Adalberto's Mexican Food — Restaurant in San Diego

For the past 10 years, my husband has been raving about Adalberto’s, reminiscing about the incredible food from his time in San Diego. So when we finally made the trip back, our very first stop—no joke—was here. And wow, it has not changed one bit! Everything was just as he remembered, and now I understand why he’s been talking about it for years.

We ended up eating here four times during our visit—breakfast twice, lunch once, and dinner once. It was actually our departing meal, too! We arrived right when they opened, grabbed breakfast burritos, and sat down at the airport to enjoy them while waiting for our flight—truly the perfect farewell.

Adalberto’s makes everything fresh to order, and the flavors are unreal. The verde sauce? Spectacular. We were pouring it all over everything. My carne asada tacos were incredible—fresh guac, perfectly grilled meat, and a choice of verde or red sauce. Chef’s kiss! The horchata? Sooo good! My husband, without hesitation, ordered the California burrito, and honestly, nowhere else compares to how Adalberto’s makes them.

During our breakfast adventures, we tried the chorizo & egg burrito, steak, eggs & cheese burrito, and the machaca burrito, and every single one hit the spot. There wasn’t a single bite that disappointed.

This was one of those rare travel experiences where I left genuinely sad that I can’t just have this food whenever I want. Nothing at home even comes close. If you’re in San Diego, do yourself a favor—don’t just try Adalberto’s. Make it...

Date of visit: 9/23/2016

I don't often do late night taco runs any more, but since Toni is currently at that stage in her life, I found myself at Adalberto's late Friday night (it was basically Saturday morning). Toni said that Adalberto's is the unofficial late night taco shop for the nearby university, which appeared to be true - after we ordered a pile of students walked in and placed their orders.

3 Rolled Tacos with Guacamole and Cheese. These are probably the best rolled tacos I've had in a while. They were freshly fried and smothered in a giant pile of guacamole. Cam said that the guacamole was a suspicious neon green color, but I thought it tasted fine. At $3, it wasn't a bad deal.

2 Carne Asada Tacos Combination Plate (rice only). The tacos that come with the combination plate are so big! Each taco came with 2 tortillas, so theoretically, you could make 4 smaller tacos, which is what Toni did. The carne asada was pretty decent - it's not the best I've ever had, but with the pico de gallo, it had great flavor and spice. The rice that came with the combination plate was also really good.

Overall, I'll definitely come here again if I'm in the area - probably to bring Toni over since she's going to...

Went to Adalberto's Mexican Food on Rosecrans last night at 10:30pm. The business closes at 11pm. Usually the food and service is always good, but not tonight. I asked for Pollo asada fries with shrimp and the worker told me they were out of everything except beans and steak. The kitchen was clean and they weren't trying to cook anything. There was a large mound of beans they had pre-prepared and they had also pre-prepared the steak and had it on a warmer. This is how people get food poisoning through lazy workers who just want to go home and could care-less about the quality of the food. I hope this is just an anomaly as I said prior usually the food is great. I hope management addresses this immediately and nothing like this ever happens again to anyone else. The steak we ate was dry and tasteless. We ordered 2 bean burritos for my son and his friend. Myself and my friend ordered 2 1/2 orders of carne asada fries. All of the food was well below the quality this restaurant...