Juan Bugarin (Nito)

Came here 12 years ago, and had to see if it was still the place. They did not disappoint what so ever! Delicious then, and even more delicious now. Their carne asada tacos is on par with flavor, their birria tacos are so juicy and full of flavor, their al pastor has all of the deliciousness in every bite. Even their beans and rice were simple and tasty. Just like Abuela used to make. Can't forget that the salsas are on point and their tortillas have their own unique style, and complete the taco experience without a doubt. 😁 No lo vas a arrepentir! 🌮

Rachel Z

Ordered the menudo, very large portion, flavorful but could be more spicy for my taste. Lengua tacos were delicious. My friend ordered the carne asada and enjoyed it a lot. Greta quality meats at an affordable price.

George Castro

Despite the initial impression of neglect, with faded signage and worn paint, the food here is nothing short of delicious! I was staying downtown for a conference and for those willing to venture off the beaten path, go for it!

Chris Handy

Blown away by this unassuming spot. Everything was fresh and delicious. Chips were light and crunchy, salsa was smoky and drinkable. All tacos were great, especially the carne asada and al pastor sopes. Staff was also fantastic, would highly recommend!!

Ravi Vachhani

Amazing spot for authentic, Tijuana-style food! I was visiting the SD area & craving some tacos, so I found this spot as it had good reviews. They have a lot on their menu, including cold drinks & such, but I only ordered tacos. I ordered the carne asada, birria, carnitas, & pastor (with onions/cilantro + hot sauce). All of them were amazing & portions are perfect. Will for sure be back when I’m in the area again, definitely worth a try!

Bill Wolff

Truly an Authentic little place. Service was amazing but the Food was Super delicious. Would definitely make this a regular place if we were closer.

+1

Joy Enriquez

So glad to be back after a year! The food hasn't changed. Still sooooo good!!! This is something we always look forward to when visiting San Diego. Our hotel is all the way in Rancho Bernardo but it's always worth the drive!

+2

Jay Keyes

La Fachada has a tremendous reputation to live up to. Like many restaurants around south central San Diego, there is a collective sense that the Mexican food at La Fachada is more legit, more authentic, more "real" than what's served elsewhere in the region. This is simply not true, and you will probably be disappointed if you think this place is much better than the best of what you'll find further south (Chula Vista, San Ysidro, etc.), but that shouldn't take away from the fact that La Fachada is capable of serving up some excellent food, homely hole that it is. Part of the challenge at La Fachada, like any casual Mexican restaurant, is figuring out which salsa to choose. There are three salsas available at the salsa bar: a green salsa that tastes like bugspray, a red salsa that tastes only slightly better, and another red salsa that's phenomenal - and the only one you want to put on anything. How do you know which red salsa is which? The salsa tub with the ugly, chunkier red salsa that's near-empty and cross-contaminated with stray radishes, lime wedges, and cucumbers - *that's* the salsa you want. It is spicy, tastes of fresh herbs, with a subtle floral taste that's even a little sweet. La Fachada's corn tortillas are awesome. They're thick, a little puffy, freshly-made, and certainly one of my favorite aspects about this operation. All of these tacos are made better by the tortillas: * "Tripa Taco": This is the tripa taco for people who really like offal. You'll experience all of the muskiness associated with tripa (small cow intestines), the grittiness of it. It really is nasty stuff at first, with a texture similar to calamari, but then it's kind of delicious as you eat more of it. For my taste, I prefer my tripa a bit milder. By that measurement, this is not a great tripa taco, but it's not a bad one either. It needs sauce. * "Buche Taco": Pretty average pig gut taco. It didn't taste like a whole lot except salty. It has the familiar bologna-like texture and "look" that you associate with buche. I drenched with the aforementioned salsa roja and focused on the tortilla. * "Carne Asada Taco": The carne asada is a "must-order" here. It is grilled outside over mesquite coals, generating a lovely odor of seared meat dragged by billowing smoke throughout the vicinity. The tenderness of the marinated, well-seasoned beef is what makes this more legit than what you'll encounter during a typical San Diego taco shop experience. When in the taco, the smoky, soulful carne asada is joined by some smaller, crunchy bits of meat that could be anything, but I suspect tripa. It doesn't distract, and is a welcome texture. Also included in the taco are onions and cilantro. This is an avocado-free taco -- which is fine by me, as too many local places use guacamole as a "cheat code" to divert the focus of eaters from poorly-prepared meats. The carne asada is grilled next to a plate of chile toreados - blistered serrano and güero chiles with roasted onions are offered gratis, and you should remember to walk over to the grill and grab some off of the plate with the tongs to eat with your carne asada taco. * "Birria Taco": I was surprised at how good the birria taco was. It consists of large chunks of braised beef chuck with fat streaked throughout with mild chile flavor mixed with a hint of garlic and onion. If I had this birria in a bowl, it'd bore me to tears, but it's the perfect kind of guisado for tacos, because it doesn't rely on the broth to be good. It's also not super-overwhelming, and takes well to salsas. With birria, La Fachada's corn tortillas work best, soaking up the guajillo and meat juices. La Fachada is a cool, funky, old place. During my latest dine, they were blasting Mexican rockabilly music, which created a high-energy atmosphere as dusk turned to night. People of all ages, races, and ethnicities dine here, but mostly Spanish-speakers. A grubby San Diego institution that is rightfully thought of as one of the city's best venues to grab tacos, La Fachada is an easy place to leave happy.

