Chart House Restaurant - Cardiff

Name: Chart House Restaurant - Cardiff
Address: 2588 South Coast Highway 101, Encinitas, CA, United States, 92007
Telephone: (760) 436-4044
Price range: $30 and under
Rating: 4.5

4.5

6051 Reviews

$30 and under

Seafood

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Chart House is a fine dining restaurant serving seafood & steak and famous for their spectacular views. For more than 50 years, Chart House has redefined the ideal dining experience. With 27 waterfront and showcase locations ranging from the historic to the unforgettable, Chart House restaurants specialize in dazzling views, unique cuisine and exceptional service. From fresh fish specialties to slow-roasted prime rib, the renowned chefs of Chart House have tailored a menu that adds a unique touch to local flavors. And the Chart House happy hour is a guest favorite, where guest favor our signature cocktails and delicious bites you are sure to enjoy. Our original Hot Chocolate Lava Cake is the perfect end to a memorable dining experience at Chart House. Chart House offers the ideal setting for your next event. We would be happy to assist you with all the details of your special occasion.

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Party Size

2 people

DateTime

Nov 28, 2022

11:00 PM

Booked 46 times today

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Additional information

Dining style
Casual Elegant
Cuisines
Seafood, Steak, American
Hours of operation
Mon–Sat 11:30 am–9:00 pm Sun 11:00 am–9:00 pm
Phone number
(760) 436-4044
Website
http://www.chart-house.com/locations/cardiff/
Payment options
AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, JCB, MasterCard, Visa
Dress code
Smart Casual
Executive chef
Gerado Nava
Catering
Please call for details.
Private party facilities
Spectacular ocean views available for corporate meetings, breakfast, lunch & dinners. Beautiful receptions, rehearsal dinners & wedding ceremonies as well a tour groups, bar mitzvahs & any special event. The Chart House - Cardiff offers a semi-private lofted area seating up to 40 guests as well.
Private party contact
Marisa McQuillan: (760) 436-4044

Location
2588 South Coast Highway 101, Encinitas, CA 92007
Neighborhood
Solana Beach
Cross street
Birmingham/ Lomas Santa Fe
Parking details
Valet
Additional
Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Beer, BYO Wine, Corkage Fee, Counter Seating, Full Bar, Non-Smoking, Private Room, Takeout, View, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine

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What 6,051 people are saying

