El Chingon

560 Fifth Ave, San Diego
(619) 501-1919

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Brian Neeves 619

I like this place it’s your every day go to to have a good time some nights. It’s better than others .. I go to this place on the regular and I will keep coming back

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Travis Herron

I really can't tell you about the food but I can tell you the service about a certain manager and how I was treating by her I saw a kid crying so I decided to do the nice thing I'm a balloon artist I made him a balloon dog and I just gave it to him to cheer him up she accused me of soliciting when I wasn't trying to sell anything and then when that didn't work she she lied and said I was bothering the customers when I watch the whole situation and no one came to her and then she treated me like I was at homeless vagabonds and the sad thing is I really wanted to try your guyses food because it look pretty good but now I don't because they're treatment of that one manager The other staff are really nice

Pablo Padilla

I ate here with friends, and we all got a bad case of diarrhea. This was the only thing in common we all ate that day. I tried to call the restaurant to inform them as soon as I realized this but their phone number is disconnected. Please take care.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 3

Rosa Fernandez

I have been here for Comicon to eat and drink twice. It was fine but until last night I went and I got food poisoning. My group ate the Birria pizza, birria burrito, and asada burrito. We ate around 3pm and it wasn't busy. The food tasted great at the moment. Things went south later in the night. Mind you we only had water to drink at the resturant and we didn't have anything after to eat that day. We know it all traces back to the food. The waiter was nice but we know we all got sick here. I liked this place until I had the worst pain in my stomach and then the most explosive diarrhea.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Richard Phillips

My partner and I ate here Friday 14th November. We have been so sick since. We got E. coli poisoning. Never ever ever eat at the restaurant . What we have had to endure is not ok. Reporting this place to the health advisor. We had tacos and a steak and prawn burrito. You have really affected our trip. Disgusting hole of a restaurant. Should be closed

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 3

Hiram

The place is overcrowded and the staff is not just unhelpful but bordering rude

Danny Hernandez

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El Chingon – Downtown San Diego

The Bartender Mariana was an absolute all-star: she was quick, polite, professional, and super hospitable. The security team was friendly and welcoming, which really set the tone for the night. It was an awesome Sunday celebrating the Chargers victory over the Steelers — tons of Chargers fans here, and everyone vibed like we’d known each other for years.

🔥 The DJ killed it with a perfect mix of Latin music and hip hop. I even got a quick chat in with the manager — really cool guy. Overall, great energy, great crowd, and top-tier service. Definitely one of the best spots downtown!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Marcos Torres

Bartender was great resource

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Luis B

Food was delicious, as were the drinks. The staff was very friendly and attentive. There are lots of places in the area to get tacos/Mexican food, this one is definitely worth a try

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ulyses Galeana

Best bar in San Diego county and beyond Miami style but Mexican.

Alexander Vera

The vibes were great had a good time dancing all night would definitely go back

Atmosphere: 4

Service: 4

Suzana Willis

Food was delicious, had the 3 taco plate with fish, shrimp and al pastor fairly large and well served tacos. Chips and Salsas were great! Friendly and attentive service. Definitely recommend and will try dinner time another day to check out the different drinks and entertainment.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mia Lem

Amazing food, wonderful service (very attentive), great environment 10/10 place!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amy Negrete

The across the boarder fruit cart drink was delicious!! Great music, fun atmosphere! Had soo much fun. We snaked on yuka fries with super yummy dip. The chips and salsas are yummy too. The bartenders and server and hostess are all friendly and have the best service!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Matt Johnson

Burrito was sizeable, chips. And guac were good. Meat in burrito was just a little off either over seasoned or just oddly season for pulled chicken

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

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