Qdoba Mexican Grill

Kyle is usually the first face you see when you step up to the counter and besides being awesome is super helpful at tailoring a perfect meal with your taste and preferences in mind.
He created a bowl of happiness for me that had mythological proportions of flavor!
Lots of places are a letdown either because of mediocre food or lame staff. Thankfully, here is a place to have a predictably great experience for me and my family. Great food, great staff = 5 stars!

This reminded me of a Chipotle Mexican Grill. The only real difference is they use a queso sauce with there offerings. We did enjoy the Coke machine. It allowed us to make any flavored Coke product you can imagine.

I think I prefer this over chipotle. It’s pretty similar though. You wait in a line and tell the person what fresh ingredients you want on your burrito. I normally get the steak burrito with the Diablo queso and habanero salsa. It’s spicy, fresh and delicious. Any time I come here, the experience is great.

So I had no knowledge of this cactus-logo’d establishment until I came out here. Turns out that it’s actually a pretty big thing in other regions! I try to refrain from reviewing too many chains, but this was a new experience for me, and here’s what I think!
It’s nearly an overlapping niche with Chipotle. They have oversized burritos, oversized quesadillas, oversized many things consisting of relatively similar ingredients. The thing that separated them in my eyes were the pre-​built combinations that you can choose from, and some additional tastes like BBQ sauce and what not. BUT LET’S NOT FORGET ABOUT THE QUESO. In its creamy viscous goodness, I must say that this is what people would choose Qdoba for over a Chipotle if they were right next door to each other!
Besides that, I honestly must say that I prefer Chipotle better. Their guac tastes fresher, and I think the ingredients placed in their burrito blend better than the ones at Qdoba. I do also very much enjoy the chipotle tobasco sauce that they have, which Qdoba does not.
As for me, I would come to Qdoba not because I crave its burritos, but its queso. My oversized burrito cravings I will still go to Chipotle to satisfy :)

I love the fajita burritos here! Yummy!
I get mine with guacamole… you have to pay an extra buck seventy or so but well worth it.

If you are looking for a fast food burrito… this is a great option. The food is good and well priced. Remember this isn’t a full service mexican restaurant… it’s pretty much fast food. For seven bucks you will be full and you will be satisfied. Nuff said

Ambiance: Modern, fast food restaurant (industrial look, very similar to Chipotle in design). Counter service with decent sized seating area. Self-​serve fountain drinks.
Service: Friendly and quick.
Food: Their meats were decent enough, but I could not finish my burrito because of the poor quality of cheese — inedible. I asked what kind of cheese they used and they said it was a jack-​white cheddar combo. Tasted very processed and had an artificial, almost chemical taste to it. Other condiments were average at best.
Won’t be returning to this or any Qdoba. For this type of fast food, I will be going back to Chipotle.

Awesome food and Awesome service. Thanks for making the place enjoyable.