Today, we investigate the best and worst Taco Bells in Los Angeles. Let’s talk about that. Good Mythical Morning. Picture this. We’re on a road trip, and we’re having a blast, but we’re getting hungry. Oh, that’s not good. We pass a sign on the highway saying that there’s a Taco Bell off the next exit. That’s good. We take the exit, but it turns out there are two Taco Bells. What a twist. A Cinnamon Twist, you might say. Should we just turn into the closest one? Or perhaps we should open Yelp or Google reviews and see which one has better reviews. I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know. It’s time for Undercover Eat-tectives. Taco Bell Edition. Hello, Jordan. Thanks for helping us out with this today. Thanks so much for having me. Little investigative reporting. Yes. So we determined that you were going to visit the highest and lowest rated Taco Bells within a fifteen mile radius of the office. Okay. So we didn’t want you going more than thirty miles. Right. Because gas money. Yeah. Right. Right. And we figured this out by basically creating an aggregate of Yelp and Google reviews and comparing the two. Let’s cut to the clip of that. Of the aggregate creating? Yeah, of us creating it. I already deleted it. Oh, really? Because I’m trying to save space on the company computer. Right. Okay. I’m glad you did that, actually, now that everything’s in four K. Four K. So big. The file sizes are so big. They’re huge. All right. Yeah. And so we sent you out to investigate these places. But before we do that, let’s see what the reviews are coming to us and saying. Yes. So we’ve got Ty A. From Philadelphia and from out of town, apparently. Best Taco Bell. Service was great, food was awesome, and this location is super clean. Would definitely recommend. This place is a ten out of ten. Very, very excited. But don’t get too excited, because Ty A. Has only left five star reviews. Yes. We did a little digging. Oh, you’re stalking him? Only ever left five star reviews. And he has left the exact same reviews at both Starbucks and a California Pizza Kitchen. Solid. Would recommend. Great spot. Thank you very much for the good service. Cool location. See you soon. What? This is. He’s a bot? I love him. Are you bot shaming? He seems really positive. No, he’s great. You can’t take him too seriously, because if he’s. If he likes everything, does he really like anything? Right? I don’t know. All I know is I need that person to leave some comments on this video of me. I feel that. Hey, I’ll take some of those, too. Bot James, or whatever your name is. Rust. Ty. Ty A. All right, Rusty H. Now, this dude lives in Pasadena. So I’ve driven past this tiny location a million times, and I finally stopped in their drive-thru always looks lame, but there’s no wait. Inside, it’s a small interior dining area. Damn. This is detailed. I was impressed at how clean and orderly it was. I think the hot sauce packets were all facing the same direction. Oh, yes. And lined up. My double chicken burrito was delicious. I try not to eat too much fast food, so I don’t know when I’ll be back again. But I might not dismiss this restaurant so quickly in the future. Has he never heard of a Taco Bell? It’s a fast food place, man. Yeah. They’re all over. This restaurant. I’m not going to miss this one. Dismiss this one. Important to get context to backstory. And also, four out of five stars. After all that, you go out of your way and you give it a four? But this man has given thousands of reviews, is what I’m seeing. Yeah. He’s an Elite twenty-four. He has a special flag. This is his life. He goes on dates and talks about his Yelp reviews. Yeah. Let’s move on to the worst rated Taco Bell in the area, starting with the review from Jameson F. This is the worst Taco Bell I have had food from. This is disgusting. Word count of disgusting. That’s the first one. No one should eat here. It’s extremely dirty. The food was cold and seemed uncooked. Never, ever coming here again. I can say this is the worst fast food location in the state of California, probably the U.S. It’s absolutely disgusting. The food was so bad, even the sodas were terrible. I don’t even trust that the ice is clean. What? Disgusting. Okay. His ex-wife works at this Taco Bell. Something. Something is up with Jameson F. But, Jameson also has a pattern. He has only left either five or one star reviews. Okay. And he has left four different five star reviews for a place called Hound Dog Hot Dog Shop, all in the past eighteen months. So, something is wrong with this. This Taco Bell is nothing like Hound Dog Hot Dog Shop. Dude. Eliza J. Tasteless experience. Bought two freezes and both of them tasted more “fo” water. More of water? Then we tried our Cinnamon Twist and saw there wasn’t even any cinnamon on the twists. Ouch. Dissatisfied with the quality and sad that I spent fifteen dollars for drinks and Cinnamon Twists that were unflavored. Fifteen? Dang. Yeah! Two drinks and Cinnamon Twist? There’s no way. Hey, I believe that twists should have cinnamon, though. Sure. Don’t forget to cinnamon my twist. Okay. In