Lahaina Beach House — Restaurant in San Diego

Absolutely done with this place. Wife and I come here almost every other Monday and enjoy the beach view and drinks. Have recently discovered though....how much the ownership and employees could give a crap about customer loyalty. Owner....manager..... and he spoke to me...cares more about his liquor license.

Cannot smoke a fake e-cig on the patio???? Bouncer said "nope" NOT ALLOWED. The reasoning....gofigure....."you can put drugs in those". Wife and I are over 50...responsible...and would not even know how to do that....however...Management and bouncers had absolutely no problem with cigarette smoke all around with children....wish I took a photo...there was a mom with a child no more than 1 year old and a table next to us from Sacramento smoking....hummmm no one in Management told them to put the ciggys out....WTF. This sooooo much reminds me of the IGNORANCE...seen in the 60's when someone said..."if you part your hair in the middle you must be a pot smoker"....or that "smokng pot leads to increased drug use." I don't do any drugs....and I am absolutely appalled by the ignorance that this establishment displays to its loyal customer base....Last thing the Manager / Owner said was for me to "take it up with Congress" holy crap....they haven't even ruled on it yet ya dumb twit!

Was once a great place that lives on its reputation...now....due to a profound ignorance they have truly arrived at the height of conceit where their philosophy is...."We would rather take your tourist dollars once than have to work hard at...

Stopped in for lunch on Christmas eve with my family

The good: experience at the bar was great. The bartender Jason was awesome! He made me this fun creamy green drink when I asked him to surprise me. He was welcoming and kind of funny. If it were not for him we would have walked out. My family was impressed with the level of service at the bar.

The bad: when we attempted to order food we were ignored for almost 5 minutes while the cook was talking with someone. We were not acknowledged at all. When the cook finally came to take our order he was pretty rude. He did not greet us just came up and asked "so, are you ready?" We ordered 2 BLT's, and a Cajun chicken sandwhich. We wanted to add an order of fries and rings but after our sandwhich order he just barked our total at us. The interaction felt kind of hostile so we just paid. He was like that with everyone. Then he walked away and did not even start making any order for about 5 minutes. We could see him and he wasn't doing anything but standing around. He finally gave us our food after waiting almost 25 minutes. Thankfully Jason kept us well entertained once we sat down with our food. Food was also beyond mediocre. Bacon was so cold I don't even think it was cooked, bread was soggy, and the chicken was almost hard. We did not eat the food. I would try here again if I didn't have to deal with...

A fun and super casual beach bar and grill. My mom and I popped in on a weeknight and the place was already pretty crowded, so we went inside and sat at the bar. We ordered our beers from a pretty gruff, not too friendly fellow and nearly decided to leave because of his crappy attitude. But suddenly, Tim came along.

Tim came to let us know a table outside on the "porch" had opened up and walked us right to it. He cleaned it up for us lickety split, chatted us up a bit and told us to feel free and go inside to order the food when we were ready. We walked up to their open kitchen and ordered a patty melt and a Cali burrito. Guess who was cooking? Our man, Tim. Tim does it all. With gusto and with skill. He was cooking, taking orders, and chatting people up like an absolute boss.

The food. Let me tell you about the food. My mom's patty melt was a beautiful, buttery golden brown with a hand pressed patty and lovely grilled red onions and melty cheese. Crispy, hot and and tasty fries on the side. The Cali burrito was as big as my head and was pretty perfect. It had tender carne asada, fries, I think some rice and a bunch of other yumminess. Warm tortilla chips and a nice chunky salsa accompanied the burrito.

We left Lahaina Beach House full, happy, and refreshed. Tim is a treasure and we're so happy...