El Gran Burrito

The authenticity of a food truck with the stability of a restaurant. It’s open 24/​7, an added bonus for when you’re almost ready to go home but need one last meal for the night. I absolutely LOVE the papas nachos (I get it with pastor) and usually one order lasts for 2 – 3 meals! That’s serious value, if you ask me. They make breakfast too, but I don’t know how it is. I’ll have to try it soon!

Great for late night tacos. They are convenient, affordable, and delicious. The people who work here are so friendly and know how to treat their guests.

The gooooooood ollllll El Gran Burrito. You should likely be on property the majority of the time 1) when drunk and 2) it’s after 1 or 2am… with a warm spring or summer night. Yes you have reached veteran/​black belt El Gran Burrito status if so.
Also, its got burrito in the restaurant name… so order a damn burrito because its the best thing they got goin’ on. They aren’t the most politically correct place because I have literally seen a burrito with a rainbow flag above it on the menu… titled «Gay Burrito»…and yes it had two different kinds of meat inside. Wasn’t sure who approved that menu addition? Maybe lost in translation.
Anyways, breakfast burritos are good (at any hour of the day)…as one can create their own and tell them exactly what to put in it… but come on put eggs, potatoes, meat, guac, and refried beans in it at least. Hard to find this available anywhere else for no extra cost.
Various other carne asada, chicken, or bean/​rice/​cheese burritos are solid too.
You will definitely see some interesting people here… and will wonder if you are at a garage sale, or backyard picnic, with the arbitrary and quite odd layout of the bizarre operation going on outside. Really no method to anything… but it works.
I’ve never gotten sick from the salsa bar that appears to been left out for 48 hours uncovered… not sure if a homeless guy uses it as sustenance… but either way it adds to the taste and experience.
Get your cash and east of the 101 face ready!

Fuck this nasty ass place! I came to get some Pozole that I had been craving for days. I come buy it and the place looks dirty. I thought, «hmm, maybe it’s one of those places that look like a hole in the wall with bomb food.» WRONG! This place not only did it have sucky ass food but there was a bug in my Pozole!!! FUCKEN DISGUSTING. When my coworker and I called it didn’t even seem to shock the staff. Run the opposite direction from this place. I never ever want to ever see this place in my life!

they have a lot more variety now… I’ve been coming to this spot for years. The sopes and burritos are decent.

I went on Friday ²⁄₁₂ /​16 at 7:00 pm went to order outside the patio. First they don’t take ATM but they do have one so that you can take some money out. anyways you must pay cash. My friend ordered the mango drink but it was very bitter and the color didn’t look so appetizing so the lady was kind enough to exchange it for an Horchata. The cook behind the grill outside gave me attitude when i kept asking him what it was he was saying i could hear him he was mumbling.
My main complaint is this the cook took for ever cooking our food and the place wasn’t even crowded. I ordered 4 tacos and my friend ordered 4 tacos as well along with Platanos Fritos with beans and cream. The cook placed the tortillas on the grill walked away to cook fry the Platanos and took a very long time that our poor lonely tortillas got crunchy from one side and the orther side the tortillas were rolling up like a little hard shell taco. Finally the man came back and flipped the tortillas over, gave us very crunchy tacos which by the way are supposed to be soft not crunchy. For that i give you 1 star. There were also strange men just walking around looking strange like they were looking to rob someone.
no thank you horrible experience

This place has really gone downhill in my opinion. I remember like their burritos but the last few times I had their food it was just bad. The tacos are tasteless and the grilled chicken they do outside is not good either. When you bite into the chicken it is not cooked all the way and I’ve experienced it to have a bit of blood still. It’s burnt on the outside and raw on the inside, they are trying to do so much that the quality is not good. They serve an order of rice and beans on the side in which the rice is not good, you can tell it’s been in the refrigerator for days and they heated it up. The staff is rude (the women) and not to mention it’s over priced for basic Mexican food you can get elsewhere with much better taste.

