I never tried a Bakers. I read the reviews, and it cautioned me against trying the establishment. I had a friend insist to give them a shot. Fortunately, I did. The food was great, and the French fries were something I would definitely eat again and again. It wasn't just the food that was outstanding, but the service was impeccable! Laura and George assisted my husband and I. To say they were efficient would be an understatement. Both went above and beyond to ensure my experience was positive. They were truly kind and cared about the customers. The location was tidy clean and very well maintained. (Believe me, I am excruciatingly anal about cleanliness) I will be back and am glad that I gave them a shot. Thank you for your service! read more

So I ordered two burritos today and added the fresh new salsa and on the menu it currently saids for .79 cents and was charged almost $3 bucks which is half of the whole burrito price which I find ridiculous most places give you sauce or salsa for free with your purchase. And then for the cash register lady to say she's not going to honor the price is unacceptable. This place has really gone downhill. Don't waste your money! My burrito was even cold! read more

Baker's Drive-Thru - Here's the price posted - Mexican Near Me - Riverside, California

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I came in the other day and noticed the head manager, I believe in the gray shirt, was prepping food with no gloves on and was very unsanitary around the food. Especially as a person in charge, leading your employees, I found it very disgusting and I won't be coming back. read more

Awful customer service. Was attempting to place order on kiosk & was having issues & asked employee if he would take my order to use my rewards since he the kiosk wouldn't work & was told he can't since he has drive thru customers. This is def not how you keep customers! I def won't be back to this location. Do better BAKERS!! read more

Food was disgusting, soggy, slimy, shoved in the bag with no care. Figure this out, I ordered a cheese quesadilla, I got this weird hard chewy bit inside my quesadilla, it legit looked like a piece of wood that was in my slimy quesadilla. This location should honestly be closed at this point. I've given this location chance after chance and it never fails to disappoint EVERY SINGLE TIME. Your workers at this location are absolutely trash, no care for your customers. I'm done with Bakers totally disappointed in this franchise. Ashamed to call this my local fast food chain. read more

For the 5 years that I have worked and commuted to Riverside/IE I have finally tried the infamous Baker's. I can see the love and hate behind it. Let's start off with the negative: the burger patties are severely under seasoned. I tasted all bun and tomato. Salt, pepper or even some seasoned salt would have altered the rating of this review. Second negative and it's more of an on the fence recommendation surrounding the chili. I would have preferred a more balanced, zesty and seasoned chili. This leads into the positives: the chili is very chili forward. It's not spicy but you can taste the chili powder for sure and I appreciate that. Some garlic and onion could make this a contender in the fast food chili game. The fries: fresh and hot out of the fryer. A lovely level of crispiness and salted generously. Went perfect with a side of ranch. Final positive: the presentation and freshness. Everything ordered was aesthetic, hot, fresh and I give kudos to the staff at Baker's for putting effort and pride into their product. Thank you Baker's. read more

Baker's Drive-Thru - Double Stacker - Mexican Near Me - Riverside, California

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Needed something fast , usually don't do fast food to often. Been to Bakers down by Cal Baptist a few times and always good. Went to the one in Woodcrest on a Sunday around 4pm. Drive thru and ordered a few beef tacos, ground beef burrito, fries drink. Tacos and burrito were absolutely horrible, the ground beef was dry over cooked and you can tell sitting for a long time, why you train your cooks to serve this? You can see before you put it in the tortillas or taco shell it's dry with char black pieces. Fries were decent and hot, coke was cold. Service was prompt and thorough at least, unless you take points off for the cook that actually made the food. I'm sure he's been trained not to throw it out. Literally, fed my 3 German shepherd's the tacos and burritos, I ate the fries and drank the coke... obviously, unless I'm getting my dogs food from here I cant justify coming back... read more

Baker's Drive-Thru - What's leftover from my dogs... - Mexican Near Me - Riverside, California

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What happened to bakers? Quality is completely gone. I keep trying because it was so good before but man it's just never going to be the same. I spent 45 min in line for chicken tacos that look like lettuce tacos. Nothing looks like the picture. Burgers were so good and now I ordered a taco because the burger was so bad last time. Used to love the shredded beef and now that's gone. Well I guess Miguel Jr. shredded beef tacos and bean and cheese burritos will have to do going forward. Can't do Bakers anymore. Not for the price! read more

Baker's Drive-Thru - Chicken taco? Where's the chicken - Mexican Near Me - Riverside, California

This place keeps getting worse and worse. I used to love the cheese quesadillas. Now, they hardly have any cheese. This is a photo of how 2 of the 3 pieces looked on the inside after opening up the quesadilla. Such a rip off. read more

Baker's Drive-Thru - Cheese Quesadilla - Mexican Near Me - Riverside, California

Baker's you can do better than this. Plus, I paid for a quesadilla and it was missing from my drive-through order. Management declined to refund when I spoke to them. read more

Baker's Drive-Thru - Baker's you can do better than this. Plus I paid for a quesadilla and it was missing from my drive-through order. - Mexican Near Me - Riverside, California

Excellent service, Chris was very helpful and kind! I appreciated his positive attitude and quick service.

