Just had in incredibly bad experience at the Boulder, CO store. Placed an order on line. Arrived at the designated time only to find I had to wait 20+minutes in line to pick up. While I'm waiting I notice that the one person at the cash register was not properly wearing a mask. It kept falling down below his nose so his nose was uncovered. Then every few minutes or so he would grab the top of his mask, where it was touching the bottom of his nose and pull it up. Then with these same hands which were never washed and were throughly cross contaminated, he finally handed me my order. The order was by this time was stone cold and the chips and cheese appetizer came without any chips. Threw all the food away as it was obviously unsafe. read more

As tempted as you are, don't do it. The meat had zero flavor and I kind of think the cojito cheese was the shakey Parmesan cheese out of the green can my kids love. Truly. Go somewhere else. I hate leaving bad reviews.... read more

I never write reviews, but wow. Not sure where to start. I went with three friends and none of us wanted to eat our food once we had a few bites. This is straight up cheap fast food, packaged as better, we felt cheated. It's a little better than TacoBell, but a lot worse than Chipotle at double the price. read more

Not very good. Overpriced. Weird. Not really what I was looking for. Would prefer some good al pastor. Not my cup of tea. I got take out.

I LOVE that Boulder got a torchy's. Make sure you look up their "secret" menu for even better selections.

My wife and I love Torchy's, and have eaten there in Austin, Denver and Ft. Collins. We were SO excited to see Torchy's come to Boulder!! This location did not disappoint! We went on opening day. My wife got the Democrat and the Brushfire and loved both. I tried to order two different vegetarian tacos, but they were sold out (they were slammed, so no surprise!), so I settled for the green chile queso, which is always AMAZING. We were enjoying our food when a waitress happened by to ask how things were. My wife mentioned that I'd tried to order two tacos that were sold out, and there wasn't anything else vegetarian on the menu. The waitress proceeded to insist on getting me two off-menu vegetarian tacos on the house--an incredibly kind gesture that I was definitely NOT expecting on their first, ridiculously busy day of business. (She also mentioned that ANY taco on the menu can be made vegetarian by request -- good to know!) The two tacos I got were both the Independent, and they were stuffed to bursting in soft flour tortillas with fried portabellos, avocado and black bean. A little dab of diablo sauce (doesn't come on it) and DAMN those were good tacos! I was very impressed by both the timeliness of the service (given how busy they were), the friendliness of the staff, especially our savior-waitress, and of course the delicious, fresh, beautiful tacos! We'll be back! read more

It was pretty packed the night we went (one of the opening nights), but they handled the crowds pretty well considering. None of the staff seemed overly frazzled. My food took twice as long than the rest of my 3 dining partners even though I ordered at the same time, but things happen and they were apologetic. And also again, considering the crowd they were handling when we were there, in general it did not take long for us to get our food which was a major plus. I don't know that they utilized the space as well as they could have because it seems a lot smaller in there than when previous businesses occupied, but that could also be a memory thing on my part. I'm sure when it's warm enough to open the patio it'll really transform the spot. The 3-star review is primarily just based on the food. It's OK, but with so many good tacos in the area it doesn't land high on my list. I don't love the mounds of shredded cheese that come on a lot of the tacos--honestly takes away from it in my opinion. My friend had a quarter size chunk of shredded cheese on his plate...I mean, I guess if you're into that...but I would not recommend wasting your time with the fried avocado taco. The Green Chile pork taco was my favorite. The guacamole is a good portion and well-priced. read more

