California Burrito Taco Shop

Stopped by California Burrito in Federal Way and used their drive-thru. The location can be a bit inconvenient to access from the opposite side of the road, but since I’m usually heading north, it works out fine for me. I ordered the California burrito, which is consistently delicious and filling. The service is quick, and the staff are always polite and efficient. Overall, this spot remains one of my go-to places when I want a satisfying burrito. Efficient: Yes First-Time Friendliness: Yes Would I Return: Yes JY review

The Chile Relleno Plate was excellent. Agreeing with other reviewers that there is good value for the food presented. Plenty of food to take home, which I did. Furthermore, when you get the chile relleno right, the rest of the menu is likely as good. Thank you for the great first impression. This is fixable: (-1 star for a faulty toilet; hoping it’s not a chronic state of disrepair).

Great place for Mexican food! You’re in and out quickly through the drive thru window. The food tastes so good and big portion too. Thanks California Burrito 🙏

After getting into town late, there weren’t many restaurants so seeing a 24hr taco shop with a drive thru was a welcome option. I ordered the #9 2 taco combo with carne asada. The tacos are oversized and came loaded up with meat. The beans and rice were also good as well. I ordered diet soda but they gave me regular by accident but otherwise the meal was great.

Closest open food to my hotel during a recent stay. Came throigh about 11 and grabbed carne asada burritos and quesadillas for the kids and wife. I grabbed the carne asada fries. Very good food and the price was decent as well. I could finish my fries. Salsa is good, red is nice and hot. Would recommend to anyone whose in the area and not looking for asain food.

*** still delicious but they need to get that cheese inconsistency under wraps lol It's a fantastic place to grab some tasty eats but it is a fast food taco place. Although everything is always good there are inconsistencies with the food but nothing serious. Sometimes you get a lot of cheese sometimes you don't. Sometimes there's a lot of pico and lettuce in your chimichanga and sometimes there isn't. It's just about who's on shift at the time but it's nothing I'd stop going here over.

We got the fish taco (left), carne asada taco (middle), and the shrimp taco (right), as seen in the photo, and it was good! I liked the sauce on the fish taco. The shrimp was flavored nicely, and it went well with the flavor of the rice. Their machaca burrito and carne asada fries are also really good. Their red sauce has the right amount of heat to it, too. Overall, their food was delicious 😋

The food was good for a quick lunch. The service however could improve, I’m not sure why the person that helped us didn’t give us nor the two gentleman after us the same respect and positive energy as she did to a white couple that are after us, she barely said anything to us yet she was very informative and giggly with the white couple. It doesn’t feel good to feel discriminated by our own people. We visited between 6:15 and 6:40pm.

California Burrito in Federal Way is a reliable stop for me, especially when I'm heading north and can easily access their drive-thru. The california burrito menu item is a personal favorite and their service is efficient and straightforward, making it a great quick-meal option. The only small drawback is the limited access from one side of the road, but it's worth the effort. Definitely one of my regular stops when I want a solid burrito. Efficient: Yes First-Time Friendliness: Yes Would I Return: Yes JY review

Good experience. We got the carne asada burrito and the fish tacos. Both were very good, I think the carna asada burrito is a must try! Would love to try their other burritos next time.

I used to come here all the time and genuinely loved the food. But on my most recent visit, I noticed a clear decline in quality. The taquitos and carne asada burritos had mixed meats thrown together instead of being made right. The tortillas were hard, not soft like they used to be. The flavor sucked--plain and off. One of the taquitos even tasted a little burnt. It's just not the same anymore. Whoever the new cook is--it's not working. The food has completely changed for the worse. I won't be coming back unless they bring back the original quality. Time to change your cook.

For the prices and the portions, I'd say it's worth it to me. I was really craving a torta, even if I only had it like once in my life. The issue I had was the meat not having much flavor, it being cold & more chewy. My jaws hurt from eating it. I'm not a Mexican food enthusiast so I can only speak from what I know. The portions are big, and could probably feed you twice or sharable. The jumbo fish taco was okay, it wasn't anything spectacular. I do love the drive inn and the fast service. The food was still good but I wish it was better. I would go back again. It's such a cute hall in wall vibe.