I had never visited a Baker's before... i'm not really from around here, and was just in the neighborhood for an event at the nearby MLK Jr. high school. I said out on foot, in search of food for a bunch of kids, and after picking up a box of donuts kitty corner to the intersection, I stumbled over here to see what giant bag of food I could bring back. The menu is sort of an eclectic mix of burgers & fries and fast food Mexican. I ordered a big bag of tacos and burritos, And a few orders of fries... Not nearly as cheap as the Del taco next door, but for whatever reason, the Del taco's dining room was closed, they only had a drive-through, and thanks to lawyers and insurance companies, you can't walk up to a drive-in window anymore in this country. But back to Baker's... The young lady that took my order was cordial enough, standing behind plexiglass. My food came out pretty quickly, and I started the slightly uphill walk back to the high school. Nothing particularly awesome or negative about the food, although a 10 minute walk in unseasonably warm November he did not do the hard shell tacos any favors. This is hardly the restaurants fault, but I'm not exactly sure these were five-star tacos to begin with. For a bunch of adolescents Who do not yet need to worry about the food they're putting into their systems, it was an acceptable lunch, liberally smothered in small packets of hot sauce, and washed down with soft drinks. The french fries were pretty soggy, but again... The ultimate recipients of them were not exactly connoisseurs, and no one complained. Truth be told, I would probably not collectively eat here again, but you never know the next time I will have five hours to kill in Riverside. read more

Baker's Drive-Thru - a view of the kitchen - Mexican Near Me - Riverside, California

Food is always good I usually order the Caribbean chicken sandwich but I noticed it wasn't on the menu anymore so I opted for the teriyaki and it was good. They always have great customer service when I go. read more

Dine out for a fundraiser went so well! The manager and staff were very welcoming and helpful. Their customer service was above and beyond!

I talked on the phone a few times with a person whose sounds and I imagine starts with "J." She hung up on me when I pointed out that she has told me what she can't do and when I started asking what she can do. Because, as an example, when my drink order got messed up and I had to take a Lyft to get there, as she knew, she couldn't do anything. (I was given a soda when I couldn't drink it because, as I had told her, I was sick. And DoorDash had my order down as it should have been: a Powerade. As I verified. Yet she claimed that what she saw on her end was the soda.) She also said that delivery was possible but then laughed solidly nervously when I pointed out that Baker's is contracted with DoorDash. read more

Order sausage breakfast sandwich, got home and it's missing the sausage patty. Sad part is I was the only car in drive thru read more

Baker's Drive-Thru - Breakfast sandwich mistake - Mexican Near Me - Riverside, California

WOULD'VE given Bakers a 5 star rating 100 times over, as I've been a life long customer, but they got RID of their shredded beef & then their BARBACOA. Did it not sell enough? Not enough profit? Surely the best solution is not to just stop using it! They tried to introduce carnitas instead but that was a flop. Now it appears the only options are ground beef or chicken, so what gives!? Bring BACK the BARBACOA or at least the shredded beef (Actually, are they are the same thing?). PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!!! I want to order a shredded beef burrito and "make it big" (adds lettuce, tomato, and sour cream) or even better the barbacoa quesadilla. It was so good! Still... The Tacos are great. (Tip - ADD extra cheese). The burgers are great. Fries are great. Bean n cheese burritos are great. Just give us back the barbacoa. read more

Had to go 3x (from home) until they got my son's Double Baker with cheese (plain/dry) correct. The tortillas on the burritos are now thick and they over cook their fries and don't add salt. What happened to this place? Employees didn't seem to care I made 3 trips for 1 burger to be correct. *there were no shortage of employees and I was the only one in the restaurant all 3x, so we can't blame this one on COVID. read more

Baker's Drive-Thru - Inside (menu above counter has not been working for quite a while) - Mexican Near Me - Riverside, California

Not sure what is wrong with this location. During my last visit the burger didn't even taste like bakers. It was super thin and burnt like it was reheated and sitting around for hours NOT FRESH! Sadly things my second bad experience in a row at this location. Done with this location. Hopefully not done with bakers as it was always one of my go to spots for years! read more

Bad service at night. They take forever and aren't even friendly. The food is fine but it's always very slow service

Life long Baker's fan. Love that they still serve Pibb. Fry serving is lacking. Paid for a large fry and it was only half filled. Perhaps the staff is having an off day, but definitely didn't get my money's worth. read more

