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King & Queen Cantina - San Diego, San Diego, CA

King & Queen Cantina - San Diego

4.4
4.4
1007 Reviews
$30 and under
Mexican
*WALK-INS ALWAYS WELCOME*

King and Queen Cantina brings Latin flavor to San Diego from creative founder and owner MR.TEMPO.
Come for the atmosphere, but stay for the food. You will find all of your favorite Latin dishes infused with Asian flavors. Join us Happy Hour everyday, Weekend Brunch or Taco Tuesday for a dining experience like you’ve never experienced before!
#MASCHINGON

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2 people

7:00 p.m.


Booked 90 times today

Additional information

  • Dining style

    Casual Dining

  • Cuisines

    Mexican, Sushi, Steak

  • Hours of Operation

    Mon–Thu 10:00 am–12:00 am Fri 10:00 am–1:00 am Sat 2:00 pm–1:00 am Sun 2:00 pm–10:00 pm Brunch Sat, Sun 10:00 am–2:00 pm

  • Phone number

    (619) 756-7864

  • Payment Options

    AMEX, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

  • Dress Code

    Business Casual

  • Neighbourhood

    Little Italy

  • Cross Street

    Kettner Blvd & Beech St.

  • Parking Details

    Street parking

  • Additional

    Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Chef's Table, Cocktails, Counter Seating, Full Bar, Gender Neutral Restroom, Happy Hour, Late Night, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout, View, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine

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What 1,007 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.4
4.4 based on recent ratings
  • 4.5Food
  • 4.4Service
  • 4.3Ambience
  • 4.1Value

NoiseModerate

  1. vanny94

    San Diego

    15 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    15 reviews

    Dined today

    overall5food4service5ambience4
    I love this place. I came in for the tamarind margaritas. It’s the best margarita I’ve ever tasted. We decided to have dinner there. I let the server take the lead. He said steak and I was sold. The presentation and the searing of the steak with mezcal was mesmerizing. We also had ceviche, pulpo and pork belly. They were all delicious. The bill was average comparatively. I would definitely recommend this place. I will be back again for those tasty margaritas. I certainly enjoyed them, most especially at the end of a hectic week.

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  2. OpenTable Diner

    San Diego

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 3 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Amazing and definitely coming back Everyone was nice and drinks were bomb good

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  3. OpenTable Diner

    Portland

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 6 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    Worth the price and great drinks. Lots of menu options

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  4. OpenTable Diner

    Los Angeles

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined 7 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    It’s was wonderful! The service and food! Will definitely come again :)

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  5. OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 2, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    So much fun I love having dinner and drinks there!

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  6. Alex

    Las Vegas

    2 reviews

    1.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on May 31, 2023

    overall1food1service1ambience2
    I brought 7 people here and was embarrassed to have made that choice. Menu is 10 pages long. Drink menu is 16 pages long. It’s definitely a quantity over quality menu. Stickers were all over the restaurant saying maximum time at tables was 90 minutes, but our waitress took a 30 minute break half way through dinner. The rice was uncle Ben’s and unseasoned. It came with frozen diced peas and carrots. Refried beans were also unseasoned and straight from a can. The $8 side of rice and beans has less than 1 oz of food. Three entrees were served with cold French fries that tasted like three days old McDonald’s. They were served with BBQ sauce, not ketchup. Food came on a charcuterie boards with cutouts for ramekins, but there were no ramekins. The 1mm thick slots were filled with mayonnaise, bbq sauce, and some other nonsense. Even the $24 bacon wrapped shrimp came with burnt bacon and overcooked shrimp. There are many better choices for authentic Mexican in San Diego, especially at this price point. It’s description should be $$$$ not $$ because it is ridiculously overpriced for the quality and service.

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  7. LizzyW

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 28, 2023

    overall1food2service1ambience2
    We were sat upstairs in a corner and forgotten about. Our server told us they only have a brunch menu until 2pm although there was no mention on their website that it was brunch only. We ordered chips and salsa, however, were brought chips and guacamole. When we told them we wanted salsa, they just walked away. The bartender made our drinks wrong and our server never came to check on us or ask to order. We had to flag down the manager to get service and ask for the check so we could leave. They then tried to charge us for the chips and salsa we never received. Overall, not a very good experience which is a bummer because I had heard the food is supposed to be good.

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  8. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    10 reviews

    5.0

    10 reviews

    Dined on May 28, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Definitely recommend this place! Food and drinks are GREAT!!!!

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  9. OpenTable Diner

    San Diego

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on May 26, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Not my first time here and definitely not my last. I love coming here every time and this wasn’t an exception. Our waiter was phenomenal, positive, and always came to the tsble with a smile. Food came out super fast after placing orders. Drinks were kept replenished. The oysters were great! I typically won’t order these at a restaurant that doesn’t specialize in fish. Quesabirria was on point with the cheese and consumé. And to top it all off, the churros with the dipping sauces and ice cream was amazing.

