Cancel

Open app

Search

Gallego's

3.6 (114 reviews)
InexpensiveMexican
Open 7:00 am - 10:30 pm

Order Gallego's Takeout or Delivery

Gallego's Photos

Business Info

GALLEGO'S ATMOSPHERE

What's the vibe?
Moderate noise
Good for groups
Good for kids
Dogs allowed

You might also consider

Recommended Reviews - Gallego's

Your trust is our priority, so businesses can't pay to alter or remove their reviews. Learn more about reviews.
Yelp app icon
Browse more easily on the app
Review Feed Illustration

Reviews With Photos

Soggy cucumber

Hoy quiero compartir con ustedes la comida que este local está vendiendo no es justo que pase esto miren el aguachile que encargué Esto no es aguachile ni siquiera tiene color verde o rojo el pepino aguado el camarón está viejo es un asco esto tenía demasiado tiempo guardado no cometan el mismo error de ordenar en este local no gasten su tiempo ni dinero es un asco

Hoy me dio el lujo de encargarme un aguachile supuestamente pero miren lo que me mandaron pepino aguado camarón asqueroso viejo ni siquiera es verde ni rojo yo que trabajo tan fuerte gasté 2 horas de mi trabajo el sudor por darme el lujo hoy domingo de un aguachile y miren lo que me mandaron esto tenía tiempo lo quiero compartir para que por favor nadie cometa el mismo error que yo de ordenar en este local es un asquerosidad

No aguachile in my order they couldn't package it proper!!!
Jio A.

The food is tasty but the staff lack common sense! I bought aguachile but due to their bad packaging skills the juice got all over my bag. Once I got home from picking it up. You had one job smh!

Menudo with a dipped corn tortilla.

See all

5 months ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

3 months ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

4 months ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

10 months ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 1

10 months ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

5 months ago

BEST TACO SHOL IN SAN DIEGO HANDS DOwn I have been coming to this place since I was a kid very great people

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 1
Oh no 0

9 months ago

the best cali burrito in san diego!! salsas always hit, their horchata is FIREEEEEEEE!!!!

Helpful 1
Thanks 0
Love this 1
Oh no 0

6 months ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 1
Oh no 0
Photo of Ema L.
81
17
10

1 year ago

Business owner information

Photo of Ramon G.

Ramon G.

Helpful 1
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

1 year ago

Business owner information

Photo of Ramon G.

Ramon G.

Helpful 2
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

1 year ago

Business owner information

Photo of Ramon G.

Ramon G.

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 1

10 months ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

1 year ago

Best Mexican food I've tried in a while and the best people work here as well 10/10 would recommend

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

1 year ago

Instant bathroom run I asked for a Cali b not a grasa burrito . Smelled like rotten eggs too

Business owner information

Photo of Ramon G.

Ramon G.

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

1 year ago

Business owner information

Photo of Ramon G.

Ramon G.

Helpful 1
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

1 year ago

Business owner information

Photo of Ramon G.

Ramon G.

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

1 year ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

1 year ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

5 years ago

Helpful 1
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

5 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 1
Oh no 0

2 years ago

Business owner information

Photo of Ramon G.

Ramon G.

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

5 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

1 year ago

came at 10:20 pm still took us in and served to eat and let us finish our food the surf and turf was bomb for my first time here

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

4 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0
Photo of V P.
1
2
0

3 years ago

Helpful 1
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 3

2 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

3 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

2 years ago

Business owner information

Photo of Ramon G.

Ramon G.

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

9 years ago

Helpful 13
Thanks 0
Love this 11
Oh no 0

5 years ago

Helpful 1
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

2 years ago

Business owner information

Photo of Ramon G.

Ramon G.

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

3 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0
Photo of Estela A.
72
20
10

4 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

2 years ago

Don't bother. Poor customer service. Only cash. Expensive. They need to accept cards!

Helpful 1
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 1
Photo of Spencer H.
380
1280
10516

8 years ago

Helpful 3
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

3 years ago

They over charged you if you pay with card ! And they charge you extra for anything. As well their food can be cold or hot you never know .

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

6 years ago

Helpful 2
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

4 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0
Photo of Juan L.
41
19
1

4 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 1
Oh no 0

3 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 1
Oh no 0

Page 1 of 3

Gallego's Reviews in Other Languages

Ask the Community - Gallego's

You might also consider

Quixote - Chocolate cake

Quixote

4.0(663 reviews)
2.8 mi
$$$

This place is so cool for celebrating special occasions…read more We celebrated our anniversary and they gave us a candle with our names on it!! So sweet The interior is so cool - very gothic medieval vibes inside!! We tried a couple of items but specifically LOVED the squash blossom and the crab donut and the duck memelita! The fried chicken tacos were pretty good as well Personally I did not love the fondue - comes with corn tortillas on the side - it's not my favorite style Drinks were great - I tried the guava Paloma and liked it a lot but wish it was a bit more sweet more guava flavor

