I was picking something up nearby, and this Taco Bell wasn't too far away that I was willing to stop by this location to see how it would compare to the other locations closer to me. It was Taco Tuesday, and Taco Bell does this cool thing called a Tuesday Drop where rewards members could get a nice reward, usually for $1, for that day only. However, you have to be quick because only the first 20 or 30 thousand would be able to claim this reward, which usually drops at 2 PM PST. This time, it was unprecedented because the Tuesday Drop could have been claimed anytime by all rewards members after 8 AM that day, a one-off for Taco Tuesday. That day, it was an Enchirito, normally $3.99, for $1. I promise, the deals are usually better; I've gotten a Chicken Quesadilla, Cheesy Gordita Crunch, Burrito Supreme, Chalupa Supreme, and even Nachos BellGrande all for only $1 each! This Taco Bell is located on the northeast corner of Palo Verde and Stearns, right off the 405 freeway. If you see Mexihanas Hibachi Grill, that's where Taco Bell is. As a matter of fact, those two are the only businesses in that corner of the intersection. Parking isn't very spacious here, but they do have a drive thru if you do have trouble finding an open spot or if you just want to remain in your car. I took my chances with parking there by electing to pick up my order in store as opposed to the drive thru. I figured if the parking lot there were full, I could park by Del Taco, cross Palo Verde, and pick up my order. There were some cars there, but I found a few spots open when I arrived at about 7 PM. It was a couple minutes before my scheduled pickup time, and an employee asked if I was here for pickup. I answered affirmatively while giving him my name, and he said my order should be ready soon. Meanwhile, another employee was placing mobile/pickup orders on the Mobile & Delivery Pickup shelves by the front counter. The shelves were unattended, so anybody could have picked up anybody else's orders. Luckily, when my order was ready, it was literally handed to me. I was also told that sauces and napkins were on the counter behind me. In my online order, I requested one of each sauce to go with my Enchirito, so I picked up one of each sauce from that counter. Little did I know there was a whole bunch of sauces inside my takeout bag! I've had this happen before, so don't be surprised if this happens to you as well. For my Taco Bell orders, I usually swap out the seasoned beef with either potatoes, black beans, or beans. Since the enchirito would already have beans inside, I went with the potatoes. I also like to request fresco style, where the heavy dairy is replaced by pico de gallo. If I'm ordering a burrito, I also request grilled, which can be done at no additional charge. For the enchirito, a portmanteau of burrito and enchilada, you can request fresco style, but not grilled. The enchirito was presented in a compostable container similar to that of a Chipotle burrito bowl, but the lid was also compostable. It also seemed sturdier so that it would be less likely to buckle under heavy weight. I hadn't had an enchirito from Taco Bell before, so it was nice to try, especially for only $1 in this day and age. It pretty much is a mix of an enchilada and a burrito that if you've had both individually, but not the enchirito, you're honestly not really missing out. It was also smaller than I expected as the photo on the menu made it look like it'd fill the entire container when really, it only filled about half of the compostable container. There was a good amount of sauce that smothered the enchirito that honestly, I didn't even need any of the sauce packets I ordered! lol in fact, I struggled to sop up every drop of sauce with the tortilla. Service was decent from the employee who handed me my order. I didn't get his name, but he seemed pretty cool, especially for fast food standards. I asked for a fork and a knife so that I could keep my hands clean while eating the enchirito, and he didn't hesitate to fetch them for me. They have plenty of tables inside, including four tables for two where each of those tables has an outlet, and you can get some work done here as well, like at a coffee shop, if you so desire. There is also a kiosk where you can place your order if you'd prefer not to interact with an employee. Did I mention how close this Taco Bell is to the 405 freeway? If you're planning to head north, the entrance is just right there on Palo Verde. If you're planning to head south, it gets a little trickier; you'd have to turn left on Stearns and hope there's no vehicular traffic in both directions. Overall, while Taco Bell in general doesn't deserve 4 stars out of 5, I'll happily give this location 4 stars out of 5. I enjoyed the enchirito enough that I'd get it again if it were a Tuesday Drop deal, but wouldn't recommend paying full price knowing I could get much more out of a Luxe Cravings Box for only twice that price. read more

