Downtown San Diego Condos: Lunch at Casa de Reyes

After showing Downtown San Diego condos today, we decided to take our buyer out to lunch and since he is from New York, we thought Old Town might be a fun place to visit.  For years Bazaar Del Mundo occupied space in Old Town.  One of the restaurants in the Bazaar was Casa de Pico.  When the State of California goofed up and let the space to another company, Casa de Pico moved out.  Casa de Pico was and continues to be excellent (relocated to Grossmont Center in La Mesa).  Since I had not been to the new Casa de Reyes, I thougth this would be a good time.

Casa de Reyes looks somewhat the same as Casa de Pico did.  That's where the comparison ended.  Normally I love to give great reviews because food and I are wonderful friends.  This time was a little different.  Our meal was okay.  Just okay.  Menu prices seemed pretty high for a Mexican lunch, at least to me.  However, Casa de Reyes advertises that if you say you are local, they have a special deal for you.  That part is true.  There was a good meal selection plus a drink for only $10.  That made it worthwhile.  We ordered chicken tacos.  They were ok.  Not great, but okay.  I guess I remembered when Casa de Pico was there, and this just didn't compare.  Service was good.  Our waitress was very helpful and provided good service.  The waitress was better than the food.  I was glad it was only $10 per person.

People were nice.  Locale is nice.  Food ok.  Nothing to get up and write home about as my mother would say.  Next time we will try another one of Old Town restaurants.  What this proves is sometimes change is not all it's cracked up to be.

This is a series of articles by Sharyn and Victoria Crown, Downtown San Diego real estate agents.