Delicious! Large portion. Great self-serve salsa bar! Would recommend and would return...

Good food at a reasonable price. Compared to many other sit-down restaurants, CB serves good Mexican food without the high prices. I've seen so many folks order out from SD restaurants and pay the higher price for food comparable to CB. Makes no sense. Am happy to enjoy takeout at a great price. And they'll give you tons of tea and green sauce for the asking.

When they get it right this place is awesome!! Unfortunately, they only get it right one out of four times. They smile at you while they hand you the wrong order. Or they smile at you when they cook it wrong and give it to you anyway. Unfortunately they've gotten it wrong the last three times and the last time went into the garbage. Taco Bell is better than this crap. Let me be clear... This is crap.

Don't judge my review to unfairly. I will say that I was underwhelmed, but I blame Grub-hub mostly. I ordered three rolled tacos with cheese and guacamole, and a Carne Asada burrito. My food was cold when I got it, but again, I blame Grub-hub. My driver picked up multiple orders before delivering my food. I tracked him for 10 Minutes sitting in a parking lot. So while my review is only three stars, take it with a grain of salt. I will say, they failed to put guacamole on my burrito and the meat was a little chewy. I'd try this place again, but would probably go to them for hot food n

Go 7 minutes up the road to San Juan taco truck, 100% better food, make it faster, way cleaner area as well. Here is dirty and they sometimes put wrong things in your order like small pieces of chicken in your veggie burrito. It's food business so can't blame them, just save your time and go to San Juan tacos, been going there for years and they are way better.

terrible customer service! me and my lady go here after a long drive expecting to get some great Mexican food. she ordered a breakfast burrito i ordered the Washington burrito with sour cream and guacamole. we get our burritos and park in the parking lot. My ladies burrito was piping hot, i go to grab mine and feel no heat from it I'm like well let me open it and just try it. First off the burrito was cold to touch after taking out the wrapping i take ONE big bite and everything inside is cold! I'm instantly pissed yet i wanted to give them a chance to make it right. Heres where things go downhill! Buckle up! We tell them the burrito is cold can we get another please, the girl comes back to the window after speaking with unprofessional manager and says can i get the burrito... I'm like ohhhhh k here. While waiting my lady makes a joke that what if they warm it up and give you the same burrito back.. i say they wouldn't do that first off I've never seen ANY restaurant take a BITTEN item back at All. So my lady sees the ladies inside laughing or what not and the cashier girl comes back to the window burrito in the bag and hands it to us and says here you are. I proceed to check the burrito... THESE MFS REALLY GAVE ME BACK MY ORIGINAL BITTEN BURRITO JUST MICROWAVED!!!! At this point take this mf burrito and give me my money back!! That's unsanitary and just nasty! i Hope the health department sees this review and comes for yals heads!

Super generous in portions and very quick drive thru service. We ordered the carne asada burrito, combo #13 carne asada, 5 toquitos and super nacho. They also gave us lots of sauce. Nachos were delicious, recommend!! Carne asada meat was kind of dry, meat was especially dry for 5 toquitos. Pina agua fresca tastes fresh and delicious, not too sweet.

We usually love this place.. Great prices great food.. But it is hit and mice with spices levels.. not constant ant.. Ordered Chili Rellenos plate tonight with me and my kids who usually love them.. The spice level was so bad.. we could not eat are meals... my daughter was crying her mouth burnt so bad... This had happened before with me and my husband.. We like heat.. but when it burns your mouth it's not good or fun.. Please tame your dishes down.. unless we request it Spivey

They initially got my order incorrect, but they did not hesitate to correct my order. Thank you. I enjoyed the burrito. One of the employees came out to ask if I wanted grilled or pulled chicken in my special burrito which was very considerate. I also had a churro which was delicious. Such a great spot to stop during my roadtrip. I could be back :) salsa options are great.