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The WORST enchirito EVER!! We had one last month from a different Taco Bell and it was amazing! In the regular black plastic carton with a clear lid. Drove thru this one today and got this.... First they came in these ridiculous cardboard trays, almost no sauce with a stupid Taco Bell sauce pack next to it. I've had a bad experience at this Taco Bell before with their mini taco salad. It only had beans and sauce in it, no cheese, no lettuce, no tomatoes. I actually ordered No Chipotle sauce and it was drowned in sauce. TERRIBLE! I should have known better!! read more

Taco Bell - 2 Enchiritos. 1 with no onions add jalapeño! - Fast Food Near Me - Long Beach, California

Worst order ever. Ordered the Mexican pizza and it was nasty. Threw it away and wanted to complain but didn't receive a receipt. Gosh someone help this store. Maybe retrain the employees or get new ones. So disappointing. read more

Long ass line cannot even breathe in this car soooooo crowded and jack is soooooo complaining rn trying to go to bed like ??? All you even have to do tomorrow is pick up your little brother chill... the drive thru is nicely shaped though and the food on the menu looks great read more

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Amazing experience the young man serving us tonight is amazing. He walked out our mobile orders to us (we had three) and he even thanked us for coming by. Mind you it is 2:19am we placed our orders so last minute and they were so fast. Truly amazing customer service. Give him a raise or something it's well deserved. read more

By far the best service in ALL Taco Bell's I've been to. The service is top tier . The gentleman with neck tattoos works in the night greets customers very well and is REALLY professional.. The restaurant is clean and the food was overall amazing . Thanks ,Will be returning soon ! read more

Employees serenading us in the dining room, love it! And the music is sooo experimental #mysingingmonstersvibes

Gave this location another try. The "cinnamon" twists had NOT ONE GRAIN OF CINNAMON on them! And get this... they put FORTY-NINE packets of fire sauce in our bag! 49! 43 of them went in the trash! Do they do this with every customer? How wasteful! read more

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I've order the chalupa supreme chicken :( wasn't like I had before. Service was good. Place nice and clean read more

Slow slow slow service. Omg just wanted my burrito. Did not bring it out in under 30 minutes even though I mobile ordered. Cmon pick it up Taco Bell. Unbelievable work here please lock in and give me my order. I need it. Stop being slow and irritating. read more

Honestly I hate this but I'm sick of it. They always leave an item out of my order every time. Waste of my money. Del taco is across the street just go there. Tired of ordering from this Taco Bell. The one in Los Alamitos is so much better read more

My sister ordered 5 soft shell tacos for me through their drive thru. She came home with hard shell tacos. She didn't check in the bag before she drove off because the bag was folded at the top. There is an expectation that when you order food, that you will get what you ordered and paid for. Unfortunately this Taco Bell missed the mark on that. read more

Taco Bell - Ordered soft shell tacos...they charged and gave hard shell tacos. -.- - Fast Food Near Me - Long Beach, California

I went inside to have lunch on my break and i can honestly say this was the WORST experience I've ever encountered in a fast food restaurant. Not to me personally but, PLEASE TRAIN MANAGEMENT!! You can hear the way these shift leaders were communicating with their employees/coworkers and it was just crazy to hear how fucking rude they are to them!!! SHIFT LEADERS please be fucking professional and take your coworkers to the back and address "the issue" instead of having the whole world outside hear it and embarrass them! TREAT YOUR FUCKING EMPLOYEES WITH SOME RESPECT! This iS NOT the first time either :) read more

JUST ATE A CRUNCH WRAP SUPREME! Look I haven't eaten at Taco Bell in years. So I wasn't mad at what I just ate. It was tasty. The service was quick. I would eat the crunch wrap again. I have no complaints. I then ordered my birthday free Baja iceee thing and it's good too! The customer service guy at the window was a sweetheart to me. The ambiance is nice too! Line was long! Ppl eat here! Don't be fooled! Go. Way better than Del taco. In my opinion. read more

