La Bamba

Talk about some delicious Mexican food right in the middle of Highlands with a drive through!!! How Awesome Is That!!!
Sucks that the drive through window is on the opposite side but none the less they are open late and always have delicious Tacos. For any individual who has wobbled up and down the popular Bardstown Rd in the Highlands after going it, this is a wonderful mindnight snack!
The prices are fair and the service is pretty quick! The burritos REALLY are as Big as your head!!!

Drop qdoba and never mention Taco Bell again. You want fast Mexican? This is your place my dude. Burritos as big as my head is a tall order and while the burrito is probably closer to the size of a chihuahua your still gonna feel that sucker swimming in all the beer you had before arriving.

I think most of Louisville knows about La Bamba’s burritos that are the size of your head! I subtracted one star for the mere reason that sometimes the food is absolutely wonderful, but other times I have been here the food wasn’t as good. That very well could be what my mindset was on each occasion.
Tonight me and my boyfriend decided we wanted something quick as he was super tired and didn’t feel like cooking (or waiting for it to be finished. Which means were able to watch our Wednesday night stories sooner [AHS anyone?] which is always GREAT!)
Our food was absolute delish! I got a Super steak burrito and a small corn quesadilla. I have had probably all the types of burritos they offer because they’re the size of your head, filling (sometimes too filling) and juicy. This was my first time getting a small corn quesadilla and I was very impressed. I’m not 100 percent sure what was in it but it was succulent and gave me a nice little bite to wet my appetite for that big ass burrito. The burrito alone was delicious, but I had to add some of that green sauce and their hot sauce to really give it that kick in the face that I love! My boyfriend ordered the Chicken Torta. Which for anyone who wasn’t aware of what they are (like I was until tonight) they are these big sloppy amazing melt in your mouth sandwiches. (I just had to take a bite of his while we were chowing down.) It was fantastic! I think I might just have to step away from my usual and get one of those next time!
The inside is adorable and they have plenty of seating which is good considering they are in prime-​time dot com on Bardstown Road. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve ended up here after a night of bar hopping. The servers are always friendly and if English isn’t your native language most of the servers can speak Spanish as well which is is great! I’ve always received friendly service even when I was at my most inebriated state of mind.
Overall my opinion is if you have never had a burrito the size of your head, then you need to walk on in or drive on thru and get yourself one as soon as possible! Especially after having a drink or two at one (or several) of the neighboring bars.

La bamba is a life saver for those who have visited the usual watering holes around it that are drunk and hungry. I give a million thumbs up to the employees because just from what I’ve seen there at 2 AM, they deal with a lot of hassle and nonsense from the late night drinkers who stop in for a bite.
Their burritos are… Okay (even better the later/​drunker you are), but if you haven’t tried their tortas or loaded nachos, you’re missing out! Also, they make their salsas fresh everyday in-​house. The super spicy one is incredible.
Please stop by this place and tip these awesome men and women who work there. They put up with a lot!

Ate here for early supper. The place is nice enough and clean enough. I ordered medium size burrito. It was blah. No queso sauce or anything on top. No sour cream. No frills restaurant. My burrito just barely better than if I had ordered same at Taco Bell.

La Bamba is a serious contender for late-​night Bardstown grub.
Let me start by saying: I’m a huge fan of bad Mexican food. For this reason, Taco Bell generally measures fairly high on my bad Mexican list. Nevertheless, the Bardstown Taco Bell is terrible — it is slow and consistent in only one regard: the ability to wreck my bowels.
La Bamba to the rescue. It’s about as authentic
as a Cinco de Mayo parade in Helsinki but it fills the shitty burrito shaped hole in my heart.
4 stars for the fuck of it.

I’ve had their tacos before. Al pastor, steak and pork. Surprisingly, they all don’t taste all that different from each other, and I wish there was an option for onion and cilantro toppings rather than the lettuce and tomato that comes with them. La Bamba is really just OK. Its no where near being in an authentic restaurant, but it is quick and does the job.

