Ortega's A Mexican Bistro - San Diego

The food and service is absolutely awesome! We had the half lobster and steak, and both were perfect! Also recommend the Pomegranate Spritzer, yum!

We've eaten here twice first was for breakfast (good); second was for dinner. It's a bit of a drive for us, but we had dig up two gift cards from years past in the office, and decided to give Ortega's a whirl The food was excellent. As with most sit-down Mexican restaurants, we "chipped out", and were all reasonably filled by the time the appetizer came around. Queso Fundido a cheesy, fatty, well seasoned dip of comfort goodness. Flavor and consistency-wise, it was very good. If I had to nitpick a little there was a touch more oil one the top than what I'm accustomed to, but that was more than made up for by the outstanding taste Their mole enchiladas were perfect. Many places "over mole" their dishes, and to me it appears the preference. I liked Ortegas in that the mole was the primary nuance of the dish, and not like eating melted bars a chocolate. : The other dish we sampled was the Huachinango with plantains as the main feature. It was pleasant not too sweet, and very well put together. However, I preferred my enchiladas (since I ordered them We'll be back, and won't have to bring gift certificates. And BTW the bartender was on point that evening I had to fight myself NOT to get a second mango margarita

Nice atmosphere. Unfortunately the lobster was overcooked leaving it rubbery and my margarita was so sour that I can only guess that the Grand Marnier was left out. I noticed a table near us also left most of a glass behind. The other meals of my guests were ‘ok- nothing special’ . The pomegranate margarita my guest had was excellent, unlike mine

A new place for us to have Mexican food. Clean, delicious and very appealing

Had the crab enchiladas and they were quite good, especially the tomatillo sauce on top. The beans were that pureed mush which I do not care for. Had a good margarita as well