La Fuente Mexican Food — Restaurant in San Diego

La Fuente is a terrific place to stop by for late night Mexican food if you get the munchies after dancing or having some other type of fun earlier in the evening. We walked in and were greeted by a worker who didn’t welcome us or say anything. He just walked to the register and waited for us to order. Not the friendliest by any means but maybe he was having a bad night.

The place has plenty of seating, both inside and outside and it’s brightly lit. There is a salsa bar to meet any sauce requirements you may have. We ordered the carne asada quesadilla and the fish tacos and the cashier handed us a receipt with our number (without a thank you or any sort of acknowledgement). They have a machine that calls out the numbers for them as food becomes ready for pickup. We grabbed our selection of salsas and sat down. A short while later our number was called and we grabbed our food. The carne asada quesadilla comes with cheese and pico de gallo inside. I was surprised by the pico but it was tasty enough. That being said, I think it contributed to the tortilla getting soft too fast though so if I were to order again I might ask for it on the side. My partner had the fish tacos and said they were huge and tasty. All three salsas I tasted were delicious but I liked the red salsa the best over the green and the hot orange one. The orange was supposed to be the hottest but still wasn’t crazy hot like I’m used to.

Overall the food is great late night fare and maybe the cashier was just not having his best night. Hopefully they will be friendlier next time. La Fuente also has a drive through available and a few parking spots on the side if you’re lucky...

The food here is great, but the service is and always has been rude and unfriendly. I came tonight and ordered food with a friend. My order was upcharged a dollar for "protein", even though my receipt says I paid for carne asada fries. When I asked about the charge, the woman said "we're charging extra for food with protein". My friend ordered 2 birria tacos, which have protein in them, and he wasn't charged extra, making me feel like they're arbitrarily overcharging people for their food when they can get away with it. As I asked questions about being overcharged, a drunk sorority girl from SDSU and her boyfriend from Sacremento told me to "stop being mean" and taunted me, asking if I "wanted a dollar". The woman working there did nothing to stop the confusion, and only exacerbated the misunderstanding that was going on by waiving a dollar in my face, which I refused. Then my order came out and my friends order didn't. I went to ask about my friends order and, before I could say anything, the drunk college students began berating me again. I almost left without my friends food, but instead I waited 10 minutes until the college students had left and asked quietly "my friend ordered right after I did, and he didn't get his food. Can we please have the food we paid for?" when I said that, she magically found his food.

The whole experience was embarrassing and degrading, and I was shocked, to say the least. I've put up with the attitude of the staff there in the past because the food was good and usually quick, so you don't have to interact very much. Sufficed to say, I won't be going again...

Changed their menu and didn't update their website, so I ordered a combination plate #4 (taco, enchilada, and tostada) by phone from their online menu. After getting it home, discovered it was 2 flautas instead. When I called back I was informed that what I wanted was a #1 . I advised the girl who took the order that the website was wrong and also that the flautas were burnt anyway. We brought it back only to discover that the #1 had taquitos instead of a taco and no tostada. Only 2 items. Their entire menu has changed and the employees are not knowledgeable about what is offered. On top of this there is a burnt taste to their sauces and their tortillas are over fried. Their Diablo salsa which is supposed to be hot is NOT and burnt. Their so-called Habenero salsa is sweet and also NOT hot. The beef in my beef taco had some very fatty hard to chew pieces as well...very poor quality. Almost scrap meat. The employees seem unconcerned about the misinformation both on their website and on the phone. No apologies for anything. Will never go back which is unfortunate because their food and salsas used to be quite...