Food quality is not the same anymore. They're remodeling the place so not sure if it's under new ownership

Both my friend and I stopped in late at night (12 midnight ) and ordered Prime Rib which turned out perfect! The atmosphere was conducive for dating and the service was excellent. I highly recommend this dining establishment read more

La Fogata - Look for this signage for a great time! - Mediterranean Near Me - Tijuana, BCN

Food was delicious I got the steak eggs chilaquiles the steak was soft and tender and juicy. Eggs were perfect and coffee was great. The ambience was nice and cool. The service was really great. I will definitely visit here again if I am down here read more

Adorableeeee place, with good music. Make sure to have your camera ready. The service took some time but very polite and helpful. We went during brunch time and it was delicious, I'll definitely be going back. read more

La Fogata - Steak and Eggs - Mediterranean Near Me - Tijuana, BCN

Good traditional Mexican restaurant with big selection of different dishes & meats. Food is good with fresh ingredients and good portions! They had an amazing crab bisque as soup of the day and a delicious carrot cake. These traditional type restaurants are hard to beat, no nonsense just good food, they end up being more satisfying than the newer trendy ones. Close to the boarder crossing into USA so great place to enjoy a meal while line gets better. read more

OMG...this is exactly what I was in the mood for! I have been to all the "cool"spots in TJ and I really do love them all. The one type of restaurant I hadn't been to so far is a "traditional Mexican restaurant" ...and the funny thing is that the decor seems to be what Mexican restaurants in America are inspired by. The place was clean...super clean and looked like traditional Mexican decor. I guess this is the spot that locals have been coming to for years. COVID precautions. ... they took our temp we cleaned the bottom of our shoes we were required to sanitize before entering the tables are spaced out servers wore a mask AND a shield I had a combo plate with a Chile relleno and a taco...OMG so damn good! we were told by a friend that the chocolate flan is the best ever...and I think they are right! I also had a margarita and it was made to perfection. (on the rocks...and if you want it on the rocks let them know ...otherwise I think blended is the default) I can't wait to bring my kids back here! good to know...they have their own parking lot. also..no red salsa...verde only =) read more

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Food has no flavor really bad presentation and I ask for water and brings me a bottle really water she told me that their filter water is dirty and yellow I honestly felt disgusted by this place never again the service is so bad too. read more

Best margaritas in Tijuana and try the shrimp enchiladas and the parrillada for 2 People read more

How about waking up to the aromas & flavors of traditional Mexican food? La Fogata Restaurant (the name translates to "wood fire") transports you to "abuelita's kitchen" or a "grandma's kitchen" where you're comfort food begins with tortilla chips and salsa. And hey - I mean chips that taste corny & earthy. Look - just go there, bring one chip up to your nostril and let me know....The menu has practically every traditional breakfast dish you're craving- huevos rancheros; machaca shredded beef with eggs, onion & tomatoes; eggs and "nopales" (this is "cactus leaves") - all served with homemade corn tortillas & retried beans. All ingredients are the freshest ever. Lunch and dinner menus are extensive, complete with slow-cooked lamb in a clay pot. Doesn't get any better than this. read more

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Excelente comida el servicio muy eficiente y el ambiente familiar nos encantó la música del piano excelente lugar lo recomiendo al por ciento. read more

Are you freaking kidding me!!!?? No tea served at the bar but no problem with drinking water!!!! They refused to serve me a hot tea at the bar and had no problem with me spending an hour at the bar with nothing to drink. However, some people around are drinking bottled water and it's perfectly fine with them. What a customer service. read more

I wouldn't recommend this place, not because of the food but the way they run it he place the mentality, I wanted to order from the lids menu because I'm Baritric and I'm not able to eat a full meal, my consumption is about 8oz of food or liquids at a time, and they did not sell me a kids. Irritó because I'm not a kid, I don't order from the regular manu because is too much food, not because of the price or anything else, I don't like to waist food I see too many people that don't have food to eat and don't feel right wasting food, not only feel discriminated but it shouldn't be their business if I don't want to order o full meal this is the last time I come here read more