This place is great if you know how to order. I lived in Los Angeles for nearly fifteen years before moving to Louisville, and when on the west coast ate from taco trucks at least once a week. In fact, after moving to Louisville, which I love, the only thing I missed about Los Angeles were the food trucks. I went hunting for the taste and found many, many places that didn’t do it for me. Finally, one drunken evening, my then-​girlfriend, now my wife (a Louisville native), took me here.
I didn’t love it.
If you order the burritos and the tacos without any changes, they don’t taste quite right. But they’re close.
After a few tries, I began to order either the chorizo or steak burrito without lettuce, tomato, or onions. Add rice and sour cream and it tastes exactly as it should (to me, anyway). Now that I have the formula down, I eat here regularly. Usually just getting a burrito; sometimes a few tacos (just meat, hold whatever else comes on them, and pour on their hot salsa).
I used to wish their whole jalapenos had better flavor. But I’ve taken to pickling my own, so that’s no longer a worry.*
Anyway, when I want a burrito that tastes something like the burritos I spent fifteen years eating on the west coast, I come here.
*Four cups of white vinegar, two cups of water, three tablespoons of salt, three garlic cloves (chopped), black pepper to taste (about a teaspoon for me). Peel and slice three whole carrots. Cut slits into the tips of fifteen jalapenos so the vinegar will permeate. Toss carrots into pot and simmer for fifteen minutes. Add the whole jalapenos and simmer another fifteen. Take off heat. Let cool for ten minutes. Put into Mason jars (usually two or three small ones). Put on lids. Let cool to room temp. Refrigerate till you eat.

La Bamba is not fancy. It’s nothing super special. You should realize that before you go. I read through some other reviews before posting this, and there seem to be quite a few bad ones, so I’m just throwing that out there first thing. Don’t expect anything amazing or mind blowing when you go to La Bamba, or you’ll probably be disappointed.
That being said. La Bamba is pretty good. The food is tasty and it’s reasonably priced. It stays open super late and if you’ve been out drinking, believe me, you’re going to enjoy the food. The sides are ample and the burritos are actually really good. They also have nachos, quesadillas, and other typical fast food Mexican fare.
Are the burritos as big as your head? No. Is the drive-​thru on the wrong side of the car? Yes. But, take this place for what it is and I’m pretty sure you’ll enjoy it.

I am not a huge fan of Mexican food in general, but I can usually find something on the menu I like for a picky eater. I tried here and was not a fan. Service was fine and building was clean just not food I would come back for.

When I was in high school (96 – 00) this was the place to go late night. Always a great snack.
Now, there’s real Mexican places all around Louisville. And their food is better.
Prices have gone up. Yet, the portions here get smaller and smaller.
While decent, it’s not much better than Taco Bell.

The tacos, burritos, and tortas at this place are a lot like the ones I used to get in those delicious Mexican-​immigrant run hole-​in-​the-​walls in Chicago. The place may lack ambience, but the food is tasty and inexpensive. Many Louisvillians may turn up their nose at this place, but that is because the Mexican food they know are those cheese-​smothered dishes in Tex-​Mex restaurants. Don’t get me wrong; I can appreciate those too, but when you are looking for homestyle Mexican cooking, this is the place where you want to go.

My wife and I saw the advertisement of «burritos as big as your head» and had to stop by this local hot-​spot in lieu of our previous Taco Bell plans for the evening. Though the quality of the food is much better than what we would have received, the taste was lacking, chicken was dry, and sausage was flavorless and very greasy.
Some queso would have helped.
I want this place to be good, but it just didn’t live up to the expectations.

This place is great! The burritos are awesome. I’ve read people complaining about the place… It’s a fast food Mexican restaurant that stays open until 4am!!! What did you think you were going to a high end Mexican restaurant??? For what it is the food is awesome, being able to go here when everything else is closed is even more awesome! Yes there drive through is on the wrong side, so what. Yes the place isn’t spotless, they’re open 18 hours a day! So what the burritos aren’t really as big as your head its a joke people, quit being so literal!!!
Every meal I’ve had here I’ve enjoyed. The food is perfect in my opinion! I always go here when I have the opportunity, and I always will.

There are several issues here:
1) The drive through. It’s on the right side. …Let me repeat, you pay and receive your food through the right side of your car. If you have a passenger with you, it’s a small inconvenience. If you’re alone, it’s a huge annoyance. And I really doubt any car larger than a jeep can get through the tiny drive-​through. I have a small car. And it’s tough enough.
2) The place looks dated and feels dirty, even if you aren’t sure why. From the outside and on the inside.
3) It is open really late so if you go here at that time you’re likely to find drunk people stumbling around or causing problems. I have heard multiple stories of drunk people making a scene here.
That said,…I really enjoy their food. I’ve only had a few dishes but I’ve enjoyed them all. Still, it is right between Qdoba and the Chipotle that opened up a few weeks ago… so given the choice between all three of these, I don’t think I’d ever choose La Bamba. It’s hard to imagine it will remain in business much longer with such strong competition so close by.