I cannot believe how pathetic people are today. My grandson and I went to this Taco Bell around 9pm. We noticed the bean burrito was not wrapped up like it should've been. And what we saw was horrifying, one of the employees took a bite of the bean burrito! I felt bad for my grandson because he was hungry. This is a health concern and should be taken very seriously. For one, what sort of people are preparing our food. Second, if their mentality is that it's fine to take a bite of a customers burrito, what else are these freaks doing in the back. Urinating on our food? Spitting on the food? Something to ponder before going to this Taco Bell. OWNER: Please be diligent in the hiring process. This may have turned out as a liability. read more

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I love Taco Bell tacos but I went to this location at 11 pm at night. We ordered 2 burritos and 4 tacos. The tacos came with frozen lettuce. It totally ruined them. The staff should have given us the option to leave it off or put pico on it. Very disappointed. read more

They always make the food hot love it!! Keep up the good work. Gotta love the crunch Taco's read more

$9 for rice and about a teaspoon of chicken. Plenty of other stuff that could add up to a dollar read more

Taco Bell - Fast Food Near Me - Long Beach, California

We ordered our to go/pickup dinnertime meal from this location (Stearns) Sunday evening via the phone app. Order and paying went well, but upon arriving to pick up our order, was asked to park and wait (wasn't the usual busy), which defeated the purpose of ordering in advance. When our order was (purportedly) ready, it was incomplete, which required additional wait time. Our volcano tacos and burritos tasted good, but were sloppily made. The purpose of this review is to inform management of timing issues, lack of attention to detail, seemingly no staff urgency in preparation, as well as correctness unverified prior to giving order to customer (pre-paid). Hence, positive in rating is solely for taste of product. Possibly it was an off night for staff, as this was not the norm for this location in our experience, thankfully. read more

Uhhhhhh---- you did like half a cheese cup. Burnt every tortilla -- like what in the heck. Then nothing was even really filled, like the pandemic hit and food shortages are here Taco Bell isn't gourmet. it's warmed and thrown in a tortilla. Not hard at all. The cook clearly overcooks his cup of noodles at home and destroys a grilled cheese All this hot sauce though to drown out the burnt flavor? Manager-- feel free to comp my meal Burnt partially filled Steak Quesadilla Burnt Beefy melt Burnt crunch Wrap Burnt and weird double decker supreme Half cheese cups read more

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This Taco Bell is full of my college memories. Every Monday we used to go to the bar on the same parking lot. Most of my friends used to lived in the area and I would pick them up and swing by here after clubbing. So glad that they are still here. My suegra comes here once a week fir her breakfast burrito and coffee, so this morning we picked her up to surprise her. read more

I know Taco Bell has a reputation for giving bubbly guts... but I have NEVER EVER thrown up from Taco Bell. I got food poisoning from it. My order was a cheesy gordita, potato soft taco and chipcs n cheese read more

This the absolute worst managed fast food place 30 cars in the drive thru 1 person working inside, I waited over 25 minutes to get pre made tacos read more

Nasty. Completely rancid tasting/smelling oil and the cheese was bad. Never had any Taco Bell taste like this before.

Drive through recording says the restaurant is closed but there are workers inside and the hours are posted open until 4am? Another win for Del Taco across the street. read more

5 STARS BECAUSE THE NACHO FRIES ARE BACK!! Taco Bell is fast food and probably one of my favorite fast foods spots! No picture because I inhaled the nacho fries! Get it with the cheese dip! read more

Worse effen food ever, got the wrong order. Tacos were mushy. Whatever we got was inedible. Did not provide a receipt. And looks like we got overcharged The place loomed like a mess. Kitchen staff confused. Order taker clueless. I want a refund! read more

Apparently the screen was broken, and they didn't bother reading back the order. This is what we asked for, and this is what we got. read more

