Taco Bell

chicken tacos are gross
Recommend going elsewhere in Ackerman.

I have waited for over 30 minutes for my food one time! Not a good thing when you are a student needing to get from class to class or exam to exam! These people take forever sometimes and are unpredictable… It’s on campus so I wonder how many other students feel this way.

As far as Taco Bell goes: 4 – 5 stars. I’ve never had better or worse, to my recollection.
As far as food goes… I’ll tell you what I told myself yesterday, after eating here.
‘Why did you do this to yourself? You knew you would regret it later.’
This stuff weighs you down. I know what you’re thinking «But the crunchwrap has vegetables.»
Quit fooling yourself.
And, yes. The quesarito will disappoint you, just like all of your other life choices. Apparently.

Sometimes, you are hungry. Sometimes, you are desperate. Sometimes, both of these two combine, and that’s when you go to Taco Bell on UCLA’s campus in Ackerman Union.
What is the motivation driven by? Could it be the id, famously described by the psychologist Sigmund Frued? This mystery has been a hotbed for intellectual debate ever since 1962, when the first Taco Bell’s conception took place in Downey, California. To prepare for this review, I poured over no fewer than twelve published scientific papers on the controversial Taco Bell subject, and hopefully I can shed some insight.
Personally, I come here when I want some cheap, filling food. I come here knowing that my stomach isn’t going to feel great, and I come here knowing that I won’t enjoy my meal like Iron Chef Morimoto is preparing it. He has nothing to do with this, but I wanted to plug him because he’s cool. Anyways.
I have actually really liked Taco Bell as a kid, but as I grow older, I find that my enjoyment of the food is decreasing. I’m sure you can plot it on a Cartesian plot if you really wanted to, but the essence is that it is a downward trend; your imagination is probably more than adequate in this case.
I will say that the service here is fabulous and that your food is always out tremendously fast. You can see them make the food, and you see how efficient and clean they are, and it makes you slightly happier as a human being. Plus, if you’re a UCLA student, no tax! That’s pretty awesome, right? I thought so.
My favorite thing here is the new Fritos burrito. As of right now, it’s only a dollar! A dollar! Plus, the Fritos offer an absolutely perfect textural contrast to the meat and the – get this – RICE they put in there! That’s right; you’re getting some quality ingredients in there to go along with the familiar Taco Bell cheese! Tears of joy almost came streaming down my eyes right there in the student union, but I had to hold it together for all my fans – especially the kids, since I didn’t want them to see me in that state.
Taco Bell: it comes to you; you don’t come to it.

Taco bell is one of the places on campus I can’t imagine without. Certainly a staple for anyone in South Campus. I usually get the 10 taco combo, and it is really satisfying. The quesadillas are pretty good, and no one can forget when they had the 88 cent crunch wrap supreme.

MM you should order the 99 cent burritos with the «fresca» option– served with a bit of chopped tomatoes to make it «healthier». Same price as ordinary bean burrito. and tastes amazing with their green «verde» sauce… I can eat a million of those sauces per burrito!
Yes, located on campus in Ackerman, and you can take your meal out to the tables and big screen TV and watch whatever game is on –_​– and there’s your dinner!!!
Plz. it’s not bad at all for Taco Bell Express:)

This Taco Bell does exactly what it’s supposed to do: offer a quick, cheap (and unhealthy) meal that students and faculty can grab in between classes and work. There’s nothing particularly special about this location, except it’s employed by your fellow classmates, so if you for some reason want to know how the sausage (or in this case, the 98% real ground beef) is made, you have a trustworthy source.
It is, unfortunately, a Taco Bell Express, so this location does not have a full menu. You’ll have to venture to Westwood if you want a Mexican Pizza. Also, ASUCLA has it’s paws on the location, so expect a small bump in prices. Student wages need to accommodate tuition hikes somehow.
I’m a bit embarrassed to have come here enough to be the mayor of this location, but this is the rare place on campus that someone like me can get full for under $ 5. I just don’t think it’s doing my health any favors.
Yay: No tax for students (just say you are if you’re not one), fast
Boo: Slightly more expensive than regular locations, limited menu, strangely hot and humid temperature.

Good things in life come in pairs… Dante’s peak/​Inferno, Deep Impact/​Armageddon, Tombstomb/​Wyatt Earp, Panda Express/​Yoshinoya beef bowl… However, this is not one of those things…
Boy do I love processed Mexican fast food… This place opened up after I graduated UCLA but I’ve been back from time to time and their prices are super cheap and you can get so many items for less to nothing…
My usual order at Taco Bell if I’m hungry.
2 Steak Chapulas. 2 Steak Gorditas, and a 7 layer burrito (This is when I had the metabolism of a 19 year old and worked out at least 5 – 6 times a week… When I think about putting all this shit in my body again I think about it like the holocaust. NEVER AGAIN)
*Soft Tacos over Hard tacos anyday. Just saying.