+6

The food is always delicious! The service is fantastic! It's a great chill place to sit down and have scrumptious Mexican food!

The food is always delicious! The service is fantastic! It's a great chill place to sit down and have scrumptious mexican food!

The food is always delicious! The service is fantastic! It's a great chill place to sit down and have scrumptious Mexican food!

The food is always delicious! The service is fantastic! It's a great chill place to sit down and have scrumptious mexican food!

The food is great. We had 2 tortas: beef and chorizo, both were inhaled within minutes, I guess that means my friends liked them. I had the carne asada burrito, love it. meat was flavorful with cri…

The food is great. We had 2 tortas: beef and chorizo, both were inhaled within minutes, I guess that means my friends liked them. I had the carne asada burrito, love it. meat was flavorful with…

the food was amazing and they were able to make me half carne asada fries half chips which a lot of locations don't do!! def my new favorite spot here in san diego

the food was amazing and they were able to make me half carne asada fries half chips which a lot of locations don't do!! def my new favorite spot here in san diego

Missed the Fachada !! Came back and it's amazing love there good and their service, that tast in the burritos is delicious!! \nGoing back !!

Hole in the wall, if you are visiting and want to try a local spot come check them out. The parking is not ideal, and they did away with the free frijoles that would be cooking and chile's. But the…

This place was so good. So much meat on the tacos. The green salsa was so good and the lady working behind the counter was so lovely. Def will come back so bussin bussin

This place was so good. So much meat on the tacos. The green salsa was so good and the lady working behind the counter was so lovely. Def will come back so bussin bussin

These tacos gotta be some of the best in San Diego the tortillas are soft, the meat is fresh, and they gotta very friendly workers. It gets a little packed but for a reason.

Small hole in the wall. Can't beat their prices. They have an extensive menu of authentic mexican food. Service is good. Best late night spot for tacos!

Small hole in the wall. Can't beat their prices. They have an extensive menu of authentic Mexican food. Service is good. Best late night spot for tacos!

a delicacy after work that the boss invited us was delicious especially because it was free but it tasted wonderful

Food came out fresh & hot and EXTREMELY delicious ! Seasoned perfectly. The staff was nice & accommodating. There is inside as well as outside seating. Music, beers,& Tacos you can’t go wrong ! I d…

food came out fresh & hot and EXTREMELY delicious ! Seasoned perfectly. The staff was nice & accommodating. There is inside as well as outside seating. Music, Beers,& tacos you can’t go wrong ! I…

Food came out fresh & hot and EXTREMELY delicious ! Seasoned perfectly. The staff was nice & accommodating. There is inside as well as outside seating. Music, Beers,& Tacos you can’t go wrong ! I d…

Arun R

Very good nachos and horchatas. Ceviche was very good. The tacos had a mayonnaise like sauce but with the hot sauce it was good.

