The Desmond - San Diego

Great diner, thanks everyone for the amazing evening.

Severe understaffing leads this wannabe high end restaurant to disappoint the discriminating diner. Our meal was fine, nothing special and was soured by poor service from hostess and scheme to delay seating people to encourage them to first buy a drink at the small bar

I was disappointed with the food in general. However, The bread was amazing with the whipped ricotta. The buffalo cheese salad was delicious. Would not order the octopus again. Or the pasta. The pasta itself was way too dense to eat and the sauce was nothing special. Lobster was fine. The yellowtail carpaccio was very good. I would also recommend the Budino for dessert. Overall I was hoping for a better experience for my birthday

The food was delicious, we tried several dishes and all super tasty!

Food and service was excellent. The valet was horrible so park across the street.