Jimboy's Tacos

The food was delicious and the drinks were refreshing. The atmosphere of the interior of the dining area was clean and not crowded. Went on 10/1@6pm ish and it was hot inside. The sun was shining through all the glass and that was ok but it felt like the air conditioner wasn't on. I feel bad for the employees. It was too hot for all the people in my party to finish their meals. Tacos ToGo today. 🥵

I have been to this location n=3 times across a 15 month period. On one occasion, I received exactly what I ordered. On two other occasions I did not. In one of those cases, the employee actually paused before handing me the bag and asked me, "Did you order xxxx?" What I had ordered was actually = to yyy. I said, "No, I ordered yyy." She laughed and said, "Ok, no, that's right. That's correct." I paused and asked, "Is this yyy that you are handing me?" She said, "Oh, yea. It is." When I got home, what was in the bag was = to xxxx. Note added from memory: This employee was seen on her cell phone during the wait peirod for my xxxx food. Anyway, I dined there one time when my order was correct. It was poorly maintained. Several of the tables were not cleaned. Nobody here is particularly friendly. Therei s an AutoZone next door to the place that I should review soon.

Use To be my favorite but lately taste close to Taco bell than the Jimboy's i remember. This is in portion size and quality. It use to be grade A fast food now just Mid.

This location is crazy. We love Jimboys and their food but the staff here is not friendly, closes early/doesn’t answer drive thru speaker just generally unpleasant .Today takes the cake…Hairs (multiple) in our guacamole, long brown hairs- my wife is blonde and I am bald. Six tacos were soggy after requesting extra crispy. Train your employees in customer service and how to make your menu properly.

Ordered the 2 taco plate combo. All lettuce hardly any meat. Rice has absolutely no flavor. Definitely will not eat here again. Totally waste of $35.00. 👎

It's not the best Jimboys in town. Teenaged girls working the counters and drive through are slow, rude, and don't seem to want to work. The food is good though. They really need to take lessons from their elders in customer service and waiting on people you don't like, and hiding it very, very well. If your not in a hurry, and you want an argument and rolled eyes with your lunch or dinner, go here

The food is always yummy. We went through the drive through and didn't receive a receipt and when we got home noticed that we didn't have an item that we had ordered and paid for. It was out of our way to drive all the way back. It was a vegetarian burrito.

This location is only good when the older lady is there running the show. My food is cold my tacos do not have crispy edges. When I order enchiladas when the lady is there they are surprisingly good for fast food enchiladas but when the lady is not there the enchiladas sauce is not HOT! Look at the picture my tortillas do not look like hot oil never hit theses taco shells.

I got here at 11:30 on a Wednesday and there were only two other patrons in the restaurant...not a great sign for a lunch crowd. I hadn't been to Jimboy's anywhere for about three years. I hadn't been to this location since I was in grad school about seven years ago. I ordered a classic beef, refried bean, and chicken taco, planning to share takeout with my sibkid who had never had Jimboy's. I also ordered an enchilada plate with refried beans, rice, and salad for $20 total on the app. A great Jimboy's taco is special. It's a Sacramento classic. Ground beef, shredded lettuce, Parmesan crusted griddled corn tortilla, and American cheese. Sounds weird but as I said it can be sublime. A bad Jimboy's taco is greasy and the grease seems like it might be a few years old. Unfortunately today's Selections to a one was a collection of sad and greasy tacos. The salsa is still fire, though, but good salsa can't save a bad taco. I took a bite of the chicken and noted it's not shredded anymore, it's that pre-grilled slice like Taco Bell has. That's really sad because Jimboy's had great shredded chicken in the past, but times change and costs increase, I get it. Everything being said, I wasn't up for more grease so I opted to not try the enchilada or sides, as I had chosen chicken which was also "grilled." As I tried to get one more bite of taco down, a guy came close to my car and made eye contact and started taking off his clothes. When he started to fiddle with the waistband of his shorts, I put the car in reverse asap. Franklin Blvd isn't the best neighborhood, but ok yeah that was a bit much. The ladies who worked here were kind and the restaurant itself was spotless. Definitely with a couple stars. The restrooms are likewise spotless for customers and you can ask for a token from the front to access. A good plan based on what was happening outside. Overall I won't be coming back as it looks like the chain has declined over the years, but I'll remember with fondness those great early days of classic tacos. You would be much better going to El Novillero down the street and ordering takeout beans, rice, and enchilada for $15.

