Frida Restaurant

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(619) 216-8666

2015 Birch Road
Chula Vista, CA 91915 32.64 -117.0833

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Hours:

Sun-Thurs 11am-10pm

Fri-Sat 11am-10:30pm

Last updated 1.24.11

Category:

Restaurants

Restaurant Special Features:

Family-Friendly Dining, Group Dining, Dine At The Bar, Outdoor Dining

Cuisine:

Mexican

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What People Are Saying About Frida Restaurant

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Where festive locals stop by for a tasty meal that will make them want to celebrate with maracas.

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Fun Fact:
This is the second Frida installment in California. The original remains open in Beverly Hills.
ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. “the best place to go in a romantic dinner or with a bunch of friends the margaritas you wont find any better in town.”
  2. “The location is nice, and it looks pretty.”
  3. “The ambiance is wonderful inside, like a warm house to eat in.”
  4. “The ambiance is very nice I am sure it looks spectacular by night.”
drinks
100.0% positive
  1. “We went to Frida's on the way to The Police concert and had a beautiful seat in the bar with wonderful margaritas and excellent Mexican food.”
food quality
85.0% positive
  1. “We went to the buffet and the food was cold.”
  2. “Everyone if you want to eat some delicious and healthy mexican food, this is the spot, the salads are just perfect, the tacos is like you are eating in mexico and the steaks”
  3. “We were shocked at how elegant the place is and the quality of food and service it offered.”
  4. “The food was very good.”
  5. “Service was very good and the margaritas we're delicious.”
  6. “We went to Frida's on the way to The Police concert and had a beautiful seat in the bar with wonderful margaritas and excellent Mexican food.”
  7. “The table salsas were very tasty, while not exceptionally hot.”
  8. “Loved the food and service and will come back for sure.”
  9. “Perfect place,perfect food !”
  10. “..mmmm delicious i love the filete invierno you should try it.”
  11. “Overall, the food was tasty and filling.”
  12. “This is the first restaurant in San Diego that I could find that serve this exquisit dish.”
  13. “The manager has very poor negotiation skills and customer service skills, let alone any knowledge of beef cuts and food preparation.”
  14. “Ceviches (very very fresh and the girls loved it), Mole (wow, a good mole in town!”
  15. “recommended a dish to mom and dad and my wife proceeded to order something new to try out.”
  16. “On top of mediocre mexican food, the service is the worst Ive ever experienced.”
  17. “Usually something like this would aggravate me, as I like to pay for a meal that is fresh & HOT.”
  18. “We had a business meeting with 4 people and everyone liked the food.”
  19. “This high quality food is amazing.”
  20. “I'm one of those who easily complain when things don't go well, but so far, the food and service has been good.”
overall
100.0% positive
  1. “It's a great lunch place.”
  2. “the best place to go in a romantic dinner or with a bunch of friends the margaritas you wont find any better in town.”
  3. “We dined at Frida on 2 other occassions in the last month and figured it would be a great place to take mom on Saturday for Mother's Day (Since Mexican people always celebrate Mother's Day on the 10th).”
return potential
100.0% positive
  1. “Loved the food and service and will come back for sure.”
  2. “much better than my last mgrs - they return callls quickly & place is nice.”
service
66.66999816894531% positive
  1. “Not to mention the margaritas and excellent service!”
  2. “The martinis were terrible, we couldn't figure out if it was bad vodka or a bad bartender, we ordered TWICE, not drinking EITHER, but of course were still charged $15.”
  3. “quite sad really- such a beautifully decorated restaurant in a wonderful setting- but they have missed the mark in service.”
  4. “took her on Friday since I figured that it wouldn't be busy and we might actually get decent service.”
  5. “The manager assured me that there would be no problem to go ahead and enjoy our dinner.”
  6. “We were shocked at how elegant the place is and the quality of food and service it offered.”
  7. “Loved the food and service and will come back for sure.”
  8. “Our waiter was good, but the bus staff needed further training.”
  9. “The hostess was super attentive as were the rest of the stafff.”
  10. “Finally a few minutes later a nice male waiter took our order!”
  11. “The waitress we ended up with was terrible and made us wait forever just to get melted and runny Margaritas.”
  12. “We dined at Frida on 2 other occassions in the last month and figured it would be a great place to take mom on Saturday for Mother's Day (Since Mexican people always celebrate Mother's Day on the 10th).”
  13. “recently went to Friday in Eastlake and too received horrible service.”
  14. “The manager has very poor negotiation skills and customer service skills, let alone any knowledge of beef cuts and food preparation.”
  15. “We had a business meeting with 4 people and everyone liked the food.”
  16. “I'm one of those who easily complain when things don't go well, but so far, the food and service has been good.”
  17. “Worst customer service Ive ever seen!”
  18. “The waiter was nice and attentive but it seemed as though he was rushing us out!”
  19. “We enjoyed the outdoor waterfall and attentive service from Saul.”
  20. “On top of mediocre mexican food, the service is the worst Ive ever experienced.”
  21. “Needless to say, I am certainly not going to BEG any restaurant who has such lousy customer service to take MY money and business.”
value
50.0% positive
  1. “We were very excited to try this restaurant and yet it was a huge dissappointment.”
  2. “It is sad that restaurant owners spend so much money on making a restaurant look nice and forget that if you don?”
  3. “Needless to say, I am certainly not going to BEG any restaurant who has such lousy customer service to take MY money and business.”
  4. “cant tell you how horrible this restaurant is and I would advise you to not waste your time and money.”
wait time
50.0% positive
  1. “The cheese in the gordita was cold & hard as if the plate was ready long before it was actually brought out.”
  2. “Finally a few minutes later a nice male waiter took our order!”
3 Star Rating: Average

