Qdoba Mexican Grill

This is a very very nasty store I went there one day and didn’t buy nothing but I hate some of my friends and it made me sick it didn’t even look good

Ah, my guilty pleasure 3-​cheese chicken nachos. I have been (somewhat) secretly loving you for over ten years. I will wait in ridiculously long lines to be with you. As with other University Circle restaurants you are crazy busy and slow during lunch (12 – 1) so I visit you on off times when I can.

I’m generally a fan of Qdoba, mostly because of their queso and the taco salads (I love the chip-​bowl for the taco salads!). The staff were a little slow in getting to me, and the lady who was working the registers decided to spend several minutes chatting with the guys cooking in back while I was standing at the register waiting to pay which was annoying. But this place has one of those cool touch-​screen Coke soda dispensers where you can mix like 30 different flavors in your drink! I haven’t seen one of those machines in forever!

8 $ for their chicken rice bowl. I prefer Chipotle but qdoba does have excellent queso. I wish Chipotle offered queso also. The rice at Chipotle is better but the rest of the ingredients are equivalent.

Good for Gluten Free. I had the Bowl. Easy in and out. Located close to Case Western.

My mother loves Qdoba. And boy do I mean LOVES! She works around the corner from the University Circle location and goes for lunch at least once a week. Tuesdays to be exact, because it is triple points Tuesday. Now, if you’re a regular Qdoba eater you may know they offer a rewards system that will earn you points and ultimately free food if you’re a frequent diner. My mom gets so much free food from this place, it is definitely worth joining the free club.
I’ve been to Qdoba more in the past month than in my entire life. I must say, I like the selection and the friendliness of the employees. I know there are WAY more Chipotles out there but Qdoba boasts a variety that Chipotle just can’t match. I love the chips at Qdoba too. The UH location stuffs that bag FULL and well, I can’t say the same for Chipotle and the ¹⁄₃^rd full bag of chips.
Qdoba offers a «pick two» menu where you can choose a smaller version of 2 items for approx $ 6.50. I like this because again, I like variety, and I can have 2 things that aren’t huge and I get more bang for my buck. Generally I can take one item home for a snack or lunch the next day.
The Gumbo is delish! The naked salad is yummy. There are about 6 salsas to try and Qdoba does offer seasonal options. This year they had a yummy mango salsa.
If you’re a Chipotle junkie, or just like your Mex. food, try Qdoba the next time you pass it. I think you’ll be surprised at the options and the goodness of the food!

Ive dined here dozens of times. The menu is not explained well all. The guy today working thd steam line was an all out jerk to me today. That’s pitting it mildly. I was in around 2pm and got really bad customer service. Generally speaking, its clean and the staff is pretty friendly. Its a bit overpriced considering what you get. Watch out for the sneaky over charges on grilled vegetable items. Guacamole is 1.19 extra. Whoa. The salads are .20 more than they have posted on the menu. The food is good though. Lunch for me was 8.42 today.

Yes, I am going to rate a chain. Yes, I am going to rate that chain 5 stars. Deal with it!
In the interest of full disclosure, I am inherently biased toward Qdoba. Something in Chipotle makes me sick, whereas I can eat Qdoba to my heart’s content (maybe not actually to my heart’s content — that would involve an unlimited supply of guac and queso). That inherent bias aside, I would choose Qdoba any day. The guac, the queso, the rice that’s not overly cilantro-​y… yum.
I’ve been here more times than I can count. I went all the time in college with friends (one of my close friends and I often went on «qdoba dates») and was never disappointed. The few times I’ve come back after that, it hasn’t changed. In fact, it’s only improved. That soda machine?! Back in my day, we only had a few options…
I received an e-​mail today saying that it was my anniversary for signing up for the reward card, so I got free chips and queso. Other cool rewards include a free entrée when you purchase enough things on your reward card (I believe it’s 10?)
I’ve had great service and I’ve had mediocre service, but I’ve never had bad service. This location can handle the lunch rush, the dinner rush, and any rush in between.
My favorite thing to get is probably a toss up between the burrito bowl and the quesadilla. Both are delicious. I’ve recently developed an affinity for their chicken in particular.
I will always have a soft spot for this location, and for Qdoba in general.

Awesome service. Delicious food. So much better than chipotle.

The service here is very iffy, sometimes it’s great, other times, not so much. I do love the queso sauce that they have here.

The servers were very grumpy and not very helpful. The food was OK

I’m a huge Chipotle fan but one of my best friends is always raving about Qdoba so I told him I would give it a try with an open mind. I went in and the guy behind the counter immediately ignored me when I said I wanted black beans and almost didn’t put them in. Then they charged me extra for guac when it was supposed to be included on my vegetarian burrito. When I let them know, they were super rude and fought me on it. After we went back and forth for a minute I got sick of it and just paid the extra money for guac. At this point I was already telling myself I’d never go back there.
I tried the queso on my burrito because that’s what my friend is always raving about. I wasn’t a fan. Usually when I get Chipotle burritos I down the entire thing. I couldn’t even choke down half of this one it was pretty nasty.
The only good thing about this place is they give you a free drink if you show them your college ID. Literally, the only thing. Go to Chipotle instead.