Everytime we come to Sacramento to visit family, we stop at a Jimboy's (probably more than 2 times+). We always order the ground beef tacos and they are always delicious and greasy, but in a good way. Nothing like these tacos. The staff when we went through the drive through was polite and efficient

This used to be the best Jimboys. The food was very good. Prices weren't stupidly jacked up and they had more than 3 BASIC combos available. Was here today and it seems they are now a franchise like the rest of the jimboys around Sacramento. ONLY 3 basic combos available and the prices have been raised a high amount. Bits too bad this was a great spot to go to. It will be missed.

God christened the hands of whoever invented Jimboys and also made my lunch. Michelin star, top tier

Really like this location's dining room. It is almost never crowded and it's always quiet and pleasant to sit down in. The food is on par with any Jimboy's, just excellent. Love those Jimboy's tacos!

Employees are rude and have a nasty attitude. Very bad customer service, if I could rate it a zero I would

Food was good but they sold me an old Horchata. The ice was almost completely melted. How do you sell a drink that has been sitting out for hours to a paying customer ? I will not drink from here again. Don't trust it. Employees need to refer to food safety standards and etiquette.

Ordered a Tahoe Steak burrito and got a ground beef one instead, so that was disappointing. Also they only gave me half of the salsa I asked for which is sort of my favorite part of the meal. Pretty frustrating when they weren't even busy, but also extra frustrating because even if I had been diligent enough to count the salsa cups, you can't exactly check that you have the right burrito in the drive thru line.

Don't order here, especially in the drive thru! They playing games with your food orders!! I ordered a Tahoe Burrito without sour cream and asked to substitute it with pico and the girl taking the orders said it already comes with pico, then she asked if I wanted onions to which I replied no. Onions aren't even an option on the ingredients, aside from being in the pico. Anyway I get my order and drive 15 miles away, open it and no pico. So I guess the jokes on me since there's onions in the pico and that was their way of sticking it to me. HAHA not funny! Screw this place and their childish games and order from the Northgate location where they ain't playing games with your food and they serve real Jimboys!! Management ought to take their Yelp reviews seriously as they have more 1 star reviews than anything...time to replace the staff with able adults!

Longest waiting time for the drive thru no matter the time of the day . The ladies also seem to always have an attitude , not sure why . Love jimboys but the wait time is ridiculous, been to arena area and they never make you wait more than 15 min.

Dried busted beef taquitos, 6 pack of beef tacos no parmesan cheese?put our own cheese $37$ +fries +2 bean cheese burritos?

Pro service, I ordered something f and he offered a special that was cheaper for same order. Don't usually hear that Food is always good, but first time at this one.

Man oh man do I love Jimboys Tacos. Best Taco restaurant in all of Sacto. This specific location too. Excellent service from the cooks, quick and efficient cashiers. Always puttin a smile on my face.

I haven't been to this Jimboys on Franklin in over ten years. Ordered two beef tacos to try. What a pleasant surprise. For some odd reason this was so much better than the ones I had at the other locations. Was it fresh cooked, generous filling, or better grill master. In any case, it was soooo good!

had not remember my prior review until just saw it. in the five years since, have been hear maybe a dozen times. while clearly things they could do better to make a better experience (see last review), need to say things are better. enough to raise to the four star level. do recommend.

Apparently they shouldn't they turned down the Lobby early All food have to be ordered have to go

Always loved jimboys but prices have been way up even before pandemic and wish there was one closer to home.

Very bad service , stood there just now , cashier lady tells me hold on then answers phone then,takes Order in drive thru ?? The thing that gets me is NO one is there! We are the only customers she is steady blabbing away with her workers ..... terrible!! We left! We ended up going to the jimboys in pocket green haven area ... 2 people ahead of us , they greeted us kindly took our order then food was ready in 10 minutes...... great service.... do not go To the Franklin one very unprofessional... :(

My neighborhood Jimboy's! I've only ever had one wrong order in the years I've been coming here - and they gave me the correct items, they just didn't add the Parmesan on my tacos. I told them and it never happened again. Service can be slow, so expect to wait, even if you're the only one there. I don't mind because I never come when time is an issue and the wait is a result of made-to-order food that's always served fresh and hot. And unlike the 28th street location, this one serves breakfast burritos and plates and uses the American style cheese on the bean and cheese burritos. Even if I'm in midtown, I'd rather drive two exits up on the freeway to the Franklin/Fruitridge location for a longer wait and the best breakfasts and bean and cheese burritos.

