Vegan
Fast food
Take-out
Mexican

Mexican food restaurant that made its menu all vegan in 2019. Offers dishes like tacos plato, taquitos, mole & vegan cheese gordita, vegan adobada huaraches, burrito, and hibiscus flower quesadilla. Open Tue 10:00am-7:00pm, Wed-Sat 10:00am-8:00pm, Sun 10:00am-5:00pm. Closed Mon.


88 Reviews

First Review by JPW

thickkshady

Points +16

Vegan
18 Sep 2024

Beautiful Spot

The interior is such an authentic display of culture, the dishes on the menu were all so appetizing. I opted for the Phattie’s Platter which is good if you’re indecisive and can put it back like me, lol. My son ordered the gorditas plate & we both were impressed at how much the flavors and food tasted like my mother’s own Mexican food. I can see myself eating here every time I stop into Escondido to visit my son, I was worried Escondido would not have many vegan options when we were moving him in for college. Overall very happy to find this restaurant!

Pros: Authentic Mexican Food, Staff Hospitality & Service, Interior/Decor

stephnsushi

Points +33

Vegan
14 Jul 2024

Love love love

Always great food. Everything I've had there has been satisfying. From ceviche to burritos. Happy&full vegan

Pros: Friendly staff , Calm environment, including br signs (-;, Great food

Cons: Nada

bowass

Points +24

Vegan
23 Jun 2024

Always closing early🤬

Phatties has good food. It's a little on the pricey side, but it's always good. The problem is they close early often and don't adhere to their posted hours. Very annoying and frustrating!

Pros: Food

Cons: Closes early., Expensive.

plumbermil

Points +48

Vegan
15 Jun 2024

Great spot

Great vegan food. I had the beyond carne burrito. My wife had bean & cheese burrito. Both were fantastic.

KarenSwartz

Points +25

Vegetarian
23 May 2024

Delicious

If this whole place wasn't vegan I'd be worried I was served real steak 😅 it's SO GOOD!
Got the beyond steak burrito.

JoyVeg

Points +110

Vegetarian
06 Apr 2024

Great sweet potato fries

Had the potatoes taquitos and the Gorditas. Food was good, sweet potato fries were amazing. Lots of options, will go back and try more things

Pros: Friendly , Fast

Kerryk

Points +52

Vegan
29 Mar 2024

So good

I love Phatties. So amazing to have a long menu with so many options, all vegan. I recommend the enmoladas and carne asada tacos. Keep in mind the serving sizes are huge here. Food is great and but the dine in is a bit run down looking, but that's part of the Phatties vibe, and it fits in with the post-apocalyptic vibe of present day downtown Escondido with its numerous mostly empty dilapidated strip malls.

KristinaLR

Points +177

Vegan
11 Mar 2024

Fabulous vegan Mexican

I love that you can roll into a sleepy retiree town like Escondido and find amazing vegan Mexican food I was visited for a day only and this was the highlight. I had a lovely adobada taco and shrimp taco but the best was Phattie's special gordita: "Deep fried corn flour patty stuffed with refried beans, vegan chicarron, lettuce, pico de gallo, avocado & vegan cream." The corn shell, almost like Mexican pita, was so light and crispy but still help all the fillings. Friendly and full of people!

Pros: Great food, All vegan in a small town, Friendly staff

Cons: A bit expensive!

Ag7

Points +103

Vegetarian
09 Mar 2024

Delicious food. Generous portions

We ordered the Enmoladas with soyrizo and potato filling, gordita plate (with two separate fling) and kids quesedilla. Everything was excellent. In particular the mole sauce on the Enmoladas. Plus the side of the spicy tomatilla sauce was amazing. Recommend the cucumber lemonade too. Didn't quite love the Champurrado - first time for me.

Pros: Food, Ambience - cute decor, intimate space , Good portion size

benmanship

Points +78

Vegan
01 Mar 2024

The absolute best vegan Mexican food

Made with love and care, and it shows.

Updated from previous review on 2024-01-26

ArtyChoke

Points +106

Vegan
04 Feb 2024

Quality fresh meals

Super delicious, clean and friendly place!

Pros: Vegan breakfast burrito , Mole, Enchiladas Suiza

KTVegan

Points +101

Vegan
04 Feb 2024

Mole & More!

Fantastic vegan Mexican—everything from taquitos, tacos, burritos and more. It’s all delicious. Even desserts! All vegan!

Pros: Mole— Enmolada is great!, Varied menu, Extras like dessert and aqua fresca choices

tahoelocal

Points +34

Vegan
02 Jan 2024

Best "Fish" Tacos

Love this place! Can't wait to go back!