Baker's Drive-Thru - This is a large fry. Only a half filled container. - Mexican Near Me - Riverside, California

A Saturday night and I've been in the drive thru for 25 minutes and I'm the 3 in line Then a snippy girl comes on the leaker after been sitting there for 15 giving me some reasons to write this review If you can't handle serving FAST food you should shit your Drive-Thru down , now I've been trapped in her for 30 minutes and it looks like it going to be another 20 Absolutely ridiculous Only go to this location if your killing hours read more

Ralph!!!!!!!!!! Anyone want ice for their drink? If this looks like this, I wonder what the rest of the kitchen looks like..... Considering that this place has a two star rating I wonder what ownership and management has to say about it... read more

Baker's Drive-Thru - Black mold - Mexican Near Me - Riverside, California

Very disappointed on how long they take in the drive-thru, they have a long line wrapped around the parking lot and then they make you wait to order your meal. read more

Baker's Drive-Thru - Soggy fries again - Mexican Near Me - Riverside, California

If you want rude service this is your place. My husband is a disabled veteran and we frequent many restaurants in the area as we live only a couple miles from location on Van Buren Riverside. This restaurant that has the most rudest manager. Our visit was on 1/3/25 12:30 pm. We made an order and unfortunately the order included an extra taco. The manager (a woman, I believe name was Laura) was very rude when we returned the not touched or not opened taco. Then, when before leaving, I went to the counter get a refill on my ice tea, she rolled her eyes, did not speak, then filled it, and brought it back and dropped on the counter like she was mad. Never a word. Customers waiting in line were looking like, "what is wrong with her". We will never return to this establishment. We know several restaurant owners in the area which will give offer great service. This was Horrible experience and I do NOT recommend it. read more

My kids love the burgers, tacos and burritos. The fries are not always the freshest but the other food is. Their milkshakes are very tasty! The people working there have always been very friendly! read more

Baker's Drive Thru is among the few places I can stop by for Burgers and Tacos. No wonder it is called America's First Twin Kitchen!! The only problem is you have to come to the Inland Empire to get some Baker's. I just had to make this stop for the sake of my tastebuds. I ordered two tacos. One ground beef and one vegetarian and also a shredded beef burrito. Service was great and I was in and out quick. Cleanest location I saw so far. Excellent local alternative to McDonald's and Taco Bell but with vegetarian options which is rare for a fast food chain. read more

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Best French fires and shakes in the area. Best I've ever had from any Bakers I've been to. So good I had to go in and meet the people and say "thank you". Bri the manager and Liz one of her employees are doing an amazing job here in Riverside. Super friendly and very professional. Thank you Bakers, you made my day. read more

Baker's Drive-Thru - fries and a drink - Mexican Near Me - Riverside, California

Not sure why I've never reviewed Bakers considering it was once my teenage hang out for cheap good food. The hubby and I stopped at a local Bakers and had a quick late lunch dinner date. First off it was like being a teenager all over again. (Not sure if that's a good thing or not). My mama meal with the beef burrito and a smidge of sour cream is the best. The reason why, you actually slide your french fries in the middle. All I can say was delicious. On the menu was also so their pumpkin pie shake. Have you ever had a shake with pieces of pie crust? It was delicious. I may be biased because I love all things pumpkin. This was definitely the highlight of my meal. What's sad is I forgot to take a picture. Next time I promise. The restaurant is open for orders to go and you have to have on a mask. We chose to go through drive thru and eat in our car and people watch...(always fun). Great place for a fast and tasty meal. read more

I asked the cashier if this was how the chocolate shake was supposed to come and she said yes, and told me that I have to mix it with the straw myself. It made me LOL. read more

Baker's Drive-Thru - Chocolate shake - Mexican Near Me - Riverside, California

This is an upgrade. I visited again and actually got a good meal. They definitely seem to have made improvements here. The burrito and fries were really good. I'm glad to see they have made changes. I'll go again and update. read more

Baker's drive thru is one of my favorite places to grab delicious food on the go. Always friendly. Food is as good as it's always been. Been stopping by since I was a kid. Miss them in my neighborhood as I now live in Menifee and we don't have bakers out this way. So the closest one to me is on Van Buren in Riverside. Do stop by there when ever I'm in that area. Alway fresh and Delicious. Clean and friendly. read more

