This is the first time I've ordered from this place and last. I usually give restaurants at least two tries just in case. I ordered the carne asada chips, if I could give a zero I would. The chips were hard, the nachos cheese was thicker than the sour cream, there was barely any meat which was very dry, and the guacamole was brown. It wasn't just the top it was the whole thing, like it was made yesterday. Honestly everything looked old. read more

Vanessa's Deli - Mexican Near Me - Chula Vista, California

La comida esta muy buena. Llevo dos años comiendo aqui y la verdad que la comida esta buena, servicio y precios estan buenos. La unica razon que no le doy 5 estrelllas es por que la area no esta muy bien, tengan cuidado y no mucho estacionamento. read more

I usually buy water, and honestly I haven't try their food. However, the staff is friendly and the shop is clean and usually packed with customers. read more

The food is good but I will not return, this is the first Mexican restaurant not the deli that charged me for salsa, really. Most places have salsa and chips at the ready this place did not. So if you go pay attention to your receipt it's 3$ for the salsa. read more

My experience was terrible, I ordered French toast and it was burnt and in wheat bread which I wanted in white bread, no syrup was given the app doesn't give you any options on this. I ordered a green drink it had no ginger nor lime or ice as it says on the menu. I called and I got an employee who acted like they didn't know anything. Then I got another employee that spoke English and the only thing she could say is take my number to see if the manager is going to call me on Monday. I do not recommend this place. read more

Vanessa's Deli - Burnt French toast in wheat bread - Mexican Near Me - Chula Vista, California

A little hole in the wall. I have been coming here for YEARS!! I love this place but lately they have been messing up my orders & today is the LAST Straw!!! I ordered chilaquiles rancheros extra crispy... the tortillas were not even cooked and it took 20 minutes to get my food... I called later and told them about my poor food quality and the girl on the phone said "we make the tortilla chips and then once we get an order we mix in our sauce with the chips" ... if that were the case my tortillas would not taste raw. Poor food. Poor customer service. Vanessa's Deli Management please read!!! read more

Vanessa's Deli - Raw chilaquiles - Mexican Near Me - Chula Vista, California

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I ordered mole chilaquiles and eggs and a jugo verde. When the dish arrived it was close to cold, not even lukewarm. The chilaquiles were cold, the beans were not quite lukewarm, and the jugo verde arrived when I was almost halfway through my meal. The mole was delicious but cold. There was no one else on the deli but me. read more

Pésimo servicio, llegue, ordene y decide pagar primero. ordene una orden un bistec y una orden de tacos de 2, uno de asada y de adobada. Me siento, la mesa está sucia el joven que me atendió me dijo que la muchacha limpiaría la mesa. Nunca la limpiaron. Llega mi orden de tacos y son de adobada, le dije que pedí uno y uno. Me dice que se les acabo los de adobada, cuando mis tacos eran de adobada y les falto el de asada. El bistec estaba rico. Pero me entregan las tortillas como la foto que les dejo abajo. No tiene tapa ni nada. read more

Vanessa's Deli - Mexican Near Me - Chula Vista, California

update - I LOVE this place. The food is always delicious. My wallet is taking a hit and I am gaining weight but I leave a happy camper. Joshua is such a sweetheart. My friends and I always sit in his section. He is so attentive, nice, friendly, funny and an all around great guy. All of us have a little crush. My usual order for food is the super mixta torta without cilantro or onion. The bread is fantastic. One of the best bolillos I have ever had - soft, a little sweet, fresh. I can imagine eating it warmed with some butter. The torta is huge! I will normally only eat half so the remaining half I give to a coworker or save for dinner. The torta tastes great rewarmed later. Two co-workers of mine introduced me to this neighborhood spot over lunch. We went on a Friday afternoon approx. 11:35 am and found a table immediately. I was surprised that it was a full service restaurant. Since it is a smaller restaurant located in a strip mall, I expected a place where you order, find a table, sit down and then pick up your food from the counter. The restaurant seats about 45 people (8 tables of 4 and 6 tables of 2) The service was great. Joshua was our waiter. He was quick and attentive. Since I had not been there before and didn't have time to review the menu in advance, I asked a lot of questions. He was friendly and descriptive with explaining the ingredients of the various menu items. He took our order without writing it down and got everything correct. The food was served promptly. We only had to wait about 7 minutes. My co-workers wanted to visit Vanessa's to get a Chamango smoothie. I had never heard of it before today's visit. It was nothing like I ever tasted. I think the chamoy is what threw me off. I have never had chamoy before today. How do I describe what it tastes like? Chamoy is a salty, spicy and tart chili sauce with the same texture as mole. I am not a big mango eater but I enjoyed it. The mango is blended in the smoothie but there are chunks left in big pieces. I wish they were a bit smaller so you could drink them through the straw. There were also chunks of tamarindo, which I love. You will need a spoon. If you like tamarindo, then you will most likely enjoy it. For lunch, I ordered the chilaquiles with pollo and scrambled eggs with mole. The mole was pretty amazing. Nice and thick with good flavor. The scrambled eggs were served alongside a side order of beans. The beans reminded me of my grandmas. I would assume made with lard. Very authentic tasting. I tried some of my friend's rice and it was good too. The rice was fluffy and had good flavor. The rice had the right color. My friend got the crispy tacos. She was disappointed as she expect a real corn tortilla deep fried with the meat and toppings. Instead she got a pre-made shell. Having the shell loses the authenticity of a taco. She said the contents of the taco were good but not having the real tortilla made a huge difference. My other friend got three flautas. I don't know how they tasted as she inhaled them without offering me a taste. :) There was ample parking at the end of the lot. I was surprised that the restaurant is also a water store. Raspados, paletas and dulces are also available. read more