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  10. OpenTable Diner

    San Diego

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on May 20, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Cesar our server was the best! Made experience super fun

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  11. OpenTable Diner

    San Diego

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on May 14, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great choice for appetizers, dinner and tasty drinks. Many options to choose at a great price.

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  12. OpenTable Diner

    San Diego

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 13, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Experience was great, they accommodated for us as we had more guests than expected and the food was very good

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  13. OpenTable Diner

    San Diego

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 13, 2023

    overall2food4service1ambience4
    The food is good and the ambiance is great! The service sucks. I did not receive what I ordered, he brought me chilaquiles instead of the torta de chilaquiles. When I let him know that is not what I ordered, he told me they don’t have the torta de chilaquiles anymore. So instead of telling me when I originally ordered he made my brunch decision for me. Just because it was close to what I ordered doesn’t mean I really wanted that. I could’ve ordered something else.

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  14. OpenTable Diner

    Los Angeles

    11 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    11 reviews

    Dined on May 7, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Had the Margarita and Mimosa flights. They were amazing did bot taste like a cheap sweet sugar version. Also had the pork belly bites (cooked to perfection) and the salmon dinner plate. All great will be back for more.

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  15. OpenTable Diner

    San Diego

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on May 7, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Menu is fabulous. Service is fun. This will be our spot in SD

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  16. ErnestoR

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 6, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Food and drinks were amazing , however I mainly went for the gansito pancake and was disappointed. Did not see any ganito on the pancake until I cut it and only to see it was underneath the whip cream , it was a very small peace of gansito , I was expecting a whole gansito .

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  17. maryG

    San Diego

    3 reviews

    4.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on May 6, 2023

    overall4food4service4ambience4
    Great experience and last minute accommodations! Thanks

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  18. ValeriaF

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 6, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    A really fun place to have spent my birthday! I really liked the whole vibe inside

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  19. OpenTable Diner

    New York Area

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on May 6, 2023

    overall5food5service4ambience5
    Loved the energy here! It was Cinco de Mayo so they were very busy. They were about an hour behind reservations so we waited at the bar for our table. Once we were seated, I ordered a strawberry margarita and the surf & birria tacos. It was so so good, whew!

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  20. Ashley

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 6, 2023

    overall4food4service4ambience4
    Came to King & Queen Cantina on Cinco de Mayo. Food and drinks were delicious. Received great service.

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  21. OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 5, 2023

    overall1food4service1ambience3
    They kicked us out of our table @ 90minutes even though the reservation details clearly stated with “7* people 2 hours for the table”

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  22. OpenTable Diner

    Las Vegas

    1 review

    vip
    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 5, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience3
    Great food, good variety of margaritas, but can get loud. Overall a fun place to be.

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  23. OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 30, 2023

    overall4food5service5ambience3
    We dined last night my best-friend and I were celebrating a move. The hostess were extremely sweet they tried accommodating my offer of switching tables but it was a Saturday night and it was packed. We were sat on a two top by the walkway which was a little uncomfortable but again it was so packed. Food and service was amazing our server always checked in on us and recommended the best things to try. There was a fight that broke out during dinner but the staff and management did an amazing job calming it down and handling the issue.

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  24. OpenTable Diner

    San Diego

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 29, 2023

    overall3food5service3ambience2
    Les falto atenderme mejor . Avise que llegaría tarde en mi reservación pero no les importo . De cualquier forma soy seguidor tuyo MR TEMPO .

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  25. OpenTable Diner

    Exclusive

    2 reviews

    1.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on April 29, 2023

    overall1food4service1ambience2
    they kicked us out early, the tables were cramped , felt rushed

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  26. Renee

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 26, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Amazing food, birria tacos, hot cheetos roll, outstanding service and quick with a fun atmosphere!

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  27. Mikeb

    Sacramento

    43 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    43 reviews

    Dined on April 23, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Food, environment, energy were all amazing! They rally made my daughter’s day (her birthday weekend) highly recommended. The service was so food, we th sought they were psychic lol!

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  28. TamiO

    Orange County

    21 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    21 reviews

    Dined on April 23, 2023

    overall3food3service5ambience3
    It was just okay. I was actually disappointed in the serving size of the tacos. I order Ensenada tacos. They were street taco with a fried fish size of my pinky for $18. Ouch order margarita sample for $26 again small and no alcohol🥲

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  29. OpenTable Diner

    Las Vegas

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 17, 2023

    overall1food1service2ambience3
    Server was great! My food came out last and I had the hot cheetos sushi wasn’t the best and it was so dry didn’t have much flavor would not recommend any sushi from there. My friends food came out first and they had hot foods ridiculous!!