I got my 3 year old a bean burrito. She opened the burrito up to eat only the beans and as she was eating I saw something shiny. I started digging in the beans to see what it was and it was a piece of metal. Seems to be like from a brush to clean the dishes or something. If she hadn't opened up the burrito and just ate it, she would have swallowed it and got it lodged in her throat.

Two weeks ago I ordered 2 beef tacos for my wife and carne asada for myself. The picture posted on the site showed beans and rice. It only comes with the burritos for the same price. My carne asada came with the driest pork you could imagine no sauce. The rice was edible but nothing to brag about. The beans tasted like they were canned and cold. My wife said the tacos rated a 3 star but would rather eat somewhere else. We eat a lot of Mexican food at various restaurants and have never had such a poor meal. It was take out so maybe they dished up the crude that sits in the pans before the fresh stuff comes out. In any case we won't be eating here again. RegLvik

June 20, 2023 The Carnitas burrito lunch special remained a great value at $8.01, tax included. There's also new pickled onions with Habanero slivers that packs a initial punch, but does not linger, adding more spice to life. I think the food container is also smaller than I remembered. None-the-less, this remains a big bang for the buck.

Good service they Wes playing let's just kiss and say goodbye in Spanish Lol I just loved it at 7am Monday morning

Love the food the bathroom rooms wear nice and the employees were nice and good portion of food

While in Tacoma I was craving Mexican food and came across California Burrito. Don't get me wrong Tacoma has several seafood establishments but wanted something different. I ended up ordering the California torta which was fully loaded with everything .The size of the torta was huge and reasonably priced and very authentic. Another plus is they are open 24/7.

This is a review of the churros only. They were good but slightly raw and undercooked in the middle which I did not like. I would order it again.

If you ever have had churros at disneyland/disneyworld don't go here for churros. Does not meet those expectations lol. Have yet to find a good churro place in Washington. Also when we were ordering via the drive thru speaker we asked the female worker "Can we please get two churros?" and were pretty sure one of the other workers forgot to turn off their mic and we heard some guy say "NO" before the girl responded lol! Was funny in retrospect but def not professional, come on y'all. I know it's prob just a dumb job to you but if you ain't gonna provide a good customer experience then do a different job where you don't talk to customers and it's not your job to provide a good experience lmao!

24hrs a day serious Mexican eats are available! Mondo Cool! Taco Fail offer a similar late night offering of poor quality food for drunks who have no shame about what is pushed into their gullets, so the round the clock thing isn't an exclusive. Last summer the evening I discovered this place and loved it. So did apparently a lot of others, the line of cars around midnight was daunting enough that I nearly didn't stop that night. Thanks my lucky stars I did. The wait was worth the price. I had a random assortment of tacos that time. Because I also scored a vicious case of Covid in the following days, I forgot to revisit my experience and write anything. Today, shortly after 2am I returned from my brief excursion off to the Olympic Rain Forest where I visited my dearest of friends and her wonderful family for a Black Friday post thanksgiving day of reliving past days when we were babies, I was suddenly alerted to a sign screaming STOP NOW! Slamming my brakes in time to swerve into the driveway and drive through to order a pretty killer burrito. Similar to a Carnitas Burrito I believe. Can't recall the name on the sign, aside from pork. I wish I couldn't walked in to maybe customize the fillings, but as served it was a solid well designed offering. Filling and fresh tasting. Because no veges like lettuce or tomatoes were present it wasn't certainly as fresh as I might prefer. Lacking cilantro was a negative aspect, lime as well. But nothing in the ballpark that might be offered at the other end of the late night spectrum of shoddy Mexican grub offered by you know who, the place I won't name. But it's not as cheap, so if you drank all your money till they told you to leave and want something to eat, sadly TB may have to be your shameful choice. But if you still have a few pesos or Norte Americano dinero you should check this joint out.

MASSIVE portions for a decent price and open 24hrs/day! MUST GET THE CARNE ASADA FRIES! They're loaded and so good. The taquitos are crispy and flavorful but sometimes a little salty to me. Service is pretty quick and consistent.

