Reviews for Chandler's Oceanfront Dining in Carlsbad, CA
Had several meals here during our stay at Cape Rey Carlsbad Beach Hotel. Dinner was excellent! Great food & service!
This restaurant is inside the Hilton hotel, which was a surprise to us. We arrived at 5:30pm. It wasn't very crowded. It picked... up extensively the later it got. The patio was nice, not too chilly despite being close to the ocean. Service is laid back butpleasant -- it's the kind of restaurant you spend 2 hrs. at. Items are high end a la cart, which isn't clear when you arelooking at the menu. The food is very good, smacking of Gordon Ramsey style, but there isn't much to choose from. At other highend a la cart restaurants, you can fill out your plate with a starch and vegetable. But there aren't any options like that here.We ordered the New York steak and it was delicious, but that was all there was. It was fatty and a little tough, was topped withcaramelized baby onion and half a mushroom cut in half which were tasty and the seasoning and sauce on the steak were very good.It feels like they are just getting going post covid restrictions, as the server, who was new, told us they were behind in thekitchen because of the sudden inundation of customers and they hadn't decided on what the catch of the day was going to be yet! So there's definitely room for growth. Maybe in a year they'll have all the pieces put together and it will be a great place todine. Read more
Cool place by the ocean, but limited menu and poor management. Ordered blood orange IPA but they ran out. Wanted fish tacos, but... they didn't have any fish. So they substituted chicken - for the same price. Read more
First time there and I loved it. The inside bar and restaurant is very nice. The outdoor seating has a somewhat view of the... ocean. This a great place for drinks or brunch. My cocktail was delicious as well as the poke. I love that parking is easy. Ihighly recommend ! Read more
This place never disappoints. They have the most amazing drink called "the Butterfly Flutterby." Our first time here, we were... celebrating my birthday in February 2021. The restaurant had recently reopened since COVID and were trying to get back intogear. We didnt have a reservation. We were just looking to have a couple cocktails and an appetizer at the bar. I think we mayhave even made plans to have dinner at a different restaurant. It was a lively atmosphere. The bar area was full and reallyloud. A lot of 20-and 30-somethings enjoying being OUT. We were led to a table on the OTHER side of the restaurant. It wasquiet; almost TOO quiet. We were outside (because we werent allowed to eat inside). I looked around and felt like I was at thatresort/club from "Dirty Dancing"-- with all the 60- and 70-somethings. We had already met our server and the busser. He was sovery nice and respectful. I felt awful asking for a different table. He offered to follow behind us with ourwaters. Unfortunately, there were no open tables for Happy Hour. We were perfectly fine waiting a few minutes. My husbanddisappeared for a few minutes, then reappeared with the manager and asked that we follow him to our table. ----- wait. What? Wegot the very last table on the patio; front row for the sunset. I felt like a VIP! The only heater left was one that had stoppedworking and was set off to the side. The manager was determined to get it going, which I was grateful for. He must've spentclose to 20 min fumbling with the thing before a flame finally appeared. I'll make the rest quick---> We ordered the Ahi Nachosfor an appetizer and ultimately ended up staying through HH and right into dinner. Unsure of what to order for dinner, I optedto share the burger with my husband....on the condition that there is NO arugula! Ick! Gag! I'm 2 drinks in by the time theburger arrives. Forgetting about the arugula, I take big ol' man-sized-bite out of it. I managed to swallow it but not before Ica Read more
The view is great from the outdoor patio, but there is a lot of traffic noise. Service was fine - a little slow but I think they... are short handed like many other restaurants. The steak was excellent, while the flatbread and burger were pretty good. Lovedthe wedge salad and cheesecake. Read more
We had such an amazing experience for our first time comming to this restaurant, I took my fiance and best friend for a treat.... The food was absolutly to die for! The service was by far the best I have had in a very long time. They had real conversationswith us and made us feel like friends of the restaurant. The atmosphere was truly amazing, by far one of the most comfortablesit down meals I have had in a long time! We will be comming back as much as we can! Read more
The food was good and the drinks were cold, but the service was atrocious. Sat at the table for 28 minutes before our waitress ... even acknowledged us by saying she would be with us shortly. 39 minutes after being seated we received our first drinks. I couldcontinue to rail about how incredibly awful she was, but what's the point. Read more