EL GRAN is a blessing in some ways, and a dump in others.
Their tamales are great! I recommend cheese or mole. I used to love their pork tamales but the (pork) tamale o had today had waaaay to much meat. No flavor palate variety. Otherwise tamales on point… for $ 2.00. I mean if you expect a aesthetically pleasing tamale, beautifully garnished and quality ingredients you’re going to have to pay way more $$$…did you forget that factor, cheap @$$&$!!!
Now their cleanliness is appalling. Never a clean table. Have literally never seen a staff wipe a damn table since i started coming here– ever !!!
However this seemingly Tijuana style joint has given me comfort and fed me more than well when i was in tough times but still wanted to be a lil piggie.
One more constructive criticism– their sauce selection has gone down the drain! They use to have a variety of several sauces that was close to being the highlight to your meal from there. Please bring back the quality and variety of sauces !!!
!!!TO THE OWNERS!!!:
Have your employees clean your joint! It’s disgusting!!!

Sooo disappointed and depressed.
I’ve had a Unilocal for almost a year and it’s unfortunate my first review had to be a negative one but man I’m just so not happy. Today was my third time eating from here. First time i got a chicken quesadilla which was pretty damn good, suuuuper cheesy just the way i like it. So i decided to go a second time to try something different and got a plate of flautas and OMG horrible! First of all i saw the cook get the flautas out of the fridge and just dip them in the fryer for like a minute and decided they were good to serve. I take my first bite and the tortilla is already too hard and the chicken was just so dry. The beans and rice on the side where not good either, they had no salt or any flavor! Like come on how do you mess up RICE AND BEANSSSS!
Finally today i decide to give it another try because my boyfriend has never tried it. HORRIBLE MISTAKE. This time I got some chicken «Papas Nachos» which are nacho fries, they came with chicken, beans, and melted nacho cheese. EVERYTHING was bad except for the beans. Chicken again was super dry and the sauce they used to cook the chicken had a funny after taste, the fries where literally half frozen, and you could tell the cheese has been sitting in the can for a while from that nasty can taste it had! Everything they make here is either frozen or reheated nothing is made fresh unless you get lucky and order something while they’re making it at the moment. I’m just so disappointed because from all the other reviews i read this was supposed to be a pretty good spot but turns out it SUCKSSS! Like seriously how do fuck up simple shit like fries beans and rice!!!
ANNNDD on top of that pretty much all the workers in there have a fucked up attitude like they just don’t wanna be there.
Not coming here ever again.

Female employees have an attitude and are mad the whole time.
The chicken is dry and old, they cook it and serve it days after.
The nacho fries are so bad they use cheap can nacho cheese it taste like the metal can!
Almost everything is not served on the spot, everything is from the fridge or frozen.
The only good thing here is the horchata and their salsa bar. But what can you eat that with here in this restaurant if everything is nasty.

Just, much love for that place, I would give it 5 stars if they took cards instead of cash only.
Advise to owners, bring back the credit card machines, you will get more business, I know you have ATMs but no one like to use those.
prices and the amount of food you’d get, perfection

Customer service was atrocious at 4:30PM on Tuesday 12÷1÷15.
I stood by the counter where there was a sign «Order here.»
No employee would acknowledge me.
I waited and waited.
One guy was too busy with chickens.
One guy was refilling the onions.
No one would acknowledge me.
I went to the cashier and said no one is taking my order.
She said you can order here. Um, there is a sign to order there.
Never mind.
I ordered two chicken burritoes.
The lazy ass guy who was refilling the onions and who ignored me rushed too fast and neglected to put onions or hot sauce in my burritoes.
Fuck that shit.

