Restaurants near La Quinta Inn & Suites San Diego Carlsbad

Mike the chef and our waitress Liz were both great! The manager always greets us and is a Terrific!

Great ambiance and service, the staff was very friendly and made the dinner very pleasant

Our server Jeremiah was wonderful, but very honestly, the food was underwhelming. It certainly wasn’t bad, but not the quality of which we would’ve expected. Everything was slightly “too much”. Most items were heavily salted. I’m someone who looooves salt and generally over-salts my own cooking for preference, so that’s saying something. The wedge was over-dressed to where it became soggy and you lost the crunch of the iceberg. We usually are the people who ask for extra dressing so again, that says something. Other items were drenched in either oil or butter and stayed over saturated and wet. Particularly the croissants and wagyu skewers. When we took a bite, that oil feel just stayed. Wagyu particularly has a buttery feel, so extra was unneeded. We had a good variety of items, and I can’t particularly say we loved any of them. If we had to pick a favorite, it would probably be the rigatoni, which was also over-salted. Kind of a bummer. I will say the cocktails, however, were some of the very best we have ever had. I previously worked in the hospitality industry for nearly eight years in restaurant and bar management, some specifically being higher-end craft cocktail bars, and these cocktails still beat any of those. We had the signature mezcal drink (though I can’t remember the name now) and they’re not-so-old fashioned. Top tier and both extremely smooth. This and the service is what still makes me give a 4 star rating. We are slightly bummed, as of course we came for the food, but overall, we’d say it was “okay”. If only looking for cocktails and light bites, would absolutely recommend, but if searching for a nice dinner, would probably pass.

It was a quality dining experience and the food was amazing!

Another wonderful dinner at King’s in Carlsbad! We arrived early but the host was very kind and sat us anyway. The food was absolutely delicious and our server was incredible! Thank you!!