Tavern

I have never been chased down the street by a restaurant worker before. My mom, brother, and I had just finished a long work day and didn’t want to leave the island to have dinner. When we arrived at The Tavern the hostess was very nice, but was wary about seating us inside because of several supposed reservations and asked if she did seat us if we’d be done in an hour. We said probably not, so she offered an outdoor, above level table that we could sit at. Also, I say “supposed” because since we were sat at the entrance we saw every group of people that went inside and nobody left without being sat inside. Most were likely reservations, but there was at least one group of 5-6 people who looked at the menu outside and said “how about this place? Look good?” and was sat right away without an issue. Who I imagined was the owner took our drink order and we also ordered an appetizer that never came so when we got our entrees we asked it to be taken off the bill. Then the owner comes back and says oh I forgot to put it in, but it’s coming right out and I’ll take it off the bill. At this point we’re literally already eating our dinner, but sure. My brother asked for ranch for his fries and it wasn’t brought to him until after he had finished his burger. Once we had literally finished eating, the appetizer comes out. Everything else tasted pretty basic, but I will admit the pork belly tostadas were tasty. Gotta give credit where it’s due. Refills were never offered, I had to ask. Service was slow so by the time someone came to grab our empty plates I asked to be brought the bill so we could leave. We pay, but didn’t feel like giving an additional tip on top of the $75 bill this time because of the service. We leave and as we’re walking down the street we hear the owner calling out to us and asks if the service was not good because we didn’t leave the tip. We said no because of all the reasons I’ve mentioned and all he could come back with was that he comped the appetizer. Then proceeded to say that “you probably shouldn’t go out then” and that now he has to cover all of his servers. I don’t think it’s our responsibility to cover his likely underpaid servers because of his own bad service. He acted like we dined and dashed! All of this in front of the wide open window where all of his customers were watching him. How embarrassing, as a business owner to behave like that.

Amazing food and great service!

Great service, quality libations and good. Healthy choices.

Great location to meet friends - very cool place near the hotel del Coronado.

Loved the drinks!

Kid-friendliness: Very accommodating towards kids, our server was so nice to them. A scoop of vanilla ice cream comes free with any kids order (if you want it) he was very careful not to say that so the kids could hear, lol. Crayons and coloring pages, booster seats and high chairs, and a great kids menu

Great vibe. Best burger we’ve had in years (and multiple countries!) , excellent service, fab bartender (try his Paloma !!!). If we lived here, this would be our regular eatery.

I really enjoyed the food and drinks at the happy hour. The service was really good, we had a large party of 15 people (call and make reservations for a large group). The food is a little pricey, but it is Coronado. Street parking available but timed. The patio area is dog friendly.