a very detailed one star review from Serena, this Taco Bell sucks. The handful of times of been to this Taco Bell, I think that means I’ve been. I’ve been severely disappointed. But today takes the cake. I ordered an XXL Double Stuffed Burrito with chicken, and it felt like it came straight out of the fridge. It was so cold that it literally hurt my teeth. And to make matters worse, there was no chicken in my burrito. Definitely not going back. And this came with a photo. Wow. That is scary. I thought that was a cup of cake batter ice cream. It really is ugly looking. And we sent you to both of these places? Yes. I had to go to both of them as part of work. I’m sorry that you went to this one, I’m afraid. Did we, like, did we give you an escort? I had an escort, and I got a tetanus shot. Okay, great. Okay. And you went to the more highly rated one first? Yes. All right. I tried the best, and then I tried the worst. All right, let’s see the best experience. This is the highest rated Taco Bell in our area. Let’s see how it stacks up. Can I please get a Doritos Locos Taco? Oh, just order on this? Yeah. Strike one against this Taco Bell. There’s absolutely no customer service. You order everything on a kiosk with no help of a human person. And the total at this Taco Bell was nineteen twenty-five. Done, with zero human interaction. I’m in the bathroom. Seems not too bad. Don’t like the proximity of that to the floor. Two locks for extra safety. Nice. Nice and empty. While the garbage cans were clean, the soda station was somewhat questionable. Is that water or is that pee? While the tables were clean enough to eat off of, the same cannot be said about the floor, which was absolutely covered in chip crumbs. Inside of our burrito was hot. How hot? Seventy-nine degrees. We didn’t look into that, so we’re not sure what that means. It did, however, taste delicious. The chicken soft taco had plenty of filling in it, but the quesadilla was not cut consistently. One of our biggest Taco Bell pep peeves. The crunchy taco was perfectly crunchy. I’m getting in the drive-thru. Hi, can I please get a black bean Crunchwrap with no tomatoes. And can I add onions and jalapeños, an order of these Cinnamon Twists, and a Baja Blast with no ice. And can I please get a side of the nacho cheese and a side of the spicy ranch? All right. Fourteen at the window. Thank you. Thank you. Quite an order. Crystal clear audio. Hello. Thank you. You should have sang it. He remembers me from inside. He didn’t like me inside. I’m so sorry to do this. She forgot. Is there a chance I could get a side of sour cream also? Thank you so much. Have a good rest of your day. My drive-thru total at this Taco Bell was fourteen dollars. We got Cinnamon Twists. They’re twisty, honestly. Some good, some bad. This one, nary a drop of cinnamon. I’m seeing, they hand cinnamon these things. Heavy filled sauce cups. This nacho cheese, piping hot. And last but not least, my Crunchwrap Supreme. Hot. All right. Okay, let’s see. No tomato, add onion. What I will say, when it comes to fountain sodas, this is pretty good. It’s highly, highly, highly carbonated, which is what you want, and it’s sweet. I get why the reviews are so good. This Taco Bell really came through. Overall, my order, both through the drive-thru and in person, were one hundred percent, correct. Detective J is on the case. And you did not go easy on him. Not at all. I love that. I didn’t want to like this Taco Bell. It didn’t start well. Their customer service was so bad. When the guy just sort of looked away and walked. I will say when we were pulling through the drive-thru, the man looked at me and he goes, do you make, like, YouTube videos or something? He knows what town he’s in. They’ve learned to be afraid of people filming in drive-thrus. Absolutely. You pulled out a temperature gauge? A thermometer is what they call it, yes. Yeah. That was nice when you did that. I was like, whoa, business is happening. I wanted to know. But you didn’t know what it should be? Absolutely not. Okay. And that was the inside of what? Which item? That was the inside of the burrito, which is part of, I believe, your order, the Burrito Supreme. And it was only seventy-nine degrees? It was seventy-nine degrees inside. So you also went to the worst one? We went to the worst one as well. Let’s see. This is one of the worst reviewed Taco Bells in our area. Let’s see if it’s really as bad as people make it seem. Another Taco Bell where I’m ordering at a kiosk. However, when we walked inside, we were warmly greeted by the woman behind the counter. At this Taco Bell was eighteen seventy-nine, almost a dollar cheaper. Interesting. The bathroom was not quite as clean as the other location, and there was only one lock. Nothing bad was in the trash can. I just asked them to blur it for fun. Everything was relatively clean, and I loved that there was free change for the taking on the counter. Burrito was nearly ten degrees hotter, despite us not knowing at all what that means. The chicken taco had slightly less filling, but was equally as delicious. And