4-5 minutes for most of the items on their menu. Which is why they throw away food that has sat under the heat lamps for more than 4-5 minutes if they are following their states safe food handing policies. So you essentially have, under the most optimum circumstances, about 4-5 minutes to eat whatever it is they give you before the company that makes and sells it considers the food trash.

I could go on and on with statistics that will probably only bore most people. Or I could tell one of many horror stories about things i have seen, smelled, or tasted personally but that would probably be breaking some sort of law meant to protect corporations reputations. Or I could just say "do what you want as long as it doesn't hurt anyone." So try to refrain from serving it to anyone else unless they're consenting adults. This includes children and pets who don't...