La Gran Terraza — Restaurant in San Diego

One of San Diego's best kept secrets is La Gran Terraza at The University of San Diego Campus. What a lovely university to stroll around and and wonderful restaurant. We enjoyed our first visit here this week with tasty 5 star quality food! We were fortunate to experience Restaurant Week Menus when we dined here, so I ate off menu and it was amazing. My bride enjoyed the Crab/Shrimp Louie and their mocktails were delicious. The service can be spotty, attentive overall and polit, but sometimes long gaps of waiting to be checked on. Warning, no alcohol is served at lunch, we did not know that and we were there to celebrate a birthday, so if you like to have wine or cocktails, dinner service is better for that. The students seem to make up the staff and they are professional and polite. The views are amazing out to the bay and ocean and much of Tecolote Canyon. Parking is easy with a short walk, cutting through the student union. 2024 Note: There is a lot of construction on campus right now so we did see a lot of temporary eyesores due to that and there was no sense of valet parking mentioned on the website due to construction detours. The food was delicious, the service overall wonderful and the experience has us discussing our next trip there; I highly recommend it! I can't believe it took us 20 years of living here to...

First, just being on such a wellaintained and floral lovely campus is unforgettable. Second, La Gran Terraza has such a lovely layout both interior and exterior. When the nice hostess asked if we'd prefer indoors or patio, I hesitated as usual, become patios are generally more casual...however, this be true to some degree due to chairs and tables but...the patio tables were covered with white linen tablecloths and cloth napkins... which just makes my day. Sorry, but I'm a fan of cloth napkins and linens for every meal. I do a little extra laundry just for this purpose. We all have quirks...anyhow, let's get to the menu....yum. should I start with. Lobster bisque? Yes! But its nearing summer so I had the Caesar salad which was perfect in size and had, no joking, perfectly crunchy croutons...and my friend and I ordered the rack of lamb with chimchurri sauce...Holy rosemary, that baby was loaded. Perfect ribs. Perfectly cooked...soft center, most perfect lamb I've ever had since New Zealand! The granger steak must have been a tenderloin?? Naturally, I ordered it medium rare and the three large medallions were exquisitely pink adorned by perfectly lightly charred crust....omg...yum! We opted no dessert....and ice tea was refilled on time as was the water thrice. Great service, phenomenal food. Perfect...

Went to La Gran Terraza for a business lunch today and it was outstanding. It’s located on the University of San Diego campus within the University Center and they typically offer valet parking but during the summer parking isn’t as difficult to find if you don’t want to utilize their service.

We were served by Nicole (trainee) and April at our lunch today and they started us with a complimentary plate of multigrain bread with olive oil side. For the meal two of us ordered Chell’s Shrimp and Crab Louie and one of us had the Red and Green Caesar with Airline Chicken Breast. Both salads were attractively presented and tasted fantastic. They both featured ingredients perfectly chilled and the chicken was cooked perfectly. This restaurant always does a great job with their food no matter what you order. We come here pretty often both for the food as well as to be on the University of San Diego’s beautiful campus and have never had a bad food experience. Nicole and April were both friendly and attentive in their service.

I highly recommend...