while the quesadilla was not cut at all, it did taste a hundred times more delicious, thanks to the addition of extra sauce. The crunchy taco had the exact same crisp, the same amount of filling, and tasted almost identical. All right, we’re here. Hi, can I. So far, so good. Black bean Crunchwrap Supreme with no tomatoes. And can I add onions and jalapeños, please? A side of the spicy ranch and the side of the nacho cheese. And then can I please have a Baja Blast small with no ice, and a side of Cinnamon Twists? Seems like it’s going a little bit faster. Much faster. Speaker was fine, but. There’s nobody there. Everybody’s scared to go. And I’m sorry to do this. She just remembered. Can I get a side of sour cream also? It’s important to note that the sour cream at this location was much cheaper. Thank you, have a good day. So that’s just a bit? That’s a test. The lie. Once again, cheaper. That was nice. She told me to remember. The lie is us hoping that they would give us sour cream for free. Neither one did. These Cinnamon Twists are more consistent, but also have consistently less seasoning. So, I guess it depends on what is important to you. Consistency or amount of dust on some of the things. They’re not hot. Sour cream. Ice cold. This is also cold. And this nacho cheese, also piping hot. Where are they keeping this stuff? Let’s see my Crunchwrap. It feels heavier than the other one. Let’s see. Okay, we got a jalapeño. We got a jalapeño. And there’s absolutely no tomatoes. Not bad. Oh, okay. Well done. Honestly, the beans taste better, which. That doesn’t make sense to me. What, are they cooking them fresh back there? No way. Okay. This Baja Blast is sweeter than the other one, but not as carbonated. I think if these two Baja Blasts had a baby, it’d be perfect. But overall, I might choose this one. Overall, my entire order, both drive-thru and inside, were both correct. Also, the people who worked here were nice. Detective J is on the case. Yeah. Wow. So you had a pretty good experience there? I had a great experience there. You debunked the negative reviews. Yeah. It might be the case that the reviews are a function of the people in that area and, not. in just their opinions and how, like, critical they are. Not necessarily how bad the Taco Bell is. I absolutely think so. For example, when we went there and the woman welcomed us, was she also on the phone? Sure. Yeah. Does that matter? No. The food was delicious. And when we came around through the drive-thru, she looked at me and she said, oh, no. Did we mess up part of your order? Did you need anything else? Because she thought we were coming back through the drive-thru to rectify something that had happened inside. Above and beyond and still on the phone. Great. Let her do it. And we’re gonna join in and do our own review in a second. Because we’re gonna bring our favorite meals from Taco Bell in. But first, hey, election day is coming up, y’all. It’s coming up real quick. If you haven’t already, you should go to votelikeabeast.com right now to learn more about the candidates, their positions, and how they align with your values so you can cast an informed vote in November. And if you haven’t already and you’re still eligible to do so, register to vote while you’re there. If enough of you register through our site to vote by election day, you will unlock a variety of entertainment rewards that we’re putting up at a certain. That’s enticing. At a certain level. We will read more fan fiction. Even more than that, we will do an episode of Naked Foods, completely naked. If we do even more than that. Oh, yeah. We’re gonna hook ourselves up to a pregnancy simulator. What? And then if we reach the final milestone, we will eat the world’s hottest pepper, Pepper X. Go to votelikeabeast.com. send some other unregistered people to be registered there, and see if you can drum up some entertainment from us. Yes. All right, let’s bring in the meals. What you ordered was my special meal, as I call it. It’s a chicken soft taco and a Burrito Supreme. Link, we got your typical order, which is a chicken quesadilla and a Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco with beef, which is what it usually comes to. And then, Jordan, as you demonstrated in the video, you like the black bean Crunchwrap Supreme. No tomatoes. Add onions and jalapeños. Side of spicy ranch, side of nacho cheese. And four packets of Fire Sauce. Absolutely. And, of course, we have some iceless Baja Blast to test the. And some Cinnamon Twists. Let me look at the. At the cut of this. I like how you basically taught me to assess the evenness of it. I feel like I always saved the biggest segment for last. Yeah. I like to go for a middle piece first. Do you want to go? We don’t know which one is which. Okay. So this is my chicken soft taco, which looks. Quesadilla. Normal. This is not. This is not what I was trying to get. This is the. Do you want your quesadilla? Yeah, I want my quesadilla. There you go. And do you want your chicken taco? Yes, I do. Please. Let me help since I’m here. Yes. All right. How well is this one