Sorry, but this place was neither real, nor fresh. Went through the drive thru, ordered a chicken sandwich and fries for my wife, and a different type of chicken sandwich and fries for myself, with an Iced Tea. The lobby was closed, hence the drive thru and we ended up pulling into a spot to eat. Her chicken sandwich was ice cold, hard to the touch ice cold. Both her fries, and my fries were cold and soggy. We went back through the drive thru to let them know and was told to pull around and they would bring it out to us. We took the bag and pulled back to a spot to eat. Her chicken sandwich was better this time, and they did replace the fries, but they replaced both of our fries with one small fry. The Iced Tea tasted like dispenser had not been cleaned in a long time and was not drinkable. Did not go back thru again as at a certain point it's just not worth the time. read more

Wendy's - Fast Food Near Me - Encinitas, California

Aloha gang! It's been a long time since I've visited a Wendy's restaurant. This location seems to have a busy drive thru. Parking is limited and tight. The interior is bright with large picture windows. The restaurant was clean and comfy. When I entered the restaurant, there were no customers, I was greeted and my order was taken. I did notice others entering behind me and for some reason, they were not acknowledged or assisted until my order was completed. Strange??? At one point, the customer behind me was starting to feel neglected and almost left. One thing I highly recommend is Dave's Cherry Cream Soda. It was a light and refreshing way to cool off and I just couldn't stop going back for refills. It paired perfectly with the Dave's Single Burger which included a hamburger patty, American cheese, onions, lettuce, tomato, pickles, mayo and ketchup between a premium bun. The French fries were crispy with just the right amount of salt. Drinks are self-serve and the machine boasts 100 flavor choices. For dessert I chose to purchase a Caramel Crunch Vanilla Frosty Fusion. (Who picks these names?) The frosty was very sweet with touches of caramel and a bold vanilla flavor. It's finished with a topping of tiny toffee flakes that are also mixed in. It gives you the "'crunch" that the name implies. Overall, a tasty meal. read more

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I worked with Dave Thomas, the founder for about six years as the creative director on all of his radio commercials. His famous line was " we don't cut corners, that's why our burgers are square"..... He would be turning over in his grave if he knew that today I paid $11.40 for a medium Diet Coke and a single burger plain. He was all about value and giving the customer a real good deal. Those days I'm afraid are gone. read more

Wendy's - $11.40 - Fast Food Near Me - Encinitas, California

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Mobile app not working. Paper straws (ewww) Employee on break in the lobby, listening to videos on his phone AT FULL VOLUME Asked for pepper; got handed two small packets. Had to wait and ask for more. Again, two small packets, carefully selected. Clearly management is forcing their employees into this. Fries were burned, overdone....and cold and stale, at the same time. Clearly they refried old fries, and probably from last night since I got here right when lunch started. Again, greedy nickle and diming. What a horrible damn location. No wonder they're desperate to hire (per the sign outside) read more

This location hates their customers, worst ever! Every other location I've been to has no problem, giving butter at no additional charge for their baked potatoes. I ordered a baked potato, and they said I only get one butter. And then I asked for more butter and he charged me $.50 of butter. But apparently it's not in the system as butter, so it looks like he charged me for chili! How are you only going to give one butter for a whole ass baked potato. See pictures below. read more

Wendy's - A baked potato with one butter - Fast Food Near Me - Encinitas, California

This location was testing my patience. I asked for 3 large drinks in drive thru. They repeated to me 2 drinks. So I repeated my order. When I got to the window the girl gave me 1 large and 2 small. I didn't take the small and said can I please have large, then she gave me medium I just took it and left. Bad location, I don't know what was happening with the employees but they were not comprehending or just not listening at all Won't be coming back read more

There's a gentleman who's there for the morning shifts, who's very curt and snappy with the way he talks @ customers rather than 2 them. Entitlement to mistreat customers is not hospitality. This particular location has an entitlement to be rude to people. They don't acknowledge people as soon as they come through the door and act like whatever they're doing at the moment is too important to say, "Hi, I'll be right with you'. "F" in customer service. read more

Wendy's is Wendy's as far as the drive-through goes. Food is consistent, but the inside of this location seems to be constantly filled with homeless people. It smells disgusting and they really need to get the homeless situation under control. read more

Ordered a breakfast burrito and French toast sticks.. simple. But some how he forgot the syrup... bro wake up lmfao it's 7am

Talk about stingy!! Wendy's has gone downhill. I use to be such a fan but now it is so expensive it's ridiculous. $8.50 for a couple items??? Not to mention the lady at the window was trying to charge me 50cents for any extra sauce?? Wendy's needs to catch up with the other fast food places... service bad, food bad... prices even worse... ITS NOT EVEN THAT GOOD-- let me specify that this is not an attack at the employees rather at the ridiculous policies of Wendy's corp. read more

