The Hot Cheeto Burrito on the "secret" menu is just absolutely bussin'. I just moved out to this hot ass arid-Mediterranean desert called El Cajon a few weeks ago and was on the look-out for that real Mexican hitter for a while. I think that I might have found it. That thicc chef they got in the back is one bad hombre! read more

Just in town visiting and stopped by Ferny's some some Mexican food. The cashier Brianna was such a delightful young lady and was so helpful as we aren't familiar with the Mexican cuisine. The food was outstanding as well. I had the enchiladas; the rice was perfect. Definitely will be back again! read more

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Stingy with their hot sauce but still one of the better taco shops in Santee. I put in an almost $100 order and had to keep asking for more than 2 tiny sauces per burrito. I'll keep putting up with rude service for their quality and pricing. Cazadores and Cotijas have superior service and nice indoor dining (this one is sketchy at best) but you pay for it $$$ read more

UPDATED to 4 stars - I previously thought my taco had mold. However, after writing my review and seeing the message from the restaurant, I feel much better knowing they hand press their tacos every day and that the blue stain came from the cabbage. Thank you for explaining and easing m read more

Ordered 4 tacos with extra lettuce and tomatoes for 5 more dollars, did not get extra lettuce or tomatoes. We were sitting in the back dining area he never called us telling the tacos were ready. had to go up to counter after about 15 minutes. Guy behind the counter was on his phone. He said he didn't know we were in the back area. Very poor customer service disappointed with the Saturday night crew. On the way out, we saw one of the guys eating as he was preparing food. Thumbs down! read more

I had never been here before but I do Uber eats and I picked up an order today and it smelt really good so when I was through driving my girlfriend went over there and got us surf and turf burritos add sour cream, curly fries, onions, and cilantro and as we speak, I'm halfway through my burrito. This place is really good!! read more

Good food. They keep it clean. It is a little fast food place. Lots of carry out. Has a few tabes inside. Again the food is good, the place is clean staff is friendly.and try's to make it the way you want it. read more

Tried Ferny's for the first time the other day because their surfin' California burrito looked delicious. And it was! The carne asada wasn't too greasy and had a lot of flavor. My only complaint about it was the shrimp count was pretty low. My boyfriend got a carne asada quesadilla and he loved it. They have a good salsa selection, and the green salsa is perfect. A couple days later I decided to go back to get my shrimp fix and just order the shrimp burrito. Ferny's is great because they somehow have exactly what I want in each burrito...which for some reason is rare for me. I got home and to my disappointment the shrimps were fried and there was still hardly any in the burrito. I guess I should have specified, because I ended up opening it up and taking the breading off before wrapping her back up. Oh well. I also tried a fish taco which was pretty good. Overall the food was a little on the pricier side but great quality so I'll definitely be trying more things from Ferny's. read more

From the outside, this place looks sketchy but it's actually okay. There's no drive-thru, just a walk-up window on the outside and a counter inside. There's a bunch of tables inside to sit, but no outdoor seating. The menu is great because it describes what's mostly included with each item. I got the cheese enchilada combo, which comes with beans and rice. It also comes with pico and sour cream. The beans and rice are good...the beans are a bit thick but creamy. The enchiladas themselves were fine, the red sauce is more on the dark/spicy side, but has flavor. I'm sure other items are just as good. read more

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The restaurant is very outdated and dirty / dingy. We sat in the back as it's a small restaurant and a lot of people sit at the first few tables to pick up there food and leave. There were two flies buzzing around near our table. The booths are old and rickety. The ac vent was right over head so we had to move. This place gave me the worst veggie burrito I have ever had... it was very dry with no guac or sour cream. It had rice veggies and potatoes very odd and dry. Wouldn't recommend. read more

Ordered 6 breakfast burritos with specific ingredients and they mislabeled nearly all 6. When I asked for them to help me differentiate between the burritos to make sure we had them all, the girls were rude about it. We had never been to this taco shop before and we didn't know their menu and what the breakfast burritos usually come with. They made us feel like we were bothering them by simply asking for help with our large order instead of being grateful for the business. We only went here because Estrada's was closed but we won't be back. Estrada's is so much more friendly. read more

Everything turned out so good! Carne asada burrito, half & half carne asada fries satisfied every craving. Customer service was great! Will definitely be back again! Thank you! read more

Delicious Mexican food in Santee! Better than quite a few spots we've been too. The cashier was super sweet and polite and we got our food quickly. We will be back! read more

