Urge Gastropub - San Diego

The food is upstairs. Great staff. Internal and external seat. A must try.

Urge Gastropub shares its menu with The Barrel Room so there are a lot of menus to go through. It?s almost overwhelming but we got through it and picked jambalaya and caprese pizza add pepperoni. I liked the jambalaya and it was surprisingly tomatoey but very good. I was told the balsamic was a little heavy on the pizza otherwise it was tasty. Right now I?m not sure what?s going on with the wine selection or if the waiter didn?t know much about wine as he is only 20 and not allowed to open the bottle. We ordered a blend and he came back with an open bottle of Cabernet without checking with us first before the bartender uncorked the bottle. It was a little bit of a struggle to find out what they actually had but eventually we were able to find something. I assume that it?s still a struggle to run a business with Covid. We were patient with the waiter and I tipped him well. I would go back as I enjoyed the outdoor atmosphere and the food.

Love this place for lunch. Excellent outdoor seating for some fresh air, sunshine, and a break from the office. They have a burger and beer lunch special that is a total steal. With multiple burgers to choose from and an extensive beer menu you can't go wrong. Additionally, on Wednesdays they have a dollar wing deal when purchased in counts of 6. Great snack with your burger or get 12 and call it a meal.

We grabbed a quick drink here at the bar right before close. They had a plethora of beer selections and options on tap along with a decent wine menu and quite a few cider options. The blueberry cider was delicious!! As was the watermelon cider. We would get either again. Very trendy, cute spot with lots of indoor and outdoor seating. The bartender Tom was so nice, friendly, and talkative and had great personalized suggestions for us based on what kinds of drinks we like.

Food was pretty good but the selection is limited. The restaurant and gastropub are somehow connected so while we wanted to go to The Barrel Room, we ended up in the Urge patio. They give you the menu for both. Beer was not really cold. Cheese board was really good. We got the half board, so 3 options on the menu. I got Caprese pizza and son got the Burger of the Gods. Ordered medium well, everything in the burger paired up well to give it a nice flavor.