I am from Texas and grew up with Torchys. Moving to CO, it was one of the comfort foods I missed the most. When the original Denver location opened, I regularly found myself driving to into the city to get breakfast tacos and a marg. When a Torchys finally opened in Boulder, just a mile from my house, I was ELATED. I've now been there several times and have been really disappointed. 4/5 takeout orders have had something wrong with them, with 2 of those orders actually missing a taco. When I have eaten on the patio, the food has come out cold, the tacos are not as stuffed as they usually are, and on one occasion the chips were stale. In both online and in person, the food is not nearly as fresh as other locations, and certainly not to Torchys standards. Their online ordering system also has several bugs--most notably the inability to create your own breakfast taco--that the other locations do not have. As other reviewers have said, they don't have breakfast tacos all day like most other Torchys locations. Their breakfast is my favorite thing on the menu, so this is disappointing as well. I have heard that this is because their kitchen isn't big enough/doesn't have enough storage to do all day breakfast, but you'd think that they'd figure this out, given that so many folks love the all day breakfast. I will say that the only reason this review is getting 2 stars instead of 1 is because of the staff. Management in particular has been very friendly and accommodating. When I have called to ask about missing tacos in my pickup orders, they have been understanding and have offered a refund. This is nice, I just wish the food was up to Torchy's standards. Oh well, I guess I'll keep driving to Denver when I need my fix. read more

order: 3 Baja shrimp tacos, 1 Mexican street corn. Mexican Street corn was passable, but lacked acidity. Shrimp tacos were so salty that they were difficult to eat. Tortilla was soaking wet and the shrimp were extremely overcooked. Typical Boulder restaurant: it's really not about the food, it's about the alcohol. Two stars are relative. It's better than a lot of the crap in Boulder but in any other city, this would get one star (on account of the corn; tacos aren't edible). read more

Meh, if you want a quick taco that is better quality than Taco Bell then you should go to Torchy's. If you a want a good taco and an enjoyable atmosphere look elsewhere. I've been to Torchy's twice now. The first was on opening day when they gave out free tacos. As far as free goes they were fine. Nothing to write home about. The second time was 3 days afterwards. This time the tacos were garbage. I woke up feeling ill in the middle of the night. Both times the restaurant was loud. Their tacos are Tex-mex Americanized versions of the real thing with a nod to vegetarian options. Maybe I didn't like the tacos because of the excessive salt used in the meats. Or maybe it's because the tacos lack substance in terms of what's in them. Or maybe there are better places in Boulder county to get tacos. It's a shame because I was really excited to see Torchy's open in Boulder. I might not ever go back to Torchy's. read more

We are huge Torchy's Tacos fans! This location, however, doesn't offer breakfast tacos all day like the other locations in CO. So because our favorite items are the queso (which might be the best ever!) and breakfast tacos (Migas, bacon egg and cheese, etc), we usually end up driving to Westminster for our Torchy's fix. read more

Second time coming here. The tacos are good but portion size is small. Second time they were even smaller. I was still hungry after two tacos. The salmon taco was tiny, three bites. Tasty but not worth the price for the portion size. read more

Great tacos! Very filling. One was enough. The meat on the brisket taco was perfect. Diablo sauce could have been hotter.

Every time I go to Texas I go to a Torchys! So happy there's one in Boulder now. My favorite is the Wrangler breakfast taco. Always a 10/10

First time visit. Very loud. Crowded. Definitely fast food. There is a bar. It was full. Did not attempt a margarita. We had 3 different tacos. They were ok. The flour Tortillas were dry. Meat was dry. Avocado slice was brown. read more

I ate here tonight and I felt like it was extremely greasy and overpriced. I ordered a chicken fajita taco on a corn tortilla and it was a flat tortilla with all the toppings on it with tons (too much) cheese. When I went to pick up the tostada looking "taco" it was swimming in liquid I thought was salsa but when I picked up the taco realized it was laying in a pool of grease? When I picked up the taco to take a bite it just fell apart because there was so much grease on it. So gross! $4 for a side of salsa and $7 for chips and guac? The refried beans were super salty and well needless to say I'm sorry but I will not be coming back here none of the food was very good and seemed to just be slopped together. I gave an extra star because the guac was pretty good. They also don't have to go boxes just tiny little bowls with lids and small paper bags. I'm actually mad at myself for going here I feel totally ripped off to be honest. read more

Don't judge a book by its cover. The tacos we ordered were cold and salty. I didn't get a drink but maybe this is a place for margs definitely not the tacos. read more

If you want the same taste but cheaper, head to Taco Bell. The queso and street corn were very good, but when it comes to tacos, I don't get the hype especially for the price. read more

