Mexipino Craft — Restaurant in Chula Vista

TLDR: if you see a female server leave the building immediately; other then that it’s an amazing spot who needs more traffic their food is unique, tasty and worth any travel through the area.

Very very good local place in Chula Vista. I’d recommend getting the fried chick adobo waffles they are to die for; all the servers I’ve had were above and beyond even bringing water without being asked (awesome!). Although my most recent visit left a sour taste in my mouth with a female server regrettably I’ve never seen her there before maybe a new hirer or someone that’s I haven’t personally seen. She was not being accommodating, gave a judgmental glare and not acknowledging my table after serving us the whole time there. while there was another group they were a group of 3 with no other patrons in the building near close. She gave me and my group a bad vibe and as well as coming off as snobby or purposeful agitated getting one of our orders wrong in the process flagging her down to fix the problem was a hassle. while we only asked for 5 items including drinks Being difficult to flag down is understandable when overloaded but it was just my group and another group a total of two tables this was just to get our check. she never glanced or checked in with us but did with the other group. The only words exchanged were about what we wanted to order and the check she still was being difficult the whole time until we were about to pay she then gave us the first smile during our checkout throughout the whole of the 3 interactions. Hopefully it was just nerves or something but I’ve only had that experience in the middle of no where while traveling in Oregon. The saving grace I swear is the food I would have rated the place a 3 just because of the female servers...

My wife being Filipina & me being Mexican we were super excited to try this place! When we got there we were impressed with a really good vibe and "craft" style resto. It was pretty busy around lunch time on a Friday but we got a table fast enough so we didn't wait too long. Once we got the menu we really found it a little lacking on the Filipino side. Plenty of good choices for mexican style cuisines but not too many "fusion" plates which is really why we came here. With that said we ordered the traditional Filipino breakfast and their signature chicken adobo waffles, and they were pretty fantastic. Washed it down with their calamansi mint and cucumber spinach which are a must try if you go there. The service was pretty lousy, are waiter never asked for a refill, forgot our extra sides we ordered and it took 15 minutes once we asked for the bill. All in all it was a great resto w/ sub par service.. we're hoping it was just the lunch rush..Our Curiosity will most likely bring us back! Word on the street is that they will be adding some dinner menu items...

This place is a delicious option for breakfast and brunch in the South Bay! Chula Vista’s breakfast scene is pretty dominated by suburban chain restaurants, but this is a gem.

The food was delicious, well-prepared, and made to order. It’s not the fastest, but it’s well worth it for piping hot, fresh breakfast potatoes.

The Mexipino Hash Plate has got a little bit of everything on it: tidbits of every kind of breakfast meat among the two cultures represented in the menu here. They toss a smattering of black beans and garlic rice onto it all, which was a delightful surprise. The whole entree was topped with a 1/4 of a sliced avocado (and we didn’t even have to pay extra for it!).

The veggie scramble is also quite good, and probably the most generous in terms of all the mix-ins of any restaurant scramble I’ve had. Caramelized onions, roasted red peppers, and more avocado, with a huge side of potatoes and pan de sal toast.

I’d come again just for that toasted pan de sal!...