When I first saw that a Baker's was being built over a year ago I thought, "Finally! Someplace local where we can buy burgers and tacos!" Seriously, do we really need another place selling the same thing as everyplace else out here? But I had a coupon for a free milkshake, so I went. It's a good thing too because their milkshakes run from about $3.40 to over $4 for a a fairly small cup. They were good though, but for more than $4, I'm expecting a half gallon of ice cream, not a 12 oz shake. In fact, you can purchase Thrifty strawberry ice cream at Right Aid for $3.50 per 1.5 quart container and make about 6 or 7 milkshakes that taste every bit as good as a Baker's shake. They also have Mr. Pibb which I like and not many places carry, so there's that, although I guess it's called Pibb xtra now. Since I was there, I also had the combo burrito, pretty good and just over $3, but I can get basically the same burrito at the Carl's Jr. a few blocks closer to me for less. Overall, I find the food here to be okay, the service was great and it was really clean, not surprising as it just opened, but the prices are higher than most all the other places around here that sell more or less the same thing. In my opinion, other than their milkshakes, I find the quality of Baker's food to be on the lower end of fast food. Really not the right place to open in a market already over-saturated with burger and taco joints. I'll only be back as long as they keep supplying me with free milkshakes. Actually, now that I found a good ice cream source for my own milkshakes, I see absolutely no reason to go to Baker's. Finally, to address the Yelper who has written a grand total of 1 review who thinks Baker's is a 5 star establishment, to be clear, I find Baker's to have higher prices for inferior tasting food than typical fast food, which why I rate them at 3 stars. No 3 star review has "raved" about Baker's, so you might want to get your facts straight. If you want to overpay for bland, boring food then you should be happy there will be one less person in line in front of you. read more

Baker's Drive-Thru - Overpriced milkshakes but not bad with the coupon. - Mexican Near Me - Riverside, California

Is anyone else confused about their New iced coffee drinks? It's Luke warm. No ice, The whip cream is a thin deflated layer of cream. And watered down with milk every time. I'm just not sure what I'm even looking at anymore. The old vanilla ice coffee drinks were perfect. Why did you ruin them? I feel like I'm in a twilight zone episode every time I order it, and I'm trying to figure out what I'm looking at. Sometimes I get a burrito over there, and then drive next-door to Del taco to get a iced coffee. But it seems like a lot of work so usually I just don't go there anymore. read more

I don't know what happened. But the last two times we've come and get the pollo asada burrito it gets messed up. It's disgusting. The rice is like rice from the day before or something. I thought they changed the rice twice a day, once in the afternoon and once in the evening. But this was purely disgusting. Update 6.27.20 I came on Saturday. Ordered a bean cheese papas meal. Pollo asada burrito meal. BRC with jalapeño and chicken nachos. Only to get home and find that the Pollo asada burrito was missing. Tried to call the store because it's a 20 minute drive from my work only to talk to a sassy customer service rep who gave me attitude about "not being able to transfer to local stores, it's not a thing". Like damn I just wanted to talk to someone about compensation for the one burrito. This is ridiculous. Guess pollo asada burritos must be hard or something. read more

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This is the worst bakers I've ever been to. I normally love bakers as their food is consistently good however the food I got from here last night was trash. The fries were cold and stale, my burgers were cold with stale bun and they forgot to even put cheese on them (I specified I wanted cheese when I ordered) and they even overcharged me for my food. The only positive thing here was the girl in the drive thru taking orders was really nice and provides great customer service. read more

Baker's Drive-Thru - Super sad stale burger missing the cheese I asked for. - Mexican Near Me - Riverside, California

Here right now had to clean our own table when it was only us and 1 other family in the restaurant. Manager was too busy flirting with a guy at the counter so we stood there for 5-10 minutes just to place our order when there wasnt anyone in line read more

Omg, I'm from Glendale and I stopped by because we just Buried my father. I came in really sad and Jade with her amazing smile and service made my day. She spoke with a kind heart and assisted me when the cook missed my sour cream. Please go and see Jade to see her and give her great service. Thank you for your customer service Jade, you made my frown upside down. read more

The worst. 30 mins stuck in the drive thru and counting!! Still 4 cars ahead of me. Imagine the time wasted at a drive they for fast food. never again for sure read more

I decided I wanted to experiment and ask the cashier upfront about the least expensive thing with the most calories as I had 45 minutes before the next bus stop. They said it was the Chicken Asado, that was probably the one of the more expensive things with the least amount of calories as it was 470 calories for 5.35$ compared to a combination burrito with 600ish calories for 4.55$ so I'm assuming they fucked up the math or relied on anecdote. A little incompetence but that was out of their paygrade, I didn't mind much really but then they took about 10-15 minutes or so for about one burrito and that burrito still had the some of chicken bone inside, the materials itself weren't bad and I like how the food comes together but I'm not quite sure if the food server was on a killing mission with that carelessness. My other experiences weren't horrible but often mediocre. The price is that of an upper middle class fast food joint the quality is typically a little bit below that in my opinion as someone that works in one and there's a preferable choice of a Del Taco but the vibe really isn't the same idk. read more