Burrito Bar

Burrito Bar is the epitome of «A-​OK». There’s certainly nothing spectacular about it, but being from Southern California, I definitely was not expecting authentic Mexican food in the Southern Hemisphere, and it wasn’t. However, for a veggie burrito mine wasn’t half bad and my husband enjoyed his pork burrito. The prices were average, and because of whatever day we visited, there was a deal on burritos which was an added plus. The biggest downside — and maybe I just missed it — is there was no salsa bar! What’s a burrito joint with no self-​serve salsa?!
The décor inside was cool — dim lighting, sugar skull prints on the walls, geometric furniture, sturdy wooden tables. Overall, Burrito Bar was an A-​OK choice for a quick lunch while out grocery shopping, but not worth the trip if you have to go out of your way to get there.

I was dragged here tonight by my dad even though I’ve seen it a million times and haven’t wanted to give it a try because well, I’m from California and I just didn’t want to be let down by this «Mexican food».
The place was pretty full inside, we first looked at the menu outside the door. I wasn’t very impressed with their one salad option, a taco salad (with chipotle mayo dressing?). Bleh.
We chose to sit outside. It’s a lot nicer being out there, you can people watch plus they still serve you alcohol out there. The menu had a variety of items from a torta, which they write in bold «MEXICAN BURGER». A few different types of tacos, burritos, and appetisers. What caught my eye was the «Mexican fries» also described as having «Mexican chipotle mayo sauce»…ugh why can’t a girl just have her carne asada fries.
Okay so I took a bold risk. I ordered the California burrito. I hoped and prayed it would bring my mind back to albertacos, i ordered it with beef of course. My dad got the «MEXICAN BURGER». With your burrito, you have the choice between a regular or large, I asked our server, who by the way must’ve been very new, if a regular is a normal size and a large is giant. I was assured that it was a normal size, I was expecting a good 10 incher.
Please note: I asked for no cheese of course. They don’t add sour cream or guacamole unless you ask and it’s charged.
My burrito came out in about 5 minutes. It was tiny. It looked like a snack wrap from McDonald’s. My dads food was yet to be seen for about 12 minutes after mine was brought to me. I made the «can you come here» eye contact with the lady I assume is the owner, who was casually eating a quesadilla in the dining area outside.
So I complained a little to her, I nicely told her I’ve had my burrito in front of me for a while now and have yet to see my dads food. She obviously couldn’t leave her quesadilla waiting at the table for her for too long so she grabbed a random server and told her to check for our meal.
My dads torta came out right after that. Must’ve just been forgotten.
My burrito consisted of shredded, barbecued beef, with mushy potatoes inside. To say I was disappointed is an understatement. It also tasted like it was cooked with Indian spices.
My dad liked his MEXICAN BURGER enough. His came with fries, with little snail trails of that chipotle mayo again.
Maybe this review is more of a warning for the fellow yanks who know better. I will say that it looked pretty busy inside so hey! Maybe it’s good to those who haven’t had real Mexican.
If the service was an A I would maybe MAYBE consider coming back to try something else. Unfortunately it was a C and I will continue on the hunt for some damn Mexican food down under.

Dined twice here now, Friday night was packed as it was their grand opening and have to say service was good considering they were run off their feet and all newbies. The take away line was huge and half hour wait on food but management gave everyone waiting a free soft drink. Their liquor license had not been approved as yet. The food was nice as per most restaurant chains so nothing stood out that shouted at me. The tortilla chips were home made and a bit oily for my liking though this cannot be judged as a regular occurrence, apart from that the restaurant itself is nice, noisy with seating inside and out. The kitchen is quite small for a place that is so busy. So if you want to dine in make sure you reserves table in advance.