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El Chingon
Lively, two-story destination for Mexican eats & cocktails with tequila & mezcal.
560 Fifth Ave, San Diego, CA 92101, United States

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Reviews — 8

Abigail Richardson
at 2023 Aug 24
Abigail Richardson
at 2023 Aug 24
Rico our server was GREAT!! The food amazing!! The cheese fried barria taco was a hit at our table. We highly recommend the drinks too we had the frozen margarita they have lots of flavors. Highly recommend this place for lunch / dinner! My friends had such a great time and friendly staff!! ❤️
Martha De La Paz
at 2023 Aug 20
Martha De La Paz
at 2023 Aug 20
It's a shame... The music is great, the decor is cute. We had a large party of 11 and one of our friends ordered the TJ 1920 and it came back with 2 bugs at the bottom of the drink. We sent it back and the next drink they got us had nasty floating particles floating at the bottom too (like the ice flakes of old ice). She just returned that and didn't get another drink since she was pretty disgusted. Then my other friend found a hair in her nachos and our server kept avoiding us. It just wasn't a pleasant experience, sadly. Drinks are extremely over priced as well. Ultimately, not a good experience.
Carmen de La Penha
at 2023 Jul 29
Carmen de La Penha
at 2023 Jul 29
The food was good . I had a quesadilla with carne assada that would serve two people . The margarita was just ok , nothing special. The service was good. The place was crowded due to Comicon. The decor was really cool
csneddon00
at 2023 Jul 14
csneddon00
at 2023 Jul 14
We actually were trying to go to Havana 1920 but they were full so we were seated in El Chignon which are connected to each other. Can order from both menus.

In addition to cuban sandwich and empanadas we got carna asada street tacos. Very good and fresh. Excellent chips too and salsa verde is awesome. Excellent Mexican. Watch out for the bill though. They pass on the credit card surcharge to the customer!! Can't give them top rating for this reason. Tell the customer BEFORE you run their card El Chingon! See pic.
Sam Button
at 2023 May 21
Sam Button
at 2023 May 21
They have quite delicious food but you're definitely going to wait a long time getting in if you're coming during a weekend. It gets VERY busy here. The inside is mostly just a dancefloor with a bar, but it also has a very long wait to get into during the weekend. The nachos are delicious though.
Maria Ramos
at 2023 May 12
Maria Ramos
at 2023 May 12
(Was here for lunch)

Pros:

- food was good not fantastic. Had flavor and was tasty. Would I come here agin - no likely but a good first experience.
- nice Mexican atmosphere. Had fun decor
- seating was good. Didn’t feel like I was on top of everyone.
- good location
-my server was amazing and attentive
-food came fas- chips and salsa came with meal

Cons:
-wanted to see what was on menu before committing- the hostess gave us the menu walked away and never came back so we ended up seating ourselves.

Overall good experience. A good one time try.
Sarah Curtis
at 2023 Apr 07
Sarah Curtis
at 2023 Apr 07
A very lively Mexican restaurant. There was a live DJ and set up very much like a club. My food was really good and the house margarita on happy hour was very reasonably priced. I would go back but I do not recommend taking children here. You can also order food from a Havana 1920 which is located next door and are sister restaurants.

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