Tacos are half decent, but the service didn't know what salsa was, we got ranch on multiple attempts, "I said no sour cream, what to my surprise, I got sour cream."- Advisor; Make sure to waive you trackers or else they cannot locate your food because of some weird arm exercise technology. The workers make it seem as though they have been working in the United fruit company sweatshirts for the past decade, and besides that it's ver pricey. Fuck this establishment. The employees are either 80 or have the worst attitudes in the history of white owned and operated Hispanic restaurants. This place sux. read more

Thank god boulder finally has SOMETHING. Many reviews on here about complaining cold and salty but haven't had that experience yet. Being from Texas it's hysterical to read the comments about not liking margaritas or the taco was too spicy. Literally laughing at midwesterners right now, mayonnaise is too spicy for y'all. I won't say it's the best Torchy's I've been too because that's Dallas and Austin's, but I will say it's better than Westminster (never again) and on par with Denver's location. Sadly I've found anything great from out of state, typically gets ruined by the lazy workforce here in boulder (and Colorado). Still I'll be getting food from Torchy's today regardless. read more

I came in on the second day for take-away. I didn't know it was their second day. I've eaten there in Austin. Before coming, I tried to use their website which clearly said order online and I kept following directions and it would dead-end to "not available now" then I called the phone number which pressing 1 or 3 would lead in circles and probably spent a half-hour, trying to use Doordash too as that's what they website said to do. I gave up and waited in line for just 2 items: queso and a Mr. orange. I told the manager, a young woman and she was apologetic and kind and when I asked she gave me a 50% discount. I was waiting for my food and ready to leave when a large, burly red-headed man surlily sauntered up to me and squinted at me. He put out his hand, and I reluctantly shook it (I should have refused as his intention was clear, not to apologize but to "put me in my place") He was "the manager" I think he was not the owner or head manager, I should hope so, and he wanted to tell me why he turned the phones off and that it is too difficult to update the website to say that the website's online ordering would not work for a few weeks. He was extremely defensive and hostile. I said "No one is going to know that the online ordering will not work for weeks." He snarled. "Ok, well just giving me your excuses doesn't solve the problem," I said and walked out of the restaurant after a kind staffer handed me my takeaway. Red-head shouted "Really?" Yes really. Why was I standing there, so that his "customer service" was to explain to me how hard it is to run his business? There was no reason for him to approach me AT ALL if it was not to smooth things over with an apology, offer for me to come back, a free soda or just an apology etc. I went home and ate the queso and chips, it was DISGUSTINGLY SALTY, but I was hungry and ate half of it. I also ate the Mr. Orange which was ok, also way too salty and processed tasting. I do not know what was in the queso, there were chunks of different things. When I went to bed I could not sleep I felt so sick. I didn't sleep much and when I went to the bathroom I crawled there. I canceled an appointment this morning due to the FOOD POISONING and when I drove to Pharmaca to get medicines I THREW UP in my car. Now I am recovering. If no one else got sick did they actually do the spit in your food thing? I doubt it but I definitely have food poisoning and was already planning on not going back due to the "manager's" idea of customer service and how to approach feedback. So, no, do not recommend.Be forewarned! I have a photo of my vomit because someone recently told me that a place asked them for a "doctor's note" to prove they got food poisoning, so if anyone at Torchy's who is not that incompetent hostile "manager" wants to repair this they can see it. In summary: Food gross, manager hostile, got food poisoning. read more

This review is specifically for the Boulder location. I've eaten at Torchy's locations in the Denver area as well as Austin, and I've never seen anything as awful as the Boulder location. Yes, it's new, and so the lines are long, which is to be expected. What's not expected: no online ordering or DoorDash (in spite of indications on the website that it's possible to place online orders and order through DoorDash at the Boulder location), and not serving breakfast tacos after 2pm (this is the *only* location I've seen where breakfast tacos aren't available all-day). My general impression: a decision was made to open the store before it was fully functional, and the manager didn't bother to communicate with the web designer about the decision not to offer online orders or DoorDash. That's a sign of horrible management, and unless management gets their act together, this location won't last very long. So disappointing! read more

