El Burro Pollo

Really solid eats in a cool, easily accessible food hall if you're on foot. Pretty straightforward tacos but definitely an easy pleaser. Didn't have a drink but the menu looked enticing.

El Burro Pollo is located in the CODA building food court area. The food court can be pretty busy during weekday lunches with so many companies close-by. El Burro Pollo 3 taco special is really a superb deal especially for Midtown and it was tasty! I ordered the 3 chicken tacos and added a side of chips and queso for only $2.50. I paid around $14 for lunch and was left full and satisfied! As you order on kiosks, your interaction with the staff is minimal. You'll receive a text when your order is done which is so nice as CODA is packed. I waited MAYBE 3-5 mins until I got a text which is great time for the lunch rush! There was a plentiful amount of meat in each taco and it was served hot! Midtown food can be pricey and can leave you on a half empty stomach, but not here. So glad I tried El Burro Pollo and definitely will be my go-to spot in CODA (beats Aviva by Kameel for me and a shorter wait by far)!

This was my second time trying El Burro and the food is always good. The first time I tried this restaurant, I had the Quesadilla with beef Barbados .. man that was delicious. I hate that I wasn't able to get a picture before I devoured it, but if you've been following my reviews for while, you know you I keep it real and those quesadillas were AMAZING!! 10/10 would definitely recommend. I also tried the chips and salsa it was good as well.Ok now to my most recent visit. Once thing I like about this restaurant is that they have a kiosk where you can order and pay for your food on your own. You take fou receipt and wait on your number to be called. Easy peezy. They also have someone taking orders so if you need assistance figuring out what to order, someone is there to help.On this particular visit I was in the mood for fries and I tried the beef tacos. I enjoined the fries, they come with a chipotle ketchup. It has a little kick to it, but it's good! I recommend you try. The tacos where good, however the beef was tough and the soft shell for the taco was a bit dry. I had to add hot sauce to the taco so it wasn't so dry. When I had the beef Barbados quesadillas on my first visit they were tender. The pictures that you will see is with the hot sauce I added at home. I would still go back because the food is good. I recommend you add this to your list.

Yummy quick service food! The food was good and the food hall had a ton of options, as well as quick board games for us to play while we were waiting. It was a little empty when we went, but also it was during work hours, so I think it would definitely be more packed later in the day.

Love this spot! The collective food hall is a pretty cool spot in general and this is by far my favorite restaurant inside!***PARKING***Lots of metered parking all around. Not many free spots unless you go after 7 or on Sunday, the metered spots are free. Just pay attention because some are only free after 10. You just have to check on the sign. ***FOOD***Their 7$ Margs are amazing and I love their queso. It is a very generous portion of queso and perfect for a snack with drinks! I haven't tried their other items yet, but my boyfriend got a burrito last time and it was huge! ***PRICE***The price is definitely right! It's a reasonable amount for the quality and quantity! ***STAFF***So nice! Last weekend we were the last ones there and I wanted some salsa with the queso even though it doesn't come with it, the guy still gave me some and was super friendly! ***CONCLUSION***Great spot to try in the food hall! In general the food hall is a cool place to hang out with friends. Highly recommend their margs and queso though!

Burrito was priced right for Latino Restaurant. Chock full so much as I was able to cut it in half and get another meal later. Good atmosphere... I'll go back, again

