Jack in the Box — Restaurant in San Diego

I've always judged fast food burger chains by the quality of their fries. And here the bland fries, battered with rice flour and potato starch, are horrible. In fact, I find all "Jack in the Box" non-breakfast products to be wholly inedible -- all except their tacos, of course.

By all rights, the "Jack in the Box Taco" SHOULD be bad. After all, the ground meat product and tortilla shell is produced off-site, shrink-wrapped, and shipped to Jack in the Box stores frozen, where they are then heated up by deep-frying them whole in vegetable oil. The taco, dripping with grease, is then finished by inserting shredded lettuce, a squirt of hot sauce, and a slice of cheddar cheese into the "stone-ground white corn" tortilla shell. Ingredients for these tacos that have been listed on Jack in the Box's web site include soy, wheat, and "imitation beef extract" -- whatever that is, it calls into question what the meat in the tacos actually is. Given that pet food maker Ralston Purina once owned Jack in the Box, I'm not sure I even want to know any more.

Despite being a nutritional nightmare, these greasy tacos are stupendously delicious. There's a reason why Jack in the Box sells more than 1,000 of their tacos per minute nationwide while a higher percentage of Americans have diabetes than ever. Like an oversized fried pierogi, the outer edge of the taco is crispy while the inner, bottom region of the taco is soggy from the rendered fat co-mingling with moisture from the ground beaver meat to soften the fried tortilla. I always grab extra hot sauce packets so I can drench the taco in the style of tacos ahogado. I've found the optimal ratio of of hot sauce packets to taco to be 7:1.

Still, after a few hours pass and I feel those "Jack in the Box" tacos begin doing cartwheels in my stomach, I realize what a bad thing I've done and I promise to never, ever to do it...

I made an online order through the app and showed up on time at the drive through. I noticed several other cars in front of me that were leaving without getting food. I pulled up to the window and nobody was at the window. I got out of my car and knocked on the window numerous times. I could see an extremely dirty kitchen with tacos and buns all over. After knocking on the window I saw someone come to the door on the other side...this person appeared to be In a jack in the box uniform. ....they then disappeared and I never saw them again.

I need someone to contact me about my refund plus numerous free comps.

I placed an order.

2 I paid for that prder

3 . I drove to pickup that order

Upon arriving ñumerous people were waiting in the drive through and then leaviñg after not being able to get help.

It appears your èmploýee was hiding and or left the place unattended.

6 ì couldn't ģet a refund sinc nobody was present

⁷ i had to drive to another jack in the...

We waited 30 minutes with 2 cars in front of us just to get up to where they take our order only to be told that we have to order online then go to the front. Then out of shear determination to see this journey through we parked and wasted precious gas (which is currently 6 dollars) to place our order. Finally we follow the directions that given at the beginning of our quest to go to the front to again be told this is the wrong path and we must pass go and not collect 200 dollars (...go back to the damned drive through talking box thing on foot). Now we have wasted gas grown hungry and its too late to turn back ...we are too deep now. And here I am bored enough to write a google review for jack in the box while my traveling companions do their best impression of mermaid man and barnacle boy's invisible car to wait for the already paid for food. Current wait time: 1 hr 03 min.

update: they were out of shakes and gave us a drink and cheesecake... my friend...