Jorge’s Mexicatessen — Restaurant in Encinitas

This newest Jorge's location carries on the Jorge tradition of excellent Mexican food, highlighted by their Mexican style chicken soup. We have been going to the original Jorge's for 30+ years, so feel somewhat invested in their success. Parking can be problematic due to the location on 101. I spoke with the location manager Jaime who was energetic and pleasant. Suggestion - trying to replicate the atmosphere of the original Jorge's they have posted large maps of North America. PLEASE remove these and replace them with some maps of Mexico and Baja like those at the original Jorge location and place the maps so customers don't have to lean over a table to look at them closely. I discovered many interesting places looking at those maps while waiting for my orders over the years. This is just one thing that made the original Jorge's unique and a joy to visit. This new location is a false pretender so far. You...

The food was so good here that after we finished we went and got seconds the cashier was very kind and helpful and made sure that we got what we ordered and that it was good which it was and the atmosphere was great because all the other places were super packed and this one was super chill and laid-back and the chicken soup was probably the best I’ve ever had. It had avocado in it. Thank...

Stopped here while cycling past. It's just OK. Prices are reasonable but the food just isn't flavor packed. The chicken was flavorless and tasted like plain pulled chicken with zero seasoning. Salsas and guacamole were uninspiring as well. I'd try it again in a pinch, but would...