The burritos are not as big as my head. If my head was that size, I think I’d be missing copious amounts of grey matter required to support my autonomic nervous system.
The dining room could use a spruce up or at least a scrubbing. It’s a little dingy and fairly depressing. It feels like sitting in the recreation room in an old folks home.
The staff was friendly enough but seemed to have some communication issues amongst themselves. There were some sharp exchanges in reference to our order.
I like tacos so, you know, I ordered tacos. The chicken taco was pretty good and the tortillas were stuffed to capacity. The steak taco was not so good. It was dry and under-​seasoned.
Sexy Beast declared the not-​quite-​head-​sized burrito edible.
La Bummer.

Their «head sized «burrito is smaller than regular burritos I’ve had elsewhere. Oh well. They are decent. The tacos are pretty good. The tortas are skimpy. Everything just needs more flavor and more filling! … I have high hopes for Mexican food thoigh. Born and raised in so-​cal, and frequented Baja Mexico… This place works when you’re insanely drunk and just don’t give a shit because it at least halfway comes across authentic. It’s ok.

First thing you notice is the run down feel of the dining area. Trying to communicate with the employes may be difficult at times.
Excited for a huge burrito I get down on a beef and queso filled burrito. After the first few bites I realize the burrito is completely lacking flavor apart from the abundance of overpowering raw onions. Trying to add some kind of sensation I add some of their salsa on top only creating a burn in my mouth while STILL not giving flavor.
Completely disappointed and would never recommend this to a true food lover.
Save yourself the grief and drive down to Taco Bell if it’s late and you want some cheap Mexican.

Their burritos are definitely better than their tortas and their tacos. The chicken is the shredded variety, and their steak is not that good; I recommend getting ground beef. Make sure you grab one of the sauce cups, it makes a huge difference. La Bamba gets bonus points for being open late and for having a parking lot.

I’ve been wanting to try this place out for decades and finally did just the other day. It’s something of a staple along Bardstown Rd, and — while most frequently visited by those at the end of weekend debauchery — I’d also recommend it to non-​debauched hungry people. There’s just something about seeing a sign for «Burritos as big as your head» that draws one in like a circus freak show.
Ambience is nothing special. It looks like an old Wendy’s building, with the glassed-​in front seating area and (backwards) drive-​thru. You can see the cook prepare your food as you order it, which is nice.
I got the mini burrito, so it wasn’t the size of my head, but it was probably the size of a Chipotle/​Qdoba burrito. Mind you that La Bamba has been around for quite a while, so when their huge burritos first debuted, they were a novelty rather than the norm. No matter. They offer a broader range of choices in meats (I picked chorizo) and toast the outside of your burrito on the grill for taste that is mmm-​mmm good!

I really wanted to like this place more — it was like a mirage on a late, hungry night — but it was just mediocre to me.
Walked over from a nearby bar… great, great location for a Mexican food restaurant that is open late. We ordered the Super Nachos and a burrito to start. I liked the nachos, but then we tried the burrito, and both of us thought it tasted just like the nachos, except wrapped in a tortilla. Wanted something different so he went to order me a quesadilla… and its filling were pretty much exactly the same as those on the nachos and in the burrito. Were we just noobs at ordering there?
«Burritos as big as your head!» is a cute tagline, but I have a very big head so I didn’t get my hopes up ;)
I am open to giving La Bamba another try the next time I am in the Midwest.
Ending note: I really like their website!

I hate that I loved it.
I was visiting Louisville for a weekend, and I’m pretty sure I ended up at that place every night (or early morning) completely intoxicated, looking for the comfort of a burrito as big as my head :(.
I’m so embarrassed.
Their cheese quesadillas on corn tortillas are delish! and from the burritos, I’d probably go for chicken. I did not enjoy too much the pork one.
Their nachos were pretty good, but a bit too much onion in them.
Def. a must go if you live in the area and need some mexican comfort to sober up :(
Carry on Soldiers, and let the Party extend at that place.