Details:
- Rating: 6.35
- Order: Burrito - $8.95
- Meat: Carne Asada - 8
- Beans: Refried - 10
- Rice: 3.5
- Guacamole: None
- Crema: 4
- Salsa: 8
- Tortilla: 4
- Cheese: 5
- Size: 10
- Taste: 6.25
Description:
Santo Coyote is a charming sit down spot on the far reaches of the International Blvd burrito district. I'll get straight to the point: Santo Coyote has the best refried beans ever. They know it too, because they start you off with a basket of chips, a bowl of salsa and a bowl of refried beans with cheese to dip. They also have homemade corn tortillas with some pretty amazing meat. Their al pastor and carnitas tacos are really really good because of the freshly charred meat and homemade tortillas. Their pupusas and menudo also looked pretty good.
If you can't tell by now, the burritos do not stack up to the rest of their menu. It's unfortunate because the meat is great (carne asada was good but not as good as the pastor or carnitas), the beans are top of the top and the salsa is good. The burrito rating did get a bit of a bump up because of the other great parts. The burrito is also enormous...too big for one tortilla so they use two. But that also means that most of the burrito has two layers of tortillas. The rice was also on the dry side and undercooked. There was no guacamole and the crema was just ok. The cheese didn't add anything to the thick tortilla either.
So even though the meat and beans were so great, the rest of the burrito took away enough to make it mediocre. As a burrito blog, I can't recommend this one too highly. But if you're a taco or bean lover, this might be for you. Especially a bean lover, because these beans were honestly amazing.
Other Notes:
If you can't tell by now, the burritos do not stack up to the rest of their menu. It's unfortunate because the meat is great (carne asada was good but not as good as the pastor or carnitas), the beans are top of the top and the salsa is good. The burrito rating did get a bit of a bump up because of the other great parts. The burrito is also enormous...too big for one tortilla so they use two. But that also means that most of the burrito has two layers of tortillas. The rice was also on the dry side and undercooked. There was no guacamole and the crema was just ok. The cheese didn't add anything to the thick tortilla either.
So even though the meat and beans were so great, the rest of the burrito took away enough to make it mediocre. As a burrito blog, I can't recommend this one too highly. But if you're a taco or bean lover, this might be for you. Especially a bean lover, because these beans were honestly amazing.
Other Notes:
Comes with chips, salsa and amazing bean dip.
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