Black Angus Steakhouse - El Cajon

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   Carole

   VIP

   San Diego

   19 reviews

   3.0

   19 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   A restaurant named for a good quality beef should at least have Choice cuts of meat. We ordered “prime” rib which doesn’t have to be “prime” but I was not expecting Select. Mac n cheese was cold. Waiter was very nice and helpful. Food service was slow. Decor was awful. What was a warm, intimate atmosphere is now walls painted white and highly lit. Will not be going back.
   

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   Curtis

   San Diego

   11 reviews

   5.0

   11 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

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

   Great service, portions of the appetizer were a little small but not bad
   

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   janell

   San Diego

   7 reviews

   4.0

   7 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

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

   Our server was excellent. Usually all is perfect food prep wise here but my steak was quite b underdone as was the broccoli. I actually sen both back for further cooking. Perfect when returned. Very busy on a Sunday night so rather loud but not annoyingly. The light factor n is really quite high. That downgrades any possible ambiance. Even just a little dimmer would be a gift. Regardless, the quality and value are there and our waiter was very caring. Makes up for a lot.
   

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   Rod

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   San Diego

   47 reviews

   5.0

   47 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

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

   Excellent sirloin and porterhouse steaks cooked to perfection. Tender, juicy medium rare. Our best steaks ever at a Black Angus. The server was fast and friendly. A very enjoyable experience.
   

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   David

   San Antonio

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined on December 9, 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   Overall, we generally love Black Angus. Our most recent visit was disappointing though. They're clearly struggling to be fully staffed, like many other businesses, leading to lapses in their usually good patron experience. We had to remind staff to bring us utensils, the garlic herb butter topper for the steak was frozen solid, vegetables were extremely undercooked, etc. The steaks were correctly cooked though, which is a good thing!
   

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   Susan

   San Diego

   17 reviews

   4.0

   17 reviews

   Dined on December 5, 2024

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

   My Steak and the potatoes could have been hotter but they were delicious. Our server was super friendly and helpful. The wine flight was excellent.
   

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   mark

   San Diego

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined on December 5, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   My experience was good. My wife, however, ordered a Chipotle salad without the Chipotle dressing, and it had the dressing on it. Otherwise, it was a good experience.
   

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   Sandra

   San Diego

   8 reviews

   2.0

   8 reviews

   Dined on November 29, 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   It must have been a time when shifts change from lunch to dinner. Our server did not take our order for 15 minutes, never checked on us and the bartender had to close us out! We are never going back between 3-5 on a weekday again.
   

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   Terry

   San Diego

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 29, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   We were seated an hour past our reservation, but it was Thanksgiving, and everyone was doing their best - there were a LOT of people. Food was good, service was good for being slammed.
   

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    Gena

    VIP

    San Diego

    8 reviews

    5.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on November 29, 2024

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

    Adam was great. The manager was also good. We had a lady try to be our server after Adam but she was rude and bad mouthed Adam to us. Spoke to the manager and got Adam back. He’s a great guy and it was insanely busy. No one should bad mouth their coworkers to customers.
    

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