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4.5

4.5 based on recent ratings

4.5Food
4.5Service
4.6Ambience
4.2Value

Noise • Moderate

Loved For

North San Diego
Scenic View
North San Diego
Seafood

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LesL
San Diego
14 reviews
vip
5.0
14 reviews
Dined 1 day ago
overall5food5service5ambience5
Family get together
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scigmom
San Diego
10 reviews
5.0
10 reviews
Dined 1 day ago
overall5food5service5ambience5
Excellent dinner and excellent service. And we got the ocean view table that we requested.
OT
OpenTable Diner
Austin
4 reviews
vip
5.0
4 reviews
Dined 2 days ago
overall5food5service5ambience5
Our server Marco is amazing. It’s always a pleasure to have him as our server. From his great attitude to his happy personality, we always have such a wonderful time.
OT
OpenTable Diner
San Diego
6 reviews
5.0
6 reviews
Dined 4 days ago
overall5food5service5ambience4
Wonderful evening, food excellent, service outstanding.
EM
EMR7007
San Diego
5 reviews
4.0
5 reviews
Dined 4 days ago
overall4food4service4ambience5
Thanksgiving was very good at The Chart House. I do not like cornbread stuffing anywhere, same here, all else was very good.
OT
OpenTable Diner
Los Angeles
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined 4 days ago
overall4food4service4ambience4
Went for Thanksgiving dinner. In my reservation I requested a table with a view, but instead got a table in the middle of the walkway area that looked like it had been added to accommodate the Thanksgiving crowd. Food was good, but not fantastic.
OT
OpenTable Diner
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined 4 days ago
overall5food5service5ambience5
Went for Thanksgiving. Lovely experience. Seated right on time, sea bass soaked in bourbon was hot and tasty. Staff was friendly and helpful
KF
KarenF
Los Angeles
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined 4 days ago
overall5food4service5ambience5
Wow, the chart house did a great job! Our service was amazing. We were seated as soon as we walked in for our 515 reservation… it must be under new management because the last time we went the service was super bad, so great job chart House. !
TK
TerryK
Seattle
3 reviews
vip
5.0
3 reviews
Dined 4 days ago
overall5food5service5ambience5
Went for thanksgiving and had a wonderful meal with excellent service. The turkey dinner with all the trimmings was wonderful. The price was very reasonable for a full holiday dinner with a beautiful ocean view. Would highly recommend for holiday dining.
S
Shannon
San Diego
2 reviews
4.0
2 reviews
Dined 4 days ago
overall4food5service5ambience4
Our server, Caitlin, was amazing! Courteous, funny, and attentive. My only issue was that I made our reservation in September for a party of 5 and a booth and a view... they put us in a corner where only half of the table got a view and two people were up against a wall shoved in. Disappointed with that, for sure.
NG
NancyG
Chicago
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined 4 days ago
overall5food5service5ambience5
Thanx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JH
JamieH
Orange County
29 reviews
vip
5.0
29 reviews
Dined 5 days ago
overall5food5service5ambience4
Food and service were very good on Thanksgiving!
BH
BrendaH
San Diego
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined 5 days ago
overall5food5service4ambience5
We took family friend for thanksgiving . We were able to get table by the window as requested in reservation, everyone as very pleasant . It appeared our server was prettt new but got such a busy day things went well .
GB
GloriaB
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined 5 days ago
overall5food5service5ambience5
We were seated in front of the huge windows with a stunning ocean view. Our food was delicious and prepared beautifully. Service was great. Perfect Thanksgiving meal.
GJ
GaryJ
San Francisco
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined 5 days ago
overall5food5service5ambience5
Amanda was professional, efficient and personable. She is a hard-working, outstanding server.
OT
OpenTable Diner
San Diego
20 reviews
vip
5.0
20 reviews
Dined 5 days ago
overall5food5service5ambience5
Birthday great service good food wonderful view
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Nick
San Diego
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined 6 days ago
overall5food5service5ambience5
Chart house is our favorite. Just perfect.
OT
OpenTable Diner
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined 6 days ago
overall5food5service5ambience5
B-day dinner with my wife.
OT
OpenTable Diner
Denver
8 reviews
5.0
8 reviews
Dined 7 days ago
overall5food5service5ambience5
Everything was very good! We went early to see the sunset.delicious calamari, chopped spinach delicious, filet mignonette, sea bass and salmon perfect! And the lava cake the best we have ever had!
CA
CherylA
Orange County
4 reviews
5.0
4 reviews
Dined on November 20, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
We were celebrating our anniversary and it was an ideal place to go. The food was wonderful, the restaurant wasn't crowded, the ambiance is spectacular and the service was good.
m
martynmag
Las Vegas
6 reviews
5.0
6 reviews
Dined on November 20, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
We decided yo try out the Charthouse in Cardiff for Brunch last Sunday. We are so glad we did! We had a reservation, but there was plenty of seating available. We got a table that looked out over the beach and ocean. Nice big thick glass windows, so very quiet. Our waiter Jared was wonderful. Very friendly, suggested the crab cake app, which was so amazing! The remoulade was on point. We each had a Bloody Mary, which were very good. Charthouse has a limited brunch menu, but they have several Benedicts and you can order all the usual breakfast foods ala carte. We each had the Surf and Turf Benedict, which was salmon and an egg on one side, and sliced prime rib and an egg on the other side. Very filling. To top it off Jared suggested the chocolate lava cake, which takes a half hour to make, so order it up front and it will be ready at the end. It was perfect. The prices are reasonable for the quality of food (and amount) that we received and the excellent service. We will be having friends from out of town in over the next several months and plan to bring them to this location. It is worth sharing!
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Kath
San Diego
11 reviews
4.0
11 reviews
Dined on November 20, 2022
overall4food5service2ambience4
Filets we’re incredible. Perfectly cooked, melt in your mouth. Service was slow and disorganized. Table location and view were fabulous!
AA
AngelA
San Diego
4 reviews
5.0
