Best Burritos

What’s the worst burrito you’ve ever had?
Exactly.
Burritos are mostly run of the mill… Most are good, some are ok, and every now and then you come across something marvelous.
Before I go any further, let me say the people who run this truck are super nice & sweet.
Barring that, This was THE WORST burrito I have ever had in my life. It was extraordinary — 1 burrito, 2 sick people.
I went here for lunch because A) I love food trucks & B) Love burritos. This thing was huge. Eat what I can and take the rest home home. Share with the girlfriend.
I have never seen food spoil quicker… We were up that night and the next morning purging «freshly roasted» carnitas. I promise — Any other truck would do

Hate to bash but I just finished maybe the worst burrito of my life and am actually thinking the smart thing would have been to have thrown it away.
I got the veggie burrito. The veggies tasted and looked like they were thawed a month ago and then boiled for an hour. The prevalent flavor of the burrito, though, was petroleum. Not sure if that was the tortilla. Really this thing qualified as disgusting. I am sad.

I walked to get a burrito from Pedro & Vinny’s but he wasn’t there… or maybe he moved?
Anyway, next option was this truck. It took 10 minutes to get a single vegetarian burrito. I’m trying to figure out why the hell this cost me $ 7.70. Are you kidding?!
Absolutely nothing special about it. Thoroughly average and significantly overpriced.
No thanks.

This burrito truck is great. Authentic tasting food, delicious tomatillo sauce.
The only downfall is the price, of course, but every food truck in DC is overpriced compared to what you could get at a regular place.
I scarfed down the Viajero burrito today, and man it was tasty. I’ll go for it again but I’ll tell them to hold the guac this time. Guacamole is not their strong suit.
At any rate, for some just regular good tasting food, check it out. All of the other trucks seem to try to hard to create a niche save for a couple of them (Basil Thyme is awesome — just good ass lasagna).
Anyway! BLUF (well not up front but you get it): try it. I think you’ll like it.

I’m originally from Cali, and have yet to get a decent carne asada burrito or taco in DC to date, I’ve search far and wide, and it just isn’t happening. I tried this place today, large portion, the flavors are just not there, and as other commenters have written, the guac and cream are on one side of the burrito that is stuffed with too much rice.

Since I have quite disliked all of the Mexican trucks I have encountered in DC thus far, I decided to give Best Burritos a try. I was so disappointed by this place. I ordered the fish tacos, and quite frankly they were just dry and bland. The fish didn’t taste very fresh (think it was tilapia). I got 3 tacos, and each had 2 tortillas. Way too much tortilla. I threw the extra tortillas away. I had ordered the tacos «spicy» but there was nothing spicy about them. And there was just no flavor. No sauce or salsa and just absolutely bland, boring tacos. Totally was not worth the calories.
Perhaps they do make the «Best Burritos and Tortas» but they certainly do not make the best fish tacos.

