Reviews for Herringbone La Jolla in La Jolla, CA

Great ambience. Technically extremely well prepared food. Delicious flavor. Great wine selection and service. Love the trees... inside the restaurant and the lighting. Really nice atmosphere. Ordered the filet medium. Nice outer crust and tender mediumcooked on the inside. The peppercorn sauce was savory but not overpowering. The dessert was pretty amazing. The sorbet wasrefreshing and the strawberry tart fresh not too sweet. Great restaurant for a special occasion. Read more

This place is awesome! Decor, food, vibe, and service are top notch. We had the seafood tower, lobster roll, and some drinks.... The seafood is super fresh! The flavors were amazing. Highly recommend Read more

The atmosphere was so Fantastic, the food was so delicious. We ordered 10 dishes most of them are seafood. The seafood tower was... great, never forget to order oysters. The waiter was very patient, helpful, and friendly. Can't complain about anything. Read more

Loved the 100+ olive trees, the vibe and atmosphere at Herringbone is perfect for dates nights, family nights or just having a... fun evening with friends. Great bar and cocktail menu. Though the wine list can be more extensive, found it limiting. Oystersand lobster rolls were fantastic, a couple vegetarian optiond on the menu would help! Read more

This is the best seafood I’ve had in San Diego so far. The ambience here is incredible. The building itself is an old auto... body shop turned into a Tuscan seaport diner. The trees inside are real preserved olive trees. The service was excellent and thefood was well worth the price. Make sure you swing by the bar and talk to Joe for great conversation and menurecommendations! For dinner we ordered the seafood tower, which was such a great sampler of all their cold seafood. For dinnerI had their fish and chips, which was the best fish and chips I’ve ever had anywhere. They use a homemade batter from a localbrewery (pizza port) to fry their snapper to a perfectly crunchy yet soft and flavorful breading. I also tried some of theirscallops, which were amazing, and their filet, which was incredibly tender and perfectly cooked. The brandy peppercorn sauce ontop was a great touch. For dessert we tried their coconut brûlée and their lemon blueberry tarte. Read more

Did not live up to our expectations. The hostess was very nice and accommodating when we ended up with 2 additions to our... party. Our server was not very friendly, not very talkative and not very informative. My jale' berry cocktail was perfect. Weordered the seafood tower, it was just average. The calamari was very good and the grilled octopus was one of the best I've everhad. We ordered a couple dozen oysters and one of my oysters was bad, thankfully I noticed the smell as soon as I picked it up.When I brought it to our waiters attention he carried it off and brought back six more oysters arguing with us that that werejust fresh shucked. A bad oyster is a bad oyster, but the shucker should have noticed, the smell was horrendous! After smellinga bad oyster, the last thing I want is six more oysters. I just would've expected much better from a place such as this. Dirty glasses, a dirty knife, dirty fork, we had to send back, the waiter seemed annoyed. For a fine dining restaurant we wouldcertainly expect much better. Nice atmosphere, but not a good experience. Read more

Wow the last time I was here was 2018 for their $1 oysters. Fast forward four years later and through a pandemic, happy to say... that $1 oysters still exists! This place gets busy so we made reservations at 4pm which is also the time that they open. We satoutdoor because I had my dog with me. Very pet friendly and there’s a heater if you’re cold. Parking here can be tricky.They have a small lot like 8 cars if you’re lucky. Otherwise it’s street parking for 2 hours until 6pm. If you get their at4pm then you’re pretty much set for the rest of the night. May have to circle around a few times or use the paid lot. Thisstreet is busy with other eateries such as Burger Lounge and Puesto. Happy hour is from 4-6pm. Same with $1 oysters and it’sonly west coast oysters. It was on the smaller end. We ordered everything from their happy hour menu. I got the Caesar saladand margherita pizza. Both are tasty. The salad is enough to share 2-3 max. The pizza was a 12 inch which is the same as theirdinner menu but cheaper. It taste better hot. If you let it sit, the cheese will set. Their drinks are delicious. They seem touse jalapeños in a few items like calamari and their drinks. I got Jaleberry which is an infused tequila with strawberryjalapeño with lime and agave. It wasn’t spicy. If you want a little kick then ask for the rim to be sugary spicy. It came outperfect! Read more

5 stars for sure! I’ve been wanting to go here for years and finally made it! Made a reso on open table for the same night.... Very cool vibe inside with eclectic mix of songs playing. Definitely on the expensive side for drinks but everything we had wasdelicious including the aperol spritz. Recommend the petite seafood tower which had great portions of everything. Enjoyed thehalibut ceviche the most. Salmon, steak and shrimp for mains all were delicious. Only 3 shrimp with that main so be prepared.Will definitely return. Read more