This place is so quirky that it makes it an interesting place to head to.
They have both inside and out door dining where if you’re outside, there are kiddie rides and arcade games on the lot. You can order outside too but when I was there around 11:00 am, we were informed to go inside to order.
Inside, you can see all the foods kept in the warming bins of the various ingredients that you can put into your burrito, taco and whatever other Mexican dishes you can order here.
My buddy ordered the chiliquiles which is scrambled eggs, cheese and sauce on tortilla chips. I opted for the breakfast burrito which was filled with asada, rice, beans, and cheese and was an actually good size for $ 6. The lady I paid also gave me some of the roasted red chiles she saw me eyeing that were near the cash register.
It’s a definitely unique spot and I’d definitely return again sometime especially since it’s open 24 hours. I’ve seen it at night with their bright lights so now that I’ve scoped it out, I’m more willing to return there if I have a late night craving for some munchies.
There’s a small parking lot otherwise it’s street parking. It’s also conveniently located next to the Vermont/​Santa Monica Red Line station for those taking Metro. It’s also cash only if you are only sporting plastic, but they do have an ATM machine on hand for your convenience.

Este lugar era muy bueno pero no sé qué les alos dueños Pedro y Lupe Davila que an cambiando a toda la gente que podía servir muy bien y an puesto pura gente inepta a trabajar imagínense que por estar cambiando personal serraron el restaurante por tener ratas km/​h piensen con la cabeza señores Davila

I came to this place with my sisters and my mom. I order el burrito de carne asada and they ordered tacos de carne asada. I have to say I was disappointed because the burrito wasn’t as good as I had expected. It is pretty big but the tortilla was kind of cold and a bit stale. The carne was good and the rice wasn’t as bad, nor the beans. However, I would probably not come back because service was a bit slow even though the place was a bit empty. Although the place isn’t half as bad, it isn’t as good either.

I had the wet Barito. And man it was good. It was nice to see that here is not that much to pick for. All type of meat and different styles of food to eat. A good place after the club or a hang over. The only thing is that it’s cash only!!!

The grilled chicken was great and I really liked the rice. My black beans were cold though. Still I’d go back cause I liked the chicken! My quarter plate was $ 6, not too bad

Decent mexican food when you’ve had too much to drink and looking for something greasy and highly fattening. They’re cash only, at least when I went it was, so be prepared.
The portions are large, which is great. They don’t have real guac, it’s more of that watered down stuff… not a huge fan of that… I’d rather pay for the good stuff.

From the looks of this place on the outside and inside, I was ready and willing to subject myself to possible hepatitis A (transmittable via food preparation) or the stomach flu… Although, some of that adventure/​anxiety was eased away with the public health inspection grading of an «A» that was displayed on the interior wall, high, almost hidden inside. Heck, if I were owner of this joint –proudly display that on the storefront window! It may help the business! I was super hungry and open-​minded, so I gave this place a try.
Menu says: any burrito $ 5. So I asked for a fish burrito (which cost $ 7 the first time I went here and then $ 6 for the second). Oddly, the burrito had different ingredients! First day I ordered it: refried beans, rice, lettuce, tomato, salsa, cilantro, a thousand island type dressing. The second time I ordered it: refried beans, rice and a type of red sauce. I am sure the women who work there –wouldn’t mind accommodating your preference of ingredients. As both asked if I wanted beans and rice in it –that’s all they inquired about. Both times, the burrito ended up ginormous! –was my breakfast, lunch and dinner!

Their champurrado is phenomenal & I’ll drive all the way over here just 4 that! Lol
Now, depending on the time, don’t come here too late (b/​c of where it’s located; not in the best part of town) & it’s not a good setting for any sort of professional meeting or luncheon BUT the food is AMAZING & authentic. The ppl here are friendly, professional & quick to get your food to you. :))))
So, if it’s a first date or anything professional order out… lol other than that phenomenal! ;)

Is it inappropriate for me to describe food items, such as the Tamales here, resembling dry hard constipated turd? Well, I don’t care because that is exactly they were like. Old rock hard dehydrated turd. Tacos were meh. Burritos taste like grease bombs. I don’t mind flavorful grease, but bland lard? No.
Besides the bad food, have also literally seen roaches lingering inside their kitchen/​dining space. Consider them regular guests. Only saving grace were their juicy (or were they greasy?) plantains but I would otherwise highly advise any rational being to steer clear of this repulsive joint.

Los cocineros no se la ban las manos al cocinar agarran celular su cabello y asta la basura nunca mas buelvo