Boo — Qdoba! Boo!
I had a blast hanging out with you back in the day — when I was kickin’ it back at Case Western during Undergrad. Now, I fear — that love affair is over. Long ago are the days where we would study in your dining room, enjoying «bottomless» chips and cheese from your lovely staff.
Fast forward to today, where you are not attentive, and rarely get any orders correct! I wrote no sour cream. Why is my bowl covered in white goo? … again!
It is possible to get back on track — I believe in you!

I came across Qdoba for the first time when I was in Philadelphia. I liked it a lot just because they have more options and many healthy choices on their menu. I can put it in the same category as Chipotle sometimes but somehow they are not as good as Chipotle. In comparison to Chipotle, they do not have good ambiance and sometimes their food does not feel or look as fresh as Chipotle. This particular location is very small and I did not like as much as I liked the one on Walnut street in Philadelphia. I still liked their Gumbo which remains my favorite Mexican dish and that is the only reason I go to Qdoba. For everything else I just to to Chipotle or other independent restaurants.

delicious when im feeling a late night mexican feast and when chipotle is closed. it has a larger variety of meals to choose from and a rewards program whereas chipotle doesn’t
I got the chicken burrito (which was pretty good): a little on the greaser side with the rice, the chicken is delicious and vain free (unlike chipotle), not a huge fan of the fajita or salsas (the salsas have no kick/​spice to them-​not like chipotle’s salsa), i didn’t get beans on it though.
the chips and queso were delicious and a bit on the spicy side.
if i had to choose between chipotle and qdoba– i would pick qdoba’s chicken and everything else would be from chipotle.

I’ve had Qdoba a couple of times and am starting to grow a liking for it. Their burritos come with other toppings that aren’t available at Chipotle. A huge plus is their queso burrito. They also offer more types of food, such as soups, quesidillas, and nachos, and more meats.
Another added bonus is that they make breakfast burritos in the morning, which is awesome for those early morning classes. I have to admit that I’m becoming a Qdoba fan with each and every visit.

This place was a life-​saver. I had just flown in and got settled into my hotel downtown. By the time I was ready to eat most of the places around were closed or looked terrible. So, I began to drive. I had my GPS, but my adventurous side told me that surely there would be something just around the corner. I was only a few blocks away when I began to think about using «Lola» (the GPS). Only then did I realize that if I pulled that thing out I would get mugged for sure. I drove for about 30 more minutes, running stop signs and red-​lights hoping to see police. Just when I thought I was about to die I saw some lights and drove straight for them. It was Qdoba!!! No wonder I couldn’t find any police… they were all busy ordering burritos. Anyways, I ordered here and food never tasted so good. Not sure if it really was or not, but I was sure glad to be alive!
This is a true story by the way!

Still same old Qdoba. However, there is a new Mexican place right across the street called Luchita’s Express. It is much much better and I recommend it! They use organic ingredients and manage to be cheaper than Qdoba.

Not a huge Qdoba fan. They don’t have many or any at all where I used to live, but I thought I’d try it a few times instead of getting Chipotle.
This Qdoba is located near the campus of Case Western Reserve University. My experiences here weren’t the best. First of all, they were all out of meat, so I had to wait for them to cook up a new batch. The guy who steamed the tortilla for the burrito did a horrible job, and ended up over-​pressing it, which stretched the tortilla. When the lady at the end of the line went to roll the burrito up, she ended up tearing it. Now, I’ve been to this Qdoba twice, and this was the second time that she tore it. Like giving birth to a baby…
«Crap. Would you like it double wrapped?» She asks. No, I don’t want it double wrapped! I want to actually taste the ingredients inside, not just tortilla on top of tortilla.
It’s not that hard to run a Qdoba, and the food was good, I admit, but this one needs to hire better workers who actually know how to maintain their work station! Messy!

Sure, I’ll review Qdoba. My friend Elizabeth and I were waiting for our field trip to the Natural History Museum to start, were hungry, and figured we’d go here due to our similar love of pseudo-​Mexican food.
It fronts the intersection of Euclid and Mayfield, giving an interesting view into the intersection, where people and cars fly by on their respective ways. You can try to find street parking, OR, there’s a metered lot in the back on Mayfield.
This place is pretty darn good… I’d need to go a few more times before giving a better review than four stars… as is with all fast food places, their value lies in consistency… and, well… value.
It’s kind of pricey, as a meal (there are several things… quesadillas, tacos, 3 cheese nachos… and I think burritos. I got the tacos, with steak. Elizabeth got a pork quesadilla.
My tacos were awesome, with a slightly lesser grade of steak than say Chipotle. BUT… a major mistake is having too high a grade of meat on tacos. I don’t want to be gnawing through fat in my steak chunks, which is what happens with Chipotle every single time. They have a bunch of stuff you can put on them, different salsas, peppers, onions, sour cream, etc. The lettuce was a bit strange, but the peppers and onions were better than… again, Chipotle, which is I’m sure their main competitor (and probably their inspiration to even open at all).
Elizabeth’s quesadilla was a bit soggy, but she claimed it was awesome.
And hey… they had sweet tea on tap. That’s an auto-​extra star.
Again, the price was a bit much… my tacos and drink were $ 8 and change.
BUT, great food, and in a spectacular location. If you’re heading to the museums, it’s the perfect place to eat quick.
Also, an extra note, the employees here seem to be pretty into it. Many seem to be Case students.