Wrench and Rodent Seabasstropub
Wrench & Rodent Seabasstropub in Oceanside, CA is located at 1815 South Coast Highway. Executive Chef Davin Waite, founder of The Fish Joint and Café Japengo veteran, is conjuring up a menu relying on the highest quality, chef-selected fish and produce. Ingredients are carefully chosen, grown, or made from scratch. Offerings include Loch Duart and Mt. Cook salmon with a caper tapenade, a ceviche flight that changes daily, and the freshest, most exciting specialty items from Catalina Offshore Products, Specialty Produce, local fishermen, divers and growers.
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Best sushi in San Diego period.
This place is the best. I always get the chefs special roll. Always a one of a kind and never disappoints!!
And our server Amy was awesome!!
Food was great. Alex and Loren always create such amazing dishes. Thanks as always for being such a great place to dine.
This restaurant is one of my all time favorites ! The food is phenomenal and I love how all the rolls are so unique and different . Love the back patio addition and new seating !
The food is exceptional, as was the service. I’m already planning my return. The dragonfly roll was amazing with a great combination of flavors. Everything was very fresh, and plated nicely. Plenty of seating with patios in the front, side, and back. Highly recommend.
I had high expectations because of the high rating for this restaurant. Ordered the following rolls: Chronic, Del Mar, Hedgehog and Dragonfly. Maybe it’s an off night?? The taste was sadly mediocre. We were starving so we still devoured a couple of rolls easy but nothing as exceptional as the 4+ rating.
I LOVE this place under NORMAL circumstances. I always order the Omakase and it is normally a fantastic experience. I love getting the food descriptions from the chef directly. He's a character, and I love it. However, this last time we went, due to covid, they offered the "Omakase - on the run". The selection was great. food tasted amazing as usual, but it simply was not the same. The selections were pre chosen and capped at only 3 courses. I came with an appetite expecting to be fed until i bust, as is the Omakase way. I found my self disappointed and looking for more, which we ordered. I have told literally anyone that will listen about the Traditional Omakase offering here and all about the chef. This time we brought my sister and brother-in-law to experience this, and i feel we were short changed.
We ordered a bunch of rolls and two kids meals. The kids each had a nice plate of salmon and rice but it would have been nice to include some broccoli or other vegetable. The sushi was mediocre and much too rice heavy. We were disappointed by the food but appreciated the friendly service.
Japanese yellowtail is unreal
Great menu, great service, food is always delicious.
Everything was yummy and so fresh and unique tastes
Have recently been following on Instagram after seeing they shop Tuna dockside fish market. The food and atmosphere were exceptional and we enjoyed our date night. Looking forward to visiting again when in the area for sure!!!
Was in town and booked this weeks ago.
Looking at their Instagram pics etc I was really looking forward to it.
Husbands chicken ramen noodle dinner was tasty but chicken was dry.
My salmon nigiri was ok, my yellowtail nigiri had no flavor and was cut very thin, wasn’t thrilled at all.
Salmon skin hand roll was good, but substantially more rice than salmon skin.
Tofu cut roll was fair at best.
Won’t return upon moving back to Oceanside, many other options.
Server was excellent. Outside dining on PCH was loud and obnoxious. Food was average.
chef davin was amazing, food was amazing, stuff was amazing all amazing best place in entire state
The food was incredible.....quality, fresh, taste! Can’t wait to go back!
It was so romantic sitting outside on the patio! The food was absolutely amazing and the service was great!
Great service, amazing quality food. It was my first time eating here and I highly recommend.
Dining with my daughter
Amazing food, with some very unique dishes like the swordfish bone marrow shot and vertebrae. Incredible value for the quality and portion size. I would go here everyday to get my sushi fix!
Best. Sushi. Ever. Creative nigiri concepts. I highly recommend going omakase and letting the chefs create some if the best recipes you will ever put on your taste buds.
Incredible food comes out of the kitchen. Plate after plate was curated wonderfully and made the drive from downtown SD so so worth it. The Sculpin special was delicious and the rolls were perfect as well, especially the one topped with truffle!!
Always our favorite spot in greater San Diego
I thought it was pricey and a limited menu.
It was particularly poor in almost every aspect.
Will not be returning.
I have no idea who posted such good reviews.
LOVE how this place has adapted the outdoor space for COVID. The food was so good that the place could have survived mediocre service, but that was NOT the case. The staff was FANTASTIC, which made the experience 100%. They have great VEGAN options, and the key lime parfait was AMAZING... Great work everyone, keep up the good work!
Food was great service was amazing. Had a great time
The service was fantastic as was the food. Recommend this venue!
We celebrated early Valentine’s Day on Wednesday and it was amazing!! We always have nothing but good things to say about Wrench but here we are again saying this was one of the best meals ever! We did the omekase (tasting menu) and we weren’t disappointed. We left happy, full, and smiling! Service was just as good as the food, Quincy made the experience great & Morgan finished our table off and he did too! :) Thanks for making such a special evening!
always good, always interesting, always creative. so pleased that this place is still alive during COVID, and will be here after. they are great people, who make great food.
excellent food and great service. The outdoor setup for Covid is really well done.
Amazing!!!
It was a lovely dinner. The food is always incredible and the patio was perfect. It’s one of our favorite spots in Oceanside.
Love everything about the Wrench! Amazing food and staff. Such a staple in the Oside culture!
Amazing food and service as always! This is one of my favorite sushi spots. Thank you.
We always look foreword to dining at W&R
So much talent and artistic expression in ever meal.
We enjoy chefs to make us items that are not found on the menu. Never disappointed
It’s our favorite place, we love it. Delicious food and great service
Delicious, fresh and beautiful food. I have never been disappointed.
This is my favorite sushi place in Oce side, the food is fresh and everything I have ordered is a 10 out of 10. I highly recommend this place to anyone that loves good sushi and a great atmosphere.
The service was great, the COVID world ambience was acceptable, though sitting outside was a little chilly ... to the feet. Wife (the seafood eater) definitely appreciated the food and daresay, loved it too.
Me, more of a land-guy, had the chicken noodle dish (Yakisoba?) and found it acceptable. I am not their target crowd, so no hard feelings there.
FAQs
You can order delivery directly from Wrench and Rodent Seabasstropub using the Order Online button. Wrench and Rodent Seabasstropub also offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (760) 271-0531.
Wrench and Rodent Seabasstropub is rated 4.8 stars by 784 OpenTable diners.
Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable. Due to local restrictions, this restaurant may not be accepting reservations at the moment.