Four of us dined at Quixote last night. I can see why it takes a few weeks to get a reservation…read more The place is truly magnificent. We ordered about six small plates, and they were all delicious and unique. Hard to pick a favorite. I'd say the shrimp tacos were absolutely incredible. Everything else was packed with flavor and very different than anything you will encounter at any other restaurant. It is special. My only complaint is that the place is so dark that you can barely read the menu. Also, being so dark, you can't get a good look at the food or even see color. And I would think that the food is beautifully presented. We are in our 60s. That might have something to do with our inability to see anything in that low light condition. We had to pull our phones out so that we could light up the menu and check out the food we were about to eat. It does make for a dramatic ambience. There are thousands of candles that add to the experience. But I gotta knock them a point because I couldn't see my food or read the menu without help.

Photos
Quixote - Dramatic dining space!

Dramatic dining space!

Quixote - Bay Scallop Black Cocktail. Tender octopus, creamy avocado, and a hint of sweet heat from the sauce.

Bay Scallop Black Cocktail. Tender octopus, creamy avocado, and a hint of sweet heat from the sauce.

Quixote - Cool and dramatic setting!

See all

Cool and dramatic setting!

Coasterra - main entrance

Coasterra

4.0(4k reviews)
5.8 mi
$$$

Made reservations on open table but the space is so big there were still lots of vacancies when we…read morewent for a Saturday lunch. Ordered the crispy calamari, ceviche trio, and ahi tuna tostada. Enjoyed the different flavors of ceviche and was a fan of the super crispiness of calamari. My fav was the ahi tuna tostada. Super dressed up and had a good mix of crunchy, tart, salty, and mildly spicy. The restaurant has a great view of the ocean especially if you sit outside. Our waiter was very friendly and our food came out in a timely manner.

My girlfriend made reservations for Mother's Day for an early dinner since her mom was in town. The…read morehostess were friendly and led us to our seats. The gentleman/waiter handed us the menu and went on his way. Chips and salsa along with waters for the table were brought and then that was when the service of our waiter went downhill. We ordered the ahi tuna and guacamole for our appetizers but the timing for the meal was so off. It was a long wait before the waiter even checked back on us and which is when I asked for a refill on my water and chips. We had order drinks as well. The smoked old fashion was good and the ahi tuna appetizer portion was plentiful. There were some parts of the diced ahi that was a bit chewy. The gaucamole portion was large and it wasn't until I asked another waiter did my refill of water and chips arrive. For entree, we got the scallops with corn cake, a salad and I had the poblano burger. I asked for the burger to be cooked to medium. When the entrees arrived my burger was overcooked with no pink in sight. The flavor of the burger was good but the burger was definitely dry as can be. The corn cake with scallop was interesting it was almost like the corn cake was a croquet that encased a corn salsa. Overall the food was okay but the service left a lot to be desired. The waiter and the end seemed to put up a fake act when the check came. Since we asked for the check it seemed like the waiter was on hyper speed. Overall the view is nice but the food and service did not meet the expectations.

Photos
Coasterra - Skyline & bay views

Skyline & bay views

Coasterra - View from patio

View from patio

Coasterra - Main dining room

See all

Main dining room

Puesto at the Headquarters - La Terraza

Puesto at the Headquarters

4.1(5.6k reviews)
5.3 miDowntown
$$
Locally owned & operated
Private events

Always great food in a beautiful place and we had a great server, Adrien! Their tacos are always…read morespectacular and super filling. I only got two and was stuffed.

This is an excellent Mexican restaurant that is just a short walk from the cruise terminal. If…read moreyou're stopping in San Diego and want to get a fix on authentic Mexican food, this is definitely the place. The salsa assortment is definitely worth ordering to go with the complimentary basket of chips and the complimentary salsa, because the three in the salsa assortment include very creative flavors, including an avocado-based salsa and a delicious pistachio one, along with one that is spicy enough to suit any palate. The house guacamole is also deliciously creamy and perfectly seasoned with lime. The real knockout dish that I had, though, was the taco with chicken pastor. I'm a big fan of pastor, but this is a very non-traditional preparation of pastor. Instead of being shredded pork mixed with a spicy sauce and hunks of pineapple, this was almost more like a Mexican cordon bleu where the chicken had been amazingly seared in some combination with cheese and pastor spices. It was absolutely delicious. The tacos might seem expensive at $10 apiece, but combined with the obviously house-made corn tortillas, I think they're a bargain. Service was friendly, and the atmosphere is very chill. There's a large outside seating area to enjoy, and San Diego is nearly always perfect weather.

Photos
Puesto at the Headquarters - Ribeye Taco

Ribeye Taco

Puesto at the Headquarters
Puesto at the Headquarters

See all

Gallego's - mexican - Updated May 2026

Loading...
Loading...
Loading...