Pros: 24 drive thru, doesn't taste like fast food, better than any fast food drive thru, big portions! You get 2 to 3 times your moneys worth! Cons: if it's even considered a bad thing, the amount of food, the size of the breakfast burrito alone, is crazy big.... I'm a big eater and I can barely get to half of it. so you'll have a lot left over.

Don't go here, the food is awful. It's burnt and has no flavor. I am not just basing this on one visit, but multiple. I keep trying to give them another chance, and I always regret it. My fiancé got the taquitos tonight and they were inedible. They were not only burnt, but extremely dry. If you're not Mexican, they will treat you bad. I don't throw the word racist around, Ever. So this is hard for me to write. But it's honestly true.

The super nachos are amazing! Warm and crispy chips, piled high with delicious toppings - they are what I get every time, and I never get tired of them. They are so good, even leftovers the next day are still yummy. The people who work there are friendly, the dining area is nice and bright. Highly recommend to anyone, anytime. They're open 24 hours!

The carnitas burrito is bad. Edible if you're really hungry, like, at least there wasn't hair in it. I ate 1/4 and gave the rest to a teenage boy who also thought it was bad. It was cheap and really big, but not tasty. Wet, unseasoned carnitas. The pico and guac taste like they came from a giant package and taste heavily processed, like Walmart brand or something. Actually, if Walmart made this it would taste better. Salsas they provide are lacking flavor too so that didn't even help. This is like high school cafeteria level flavor.

My go to here is the fish Burrito but Washington is also good. The burrito is huge. Then you have to wash it all down with Horchata. Yum! This place is always busy so wait can be ridiculous at times.

Vomited after taking one bite of the bean and cheese burrito. It literally tasted like poop. I'm still utterly shocked.

You get a lot of food for your money! I really enjoy the fish tacos here. Service is quick.

This place is good! We ordered take-out, so the shell on the Taco Salad got a little soggy by the time we got home. But, that being said, my Carne Asada Burrito was amazing! It has meat, salsa, and cheese. No rice. No beans. So I got tons of meat and none of the extra fillers - just the way I like it. The Bean and Cheese Burrito sounds simple, but holy smokes. Something about it made it super yummy! We will definitely be back, especially to try the carne asada fries.

We came here cause of the sign for "California" burrito. Being from Cali we are still trying to find that California flavor. This was was ok, it could use some more flavoring. The portions and the price was pretty reasonable. My husband did really enjoy their carne asada fries. I might go back to give it another try. It is very convenient that is a drive through. We ordered the adobada burrito, Washington burrito, and their chicken plate.

No never again. Seen this in my burrito and my asada fries and literally threw up. Can't believe that. If they start taking the time to clean the meat and take out that stuff. Then I'll be going back but until then It's a no faa meh

First time . Ordered a beef and cheese enchilada. Mostly beans, I has very little beef.

Cold awful tasteless and just thrown in a box and sent out the drive through. Last time I came was dinner time and it was really good. Today for lunch was the exact opposite. The location is hard to get in and out of from one direction of pacific highway. It's sad I was so looking forward to come for lunch

Just landed in SeaTac after a 9 hour flight from Hawaii via Oakland and was HANGRY! Hubby craving Mexican, in fact he craves Mexican anytime we visit the mainland. We use to live in CA and missed Mexican food so much. Search on Yelp materialized California Burrito. The 4.5 out of 5 stars intrigue my mind and taste buds. They're open 24 hrs and have a drive thru. Seeing the long line in the drive thru at 9:30 pm excited me - gotta mean they're good! Or only place open at this hour during COVID-19 era?? Ordered a combo chicken taco and enchilada plate and chicken taco salad. Was NOT disappointed. Generous portions and great taste and not bad prices. This will be a regular stop for me whenever I'm in the SeaTac area!

i order carne asada fries for 16$ but i get only fries and beef no cream cheese,guacamol,cheese then i try to call the federal way california burrito they answer the phone after that they hang the phone