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Amazing food and customer service , would definitely go back there ! The tortas are my favorite

Super delicious I love their kind of southern fries with nacho cheese super bomb I recommend them read more

Vanessa's Deli - Super bomb! - Mexican Near Me - Chula Vista, California

The carne asada fries were more like nachos fries, the raspando the only good flavors that were good was coco and the chamango it was okay. The Jamaica, tamarindo, lemon and lime were not good at all we ended up throwing it away! I don't think I would order here again read more

I rated this review 2 stars just because the price is fair. On the other hand the quality and taste of the raspados (chamoy/ tamarindo) sold at this location is horrible. Maybe I got a bad batch, maybe I have as luck. Who knows. I had high expectations about this deli. Friends and family recommend this place for raspados. Hopefully they improve the taste in the near future. Also the ice tasted a little funky. Not sure if where's it's coming from but it does not taste normal. More like freezer ice when you have a bunch of random things in there. Hopefully I can go back in the future and change my mind about this place. read more

Vanessa's Deli - Raspado (tamarindo & chamoy) - Mexican Near Me - Chula Vista, California

Bombskies !! Everything looks so good in here idk what to order it's more of a fruteria/ taco shop we had the tortas today they were fire !!

Ordered an escamocha from here but pretty much gave me a fruit salad in a cup. This is the first time I've gotten it in a cup and with large pieces and didn't even have shredded coconut or granola. This place has gone down in service. Did not enjoy my escamocha. read more

So my work has been buying us lunches now and then to help support small businesses and reward us during Covid time. We got Vanessa's today, gotta say if I had paid for this I would have sent it back! The portions are ridiculously small for the price this is my $16 beef fajita plate literally not enough meat to fill the 2 small tortillas given.Im all for helping support small businesses but we were all disappointed with portions it's a one and done won't be going back! read more

Vanessa's Deli - One and done! - Mexican Near Me - Chula Vista, California

Usually great customer service but tonight 3/17/21 they treated me terribly. I ordered $60 worth of food for my team and two of my employees wanted caldos de pollo as they don't eat red meat. When I got back to the office we noticed they had given me Res. I called and wanted to rectify and the employee said I was lying. I got clearly upset and she said "there's ways to speak" after calling me a liar. ‍ stuck to her story kept saying I was lying. Now my employees had nothing to eat and I had to prefer more food and pay additional delivery fees. They offered me a credit for later but nothing additional for their mistake, or for calling me a liar. Sucks, they used to have good service. read more

I will never enter into that place ever again paid $11 for a soup that only came with three Pieces of meats. Then when I call back to speak to Management they act like they couldn't do anything about it.... horrible customer service only look out for their own kind I hope they shut down and I will be back to get my money.... today read more

Vanessa's Deli - This big ass bowl for three pieces of meat I will be getting my money back for $11 - Mexican Near Me - Chula Vista, California

THIS PLACE NEVER DISSAPOINTS. Doesn't matter what I order, it's always delicious. I've had their raspados, several different plates, smoothies, juices, it's all great. Authentic Mexican food done right. If you haven't tried this place yet, you need to go! read more

Raspados! During the summer my son would ask us to go to Vanessa's sometimes twice a week for raspados. They are delicious and refreshing Mexican style chipped ice treats kinda like snow cones but not. You can get flavors anywhere from Nuez (Walnut) to Coco (Coconut) with actual pieces of fruit or nuts. Then you have to top it off with Lechera (Condensed Milk). Soooo good! read more

Vanessa Restaurant is okay the only thing they lack is not giving enough food very lil your still hungry after eating there

Ordered two tortas (carne asada and tuna). The tuna one had a piece of PLASTIC in it about half the size of my palm. The carne asada one was ok and the meat is not the best quality. Over $20 for these two tortas is definitely not worth it. read more

I can't say nothing bad about the food, My only complain is the amount of food you get for the price you pay! I personally think is expensive, i go when I don't feel like driving any where else.. 3 stars for me! read more

Disappointed I tried their raspado and it tasted like ice and bland syrup. No flavor. Won't be going back ever. read more

Vanessa's Deli - Raspado de Chamoy, tamarindo y ciruela. - Mexican Near Me - Chula Vista, California

I like to come here to refill my water and although the food is a little pricey it is really good quality.