Taco Bell - Black bean Flatbread crap they gave when we ordered the black bean loaded taco fries burrito - Fast Food Near Me - Long Beach, California

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This used to be my go to Taco Bell whenever I had the craving. But as of tonight, I'm never going to step foot here again. Once again I received food different than what I ordered. Over the last few years the service has gone from ok to downright terrible. 4 of the last 5 times I've been to this location (and probably similar ratio for the last dozen or so times) they have either omitted items I've ordered, incorrectly made items, or just given me the wrong order completely. It wouldn't be an issue if it was an occasional thing - people make mistakes from time to time. But this has been consistent repeated offenses, and now they have lost a long time customer. read more

Did a mobile order. Requested 3 red sauce on the on 3 items. Reviewed order on tv drive thru. Bag was sealed but no red sauce. Meal was less than normal. read more

Service is great and friendly but my tacos are ALWAYS cracked, broken and falling apart to where I can't even pick them up. If you see it broken, just don't use it. read more

Taco Bell - 3rd broken taco shell and this isn't the first time it's happened =\ disappointing cuz the are friendly but come on guys. - Fast Food Near Me - Long Beach, California

Ordered the same thing Ive ordered for years-steak soft tacos. For some reason a steak soft flour taco doesn't actually come with steak. To make it a steak taco, I had to pay a special upgrade charge. I called Taco Bell customer support but they can't be bothered to actually respond. Seems like false advertising if they called it a steak taco with a picture of steak but it doesn't actually come standard with steak. Screw Taco Hell. Lost my business. read more

This place is 6 for 6. 6 orders placed, 6 wrong orders. Can not understand how difficult it is to literally read an order.... of 2 bean burritos... only beans... this isn't rocket science. UPDATE: this Taco Bell is now 7 for 7. See door dash automatically chooses this Taco Bell. I don't have a choice. So when I'm trying to do the right thing after i have a beer by not driving, Taco Bell manages to screw of up. For the love of god. Someone please put people that understand that I'm trying to order vegan junk food in a position to place the order on their computer. No cheese. How hard is this? read more

No stars this used to be the best Taco Bell around up until 6-9 months ago idk what happened maybe it's all the kids they got working for them or management but I will never go here again The customer service is trash last six times I've had to go back because my order was wrong I paid $22 and got some nachos and two tacos this is the last time I go there it was the wrong order by the way read more

The service is always awful and they take forever to take your order. Also the workers always take up half the tables inside

I hate putting bad reviews but I received Taco Bell coupons in my weekend local newspaper. I read the coupon and it did not specify this location did not accept the coupons. When I tried to redeem, they would not accept saying it was on the coupon (it was not). I won't be going back but will happily go to Del Taco across the street who are super friendly and always accept coupons. read more

These incompetent high workers aren't doing their job correctly. Giving out food orders to the wrong cars, has happened MULTIPLE TIMES. There should be compensation for the horrible customer service I've received. read more

Came to order food , asked for chicken instead of the beef in my chalupa , got charged extra and the employees clearly can't read as someone still slapped beef mixture into my chalupa... THANKS TACO BELL! read more

Just went to taco bell on Stearns and Palo Verde Ave. Long Beach California. What a huge didappointment taco bell has turned into. A burrito supreme, no lettuce, no sour cream, no cheese, the burrito was cold and about 51/2 inches long, REALLY???, What happened to the old taco bell??? Three soft tacos meat and red sauce, these were supposed to be soft taco supremes REALLY??? what are you people doing you should sell your chain to someone who knows how to make good food not the garbage you people put out then sell for an arm and a leg. Taco Bell is a disgrace. You can tell the coporation is only interested in ripping off the public. read more

I placed a take out order on the app for six crunchy tacos to go. I drove to pick up my order up 5-10 minutes later and then went right home. As I open the bag, I noticed something didn't feel right. I started opening the tacos with my wife, and saw that each shell was cracked and in little pieces!! I didn't feel like going back to complain, so I ordered at Del Taco close by. No broken tacos and tasted great! Taco Bell, do better or you lost a good customer read more