El Comal Mexican Restaurant

Enjoy authentic Mexican cuisine, handmade according to time-honored traditions. Welcome to El Comal. We are honored to share our food and traditions with you. We have proudly been providing a quality eating experience to San Diego County for over 18 years...

8 / 10
98
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  • Phone

    (619) 294-8292

  • Website

    elcomalsd.com

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  • Type

    Mexican Restaurant

Address

3946 Illinois St (at University Ave) San Diego , CA 92104 United States

Reservations Yes
Credit Cards Yes (incl. Discover & Visa)
Wi-Fi Yes
Outdoor Seating Yes
Music Live Music
Menus Brunch, Lunch, Dinner
Drinks Cocktails

Comments / 47


Keywords:

caldo tlalpeno Mexican food margaritas great value good for groups pork tamales coffee breakfast food music cochinita pibil eggs tongue chilaquiles soup brunch food green sauce pozole dinner posole cinnamon
Dan Pyatetsky

Smoked marlin taco is excellent. Flavor is like fried smoked mortadella , great with all the accoutrements

Willis Allen Real Estate

What we love is the feeling that you are actually in Mexico; the food, the ambience, and the people. Love the pork tamale in banana leaf , chilaquiles in green sauce , machaca, the goat , and posole .

Chris Eckeard

Have the coffee , brewed with cinnamon for an awesome flavor. The chorizo and eggs is awesome. Love the chilaquiles with green sauce .

Sara Page

Their food and margaritas the prices are fairly reasonable and also their food is outstanding

Chris Eckeard

Food is great and the coffee is the best but it can be understaffed and when busy the patrons are neglected.

Kavi Shankar

Great food, great music and great atmosphere. I often eat here with my family and we love it. Some of the best in town !

Jessica Garrow

This place is great! Authentic Mexican. Plenty of options, fresh & flavorful. It's such a quaint little place, tucked away & meant for locals to enjoy.

Miriam Cuperman

I love the soy chorizo and vegetarian dishes

Ivan Lopez

Great Mexican food . Place is kinda hidden. Don't know when they have music but I was blown away. Definitely part of the ambiance. Cannot go wrong with carne asada .

El Doosty

Play it safe and make a reservation . Then order anything on the menu. Buen Proveche!

joonspoon

Live salsa on Fridays from 7 to 10. Mariachis on Sundays from 6 to 8.

Armando Telles

Get here by 8:30pm on a Sunday night. BON APETITE!

Ali Conwell

Four square users lie. There is no taco Tuesday special here damnit. I really wanted a $1 taco .

joonspoon

note to self (and other vegans ): sour cream and cheese comes with everything by default

Chris Richards

Sent us home with a dozen corn tortillas for about 3 bucks! Fish Tacos tomorrow night!

Tyler Tremelling

Cochinita Pibil was amazing.!!

Dust Agent

Try the veggie burrito and get the veggies you need! Rice , beans, potato , cactus , mushrooms , onions , tomatoes , cream, and cotija cheese !

Stroy Austin

So Amazing!!!! Get the enchiladas w/ mole !!! You won't be disappointed!!!!

Jolie Novak

Try the Green Chicken Mole - (via @Foodspotting)

Hector CM

Try the 7 mares. That's 7 types of sea food in a soup the best in SD

Vivien Ariola

Great food and music . You can see Manny Cepeda. Call to see if he is playing. By the way, the coffee is soooo good!

Jerry Venegas

Food it’s to die for but the service needs to improve. Our waitress never came to give us refills on our drinks until we got our food . Or didn’t even take any empty plates ...

Sandra Rodriguez

Chicken pozole

Gabriela Brecke

Caldos ... ALL of them are amazing

Kathia Romo

The caldo Tlalpeño is the BEST!

Edward Nichols

Cochinitas Pibil is very good. Also try a Cadillac Margarita .

Christian Velazco-Schultz

Torta cubana its bomb! And the soped hell yeah!

Jolie Novak

Try the Mole con Pollo -

joonspoon

WiFi : Belkin 5C02/94745305

E OB

The lengua de res in green sauce is SICK I tell you. (SICK meaning good.)

Dhino Eusebio

Chicken mole is bomb

Jolie Novak

Try the Smoked Porkchops -

Tyler Tremelling

Authentic Mexican food

Chika A

Albondiga Soup !!!

Heather Kenney

The tongue is amazing!

Jon

I usualyy avoid enchiladas , but the chicken with green mole are really good here.

Karen Valdivieso (Still)

Really good tasting food.

Arthur Mitchell

Excellent.

Guadalupe Corona

Caldo tlalpeno is the best

Celene C

Waited over 30 minutes for soup and when we decided to leave they still charged us for our drinks!

Beatnick One

Just the tip: Tell Said the bartender u know Beatnick for better pours

Moira Sheen

Molcajete specialties coming soon! Read more

Saya Garcia

Do not get the Carne Asada fries ...the meat was all fat...

tao

Tlalpeño , tlalpeño , tlalpeño !

German Licon

Cochinita pibil is awesome here.

Celene C

Did not get good service at ALL.

M S

Carne asada tacos . Pork tamale . Rojo con pollo pozole .

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