Currito Burritos Without Borders

I don’t know why this place gets so bad of reviews, it is the best Mexican food you can get in the State. The flavors of all the food are fresh and delicious and they blend well together. Wish it was a large chain.

I don’t know why this place gets so bad of reviews, it is the best Mexican food you can get in the State. The flavors of all the food are fresh and delicious and they blend well together. Wish it was on the West Coast. Maybe someday. People, quit complaining about a bad worker, they are probably pissy because they have to deal with you.

I really want to love currito. It has a great concept and although the classic will always be my favorite, the more adventurous options like the teriyaki burrito aren’t bad either, but I just can’t give it a good review. I love myself a good burrito and currito’s got it, but I dread the awful experience of dealing with currito’s hateful staff. I’m not talking one or two employees out of the mix, but every staff member except for one or two make me ¹⁰⁄₁₀ times regret my burrito cravings. On SEVERAL occasions I’ve ordered guac, which is $ 2 extra, and have them not even look at the receipt and god forbid I pipe up and say «sorry, I ordered guac» I would get a glare like I just called their mom a fat b**ch and watch them put the smallest amount possible just to spite me for making them do their job. In fact, if you try to speak with them at all for an order correction, which happens a lot since half the time the cashier won’t bother marking any changes you request unless it’s an extra you pay for, or even simple request (more x pleas?) You’re likely to get a nasty glare at the least and probably hear them loudly complain about you to their coworker before you’ve even walked away. They’re constantly rude and loudly complaining and cursing and using foul language right in front of customers. I’ve got a foul mouth myself but it’s ridiculous what you’ll hear while ordering. This is not a child friendly eatery. In fact, spare yourself and don’t go at all, they’d be happier not to deal with your face anyway.

I used to be pretty unhappy with this place, but that was just because I didn’t know what to get. The only thing worth getting here is the make your own bowl and just load it up with everything your heart desires. All the preset bowls/​burritos are too limited and won’t fill you up. But if you make your own bowl, you can pretty much put any ingredient you want with the only limit being the size of the bowl. I would argue this is even better than chipotle because of the sheer variety of ingredients — curried chickpeas, broccoli, Asian slaw, mango salsa, fresh cucumber, just to name a few. The chicken is marinated pretty close to chipotle standards as well. It will make a solid meal for just north of $ 7.

READ THIS: Food is poor. The smoothie machine is always «out of order» or so the lazy employees want you to think… Service is PITIFUL. Out of the 20 something people who work there only 4 earn my respect and take their job seriously. The rest are either complete idiots or hate you for your patronage. Service with a smile has yet to be spoken to these degenerates. One employee actually joked to her co worker that the buffalo sauce I just asked for on my burrito looked like ejaculate! I was PUT OFF FROM MY APPETITE and appalled at the lack of class and competence by someone making my FOOD. Save your self the grief and walk the 6 blocks to Chipotle, it is worth it.

Food is pretty poor quality and over priced. There are many other cheaper and tastier options nearby (ex: every single food truck)

Wanna be chipotle. The workers are rude and they always give the vibe of they hate you. Anywho. I always get a build your own salad or bowl. The one thing they have that chipotle doesn’t is the mango. I love mangoes. The mango smoothie is also good and you can add stuff like protein or energy or fat burner etc. there is a place for you to sit if you like to eat there. The quesadillas are pretty nice too. Only two stars because slow and constantly have something broken and they’re understaffed

A co-​worker and I ordered carryout at 12:20pm. Our office is on 7^th Street. 20 minutes after we placed the call, Currito called us to say their delivery guy was soaked and went home. The woman told us our order was cancelled, but if we still wanted it, they could make it and we could come pick it up. Needless to say, we won’t be ordering from Currito again.

For fast food, this is fresh… prepared in front of you… healthy ingredients… and most of all… all of them are delicious!!! Especially the buffalo hot sauce. They add celery which oddly makes that burrito perfect. Price is pretty awesome too.

