San Diego Chicken Pie Shop

I had the classic chicken pot pie with mashed potatoes and gravy. The place is a throwback to my 70s childhood! The chicken was really good. The food was fresh and served hot. It was just a little too bland for my taste these days. But, it's definitely a nice place to visit if you're looking for comfort food!

Always a 10/10 dining experience! Excellent, old-fashioned style meals at affordable prices, great selection, and delicious food. Highly recommended their Chicken & Waffles and/or Milkshakes! Perfect substitute for "Thanksgiving Dinner," if you don't feel like cooking! All of the staff are friendly as can be, too – what's not to Love? 🫶🏼

This relic of San Diego is truly worth any of the hype you've probably heard about it! It is a casual dining at cheap prices and supersonic speeds. I swear when I order food here it gets delivered to my table faster than fast food! They have the same team of staff that has been there for a long time and their whole team is always polite and speedy. I knocked 1 star off of the atmosphere rating because while the outside having recently been beautifully revamped, the inside does have a nice retro feel to it, but it feels a little barren. Also for those who need it the place *is* fully handicap accessible and there is lots of parking. Overall, an amazing dining location and definitely a spot I even recommend to people visiting.

I enjoyed the atmosphere, decor, feeling like I was going back in time visiting here. Prices are amazing! The food was good, I do wish it had a little bit more flavor but I have noticed flavors are usually cut back on food at a lot of different restaurants if the clientele is more elder due to health. I got a chicken pot pie dinner which included mashed potatoes, corn, coleslaw and bread roll as well as a pie. My favorite was the coleslaw because it had a lot of flavor as did the macaroni and cheese, the chicken in the pie was also very good. The blueberry pie was okay I just feel the crust itself lacks flavor, I would definitely try another pie in place. Overall though I’d i did like this restaurant, I’d probably try something else on the menu though.

Good breakfast place. Chicken pot pie is not huge, just one person's portion, but really yummy. The sausage is bigger than the normal size ones. If you join their club 48 hours before your meal, it's $5 off your meal. We didn't know about that till we got there, so it was too late for us. We did get the veteran's discount of 10% though. Banana cream pie is good as well. I like the crust from Nation's banana cream pie better.

I’ve been coming to the chicken pie shop since I was in diapers starting at the Hillcrest location in 1984. It is my go to comfort foods and I will continue coming here for the foreseeable future. The food is simple. You’re not coming to a Michelin star restaurant when you come to the Chicken Pie Shop. You’re coming for something comforting, that will make your belly happy, and possibly remind you of your Grandma. It’s perfect food for when you’re sick, which is great because they have take out. My go to meal is the chicken pie dinner. You can’t go wrong with it as it includes a chicken pie, potatoes with tasty gravy, the veggie of the day, coleslaw or apple sauce, AND a slice of pie for dessert. I usually swap out my coleslaw for double potatoes. Sometimes I add a cup of chicken soup or the split pea. Both are winners. Service is speedy when you order the pie dinner. Usually just a couple of minutes turn around from order to delivery. The have the GOOD ice too and the sodas are large for a sit down restaurant. My tip: every day they have a different cream pie. Ask your server which pie it is when you’re ordering your meal. If you prefer the cream pie, order it right then, as they can often sell out by the time you’re ready to order dessert. Same applies to when they have strawberry pie in season. The restaurant is kid friendly, lots of basic food items, and kind of noisy when full, so it covers the sound of your kids. There’s parking right out front on the street on El Cajon Blvd with stair access to the front door. On the east side of the building, on Oregon street, there’s at least one handicap spot, with access to a ramp to the front door. There’s also regular street parking on Oregon and, just beyond the new apartment complex behind/to the south of the restaurant, there is a dedicated parking lot for Chicken Pie Shop customers. They’ve just remodeled the exterior, so now there is more lighting, an updated look, and outdoor dining.