Colima's Mexican Foods — Restaurant in Chula Vista

I wanted to provide a better written review so I made sure I visited at least five times in the last four months. The quality of the food here is good. I'd say it's a notch above most Mexican restaurants in town. The service is always excellent. The staff is kind and friendly and the place is clean. So why 3 stars? It's my opinion that the cook(s) have a heavy hand on adding salt. I've sampled most of their popular dishes and all I felt were too salty, especially the carne asada. I'm sure others will disagree with me, adding that Mexican food is inherently salty. But I've lived in San Diego all my life. I've eaten at close to 1000 Mexican food places across the country; there is a line between adding sodium for flavor and have overdone things. The customer can always add salt but once it's made with the food,...

I’ve been coming to this colimas for over 10 years. I’ve always enjoyed the shrimp quesadilla, breakfast burrito, steak ranchero plate, machaca burrito & tilapia plate. If you were wanting a taco shop with great portions and great flavor this was the place Id tell people to come. Sadly this year something changed with the cook. My last two visits I was very disappointed. First order I got a shrimp quesadilla and my tortilla was completely burnt. And today I went and spent $50 and again was disappointed. I ordered to caldo de res, cheese quesadilla two drinks and a side of rice. The soups had no flavor and the color of the broth looks like water. The tortillas that came with the soup were so dry. The quesadilla again was burnt and had barely any cheese. Not sure this is the place to...

Originally I was going to give this place a good review, then I had an experience today that made me change my mind. Me and my wife both got Tortas and her milanesa meat looked like it sat there all day, def not cooked fresh to order. Her lettuce was brown and old. I got a shrimp quesadilla stuffed mostly with rice...who puts rice in a quesadilla? It was $11 and had the tiniest shrimp I’ve ever seen. If you’re going to make it out of a giant tortilla and call it a shrimp quesadilla then put shrimp in it. Not rice. Or make the tortilla smaller. Either way, likely not going back. Only 2 stars bc I don’t have the heart...