Los Panchos Tacos & Cantina

441 Washington St, San Diego
(619) 295-5828

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Stefanie Yoo

Super tasty tacos! Best happy hour deals! We walked in right around 6. The staff were nice enough to let us still order from the happy hour menu. The tacos were bigger than I expected and very tasty. Especially the chorizo. The flavor is just right.

Angie Amador

The service was great. Food was amazing.

Sebastian Falcon

I used to love this place, mostly for their drinks and ambient. Last couple times have been hit or miss. The food is okay, drinks still good but service has been super hit or miss. Last visit we sat down and waited for 25 mins, someone brought us chips but didn’t say anything or offer to take our drink order. So my wife and I just walked out, again, no one said a word yet I made eye contact with multiple servers. I get they could’ve been busy but 25 mins without acknowledging your customers is tough. We ended up going to La Vecindad down the street and I’m glad we did.

Edit from recent experience in June 2025.

I was overcharged for an extra combo and drink that was added onto my bill. Went back to dispute it with the cashier who also took our order (Roberto). He claimed it was not his fault and he felt resistant to give a refund, but gave it anyways without any apologies.

Upon reading past reviews, it seems like this is an ongoing thing where they slip in an extra tip or overcharge items, please check your receipts!!!

Eddie “Eddie” Lino

I recently went to this location to order food in the morning.

How do you run a business but can’t take a $20 bill for an order of $16

Then I managed to pay with debit. And to my surprise a couple days later I was charged $2 extra. Why would you add a tip on your own. Sneaky ass cashier. Watch your transactions people. They are stealing your money after the fact that you paid and it is not about 2$. It’s about the fact that it’s STEALING.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Morgan McLaughlin-Kessell

The carne Asada never disappoints. The 'cheesesteak' burrito was to die for. And honestly they made one of the best house margaritas I've ever had.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Phillip Salazar II

First time and the service was amazing as was the food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mario Guzman Ayon

Was there friday night with some friends and couldn’t help but notice the outstanding customer service omar provided for my friends and i, even though it was a buisy night and a verry large group he was fast and easy to tend to our needs would 100% recommend him to be your server make sure to ask and tip him!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Oober Roadie

Every since I saw a picture a friend took of the food she was eating here, I wanted to try this place. I finally got the chance the other day.

The food was really good and plentiful, and the service was outstanding. All of the folks who waited on us were pleasant to deal with and responsive to our requests. Our experience started with complimentary chips and salsa and a surprise small cup of hot bean soup, which was delicious. The chips tasted a little commercial, not bad by any means, just a tinge of Tostitos flavor.
The menu is extensive to say the least but well organized making the experience less intimidating. Our meals arrived, just before we filled up on chips and salsa, and they looked great and were substantial in amount.

I had the Beef Rolled Tacos with rice and beans, one friend had the Chimichanga and the other the Carnitas plate. The rolled tacos were big. I knew immediately I would not even get close to finishing them and I didn't. I enjoyably ate only two. The other three I took home and were my main meal the next day. BTW I weighed those three rolled tacos, and they weighed 13oz. WOW! There was one chimichanga left and that was gifted to me, which I humbly accepted. After eating it as a snack the next day, I could see why my friend couldn't eat all four of them. He mentioned that he could barely finish three of them. The Carnitas taco plate was much to my compadres liking and way too much for him to finish, something he mentioned more than once.

One must realize this Los Panchos is located on a VERY busy intersection yet the only time I noticed it was when an ambulance, sirens at full blast (happened twice in the 1.5 hrs there), rushed by. Parking is tough but there is a small parking lot just to the west. And if you're lucky they'll be space, otherwise it's on the street.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

wendy collins

HORRIBLE SERVICE EVERY TIME!!!! Servers at counter rude!!!!! Zero management on duty.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 1

Johnny Trekkie

os Panchos is a great affordable Mexican eatery, whether you sit down for full service or just get food to go. The ambience is modern Mexican, very clean, with great decor...the music is rather loud. Service is always friendly. For sit down service, not only do you get complimentary chips and salsa, but you'll also get a lovely warm cup of soup, before you even order! The food is delicious, and everything is priced $20 or less! Crazy in this time of Inflation! There's also a weekday Happy Hour 3-6pm, you can save a few bucks on food and drink.

$20 Huarache Con Carne is a huge plate with a unique traditional masa cake, topped with cheese, beans, veggies, and verde sauce, with a generous portion of grilled juicy carne asada steak, rice and beans, all for great price!

$14 LP Special...5 hot, thick, crispy rolled beef tacos topped with guacamole, cheese, and a generous portion of meaty carne asada on top of all that.

My one critique is that while the cocktails are fun, flavorful, and beautiful, there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of alcohol in them. Or is it just my high alcohol tolerance?

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Karina Duran

Hello, how are you, what bad service from the young man at the cashier this morning, the young man in front of me was treated very badly and he also behaved very rude to me. I hope they solve the attitudes of the employees, many times the employees still make the restaurants look bad. May the food be very good! Good day

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 1

Jose Manirles

Very bad service when it comes to serving at the checkout, a person dressed as Aladin, a horrible attitude and only on the phone, the waitresses are super nice people but I don't know that person's name, what a bad service and rude to answer, I would not return!!!! I hope they can change that

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 1

kymmberly serrano

The food is good and the service is great. The only part I don't like is how loud the music is. It's cool to have a DJ but it gets annoying when I can't even have a conversation with the people at my table. It's unnecessarily loud.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 5

Angie Diaz

I love panchos! Food was great, drinks were great! Has a very clubby vibe on Friday nights! The parking situation sucks though.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Le Cretique- Rube in the Hood

Food was very tasty, Christina was very efficient and lovely!! Prices were reasonable. I had the steak and eggs combo. The quality of the steak was average. (Not a steak place.). Overall I enjoyed my time here. I will return when I'm not working so I can have a cerveza with my food!! Friendly atmosphere.ALL the waitress were ? yummy.
Parking is kinda tight, but if your patient a spot will open up for you. Don't miss out on a good experience because of parking!!

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