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Quixote, San Diego, CA
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Quixote

$30 and under
Mexican

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2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 85 times today
Experiences are available.
  • Great for creative cocktails
  • Good for special occasions
  • Hot spot
La Única Manera De Hacer Cara Cruz Es A Través De
La Intuición

Why they're an Icon

From the OpenTable editors: If Quixote feels like a house of worship, it’s no accident. The cavernous restaurant was built from a deconstructed Mexican church, as hinted at by its Santa Maria candles and pulpit-turned-bar. Chef José Cepeda serves riffs on his family favorites spotlighting heirloom grains, masa, and his specialty, moles.

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Dining areas

Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Mexican, American
  • Hours of operation
    Mon–Fri 12:00 pm–12:00 am Sat, Sun 1:00 pm–12:00 am
  • Phone number
    (619) 296-2101
  • Dress code
    Business Casual
  • Private party facilities
    We welcome you to explore our Private Dining options, perfect for any occasion
  • Private party contact
    our Private Event Coordinator: (619) 296-2101
  • Neighborhood
    North Park
  • Cross street
    El Cajon Blvd and Lousiana St. - Valet Parking is limited on weekends.
  • Parking details
    Street Parking
  • Additional
    Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Private Room, Wheelchair Access

Experiences

  • Quixote's large parties

    Multiple dates available
    At Quixote, we kindly request that parties larger than six guests adhere to a minimum charge of $50 per person. If your group's total doesn't reach this minimum, we will simply adjust your bill to meet the requirement. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation. Our servers are here to guide you through our full menu, offer recommendations, and answer any questions to ensure your experience is seamless.
    Quixote's large parties Photo
  • New Year's Eve Dinner at Quixote

    $188.36 per person

    Prepaid

    Dec 31, 2024 only
    Ring in the New Year at Quixote with Chef Jose Cepeda's 6-course tasting menu at $145. With limited seating available, this is your opportunity to celebrate in style with our curated menu featuring steak tartar, a parsnip & jicama ensalada, tamal jarocho, and smoked brisket from our wood fire grill. Don't miss the chance to elevate your night with luxurious supplements such as Caviar, Truffle, and a Mezcal and Wine pairing. We look forward to celebrating with you.

What 976 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.5
4.5 based on recent ratings
  • 4.5Food
  • 4.4Service
  • 4.7Ambience
  • 4.2Value

NoiseModerate

Review summary

AI-generated from verified diner reviews
Quixote offers a delightful dining experience with "one of the most beautiful spaces" and inventive Mexican cuisine that impresses guests. The restaurant features a "stunning, visually arresting" ambiance, perfect for special occasions. Despite some noise and wait time issues, patrons praise the "delicious food," "wonderful decor," and "excellent service," making it a must-visit culinary destination.

976 Reviews
  1. Melissa

    VIP

    San Diego

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined 1 day ago

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 2
    Our waitress was so rude, irritated at any simple questions we had, extremely short & snappy with us. We will never return.

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  2. desire

    VIP

    Tahoe

    70 reviews

    4.0

    70 reviews

    Dined 1 day ago

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4
    Very cool vibe, cool decor, tasty and unique food. The duck dish was our favorite along with the guacamole and shrimp tacos. It’s a bit dark so a little table light would be nice. Our server was nice but they were busy so two servers were stretched thin.

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  3. shayda

    VIP

    San Diego

    22 reviews

    5.0

    22 reviews

    Dined 1 day ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Highly recommend so good!!!! The food and the drinks and the price for what you get just delicious and the whole vibe you forget you are in San Diego

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  4. Nicole

    San Diego

    4 reviews

    3.0

    4 reviews

    Dined 2 days ago

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 4
    Unfortunately they were understaffed so I don’t think we received a full experience. stunning interior but music did not match the vibes. Hopefully when we go back we have a different experience. Will give it another chance.

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  5. Angelique

    San Diego

    5 reviews

    4.0

    5 reviews

    Dined 3 days ago

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    The atmosphere and environment was energetic and inviting! The staff were knowledgeable and super attentive! Decor was fabulous and absolutely amazing!

