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Juan Tequila Bar & Restaurant, San Diego, CA

Juan Tequila Bar & Restaurant

4.2
4.2
58 Reviews
$31 to $50
Contemporary Mexican
535 4th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101

About this restaurant

  • Innovative
  • Great for creative cocktails
  • Neighborhood gem


The space is unique to San Diego, feeling almost New York City like. Chandeliers, Club leather furniture, marble table tops, cocktails that, though, called tiki, are not really the tiki you would imagine.

The cocktails are met with a menu mostly unfamiliar to San Diego. Baja California is where Baja meets San Diego. In a time and place where we need to spotlight it most. Relying on ancient and modern techniques and cross-border ingredients with a nuevo approach to menu delivery, the culinary story will highlight oysters, seafare from baja and produce highlighting the southern california region, including foraged ingredients.

Juan tequila is located in the Gaslamp. We are proud of the story we are telling and the team we have built to make this happen.

Welcome to Juan Tequila. Straight Up Classy™

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Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Elegant
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    Contemporary Mexican, Latin American, Seafood
  • Hours of operation
    Tue–Thu 6:00 pm–2:00 am Fri, Sat 4:00 pm–2:00 am Bar Sun 7:00 pm–2:00 am
  • Phone number
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Business Casual
  • Private party facilities
    Ready to book your next event? Let's Talk! Our restaurant, the perfect venue for family gatherings and corporate events, can seat 42 guests and hold up to 49 guests for standing events. For full restaurant buyouts, please contact us at juantequilasd@gmail.com or give us a call (619) 816-6027
  • Neighborhood
    Downtown
  • Cross street
    Market St
  • Parking details
    Street Parking
  • Additional
    Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Beer, BYO Wine, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Counter Seating, Entertainment, Full Bar, Gender Neutral Restroom, Gluten-free Options, Happy Hour, Late Night, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine

What 58 people are saying

Juan Tequila Bar & Restaurant reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

Overall ratings and reviews

4.2
4.2 based on all time ratings
  • 4.1Food
  • 4.2Service
  • 4.2Ambience
  • 4Value

NoiseModerate

58 Reviews
  1. RobertRadcliffe VIP

    Los Angeles61 reviews

    3.0

    Dined on May 6, 2023

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 5
    Cool space. Decent food. Nice servers, but very slow service.

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  2. OpenTable Diner

    San Diego3 reviews

    1.0

    Dined on May 6, 2023

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 1
    I don’t even know where to start. This place was horrible. I booked a table for my fiancé and I with two of our friends. When we got there the guy said there was no more sitting inside, so we had to sit outside. I said that was okay because they had the heaters. When I walked over to the table, you can tell the chairs were old they had spiderwebs on them. The guy was okay about it. He came and wiped the chair off for me. Then more people started coming in. Our waiter finally came and took our drink . Things started going bad when the people who came after us to their DRINKS and FOOD before we did. When our waiter finally came back, she asked us did anyone bring our drinks out yet. We said no, we thought you were bringing them. She said maybe she forgot to push the submit button for them to start our drinks. She said she was going in to check. She finally came back 15 mins later. We told her we wanted to go ahead and order because we had already been sitting there for a while. She took the order. When our food finally came I had got the quesabirria, my fiancé got the shrimp tacos, our friends got the wings and a salad, and carne asada. My tacos didn’t have any meat in them, and i said where was the consome broth they said they had just ran out. That made me very upset because that should’ve been communicated to me, so that I could’ve ordered something else. I didn’t even want the food because for one it wasn’t hardly anything to eat. They never brought the salad my friend ordered. It was just horrible. Our waiter kept disappearing. We just wanted to pay our bill and go. Only good thing was she took the tacos off and apologized. But I wouldn’t Recommend anyone to go here.

    2 people found this helpful

  3. OpenTable Diner VIP

    San Diego2 reviews

    1.0

    Dined on February 19, 2023

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 1
    The service at this place is horrible. We were seated and after 20mins of NO ONE attending to us, we didn’t even get waters by that point, we just left. If I could give this place ZERO stars I would. Don’t go here, it’s not worth it. I didn’t have food here, again because no one even took a drink order or gave us water, but I did see the plates come out and they looked gross.

    2 people found this helpful

  4. cjayen VIP

    Los Angeles4 reviews

    2.0

    Dined on February 19, 2023

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 3
    I'm not sure if Saturday was a fluke because of so many favorable reviews I've read but this place was a disaster. Upon arrival with reservation he said we'd need to wait 20 minutes or so outside for a table, no prob things happen. No communication with other servers and they're trying to serve us outside. We let him know, finally get seated inside about 30 minutes later at this point. Then 20 minutes goes by and we're not even able to order a single drink or get water or chips etc still, they've been trying to handle a larger party next to us and running all over the place . The guys were nice enough but it was just disastrous. The menu you scan had 1/4 what you'll see on menu photos - just 3-4 tacos and burritos, a few appetizers. We ended up leaving.

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  5. Londondiner VIP

    Greater Boston18 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on February 15, 2023

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 4
    A last minute dinner for 2 on valentines. The place was packed and had a good, buzzy atmosphere. Food was good and service was ok. She was obviously new and got a few things wrong but she was smiley and helpful.

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  6. OpenTable Diner

    Mexico City1 review

    5.0

    Dined on January 1, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Loved everything

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  7. Ivonnemoro

    New York City40 reviews

    1.0

    Dined on November 20, 2022

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 1
    Horrible lugar!!!

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  8. RobS

    Chicago7 reviews

    1.0

    Dined on September 12, 2022

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 1
    The place was closed and Open Table still allowed me to make a reservation?! Also the place is a night club.

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  9. SandiH VIP

    San Francisco23 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on August 28, 2022

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Food was great and so was the vibe. They had a great band playing.

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  10. HungryonMyBirthday

    Atlanta1 review

    1.0

    Dined on August 24, 2022

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 1
    On Tuesday August 23, 2022 we had a reservation at 7:00pm for two for my birthday. The week of the 23rd, the reservation was confirmed by the restaurant. We arrived at the restaurant at 6:45pm and it was closed. They didn't open until 9:00pm. I am still trying to figure out why the restaurant was accepting and confirming reservations knowing that they would not be open. I can't speak about the food since we didn't have any, but their reservation system was definitely broken.

    1 person found this helpful

FAQs

Juan Tequila Bar & Restaurant does offer delivery in partnership with Postmates. Juan Tequila Bar & Restaurant also offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (619) 458-9455.

Juan Tequila Bar & Restaurant is rated 4.2 stars by 58 OpenTable diners.

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Google Map for Juan Tequila Bar & Restaurant

535 4th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101

Additional information

  • Cross street
    Market St
  • Neighborhood
    Downtown
  • Hours of operation
    Tue–Thu 6:00 pm–2:00 am Fri, Sat 4:00 pm–2:00 am Bar Sun 7:00 pm–2:00 am
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    Contemporary Mexican, Latin American, Seafood
  • Dining style
    Casual Elegant
  • Dress code
    Business Casual
  • Parking details
    Street Parking
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
  • Additional
    Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Beer, BYO Wine, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Counter Seating, Entertainment, Full Bar, Gender Neutral Restroom, Gluten-free Options, Happy Hour, Late Night, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine
  • Phone number
  • Private party facilities
    Ready to book your next event? Let's Talk! Our restaurant, the perfect venue for family gatherings and corporate events, can seat 42 guests and hold up to 49 guests for standing events. For full restaurant buyouts, please contact us at juantequilasd@gmail.com or give us a call (619) 816-6027
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