Every time I drive up to my Sacramento office on Watt Ave, I crave their original beef taco. Something about the powdered cheese on the outside of the shell plus the shredded cheese on the inside of the taco, just makes it SO good. When I was still a doctoral student and on a tight budget, I would even get just one bean taco and still feel satisfied. The drive thru is super convenient too.

This Jimboy was alright the food was fresh yes it was but I had ordered a quick pick #10 two ground beef tacos and a drink and and I ask the lady taking the order if I could add on a extra taco and I never got the third taco and it's a rarity for me to eat these because they don't have any Jimboys where I'm at in Ky so I was looking forward to my extra taco but otherwise the food was good like usual

This was only consistent location Jimboys but over last couple months nothing but issues with every order. Sometimes forget taco or 3 orders of ground beef poppers? Other times they serve you burnt food. Today example ground beef poppers half were so burned exploded they couldn't be ate. This was last try for Jimboys.

I had a Jimboy's Taco in my town but never got to try it until the closed down. People couldn't appreciate the unique style this american taco brings to the table. Its not true to mexican culinary roots but you cannot deny the masterpiece of a taco the founder of this restaurant has created. Food evolves over time like everything and this is the evolution of the taco in America!

I'm a seafood lover, so when I'm craving it - I rarely hold back. I was in the mood for some fish tacos when we decided to go over to Jimboy's. I couldn't decide between the fried fish tacos and the shrimp diablo tacos, so I went with one of each. I never get shrimp tacos, because so often there are hardly any shrimp or they are the tiny - but these were pretty damn good. I hardly ever get fast food seafood, but I know the quality is good at this Jimboy's location so I will keep coming back here when I'm in Sacramento.

Bad ingredients and bad customer service. Don't live very close so Jimboys is always a treat. We usually order one of the taco packages, but just decided to grab a burrito for the road. The meat was fine, but something just tasted off about the lettuce and the tomatoes. Not usually one to call, but I couldn't get over how bad it was. When I explained my concerns, the lady kept blowing me off stating that "the guacamole is made fresh every morning" (I knew the guacamole was fine and never said it tasted bad) and no one else had said anything about their food. She repeated the ingredients in the burrito multiple times rather than listen to anything I said. I don't understand why she was being so defensive and difficult. As if the thought of being wrong or even simply checking their produce would be an abomination. I was offered a refund (it was only $10) if I dug my half eaten burrito out of the trash and drove it all the way back with the receipt, but it's not worth it.

Took 30 minutes just to get both of our orders wrong. One ordered a breakfast plate and ended up with enchiladas and the second asked for no lettuce on tacos and got extra lettuce. don't come to this location actually terrible.

The key item at all Jimboys restaurants is the ground beef tacos. Not every place knows how to make them perfect, but this location at Fruitridge and Franklin comes very close to perfection. The tacos are crispy and the shell is coated with a generous amount of parmesan. This location gets that. Now Greenhaven Jimboys on the other hand, ruins their tacos by not making the shell crispy and by skimping on the parmesan. Roseville at Denio's auction/ flea market is still the best though.

Social distancing era review... TL/DR: Jimboy's doesn't require their employees wear masks while working. This makes me think they don't care about the welfare of their employees and I won't be back until masks are required. This is a dark, difficult time. We're all isolated from each other, spending lots of time at home. A lot of us are under family or financial stress. There's a ton of anxiety pretty much everywhere. What's one thing that helps? Some nice comfort food. For someone who has lived in Sacramento for almost 7 years now Jimboy's Tacos is just that. Sure, it's kind of gross and nasty but man it's delicious. A weirdly deep fried bean and cheese taco with parm on the outside, I mean come on. It's a Sacramento classic. After two and a half months of quarantine I finally went on my first Jimboy's run during this time. The drive thru was slow as usual. The food tasted just like I remember but I was really disappointed to see the condition employees were working in. Nobody working was wearing a mask. One employee had surgical gloves on and was going back and forth between touching her own beverage and the packaging for my food. Gloves only work for one-time touching of things. If you wear the same pair of gloves all day it's the same thing as being bare-handed. It was bummer to see. It's May 2020, unfortunately Coronavirus is everywhere and it's crucial that employees wear masks while working in confined environments. I know bigger fast food chains have already required their employees wear masks and I encourage Jimboy's to do the same. I want to support the local chain if I can, but I won't unless they show they are serious about protecting their employees.

Pretty much agree with what I see in a lot of the other reviews. The food is fair. The service is extremely slow inside the restaurant. And employees take up the prime parking spots. I will say this is a very clean Jimboys.

