Encuentro Guadalupe

Regard the restaurant, nice view, but terrible service empty place it was probably 3 couples, in the whole restaurant that waitress never come back an offer another glass of water and i have to wait an hour to get my food..

Retiro lo dicho, muy amable el de recepción.

I just LOVE the architecture here! The estate is gorgeous, and the rooms look cute from a distance. We only came here for wine tasting and we had 3 wines. The first one was our favorite, but they didn’t have anymore for us to buy! What a tease!
The views from this place is also gorgeous.

The food is awesome but service was the best thanks to our server Gerardo who took the time to explain the menu and concept of the restaurant and hotel.
We found out many celebrities stay here as well.
If you stop by order the octopus and oysters!

Hotel super bonito, totalmente para ir a relajarse y disfrutar de buenas comidas con buenos tragos.

Beautiful hotel with great service. Not sure what happened to the other reviewers but our experience was awesome. We had a delicious dinner with fresh ceviche and yellowtail paired with local wine and sangria. Enjoyed a fire on our private patio. Had delicious breakfast by the pool, and we were even allowed to bring our dog for a minimal charge. Can’t wait to come back!

I love it here! Had an extremely memorable experience & so worth the money we paid for. Stayed for one night but it was sooooo amazingly worthwhile. Excellent view and the ambience was simply marvelous. Would definitely come here again!

NOT AT ALL what I thought… Beautiful but def NOT worth 350.00 per night…
Customer service was marginal at best…
Breakfast was ok… Coffee YUCK. what no creamer? Come on.
You can’t bring food to your room! They won’t bring you food either.
The rooms were OK… nothing stunning at all. Basic…
Restaurant was awful…
I would not stay back here again…
Very disappointed.

We stayed here in 2013 when it was Endemico and had such a great time we booked a room at Encuentro for 2015 a year in advance. Encuentro was an entirely different experience. When we got to Mexico, they pretended they didn’t have our reservation. Then they said they had it but were renovating the hotel and we couldn’t stay. This wasn’t true either because people who stayed there in January have reviewed the hotel on Trip Advisor. Basically, they cancelled our reservation without telling us so they could book it to other travelers at a higher rate. We were nice about it and tried to book another stay at the same rate but the hotel wanted twice as much. When we asked for a discount because of the money we’d already spent to take time off work and travel to Mexico for no reason, they said they’d get back to us but never did. It’s terrifying to be stranded in a foreign country. Even though our reservations were confirmed, they had no problem lying to us and pretending they never got them. If you want to be sure you’ll have a place to sleep when you get there, stay somewhere else.

I have this former colleague-​forever friend (yes, those things can be possible) who is even more social than me and knows everybody. And that somebody also include one of the co-​owners of the Encuentro winery or Encuentro Guadalupe antiresort, on the way from Tecate to Ensenada, middle of somewhere but really feeling like you are nowhere close from normal life.
I heard about this place, half winery, half farm-​to-​table-​high end restaurant, with a touch of ‘glamping resort’ because I had seen the pictures in some glossy mags about how the rich and famous travel. No worries, if I could go and spend the day, you can do it too. Because you really don’t need to fork the $ 400 per minimalist-​repurposed materials-​beauty meets form factor cute boxes on the rocks. You can just go for the drinks and the food and you make a nice day trip from San Diego. Looks like crossing from Tecate is the easiest and fastest way, at least on the way back.
Encuentro used to be called Endemico, and I am glad they changed the name, as it denotes something negative. Something that neither the environment, not the fertile nature nor the grapes are. Wine is abundant and the fruits from the land too. The winery includes 11 acres of mountain vineyards, you will enjoy a wine tasting bar open to the public from 11 am every day and an underground cellar, for which you need to make a group reservation.
The vineyards produce Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Blanc and Nebiolo, among other varietals. This is a very peaceful place to be and extremely photogenic, showing all the splendor of the Guadalupe Valley, making great panoramas. Just watch out with the traffic… not the best drivers around there!