3 Meals with melted Styrofoam trays that had been microwaved and mystery meat in the chili rellenos

I LOOVE California Burrito! I come here as often as I can and I get my food out fast! M My car died right by the drive through window. I was so hesitant and embarrassed not knowing how people are going to react with me not moving my car. The employees were so kind and made sure I was okay. All of a sudden the cooks come out and start pushing my car all the way from the drive through window, to the road, to the parking lot. To think it'll end there, about an hour and a half later, the employees came out and saw my car still there and tried to help jumpstart my car. Nothing happened so I had to call in a tow. Moral of my review, THANK YOU to the employees for going beyond, even when it wasn't work related, for your customers!!

I'm picky when it comes to tacos, but this place has the best carne asada jumbo tacos ever. The portions are big and the amount of food for the price is pretty fair. A single taco cost about $3. Also ordered enchilada that came in twos. Ordered shredded beef with red sauce and it was about $4. That was also amazing! I recommend this place if you're in the area. Definitely will visit this place again. Drive thru was very friendly.

I mean it's okay, but as a visitor from San Diego ( home of the cali burrito) i can tell you this is a bad imitation. A couple things that would make this a legit Cali style burrito; 1. Crispy fries. the potatoes were really mushy in my burrito and that is not ok. 2. The tortillas need to be fresh handmade daily. It really makes a huge difference. 3. The steak has to be well marinated and grilled to perfection. The steak and adobada in our burritos was really unflavorful. 4. Bigger is better. Cali burritos a should be BIG, these are kinda flakito. Really excited to see a Cali burrito shop in federal way, hope they get better.

3.5 stars. The only taco shop around here open for breakfast! Ordered breakfast chorizo & a breakfast bacon burrito. Despite what another reviewer said, chorizo didn't taste like purple paint. Not sure what he does in his spare time, but he should prob stop eating paint chips. Tasted like a mild chorizo. Bacon burrito had a lot of bacon, chopped up with the eggs. Had the green sauce with it, which had good flavor but little heat. I'd up the star rating here with more heat in their chorizo and sauce, but otherwise a solid, solid breakfast burrito place. Great bang for your buck. Husband will prob stop here every Wednesday after his doctor appt nearby.

I stopped by for a quick breakfast burrito. I bought a Chorizo breakfast burrito with eggs and potatoes. We didn't wait long and the burrito was hot and delicious as always. I'll definitely be back.

Super great fast cheap food. The drive thru line is always a mile long but they keep it moving quick. We ordered kids meals just for a quick snack and the burrito was HUGE. I couldn't barely finish a fourth of it Will be trying again

My friends & I had the late night munchies after a party in Federal Way. They suggested we go to California Burrito, in which I went w/ their Beef Torta which consists of beef, tomatoes, lettuce, guacamole, topped w/ a Mexican bread. It may have just been the alcohol but I thought the torta's here were great! The sandwich was well put together & I couldn't have asked for a more perfect meal after a night out.

The girl that gave me my food tonight was rude and stuck up!. Didn't even give my sauce I asked for. And stared at me the hole time!!. Had to come back through just to get sauce again to be treated with a fake tone​

I GO here allll the time!!! It's the best!!!! Chicken chimi combo, steak burrito, Carne asada quesadilla, steak fries or nachos!!! Best homemade salsa and Horchata!!!!

READ IF YOURE FROM SAN DIEGO*** Before moving to Washington about a year ago, I lived in San Diego my whole life. This is the place where you'll get anywhere close to a Cali burrito! READ IF YOURE THE OWNER OF CALI BURRITO*** PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE use better French fries. French fries used in this burrito turn in to mush and end up being like mashed potatoes... if you use shoe string fries that are crispy. I'd literally get a burrito every other day.. Please do the California burrito justice and make the best California burrito here!!

A very consistent place to get my veggie burrito, always filling, delicious and filling. Great price and quick service never disappoints my family and I. I usually use the drive through. Orders are always correct and no issues with mistakes on our orders. Food is always still warm enough when I get it home. Good go to place!