El Agave

Experience the true flavor of Mexico at San Diego’s premier Mexican cuisine destination.
Established in 1996, El Agave Restaurant & Tequileria offers its patrons a unique dining setting within
the largest tequila museum in the United States – with over 2,500 tequilas on display – also
repeatedly voted the #1 tequila bar in the country. Nestled in historic Old Town, San Diego, it is the
perfect...

Lunch offers a simpler selection of choices at inexpensive prices.

The catering service includes customized menus that can serve from 20 to 500 people.

Amigos aver "you'll thank your stars you're in a border town" after a forkful of the "rich, subtle, flavorful" moles and "sophisticated, complex" entrees at this "high-end" Old Town Mexican located above a liquor store; an "astounding" selection of tequilas "adorns every square inch" of the "dimly lit" space, and while a few grouse about "slow" service, others praise the staff as "friendly and...

One of our favorite Mexican restaurants in a city known for them, El Agave differs from the rest due to its dedication to regional specialties and authentic ingredients. For those bored of enchiladas and tamales, El Agave serves a salad of nopales (cactus leaves), a refined yellow squash and leek soup, and six different types of moles. Of note are the pierna de cerdo en pistache (leg of pork...

If you're looking for bottomless baskets of chips and salsa and enchiladas swimming in cheese, look elsewhere. El Agave serves delicately and artistically prepared fine Mexican nouvelle cuisine (dinner for two will run upwards of $60). Ask for fresh corn tortillas for dipping with the rich and creamy Sopa de Cilantro, a fresh cilantro Mexico City soup. Moles are what they do best here—try the...

In Short
Situated in a charming hacienda at Old Town's edge, Agave is known for regional Mexican specialties and its collection of more than 1500 tequila bottles adorning the walls. For...

Since 1996, the City of San Diego has offered products and services from El Agave, a Mexican Nouvelle Cuisine restaurant first in its category and dedicated one hundred percent to the enhancement of Hispanic-Mexican Gastronomy.Since then, thousands of people and critics have been able to enjoy and taste the quality of traditional Mexican dishes from diverse regions such as the Center and South...