Qdoba Mexican Eats

The staff and service at this location was excellent. The location was clean and all ingredients seemed fresh. The food is, however, largely tasteless. The rice as gummy with little seasoning, the various salsas had virtually no kick. As this is a chain restaurant, this is to be expected. The vegan options were plentiful, so that is a definite plus. In the end, you would be better off going to Chipotle if you’re looking for a higher quality, fast-casual, “Mexican” experience.

I ate a delicious "early supper" yesterday [11-3-2022] at Qdoba Mexican Eats, 1956 N. High St., in the University District" neighborhood of Columbus. I had recently attended a lecture on The Ohio State University campus; my original plan had been to return directly home after the lecture had ended and to eat at home; however, the traffic on N. High St. had been "at a standstill" so I decided to eat "on campus" before leaving for home. For the past several months, Qdoba Mexican Eats has been in the "43201" section of my list of restaurants at which to eat "on behalf of Google Maps." I had decided to eat at Qdoba Mexican Eats yesterday because that restaurant had been nearly empty at that moment which had meant that I would be able to easily take some photographs for Google Maps without having to spend any effort making sure that no other customers would appear in those photographs. My food choice for yesterday's supper at Qdoba Mexican Eats had been a "Bowl" with "Grilled Adobo Chicken and Ground Beef, Brown Rice, Black Beans, Three-Cheese Queso, and Cojita Cheese." My meal had been delicious; I am glad that I had eaten there. Some may remember that 1956 N. High St. had been the former location of a La Bamba Mexican restaurant that had been there for many years. La Bamba had reportedly sold "Burritos as Big as Your Head" [which I do not believe had actually been true but that had been their familiar-to-many advertising slogan]. Many years earlier at 1956 N. High St. had been Discount Records that had been at that location during a portion of the 1970s, all of the 1980s, and a portion of the 1990s. I had bought many records, during that period of time, at Discount Records. That had been many years before the word "vinyl" had become the word of choice to name that product. If you are in the "University District" neighborhood of Columbus and are looking for some delicious Mexican food, I strongly recommend Qdoba Mexican Eats.