Candor by Giuseppe — Restaurant in San Diego

We found this place by chance and I feel so incredibly lucky that we did!!

The decor, ambience, staff, everything was wonderful. The blue and browns the staff wear is relaxing and nice while not being too casual or too formal. Our waiter checked on us the perfect amount of times and was knowledgeable about the menu.

We had two appetizers and two entree salads for the adults. For our child, we had chicken tenders.

Dessert was a chocolate chip cookie and two scoops of gelato.

The appetizers looked beautiful, smelled amazing, and the taste was just 100% on point. I could not imagine any change to improve them.

The dinner salads were more of the same. They were not small salads either! They were filling!

One of us had a fig salad while the other had the shrimp and peach.

The chicken tenders and fries were on the kids menu. We ordered them for our son and were silently apprehensive regarding if it would be enough food since many times kids portions are small. This was a wonderful sized portion!!!!! We were VERY pleasantly surprised.

The desserts were also a very nicely portioned. I wanted to finish my gelato because it was so good but I was full and completely satisfied.

The others in my party felt the same regarding their desserts, although our son finished the vanilla bean gelato for us! Haha.

Sorry for making this so long but it was just so good! I wish I had taken photos of the appetizers and entrees but I only decided to take one when it came to dessert.

I highly recommend this fantastic restaurant. My highest compliments to the chef...

This might take a while so bare with me. Hmmm, not sure where to begin at. Well, the environment might be the best place. The set up is extremely cozy with smooth background music. They have outside tables, booths, regular tables, & a bar. (I would recommend the bar. It was extremely cozy with a nice view of the kitchen & a lovely bartender.) The restaurant feels very much like being at home. It's very welcoming which really enhances the whole experience. Now the food. I had the white albacore tuna melt. (If you want to see the picture, it's in the photos section & it's the picture of the salad w/no dressing with a sandwich.) I'm not a fan of tuna melt but this was good. The heavy feeling of eating a tuna melt was not there which surprised me. While, I can probably blame the ipa I had with the tuna melt but if that is the case, it only made the tuna melt even better. It does get greasy as you eat it so don't be surprised if your hands become oily.

Overall, I would come back in the future. Despite being a little pricey, it was worth the experience. One issue I had was hand wipes. I wish they left some with the napkin but I probably should have asked if...

Bravo Bravo! Hospitality and food through the roof! Came in with my roommate (we're in hospitality) and we both agreed, Candor by Giuseppe has got it!

We were greeted by Sofia and sat along the bar. The ambience is warm and inviting with beautiful art hung along the walls. We opted for a week night evening on Tuesday, perfect timing as most La Jollans are asleep by 8pm.

For beverage I stayed with Giuseppe's hometown white, which just arrived, supposedly the first bottle the bar opened! Bright and refreshing.

For food, we started with the roasted eggplant over a romesco; this paired beautifully with the Capolemole! My roommate said some crunch would've been a nice texture add on; I enjoyed the olive oil and mint. Then we dug into the clams and mussel's. Perfect amount of spice.

Rolling along, the branzino. A must! The white flesh was moist and delicate. Potatoes were crisp and the warm green goddess sauce rounded the dish off.

To end, a special dark chocolate mousse with fresh whipped cream.

Will definitely be back. I hear wine Wednesday's are awesome!

J

P.S. You have to try the matcha coconut rum...