Del Taco

Whenever we visit the Southwest, we visit Del Taco for a big Del Taco and fries. Food was good, tacos were tasty and the fries were hot and fresh. Sadly the fryer was used for Churros before our fries were cooked, creating a big problem for our Celiac daughter who has to remain gluten free. She couldn't enjoy the best fast food fries on the Planet; but even so, we love Del Taco ❤️

I went here because I was told they now had Beyond Meat on their menu.  I practice a mostly plant-based diet so I was interested in a splurge meal.  However, I am also celiac and needed something gluten free.  Going on the Del Taco website showed that their hard corn taco shells were gluten free so this was perfect!  My kids acquiesced to try the Beyond Meat (they practice an omnivorous diet) so off we went!  I had the Beyond Meat hard taco with no cheese and the kids shared a Beyond Meat burrito with fries in it (or something like that, I can't remember).  I really enjoyed my taco; the single taco was enough to fill me up, it was EXTREMELY flavorful and I presume it tasted like taco meat.  My kids liked their meal as well and though they were weary about the "meat-like crumbles", liked the flavor and would eat it again no problem. The downside here was that the employees were not knowledgeable about their own product.  When I asked what was gluten free and what wasn't, they had no idea and didn't know where to check.  I was lucky that I did my own research, but I like to ask anyway.  I was actually told, "I don't know, I just ring it up".  So I let them know they needed to take extra precautions in preparing a gluten free taco--which was all news to them.  Also, the pricing for these items was a lot.  Now, I don't eat out much, so I don't really have a basis of comparison.  I could see that what we ordered was similarly priced to other items on the Del Taco menu, but it was still quite a bit for a single fast food meal.  Maybe Del Taco is on the more expensive side? All in all, the food was good and, as previously stated, extremely flavorful.  For someone like me, who derives a lot of food flavor from the food itself and not from the seasonings, it was a bit much.  But I'd eat it again on great occasion.  My kids, however, would choose it everyday.  So there's that.