It has been met with largely positive reception: Ryan Bort of Newsweek wrote that it was "as good as it looks," and Michael Walsh of Nerdist Industries recommended that customers who were considering buying it "Do the Whopperito". Vices Nick Gazin gave it a "C" grade, writing, "After my first bite, I was a little surprised, because it tasted exactly like a Whopper with spicy taco meat instead of normal Whopper meat." However, when Fox News' Chew on This had multiple tasters test the Whopperito, the tasters gave it very positive reviews, with one of them saying of the item, "Weird concept but I like it."