The only reason why I go to Jimboys Tacos is for the parmesan cheese on the tacos and they REFUSE to put it on the tacos even after I tell them REPEATEDLY to put the cheese on it. This is the only one that does it. This is the 4th time they didn't do it. I went to the one on 29th street, Greenhaven, Stockton blvd and Arden. They put parmesan cheese on their tacos. This one doesn't at all. I will not be going there again

My husband was being the awesome husband that he is and knew I had a rough end to my day and wanted to do something nice for me as he knows comfort food is what I need on those kind of days. I have not been to Jimboy's in years but have always talked about it as I remember loving it as a teen and young adult. So I thought I was in for a treat, well that was a horribly wrong assessment and let down. As we pull up it looks as if it's closed it's so dark but we still check it out to see if it's open and we are in luck not! We check out the menu for a few minutes as it's been a while and we finally decided on the Fiesta Pack and two kids meals as we were with our daughters, who had just completed an acting performance and they wanted the kids meal that came with a surprise and a soda or so we thought. On the menu the kids meal is five dollars and comes with one main item (quesadilla, taco, burrito or burger) chips or fries a drink and a surprise awesome! We get to the car the girls pull out there food and realized hey they forgot our surprise. My husband has them pack everything back up and goes back in to collect so he thought. They tell him the kids meals do not come with a toy or surprise. Huh he brings to their attention the sign clearly states it comes with a surprise, at this point another customer says "they used to come with toys" and the lady just says "sorry the surprise is (wait for it the) the cheese sauce for the chips." WTH are you for real right now. So my husband comes back out empty handed and we all are just iratated at this point. I'm like this sucks but the food will be good let's get home. Wrong again!! The food was very greasy, the beans were flavorless and the chips from our nachos were a little stale. Needless to say we will not be back and we are out 30.00 with no toys and an upset stomach.

So Jimboy's closes at 10. I roll up at 9:53 pm. The girl starts to take my order and then says, "oh sorry. We are done taking orders for the night." To which I respond, " your hours posted say until 10." She goes, "yeah we turn off the lights a little before usually so we can..." Me: "But is 9:55 and you're supposed to be open until 10." Her: "Oh well, never mind my manager said it's fine. What would you like?" Horrible. Horrible. Horrible!!! Worst experience at ANY JIMBOY's I have ever been to. I am embarrassed for this owner and the employees and the manager. I'd give no stars, but you can't do that. Managers name is Mike.

Slow as hell, but the tacos are so delicious. Just wish they would figure out a way to speed things in the drive way. And if they were apart of the mobile app team I could order ahead, but unfortunately they are not!

I ordered an enchilada plate and they gave me a bean burrito with no sauce. I also ordered a small order of cinnamon churros and there was no cinnamon. It was dry and hard.

The two stars is not for the food. I got a six pack of ground beef tacos and they were great, I give them five stars. But the menu in the drive-thru is terrible (hard to read, lots of handwritten signs) and now the speaker system is breaking and it is very difficult to understand the person taking your order. Last time for me for this location which is sad because this used to be the best one.

Entering or getting out of this location is bad enough, but now the food is inedible. A pool of grease in my taco wrapper, no cheese, pico de gallo or sour cream in my husband's Tahoe Burrito. The food was cold although we were the only people there. It's no wonder I never see any customers at this location. I really hope that other Jimboy's have not sunk to this level of quality & service, because Jimboy's has always been one of my favorites.

I like coming here I live off Greenhaven and I rather come to this one because better food and better staff, unlike greenhaven it's crappie!

This Jimboys has been around South Sac for a long time. I've been coming back to this spot ever since I was a kid when it was at the original location like 100 ft away. The go to here are the tacos. They are made to order, fried and dusted with parm cheese. Inside is just cheese, lettuce and beef. They can get pretty greasy but thats the sign of goodness inside, right? The burritos are also great because they grill the outside crispy. That extra step really makes a huge difference. I suggest walking in because the drive thru is quite a wait.

I just returned from here...I ordered a vegetarian taco salad, an enchilada taco plate, 3 chicken tacos fries and the Flautas. The beans were EXTREMELY salty. The fries took up a quarter of the bag that they come in(its ALWAYS at least half). I will NOT be returning to this location.

Ever since the Jimboy's on 29th Street in Sacramento closed I've been going to this location on Franklin Blvd. but never again. I love Jimboy's and I typically eat it once a week. However, twice now I have rolled up to the drive-thru a few minutes before their 10pm close time only for them to tell me they aren't taking anymore orders. I drive all the way from Davis and even after telling them that and PLEADING with them, they refuse. Last night I arrived in line at 9:48 with a full drive-thru behind three cars in front of me and by the time I got up to order it was 9:55 and I was again denied service. There were three cars behind me and I had to get out and announce to them that we weren't being served. There are no signs announcing this policy, if it indeed is one. It's appalling and I am done with this location.

