Tacaliente Mexican Grill — Restaurant in San Diego

Asked if I could use their restroom and they said I would have to order something first. Which is fine, definitely not something I have a problem with. I did ask if I could order after I use their restroom. I didn't want my food to be ready and get cold while I was using the restroom. When I told them that they still said no. but they did say they could make my order after I'm done using the restroom. A minor inconvenience but I chose to comply and ordered before using the restroom. After I was done, they did wait for me to start my order. I ordered 2 churros for $6. When I got my order though the churros were very stiff and hard, almost like they were overcooked, and it hurt my teeth to bite into them. When I returned my order back and told them the churros were hard they agreed to make me a new order of churros. The second time though, the churros were cold on the inside. Like freezer temperature cold and the outside still was pretty stiff. Not as stiff as the first order but still, almost stale consistency. After being unsatisfied twice, I returned the second order and asked if I could get a refund. She did ask I wanted to order something else instead but I told her no I rather have my money back. Which then she didn't say anything and started pushing buttons on the register for a couple minutes (which I just assumed she was issuing a refund into the register, but I don't even know now what she was doing). After a few minutes go by of her pressing buttons on the register she then said no she could still not give me a refund and she could only offer me something different to order from the menu. I did not want to chance getting a third order I didn't like so I told her no and returned my second order. Reluctantly, I just let a random stranger order something from the menu instead. Very disappointed overall. I pretty much paid them $7 to use a...

We stumbled on this place just scrolling on Google looking for a Taco Tuesday spot. Boy were we in for a treat! Upon our first visit we were greeted by a very sweet cashier and she was very patient with us as we looked at the different items on the menu. Let me tell you, these battered fish tacos are no joke! They are the best we’ve ever had, and we’ve had so many fish tacos in our time as we are natives of SD and love a good taco shop! The cook is really awesome here and every item that we’ve ate there is top notch! We also really enjoy coming in and seeing Matt (the owner) there! He’s so nice! He makes you feel like family when you come in and we’ve seen him treat everyone with the same welcoming spirit, I can’t say that about all restaurants, a lot of them just treat you like a commodity but not here. We really enjoy our chats with him, he’s a cool guy and down to earth-when you meet him you will see exactly what I mean!

Lately we’ve been really disappointed in the food quality at various restaurants, it seems like ever since Covid hit that everyone jacked up the prices and quality went down along with service. In contrast, this place will have you leave full of goodness and have a memorable experience to take along with it! Just try it once and you will be sold for sure. Definitely our new spot for my family, would...

Went in because I was near by and the name looked cool. Ordered a quesadilla. Pretty simple. I get that there was a little of a language barrier, but I do know some Spanish. What was explained to me sounded clear enough. The menu said that it came with a protein cheese, sour cream, and pico de gallo. If I want to guacamole on the side, it would be a dollar extra I ordered the guacamole, guacamole and sour cream came on the inside which I was told both came on the outside I said I didn’t wanna pay for extra pico de gall, but also didn’t receive the pick that was supposed to come with it in the inside. The . chicken seems pretty small as the guacamole and sour cream seemed to be most of the quesadilla. I also ordered a Diet Coke and pointed to the fountain, but after paying with my credit card she told me the fountain didn’t work and that she didn’t know how to refund the soda part of the transaction. So she gave me $3.28 cash back (the soda was 3.49 plus tax meaning I was owed a little more than $3.75 back but she didn’t understand so I gave up. From talking to her it seems like she understood that she gave me 328 and I was supposed to get 349, but she never went to get me the rest of the change. All in all for a quesadilla and some rice I spent over $20 not counting, though soda I was robbed on. LOL no...