Sayulitas Mexican Food — Restaurant in San Diego

NOT RECOMMENDING! WE GOT SICK FROM EATING HERE! I've been waiting to try the food here for quite some time. I was looking forward to it because my son was raving about it. Also the reviews are great for this place. WHICH NOW I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING. I'm a bit confused about that. The portions are huge. I had the gyro fries. Most of it was greasy fries, with some gyro meat on top. My husband had the grilled chicken burrito, which he didn't like. I thought it was better than my gyro fries.. My younger son had the carne asada fries. He didn't like it much either, he said they were greasy. The foods didn't sit well with my stomach, or my sons stomach. We've been in discomfort since that day. Because we didn't finish our food we put it away in the fridge. When I went to open the fridge the food smelled bad the next day, so I threw it out. I'm not sure if it was borderline going bad or what. But I don't think I'll be back. It was pricey but you get a lot of food. $34 for 4 items. I don't know if I went at the wrong time or got a bad batch of something. But I was so disappointed. Wish that wasn't the case because I really was looking forward to eating some delicious foods. I don't mind paying for yummy fresh food. But it just wasn't the case for myself and my family. I feel like I threw my money in the trash. I really hope this doesn't happen to...

Intrigued by the “Filipino twist” of this Mexican restaurant, I tried the namesake Sayulita’s burrito and the Spam burrito. The two were massive, easily enough to feed 2-3 people each. The burritos pretty much burst open immediately as you try to pick them up so they’re more of a fork and napkin meal. And just as well since they’re around 20 bucks each. While the quantity is appropriate to the price, the flavor definitely isn’t. These have to be the worst burritos I’ve had in San Diego in my whole life. Absolutely foul. The Sayulita’s had a very fishy taste like drinking melted ice off of a fishmonger’s display and this overpowering bitterness that permeated the rice (which was 70% of the filling btw) and the rest of the ingredients. I’m not sure where it was coming from. Maybe their bacon was going bad or maybe the lettuce (why lettuce in a burrito bro) was past its prime and got bitter as it wilted. Anyway, I couldn’t get more than a couple bites before I gave up. Hate wasting food and money but I was worried I might get sick.

The spam burrito was edible but nothing special. Mostly unseasoned egg mixed with chunks of salty spam and bolus of rice, cheese and sour cream as filler for the massive thing. Edible but not worth the money, IMO.

The staff was very nice and...

The place looks beautiful in the inside and it was very warming but I had a bad experience with my order and customer service. I came in on a Saturday with my boyfriend and we had ordered the PAC MAN fries with “ALL the meat on the side” and we received the order with only the carne asada on the side and the bacon was all over it. I’m vegetarian so I couldn’t eat the food and kindly asked for them to remake it and they gave me an attitude but said they would remake it. It should have ended there but shortly, 2 minutes after a man came out from the back and gave us more attitude saying “next time ask for all the meat on the side.” I had explained that I did and he continued to argue saying that we didn’t ask for the bacon on the side either. Apparently these people don’t understand what “ALL the meat” means. Bacon is considered meat. If they don’t want to have to remake orders then maybe the cashier should listen in the first place. After we couldn’t even feel comfortable eating there, they made the atmosphere...