cut? Also, remember which one’s which. Yeah, I’m gonna put it. I just panicked. Put it right over there. Eat the middle. This one’s very different. Like, where’s the sauce? It seems like this one maybe gave you a different item. And this one also doesn’t have any of the tomatoes or anything on it. I’m also gonna be hundred percent honest with you. There’s a bug in that one. I’m not gonna let you eat it. Give me a little something. You saw a bug? Yes. Like, crawling? Very tiny. Like a little gnat or something. You could have eaten it and been fine, but right there. Yeah. Is it moving? I think that’s it. No, maybe that one’s not it. I swear I saw a tiny fly. If I can’t find it, the people in the comments are gonna come for my absolute life. Okay, I’ll just eat from the other side. Eat from the other side. Well, hey, we gotta. We gotta hold that against it. My bottom of my Locos just failed. Uh oh. It bottomed out. Literally. That is not good. That’s bad? So my left one’s bad. Okay. Okay. Did you try the right one yet? Nothing weird about that. The right one is not great either. I think it’s just something happened in shipping. You know what I’m saying? Yes, absolutely. In transit. This is flatter. They’re both equal still. I’m absolutely positive I saw a bug in this, and I know that because I looked at it for so long and was like, do I say something? Do I not say something? Do I say something? Do I not? I’m glad you said it. And then I saw it move. Just trust me, I’ve never steered you guys wrong before. I believe you. Maybe a little too much uniced Baja Blast. You know what I’m saying? Absolutely. I don’t know. Again, the Burrito Supreme is significantly better in a way that I can’t quite describe. Like, there’s. They’re not putting certain things on it. On it. In this one. Interesting. The Baja Blast is better from there. I’m gonna. This one’s better? Okay. From the one with the gnat. I don’t think this was the gnat. This was the gnat. Yeah. Oh, that was the gnat? This was the gnat. Both of the things on this plate were better. That’s a black bean Crunchwrap Supreme with jalapeños and onions. No tomato. Okay. I didn’t order this. Yes. Yeah, that’s. That’s Jordan’s. I ordered that. It’s part of. I said it a bunch of times, and it’s on the prompter. And then we explained it in between the takes. Because this one had a so called disappearing gnat in it. Don’t start with me. Seems like we’re leaning towards crapping on this one. This has one tomato skin on it, and I ordered it without tomatoes. Something to note. Okay. Love that. I think the Crunchwrap basically tastes the same. This is, like, all sour cream, right? Doesn’t look good. Over here? Yeah. This is a saucy place. I like. I like that. Like, both the burrito and the taco were significantly saucier. All right, so which one are we voting for as the? Well, we haven’t had the Cinnamon Twists yet, have we? You gotta twist it. Well, where’s that? Get twisted. Yeah. This one is super, super twisty. And super cinnamony. I don’t think they make the. Now, this one has a lot of cinnamon on it. Look at that. You know, at the top of this episode, I thought to myself, Taco Bell. That sounds good. And now, as you are all three digging through multiple piles of food talking about bugs and. I’m good. I think I’m. I think I’m cured. I feel hollow inside myself. Yeah. Some of these have a lot of. No real difference. And some of them have none. I think that these Cinnamon Twists are better. I think that both of my items are better. I think that the. The Crunchwrap Supreme is the same, and I didn’t have the quesadilla, but I, seemed. It was the same. You said it was the same. So. This one’s better. We’re saying that one’s better. This one also had a gnat. A real gnat. But, Link, did you have any, like, it doesn’t seem like you had much discernible difference. No, I’m not contributing. Okay. He just ate the whole quesadilla and said, that’s delicious. It’s his new motto. I’m not contributing. Know when you’re not needed. So, you said this one tastes better? Yes. And this one tastes worse. He did. Okay, great. So that means that you think this one is higher reviewed and this one is lower reviewed? All right. Are you ready for the big reveal? Yes. Count me in. Three, two, one. This is the worst Taco Bell. Yeah. Which you also thought was better when you went and visited. Redemption. You’re all wrong. I did. Redemption streak. Here we are on the side just rehabbing people left and right. We have proven that it’s not about the Taco Bell. It’s about the people around the Taco Bell. And the people that work in the Taco Bell. It’s about the people both in and outside of the Taco Bell. And also the kiosk a little bit. So we’re saying when it comes to Taco Bell, is it listen to the reviews or any will do? It’s neither. Go to the lowest reviewed ones. Just call me. Thanks for subscribing and clicking that bell. Now, Jordan, you say you know what time it is. You know what time it is. I’m Sarah. I’m Robin. I’m Dana. I’m Greg. We’re playing We’re Still Good. 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