Board & Brew - Carlsbad Bressi Ranch — Restaurant in Carlsbad

When we are in Carlsbad, CA, we often order sandwiches at Board & Brew. Every time we eat here, we leave feeling good about the food in their relaxed atmosphere. Their staff has always been welcoming and helpful.

Dining tables and chairs are inside and outside on a patio. We like to eat outside to feel a gentle breeze that makes the lunch relaxing on a nice day. Tables and chairs in both areas show social spacing now.

Inside this restaurant is a small bar that serves alcohol. There are chairs around the bar area where the bartender works. A soft drink fountain is on the other side of the room from the bar.

This visit to Board & Brew happened around 4:00 PM. Thus, we arrived before the late afternoon crowd. That timing allowed our sandwiches, "Turkey Club" and "Vegi Supreme," to be ready without delay.

My Turkey Club sandwich was on a fresh 7.5-inch French stick roll. A sandwich that large is more than I can eat in one sitting. If you like to take what is left, this is made easy at their soda fountain counter, where a box of aluminum wrap and sandwich bags are available for travel.

This sandwich shop is in a small corner of this busy shopping center along the entry street at the edge of the parking area. We always find a parking space. However, around mealtimes, the parking gets harder to find, and the waiting line shows people often queued up in the...

I used to love eating at the original Del Mar location after surf sessions and I'm so happy that they've branched out to a handful of different suburbs around the greater San Diego area. The Bressi Ranch location brings the same delicious menu to North County, albeit more strip-malled in its appearance. True to its roots however, the decor has the Del Mar surf feel and a lineup of top-notch local brews. Of course Board & Brew is still one of the premier sandwich shops in the area as well.

Unfortunately the take-out pickup system is terribly managed. We've sometimes waited 30 minutes passed our estimated pickup time, watching the minutes tick away in the sun next to 20 other people. There is no room to wait, so people hang out in the parking lot, etc. It feels like a free-for-all with no queue or organization. The pandemic has surely made things difficult for restaurants, but I'm surprised that this Board & Brew hasn't learned a thing or two from...

Went here on my lunch ch break. I already expected a line and a wait. I did NOT expect the manager to skip me in line and then snap at me when I said I was there first. The previous cashier taking orders walked away from their terminal without a word and went into the back. Then the manager goes to the next terminal to start taking orders, looks at me, looks away and asks for the next customer. I could BARELY say I was there first (it was extremely obvious), before she cut me off, snapped that the other cashier would be back, and proceeded to take the next customer's order. His order went to the kitchen before mine and came out before mine, even tho I was waiting in line longer than he was. Food is just OK. Plenty of other, better sandwich shops...