Reviews for El Barbecue in San Diego, CA
Hidden gem! Family owned BBQ is the real deal. Delicious smoked TRI tip, chicken, drumsticks, homemade BBQ sauce (don\'t miss... the K-pop BBQ sauce), very friendly staff and owners. Haven\'t tried the beef ribs yet as they were sold out. Come early! Read more
Stop everything and go order yourself a Santa Natalia (tritip sandwich) here. This jaw-dropping sandwich has the most amazing... flavor. Everything else I\'ve tried here is great too, but I keep going back for the SN. Staff is always fun and helpful. Itcan get a \"little crowded\", but it\'s usually just people taking long to order. Nice little dive bar-like feel. Open air andpretty interesting people watching of Golden Hill residents. No cash - card only. Read more
This place was freaking delicious! Everything tasted amazing This was my first time but it won\'t be my last! Definitely... recommend the brisket quesadilla and the pork belly sandwich is temporarily available so I\'d try that soon! Service was alsoamazing, and good parking too. Read more
Awesomeness with everything we ordered ???? I tried everyone\'s food??????????. My family loved this small BBQ place. We will be... back because there is many other things on their menu I want to try! Read more
Deliciously smoked meats with a wonderful variety of sides. The fritters with the cream don\'t disappoint. Loved the Holy Moly... sauce, reminds me of mole. Read more
???????????? Mouthwatering meats. The most important thing I?ll say is be mindful of when you go: we arrived too early and the... beef ribs don?t start being available until after 1pm and the brisket is done on Saturdays.\n\nNow to the meats! All of themeats were excellently cooked and moist. The chicken drum sticks are so well seasoned I didn?t even use the K-pop BBQ sauce thatcame with them. Instead I used this sauce on the pulled pork which was meant to come with the California Sunshine sauce but Icouldn?t taste it so I used this K-pop sauce instead which was a great compliment\n\nExcited to go back and try the beef ribsand brisket! Read more
TENDER JUICY BBQ\n(3.7 stars)\n\nWhat\'s a nice sunny day without BBQ?!\n\n- food and drinks, yum\n- price, alright but...\n-... ambiance, small but welcoming\n- service, great\n\nIt hasn\'t been easy finding a BBQ place that doesn\'t taste like all theother BBQ places. And I\'m not into meats slathered in BBQ sauce and it loses its smokiness to the taste of sauce. Well, thisplace does NOT do that! I initially came in attempts to try the Berry Biscuit, however only served Sundays mornings. Therefore,I ended up trying something else.\n\nSLICED BRISKET - served Saturdays. Very tender meat! the holy moly sauce picks up whereflavor lacks. Meat itself felt a little bland and lacked the Smokey flavor than what I was expecting.\n\nCORNBREAD FRITTERS -served with cream cheese honey butter. Hands down this was the best item on my plate. I think I can give their cornbreadfritters a five star review on its own. The fritter was nice, light, and fluffy with a overall outer fry. You can actually tastethe corn and see corn; it\'s not just batter taste. And the cream cheese honey butter takes it up a notch, makes each bitemoist and sweeter. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.\n\nHILL BILLY BEANS - typical.\n\nROSE COCKTAIL - I saw this drink posted on their socialmedia. But either I saw a different cocktail (not talking about the michelada) or it was the rose cocktail but looked different.RECOMMEND\n\nI look forward to trying other things on the menu!\n\nUntil the next review... Read more
Love this place. Try to come here weekly! Everything is delicious but my favorite are the beef ribs and the tri tip! Go enjoy... all the meats! Chef Ami makes her own BBQ sauces and there are plenty to try though the ribs need none! Read more