Chino Locos
4 Greenwood Avenue 
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Phone: 647.345.5626
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Chino Locos finally brings a burrito joint to Leslieville. But what they make at this tiny spot aren't your typical meat and chicken varieties. On the menu here are options like the Swweeet burrito filled with Asian slow roast pork and green onion ginger relish and The Finest - a burrito stuffed with fish and chipotle chino black bean sauce.
Comments (12)
Amazingly addictive burritos! What a weird combo that shouldn't work but totally does. I go in at least twice a week and joked that they're the neighbourhood crack dealer. Everything is cooked to order so it's sizzling hot right off the pan. Try the Chicken Tinga. Ask for spicy and it's awesome!
The two guys running this place are full of energy and love making new burrito concoctions. I generally try any of their slowed cooked pork specials when available. Always fresh and delightful (the guacamole is amazing)! Great location with lots of street parking in the area.
This place is the bomb. Can't say enough good things about the food. You gotta try it. You're gonna love it. The location isn't great for me but its worth the trip.
A shout out to their veggie burrito. Terrific! And so big I managed to make two meals of it. In these "tough economic times" Chino Locos makes a lot of sense!
Great tasting burrito........but it wasn't wrapped tight enough and just fell apart and alot of it now rests on the table and floor. This on top of the fact that I stood there for HALF AN HOUR waiting for my order. There were only five other customers in the place. Having been in the restaurant biz for 35 years, I know it doesn't take that long to prepare take out. I'm out eight dollars, and I didn't get to eat my whole meal because it's all over the place. For that aggravation, I can continue to get my burritos at Burrito Boyz. I doubt I'll go back to Chino Locos.
My vote for best burrito in town, bar none. Although I have to agree with the previous post in terms of length of time to wait for the burrito. They do like to chat and discuss life, which is great and we enjoyed that, but I think cutting down the time to delivery is important. At least two customers left without even ordering when we were there.
Nice guys and I wish them all the best. BUT 35 minute wait for a very dull burrito?
If was was awesome I could see going back but for cold tough pork and bland noodles rolled in a wrap? Better get the kinks out of the operation guys. Don't believe the hype on this page.
Its a small place but has a big heart in terms of service. They are great and hillariously entertaining as they try to describe in relative terms how hot we wanted our burritos to turn out. They knew that we are newbies with their menu, which they took the time to describe further nuances of their burrito than whats already written. Our first bite already describes AMAZING as fusion of flavor with our burittos. HINT: Always ask for the Special since they are creatively finding ways to tease the taste buds.
Delicious. Different. Definitely going back.
Friendly service. Interesting take on the fish burrito. Subtle flavours. Very fresh!
My first experience was OK. They did screw up my order by including a couple of things I'd asked them to hold, but I was eating in, so they quickly made me a new burrito while I waited.
The second time was today and it was truly terrible. I ordered take out and went to a neighbouring store while they made my order. I came back and the young girl working handed me a bag and said my here you go and said my name. I walked home and discovered both burritos were totally wrong... again. I called and they said that I had taken someone elses order. I told them I would quickly drive back and make the switch. When I got back they not so subtly scolded me for taking the wrong bag. I explained that the girl handed it to me and said my name but they clearly thought I was lying and again repeated that this was basically my fault. Now I was pissed and told them that before I leave again I want to check to see if my order is correct as they had also made a mistake last time I was there. The guy behind the counter then got angry with me and said I should have told him that they had made a mistake last time so he could ensure they didn't make one again with the same customer. You would assume they always try to get orders correct, but I guess not. So it turns out one of my burritos was in fact wrong and I told them that. The guy who takes the orders showed me the order -- and he had actually written it down wrong (which is what I think happened last time too) and used this as evidence that I had "ordered wrong". So no apology for giving me the wrong order, no apology for making my order incorrectly and instead scolding me for causing all of these problems myself somehow.
Not a good sign for their future success. It's too bad because it was a good idea and they seemed like nice guys at first, but they just don't know what they're doing. I'll never be back and I'll be warning my friends in the neighbourhood to steer clear as well.
If they would have just said sorry and maybe offered me a discount for next time or even just been nice and friendly, I would have felt totally differently -- but instead they decided to blame their customer for their own stupid mistakes.
i frequent this site regularly and what i usually tend to find are negative comments regarding quality of food, service, etc etc. i would assume this is because people generally feel the urge to express their thoughts after an unpleasant experience; that putting these thoughts down would vindicate themselves from the shoddy service they felt they were subjected to. patrons who've enjoyed themselves tend to do just that and go on with their lives. but after reading that last complaint i felt it was my duty as a satisfied customer to drop a positive note.
i have ordered from Chino Locos 5 or 6 times and have had a pleasant experience on all of these occasions. im not saying problems may not arise in the future, we all have bad days, right? i tend to go there at around 5-6 so ive yet to experience the lunch rush. with waiting times around 10 minutes i could see how some could find this a nuisance, but i have no problem waiting for something is made fresh to order. the food is abundant, flavourful, reasonably priced and the staff are friendly and sometimes chatty while you wait. my favourite has to be the pollo loco with rice but be sure to check out the weekly specials.
I went there twice, both times waited over half an hour for takeout, and like the person (theminister) farther above who had the same complaint, my burrito fell apart the second time. I too have been in the restaurant business for many years, and these guys are dropping the ball. They're spending too much time chit chatting and yucking it up..........I notice how they haven't come on here to respond or apologize for the negative reviews they've recieved on here. I can go somewhere else to spend my hard earned money on a good burrito.
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