El Sueño

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   Maria

   Los Angeles

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Thanks so much for everything! The manager and Alberto our waiter were amazing! Maria ioele
   

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   Cesar

   VIP

   San Diego

   42 reviews

   5.0

   42 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great drinks and food 🍱 will come back soon AAA 😎
   

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   Sarah

   San Antonio

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   My wife and I’s first time here and we throughly enjoyed it! The food was very yummy! Definitely will be coming back for a future date night!
   

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   Cindy

   VIP

   San Diego

   13 reviews

   3.0

   13 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 4

   We wee very excited to try El Sueno based on great reviews, but it was a disappointment for us. If I could give half stars, it would have been a 2.5. I’ll start with the good…the decor is really pretty (but wow, the gorgeous chairs have ZERO padding on the seat!). The pan de elote with honey-chili butter was excellent! The two candy shots we had were pretty tasty. Now, the bad. We also ordered the “fresh flour tortillas” in the tortilla service. They might have been freshly heated up, but they absolutely did not taste or feel like fresh, house made tortillas you can get elsewhere. We ordered the Cadillac margaritas, which should have been tequila, line juice, agave, Grand Marnier. There is zero chance that they didn’t put sweet & sour mix in there, because the margs were cloyingly sweet, weak, and way too lime-colored for the sweetness to have come from the Grand Marmier, as our server claimed. My enchiladas suizas were very dry inside and didn’t have much flavor. My husband’ said his chorizo-wagyu burger wasn’t good either. Finally, our server (older man) wasn’t good. He wasn’t attentive, maybe stopping at our table half as many times as servers were stopping at other tables. When we asked him for input on menu items, he basically read us the description, which isn’t helpful. The extent of his conversation with us was, “Everything is out shortly” and “Everything is good?” We had high hopes, but won’t be back to El Sueno.
   

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   Michelle

   VIP

   Baja California

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 2

   I was looking forward to trying El Sueño. Their menu has a number of appetizers we tried both the octopus and the mole wings. The octopus was overly seasoned and very salty. The mole wings were ok, nothing extraordinary. Their taco offerings are hit or miss. The mahi mahi being the best. Overall wouldn't recommend for dinner.
   

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   Jason

   Seattle

   7 reviews

   3.0

   7 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Good margaritas. Good service. Al Pestor taco had pretty overcooked, chewy pork. One person in our group wanted soup, and I was surprised that there was no soup option. Ambiance is okay, but there was a great big TV next to us in the dining area that was a distraction.
   

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   Roxana

   Baja California

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 4

   The food was really good! But the service was terrible.
   

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   Mia

   Los Angeles

   4 reviews

   2.0

   4 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 2

   We had a reservation. Open table had options for standard or outdoor seating. I chose standard. A party of 3 arrived at the hostess stand a moment before us without a reservation and got the last indoor table in the dining room. The hostess should have asked us if we had a reservation before seating the other party but didn’t. Since we dis not want to sit outside we were stuck at a table in the bar. Not happy. Once we received our food, the server didn’t even come back to check on us until we were completely finished with our meal. While the food was good, we will not return due to the poor service.
   

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   Francisco

   San Diego

   6 reviews

   4.0

   6 reviews

   Dined on February 16, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   The food is really good. Also they brought the food out pretty quick, and the service was great. I really enjoyed my time.
   

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    Oscar

    Unspecified

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 16, 2025

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Great ambience and decent food but a little overpriced.
    

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