Los Primos Mexican Food

Boooo! That’s all I have to say. We’ve been trying to find a good taco shop by the in-​laws’ new place. This ain’t it. Got the pollo asado burrito ($ 4), Chipotle monster burrito ($ 7), chicken quesadilla (about $ 5), and chipotle chicken quesadilla ($ 6.75, but because they made a mistake which we didn’t catch). We pulled up to the drive-​through window and waited at least 15 – 20 minutes for our food. I don’t know what takes that long, but it was real slow.
The chipotle chicken quesadilla ended up being chicken of the sea (shrimp), which was okay, but not great. Same with the chicken. The pollo asada burrito was about the size of a Tino’s microwave burrito. This was extremely disappointing. It was a regular size tortilla, just barely any meat in it. The flavor of the chicken was just alright, but it was so lacking in amount that it went to fast for me to really get an idea of how good it was.
The «monster» was pretty weak. They offer a few options, california, baja or chipotle. I don’t really know the difference between the baja and chipotle except one has carnitas I think whilte the other had chicken in chipotle. Both have beans, rice, etc. The cali has french fries. What we found was that, while it is indeed large, it’s about 75% beans and rice, 10% tortilla, and maybe 15% chicken. I can only imagine how many french fries are probably in the cali. They used two tortillas. For what? extra padding… for the bigger burrito illusion and and for my midsection.
The salsas were good, but they were shady about it. They wouldn’t give me many more when I asked for it. They pretty much were shady on almost everything. Had I known that they were part of the same los primos chain that we have up by our house in UTC, I never would’ve ate there. I can tell you one thing, I never will again because for the price, I could feed at least four people at a normal taco shop and it wouldn’t be on a bunch of beans and rice. booooooo shady taco shops!

A chain taco shop sits next to a gas station. The food is standard, perhaps even above average for a place like this. The service is on par with a Los Primos; sometimes good, sometimes not so good.
I’ve been eating here off and on for awhile now. My office is located off the 905, and every now and again, we’ll go to Los Primos for a change of pace from the usual happenings around this area. There’s no shortage of fast food joints down in Otay Mesa, nor is there a shortage of roach coaches and taco shops. In fact, they’re everywhere.
I had no idea Los Primos was a chain-​type restaurant until one popped up in my neighborhood. I’ve had a variety of things there and it really isn’t that bad. You don’t expect that from a chained taco shop. You expect it to be pretty crappy, or as unauthentic from Mexican food as you can get – think of Rubio’s or La Salsa and that’s what I was headed for. Los Primos isn’t one of those phony taco shops that pretend to be authentic using words like «Fresh Mexican» or «Taste Baja.» They are as close to San Diego taco shop as you can get without being too overly corporate.
It’s not bad food. It’s not the best food. But when you visit a taco shop in San Diego, you expect a certain level of taste and quality – and you’re sure the food isn’t made from stray dogs. Los Primos off the 905 surely meets or exceeds this quality test.