Sooo good in tj was waiting to cross so decided to get some food in a while I think I would definitely definitely come back here read more

La Fogata - Outside - Mediterranean Near Me - Tijuana, BCN

Excellent food ( grass fed beef, fresh seafood, full bar), romantic restaurant (classy furnishings, paintings clean restrooms), piano bar, live music, sports on tv. Great service, real China sevice on linen, secure parking. Next to Mercado Hidalgo on Paseo de los Heroes. read more

La Fogata - Jamaica - Mediterranean Near Me - Tijuana, BCN

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Absolutely fantastic food and service. Beautiful pleasant atmosphere. This is a lovely restaurant. We were so happy to give it a try.

Do not eat here! My family and I ate here and we all got sick. My husband and I ordered the garlic fish plate. On the drive home My stomach felt bubbly, I threw up twice, my husband's food came out the other exit hole, diarrhea! Never going back there again! Worst experience ever! read more

La Fogata - Fried fish - Mediterranean Near Me - Tijuana, BCN

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The food here was amazing, great quality ingredients and amazing prices. We got the Molcajete Patron, and it was amazing, and enough for two hungry people. I normally don't like octopus because it's overcooked, but this octopus was soft and tender. The meat was cooked perfectly and the desserts were amazing. Get the chocoflan, it is amazing. read more

La Fogata - Jarrito, pastel de 3 leches, chocoflan - Mediterranean Near Me - Tijuana, BCN

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Came in to wait for my name for about 40 minutes, came in got sat down in probably the worst table ever. Sat for about 10 minutes with a food menu and they came around to ask us what we wanted to drink, we didn't even know what they offered... so again another 10-15 minutes to come around. As we wait for our food order I kept getting pushed into my chair from servers and people walking around. So uncomfortable. I ordered drinks with water, I got my water half way done with my drink, I didn't even get ice WTF. so irritated I already was jacque came around again and I told her I wanted ice... I waited another 10 minutes, my husband tried to call her over, I called her over and this was my second time asking for just a simple glass of water. I came because of their menu orginally but being Valentine's Day there was only about 9 different plates to choose from. Such a horrible experience I was so sad but I have to come back on a normal day because my Valentine's Day date experience was horrible :( read more

La Fogata - Awww how cute for Valentine's Day 3 - Mediterranean Near Me - Tijuana, BCN

The food that we ordered was: Carne Asada fries, two enchiladas, two horchata water, and a fruit bowl. The carne asada fries were good this food was warm but, got me sick immediately from my stomach. The enchiladas were horrible they were cold the tortilla for the enchilada and was hard to chew. The horchata water if you call that horchata water DID NOT taste like horchata water it tasted like cinnamon with water. What can I say about fruit, was fresh and juicy. The staff was friendly and nice to us read more

I had great expectations about this place, but they were not fulfilled. The service is really slow even when the restaurant was not full. More than 20 minutes to even bring the check. The drinks are really good: I ordered a tamarindo margarita and a Clamato; both delicious. Filete a la fogata: I returned this dish because the fish was not fresh at all. Pescado entero frito in seafood sauce: not good, even though it looked great on the menu. Tortilla soup: just ok. Carne Asada ( kids menu): good All $38 and they removed the filete a la fogata because I sent it back. read more

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Great service nice place food was delicious and drinks were great I will be back when I'm in tj,

La fogata has great food. Their specialty is molcajetes. Their steak is delicious and they have I for and outdoor seating.

I've eaten here before and given at least 4 stars. I was so looking forward to dining here. Todays food was very bland. Service was just effortless. It was in a Monday, maybe that's why just no energy. For a place with some prestige you would think no matter what day, they would show some eagerness to please your customers. I hope management reads my comment and try's to make some positive changes. read more

I visited this place with my boyfriend 2 years ago and the whole experience was great. The food was great for the price that we paid. This weekend I decided to take my family to eat, it was a big party (10 people) since we were celebrating a birthday. We got to the restaurant at 9 and we didn't leave until 11:30. They made us wait an hour to be seated and another hour to get our food. We were going to leave, but I thought it was disrespectful since they were already firing it. We are also not the type of family to make a huge drama, so we just sat and waited. At the end of the night the check had a bunch of things added to our tab that we did not get-- again we didn't say anything we just paid. They obviously took advantage that we were a large group and we look really young. The food was decent, but the long waits were unacceptable. Needless to say I would not going back. read more