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  30. AlexB

    San Francisco

    3 reviews

    1.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on April 6, 2023

    overall1food2service1ambience3
    If you plan to sit and chat there is a 90 minute time limit. Never had a restaurant where I am eating against a shot clock.

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  31. OpenTable Diner

    Orange County

    2 reviews

    vip
    2.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on April 1, 2023

    overall2food3service2ambience3
    It was my friends birthday and I made reservations. It was windy and cold out so I said I’d take a table only if there are heaters and the hostess said yea or else we wanted inside. Well 3 different people including the manager couldn’t figure out the heater. We asked to move inside and they didn’t accommodate and hostess even said sorry you have to stay out here. Awful.

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  32. OpenTable Diner

    San Diego

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 29, 2023

    overall3food4service3ambience4
    Our server was nice enough, the girls at the door were stuck up as always, I complimented one of them (pale, light hair & long lashes) on her makeup and she just starred at me completely dismissing me.& made me feel uncomfortable honestly & it threw off the rest of my experience. Not the first time a girl in the front was rude which honestly plays a huge roll in the over all experience.

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  33. Mimi

    San Diego

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on March 27, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Always a good time at King & Queen Cantina and the food NEVER disappoints :)

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  34. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 27, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Amazing service & amazing food/drinks Best dining experience I’ve had tbh, 10000/10

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  35. OpenTable Diner

    San Diego

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on March 26, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Love love love king and queen! Music is always a vibe, drinks are always amazing and delicious! Service is always great and food is always so colorful and flavorful! Our server was so attentive and he had such a great energy and so charismatic. Definitely one of our favorite places!

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  36. ShaylaA

    San Diego

    2 reviews

    3.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on March 26, 2023

    overall3food2service5ambience3
    I went for the octopus and it was charred and mush in the middle. The pork belly is just ok. The best part was the fire ads margaritas and the rice and beans were surprisingly super delicious. I should have sent my order back but my boyfriend doesn't like to do that for fear the next meal may be tainted smh but yea I was disappointed in the octopus. I gir grilled and my boyfriend ordered the plate that included pork belly and neither of us liked our food.

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  37. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 25, 2023

    overall3food5service2ambience3
    My boyfriend and I went here for his birthday and the food here was super good we got the birra tacos and bone arrow tacos ! on point was just missing some spice but in my opinion flavor was there forsure although our server was rushing us I understand we only have 90 Mins to be there but when I had told them it was his birthday they didn’t do anything nor say happy birthday which was upsetting the drinks were average

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  38. elbae

    San Francisco

    3 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on March 25, 2023

    overall3food3service4ambience3
    We were 7 minutes late to our reservation, within the 10 minute grace period according to our reservation, and the hostess would not seat us. She said the grace period was 5 minutes. We ended up waiting for a table at the bar for half an hour, which was totally fine. The bartenders were nice and attentive. Once we were seated, our waiter was great. The food was ok and the drinks were not well-balanced. Despite the fun atmosphere and decor we won’t be back; the hostess made sure of that.

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  39. OpenTable Diner

    San Diego

    3 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on March 19, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    Super fun. Great food and delicious drinks. Huge variety. Fresh ingredients!

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  40. OpenTable Diner

    San Diego

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 19, 2023

    overall1food3service5ambience1
    I made reservations on here for high top seating and still got sat downstairs. Vivian was amazing ! But when she went on break nobody ever came to check up on us . And once we got someone we asked for more drinks and he didn’t put the order in making us wait way more . Food was good and so was Vivian . They need to be more organized and involved

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FAQs

King & Queen Cantina - San Diego offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (619) 756-7864.

King & Queen Cantina - San Diego is rated 4.4 stars by 1007 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

Make a reservation

2 people

7:00 p.m.


Booked 90 times today
Google Map for King & Queen Cantina - San Diego

1490 Kettner Blvd, San Diego, CA 92101

Additional information

  • Cross Street

    Kettner Blvd & Beech St.

  • Neighbourhood

    Little Italy

  • Hours of Operation

    Mon–Thu 10:00 am–12:00 am Fri 10:00 am–1:00 am Sat 2:00 pm–1:00 am Sun 2:00 pm–10:00 pm Brunch Sat, Sun 10:00 am–2:00 pm

  • Cuisines

    Mexican, Sushi, Steak

  • Dining style

    Casual Dining

  • Dress Code

    Business Casual

  • Parking Details

    Street parking

  • Payment Options

    AMEX, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

  • Additional

    Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Chef's Table, Cocktails, Counter Seating, Full Bar, Gender Neutral Restroom, Happy Hour, Late Night, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout, View, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine

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