Scott S.
Yelp
Alright, alright I came on the opening weekend way back in April before they got a Yelp so I'm late to review/.
This one was a hard one for me. I really, really wanted to like it, but it's just not for me. Here's the break down:
1. Super friendly service and the owner broke down the entire menu for us. You order at the register and you do get to customize your burrito a fair amount.
2. Chips and Salsa just weren't good. The chips tasted store bought (I don't know if they are) and the salsa wasn't my type of salsa. I like a bright red and runny salsa, and this was darker (possibly chipotle based) and chunkier.
3. The killer for me. The chicken burrito was hard to eat. It's shredded chicken and I thought it would be chopped chicken (like most do). My first couple of bites threw me off a lot with it. I could tell the chicken was scooped into the burrito with a scoop and that just grossed me out. The chicken was a grey color and really wet. Like...super soaker wet. If you think about it, eating a soft burrito with really soft/mushy chicken is really off putting. It honestly had the consistency of what I would think wet cat food tastes like.
4. A lot of people on Yelp are dinging them for being expensive and I don't think so. All the burritos are 8/9 dollars. That's a dollar more than Moe's or Chipotle and obviously they have better ingredients (just ones I'm not a fan of).
So yeah, would I recommend Boca Grande? Actually, possibly. Their food just wasn't for me. I don't eat beef, so I assume if you're going to get a beef burrito that would be better. I love shredded chicken, just not when it's grey and mushy. That might be some people's thing. My wife had a tofu burrito and she said it was okay. She said it needed a bit more spice.