If you don’t want to read the whole thing here’s your quick-​look take-​away:
1.5 stars: good ingredients, debatable value, very poor organization
For those who are still reading, here comes the rant. First off, as a Southern California native, I was super stoked to hear about a legit burrito place/​truck/​distribution venue opening up in downtown DC (sorry Chipotle is McDonalds crap wrapped in a tortilla) and their name certainly sets the bar high. However, they fail to deliver on the potential that is ‘Best Burritos’ since they haven’t figured out the way to provide well-​made burritos in a remotely timely fashion.
Today, I waited FORTY MINUTES for a NINE DOLLAR burrito and when I got it the guacamole and sour cream were on either end of the burrito. Let me endeavor with some action imagery for the audience: first bite, mouthful of sour cream; second bite, yep more sour cream; third, Oh come on! Finally, the last three bites, all guacamole. Get a spatula and spread it on the tortilla like Pedro & Vinny’s or roll the burrito properly.
While the burrito was expensive, I felt it was reasonably priced for its size and compared to the options in other food trucks. The ingredients were decent and well-​prepared, but nothing extraordinary: pinto beans, rice, too much lettuce, pico de gallo, decent beef from a mole base (though too similar to Burrito Brothers for my liking), great hot sauce, sour cream, guacamole and a refreshing spinach tortilla. While the Viajero Burrito was within range of reasonable value, I can’t imagine paying $ 6 for a bean and cheese burrito or $ 8 for a chipotle burrito.
All that being said, I still would have been fine with a new truck, learning the ropes, providing a less-​than-​awesome but still good burrito, but the fact that everyone in Farragut Square was waiting for so long just made me want to, well, write a long, brutally honest review. I was Number 26 and Number 9 was served right after I ordered. Let me refresh your memory, FORTY MINUTES FOR A BURRITO. Granted it was Farragut Friday and they were busy, but the wait was so far beyond reasonable that people were going up and asking for their money back.
Unfortunately, I will not be back anytime in the near future unless I need a burrito fix and I’m in Farragut Square at 11am or 2pm or I hear they have worked out the kinks in the burrito-​making business. Maybe I’m being too picky or have been spoiled by Mexican food in SoCal, but that’s the way I feel and, well, this is my post. Good luck fellow burrito fiends!

**** 3.5 stars ****
The comparisons to Chipotle will inevitably come, so let me go ahead and either dispel or confirm what you may suspect or conclude from this truck. With a name that literally says Best Burritos (and Tortas), you better bring it, and well, at least they showed up for the party. It’s a good burrito, but it definitely has some flaws.
Let’s start with the most obvious thing, price. Their most expensive burrito, the Viajero Beef, runs $ 9 and comes with lettice, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, beans, rice and your choice of sauce (chipotle, habanero, or tomatillo). Size wise it seems about the same or slightly smaller than a typical Chipotle burrito, which runs about $ 6.50 if I’m not mistaken. With that price discrepancy I could get double meat and add the guacamole at Chipotle, making it stuffed even more. Another thing that actually pissed me off here was that they charge $ 2 for Jarritos (or water, coke, or anything else), and they do have a decent selection, but they serve the plastic bottles instead of glass, and they’re just barely iced (more like sitting in a bucket of melted ice), so when you get it it’s already lukewarm. If you’re going to charge me a premium over walking right next door to Subway for a soda then please at least serve them cold. They’re also cash only, so yet another fail in this category.
Advantage: Chipotle
Composition is one of my biggest pet peeves about burritos, because I absolutely hate biting into a doughy bite of nothing but rice, or beans, and then all the gloop falling out at the bottom. Chipotle has been a notorious repeat offender for me here, so it was nice to see Best Burrito get this part right. Every ingredient is distributed evenly, with nice bites of meat throughout the entire meal. The only thing which really seemed to be absent was the guacamole, although I did find just a smear of it towards the bottom.
Advantage: Best Burritos
Finally and probably most importantly is flavor. I should be able to distinguish everything in your burrito, from the crunch of the lettuce to the seasoning of the meat, texture of the rice and beams, and high on the scale for me, the heat from your salsa or whatever other additive you’ve applied. Obviously I requested mine with the habanero salsa, and it was virtually nonexistent. I mean to say that there was ZERO heat in this burrito. They did have containers in front of the truck where you could pour your own, but if you ASK me what kind I want on it I expect it to be there, and be noticeable, otherwise don’t advertise it. Compare this to Chipotle’s salsa, that while not burning can still pack some punch, along with the fantastic seasoning on their barbacoa meat. Best Burritos does score some points for the remainder of the burrito though, as I really hate the rice at Chipotle and the texture of their tortilla pretty much disgusts me.
Advantage: Tie
I would normally rate just about all Chipotle’s the same, 3 stars, for offering edible food at somewhat reasonable prices, so I’m scoring these guys just slightly higher even though the price thing really almost tilts them the other way. Overall I would rather have a burrito from here, although to be honest I think IF I was to ever return it would be to try one of the tortas.