Frida Restaurant
Chula Vista, CA 91915
Phone: (619) 216-8666
- Hours:
- Sun-Thurs 11am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10:30pm
Message from Frida Restaurant
"Fine Mexican cuisine and a festive atmosphere in a modern setting."
- Authentic Mexican cuisine
- Indoor and outdoor dining
- Bar and lounge are
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Editorial Description for Frida Restaurant
Where festive locals stop by for a tasty meal that will make them want to celebrate with maracas.
Insider Tips
Fun FactThis is the second Frida installment in California. The original remains open in Beverly Hills.
User Reviews for Frida Restaurant
06/06/2008 Posted by ReynaB
I have been to Frida twice & both times I had unimpressive meals. The 1st time I ordered the Mole Poblano and it arrived to me warm, I mean luke warm. Just to give you an idea of how bad it was the meal came with a gordita (a melted cheese filled dinner roll). The cheese in the gordita was cold & hard as if the plate was ready long before it was actually brought out. Usually something like this would aggravate me, as I like to pay for a meal that is fresh & HOT. I decided I would let it go since it was their first week & I could tell the waiters weren't completely ready, since our waiter never once refilled our drinks. We had to flag him down & even then he FORGOT to bring the drinks! Anyways I let that go & weeks later returned to Frida with my mom. I put the first experience out of my mind & thought that by this time they should have it all down. Well the 2nd time around we both ordered the Filet Mignon Tampiquena style. Well it looked great! Too bad that was all it did. One bite & WOW! It was super salty! They put way to much seasoning salt on it. My mom made a small cut on an area & when they brought a "new" one out the grill marks were DARK & it was well done, not Medium how it was originally ordered. Then sure enough there was the cut she had made. When we brought it up to the male Manager he denied that it was the same steak & said they took an already prepared steak from another order! So they didn't even make a NEW one! This was the MANAGER! There was NO COMPENSATION for THEIR mistake! NO discount, NOTHING! The waitress was so apologetic & embarrassed that she gave us all she could which was a discount on the desert my mom ordered when she decided she wasn't eating the steak, because they wouldn't take it back! I left vowing never to return & to let anyone know that this restaurant DOES NOT CARE ABOUT OR REPECT THEIR CUSTOMERS!
Pros: The Mango margaritas & that I will NEVER RETURN
Cons: The Management policy of the Customer is always WRONG!
05/13/2008 Posted by 6672042
The place is beautifully designed and decorated. The ambiance is very nice I am sure it looks spectacular by night. We had a business meeting with 4 people and everyone liked the food. The hostess was super attentive as were the rest of the stafff. The food was very good. i had a skirt steak that was perfectly cooked to medium rare. The table salsas were very tasty, while not exceptionally hot...but very tasty. My only observation-complaint is about the chicken they put in the enchiladas, there's lots of it but to me its that over-cooked (to avoid illness) breast meat. Its ok but i'll stay away from the chicken filler as I do at most Mexican restaurants. I did not see or hear any attitude as the other reviewers have cited. Perhaps they were there when the restaurant first opened and they were still ironing things out? The location is in far-away East- Eastlake area. For tthe location you are not going to find a nicer Mexican dining experience. I will happily dine at his restaurant again.
Pros: Beautiful buiding and design, great for meetings, In the Otay Ranch center near the movie theaters
Cons: the chicken breast filler in the enchiladas is a bit over cooked thus dry
