The No.1 Currywurst Truck of San Diego

Found «Downtown Lunch» which is a food truck venue every Wednesday from 11am-​2pm on B Street between India & Columbia. Ordered the Octoberfest Grilled Cheese which is sliced brat, grilled onions, sauerkraut, melted cheese on grilled rye bread –I dipped every bite in Dijon mustard. My mouth waters just re-​living it…

Mahan, the owner of Currywurst agreed to catering my event in return for 30 meals donated to my artists/​crew/​staff, etc. At the end of the night, Mahan bullied me and tried to tell me that he never agreed to any such a deal and that he had zero clue what I was talking about, subsequently charging me $ 440 for meals that I was never supposed to pay for. Mahan stated he would not be leaving the venue until I paid up… When I came back out to show him the email stating he would provide the meals at no cost, he was GONE.
I work with food trucks on a regular basis as I put on multiple music festivals and special events throughout the year. This is the first time I have ever encountered a problem with a food vendor at one of my events. Needless to say, the food was overpriced and extremely mediocre. We will never work with Currywurst again and I highly urge you to stay as far away as possible from these guys. There are a million food trucks out there, don’t support dishonest people practicing bad business.
UPDATE: I wrote Mahan this morning and this was his response.
I wrote…
Mahan,
direct quote:
«Yes, we’re ready to give out 30 portions for the exchange on the 31^st. How many people we are expecting and how many other trucks will be there? «
Next time you go threatening people and demanding money, you should reread your emails first (ref oct 19^th). I hope breaking the dash in your truck, yelling at me and demanding $ 400+ that wasnt yours was worth it. You said over and over again how you were not leaving the venue until I paid you, yet when I came back out to show you this email thread, you’re truck had mysteriously vanished. We both know you found the email while I was inside also finding the email and instead of owning up to your error like a man, you took off in your truck like a coward. Your communication skills are poor at best and your food is mediocre and overpriced. We will be sure to let everyone in the community know exactly how CurryWORST operates.
and he said…
I will report your nasty poor attitude to Shannon with all your words. Of course you never had $ 400 in your pocket in your entire life to pay for the food. I have witnesses that you were the one starting to yell and threatening and using f words. That’s why I left, because I didn’t want to deal with you after 11 hours shift wasting time the AND, because your nobody!
You will see the result of your junk attitude in near future DUDE!!!

First off the guys were awesome! Second, they told us what we should get and I am thoroughly impressed. They do a flavorful twist on the vegetarian options. Offering creative dishes at a reasonable price. As a huge food lover I feel obligated to my fellow vegetarians and others to introduce you to this place. Our favorites were the curry fries and the honey mustard fries!

Absolutely terrible service, poor attitude, mediocre food, EXTREMELY expensive. Skip this food truck and find a million better options.
Truck was parked at Balboa/​Naval Medical Center. Asked the cashier approximate wait time since I was in a hurry. Eager to get my business, she told me 6 – 7 minutes (reasonable). 20 minutes later, I asked her the same question since I was patiently waiting for my food. She insists that it’s only 6 – 7 minutes. At this point I’m considering just leaving b/​c I was in a bit of a hurry and sending a charge-​back on my card for goods/​services not rendered as advertised. My irritation obviously showed as they subsequently got me my order about 5 minutes later. Interactions with the kitchen staff were extremely negative as they were short tempered, seemed annoyed that I was even asking about my food, and were generally unprofessional.
The food is fine. It’s nothing special to write home about, and it’s DEFINITELY NOT worth the $ 24 dollars I spent for 2 hot dogs and fries. Seriously guys? This is a food truck. In San Diego, we’re lucky to have so many options — find any of the other numerous options nearby and I’m almost certain it’ll be better than this place.

Took an hour and a half to fill an order. They can take your money, but can’t give you food. I think it was a scam hoping you’d leave before they have you your order. A pox on all of them.

Currywurst is quintessential and beloved German fast food, much like the fish and chips of Britain and döner kebab of Turkey. As a lover of European culture and cuisine I was quite happy when I was given the opportunity to finally try one as they were one of the food trucks serving hungry Comic-​Con goers.
Truck takes cash and credit. For eating here just as Comic-​Con was to close for the day the line wasn’t too long BUT the food takes a while to cook. I was waiting at least 15 minutes.
I got the currywurst plate ($ 14): chopped bratwurst, curry ketchup & powder, fries, roll, ketchup & mayo. I thought the dish was average — the sausage is juicy by itself but I wasn’t a big fan of the curry ketchup. The «ketchup» had a consistency more like tomato sauce (which I heard is the mark of a true currywurst as ketchup is a sacrilege). As a fan of curry and curry powder I just didn’t like the taste as I tasted more tomato than curry. Fries were cooked inconsistently as I could taste properly cooked fries and undercooked fries in the same bite. For $ 14 the portion is big enough for at least 2 people of decent appetites or enough for one hungry person.
As I was browsing the reviews it seems that the people that rated this highly had other items, namely their melts and their cheese fries. Next time I’ll try those dishes instead but overall I was disappointed that my first currywurst experience was less than satisfying.

The Philly cheese fries were amazing! I had other people walk up to me asking what I had so they could order it.

Just had a grilled cheese bacon sandwich. It was awesome!!! Loved their food and the people are really nice. Check them out Friday night in La Mesa.