El Burro Pollo gets a solid four stars out of me. This is one of a handful of restaurants at The Collective Food Hall at Coda at Georgia Tech's Technology Square in Midtown. At the time of writing this review, this is the only El Burro Pollo location in Atlanta.This location of El Burro Pollo opened on March 19, 2020, at the same time as The Collective Food Hall at Coda. Yep, just in time for the COVID-19 pandemic. I'm not sure they could've timed it any better.El Burro Pollo originally started as a burrito stand in the parking lot of Pura Vida, the old tapas restaurant in Poncey-Highland that closed on December 31, 2012 after 12 years in business: https://www.yelp.com/biz/pura-vida-atlanta. It was run by the same owner as today, chef Hector Santiago, who has become a celebrity chef in Atlanta.Currently, chef Hector also owns and runs the El Super Pan Latin restaurants and bars located at Ponce City Market and The Battery (two locations). With El Burro Pollo at The Collective, chef Hector and team have only opened businesses inside food courts and mixed-use developments. I've enjoyed the food at both El Super Pan locations. Therefore, it came as no surprise to me when I found the food at El Burro Pollo to be equally as enjoyable.To fans of El Super Pan and chef Hector - before there was El Super Pan, there was El Burro Pollo. In fact, this Yelp listing is the original. If you sort the reviews from oldest to newest, you'll see Yelp OG Stephie Z was the first to review El Burro Pollo on Yelp on August 9, 2010. That's how long this business has been around. The parking lot burrito stand on North Highland 11 years ago is now a fancy food court stall in the slick Coda high-rise building.Parking for El Burro Pollo and other restaurants at The Collective Food Hall at Coda is available on the streets surrounding the building: Spring, 4th, and West Peachtree. In all my visits to Coda so far, I've always been able to easily find parking on 4th St NW. You can pay a variety of ways. I use and recommend the ParkMobile app because you can easily pay using your phone, monitor your parking meter, and add time if needed. The parking zone number is 51548.Parking is enforced Monday-Saturday, 7am-10pm. Sunday and city holidays exempt. So basically, you have to pay to park during El Burro Pollo's business hours. Coda has a deck too, but I think it's more expensive than parking on the street. The last time I paid to park on the street here, it cost $2.30 for one hour.El Burro Pollo has a very nice stall inside The Collective. The Collective, in general, looks great. It's clean and contemporary. El Burro Pollo has an eight-seat breezeway-facing bar. When the weather is nice, they'll open up the glass doors so if you're sitting at the bar, it feels like you're sitting outside. The Collective has a spacious outdoor patio with a three giant digital displays. The bar wraps around to The Collective's inside dining area where there are plenty of seats, including at the counter of El Burro Pollo. The kitchen is open so you can see the staff prepare orders.The stall has two tablets for customers to place their orders. During my visit, one tablet was manned by an employee and the other was self-serve. I used the self-serve tablet. I noticed the menu on the tablet was slightly different than the menu posted on the wall as well as the laminated paper menus at the counter. More on that below.El Burro Pollo serves botanas (snacks) like Duros (Mexican wheat snack, $2) and Cueritos (blanched pork rinds, $5), Mexico west-coast-style ceviches, "Juarez-style" burritos, and specials like escabeche (tuna salad, $10.50).Here's what I got:* Beef Taquitos ($9.50)* Kimchi Quesadilla ($8.00) - flour tortilla, queso Chihuahua and queso fresco, kimchi, avocado sauce* El Burro Pollo burrito ($10.50) - charred 10" wheat tortilla, Chef Hector's chunky three-chili-hot-sauce-marinated Springer Mountain chicken, "Burro Pollo" slaw with fresh cabbage, carrots, radish, cilantro, and seasonal vegetables, "Banderita!" tomatillo, sour creamEverything was delicious. The Beef Taquitos and Kimchi Quesadilla weren't on the print menu. They were only on the tablet. A regular quesadilla was on the print menus, though. The Beef Taquitos were crispy and filled with a satisfying amount of tender and juicy meat inside. The outside had the same wonderful avocado sauce that was used on the Kimchi Quesadilla. The Kimchi Quesadilla was excellent, from the high-quality, delectably-charred tortilla to the two luscious cheeses inside. Finally, the original El Burro Pollo burrito was outstanding. It was fresh, filling (lots of tender, marinated, shredded chicken), and unique. I really liked the three-chili hot sauce that was used to marinate the chicken. As a fan of veggies, I loved the fresh and crunchy slaw. The tomatillo and sour cream tied everything together. The El Burro Pollo is one of the most gratifying burritos in Atlanta.Service was excellent.

I visit El Burro Pollo quite often, as it's pretty close to my work. I came across this hidden gym not too long ago. It's situated inside this food hall with a few other eateries inside. I am a sucker for Mexican food, so El Burro Pollo is what I immediately gravitated to. I have only tried the tacos and the fries, and I've been there 4 times...so it's safe to say that the tacos are excellent. The have a 3 taco special for $9, which is what I always get. I get them with chicken, but you can pick either pork, veggie, or beef as well. The beef ones are a dollar extra. You can only get 3 of a kind as well, you can't mix them up. The tacos are so delicious. They are basically street tacos, so just the meat, onions, and cilantro and a sauce they put on. It's honestly the perfect taco. The only downside, is that the tacos are kind of small, so 3 doesn't really fill me up. Definitely give this place a try if you're in the midtown area near Georgia Tech!

Food is mid. Would rather have chipotle. It's edible if in a pinch but not worth the price by any means and it took a while for them to make it.

The food is overpriced and not worth the trip on my opinion. I would justify eating there if I worked nearby or needed a quick bite to eat. It is located in the collective food hall which is super nice and has great parking!