I been going to this place for yr. This burrito is crispy, juicy and green hot sauce is a little spicery I give this place all the stars because the company is great and the people who work there. They also cater. Ask about it. read more

Ferny's Mexican Grill - Juicy Buritto - Mexican Near Me - Santee, California

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Best Mexican food and salsa around always fresh always good just wish it was easier to get too

My sister ordered me some food here for my birthday. It was my first time. The breakfast burrito was incredible so delicious. And their flan is amazing. I don't like flan but this was different it wasn't too soft it was springy and not overly sweet. I'm a huge fan now read more

Usually very good but a few bad days of food. Overall happy going there. A flip of the coin on how the food is.. Sucks since not predictable. Parking sucks, have to park next door at the old Bail Bonds parking lot that is closed now.. read more

This was my first time at Ferny's and I was not disappointed! I ordered chicken tacos and they were hot and tasty. The customer service was very good. The employee was polite, efficient and knowledgeable. My order was prepared in a timely manner. I will definitely be back to try other items. read more

I really like Ferny's. I have been going there for the past 3 years. I had been going to a couple of other Mexican food spots, one family owned and one chain- this has great consistently good food, they get the order right 95% of the time - I am very specific when I order- so that is excellent to me. They are fast, friendly and the food is generous and delicious. I would highly recommend them! Favorites- cheese enchiladas, California burrito or the carne asada fries- they are shareable! read more

Always a great day for Ferny's! Cheerful staff, anything you can think of, they will make! Food is ALWAYS fantastic! Mmmmm-dinner tonight? Yes!!! read more

This is the first Mexican restaurant I tried in Santee when I moved here 2 months ago. It's so good I haven't tried anywhere else! I eat their chile rellenos almost every night. The people working there are great too. Love this place! read more

Great food, friendly staff. They are always cleaning. This is our chosen place to get great Mexican rake out food. Large portions and fresh fresh food read more

Awesome burritos! They have a huge menu, so its always hard deciding! If you like hot & flavorful hot sauce make sure to get the Fea sauce, its bomb! read more

So, I work in Santee, there is not a shortage of food out here, and there certainly isn't a shortage of Mexican food, there are 4 shops within a 3 minute drive of my office door. Ferny's is one of 2 that I will frequent because the food is always hot and always tastes fresh. That's something that I truly like. Hot and Fresh. The flavor is decent, and they do have the hot cheeto burrito, which my daughter thoroughly enjoys when she comes to work with me. If you're looking for a fresh and tasty Mexican lunch give Ferny's a try! read more

Arrived and stood there for 10 minutes waiting to place an order because cashier took a call order before taking mine. Than turns around to do something else, while new guy than proceeds to take another call order! Seriously!!! I've lost my mind by now, now that I've wasted 15 Minutes of my time just to place an order I waited another 20 minutes for food while food is just sitting there. I went up to window and asked if my order was ready and again the new kid says, "let me see what did you order again!" I proceed to tell him what I ordered again and he looks in the bag and says no it's not ready, this order is similar to yours but isn't yours. Another worker asks what did she order and they asked me again what did you order. The f***ing order was mine. What is wrong with people your job is so easy I can take an order cook food and make sure the food isn't cold for the customer all while in my sleep. Food is alright nothing to rave about. read more

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If I could I would give it zero stars. Called and ordered two carne asada fries and two carnitas tacos with no guacamole and no cheese extra onion and cilantro. Got home to one taco having light onion and barely any cilantro to the other having nothing at all. I have ordered these many times and I don't understand why it's so hard for them to get them right. Not only that you can tell they have gotten lazy on how the cut their carnitas the chunks are so big. Not only was my food not correct but having to wait for 40 minutes it's a little too long. You can tell the cooks were more focus on the Uber eats orders than the people waiting outside for their food. I don't know if there was a change of staff but their is no consistency with their plates anymore. Love their food just hate being disappointed with something in my order being wrong each time. read more

Ferny's Mexican Grill - Mexican Near Me - Santee, California

This place is super reasonable that's why I'll give it 2 stars. They don't offer a public restroom which is kind of weird for being restaurant style. Then our order was completely wrong and disgusting. We arent the biggest fans of sour cream and they put it on everything even though we asked specifically not to have any cilantro or sour cream in the order. We'll give this place another shot and hopefully I can update this review. read more

Ferny's Mexican Grill - Potato Taco drenched in sour cream.... yuck. - Mexican Near Me - Santee, California