This man is perfect in his ability to deliver EXCELLENT customer service while serving the MOST DELICIOUS food!!! His pricing is perfect the food is great and the owner had the best personality one could ever experienced– I almost wanted to propose lol!!!

Way yummy Philly Cheese Steak grilled on an artisan Bun cooked to order. They took extra special care to prepare A special sauce that this cook suggested I try with the burger it was really good. Nice touch.

Honestly best food truck experience I’ve ever had. The ninja did an amazing job on our food! The service was friendly and food was even more mouth watering! I’m definitely going to look for this food truck again!

Food with flavor! Philly Grilled Cheese and Bacon Grilled Cheese are my guilty favorites.
Ask the Food Ninja for a recommendation, he had some great creations.

This truck seemed like a good option for a late-​afternoon lunch. The staff was friendly; the truck clean & sparkly. I ordered onion fries and a bacon grilled cheese. The onion fries were okay — subtle flavor, crispy fries. The bacon grilled cheese was awful. Really awful. It was heavily toasted, which isn’t a problem overall, but combined with bacon bits in the middle that absolutely were overcooked and rank, it was terrible. Two bites in and I got a flavor that tasted like old tunafish. Super disappointing. I gave up on the sandwich and just ate the fries.

I ate at this food truck at Bates Nut Farm food truck festival. I ended up getting the German grilled cheese which is sliced sausage, Swiss & American cheese, curry sauce and curry powder on whole wheat bread. I thought it was ok. I probably wouldn’t order it again. The sausage were sliced into big pieces. I wish it was small pieces because when I bit into a sausage, the rest of the piece would come out of the sandwich. Size of the sandwich is decent, but it was pricey ($ 9). If I saw this food truck again, I would try the fries

I was at Mission Valley Mall yesterday and saw a sign that mentioned «Food Truck Friday» at the mall (on the east side near Bed Bath and Beyond). I thought I’d check it out with some buddies. There were a bunch of different food trucks there. This is one of the trucks that caught our attention.
We ordered from several trucks, but from this one we ordered the Philly cheese fries and a grilled cheese on sourdough. The bratwurst dog looked really good… but I thought I’d try the grilled cheese this time. I was happy with my choice.
The grilled cheese was very good… bread crispy, cheese perfectly melted, and also the correct amount of cheese. The Philly fries were delicious as well!
There were about 10 trucks there total. From what I read /​heard they get they are ready to serve around 5pm and stay until about 9pm on Fridays.
Service was good… prices are what you’d expect. Many of the trucks do accept credit card, but I would bring cash just in case.
We got there around 5:45pm… it wasn’t crowded. We got our food in a timely manner and everything was still very hot and fresh.
Only bad thing is there are no tables or chairs. You can sit on the curb or of course sit in your car.

My friends and I were just walking by after a few margaritas across the street and we noticed the curry worst truck. They Have pictures of all the delicious sandwiches they make. The philly cheese steak will make u do a back flip it’s so good. And the Nutella grilled cheese is amazing!!!

Let me start by saying I have an issue with paying 8 bucks for a hot dog, regardless how tasty said hot dog is. The bratwurst dog was definitely a thing of beauty. The roll was surpisingly fluffy, bratwurst delicious, and perfectly topped with bratwurst and mustard. But 8 bucks (actually $ 7.99)…just seems a bit steep.

Had what I thought would be simple sausage and was pleasantly surprised by what I got. The basic currywurst is a veal dog with curry ketchup and it’s delicious. I can’t say I’d travel out of my area code for another but should this truck roll near enough to me I’d make a point to head over for a dog or 6.

I ordered the philly and the chili cheese fries. Large portions and fair prices here, and the guys working were pleasant enough as well! My only complaints would be that we waited quite a while for the food and then the fries weren’t hot (really they weren’t even warm). Despite the temperature of the food, it was really tastey! I’d definitely buy from them again, but I probably wouldn’t drive out of my way to do so.

At approximately 5:45pm on 7÷29÷14 during the South Park food truck night (every Tuesday), I witnessed this:
A man orders a melt w/​fries, finds himself an open chair and sits to eat it. He grabs one half of the sandwich but in doing so, the weight in his checkered cardboard food holder is thrown off and the other half-​sandwich plummets to the asphalt. Not only does it land on the ground but it opens up, spilling cut sausage pieces all over and rests with the inside part of both sides on the ground; soaking up God-​only-​knows how much dirt, oil, asphalt chunks, bugs and innumerable unpleasantries.
Cussing to himself, he pics up the halves of sandwich, then pries up the rogue sausage, onion and cheese bits from the asphalt (to which they’re sticking and resisting somewhat). I can see grease spots glistening on the asphalt from my seat about 30 feet away. He continues to cuss to himself and eat the rest of the clean half of his meal.
Once he finishes the clean half he sits for a bit. He stares at his box of greasy, jumbled, asphalt-​speckled food that once was a half-​sandwich. Then he begins looking around and I try to not be conspicuous because I can already see where this is going and I want the gratification of seeing this guy do what I’m sure he’s about to. As I suspected, he reaches down grabs a handful of dirty sandwich/​cheese/​sausage/​asphalt blob and crams it in his mouth.
I sat and watched a man eat a dirty, mangled sandwich that fell on the ground until he finished, wiped his mouth with his forearm, grabbed and threw away his trash then walked off like nothing happened.
The point: The food from Currywurst is so good that you’d eat it if fell on the ground and got covered in crap.