Lark and Owl — Restaurant in San Diego

I recently visited Lark and Owl in La Jolla with my son, and we had a delightful experience. The location is cozy and inviting, with comfortable open seating that creates a relaxed atmosphere perfect for families.

We ordered the pastrami and meatball sandwiches, along with a strawberry and banana smoothie. The sandwiches were very flavorful, with high-quality ingredients and perfectly toasted bread. The pastrami sandwich was particularly impressive, earning a solid 9 out of 10 in my book, although I would have enjoyed it even more if the meat were warmer, more plentiful, and juicier.

The meatball sub was also very well-made and clearly crafted to their specific style. While I appreciate their take on it, my personal preference leans towards a version with more meatballs, sauce, and melting cheese. For me, this would elevate it to a perfect 10, but as it stands, it is an 8.5, which is still quite good.

Overall, Lark and Owl provides a wonderful dining experience with friendly staff and delicious offerings that are well...

We come to the Owl on a regular basis as we like to support bird rock businesses since we live two blocks away. The food is good to great depending upon what you order and we have tried most regular items in the menu as well as specials. The issue come into play with failing to receive on line orders, which results in going there to pick it up and no one knows anything about the order. So we now call to place the order. In this situation almost every order we place they say it will be ready in 15-20 minutes. 90% of the time it is never ready with 20 minutes and is more like 30 to 40 minutes. Frustrating to have to sit there and wait when calling ahead. Finally on multiple occasions the food ordered is not what we order. For example today ordered a chick Parm sub and got a turkey avocado sub. Not sure how that can happen when I always provide my name when calling in the order. Anyway the food is great but there are problems as I outlined that have been happening since they...

Have you been to the smallest restaurant in San Diego?! Located in the heart of Bird Rock Lark and Owl specializes in not only amazing smoothies and acai bowls, but also great pizzas, sandwiches and salads. Matt the owner takes great pride in all his dishes and even sources his ingredients from the farmers market.

🫐 Acai bowl: acai from Brazil, topped with fresh fruit, coconut and granola 🥤 Smoothies: creamy and filled with fruit. Definitely get my favorite the date smoothie 🥗 Goat cheese salad: beets, strawberries tomatoes, walnuts, balsamic glaze 🥗 House salad: green apples, cranberries, gorgonzola cheese, pepitas, tangerines, balsamic glaze 🥪 Caprese sandwich: fresh tomatoes and mozzarella with pesto sauce 🍕 Blue Cheese: sun dried tomato, mushroom, fresh arugula 🍕 Meat lovers: pepperoni, sausage, ham, bacon

Lark and Owl is few minute walk to the beach so you can enjoy all this amazing food and catch the...