Max Sanchez

Love the tacos here. Man, the salsa is spicy and I like spicy! Open late night, definitely a place to hit up if you are in the area for a bite. Classic spot. The cabeza tacos are my favorite.

Christopher Gorrie

A taco shop with Tijuana vibes right in between Sherman Heights and Barrio Logan. The California and bean + rice burritos are pretty tasty, as is the horchata. It’s a good late night spot that’s reasonably price. They play cool music.

Reliable late night spot. Consistent with their service and taste. A little expensive but it's open late so what can you do.

Reliable late night spot. Consistent with their service and taste. A little expensive but it's open late so what can you do.

It's nice La Fachada has its own parking lot as I didn't see much street parking due to the trolley and red zones. I ordered 3 tacos which made for a big lunch. I liked the soft and mild flavored c…

It's nice La Fachada has its own parking lot as I didn't see much street parking due to the trolley and red zones. I ordered 3 tacos which made for a big lunch. I liked the soft and mild flavored…

Absolutely scrumptious. Called in an order late night - carnitas, huarache with carne and carne asada fries. Everything was amazing, my favorite were the carnitas tacos, I think some of the best I'…

No frills mexican food. Prices were hidden for some reason, but my al pastor mulita was around $7 and my cabeza taco around $3. \n\nCabeza taco was so good I inhaled it in the car; didn't put no sa…

No frills Mexican food. prices were hidden for some reason, but my al pastor mulita was around $7 and my cabeza taco around $3. \n\nCabeza taco was so good I inhaled it in the car; didn't put no sa…

Ashley Jones

Been coming here for over a decade. This place used to be amazing all around, but unfortunately over time the quality of many dishes has gone downhill. Ever since they stopped cooking their carne asada outside on the grill, it’s been chewy and lacking that fresh grilled flavor. The lengua is also not what it used to be. We still come through for the carnitas tacos and mulitas which thankfully are still delicious and 100% worth the trip. Their tortillas are really good as well.

Crystal T.

3.5 rounded down. This was unfortunately a theme with the places we tried in SD, but seemed a little overhyped? Maybe it’s because we came when it wasn’t busy, but the food didn’t seem that fresh, and the taste was good but not mindblowingly so by any means. Fish tacos were just ok - not a huge fan of the sour watery (tartar? mayo?) sauce. The carne asada tasted fine but a bit bland, the pastor was slightly crunchy and the best of the 3 but I’ve had better elsewhere. Meat portions were generous and service was friendly at least. Using a credit card adds a surcharge so bring cash. Toilets were not very clean.

Val

Overall this place is a 3star in terms of flavor. If you are looking for cheap, good tacos, and you live around the area, this is the place to take care of the craving. The tacos don't come with guac wich is a downside... A taco isn't a good taco without guac. They have a grill outside with a pot of beans (free for customers) and they also have grilled peppers and onions that you can help yourself with. Their large strawberry water ($3.75) was Bomb! Better than their tacos. I am not sure if they make the strawberry water from scratch, it tasted like it was though. I got two birria tacos that tasted like beef tacos to me instead of birria. The chorizo taco was extremely salty. Despite this, the free beans and chili peppers made up for it a little. I guess I hope that the tacos will be better next time. The carne asada tacos didn't come with guac, only onion and cilantro. In simple words, the carne asada tacos were plain and nothing out of the ordinary. They were average. Overall, people were super nice and the food was inexpensive. OH, and they accept CASH only after a certain amount of transactions which is a huge disappointment. Sometimes they accept cards depending if their system is working. For this, I give it a 3 star.

+5

In the hood on the corner of the street that's easily missed. Some parking within the little area. You order outside at the register; I walked inside like a dummy. I came here before I took my dog …