Reviews El Rincon Restaurante

What a hidden gem in San Ysidro. The food is on point as well as the service. They have great portions with exceptional flavor. Try the Chilaquiles and enjoy the beans

Best lil hidden gem in the heart of Sidro! Love the service love the food...

The food is delicious, good customer service.. I love it !

I am visiting San Ysidro for business and I came across El Rincon. I was craving Mexican food and I knew I was going to find a great meal and I definitely did! For starters, the place is inviting, the atmosphere is warm and it definitely feels authentic. The staff super friendly and attentive which is a plus specialty because I went during lunch hours! I ordered Huevos Divorciados with extra egg and a cafe the olla. We don't have a place in my city that offers cafe de olla and it was so good! They serve chips and beans and they were very tasty, it is a good way to poke at your taste buds! The dish was phenomenal, the salsa Verde was delicious and with the right acidity and the red salsa rich and smoky. The beans were on point and the tortillas were fried as they should be. Many places do not understand that frying the tortilla is a must to have a good Huevos rancheros / Divorciados. After I was done (quite quickly because it was so good, I cleaned the plate! Lol ) I started chatting with a beautiful couple that just got married.... They are in their mid 60s!! We had a great chat and I mentioned this because the atmosphere invites you to socialize and have a conversation with the other patrons. Prices are excellent and we'll worth it! Got up and I came across the owner who earlier I notice her walking around and saying high to the customers! Asking how is everything and if they needed anything else. That speaks volumes because it is obvious she cares a lot about her customer's satisfaction. Super friendly and she thanked me for eating at her. I left feeling appreciated and valued. This is my place for Mexican food when I come to San Ysidro for sure! Thanks for a great experience!

They serve a spicy bean dip with chips before your meal. That alone is worth five stars. The chilaquiles are great, the chips were still crunchy when I was eating it. The service was exceptional.

I tried the chicken mole enchiladas an there so good an the cafe de holla is good too.the chilaquiles divorciados another go choice and the mole chilaquiles. the frijoles an chips they give you while you wait for your food are so good too definitely like this place it taste like homemade food and this are the kind of places I like to go.

This place is Amazing!!! This is definitely a hidden gem 💎 as others have said. Food was perfect, service was awesome👌 our server Adrian and chef Silvana are the BEST. went this morning for breakfast with family and cannot remember the last time I had a breakfast this good. Everyone was throughly impressed. First time here, and we hope to keep coming back!!! Love this place!! Recommended to anyone who loves delicious food.

Came here for the pozole but I think it was too seasoned for my taste buds. Everything else was spot on. The service was phenomenal and extremely attentive. I highly recommend this gem for authentic cravings.

Delicioso!!! I came across this little restaurant while looking for a place with good Menudo. The menudo was great (one tip, do not pour all the salsa in it lol), chips and beans yumm!!! Ohh and let’s not forget their coffee, It just makes you feel like home. I just wishing a had some pan dulce to go with it lol... I was amazed with their wonderful customer. I definitely recommend and will be coming back to try more.

This place is little hidden gem in the heart of San Ysidro. There is a wait to get in but, it is worth it. The customer service is great, the café de Olla is delicious and the portions are big. Every dish was full of flavor from the refried beans to the tortilla chips. Definitely recommend to everyone.

El Rincón is San Diego's closest full-service Mexican restaurant to our border with Tijuana and it does not betray its location. This restaurant, run by the Alaniz family from the Mexican city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, is easily a "top 5" Mexican restaurant in San Diego. The crown jewel of Chef Silvana Alaniz's menu is her "Carne en su Jugo," consisting of beef stewed in a broth of its own juices, with chopped pieces of smoky bacon, accompanied by a peppy salsa verde that wants to both tame you and love you. Each bite of this cherished family recipe brings with it an overwhelming feeling of having made excellent life choices. One choice that is made easy for you when you dine here are the complimentary "Chips and Beans" ("la pareja especial en El Rincón") placed in front of you upon being seated. This is not the place to worry about over-indulging on tortilla chips and spoiling your meal -- I could happily leave El Rincón having eaten nothing but this initial course. The stewed, savory beans are pervaded with the essence of pork and sprinkled with queso fresco, yet they manage to deliver all the heat you would expect in a table salsa, having been spiked with chiles de árbol. I challenge anyone to find a better version of this given away for free. Other standout dishes include the "Guisado Chuleta de Puerco," a plate of buttery bone-in pork chops and skillet-fried potatoes covered with a loud green sauce that will rip through your mouth like a tomatillo-smothered scythe, and the "Bisteck Ranchero" with its beefy ribeye steak doused in a mild and tangy salsa roja with stewed tomatoes and soft grilled onions. Both dishes are accompanied with a scoop of garlicky rice, refried beans, and fresh corn tortillas from a local supplier in Barrio Logan. Of these two plates, I prefer the "Guisado Chuleta de Puerco," which may be the second best dish on the menu. If you could only order one thing and you want to sample both of El Rincón's red and green sauces on the same plate, you should consider the "Huevos Divorciados," a plate of sunny side-up eggs paired with both salsas, each egg separated by a mound of refried beans and queso. This was a dish I ordered upon one of my early visits here, and it ensured I came back again the next day. Last but not least, El Rincón serves superb tacos. At most other places, the "Tacos Dorados" at El Rincón would be the best thing you could order. They are called "dorados" because they are deep-fried until they have golden tortilla shells that glisten with manteca and shatter upon being bit. As with other taco dorados found in Jalisco and elsewhere, the vegetables, salsa, and "crema" are served outside of the taco, with the meat inside. I order mine with shredded beef (carne deshebrada) which fries up in the tortilla to a similar texture as pork carnitas, the juices and flavor of the meat seemingly sealed in to be released and savored when chewed. The tacos are served with a bowl of "Caldo Chilango," an enchanting chipotle-infused chicken broth with rice that may not cure COVID-19, but works wonders with the common cold. Prices are reasonable, with all entrées in the $10-$14 range and with cheaper breakfast options also available. Bilingual table and counter service is provided by the friendly and earnest Alaniz family, and the overall atmosphere of the operation I would describe as diner-like; It is a clean and colorful space with a relaxed personality in the morning that turns into a bustling dining room at lunch time.

The food is so delicious. They usually have a long waiting list on the weekend but its worth the wait. The food tastes very authentic