It isn't Chipotle.
Let's start with that. I'm not sure which came first, and I don't really care. For fast totally unauthentic but really well made reasonably high quality ingredient burritos, Chipotle wins.It's odd that here in Indiana there seem to be more Qdobas, because everywhere else, it's the other way round.
All that being said, It's pretty darn good. I'm into this burrito the size of a small dog thing. I like the steak personally, but the pork works well and even the ole' yard bird is pretty tender. The service is friendly and pretty quick. So when you need something to help you make it through a nice long shift, or something to induce a food based mini-coma, this works when the big C isn't available.
Oh yeah, Qdoba sells a whole bunch of other non burrito stuff that I ignore. But if you like all that tortilla soup and quesadilla jazz they have that too.
Much better service here than in Carmel. Â I find that interesting because supposedly all Qdobas in Indiana are owned by the same franchisee. Â The orders were done as instructed and the manager was very friendly, and, gasp, actually came around to the tables while we were eating to ask how the food was. Â Never had that happen in a Qdoba or any "fast" food place. Â Usually you have to drag your order up to the counter, if anything was wrong, but I feel confident that this particular manager was serious about guest satisfaction and would make it right. A 300% improvement today!
Review Source:I find it both humorous and sad that Qdoba was voted Indianapolis' best burrito by Nuvo of Indianapolis. Â I know I haven't been around Indy long enough to know all the ins and outs, but there HAS TO BE something better than a chain burrito. Â
So as to not make this review totally baseless, this is the slowest Qdoba I have ever been to. Â The killer- it wasn't even busy. Â I will say the food here isn't terrible, but certainly nothing to brag about.
Chuck Norris rating- donkey kick