A group of twelve photographers went to La Fogata last week. The main reason we went there was that we were at the Centro Cultural Tijuana and this restaurant was right across the street. Clean, a bit dark, with a nice ambiance, they had no problem pushing tables together to accommodate all of us. The service was attentive, efficient, friendly and excellent all around. As for the food, I give what I had five stars, a Tampequeña Plate, which was served with a cup of delicious chicken soup as a starter. The beef was grilled perfectly and was delicious and tender. It obviously had been marinated for some hours. I would not mind having the recipe. The plate also came with beans, guacamole, rice and a cheese enchilada. Highly recommended if you're hungry! The hand made corn tortillas were also very good. My fellow eleven diners had a variety of dishes, the lunch special which was cochinita pibil, chicken tampequeña, goat stew, combination plates and I know not what else. All I know everybody liked the food and quite a few of them had Margaritas. The bill came to about $15 per person including tip. Very reasonable! If you're at the Cultural Center, or just passing through, I can highly recommend La Fogata, which I gather has been there for some time. A tip for would be diners: We never pay in Dollars, but change enough money to Pesos to cover our meals. Makes things much easier. read more

Well the atmosphere is nice and the sangria was good (or else it would be 1 star because everything else was far off base). They totally forgot about our order for 30 minutes and when we reminded them it all came out cold... Some stuff wasn't cooked at all, and we even ended up with a vegetable that still had it's sticker on it which made me a little concerned if they washed it. Overall, quite disorganized and definitely not worth it. Check out El Rodeo if you're looking for a great steakhouse instead. read more

The decor and restraint is very nice and clean. There's a nice ambiance for dinner. They have both a lunch and breakfast menu depending on the time of day but you can order lunch during the morning. Chips and salsa they give you are pretty good. read more

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We ate here daily for our visit to Tijuana. The best margarita ever. Get the Cadillac, blended or frappè. Queso fundido is delish. A lot for two people! The guacamole is a generous portion and quite tasty. Great fish dishes. Excellent service. The soups they have are flavorful and yummy. Once, our server brought us a bowl of gringo salsa because she thought the other one was too hot for us. So sweet! There's even a fresh tortilla corner, with a beautiful lady making them. Yeah baby. The tacos were amazing. Fresh tortilla-deep fried. Light, perfectly crisp and fabulous. read more

La Fogata - Best margarita he's ever had! - Mediterranean Near Me - Tijuana, BCN

Looks can be deceiving. I wanna start off by saying I went to this spot as part of my mini vacay while I was there the place had looked very nice and I had read things on yelp about it... Me and my dad and son got seated we waited to be served and as we were waiting we had gotten seated by the kitchen area so I had full access to the view ... I ordered pancakes and bacon and my dad asked for a quesadilla which was not on the menu and when he ordered it the lady looked at him and said a quesadilla??? Like if she didn't know what it was but she did the order for us and while we were waiting for our food we waited along time and during that time the employees were putting on there makeup near by the food area and this one employee was texting while she was supposed to be sweeping and instead of sweeping one way she swept towards the kitchen didn't make sense. I also noticed that the girls working there had drinks to which they were drinking nothing against that but the thing that shocked me the most was that they placed those drinks on a table to which those drinks were going out to the customers!!! I was blown away... the food wasn't all that great but the service was horrible would not go again. And would not reccommend this place. read more

La Fogata - Quesadilla con queso y frijol con papas - Mediterranean Near Me - Tijuana, BCN

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We, my familia and I, got here really early. I ordered the Hot Cakes a "La Fogata" it included 2 eggs, bacon strips, hashbrowns, and 2 pancakes. The eggs were delicious. The bacon was crunchy, but cold. The hashbrowns were cold and they tasted gross. The pancakes were cold and they tasted exactly like frozen-type pancakes. They literally bought frozen pancakes and heated them in a microwave. The edges of the pancakes were really hard. However, the coffee was really good. The service was slow. Long story short, I will NEVER come back to this place, again. I don't recommend it. read more