WHY do I like unauthentic, processed Mexican food!!! Well by golly it’s super cheap ($ 0.89 if you get the bean and cheese burrito) and on campus at UCLA’s Ackerman! And, it’s better than the other food choices in Ackerman, let’s be honest… Wait during lunch is kind of long, but it goes by pretty fast. I definitely went here time and again as a student to get a filling lunch for under $ 3 bucks. *Like!*

I have a disturbing love for taco bell. I find it to be flat delicious. However, I can’t in good conscience suggest going to this Taco Bell. It’s a Taco Bell express, so you don’t get a full menu. Anything that contains something deep fried? You can’t get that here. Also, on top of that, the menu is short in other areas. The lack of the value menu is especially damning. Taco Bell is a place where you go to eat because you want a ton of food for cheap. The lack of the dollar menu is a huge strike against this.
If you’re going here, you’re probably a UCLA student. If you have the time, do yourself a favor and go to the Taco Bell in Westwood. If you don’t have the time? Well, you’re probably gonna eat here because the rest of the food in the Coop is overpriced crap anyway.

Taco Bell… Taco Schmell. You can get a whole meal for less than $ 5. They are usually pretty quick here (partly because some of the workers are UCLA students and not a whole bunch of morons) so you can expect to be in and out with a few minutes, maybe 5 if you go during the busy lunch time.
They don’t have a FULL Taco Bell menu, which kinda sucks, but since I hardly ever go here it’s not that big of a deal. I know that TB addicts get upset when this location doesn’t offer some of the specials, but come on… what do you really expect?

Taco Bell is Taco Bell, but this one has fast service so it gets a +3. It gets a –2 for NOT being able to make CHEESY GORDITA CRUNCHES aka the most amazing thing in the history of Taco Bell’s non-​menu items.
I was disheartened, but I got over it. Prepare for massive gas after the fact.

I go here to grab a quick lunch during my lunch break at work or between classes. It’s cheap food that’s filling. Please stop complaining about authenticity; it’s a fast food chain and that’s all it is. Take it or leave it.
The menu is limited and there’s a reason for it – most of the employees are students and there’s only so much kitchen space and equipment. It’s not a full scale restaurant. Service is good at least; they do the best they can.
Expect long lines during the lunch rush.

What the hell was the point in wasting all that money moving Taco Bell to a larger space while essentially leaving the menu equivalent to a TB express?! It’s not like they made seating in their restaurant.
I don’t each much at Taco Bell, so I wouldn’t know if this is generally how it is. but why are the tortillas über stale?
Okay, maybe it is cheaper than the other food here. But it is still overpriced for what it is! Greasy, tasteless ground beef, a mountain of shredded lettuce and a pool of sauce.
It’s better to make your own salad upstairs. You can make a decent one for about $ 2 if you don’t get all meat or something.

Until now, I was avidly against posting reviews for large fast food chain restaurants — I mean, is one McDonalds going to be THAT different from another one? — but today I break my silence.
I like Taco Bell. I really do. I enjoy it immensely, and this one is particularly close to my heart. Not because it’s located on my beloved UCLA, but because, one week last year, I basically ate it for a week straight. Why? ASUCLA (who runs Ackerman Student Union, the store and all the restaurants) had printed this ridiculous coupons for students where you got $ 3 off a combo, bringing it down to a little over a dollar for a complete meal. How much weight did I gain this week? I have no idea. But, I do have an appreciation for Taco Bell.
Since they’re almost always doing construction in this section of the union, last time I checked, there was a huge wall blocking the line for Taco Bell. Therefore, expect it to be crowded (it’s crowded anyway because it’s cheap and college students flock to cheap food) and expect to wait a while in line.
As for the food, I love their Crunchwrap Supremes. Why? I don’t know. Maybe because it’s a pocket of beef, sour cream, lettuce, tomato and cheese. Maybe because it’s got the soft tortilla on the outside and the crunchy tortilla on the inside. Whatever the reason, it’s good.
So Taco Bell, be proud! You’re my first real mass chain fast food review!

For the ones who aren’t old enough to remember, prior to 2004 Taco Bell was located on Bruinwalk near SAC. Due to some labor disputes in regards to something about tomato pickers, UCLA did not renew its contract and subsequently demolished the building.
Go figure that ASUCLA would bring it back a few years later. However, the current Taco Bell is a pale imitation of what it used to be. I guess to delineate the difference between the new Taco Bell and the old one they now call it a Taco Bell EXPRESS. Sure its still a cheap eat but who really cares when you only have 5 things you can order off the menu? The lines go pretty quick considering the size of the student body but they really should have gone with a name like Taco Bell Junior or Taco Bell NEUTERED to emphasize the change.

This is one of the establishments that fed me and helped me survive college with their bean burritto OR taco supreme, not «and» cause my lunch budget was anything under $ 1.10.

Taco Bell in Ackerman (UCLA’s student store) is good but not that good. In general I try to avoid Taco Bell. They are a sad sad representation of Mexican culture. Their slogans and mascotts are regularly offensive and they make up dishes that are not even mexican and claim them as such.
«Run for the Border»
«Yo quiero Taco Bell»
«Mexican Pizza» (C’mon wtf is that?)
For this reason I don’t usually go. HOWEVER…
I’m broke. I know what it’s like to be soo broke you get excited when there is a dollar in your wallet. Not excited like «oh that’s nice» excited like…“YESSSS now i can afford a taco at taco bell and not go hungry all day“
Yes this place is cheap. When I say cheap i mean I can stuff myself silly with less than 5 dollars (and that includes a drink). I don’t know if it’s b/​c of its location but this place is cheaper than the normal Taco Bell. I normally got a Steak Quesadilla with a Drink and 2 tacos for something ridiculous like $ 4 and some change.
anyway i would normally not recommend Taco Bell to anyone but when you are broke, on a budget, and starving, might as well get some food in your system.