These guys make the burgers at 9:00 AM. Then proceed to reheat and serve them all day long. You will never get a freshly made burger at this location. It's pathetic. The worst Wendy's I've ever been to. It's sad because I think, when made fresh, Wendy's has the best FF burger. But not here. Trust me, don't waste your money on this location. They suck ass. read more

I had a disappointing experience at this Wendy's location. When I arrived at night, the menu lights were off, and it seemed like they were closed. After I mentioned this, a staff member said they were broken, but magically, they turned on afterward. This inconsistency left me concerned about their service. I'm now hesitant to eat my food, and it feels like Wendy's, like many fast-food places, has lost its way. (Light we're completely off, took picture while turning back on) read more

Wendy's - Light we're off - Fast Food Near Me - Encinitas, California

The food here is really good! I love their sugar cookies. The service has always been good as well, no attitude or complaints. The ambiance is also cool, I like the inside of this Wendy's a lot. 5 stars! read more

We went when it was not busy. Our items each cost $2 more than it did 2 weeks ago. No ranch or napkins. Don't bother!

Do not visit this location. I walked inside and stood there for almost 10 minutes, and nobody even spoke to me, but looked at me multiple times. I don't know what's going on in here. Don't come here though. read more

No ice in machine, no ketchup or napkins in dispensers, dirty tables. Who is taking care of the front of house?

This is an older and not necessarily good looking Wendy's. It looks old, feels old, and it's just not a very attractive place inside. I know Wendy's "doesn't cut corners" (ha ha ha) but they certainly have saved some money and cut corners by not updating this store in about 40 years. Our Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger was edible. It wasn't horrible and it wasn't good. It tasted like every other cheapo fast food burger out there. See you again in about 40 years, Wendy's. read more

Wendy's - Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger. Edible but just barely. - Fast Food Near Me - Encinitas, California

So the chic with the finger nails ran my card twice while I was in the drive through. So I have 2 purchases I made at Wendy's today and only 1 of them I have knowledge of until I checked my bank account right now. It wasn't a double ring up it was another transaction. Can't really see how this was an accident either way I won't be coming back to this spot and I will be telling everyone to F this place. read more

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This is the worst chicken sandwich. The chicken patty was very mushy, tasted like ground chicken. The French fries were equally soggy

Did a quick drive through and they gave me the wrong order - I asked for regular nuggets but gave me spicy! And fries were old not fresh. Also gave me a knife for my frosty. AND they tried to keep my card!! Gave me the food first like I wasn't going to ask for it back. I'll be checking my bank to make sure they didn't overcharge me. Don't even bother going to this location. Worst one ever!!!! read more

This place just can't seem to get it together. The food is okay, considering it's Wendy's. It's fast food and it's on par with other fast food joints in the area. The issue I have is that for some reason, they seem to have a vendetta against giving me my barbecue sauce. I cannot recall a single visit in the last five years where they have remembered to give me the barbecue sauce for my chicken nuggets. At this point, it's almost comical. They usually get the rest of the order correct, with a handful of exceptions here and there. But every. single. time. they have forgotten the barbecue sauce. Once, they gave me ranch instead, which I guess is better than nothing. Condiments are this places downfall. On my most recently visit (today-- 2/9/24) they not only forgot to give me the barbecue sauce we asked for, but the sour cream they gave us for the potato has a use-by date of 1/24/24. They're such minor annoyances that I don't think it's worth going farther to a different Wendy's, but it's just annoying enough that I finally had to write a review to warn others to make sure you check your condiments before leaving! read more

I would like to use this place a nice honest review. But when three different employees look at you and not acknowledge you at all, you decide it's best to go somewhere else. read more

Food was pretty okay. The spicy honey hot chicken sandwich was good. The frostie was just okay nothing super special but not bad

It's fast food. As is becoming more and more common in all fast food restaurants, you have to check your order before you drive off. Ordered a frosty and did not get a spoon or a straw. No napkins either. But again, that's just par for the course. My son liked the food & wants to go back. Not as $$$ as Carl's Jr. I despise spending $$$ on fast food. read more

Wheres the beef I reaaly like the chile here but more than once I have been short on the amount of chile. I would think you could fill the container for what you pay for read more

Wendy's - Where's the beef? - Fast Food Near Me - Encinitas, California

Waited 20 minutes before our order was taken when nobody was in front of us. Tables are all messy. Bathrooms were filthy. Workers were rude and barely paid any attention to us as we were ordering. They also gave us a baby straw for our large drink so it doesn't reach the bottom. The straws by the fountain drinks, napkins, condiments were all unstocked. Never coming back. The only redeeming factor was that they gave us and the people in front of us a cookie for the wait. read more

Look, it's fast food and you get what you pay for. I've been here at least 30 times and it's always been decent. Occasionally the fries are not that warm and/or have been salted to death. However, it's always been fast and if you don't order for a ton of people or make a lot of special requests on your food, this place is alright. read more

