Esencia Restaurante — Restaurant in Baja California

The restaurant is very petty, its new only a month old and they are still getting some kinks out of the system. They have a good valet, super friendly guys. The food is good and portions are generous. The weight staff are also very nice and fast. I did not give them a better rating because we almost left the restaurant due to the hostesses. When we arrived , we sat down in a little waiting area even though the patio was very empty. We sat there for almost 30 minutes and went up twice to ask why we were not given a table. The hostesses finally said that we could be seated, but we could not order food for another 30 minutes because the kitchen was busy. At this point, we decided to leave and went outside to get the car from the valets. Then the hostess came to tell us that we could come back and they could seat us and we could also order food. We decided to give them a chance and stayed. Once we were seated, everything was good. We ordered humus and fried calamari appetizers, and both were yummy and good portion sizes. My husband ordered the cesar salad with shrimp, and I ordered pasta. Both were yummy. I would...

Don't understand the negative reviews about this place. Went this morning (Sunday) for breakfast. Valet was efficient. Service was great, got us seated in a busy restaurant immediately and took our drink order, as well as brought a high chair and cleaned it off for our baby. Drinks came promptly, took our food order which came out in under 20 minutes. Did the french toast, a cazuela and an ommelet. Everything was delicious. With 2 lattes and 2 OJs our order came out to 870 pesos. Competitive pricing for anywhere in the area. We were quite happy and are excited to come back for lunch and dinner. The entire staff was nothing but friendly, and our server Mario was exceptional. Dont believe all the negativity you see here and give it a try...

Came here on Sunday May 25th 2025. This place was not very busy when we arrived. It took over 45 min to receive the food for 4 people. To add on, everyone’s food that came to the table had frijoles and they were all BURNT! The frijoles were burnt and gross to say the least. Two of us ordered chilaquiles and the way they came out, the frijoles were mixed in with the chilaquiles. The cook was rude and said there was nothing they could do about it. They could only replace the frijoles and used the same chilaquiles. They returned the chilaquiles WITHOUT MEAT and it was STILL COLD with new frijoles. The server didn’t try to do anything about it. We returned the COLD food. And we were not even given an apology for the HORRIBLE BURNT...