4 reviews
Dined on November 20, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Get there early in order to watch the sunset. Food and service were great. They did not rush us and let us enjoy our time
H
Hannae
San Diego
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on November 19, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Great food and excellent service
SO
ShellyO
San Diego
15 reviews
vip
5.0
15 reviews
Dined on November 18, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Prime rib was perfect! Chilean sea bass was extremely delicious. Marco our services was great and the managers Joe and Pete were exceptionally welcoming!
GR
GREGORYS
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on November 16, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Fantastic dinner. Lobster and Filet, for two, and one prime rib, followed by fantastic chocolate desert. Great stuff. Coffee cups don't hold heat well, and service might have been better on that. That's really being nit picking. Plates were very hot, excellent! Took a very good friend out, and we had a fantastic time. Last ones out, Excellent service from valet, to door, to wait staff. Thank you!
TM
TripM
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on November 16, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Outstanding dinner and service, as always. Seated quickly, served timely, and not rushed at any time during the meal.
GU
GermanU
Key West
3 reviews
vip
3.0
3 reviews
Dined on November 14, 2022
overall3food2service4ambience4
We have been going there for a long time, but the quality has really gone down. The steak was bland, the salmon was fishy. Only things that continue to be good are the lava cake and the crab stack. Was very disappointed.
AS
AliceS
1 review
2.0
1 review
Dined on November 13, 2022
overall2food5service1ambience4
Food was fabulous however the service was appalling. We waited over 30 minutes just drinks.
CP
CourtneyP
San Diego
9 reviews
vip
4.0
9 reviews
Dined on November 13, 2022
overall4food4service5ambience5
Love the new menu items for fall/winter. We had the new Warm Brie & Fig with little cranberry toast as starter which was delicious. My boyfriend had the Torched Fig Salad (substituted parmesan for the blue cheese). Very good. Two of us had their signature lobster/mango/avocado stack (my meal) and even ordered two more to take home for lunch the next day. The best part of our experience is our server Lynn. She's been a consistently outstanding presence at Chart House in Cardiff for years and her professionalism, friendliness, and attention to detail are impeccable! The interiors are beautiful and it's a busy place but the acoustics are such that you can hear people at your table.
OT
OpenTable Diner
1 review
3.0
1 review
Dined on November 12, 2022
overall3food5service5ambience3
We arrived early for our reservation yet had to wait 20 minutes past to get our “table.” They didn’t have our table for us, they mashed two semi-lopsided tables together and placed us in an awkward space in the middle were we could barely walk past other tables to use the facilities. The server was great, friendly and knowledgeable of the menu. We had a view of other diners and it was awkward. We felt that they overbooked the time and we were an afterthought. We were there to celebrate family members birthdays and it did not feel that way, I felt that we should have had a better dining and evening experience.
TS
TerriS
Los Angeles
11 reviews
4.0
11 reviews
Dined on November 11, 2022
overall4food3service5ambience5
The restaurant has the most beautiful setting and we were very happy to sit by the window to enjoy the sunset over the ocean. We ordered the prime rib with a baked potato. The prime rib was served lukewarm at best and the potato was not as moist as it should be nor as hot. The lava cake was delicious. We were celebrating a birthday but there was no recognition of that. We will eat here again but would ask that the food be served hot.
OT
OpenTable Diner
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on November 11, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Didn’t like the waiting for about 10 minutes to get seated, there was a lot of tables available and we have a reservation.
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lindafoodie
San Diego
65 reviews
vip
5.0
65 reviews
Dined on November 10, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Had an excellent waitress - very attentive Food was very good and well presented here
BT
BarbaraT
San Diego
7 reviews
3.0
7 reviews
Dined on November 10, 2022
overall3food3service5ambience4
It was our anniversary and we hadn’t been to the Chart House in more than 30 years. On the recommendation of friends, we ate there for lunch. The location and view Is spectacular; the food passable. Service was good but the food was mediocre, needing additional seasoning.
OT
OpenTable Diner
San Diego
1 review
vip
5.0
1 review
Dined on November 10, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Good was delicious and the lava cake at the end was spectacular
MC
MaryC
San Diego
25 reviews
vip
4.0
25 reviews
Dined on November 7, 2022
overall4food4service4ambience4
Birthday celebration. Overall great experience, but was disappointed in being seated at a table without a tablecloth or window seat, since it was requested.
DH
DanH
San Diego
1 review
3.0
1 review
Dined on November 7, 2022
overall3food3service2ambience4
Two times we have reserved a table a week in advance and told them it was for a birthday. Both times, they didnt' have a table near window (we requested, they didn't acknowledge) and they didn't mention the BD. Also, the hostess has a bad attitude. Servers were great.
LH
LauraH
San Francisco
22 reviews
vip
4.0
22 reviews
Dined on November 7, 2022
overall4food5service5ambience5
Jared, the server was great! So was the food:)
BM
BeachMando
San Diego
4 reviews
5.0
4 reviews
Dined on November 6, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Perfect spot to celebrate Grandma's birthday with a family brunch. We had a nice corner table with ocean front view. Excellent service and not too busy. I like that they have complimentary vallet parking. We will definitely return!

Safety precautions

Cleaning & sanitizing
- Surfaces sanitized between seatings
- Digital, disposable or sanitized menu provided
- Sealed or wrapped utensils used
- Common areas deep-cleaned daily
- Sanitizer or wipes provided for customers
Physical distancing
- Limited number of seated diners
- Distancing maintained in common areas
- Extra space between tables

Screening
- Sick staff prohibited in the workplace

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Chart House Restaurant - Cardiff is rated 4.5 stars by 6051 OpenTable diners.

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