Bubbakoo’s Burritos

Love the food nice big portions and always made fresh right in front of u and its made fast i love the double steak barrits

This one is a crap-​shoot. Sometimes the rice-​balls are great, other times they’re burnt and dry. Sometimes the burritos are packed perfectly, other times they’re sloppy and falling apart. Just a lack of quality consistency keeping this branch from 4 stars.
The staff, on the other hand… always friendly, always quick. Great group working there.

Always fresh, polite personnel, blows all others like it off the map. Clean and great atmosphere. Want a great meal go to Bubbakoos. My fav is the Chiwawa and the buffalo chix wrap. Yum. Support the community too.

Never had a bad burrito, always made fresh. Nachos pretty good too.

I’ve been here a plenty of times. The food is alright, bu that’s expected at a place like this. Normally the service is really good. Not so much today.
I walked in, and there were 4 people behind the counter. 1 was busy doing something, but the others were all talking to eachother. I spent a moment awkwardly standing there feeling out of place and unwelcome. Finally, after a throat clearing on my part, I bought a drink a and left.
I’ll probably come back, its great after getting your nails done next door. But this really ticked me off.

SUPER SUPER SUPER friendly staff. Great food, Huge portions. Whatever your paying your staff is not enough. Customer service is job one for them! Great food. I am back again and again. I recommend the double shrimp burrito. How do they get all that food in one burrito? You guy are great!

Ordered from here Wednesday evening. Food is always consistent. The staff wasn’t overly friendly but nice enough. I didn’t feel like cooking so we stopped on our way home from running errands.

Bubbakoos, as you read this, realize, you made me do this.
When the Bridge Ave location opened my wife and i frequented it. We were there so early on that the owners (who were often there) asked us to sample items they were adding. Things were great. Portions were huge, the staff was friendly, and the price was very reasonable. A few years later we moved over to Brick and were happy to see a location was opening up right around the corner.
At first, things were great. Employees from the Bridge Ave spot were running this one, our burrito enjoyment carried on per usual.
Fast forward to last year when this place just went south. I started seeing new people, all the time. The staff started to seem younger. There was a lot more BS’ing and play going on behind the counter– usually between the guys and the lone girl that always seemed to be there. Its cool, i dont care, but, i do, because the service got sloppy. Ordering started becoming a chore. Your signature dish is a Chiwawa? I would never know it because i always get a dirty look when ordering one because you always seem to be low or out of Rice balls. Always.
Slowly i noticed the staff wasnt that friendly anymore, the portions were getting smaller, the time to get in and out of the place was longer, and the prices were going up. A couple of times over the last two years i noted to my wife that i was just about done with this place. After all, what was i holding on to? Once the love affair wore off i started to look harder and noticed more stuff which all leads me to now, which was just my last visit.
I walked in and was 1 of 2 customers, the first already making the transaction at the register. What did i notice right away? Certainly not the normal, «hi» or «we’ll be right with you.» Almost 10 minutes later of me standing there and i finally get a signal. Perhaps it was my stare right into the employees eyes hoping they would say something. I finally got a «one sec.» Now im not one to be a jerk, i dont clear my throat or speak up to get attention, i waited patiently for someone to do the right thing and greet the customer. Take a tip from Jersey Mikes– no matter how busy they are, how many people theyre helping, they greet every person the second they walk in the door. Your busy, theres a wait? Its cool, at least i know that you know im here.
I finally ordered my dinner and didnt take much notice to anything as A. i was holding my daughter and B. ive been going there so long that i get on autopilot and dont need to pay attention. Or so i though. I paid and noticed it was expensive– the prices have gone up… again. Okay, its cool– competitive market, bad economy, i get it.
I get home and open the food up to see two of the saddest Chiwawas ive ever laid my eyes on. No lie, they were 33% smaller than normal. Im a grown man and usually eat half. I finished the whole thing in record time for two reasons, 1 it was small and 2. it was borderline disgusting. For starters, the rice had a strange texture and was a bit chewier than normal. On top of that were 7 tiny pieces of cold chicken. SEVEN pieces. Really? And cold? The chiwawa was topped off with Guac as i usually do, but, this time it finally hit. This Guac, errr, this green shit they serve that comes out of a bag is just gross. I never really noticed it so badly before because its so mixed in with the other ingredients, but, it is horrendous.
And here’s the topper, the big bag of chips i always ordered was now only filling 25% of the bag. There were 19 chips in the bag. My family of three used to hardly finish the bag.
So Bubbakoos, we’re done. You had your chance, i was there in the beginning and ive watched you spiral downhill. I gave you a lot of chances because i had so much time invested in you, but, thats it. In such a competitive market here at the shore with the small Burrito places and the incoming chains, you have a lot of work to do to catch back up. Burritos dont have to feel like eating from a grease truck, i leave Fin’s feeling like ive just eaten a good meal– i can taste the ingredients.
Later.

Delicious burritos! Very friendly staff! I always get a chicken burrito (made to my taste of course) and I am always satisfied. However, there isn’t a HUGE variety here… basically you can get a taco, burrito, quesadilla, salad or their very own «chiwawa» which is rice balls and cheese.

Babbakoo’s is basically like chipotle, but not a huge chain, and not as good. Toms River /​Brick NJ don’t have chipotle, so I guess this takes it’s place. Similar concept, you walk in and order your meal piece by piece. Service was extremely friendly, but I wasn’t into the food.
I got the burrito bowl, and it just wasn’t great, it was ‘alright’. Pretty sure the wild stomach ache I had later in the day came from the burrito bowl. You can see the cooking station from where you order, and it isn’t the cleanest.
Sat outside at some of their picnic tables. Some pick-​up truck was blasting Mariachi, for about 30 minutes. It was a weird time.

This place is alright. It’s better than some of the other local mexican options (surf taco, taco bell, etc), but a tad on the pricey side, considering it’s kind of fast-​foody.
The good: The food quality isn’t bad — the ingredients are fresh, and I’ve often seen them cooking up fresh meats to replace the ones in the warming trays. The portions are pretty hefty, and I’ve never left here on an empty stomach.
The «meh»: The prices are a little high, in my opinion. For those of you who haven’t been here, it’s pretty much a clone /​mix of Chipotle and Qdoba, with their own «flair» thrown into the mix. Often times I’ve ordered a $ 7 burrito bowl only to have the entire total come out to $ 10+ because of a small addition of cheap toppings, like mango salsa. While plentiful in portions, the food could also use a bit of a «pep» in terms of flavor and seasoning. It’s not bad, it just needs more lime for the rice, or something to balance out the very «flat» flavor of the beans.
In all, a place that I wouldn’t be against going to if I was out looking for a quick bite, but not really my first choice in this style of cuisine, either. A few modifications to the menu /​seasonings, though, and it’ll show a lot more promise. Very middle of the road, currently.