Blue Ribbon Artisan Pizza - Encinitas

We went for the live music during the Classic Car Nights on Thursday. We have had the pizza and garlic bread from Blue Ribbon before and it was quite tasty. We usually order food to go so we can sit in the courtyard and watch the bands play.From time of walk up to order and receiving food turn around time was about 20 minutes (it was fairly busy so this didn't seem too bad). Last visit we just got beer and wine to go. The staff was friendly and very attentive between the to go line and those in the restaurant. I even went back to grab another glass of wine later in the evening and the employee remembered what I had ordered previously. I was pretty impressed with the amount of people that were there. Nice place, I hear they have a good happy hour too. Plenty of seating at the bar and indoor as well as lots of patio seating.

Pretty tasty pie. The ambiance ain’t so bad either and price is to be expected round here. Didn’t get a chance to try that special ten dolla butterscotch pudding but I’ll be back.

Fantastic Pizza and Vine! Chef is professional! I like this place! Thank you guys! Good work!

Nice place with great food; atmosphere is fine; nothing exceptional, but pleasant enough. Whipped goat cheese and candied figs appetizer was pretty wonderful.Food: 5/5

I want to start off with reviewing the staff that works here.. because -to me- that can make the experience of dining out worth it if the food isn 't the b e s t. We came on a Friday evening around 6, fairly crowded but open tables outside (they have space heaters though . We add our name to the list about 30-45 min wait. Walked inside to use the restroom and saw the pizza oven and decided it would be worth the wait. Around 730, we go up to the hostess stand and ask where we are on the wait.. the hostess says oh, we didn 't know where to seat you guys with the two strollers so that 's why we didn 't call you What??? We ~naively~ decided to stay and said we could sit outside as long as the heaters were turned on. Because at this point we 've been waiting for over an hour and are h u n g r y. Sit down... waiter comes straight up and recommends a great wine. We get over the hostess mishap and get excited for the pizza, priced at $20 a pizza we decide it HAS to be GREAT, right? .... NO, it 's not. Our pizza is brought out to us by the hostess? (Where is our server? and it 's severely lacking in any kind of flavor whatsoever.. when you 're priced at $20 a piece I expect SOMETHING, but there was nothing, it just left you wanting more. Our bill was over 170$ for a bottle of wine and four pizzas and we were treated like we were a hassle because we brought along two children with us to eat. Keep in mind this is not a fancy pizza place by any means... I saw another review compare it to URBN or CA pizza kitchen and honestly I feel like those places are better because at least the service isn 't severely lacking.. our server showed up 1 time to the table and that was to bring our drinks.We asked to speak to the manager (I know... I 'm that person and another (very kind server came up and explained the manager wasn 't talking to people??? but she 'd be willing to help out with whatever we needed for the rest of our time there. She brought us free butterscotch desserts at the end which is a nice touch, but it wasn 't enough. This restaurant really, really, really HAS to teach their hostess/servers to CARE for customers and what their experience will be because that 's what keeps your doors open... Super long rant but I just hope the owner sees this and does something in regards to the way his employees are running the business.. I 'd be so disappointed to find out what was happening if it was mine.