Filiberto’s

I don’t know why I bypass Filiberto’s when it comes to Mexican food. I’ve heard it’s greasy, full of lard, whatever. I don’t know, I don’t eat at Filibertos. However, waiting for a contractor to meet me at the Depot, and I was hungry, and I love juevos rancheros, and well… I found myself at the counter of this Filiberto’s.
Service was very fast considering the place was packed with what seemed like a ton of other contractor types (lots of bright vests, tape measures, and workers gloves). My plate was overflowing with beans, rice, eggs, lettuce, etc. The eggs were cooked just right, and the little condiment bar just put things over the top.
A great price for a filling breakfast.

I go to Filberto’s for Taco Tuesday. .99cents which is a great deal. They are really good!
The restaurant is always clean and the staff are
always friendly.

Quick lunch but, don’t expect too much. Served with un-​melted cheese on top of beans and rolled tacos.

Nice and clean please, had the California burrito it was ok, Arizona burrito was average carne asada burrito with melted cheese, clean restrooms price is avegerage.

I’ve never actually gone into this Filiberto’s as the drive thru is more convenient for my lazy ass. I feel like my order always takes a long time to make. I usually get the pollo asado combo plate. I’m sure they go and kill the chickens and cook them as I’m impatiently waiting in my car starving. It’s the price I pay for being lazy and only living 5 minutes away.
Red sauce is bomb.

So I’m from Oregon, so keep that in mind, but I’ve been here half a dozen time and have always enjoyed the food, especially the tacos. It’s a «stand up and order place» with fresh food, great salsa bar, self serve soda machine, no mystery meat!, etc. If Filberto’s was in the PNW, it would make a mint and I’d be 40lbs heavier.

I don’t know her name but there is a young woman who works there literally every time I go there and she is seriously one of my favorite people to exist. If she read this she would likely recognize the bean and cheese burrito with cilantro and a side of enchilada sauce girl who is always going there at weird hours after work looking a mess. I have an annoying order which she gets right every time. She is always super friendly and sweet. Fillis is always good but the reason I always go to that specific location is because she brightens my day up because she is just fabulous.

Decent inexpensive mexican food. The fish tacos are excellent.
Unfortunately, the rice and beans are consistently not very good so I usually go to other restaurants if they are open.

Awful service, waited in drive thru for literally 26 min with no service. They are supposed to be 24hrs!!! I’m drunk, hungry and pissed off

I used the drive-​through.
The guy forgot to run my coupon so he gave me a free large drink instead awesome trade I think!
Good service and greasy Mexican food.

I love these places. This is one of the best chains in the Phoenix area. I was missing the «–to’s» brand of SoCal mexi food from my diet for years. This makes moving here all the better!
Today I had the rolled tacos Monday special with rice and beans (double rice) and a soda for $ 4.99. Muy deliciosa! But my favorite menu item is carne asada burritos and their amazing quesadillas!
This particular location was clean and friendly and the food outstanding! (I live me some taco stands!!). That’s two for two for filibertos in the Phoenix metro.

Nasty, I am in so much pain…

I have never been to this location. I used to love Fili’s, but lately many seem to have gone downhill. This one though is like the Filibertos of old. A burrito as big as your head, and a drink for a five buckos special.

I love getting the bean and cheese burrito. Honestly that’s all I get from here. The two times I’ve been to this location however, it’s taken over 15 min to gets through the drive thru. Don’t go through unless you have extra time.

Check out their special of the day. They have a good item on sale for a dollar each day. I come here on Wednesday for the bean burritos. For just 1 buck you can’t go wrong. I add cheese for 50 cents. Their red hot sauce doesnt taste good so get the green instead. Cheese quesadillas are a dollar on thursdays. Great food for a awesome price.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Fili B’s rocks! Open ²⁴⁄₇ so whenever you’ve got the craving that only Filiberto’s can fill.
My review is rather limited, as I admit that I order the exact same menu item EVER single visit. I hear they have other delicious menu items although I’d never know.
I order the carnitas burrito and it is delicious. Starting with the fresh tortilla… It’s perfect. Warm, fresh and very tasty… It only gets better from here. The pork is succulent and perfectly caramelized perfection. They’ve added fresh guacamole and pico de gallo that add an additional explosion to your impatiently waiting tastebuds. Top this off with their salsa bar and pickled carrots and you’ve got one of the best burritos in the Valley!
They have 8 valley locations and offer weekday specials.

Well as usual the rolled tacos lacked the quality of my first visit. They were mushy in the middle and some parts of the tacos appeared maybe to not even been dipped into the fryer. The guacamole quality also not impressive this time and the cheese on the rolled tacos was not melted at all. Very concerned about prices for this item too as in most places you can get 5 of these for under 5 bucks always, but they are 6.50 here with tax. Not worth it based on quality and not even a healthy dose of alcohol helped either.

Not the cheapest, not the best, but it was open late on a Sunday.
the Nachos were good, from what I remember…
The drive though took FOREVER. I guess that might be a good sign at a Mexican food place though, if you know what i mean.
if it was the only place again (I cant believe Taco Bell was closed!) I would give it another go.

Sadly, all good things must come to an end. Much like my relationship with Los Betos, so goes mine with Filiberto. Maybe his cousin will be better.
On my last visit, the chips were burnt. The guac tasted old. The cheese in the enchilada had re-​solidified to some disastrous inedible wad of nastiness. Yes, I threw out cheese. And the beans were just… there aren’t words to express the horror. Dry, stiff, terrible flavor. Thankfully the taco was good, as was the rice. It’s a damn good thing I buy a lot of food!
For now, I say goodbye. But I know in my heart, someday I’ll be back, remembering the good times, hoping he will have changed… Until then, I leave an extra star for the memories.

I am impressed with this Filiberto’s. And, I believe Heather C has it right — «Mexican food the way my god intended it to be… huge portions and dirt cheap!»
Sorry, normally I don’t begin a review by quoting another Unilocal’er and in this case a friend as well. Up until a years ago, we had never been to a Filiberto’s before and found the food genuine and good.
Another positive working in it’s favor, is that Filberto’s runs variety of specials during the week (see photo). Like Taco Tuesday and Bean Burritos Thursdays.
I view Filiberto’s as a restaurant that someone from Mexico would start, after eating at a Taco Bell. Heck, I even thought about doing it. LOL Which I imagine, was the original story behind it; and lo and behold:
«In 1986, Flavio, Aurelio, Francisco and Filiberto Tenorio had a vision of opening an authentic fresh Mexican food restaurant. They successfully opened their first one in San Diego, California, and they named it Filiberto’s In 1993 Filiberto’s opened its first best Mexican fast food restaurant in Mesa, AZ.»
Recently we were shopping at nearby Lamps Plus and Home Depot and decided to have dinner. Funny thing, one of us wanted a burgers, while another wanted a burrito. So I took mine to go and met at McDonald’s across the parking lot. Funny but true. Several of the employees nodded their approval.
So, a Three and a solid Half Star «A-​OK» rating, just short of Four Stars. I’ll see you in the parking lot.