Reviews for Mermaids & Cowboys in La Jolla, CA
We sat at the bar and our bartenders were very friendly and gave us recommendations on oysters based on our preferences, which... resulted in a very tasty experience. Happy hour(on a Saturday at 5pm) included half off on the oysters. The cocktails wereamazing as well. We just had a couple of appetizers but they were very delicious. Love the open interior and patio, plenty ofseating and no music blaring, just softly in the background, great for a group that wants to talk Read more
great location and tasty food. we came on a monday evening for dinner. we ordered the calm chowder, shared the bone in ribeye... (they were out of the tomahawk), and got the butter cake ???? parking was fairly easy on a weekday, it was pretty overcast fora july evening. definitely a few other items on the menu we’d like to try so we will be coming back (: Read more
Went to Happy Hour here to try out their NEW CHEF & MIXOLOGIST who took over recently! Had an amazing time on the patio... watching the action on Prospect. While dining we tried multiple appetizers, the beef & the burrata, before ordering our ownversion of a surf and turf to share - the seared halibut & NY dry rubbed steak. We tried two cocktails, one gin and one mezcal,before some California white wine with dinner. It was awesome! The staff and new chef, Erik Freshley we're super accommodating.Their awesome happy hour SEVEN DAYS A WEEK from 4-6pm. The deal is 1/2 off beer, wine, and oysters. We will be trying oystersand the butter cake on our next visit soon! Read more
Yummy food. We went there for a coporate event with clients. Everyone loved the amtosphere food and drinks. From what i know,... the filet mignon was delicious. Lamp chops wasn't gamey tasting even as left overs. Oysters were delicious. I didn't care forthe dessert cake, but the macroons were yummy. No AC because it's near the coast; so if it's humid, it's a little muggy. Read more
Went there for mother's day with my family . We ordered the roasted cremini mushrooms , the herbed crispy fries and the pan... seared halibut. The food was delicious and we appreciate so much the attention they put into making the vegetables sidestasting very good which is very much needed when you go on holiday and have to rely on restaurants menu to get your dailyveggies. The service was excellent, they gave us a table even if we didn't have a reservation and they gave us plenty ofrefill. They have a small kids menu with crayons to color and they provide plastic cups to drink with a straw with a closed lid.We went there again for lunch but unfortunately it was closed. If I can give a little suggestion for the seared halibut meal Iwould add some salt in the risotto and a bit less salt on the halibut but besides that very good food and excellent service. Read more
The food was not very good. I order a lobster Mac n cheese which came out as a lobster spaghetti bake. Mac n cheese is not made... with a red sauce. A good chef should not have to butterfly a well done steak to cook it medium well. And my medium rare steakwas cold in the center and completely not cooked at all. I was disappointed. Staff was great though and very pleasant. Read more
My best friend and I went here for a galentines day dinner. Possibly the slowest and also the most bizarre service I've ever... had. The host had to take our drinks and appetizers order because our server ignored us for 45 minutes. It took an hour for ourappetizers to come out (fries and Brussels sprouts). We watched our server repeatedly ignore our appetizers that were justsitting on the counter, so when they finally got to us, again an hour after ordering them, the fries were sad and limp, and thesprouts were cold. But we were so hungry we ate them anyway. Then we had the same experience with our mains (lamb chops andlobster mac). They took so long that our server brought us some random chicken Caesar salads lol. How did they have the time tocook random chicken, but not what we actually ordered? When he brought us the salads, I ordered our dessert in advanceanticipating another long wait, but plot twist, it was baked so dang quickly that they sent it back to the kitchen because westill hadn't gotten our entrees. We watched them do this. Again how did you manage to bake a whole dang cake, but were unable tobroil some already prepped lobster mac and sear 3 lamb lollipops in under an hour? We finally got our entrees at 10 pm and theyweren't bad, but nothing to write home about. The remade dessert came out to us literally 3 minutes later. The service was sobad and so weird, it was almost comical. Almost. This place was almost completely empty by 9 pm, and everyone who was stillthere had their food, so I am still absolutely confounded as to how it took so long. The couple who were seated immediatelyafter us, left 45 minutes before us, before we even got our food. I feel like I've been bamboozled. Attached are pictures ofhow empty it was at 9:30 and then still waited an additional 30 minutes from this point to get our entrees. Read more
Sat at the bar and had oysters, Portuguese seafood soup (similar to cioppino but smokey and a bit spicier) and bone marrow crab... cakes. They were all very good. The soup was a bit different but very flavorful and the crab cakes were well paired with thebone marrow. They were even better when dipped in the sauce from the soup. Staff was outstanding and the cocktails were great. Read more