Judging by the fresh juices and authentic Mexican treats Vanessa's serves up, one of Chula Vista's BEST treasures all under one roof. Yeah, I know, the people bringing in 5 gallon water bottles looks kind of strange to those not of this area, but hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it! I love this place and all those Horchatas, Fruit Chamoys and,(of course) shrimp burritos! When your in the parking lot and see a dark green Toyota with an older Chinese man inside, tell him "Suk-Suk!!" (uncle). He'll laugh and say: "Mania musta' taught you that". You got it, it came from me! I LOVE this restaurant to the 10's! read more

Love this place but their corn in a cup is not good. The corn is not from the cob like it's traditionally supposed to be, it's frozen bag corn. Thumbs down for that. 10/21/19 Ok here's an update; I came back the next day and ordered an agua de platano and lets just say that if you're diabetic, DO NOT ORDER AGUAS OR RASPADOS!!! Super duper sweet, I assuming they added at least a cup of sugar in my large drink. I had to water it down with water and milk. read more

Just ordered some tostilocos and basically got half a bag of chips with a cucumber. Barely any jicama. So disappointing. I can tell they were done in a rush. The cueros were all stuck together as well as the chips. They've gotten so expensive, the least that can be done is getting these simple snacks right. I also called ahead for pick up and they didn't make them until I got there. WHATS THE POINT? Will be going somewhere else from now on. read more

The rapados were my favorite. I recommended a lot of people here for the raspados. But as of today I will not be ordering raspados from there anymore. The quality has gone way down. The ice has a funny taste and the tamarindo is not the tamarindo I remember there. There are no hard seeds. You have some jelly type seed (see pictures). Pretty gross the first time I tried to bite the pulpa from it. I'm hoping my next experience there does not go south again since this was once one of my favorite places. read more

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Amazing food it always satisfies all of my craving with the wide variety of snacks and foods they have. I love their drinks as well they have a lot of different agua frescas and raspados of many flavors. Their service is always very kind and attentive and the ambiance is always great. read more

One of my favorite local places for Mexican food. I've been coming here since iWe always order the carne asada fries, a mango champs raspado, and tostilocos. The food always comes out good and their always very accommodating to any changes to the food we make, I.e putting things on the side etc. but my favorite thing about their carne asada fries is the nacho cheese they put on it. Give it an extra little touch that the other local taco shops don't include. read more

Yesterday I purchased the carne asada nachos and man I hardly got any carne asada, I got more cheese beans tortilla chips guacamole then carne and for $13.00, I would not recommend this place to anyone, if we gonna support small businesses they need not to be so greedy with there amount of food they give us for there price, I will never buy food from this place ever again read more

This place is hit & miss. Some things are amazing & others is meh. Wasn't a fan of the carne asada nachos. Three them away honestly but their raspados and fruit salads are good. Breakfast is good too. Try the fresas con crema pancakes read more

This is one of our brew breakfast spots finally close to home. Well within 5-10 miles at least. The girl is always super picky on where we get food and she loves this place. Her favorite is the French toast with Fresas con crema! I've had everything from the acai bowl to the full on Mexican breakfast(skip the acai bowl) everything has been quite tasty. I'm just partial to captain Kirk's acai bowl. I love that they make cafe con chocolate abuelita! Two of my favorite things ever combined into one like a magical explosion topped with whipped cream and cinnamon. Needless to say, I get it all the time. The girl gets raspados that she loves but are on the sweeter side for me. The boy always eats everything and leans back quite content. We have made this a family favorite spot and enjoy a nice breakfast when we have the time. If not they pack it to go for you!! read more

The food speaks for itself. Homemade style Mexican food. Try it. You won't be disappointed

The owner is on a hurry to run out of business. If you fancy to get 1 taco of each meat, she won't do the order unless you order 2 of each. You better be hungry. Literally she will not make the order. She gave me my $27 dlls back to take it to another business. She did not care to loose a customer or gain a bad review. 0 customer service. read more

Great food, the best menudo in Chula Vista. Great service and very clean establishment! read more

My go to when I'm craving chamangos, diablitos, raspados, etc. only $5 for a large diablito, I love the way they make them here! read more

Vanessa's Deli - diablito - Mexican Near Me - Chula Vista, California

Iam on the only person inside been waiting 10 mins for a chamango dont know if there in the back picking mangos or what should of gone to copacobana on highland there was a reason I stopped coming here but there getting caught up in the chisme during this pandemic you would think they would provide better service read more

MANGONIADA!!! Yes, I was yelling on top of my lungs. Mangoniada brings out my childhood memories, Mexican style, due to how it's made and the contents. It is the closest thing to 'ice buko', shaved ice and coconut on a stick. You see how they are not really the same, but they are oh so yummy. I work nearby, and while I have yet to taste their food, I've had more than one mangoniada at Vanessa's. It may be the only place I will get it. It hits the spot with a concoction of pineapple, mango (not sure), and chamoy, and maybe other things that I don't know. Perfect for sunny days! I'm sure someone can prove me wrong when I say that they have the best mangoniada in SD/CV, but because this is where I discovered it, it has to be in the list. read more

Vanessa's Deli - Mangoniada!!! - Mexican Near Me - Chula Vista, California