Vaqueros Carne Asada

We've ordered from Vaqueros Carne Asada on multiple occasions (we live up the street) and our food is always, hot, delicious, and generously served.

In the past we've ordered pollo asado nachos and carne asada nachos, horchata, agua de tamarindo, agua de jamaica, and today we order two plates: enchilada (beef) + chile relleno with rice and beans, and, burrito (chicken) + enchilada (cheese) with rice and beans and it was delectable! The beans are delicious and feel whipped (this reminds me of mi mama's cooking). The chile relleno has a delicious batter. Everything was very well seasoned, including the carrots we ordered on the side.
Highly recommend Vaqueros!

Burrito had a foreign object inside of it! Taken back and a full refund was provided. Beware!

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Located on the beautiful outskirts of San Diego in Encanto, Vaqueros has been serving the community for decades. The family owned restaurant is best known for its carne asada, but my personal favorite are the rolled tacos, a fried shredded beef and corn tortilla taco rolled into a tube and topped with lettuce, cheese, and guacamole. The prices are reasonable (around $5-$15), and there's many quantity options. The drive thru establishment also has a selection of Mexican food, including burritos, tacos, and the infamous carne asada fries, another entree I recommend.
Parking is minimal and the drive thru can get pretty busy. This is the type of place where you will want to eat the food immediately after ordering, when the food is hot!

Avoid this place at all costs. There was a half of a toothpick INSIDE my rolled taco. Stabbed and got stuck in the roof of my mouth- decent amount of blood.

Completely not OK.

New to the neighborhood , always drive by and it looks packed . So today we decided to try this place .

Let's just say the reason why it locks packed is because their set up is just wrong ... the drive up window is right next to the entrance of the business . This , two cars make the place look like it has a line .

Now let's get to the review .....


Food 7/10 . We ordered carne asada fries . Although they were not the best we had ever had they were descent . They have carne asada , fried , cheese , guacamole and sour cream .
The salsa they provide on the side is lacking flavor . They are both ( red and green ) very watery and flavorless .
Agua fresca ( horchata ) no complaints . I'm sure it's not homemade but rather from the machine and I'm okay with that .

Service : 7/10. It was descent . I would expect nothing less considering the place was not busy when we went .

Ambiance : 5/10. Reason why we are giving it a review that's either acceptable or to neglect is because this is not a place that makes you want to stop . You can see there is outdoor sitting yet it looks closed off ... and the location is not ideal.

Overall :6/10 . Descent food specially for a late night run or no time to cook dinner . Specially if your in the neighborhood.

Go here if you want to buy an $8 bean and cheese burrito. Place went downhill since ownership changed few years ago.

The service fucking sucks the girl with the fucking glasses can never get a fucking order correctly I've been here many fucking times I'll ask for lemons or salsa or something on the side and it's never fucking in the bag or they give me the wrong fucking meat just like tonight I asked for pulled beef enchiladas and we asked her dumb ass wht it had inside they fucking put only cheese inside so back we go to return it I asked for lemon cause I put it all on the first fuck up and guess wht fucking didn't put shytt in the bag I'm pissed this ain't the 1st time 2nd or 3rd it's the fucking 6th time I go and they do something to fuck it up every fucking time so I don't recommend this place they won't give you what you ask !!

The absolute best authentic Mexican food. I wanna go back to San Diego jus to go here again!

Mostly know to me as "the barrel", we've been going here for who knows how long. The burritos are huge and affordable. It can be a hit or miss with more hits than misses but I wish they had a different hot sauce. The hot sauce is very watered down with no flavor, just spicy.

Prices are high and the quality and quantity it used to be is No Longer!

No longer the go to spot