Updated 2/07 Had the Monday special of beef enchilada and beef taco. All for $7 and this time the beans and rice were good. ----------------------------- I love Jimboy's Tacos, we don't have them in the Bay Area. They fry up a corn tortilla and sprinkle parmesan cheese on it and fill it with cheese and lettuce and meat. The tortilla is soft and the taco is messy and I love their little sauce packets even though they have a fresh salsa area, now. I got their daily special, on Saturday it is one chicken and one ground beef taco, salad, flour tortilla, beans and rice and a small drink for $7. It was filling and I couldn't eat it all. Unfortunately, this time the beans and rice were dried out. These are all over Sacramento. I remember when it used to be .99 beef taco special on Sundays, my family would order 30-40 of them.

They never give me the right order they always mess up. Bad customer service too. I don't go there often but when I do this happens every time!

The tacos was good but the tacos sauce wasn't.I had to try it since I was in Sacramento and I have seen alot of pix on Instagram.

I haven't tasted the food yet but don't bother ordering food. I have waiting 30 minutes and counting to get my food in the drive thru. There were 5 cars in front of me... there are still two cars in front of me... This makes no sense. There are soooo many other options go there instead.

Don't ever go here. Worst tacos on top of that ordered taquitos got three instead of 4. They're not cheap anymore but then to get cheated....Florin or downtown are only one's to go to.

Stay away !!!! This location uses Meat substitute! The only reason why I come to Jimboys is because of the real ground beef they use . This location is trying to pass off ground beef substitute for real meat - and charging regular prices . When you press it down it turns to mush . I visited the Madison location just the other day and they had real meat . It was the first time my brother was set to try the beef tacos I had been ranting and raving about . Imagine his disappointment and disgust .Im from Oakland so I always try to stop by Jimboys on the way home . I ordered a six pack , and 2 burritos. One beef and one steak . When I drive off and am on the freeway -I bite into the taco and instantly I knew it was not real meat or a meat filler type quality . I spent $34.53 there . The steak burrito was grizzly and not great . The beef burrito has the same filler meat , the rice was old , hard , dry and stale. Avoid this place at all costs . If you do visit this location , check your food before you leave , u will end up with Taco Bell quality meat . Instead of taking responsibility, Jimboy's corporate office basically called me a liar - stating that they provide the same meat across all of their restaurants . LIES!!!! Trust me , I know real meat quality when I taste it !

Love Jimboys! Having relocated from CA and missing these tacos, it is always a treat to stop by whenever I'm in the area! Those addictive parmesan covered taco shells and the deliciousness they hold.. yes, please. Stopped at this particular location off of Franklin Blvd while on a road trip and had a pleasant experience. Employees were very nice and the food was worth the short wait. You can get a token from the cashier if you have to use the restroom. I forgot about that, but it was a welcome memory and I really wish other places did this as well, just to control the cleanliness of their restrooms. Thanks guys!

Since when did kid's meals not come with toys! My daughter's had just completed an acting performance, my wife was having a bad day so what better way to try and get everyone in a great mood than to get some Jimboy's Tacos right.....wrong. I went inside and the place is nearly dark as if they're trying to set the mood for some romantic moment....next the lady at the register barely speaks aka mumbles and says welcome to Jimboy's...not much of a welcome but whatever. I order the fiesta pack which she repeats as the family pack (either I couldn't read the sign or she renamed the pack clearly called fiesta on her own) and two kids meals. A few minutes later we're a happy family as we got our food and walked out to the car. Out of the parking lot and nearly across the intersection both of my daughter's say "daddy, there's no toy in here". I pull back into the parking lot walk inside with the bags thinking to myself the lady simply forgot, I'll go in get the toys and we'll be good. To my surprise when I mention the kids meals didn't have toys, the same lady who helped me says.....they don't come with toys. Let's not forget the menu clearly indicated the meals came with "a surprise" You won't guess what she told me next....the lady tells me they came with cheese sauce. So because I ordered chips instead of fries, my daughter's got cheese sauce...yippee. Jimboy's food is decent but this is an experience I won't soon forget.

Love the food. Super frustrated with how slow the drive in is right now. They are understaffed. They need more workers. I will be avoiding this place from now on.