Manhattan of La Jolla

Great food, service, and ambiance.

I really hate to rate this restaurant so low but compared to what we have had there in previous years it wasn’t good!!
The tableside made Caesar salad was great but main course were not HOT and some tasteless! My husbands veal was chewy and my cannelloni was tasteless and meat was chunky?? On my combo plate the lobster ravioli had no taste!! Really sad because we have always enjoyed this restaurant!!

What a great place to eat. We will be back again for dinner there. Service, food and ambiance all wonderful. Our waiter Mandy was great.

Nice ambience to have cocktails and appetizers too - the singers were great but a bit too loud since the restaurant lends itself to something a bit more quiet. Really expensive cocktails - my martini was $17.00 - food is expensive too, but overall good. We all had steaks - some were cooked just right and some too well-done - next time may be I'll try their pastas ...

Always excellent food, wonderful service, and outstanding entertainment!

Amazing food. Amazing service. Amazing atmosphere. We come here every year when we are in San Diego for our annual convention, and we have recommended it to friends that travel here as well.

My husband and had the pleasure of dinning a Manhattan of La Jolla on a recent stay in La Jolla for our 42nd Anniversary. We stayed at the Impress Hotel, and I saw that this restaurant on their website made a reservation and were we ever glad we did.
What a dining experience!! We enjoyed the entire evening from the bottle of wine, appetizer, soup, entrée, and New York Cheese cake!! We highly recommend and will absolutely come back.

Fantastic hidden gem in La Jolla. Delicious Italian fare and the cocktails are a heavy pour!

Best service , amazing food !

Summary: Too expensive for poor meat dishes. Very good wines and service. Ribeye and veal chop dishes were $52.00 each and both were fatty and tough.

Everything a restaurant should be. Excellent food with over the top service. You can enjoy a lovely dinner here without being rushed. A nice wine list too.

Our waiter was amazing

Always love having dinner there.

dinner was very good lot of history to consider while there

Wonderful Italian food!

Amazing as always!!! The food is delicious, the staff is wonderful, and the service is second to none!!! It is our very favorite place!!

I must share this as we have been to Manhattan many times and it has always been excellent. Sunday though there were some issues with the food that was very surprising. The Caesar salad I had was flat, the lettuce was nowhere near fresh. Second, I had the Filet Delmonico and the temp was correct but the meat was very grainy and the flavor was off. I would swear that it was only choice and not Prime which is very disappointing. Lastly, the creme brulee came out with almost no brulee on the top. It was very cold and although the flavor was good the texture was wrong. Other people in the group did not experience any issues. I guess I was the lucky one that night!

One of my favorite places in La Jolla!
All of their dishes are amazing... must save room for dessert.

This is the 3rd time I ate at Manhattan. I probably will not go again. The booth for 4 was small and cramped, even though the place was empty when we got there. The waiter was aloof and not engaging. I was there for my birthday and no one enquired why we were there. The dining room attendants were great, thankfully. My bone-in rib eye steak was $52. There was no bone. The steak was okay, but could have gotten the same steak at Outback or Black Angus. There was nothing special about it, except the price. The whole experience was "blah", and for $300 plus tip, you'd expect more. Highly overpriced, and somewhat pretentious. Good by Manhattan.

Experience was great. Food was great. I did put in the reservation that it was a birthday celebration and it was not acknowledged, but otherwise it was great. We love Manhattan.

Always fantastic!

Very comfortable restaurant with lots of business. The penne with artichokes was quite good but the sea bass needed to be sent back.
Still not good. Service was attentive.

Always loved coming here in the past, but this time around, for my birthday, it was a big disappointment. Still love and appreciate the "old style" waiters and service. Started with Caesar salad for 4 made tableside and that was delicious. But it went downhill from there. The main entrees arrived and the 2 Cannelloni dishes were not hot. Luke warm at best. The center was cold. So, we had to wait to get the attention of the very busy staff to have them taken back and properly warmed. That took another 20 minutes and the 2 women were done with our entrees, having shared them with our hungry and waiting husbands. When to plates came back, it looked as if they had been thrown in a microwave to be heated. NOT good. On top of that, the recipe has changed and they are not made the same way. When the bill came, I was charged for my birthday dessert. Another disappointment. What's going on here? Won't be back and we will miss Tad's music!

Food and service amazing. Other customers way too loud.

Old school at its best! we love coming to Manhattan as the service, food and circuses are always at their finest. Best Veal chop and steaks in North County. Manga, managa!

My husband and I love this place, it is warm, friendly and has good food and music. Unfortunately we were not thinking when we made a reservation for a Saturday in December. So many group celebrations going on that it gets very noisy. In spite of all the groups our waiter was right on the spot and made sure we had great service as he was also taking care of the big tables in the room. The music is fun with everyone chiming in on "Sweet Caroline". Fun, friendly, good food and service. Just don't go on a weekend in December if you are looking for quiet intimate dining.

First time dining here. A very nice restaurant for a special occasion, or for a fine dining experience. Service was great. Enjoyed having the Caesar Salad prepared table side.
I will definitely dine here again.

Food was very good

Very reliable, nice restaurant. I love their combo of cannelloni, lobster ravioli and shrimp scampi. Waiters are attentive and good. It is quiet enough to talk, even with the music, which was also good.

A must visit every time we are in San Diego.
Consistently outstanding in every way.
Manny and Manny's (father) have been amazing.
Great ambiance, great food, great staff.
You will not be disappointed!

We always have an amazing time we love the food the music the drinks and the service!

Unfortunately this visit was a bit of a disappointment. We were there to celebrate my mother's 80th Birthday and the waiter was "a little out of it"? He (Manny? name on the check) slurred, was not focused, bumped into another waiter spilling plates of food all over the dining room - and then he yelled at the other waiter. He was relieved for a few minutes, but unfortunately he returned. He was out of it. Every prior visit, whether in the dining room or the bar area - always enjoy the ambiance, the food, the service, the food (is delicious). Next visit - I will not have this waiter.

Love this place. Super fun for a date. Enjoyed ambiance and live music. Food was delicious.

The service impeccable. The staff is helpful with my Disabilty. Tad rocks!

We come to LaJolla a few times a year. Always eat at Manhattan. Saturday night was just a bit off. The waiter was so busy, we couldn’t get wine or water refills. The food runner tried to serve our food before our salad, the food order was mixed up. Took so long to get anything. Service was just not what we are used to. Just a bit disappointed.

Another fabulous dinner at Manhattan. Love going to the piano bar afterwards.

We were seated too close to the music. It was difficult to hear people talking at our table.

Great place to have. Nice meal and listen to live music

Best enterntainment ever with Roman Palacio. He is a treasure and the reason we come. Food is excellent too

We loved our dinner. Tony made the best tableside Caesar salad.