I love my Zantigo. Since most fast food taco places have their own tweak to a typical fast food menu, here you have the Chilito. The Chilito has been a staple of my diet for close to 40 years. It's tasty. Imagine having a Chilito food truck and offering such things as jalapeño, onions, peppers or even some shredded pulled pork? God that would be amazing. But alas, all you get is the hot or regular. They also will do catering so something to consider. read more

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Great service really friendly nice people! Fresh fast food in a clean hygienic environment . Conveniently located off W. 7th St. in Saint Paul , near the airport. Lots of free onsite parking! I highly recommend this particular Zantigo location. It is well run, and every time I come by here, I have to stop. It's like a super powerful Mexican magnetic attraction. OK it's not the four seasons, but it's really good. read more

Zantigo - #4 value meal with two beef deluxe taco and a large bean burrito of love! - Tacos Near Me - Saint Paul, Minnesota

Great fast food! The green hot chilito is a classic from at least the 1980s. A thin soft tortilla is super fresh and stretchy along with the ample melty cheese and slightly hot green sauced chili. Yummy hand food when driving or walking. Always ready fast, so hit the drive through when in a hurry. read more

Zantigo - Nostalgic!! Hot Green Chilito. Mmm - Tacos Near Me - Saint Paul, Minnesota

Ordered hard shell tacos got soft . Wtf did you do to your chilitos? No love at all... Bland everything and 4 lil hot sauces ? No. read more

My husband loves zantigo, so I indulged him and we went out for date night!! The food was good, but the best part was hanging out with him and seeing his delight in his chilitos with sour cream! While I enjoyed a kids meal ! The staff were very friendly!! read more

The food is incredible for the price. This is a drive thru/fast food place and it is so fresh and delicious. Shavon in St. Paul helped me and made we realize that good people are there and care and was so friendly and personable. I love having a "small-town feel" where people that help you at a little taco place make you feel at home and Shavon is the best! read more

I was craving a taco burrito all day. I've never had one here, mainly just the Taco House, but this is closer and I heard they were good. I'm not sure what they gave me. This burrito has rice inside and no beans. I don't see any burrito on the menu that has rice inside so wtf did they give me? I thought it was just a different burrito but if you're out of beans, don't replace with rice lol read more

This place is terrible. Ordered a chicken burrito bowl, chicken burrito, and chicken taco. The chicken was dry and cold. Rice was hard and dry. It's not actually that cheap. Just all around bad food. read more

Great employee's. Quick service. The Food is Great and reasonably priced. Dine-In is always clean!! read more

The large burrito was as boring as anything I've ever eaten. A less than average portion of rice with a spoonful of bland beans. Nothing else, just tasteless rice and beans. Not worth it at half the price, certainly not worth 8 bucks read more

The bean and cheese burrito, ancho fries (and sauce), and the veggie burrito are delicious! The churros are also delicious. Service is fast and it looks clean! read more

I would never go against the Hive, and hot sauce in my bag swag is all cool and everything...but have you guy every saved a Green Chilito in your purse for later? Service was super super fast, everything was hot, delicious, affordable. Its true, they have had some ups and downs in the opening, but we ordered like $50 worth of tacos and they all put it together in like 8 minutes. Next time im going through the drive through. 1. Green Chilitos...I will order them every time- they are individually wrapped and they fit in my purse. 2. Carnitas tacos- pretty good. I get these every time they are consistent, and for fast food tacos, you're getting exactly that. I'd go here every time over taco bell. read more

Zantigo - Purse Chilito - Tacos Near Me - Saint Paul, Minnesota

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Garbage at best. Staff totally uninterested in any sort of customer service. The parking lot is full of garbage and weeds. I will never go back here again read more

The staff refused me restroom even though I had every intention to purchase after my need use the facility. I explained I was going to make the purchase after I was done and told them I have Crohn's disease. It's against federal law to deny someone with Crohn's disease even if I had no intention to make a purchase. Even if they had NO public restroom and only an employee restroom they would, by law, permit access to their workers restroom. The owner better inform their workforce of the law because I intend to come back in a few weeks and test their knowledge but this time I'll have a hidden camera ready. I'll be sure to post it on social media. read more

WOW NO. I really never expected to witness blatant RACISM towards Latino people at a MEXICAN restaurant of all places. Today, 11/15/23 at 2:15, at the location on 7th and Davern, I witnessed an employee greet a Latino couple BY SAYING "HOLA," then tell them that trying to order in Spanish was "gonna be a a problem," and REFUSE SERVICE TO THEM. After they left I heard this person and the other employees MAKING FUN OF THEM in the back. Needless to say I will not be returning and I DO NOT RECOMMEND. If could give negative stars I would. The food isn't very good, either. read more

The shredded beef tacos are very good I will have to say their food is 10000 times better than Taco Bell and there should be more Zantigo restaurants in the Twin Cities. read more