Stopped here on a Friday afternoon and had the Ferny's burrito, with carne asada guac, salsa, Potatoe and cheese. Really good fresh meat nice soft flour tortillas just great!! Ooh and the Red salsa is also bomb!! read more

Found glass in food i bought and they didn't do anything about it other than tell us to post it on yelp lol. no refund or any sort of accommodation for the food, not even an apology. so if u get cut from glass, don't expect even a sorry from them read more

Solid 3.5 Since I have been in Santee this is the third taco shop in this location. Scanned their online menu and liked what I saw . So I had to give it a shot. Small unassuming place that , can be easily missed when driving by. They have a walk up counter outside and small counter inside, with a few tables and chairs. This should be called a burrito shop not a taco shop. It says they have over 35 burritos! The menu which lured me in, has your standard carne , Cali, breakfast burritos, etc. But the variation on the normal burrito is what I like to see. TJ burrito, meat with rice/beans, Nacho burrito which contains yes chips, Philly burrito cheese steak in a tortilla, Hawaiian which I seen before and just don't get? Well I wanted to ease in to this place so I got their namesake the Ferny burrito. The ferny burrito is gauc, pico, potato, cheese and like almost all their burritos your choice of meat canre,pollo,carnitas, or adobada, I picked carne for $4.75. Also off their value menu got a value burrito for $1.95 and inside is beans, rice, enchilada sauce and potato. They have a salsa bar with 5 salsas and hot carrots. Hot red, Fea, green, mild chopped, and a brownish salsa. The red was good not to hot , Fea was alright just not sure what Fea is, and the brownish one was my favorite green/red mix with a cilantro kick. The ferny burrito normal sized burrito, carne was juicy , flavorful, mixed in with the carne was small chunks of potatoes , cheese and pure avocado . Tasty burrito and under $5 , nice, good flagship burrito.( http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/fernys-mexican-grill-santee?select=jCwgIHOy8lmxN00hiqkZmQ#zp5q4TWhfalxTMkt7ZTYkw ) Haven't really seen a taco shop with a value menu. Nice to have some cheap filling items on this menu like the value burrito . For under $2 big and loaded with beans/rice, and filling. The value menu also has 3 rolled tacos for $1.75 and few others items for under $2.( http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/fernys-mexican-grill-santee?select=jCwgIHOy8lmxN00hiqkZmQ#e6R8ImrXS_oUN7ukahaFNw ) This is a place that I will go back to and eat my way through the rest of their menu! Also after I ordered I saw they have the TJ hotdog $3! Nice, the ultimate drunk snack, bacon has never been a bad decision!!! read more

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Super upsetting to come here probably three times a week. Recommend everybody to try this place. Come here tonight spend $50 and get the worst attitude and service just for some extra salsa. The people upfront are extremely rude and had me stand there and wait for an extra five hot sauces ( I got five plates of food) and let people order in front of me while I wait for someone to get me some more. read more

Ferny's has always been a favorite in our house for Mexican food . The burritos are pretty good and big in size . We stared going here in 2015. Fast forward to 2020 , two burritos , half order of fries & Nachos (which hardly had any cheese on them ) was $45.00 . I'm sorry but the nachos alone were $14.00 which Is pretty redic especially since there was supposed to be melted nacho cheese & shredded cheese . We used to love this spot but today was last time read more

It was late at night after a evening of errands and I had my usual crave for some Mexican food. Was out in the Santee area and Frenry's Grill came suggested to me through Yelp. From their ratings, it appeared that most yelpers found this place to be exceptional, but I think a lot of those reviews are old, because I didn't get the same experience here really. Later in the night, around 930ish I came walking up to their window and noticed I was the only one in this area late at night on a Monday. The woman working inside was very pleasant to me and helped me make my choices. Their salsa bar to the right of the counter (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/fernys-mexican-grill-santee#uuOVBQA4qZvHX8dw9ksQaQ) had quite the array of different sauces to choose from. Unfortunately I only found one sauce that I cared for, the chunky red. The rest of them had a weird unpleasant taste to them. I also got some carrots to go, they weren't anything special really. Their rolled tacos (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/fernys-mexican-grill-santee#pYzfAp-1TFkXH1k--_XqZw) looked great upon opening the container, but after taking a bite, I realized the tacos tasted kinda stale tasting and the meat inside didn't taste very well. They were also very skinny compared to most rolled tacos, they don't appear that way in the picture but they were. The guac on top was pretty good though. The Fenry's burrito (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/fernys-mexican-grill-santee#S2bXeDVuAgkFLOaB2r2DKQ) was your basic carne asada burrito, with some beans & rice thrown into it. While the burrito was a decent size, it had some flavor issues with the beans & rice, I didn't really care for the taste of their beans, again they tasted unfresh. The meat was cut up and cooked great though, wish they had put more meat into it. The tortilla shell was kinda of dry tasting too, don't know if it was left out of the bag overnight or something. Overall Fenry's was sorta of a disappoint for me, the pictures here promised fresh tortillas pressed in their kitchen, however I did not taste that what so ever. It seems this place has changed a lot from when reviews were last done here, and it hasn't changed for the better. Fenry's isnt exactly the worst place ever, but its a huge stretch from being great or good. read more