Summary: Tolerable food (greasy beyond belief), okay service, typical campus eatery
Disclaimer: I wasn’t going to Currito with the highest of expectations. After all, it’s a chain fast food place in the middle of a college campus. It wasn’t horrific, though.
Something’s definitely up with the tofu. I don’t know what it is, but it doesn’t taste right. If you’re a fellow vegetarian, either go sans-​tofu in your burrito or bowl, or else go the quesadilla route. The quesadilla is certainly oily/​greasy, but it tastes normal. Chips and guac are the usual fare that you’ll find in most pseudo-​Mexican establishments, but the guacamole certainly does leave something to be desired.
I can’t speak to the chicken/​pork/​beef options on the menu, but my friends (the ‘meatatarians,’ if you will) were all okay with their food.
The other half of the story is their milkshakes. The Nutella shake is a guilty pleasure of mine, and it is heavenly (and a large component of the star rating that I gave them above).
Long story short, if you want some relatively-​cheap fake Mexican food and some pretty awesome shakes, head down to Currito!
Tip: check out the hot sauce and sour cream & chives if you’re getting the quesadilla. They all work together like a symphonic orchestra!

Not bad. I had the Bangkok burrito and got small, which I regretted as soon as I realized how small it actually was. For a dollar more you can upgrade to a regular which is appropriate burrito size.
My gripe with this place is that it is greasy as f. I don’t know what it is. The sauce? The meat? The tortilla? Something is so greasy that the bottom of my burrito was a mess of oil and soggy drippy tortilla!
Oh well it tasted good.

docked a star because sometimes the customer service leaves something to be desired. also it smells like subway (the restaurant, not the El) so that kind of ruins it for me. whatever, let’s say that is drexel’s fault.
love their hot salsa, i cant get enough of it. the quesadillas usually come out good and a tofu burrito always does the trick for me. i ask them to leave mine in the press a little longer so that its pretty crunchy. i’m salivating right now just thinking of it… mm mm mmmm

To me this is a typical burrito place. I never liked mexican, especially take out places but after adding their Thai Peanut Sauce to a Build Your Own Bowl I am hooked. Never go an hour or less before closing, they won’t have any chicken left.

So this place is slower than a turtle in molasses. Seriously. Skip it. The guy behind the register looks like he’s half asleep & it took 10 minutes for the other employees to give him $ 1 bills so I could get my change. It’s no better than any of the other burrito/​Mexican food chains out there. In fact Qdoba is a much better choice as far as quality, service, & speed.
The only reason I give this place 3 stars is for The Jimmy Carter smoothie: a banana, peanut butter, skim milk, & non-​fat frozen yogurt. Total heaven & it’s a great quick meal fix if you’re in a rush. Try this drink! It’s a 5 star drink.

I’m a long time (7 years!) Drexel student and live just north of campus now. After two major snow storms this week, my car’s stuck in its parking spot, so I decided to try out this new Currito instead of Qdoba where I normally go for a burrito.
Like most of the new fast food places on Drexel’s campus, the staff is slow, inexperienced and indifferent, and the food is lower quality than any normal outlet of the same chain. I don’t think the people staffing this Currito have ever been to a Qdoba or Chipotle, the chains this place is trying to emulate, despite there being multiple locations of each within a mile radius. They’d see how you run the line at a place like this. Instead, the staff is dreadfully slow and purposefully avoids eye contact with the people in line.
I’d easily ignore all of that if the food was good, but it’s not. I’ve never had a more tasteless burrito. It simply tastes like lemony rice and nothing else. The tiny portion of beans and toppings on the classic burrito had no flavor at all. They dare call a scoop of chopped tomatos «salsa».
I won’t be coming back to Currito. I’d rather take a 40 minute walk to the Qdoba or Chipotle and get a burrito with some flavor.

Drexel University has brought a number of new vendors to campus. One of them is this place. It stands as an add-​on to a Residence Hall just off of Race Street.
Being that I work right around the corner, I was happy that Drexel was bringing more options for food to the area. The neighborhood sorely needs it. Up until now, the closest places all had the word pizza in the title or operated out of lunch trucks.
The sad thing is, this place is not very good. I’ve given it two tries to make sure that it wasn’t just a bad first experience, but honestly, I found that the experience only got worse the second time around. The burritos are poorly made, not very flavorful, and the workers are kinda incompetent.
I hate to say all that, because I really am happy that there are more places to add variety to the dearth of options in the area.