It was our 1st experience at any Torchy's and in this case, the Boulder, CO location and it is to be our last. We were told to go early if we wanted to make it to a 7:30 P.M. concert at Mackey Auditorium, so we arrived at 5:30 P.M. Considering we, a party of 4, were only about 10th-12th deep back in line it seemed like we had made a very reasonable decision. But then reality quickly set in. The noise level was absolutely off the charts, at least for our group, all in the 55+ range, who were still blessed with pretty decent hearing and wanted to keep it that way. I forgot I had a decibel app on my phone, but I'd be willing to bet a good steak dinner that it would have recorded at somewhere in the 85-90bd+ range which in many workplace environments would require some type of hearing protection, not to mention the potential hearing damage exacted upon the several infants in the restaurant, sitting on top of tables in carriers. At one point, there was about a 20 sec break in the hard driving boom box background beat that for one small moment almost seemed to catch the crowd off guard, and for one brief moment, we could actually hear the other party speaking just across the table. Seems I read in a restaurateur magazine somewhere the philosophy behind pumping up the volume of the music was to force the patrons to raise the level of their voices over the music and as a result their mouth and throat dried out. Mix that in with unhealthy over-the-top saltiness of the food and viola, the drink sales tend to skyrocket. I am not saying that is Torchy's philosophy, but the saltiness of the food, at least to me, as someone who loves to cook, made the food selections nearly inedible. The only saving grace was that I was really hungry. With so many other factors on the con side, it would almost be easier to start with the pro side. Having worked at a popular fast food chain on the east coast, when I was about the same age as many of the staff employed at this Torchy's location, and having experienced the dinner hour crush by hordes of hungry families returning home from a day at the beach, with a constant 4 lines of 20-30 deep, I appreciated just how well the cashiers, servers and bus staff seemed to be able to hold it together and maintain some semblance of efficiency, and friendliness, under what seemed to be extremely harried working conditions. Now back to the cons. As some others have mentioned seating was horrible and quite frankly it seemed almost as if this establishment simply was not prepared for opening. Yes, it's true that there were many just hanging around, playing on their smart phones or reading a paper, long after they finished their meal, leaving others to stand, as we did for 15-20 minutes walking back and forth trying to locate a table for 4. But in fairness to some others, sitting down to a dinner meal should not be an eat and run experience. And to sit 5 minutes or so after eating to simply digest your meal I would not think is overly selfish. Once we were seated however, it was extremely annoying to have people waiting for seating hovering over your back long before you were finished eating or staff reaching in while you were eating and clearing your table before you were even finished eating sending what seemed to feel like a strong message of hurry up and leave so we can turn the table. Some people were so turned off by the inside scene they chose to sit outside in the unheated picnic table area with temp in the maybe high 40s. Pricewise, it seemed at first that the items we very reasonably priced until you realized the close up photos online of the tacos were in reality not much different than the size of Taco Tuesdays tacos served in other decent Boulder restaurants for less. So by the time all is said and done it's very easy to rack up a $40+ bill for two with one drink each and maybe a side of guacamole and chips. And when the food did arrive, for the most part it was cold. Didn't have the time though to send it back. And the margarita my wife had was tasty but unlike margaritas at other area Mexican restaurants, it had like zero effect. How could it? It appeared to be mostly rocks. I could go on but the bottom-line, at least for us, is that we will not be returning any time soon, and in fact, not at all. I was even tempted not to write this review but rather send a note directly to the corporate office. Recommendation, with so many other good choices in the area, find a place where you can not only enjoy a good meal with great taste and flavor without all the salt, but one where you can actually talk to and enjoy the company of the person sitting across from you, even it means spending a couple more $, because you may just find you will also be taking home lunch, or breakfast for the next day. If there was a rating at less than one star it might have been more befitting. read more

we went on opening weekend and had great service and great tacos :) super friendly staff, great recipes, and since we had a reservation for opening weekend we each got a beverage and two tacos free!! wish there more vegetarian tacos available at the time but the fried avocado tacos were awesome!! read more