Salsa Brava

Slowest damn taco shop ive ever been too. No one else here but still took 20 mins for my food

fucking amazing food and hot sauce been eat here for a very long never this points. i love carne asada, carnitas, califorina burrito and ETC over all this place is so yummy

This place has been around for over 20 years and there’s a reason why!!! It’s a mom & pop shop that really makes everything fresh for you, every ingredient tastes like it was properly prepared, not just sitting around like so many other Mexican food places do.
Don’t let the look of the place or the location throw you off, because when it comes to delicious Mexican food at extremely reasonable prices, Salsa Brava delivers!!!
Anything with their beans is delicious, as is their selection of tortas and rolled tacos are all consistently amazing.
If you’re in the area or just want something fresh, cheap and yummy, come here!

The woman who works here doesn’t speak much ingles, pero like she’s really sweet. The food is big servings for a low price. Nothing amazing but never bad. Been here at least 10 times and it’s consistent.

This is my favorite taco shop in the neighborhood. The couple that runs this restaurant serves really authentic home style food. My favorites are the Milanesa plate, seasonal caldo de pollo, burrito de pollo con mole, and bean and cheese burrito. Their menu is very robust and they don’t offer everything on the menu every day, but any Mexican food you order is bound to be outstanding! The ambience isn’t the best, but the food more than makes up for it. I highly recommend this taco shop.

Try the Chiles rellenõs. Really fresh! Also the salsas are awesome. Family operated and no frills, but everything but the tortillas are made on-​site.

Rude and slow service! I just had one question and the lady at the counter snarled at me. I ordered their chicken breast sandwich w/​cheese and a dr. pepper drink but she gave me a sprite. She also got my friend’s drink wrong. My food came out wrong. Who puts horseradish on their chicken breast along w/​cheese?! Disgusting! The fries were also hard! I ate the fries because I had to take my meds but I took 4 bites of my burger and that was it! I will not be coming back! Can’t wait for Tacos si Señor to open back up!

They obviously use fresh poblanos for the chile rellenos. Which is hard to find. The salsa is awesome and im lookinf forward to try their adobada tacos which look delish. Had the plain nachos and carne asada nachos. So good bothe fed six of us to the point we only ate half of our meals and were fully loaded

myPley:
This place is in the ghetto. Matter fact, if I did not take any spanish in hs or college I would not have been able to order because the workers did not even know what ‘hi, how are you’ meant.
So I chopped it up in spanish and ordered a California burrito con todos y dulce. Paid for it, ate it, and enjoyed it. The seasoning could use an improvement, beside that, I am excited to try their tortas

The Chefs recipe for Adobada is top notch! I used to drive 20 miles avoiding all other joints along the way to eat there. I have guacamole added to them. Very nice lady at the register too. Moved to Fresno 3 years ago. While visiting San Diego it was a Must that I stopped there. The lady recognized me and said «long time no see». I normally used to say the usual but after 3 years I told her adobada tacos. Sat down, and the lady came with a plate with the tacos with guacamole that I forgot to mention at the register. Outstanding! This action alone led me to get a Unilocal account. They provide stocked to go trays if eating in the comfort of your home is what you prefer.

First, a bit of advice: unless you want to sit in an unappealing, brightly-​lit room with a perfect view of El Cajon Blvd., get your food ‘to go’.
Oh, yes, the food… it’s quite good. And cheap. And the help is friendly. There are other taquerias within a block or two of this one, but Salsa Brava is the best of the bunch.

3 stars= A-​OK
Just randomly picked the place last week in search of good fish tacos with my mom. The place next door didn’t look as hole in the wall so I figured this was the legit place to go.
The salsa bar was something to be desired. It didn’t seem like it was being kept cool in any way and had 2 options; Rojo or/​or verde.
I got a fish taco and carne asada street taco.
Mom got a fish taco and carnitas street taco.
Fish taco looks pretty and full, but it was a fish stick and lacking in flavor.
The street tacos however… I’d go back for those if I was in the area.