Pros: Service, Quality, Value

NicoleParks

Points +2198

Vegan
02 Dec 2023

best burrito of my life

i got the vegan surf and turf burrito from the phatties food truck and it was the best burrito i’ve ever had, vegan or otherwise. i can’t wait to go to this location and try more of their menu items!!!

TerraMcGraw

Points +22

Vegan
15 Nov 2023

Best Mexican food ever.

Husband and I shared the Phatties Burrito, birria tacos and taquitos. Everything was amazing. Next time I'm going to skip the taquitos and opt for dessert since I was totally stuffed and couldn't order it. Vegan or not, this is some of the best Mexican food I've ever had.

Pros: Great food, Service

DanielleBacon

Points +72

Vegan
16 Aug 2023

Love this place!

Food is sooo good and the burritos are classically huge.

Pros: Portion size, Tastes great, All vegan

Cons: Small restaurant , In Escondido

BanezaM

Points +636

Vegan
02 Aug 2023

Delicious Mexican Food

I had the enchiladas and they were delicious. Highly recommend.

SwatiK

Points +30

Vegan
12 Jun 2023

Awesome food and great service

Awesome food and great service

Pros: Lots of options , Great ambiance , Good customer service

Cons: Big portions , Salsa is in to go containers

Nfrmri

Points +30

Vegan
17 May 2023

Delicious Mexican food

Very very delicious! There is a choice of proteins, everything I had was amazing

Pros: Completely vegan

SeanBerger

Points +1207

Vegan
13 May 2023

Some of the best Mexican food around!

Wow! So many options…it can be hard to choose what to get. Gordita plate was very tasty and the Abobada fries had the perfect amount of toppings.

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Friendly staff, Cute local business

YadiraOlvera

Points +38

Vegan
16 Apr 2023

Delicious

I love their huitlacoche menu and extremely love their food. Every time I come to SD I always make a stop in here.

Pros: The food is always delicious , It is Mexican cuisine , Also they have in times huitlacoche 🥰

Kirsses

Points +807

Vegan
19 Mar 2023

Good, Reliable Option

The fish taco combo is my go to here. So good, fresh, and a great amount of food a huge drink for the price.

Updated from previous review on 2022-01-27

Pros: fully vegan , friendly , good location

Hylton

Points +76

Vegan
18 Jan 2023

5-star vegan Mexican food in Escondido

They officially have a totally vegan menu now. I got the mole enchiladas and a peach mango tajin (salty chili powder) smoothie and both were exceptional. Can't wait to go back!

Updated from previous review on 2019-12-24

MariXochitl

Points +20

Vegan
12 Jan 2023

Authentic Mexican Food

The best Mexican vegan restaurant! From food truck to restaurants, I'm so happy for them. I like to call to order because I live far away. Really great customer service. They update their Instagram, so I am always up to date. My favorite foods are Gorditas, Panbazo, and Burritos. I have ate almost everything from the menu. Recently, they were closed for 10 days. But they posted on instagram to inform their customers. I recommend Phatties to everyone and my family and friends.

Pros: Delicious food, Great customer service, Tasty auga frescas(fruit drinks)

Cons: None

KatieBush

Points +3176

Vegan
09 Jan 2023

Never Open!

I love this restaurant but it’s admittedly out of the way. They’ve got good food but aren’t good business people. They close without warning and don’t announce it on their website or their social media. It’s virtually impossible to get ahold of them on the phone and place an order. If you just show up it’ll take forever because they make everything fresh. They just introduced online ordering so I did that and went to pick it up at the time it said and there was a note on the door saying they were closed for a week. Why was my order able to go through? So frustrating!!!

Pros: Tasty food, Everything is vegan

Cons: Never open, Closes without warning , Phone always busy

CeciliaVargas

Points +262

Vegan
03 Dec 2022

Authentic flavor

Had the taquitos, green enchiladas suiza, chicharrón taco, and soup- everything was amazing!
Don’t expect a fancy restaurant, menu is on the outside window. You order at the counter and the food is brought to your table.

abbyg

Points +342

Vegan
27 Nov 2022

amazing authentic mexican!!

this place is now one of my go-tos in the broader san diego area. it offers authentic mexican options that are completely vegan while keeping the true flavor. never get tired of ordering here! so many options. definitely try their different flavors of tacos, taquitos de papa, and the guacamole- it is TO DIE FOR!! the staff is very friendly too and the atmosphere is nice.

Pros: completely vegan, authentic, delicious mexican food, good atmosphere




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