Absolutely the worst Wendy's I've ever been to. Tables were disgusting. Trash inside. Sticky floors. Employee taking orders kept disappearing. Waited to order for 10 minutes with only 2 people in front of me. No ketchup in the dispensers. Soda machine was out of most flavors. Thermostat hanging off the wall. Food took a long time to come out and was lukewarm. I didn't want to complain and request new food. I just wanted to get out of there. This restaurant is also overrun with homeless people. Won't be back. read more

The sign on the door says they open at 9am. I can see workers through the window. I knock, but no one will unlock the door. I ordered the sausage biscuit special and pointed at the sign in the window. I received them with out egg and cheese. I had to point out what was missing. They did not have any decaf nor could they make any and had to refund what I paid for a cup of decaf. I finally received my biscuits special at 9:30. Is this fast food or not. read more

I haven't been in a Wendy's in maybe 30 years. But today I went to this one. At 4pm I could see employees inside but the place was deserted and the doors were locked. I went to in-n-out instead. I'll probably never go back to Wendy's. read more

Worst experience at a Wendy's EVER. The guy at the drive thru at 2:30 on Friday was clueless. I ordered a premium burger. That's $10 right there. Went to their app and free fries for a $10 order. App not loading. Their lousy app. Never loaded. Instead of the guy using his skills he told me either pay for then or remove from the order. I canceled my whole order and drove away. What dumb business folks. Lost a $12 order for a 5 cent bag of fries. Teach your folks some business skills Wendy's. read more

I can vouch for the BS paper 'No Lettuce on Sandwiches' sign that's been on the drive thru speaker for MONTHS now. Lettuce really makes a sandwich PERIOD. Cancelled my order immediately after having them verify that. Way to cheap out on your customers and drive down the reputation of the only location for miles. Will NOT be returning until you get your act in line, GET BETTER!! read more

This location has had a totally BOGUS paper sign taped to the drive-thru speaker for well over a month now claiming that they have no sandwich lettuce because of distributor/industry shortages. I can understand if this were due to weather & crop damage or E Coli outbreaks, but this is clearly not the case since *Everywhere* else has iceberg lettuce, including grocery stores. This location is CHOOSING to be cheap and serve sub-par sandwiches by not going themselves to Smart & Final up the street or Restaurant Depot in San Marcos... or just CHOOSING to buy lettuce from their distributor, even if the price has gone up. Totally unacceptable for their sandwiches/burgers and a whack way to control costs. read more

Customer service was so great the girl with blue in her hair was super helpful with my salad when I didn't know what I wanted. Good salad typical food :) drive through was also super fast had a few cars in front of me. read more

I did NOT mean to give even one star to this place. On Monday April 21, 2019 I found a cockroach in my chicken wrap. The staff was terrible, rude chip on your shoulder attitude & took an excessively extra long time to get my food together This is a drive thru right? Luckily, I always open my food and check it out first. Sure enough right when I unwrapped my wrap I saw something right away and sure enough it was a cockroach. Obviously I threw my whole bag away and had to rush back to work because this was done on my lunch break & I don't have time to tell minimum wage paying detergents that clearly don't care about cleanliness let alone sanitation that hey that food of mine you took forever "cooking" had a cockroach in it. I hope this place gets shut down,I have every intention of making sure QUASA or some form of health code inspectors for the county or city shut this place down. As you can tell I'm very disgusted !!! read more

Wendy's - This is the Spicy Chicken Go Wrap with a cockroach inside of it. As you scroll through my photos, you'll be able to see it closer. - Fast Food Near Me - Encinitas, California

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Literally the worst Wendy's i've ever been to. First, the workers suck, they all move slow and talk so low you can't hear them over the he kitchen equipment. We stopped in here on my lunch break for a to go order. My husband and i ordered simple meals, i got a baconator meal and my husband got a salad meal. took them almost 15 minutes to make the food, fine. but what angered me was, they didn't give us all of our items. we only get so much time for lunch so of course we are moving quick. my fault for not checking the bag. i try and eat what food they did give us and it's undercooked. the baconator was pink in the middle and nothing but juices just squirting out of it. i'm 6 months pregnant, not eating that. honestly the whole restaurant is horrible. from the parking design outside to the crap workers. Love Wendy's, never going back to this one. read more

The food wasn't bad, the fries tasted fresh but when I asked for a second ranch at the drive through, the employee rolled her eyes at me like bro it's not coming out of your pay check leave the salt for the fries and not for the attitude read more

Chili was much better this time 7/30/19 Thank you for fixing the problem. I was pleasantly surprised read more

They are extremely rude not even worth the 1 star. They wouldn't serve lunch when they were supposed to either.

This could be the worst Wendy's ever. I live near this location , been going for years , until last three years they stop putting sauces on their burgers ,just meat and cheese maybe a dot of ketchup and mayo in the middle , I stopped by today thinking they changed ,lol just meat and cheese dry as F ! That's why I drive to Oceanside and vista for this usually tasty burger , management and employees don't care at this location , just collecting pay checks with poor food quality , I will continue driving 25 minutes away instead of 10 because your company has the best burgers read more