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| - If you're anything like me, the question you have is "Why should I eat here rather than Chipotle?" and I'm glad you asked. The answer is: "because it's something different."
I had my first experience eating at a Moe's Southwest Grill on a Sunday evening a few days after this location's grand opening. There were about 20 people dining in the restaurant with room for plenty more. I was greeted by a few employees as I walked in the door and definitely felt welcome! Everyone seemed to be smiling and enjoying their evening.
When I went to order I had a hard time figuring out how to decipher their menu. Everything had weird names such as "Joey Bag of Donuts," "Funk Meister," "Billy Barou" etc. Eventually I figured out that pretty much all the options under each category (tacos, bowls, nachos, stacks, etc) are the same. You have a meat option, a meat option with guacamole, and a vegetarian option. As a general rule that is pretty much the only differences between the odd names. You could get around this hassle by just ordering "taco with guacamole" rather than "the overachiever" and I am sure they will know what you want!
Once you choose what type of item you want the rest of the process is very much like Chipotle where you can tell them exactly what ingredients you want on your item. It was nice that they have about twice as many options as Chipotle. You can get grilled onions or peppers separately and they even had grilled mushrooms, pickled or raw jalapenos, cilantro, olives, queso and many other options.
One nice benefit is they give you free chips (dumped in the bag on top of your other items) with every meal. And then you have your choice of as much of the 6 difference salsa options as you want from their salsa bar.
I ordered nachos and a taco which came to about $12.50. So the prices are inline with chipotle and the portions seemed even a little bigger. I do think that it would be easier to eat cheaper here than at Chipotle though since tacos can be more easily ordered individually and there are a lot more menu options to choose from.
If you stop reading right here this feels more like a 4 or 5 star review but you may be left with one more question. You are probably wishing you could ask something like: "Hey Aaron, how did it taste!?"
And again, I'm glad you asked; I appreciate that you value my opinion! The simple answer is that it tasted OK. The quality of the ingredients were about 1 step below Chipotle and 1.2 steps above Taco Bell. It seemed like a lot of the food was pre-prepared and not made at the store and there was definitely a noticeable difference in the quality of meat. The more Americanesque ingredients were definitely more akin to Taco Bell and I think If you were to blindfold someone and give them a taco from Moe's while telling them to guess if were from Taco Bell or Chipotle I would imagine that nearly everyone would believe it were from Taco Bell before believing it were from Chipotle.
So do I think you should eat here? Sure, why not. I'll probably visit again. It is something different for a change and was not at all bad. It has a fun atmosphere and there is plenty of room for even a big group to dine together.
But the food is just OK.
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