I was so happy to see Zantigo make a comeback several years ago. It was my high school destination back in the '80s. And it was fun to see this location re-purpose a defunct Taco Bell, which had itself appropriated an old Zantigo's location (you can tell by the sloping facade. Another that's still a Taco Bell is on Snelling off of University). I would eat at Zantigo's every chance I got since their reappearance, which was not often, since they tended to open spots in the suburbs. Beef & Bean tostadas with sour cream, and beef enchiladas a la carte. Fast food Heaven! Unfortunately, those last two items have been removed from the menu. You can still get beef enchiladas, but they come with pretty nasty rice and beans. The taco burrito is still there, though each time I go there's less and less filling. Mostly tortilla. The only great thing that remains is their chilito - and I usually get the green chili chilito with extra cheese. That has survived the last 30 years. As for this location, the last time I stopped in I wound up ordering their Nachos Deluxe. Lackadaisical service, and a bunch of Nachos with a tiny bit of cheese melted on, and a tiny scoop of beans. It was pretty pitiful. So, Zantigo's is apparently circling the drain once again. I hope I live long enough to see the return once again, with the recipes I loved. read more

Drive through is really slow. I ordered 2 chillitos and they tried to tell me it was 17something. Wow. They had the orders all messed up. I do like the chillitos. I used to get the mild but this time for one mild one hot. I don't think there is a lot of difference in heat, but the hot does have more flavor. I will go back to try more items. My other experiences at Zantigo have been pretty bland. I hope this improves.b read more

I come here often and to all the locations. I worked at the Woodbury location as a teen. The food here is good but not at this location. I ordered mild chilitos with extra mild chili and received no extra mild chili. I paid 3 or 4 dollars extra for nothing. read more

Terrible customer service would it hurt to smile, and the ironic thing is they have a poster out on the front counter saying a fun place to work. I usually don't dig on restaurants but just terrible attitudes. Won't be coming back sorry Zantigo read more

I thought I would put it out here because I have never had a terrible experience here. You would think a place like this in a location like this would be pretty bad all the time, but it's not. Zantigo is naturally delicious, and this location is pretty dang good. I was there on a random Saturday evening opposed to my usual lunch time during the week trip, the A team must have been working! So nice, and I got a Zantigo card nobody had ever told me about. read more

So as my decades older father told me, Zantigo used to be big in the Twin Cities until they were bought by Taco Bell or something. He was super excited to take me here for a bite and it was very disappointing for both of us. He said it wasn't the place he remembered, and I think everything I tried was lacking flavor. I wouldn't recommend going until the kick up the spice and complexity of their food. Stopping at T-Bell is the better choice. read more

I am a local food delivery guy, and today I stopped in at this location for a break, grab something to eat and use the restroom. I also should add this is a restaurant that the company I deliver for uses, so today I go in , kinda in a hurry because I've been delivering food for the last couple hours and needed to relieve myself badly. So as I'm heading to the restroom the lady behind the counter was loud and rude- stating that the restrooms were for customers only. I said I was here for lunch but needed to use the restroom first. She then told me I have to buy something to get the key. I said I was but really needed to go first. Anyway she stood her ground and I left, taking my business elsewhere and hopefully the company I deliver for will too. read more

Terrible customer service. Dirty bathrooms. The White guy with the prison tattoos was rude. I often pass thru the drive thru starving on way home from work. According to my bank statement I spend nearly $400 a year there, and sometimes bring carpool friends. Today I was denied bathroom key until I made purchase. I showed him my bank statement showing 7 visits in the last 3 weeks. Still denied key until purchasing a soda. Not ever coming back. read more

Underrated as all heck, I totally recommend the carnitas grande burrito. Definitely go here if you want a quick cheap and easy meal. Perfect for all occasions and somewhat authentic for an american burrito place if I'm going to be completely honest here. read more

The bathroom locks here are a joke, and there is poop on some of the walls. The place is dirty and it really stinks everywhere. I would understand if there was some money going into the bathroom but poor quality is an understatement. I would never bring my family or friends here. read more

Bad, bad, slow service, and absolutely rude responses to complaints about the service. They left our beans sitting out on the counter for twenty minutes before they even started the rest of our order. When we complained, the manager talked over us and didn't even pay attention to what we were complaining about, so was snotty in response without even addressing our actual complaint. The food is simply not good enough to put up with excessive wait times, unsafe food handling, and rude, slow staff. We won't be going back to this one under this management. read more

Staff at times seem meh at your patronage. Tried to be EXTREMELY explicit goin through the drive thru. Server seemed annoyed, I must've sounded like I was talking down to her. My order 2 bowls of green chili (SHREDDED CHESSE ON THE SIDE)& one bean burrito. She says $9.26 I give her a $20 bill. I'm handed my order and get this deer in the headlight look. I say "I need $10.74 change. Minor detail. Then I get home and there is no cheese on the chili nor on the side. Chips included with the chili are inedible. So salty even melted cheese on them would not have helped. read more