03/22/11

Good experiences so far

by laughalot01 at Citysearch

I have been to Frida's on various occasions and found it to be a good experience. I love the Tamarindo Martini, it is the best, and the food is tasty.

Maybe there is room for improvement on the service. In the meantime I will still continue to go and hopefully see Frida's improve their customer service.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

06/02/10

Bruch

by CSMobileUser2 at Citysearch

Best brunch in town !

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

06/01/10

Increible

Contributor at Citysearch

Perfect place,perfect food !

1 Star Rating: Poor

02/28/10

Horrible Food & Services

by gmlsports at Citysearch

My wife and I was just at Frida's for my nieces model show. We were shocked at how elegant the place is and the quality of food and service it offered. Food was just down right nasty. Drinks were outrageous prices. Service was terrible. And you need to watch your ticket as well as they try to double charge us as well for 3 meals when we only had 2 meals? Highly NOT recomended!

  • Pros: None
  • Cons: Food, service, prices
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

02/19/10

Great Mole Sauce

by gorblimey2 at Citysearch

Despite other reviews, I've been to Frida's with my friends and family on numerous occasions and have really enjoyed it. The burrito with mole sauce is delicious and reasonably priced. It's a great lunch place. Beautiful interior.

My friends have enjoyed it. I'm one of those who easily complain when things don't go well, but so far, the food and service has been good. However, we tend to go during the day or early evening.

  • Pros: Best Mole Sauce/good burritos

The Details on Frida Restaurant

Place Categories:

  • mediocre mexican food
  • loved attentive service
  • lousy customer service
  • great lunch place
  • nice waiter
  • wonderful margaritas
  • very nice ambiance
  • worst martinis
  • exquisit dish
  • cold cheese
  • hot meal
  • enjoy dinner
  • nice restaurant
  • worst customer service ive
  • enjoyed outdoor waterfall
  • love filete invierno
  • very poor negotiation skills
  • very tasty table salsas
  • wonderful setting
  • very poor customer service skills
  • beautiful seat
  • good mole
  • bad vodka
  • very nice presented
  • just perfect salads

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