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  6. Anna

    San Diego

    6 reviews

    4.0

    6 reviews

    Dined 3 days ago

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 5
    When we arrived we drove around and there is absolutely NO street parking, so don’t bet on that. We ended up getting valet. We waited in line in valet for 20 minutes before someone came to speak with us, and there were only 2 cars in front of us. So the valet could have been better, but at only $15 it’s not a bad price. When we got inside it was very, very busy. Beautiful and picture areas all over. It took us awhile to find the restaurant from inside the hotel there’s one sign but once you go down the hall you see 3 doors and the sign for the restaurant was hard to read we didn’t even register it was the restaurant. We ended up asking for directions and found the restaurant. (There is a separate entrance for the restaurant from the outside I recommend using instead of going in through the hotel). Once we got checked in we got our table pretty fast, service was very fast and our server explained the menu to us. We ordered the guacamole and queso, DELICIOUS. We also ordered the chicken tacos, it came with two small tacos my husband and I each had one, and they were also delicious. Our entree was the Tasajo, at $95 a plate my husband and I split it and we ate it all but we’re completely full after the food we got earlier. It was one of the best things I have eaten in years. Seriously. Not only did the food come out insanely fast, but it was completely worth the high price. There was a grilled avocado with salsa in the middle, never had that before but I am drooling thinking about it. I’m usually a try a restaurant once and try another person, there’s so many in San Diego and not enough time to try them all. But we will definitely be frequent fliers here. The restaurants ambiance was like something out of booktok. Romantic and moody! When we were done with our food we went back into the hotel to take photos but the one area I wanted to go to was blocked off so I assume it’s only open some times for photos? We waited about 10-15 minutes for valet to get our car.

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  7. Ellen

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined 3 days ago

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 2
    Food is good. But our table waiter is not friendly to say the least. He basically shown that he was annoyed at us because this was our first time there and we didn't order a main course. We had planed to have cocktails and appetizers as we already had other dinner booked. Hence we were there at 4 pm. We ordered cocktails at the bar while we were waiting for our table. I had a reservation for 4:30pm. The main waitior told use to close out before heading over to our table. When we got to our table with our cocktails, our table waiter looked unhappy. Very weird vibes from him. He didn't introduce how their menu worked to us. So we are basically in the dark. We ended of ordering a couple of appetizers since it was our first time. Later on I found that he did a detailed intro on their menu to another table next to us. And we just felt very unwelcome by him. He also made a snide comment when we ordered the shrimp taco (come as 2 pieces we later found out) that it is best for 4 people so that we can cut it to half and everyone can have a half of taco. Very strange experience. Food actually tasted very good but feel extremely unwelcome there by this waiter. He purposely ignore our table after the ordering. I think he is judgemental toward customer that didn't order enough food from him or something like that. I am not sure if we will ever go back to this restaurant again. Such a shame because the food and cocktail are actually pretty good. Also the price are pretty fair. We still tipped 20% as the other waiter or bar tenders are very nice. BUT with a table waiter like that, you just can't really enjoy the dining experience. Not sure why I am even writing this long feedback. Not sure if the business even cares. But I guess if any new customer wanting to try this place. Watch out the mean waiter! 😱

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  8. Char

    VIP

    San Diego

    45 reviews

    1.0

    45 reviews

    Dined 3 days ago

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 1
    Management... you need to train your staff on how to treat your customers! By far one of the worst experiences we have ever had at an establishment. Except for one bartender and the valet your staff has no situational awareness and is rude. 20 minutes in line to get the valet to take our car. At least he was nice and apologized. Only 2 valets during the holidays? 30 minutes standing near the reservation desk at Quixote to be seated 25 minutes past our reservation time. We almost left but the due to the $20- per person charge to secure our reservation we stayed. It was unreal how the staff could have cared less that we waited. I had to go up 3 times to check if we would be seated soon and the entire time the table we sat at finally was cleaned and empty most of the wait. 10 minutes later the waitress Yari did not greet us or say one word just poured us water and walked away. We had no idea she was the one that would be taking our order until she came to the table and said "do you know what you want"? that was it! The food was decent until the raw steak we ordered medium-rare for $95- showed up, we sent it back as we were done and couldn't wait to get out of there. One small "sorry' as she put the check on our table and walked away. Not one person in your establishment said "thank. you". The hotel was decorated beautifully however at 5pm it was so crowded you could not really see the decorations so everyone had the same idea as we did understandably. Another 25 minutes to get our car and we were out of there! Never again!

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  9. Sasha

    San Diego

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 4 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Excellent food, ambiance and cocktails! Perfect meal!

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  10. Kaliyani

    VIP

    San Diego

    11 reviews

    5.0

    11 reviews

    Dined 5 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Fabulous. I tried the crispy chicken tacos for the first time, absolutely amazing!

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Quixote is rated 4.5 stars by 976 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

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2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 85 times today
Experiences are available.
Google Map for Quixote

2223 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, CA 92104-1103

Dining areas

Additional information

  • Cross street
    El Cajon Blvd and Lousiana St. - Valet Parking is limited on weekends.
  • Neighborhood
    North Park
  • Hours of operation
    Mon–Fri 12:00 pm–12:00 am Sat, Sun 1:00 pm–12:00 am
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Mexican, American
  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Dress code
    Business Casual
  • Parking details
    Street Parking
  • Additional
    Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Private Room, Wheelchair Access
  • Phone number
    (619) 296-2101
  • Private party facilities
    We welcome you to explore our Private Dining options, perfect for any occasion
  • Private party contact
    our Private Event Coordinator: (619) 296-2101
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