Por Favor Mexican Restaurant & Cantina
Por Favor Mexican Restaurant & Cantina
LIT was delish
Appetizers mini taquitos
Pretty huh?
Inside the restaurant
Nice decor
Happy Hour Margarita.
My breakfast at lunch!
Restaurant
Looking out from restaurant
Awesome decor
The Best!!!!
Our front
This restaurant is very large both interior and exterior. Large indoor and outdoor seating.
Iced tea and ice water
outside, sushi and sashimi
outside
Caritas with beans and comes with corn flour
Outdoor seating area. Great weather today!
From outside
food
Here's a bar seating area near the entrance.
Outdoor seating
oysters and mussels, interior
Outdoor seating
Mo S.
Jun 30, 2024
What was once a fine neighborhood eatery, with a fun outside patio is now not. The quality has definitely gone down since the pandemic. The food is just ok but the margaritas are premade, pour out of a refrigerated pitcher and taste mostly like melting ice/water and flavored syrup. I couldn't taste any tequila. I barely tasted the strawberries. But I could definitely taste the water. One of our margaritas was served with a severely chipped glass along the rim.Our waiter was very nice though
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Erin T.
Jul 27, 2024
No one at the restaurant on a Saturday night is a bad sign. Every margarita tasting awful another bad sign. Messed up several orders, final straw
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Ron R.
Nov 22, 2023
I'm being gracious with Por Favor. I could easily give it two stars but some superb courtesy by my waitress saved this Mexican restaurant from that fate. This is a surprise because this large restaurant that has very sizable eating space inside and an outdoor area should be one of the best of its class in El Cajon. But I'm sorry to say, at this time it isn't. I ordered the huevos rancheros because I felt like having a breakfast for lunch. But even before that, I found a long hair in the salsa while eating my nacho appetizers. This was quickly fixed but not long after came the problem with my main course. I desired to have my meal with scrambled eggs vice the normal soft yolk variety that comes with this meal. I do believe that the waitress alerted the cooks - but the result was soft yolks anyway. Well, fix-it part two came but they really didn't fix it at all. I have to say I was disappointed in my experience here. I am, once again being gracious. I see this restaurant as one of great potential that isn't living up to what it could be. I do hope it will take my review as an encouragement to step up their game to ensure every customer is fully satisfied and every mistake is fully corrected. At this time, I couldn't visit Por Favor again - which should make it two stars. But my heart says show some grace for now.Recommend: LOW
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Walter R.
Oct 21, 2023
Four of us sat in their really nice outdoor patio.Sadly the service was terrible but the food was good. And it wasn't busy inside or outside so that wasn't it. The server was very nice but had to ask for too many things over and over again before getting it. After being sat and asked if we wanted drinks, we ordered 2 margaritas, asked for water too because it was a warm evening. Asked again the next time he came to the table, asked again when he brought our drinks and asked again when we asked for more chips & salsa 2x to get those. After 20+ minutes, finally got waters after our food was brought. Our friend asked for some sour cream when she ordered dinner, asked again when it came, asked again when it didn't come. Finally asked another waiter who was bringing our orders out, didn't come and ask again. Finally came.All four of our entrees were really good and very large portioned and full of flavor & fresh toppings - diced tomatoes, lettuce, cheeses & really good quac.
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Corina M.
Jun 4, 2024
the restaurant is beautiful the outdoor space is so pretty, the food was okay and i would probably not come back bc it was not memorable or something that i would want again. i got fish tacos and they are on the very low spectrum, the fish inside my taco was minimal and there was more tortilla and cabbage a fried bread then anything. i ended up combining my two tacos into one. they lady that served us very very nice and she was doing a great job. just the food and drinks were not worthy of coming back:
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Becky L.
Aug 14, 2022
My biggest take away from this restaurant is their Mexican salsa.. not the stuff they put on the table with your free chips, this is the GOOD STUFF! We asked for hot sauce and they brought out a ramekin of this delicious goodness that I would definitely buy on the side to being home.Beyond the salsa, I got a margarita and some enchiladas, which were both good and flavors were as expected. The food was hot and well made, but since it tasted like most other Mexican restaurants I couldn't give it a 5-star, especially for the price. I recognize that this is a prime location so prices need to reflect that, so I'm not mad at it. my friend got Enchiladas Suiza (chicken enchiladas) which were completely stuffed with a moist filling. overall it was a good place, but I don't think I'd go out of my way to come and eat here.
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Laura L.
Mar 24, 2024
I absolutely love this restaurant! The food is fresh and made fresh on site, and the servers are always prompt and polite. And the fact that they have both an enclosed patio where you can enjoy the little birds that live in the bushes nearby *plus* a streetside patio where you can view the people coming and going is a bonus. And the portions are fabulous! My husband and I split their Chimichanga, and have plenty to eat. I highly recommend this restaurant. And, if you come Friday nights from May to September, you can enjoy the El Cajon "Dinner and a Concert" series, where local or cover bands play for hundreds of people in the Promenade. It's a win-win!
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Anna C.
Mar 3, 2024
We (my brother and I) were going to Golden Coral but there was a long line so we left. We drove around and found this restaurant, Por Favor. Man, we were ecstatic when we took our first bite... it was a mouth full of goodness . The house chips came warm and fast. We even asked for seconds, and the nice waitress brought it over in record time. As for the 2 entrée plates, OMG, love the food. We made tacos and nacho (without the cheese) out of the carnitas plate. The restaurant decor is very pleasing. And if it wasn't fie the rain, we would have loved the patio seats. Give the restaurant a try, you won't be disappointed.
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Francisco A.
Aug 6, 2024
Danny at the outside bar very helpful, and supper nice. Helped me order an amazing drink, Forsure coming back and telling friends about this place!!!
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John C.
Feb 25, 2024
I have been coming here to eat for over 20 years and it was one of my all-time go-to, favorite places to eat and have a cocktail , between the atmosphere, the food and the service. Even the chips that came before dinner were fresh and delicious. I understand the price increases that have happened throughout the economy, but this place has really jacked the prices while also skimping a bit on portions. Even the chips were cool and slightly stale.I wish I could cook my own food and bring it here to eat in the nice environment while enjoying a tasty margarita and talk to the friendly staff, because the food coming out of their kitchen has become the weak point. Maybe the good cooks quit or something?Anyway, we do not plan on coming back here to eat.
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