Lucy’s Drive Thru

Reviews

• Ron F.

  star star star star star_border 9 September 2026

  I've been to three Lucy's in LA - La Brea/Pico, Washington/Hoover & Pico/Union - and my fave item at all of them is #72, the chile relleno burrito. It's a breaded chile relleno stuffed with cheese, rolled into a burrito with refried beans. It's delicious. The chile relleno oozes cheesy goodness and it's one of the better options around town after 2 am.
  
  All the other items on the menu that I've tried - other burritos, tacos, pastrami, nachos, chili cheese fries, etc. - are okay. Not great but good. And even if they weren't good, I'm not gonna complain if my other options after 2 am are Taco Hell or Hell Taco.
  
  Good late night eats at Lucy's. Open 24/7. This is a  place to go if you can't find a good late night taco stand.

• Glenn L.

  star star star star_border star_border 30 August 2026

  OK, so I'm working the Pico-union area of Los Angeles, and it's not the best area that the city has to offer, but I'm good, I always make the best of any situation.
  
  So I'm getting hungry, and the only reason why I picked this place is that they have their own parking lot, (fairly large) and there are spaces available.
  
  Looks like your typical greasy spoon, hambuger/taco establishment, but again, great to have a parking lot, as street parking is at a premium for this area.  Outdoor seating located to the front, inside seating available on the right side.  Looks fairly clean.  Drive thru also available.
  
  Walking up to the front walk up windows, I can see photos of some of they're offerings, posted around the front of the ordering area, you can see inside, the menu with a very large selection of items to choose from.  Hot dogs to burritos, fried chicken to soups.  So a nice variety of items to choose from.
  
  I ordered the machaca & egg burrito. (shredded beef) and it was pretty good, little small in size but tasty.  Came with a small bag of chips & salsa, which was a big plus.
  
  Staffers was good, friendly and helpful.  Overall a pretty decent place to eat.  Will probably make this my go to spot, (because of the parking lot) when working this area.
  
  So 3 stars, everything is A-OK.

• Charis S.

  star star star star_border star_border 28 August 2026

  I fulfilled one of my bucket list visits and I was so excited! Baby Boy, being one of my favorite movies, I just HAD to get what Yvette and Jody ordered. Duh! Two steak tacos, one chicken burrito, no strawberry shake though. Wasn't really wanting one that early in the day. It was my girls and I, we were hungry. I mean really hungry. Plus it's Mexican food. How can you go wrong?!
  
  I'm a flour tortilla girl, the steak tacos came on flour tortillas. They were super dry! Kinda disappointing. The refried beans and the rice - killed them. In one sitting, yes I said it, I finished off the chicken burrito. It was good. It was HUGE too! I've had better, buuuut the fact that it was hot and wrapped in a flour tortilla, that made it a little better.
  
  Now, we ordered a large side of chili cheese fries. I tell you the portions here are hefty. Be prepared to be able to share and still have food left over. Piping hot and real chunks of beer cubes instead of just regular degular beef.
  
  Just to be at Lucy's made my day. When I go back to LA, I'll make another visit. I think I'll get the fish sandwich. I know that sounds off, but I heard it was good. The taquitos too!

• Alan P.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 27 August 2026

  To be completely honest. The only reason why I came here was because we were down the street waiting for the convention to start, and I heard it on a Dom Kennedy song.
  
  Didn't expect much at all. Basic food at a basic cost. Probably loved upon LA natives, but for me, wasn't a huge fan what so ever.
  
  Came here for breakfast with a couple of friends and we kinda picked off each other's food. Some were a hit and some were just sad af.
  
  Sorry Lucy's and Dom k. Sh!t was a bust.

• Juan V.

  star star star star_border star_border 23 August 2026

  3.5 stars.
  
  Lucy's is situated on the corner of Pico & Union in an area that really isn't attractive. I've driven by there countless times & this time after circling the parking lot and the whole damn block at the King Taco on Pico and Alvarado I decided to try it out. I'm glad I did. For starters, there's plenty of free parking, and I was pleasantly surprised by the food, too.
  
  I asked how big their tacos were & was told they had two sizes, so I ordered two chicken, one carnitas, and a canned soda and I think the cashier must've made a mistake because the bill came out to less than $5(!).
  
  The chicken tacos were of the "guisados" (stewed) variety and the meat was tender and delicious; they also put a bit of iceberg lettuce on them, along with a bit of shredded white cheese, giving them a nice mouth feel as well. The carnitas taco was good too: not greasy at all but still tender and not dried out. Tasted really good. That taco came with a bit of onion & cilantro & also had some red sauce poured on the top; it looked like it'd been rather carelessly prepared but tasted good. The red salsa you get is rather ordinary but it complemented both varieties of tacos pretty well.
  
  The service was friendly and the benches in the seating area are OK. Definitely not worth going out of your way for, but if you're in the area give Lucy's a try; they deserve it for the easy parking alone but the food won't disappoint.