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Nondescript exterior. Colorful menu board. Gritty interior. Yep, it's a taco shop. The menu is more creative than most so bonus points for that. The nacho burrito (which I'm fairly confident would offend the authentico policia) was outrageously good. The adobada burrito, unfortunately, was fine but nothing special. Chips were fresh and thick, just like in Old Mexico. Salsas from the salsa bar were fine. Prices were fair. I'd say, go with Ferny's unorthodox offerings. read more

Foods great, all the cashiers are friendly and nice the only thing that should be considered is how loud the music is. I came in today and I could barely hear the cashier also the burritos were smaller than usual. read more

I love Ferny's. In my opinion, it is one of the best, (if not the best) taco shop in Santee, hands down. I eat here at least once a week. I always call ahead and no matter who answers the phone, they are always courteous, friendly, and prompt. It only takes ten minutes after you call for your order to be ready. There are so many different things to order, and they are all outstanding. They serve buffalo chicken fries, surf n' turf fries, and Carne asada curly fries with nacho cheese. They have a burrito with rolled tacos and nacho cheese inside called the "Santana High Burrito." There are 4 types of salsa at the bar inside, there are fresh limes, hot carrots, and peppers. There is a burrito on the menu that has Carne asada, shrimp, and chicken. It is amazing. This time, I ordered the surfin California burrito with rice and fries inside. Given the obvious from the name, it also has steak, shrimp, chipotle cream sauce, and cheese. And yes I ate the whole thing. My wife got a small order of the Ferny's nachos, with nacho cheese, which she described as, "absolutely delicious!" Despite being a size small, it had the perfect amount of everything on it, and it was enough for me to have a few chips myself. The large is almost too big, but worth it to share between 2 people. I will continue to frequent this place, because they serve top quality food with fresh ingredients. They give you good service and they care about your experience. I recommend Ferny's to everyone I know, because I truly believe it to be one of the best taco shops I have ever had the pleasure of visiting. Thank you Ferny's, keep up the awesome work! read more

Ferny's Mexican Grill - Surfin cali! - Mexican Near Me - Santee, California

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Ferny's is the BOMB!!! Home made corn tortillas make the tacos SO Much better than the other guys 6 different salsas including habanero which is really yummy not too hot They have a burrito with carne asada and rolled tacos that I've been wanting to try But the carnitas taco plate is too good to skip. The beans are some of the best Service is super friendly. Worth trying !!! read more

The food is my favorite but the cashiers are very rude & they don't know when to be professional. Very poor service coming from the cashiers. read more

Please don't ever change! You guys have great workers and amazing food. This place by far is the best fast food Mexican restaurant! Let me explain, my husband and I first decided to try this place when my mom was in town. I decided with Chipotle (yes I am unfortunately basic) while they chose Ferny's. My mom chose a classic Asada taco. And my husband chose the fish tacos and burrito. Man was everything delicious. I was super salty I got Chipotle. Then we had it again. This time I had it after a long night of drinking where I had food poisoning the next day. We ate Ferny's around 7:30 after my crazy night. I got the adobado (spelling?) quesadilla and my husband got the champanga fries. DELICIOUS! The more I write the more I realize I've eaten here way too much and I won't stop. It is great and remains great. The great young workers in the front and the hard working cooks in the back are killing it! Love FERNY's ! So far we've tried: Fish Tacos, Asada Taco, Refried Beans, Adobado Taco and Quesadilla, Champanga Fries, Asada Fries, and Asada Burrito. read more

Some of the best Mexican food!! My husband and I are both born and raised in SD, so we know good Mexican food. This is our go to place!! Can't go wrong with anything on the menu. read more