I ordered chorizo con huevo because I thought, there's no way you can go wrong with that. The chorizo wasn't fully cooked, so the eggs had a nasty taste and smell to them. The waitress asked if I didn't like the food and when I said no she said, "well you should have told us how you wanted us to cook it for you, we can't guess". Well... I thought cooking something well was common sense but I guess not. On top of everything, the service was slow. We had to get up and ask for the check because we waited forever. read more

I tried this restaurant on Saturday for the first time and I was completely satisfied with the service staff and food. The restaurant was super clean the food was awesome and the waiters super attentive from the lighting the atmosphere here is super relaxing. The margarita was strong and delicious I recommend coming here for a nice night out read more

Service is lacking...when in today and sat down for service hoping to eat a good meal. After waiting approximately 7 minutes for someone to approach, I got up and left. Very few people in the restaurant so don´t understand why service is so poor; perhaps management needs further training on basic principles of good customer service... I doubt I will go back and suspect that if things continue on this path they will cease to exist much further into the future... read more

Alright sat here for like 5 mins no menu. They seemed frustrated that I didn't look up the menu online. Lack of service with not that many people. The manager came over and he looked lost in his own place. Asked him for what they have for desserts and took him a while to say oh I don't wanna offer you something we don't have let me check. . . He never came back sent a waiter 5 mins later. Don't go here there are much better places nearby. read more

I love this place. Every time we come to TJ, we eat at this place. I love their tamarindo martini, so goood. I would definitely recommend this place. They are a bit slow so if you don't mind waiting. read more

My friend from TJ told me about this place over 30 years ago as the best steakhouse in TJ. It probably was but after 9/11, TJ had to reinvent itself and many restaurants stepped up. La Fogata is great for romantic live music. I recommend only coming here for a couple of drinks and sitting in the bar area to enjoy the live music. NOTHING MORE! When we first got here I ordered a glass of water. Server comes back with bottles . His excuse was 1) am am new 2) we normally offer bottles to Americans. 3) we only offer bottles now. I was wearing a cholos vest and a tijuana cap! My GF is Mexican! From Tijuas! Such A bullshit and inappropriate response. Basically saying we take advantage of Americans. We have ordered agua natural here before at no charge just 5 days ago. Next I ordered a medium rare porterhouse. Came back well done and tough as shoe leather. Complained. Brought me a new steak. Still tough as leather. Most expensive thing on menu and poor quality! Probably frozen and not even select. I am guessing commercial grade. If a restaurant can't get their specialty correct, they suck. Surprised that they are still operating. Don't believe any good reviews about this place ! Grass fed beef? Fucking lies! read more

Really good place to hang out. Listen to a great guitar player and get served food by excellent waitresses like Elena who was super friendly. I had the chicken with artichoke sauce and it was filling and healthy. read more

Love this place. Order the Cadillac margarita on the rocks. One of the best I've had in Mexico. Chilaquiles were awesome too. Pleasant atmosphere with great staff. read more

La Fogata is in Tijuana, I had to actually give this place 5 stars!! Even though, I have only been there 1 time! It is pretty much a Luxurious place at night. These are some reasons of why is the the best. The place is fancy and there is always a lady singing awesomely beautiful, instead of the place putting music on the radios. Also, because the food there is tremendously delicious, they serve you in a plate in the middle with everything you ordered, but instead of a normal plate, it is one plate the has a stick on the bottom holding it (I guess). My mom, dad and I never said that we didn't like this and this. The last but not least reason might be because, the place is really beautiful, the restaurant is made out of wood, but the place is huge/big, the chefs cook in like a chimney....Or something else but not really in a chimney. Anyways these are the reasons why La Fogata, is a good place to go eat. read more

When we vacation we always stop by. You have to eat the queso fundido con chorizo. Jose Luis is the manager and makes the #1 original mojitos Ever. Vip service all the time and great food. A must when you are in Tijuana. read more