So I used to live down Estrella ave, a block away from Salsa Brava. I also used to work at the House of Motorcycles across the street, so I know this place well. To be honest, most of the food doesn’t separate itself from other shops, it’s comparable to the average Mexican food joints you will undoubtedly come across when in San Diego…
…but the adobado burrito? Check it; I made drive from Pacific Beach to get it many times [when I’m visiting]. PB to East San Diego is not a short drive. When I lived there, I tried probably two dozen different adobado burritos, and Salsa Brava was never beat in my book. It may be silly to base a whole review on one item, but I’ll do it. Hell, in my profile, it’s the last thing I want to eat before I bite the dust.
If you’re looking for solid Mexican food, Salsa Brava, or even Tacos Si Señor across the street, won’t disappoint, nor will it thrill. But if you want to shit fire and have it be worth it? Adobado burrito.

Salsa Brava is located on the always colorful El Cajon Boulevard. As I was traveling to S.B., I saw a guy crossing the street dancing as if he were straight out of a Morris Day video. Slightly obscure reference to some possibly, I know, so YouTube «Jungle Love» and you’ll see what I mean. Aw, what the hell — I’ll do the work for ya!
Salsa Brava (
) has a tinted (and probably bulletproof) window that blocks your view to the kitchen area. What exactly are they trying to hide? Are they cooking in the nude? Are they doing lines of coke (that’s street slang for cocaine) off of their burritos? I’m hoping that they’re holding female midget jello wrestling matches back there but I don’t think that’s the case. Whatever they’re doing back there, they’re all very nice when they come out from behind their shield to help the common folk like myself.
They don’t have pollo asado but the guy behind the counter said he’d grill the shredded chicken for me and that it’s «very good.» It wasn’t — it was only good. Their carne asada was forgettably average. Their breakfast burrito comes with hash browns which included the thinnest cuts of bacon I’ve ever seen/​chewed wif my teef.
Carne asada burrito (with beans and cheese only) # 74 —
Chicken burrito (with beans and cheese only) # 29 —
Breakfast burrito # 91 —
Bravo to Salsa Brava? Nah, but you could sure do a hell of a lot worse than this place.

Not really thrilled with this place. They seem to have a huge selection of food, ranging from burgers to kosher hot dogs but the main focus here is Mexican food.
The place was very warm but there was a decent cross breeze through the main part of the dining area. The dining area itself is very clean and large. I was somewhat amused that many of the tables said «Papachino’s Italian Food» on them… you’d think Salsa Brava would have taken care of that with at least tablecloths or something.
The burrito was very hot, but tasted just okay. I couldn’t really taste the cheese. I definitely was not a fan of the chicken rolled tacos– they were quite mushy inside and I found a piece of bone or gristle in it. I picked something out of the shell that seemed vaguely edible, if at all. and an hour later as I write this, and after a much-​needed trip to the bathroom, I still can’t quite shake this sickly feeling I have.
So, Jeff… why didn’t you give the place one star? Well, it was clean, service was adequate and the food was okay. It just wasn’t 3-​star okay.

Well, its possible that a mexican joint can get a few extra stars but this one was lacking something. Torta and Carne Asada Fries, It was good but not memorable.
The Torta de milanesa was tasty not dry. Seasoned nicely. and breaded well. but greasy. I mean greasy! and not the kind where you want to like it off your arm as the juice slides down, but oily and nasty.
The carne asada fries. well it was mediocre. fresh salsa, some cheese, and that was it.
eh.

Ask them to make you a veggie burrito con papas (with potatoes) and they’ll whip you up a burrito the memory of which will be retained for weeks thereafter. The owners/​staff are very friendly and are willing to accommodate us vegans to some degree. I obtain burritos of the aforementioned variety quite frequently, and the quality is fairly consistent.

You’ve gotta’ love it when the tortilla is fresh, the fish is crispy, the owner couldn’t be nicer and the salsa is anything but ordinary. There’s no shortage of quality Mexican food in San Diego, or even along this stretch of El Cajon. But bravo for Salsa Brava!