Omg! It is WONDERFUL! This is the best Mexican food EVER! Skip the Taco Bell and the chipotle and head here! I took a 2hr plane ride JUST to have a chilito again since they left St. Louis over 25yrs gap. read more

"It takes great skill to turn Mexican food into bland, tasteless garbage." Yeah I agree BRING BACK TACO BELL!! Please read more

Stopping @ Zantigo on Saturday afternoon, great service and food, hot chilitos were awesome as well as tacos, been coming since the old Zapata days and will continue. read more

They didn't give me the zigo fries I ordered- that alone makes me mad. Plus the chips and cheese sucks. I wish they used nacho cheese vs the rubbery orange stuff. The first time I came to this location was good- the last time...today...was awful. Double check your orders if you drive through. read more

It takes great skill to turn Mexican food into bland, tasteless garbage. That's exactly what this was. Save your money and time and go to Taco Bell if you're looking for cheap fast Mexican food. read more

I was very excited to hear that Zantigo was taking over the old Taco Bell spot. That excitement didn't last long once Zantigo actually opened and I suffered through bottom rate service. A few days ago I go to the drive through well before the 11 pm close time. Due to an extremely slow drive thru by the time they got to me i had been waiting quite some time. Then out of the blue the light for the drive through goes out. I don't think much of this, but when no body responds at the drive through I soon realize they stopped taking orders. I look at my phone and see it's 11 pm on the dot. So I'm waiting a good 5 minutes in line only to have them shut down the line on me right at close???? Problem with this is there was no way to exit the lot except out the drive thru. So I had to wait for the cars in front of my to get their orders before I could even exit. Of course when I get to the front the drive thru worker is standing there and won't even give me the time of day. I will not be back to this crap hole! Bring back Taco Bell!!! read more

My husband and I have eaten lunch here every couple of weeks. Each time the experience has been consistent. First off, the employees are friendly and helpful. Secondly the place is CLEAN. So tired of fast food places with dirty tables and floors. Have not had that experience here. And for the food. Ok This is fast food Mexican. It's not Chipotle. It's also not an organic overpriced place. If that's what you like, you won't like this. Not sure what the other reviewers were looking for. The tacos have consistently been made with hot meat with Chilled lettuce/tomato/cheese. Other places it seems the lettuce is the same temp as the meat. My husband is a pretty picky eater and always special orders things. His order has not been wrong. I recommend the chips and cheese. The chips are salty and crisp with real melted cheese. Yum yum. So glad they opened this location! read more

Zantigo - nachos and cheese in a container - Tacos Near Me - Saint Paul, Minnesota

Tried a little bit of everything and was extremely impressed. Yum to the carnitas Chilitos! Cool that they use local dairy products.

Tried to stop in for lunch on Saturday. No menu inside of stoor (tv screen monitors were not turned on). The two employees behind the register just looked at me but said nothing for the 8 minutes I and an older woman waited for our orders to be taken. Eventually I just left because the poor customer service was just a waste of my time. They had quality food in the past, but I'm not sure I will be back after that read more

I love this spot! Food is flavorful and delicious. The carnitas burrito is awesome, the "fries" are also delicious. Far superior quality and flavor opposed to chipotle. Food was still warm after 30 minutes each time I've taken it to go. The employees are superb, very friendly, attentive to special requests and are quick at making the food. The inside of the restaurant is clean and tidy. Mu only reason to leave out a perfect 5/5 Star review is the price to food ratio. The burritos are like 25 percent smaller than what you'd have at chipotle or (Qdoba ,which is also good). However I would always choose Zantigo over chipotle purely based on the quality of the food and the fact it actually has flavor and isn't so plain and boring. Come give it a shot if you love Mexican spots such as the above mentioned, you won't regret it. read more

WOW. What a hot mess. Ordered Grande burritos. Nope, outta rice. Fine then, chicken tacos. After waiting again, OOOPS, outta chicken. Fine, give me a refund. OOPS! Can't give me a refund! They offer me a gift card. Do you really think I'll be back!!?!! Now as I sit here waiting for a manager that was supposed to be here in five minutes five minutes ago, I am able to enjoy the dulcet tones of the employees complaining about me. read more

I was excited to try this new joint but I'll definitely never go back now that I have. I got a grande chicken burrito combo (which was just the burrito and a drink). The total came to $9.75ish. Damn! This should be a huge delicious burrito, right? Nope. It was... meh. And it was maybe half the size of a Chipotle burrito which somehow still manages to be cheaper and superior in taste than Zantigo's. When looked into the bag and saw this pathetic thing sitting there I actually laughed out loud at the absurdity of paying what I did for such a meager amount of food - even for a guy who's 5'7" and 135 lbs. I genuinely felt scammed. I'd be absolutely shocked if this place manages to keep it's doors open for more than a year. I've never written a food review before in my life but this place is such a joke that I felt compelled to warn others. read more