The Seventh House Speakeasy — Restaurant in San Diego

DO NOT GO! Terrible staff. They are disorganized and call their paying customers liars. Not worth it. No ambiance is worth being treated like trash. When we sat down we asked the bartender if they had any tarot cards for the public to use as they are a tarot theme bar. The female bar tender was incredibly nice and said she would go look. She came back and said that they didn't have a full deck anymore . I said ok thanks no biggie. Our group ordered $100 worth of drinks and food and sat and had a good time. When we were leaving we stopped the bathroom. We noticed there was an open unlocked bookcase near the bathroom that had a whole bunch of cards in it. There was no sign on the bookcase and as with most breweries and bars, they keep games around for their patrons to enjoy and stay and spend more money. We counted out a deck and found there was a full deck. As we were counting the cards the male bartender was going to the bathroom came by and very rudely asked, "what are you guys doing". I told him what the female bar tender told us and that we found some and were counting for a full deck. He rolled his eyes at us and proceeded to go into the bathroom. We continued to count and had a full deck. I said to my friends, well looks like we are gonna be staying! So we turned to go back in, ordered another round of drinks and sat down. The male bartender came up and scolded us on using the cards. He said that he went and talked the manager on shift and it's a no. I told him again that when we asked they said they didn't have a full deck, we found one and we're using it on the property to play with while we bought more drinks. He responded incredibly rudely "No means no". So we asked for a refund on our drinks and were leaving. On our way out I stopped by and talked to the manager, telling her what happened, the miscommunication between the female bartender and then the rude male bartender. She then yelled at me and called me liar. I am a working professional in the medical device industry and have no need to "steal" a tarot deck like they are accusing me below. It's almost funny and sad at how rude they are. Id love to go to court someday and see the "footage" they apparently have. That is how strongly I know I acted in a purely professional manner as a paid patron doing nothing out of the ordinary of what is to be executed. Trust me, this place a fake speakeasy and owned and staffed by obviously rude unfriendly people. The head chef of the connected restaurant was incredibly sweet and talked with us outside. If that is the service in the connected restaurant I'd recommend it as the appetizers bar food was really good. But I will definitely not back and give money to such an incredibly terrible establishment. Good luck and...

Stopped by here for brunch on a Saturday late morning and sat at the bar. I want to highlight the fun cocktail menu. It's creative and I love when brunch places do signature mimosas which are unique to their establishment.

Service - Spectacular. The bartender was attentive, kind and friendly. He was super busy and could have used some help behind the bar though, because he did make a few errors when taking my order and handling the service bar orders.

Atmosphere - Perfect brunch and mimosas type of vibe for the gworls. Very loud and boisterous crowd having a good time on a Saturday with friends. Loud music, lotssss of Renaissance era Beyonce + other pop music. Loved that. The decor is also cute and well thought out. If you're a TikTok or IG content creator, you'd love it here.

Food - Saved this for last because it was disappointing enough that I won't be back anytime soon, if ever. I ordered the vanilla bean French toast (held the ice cream and pecans). My French toast came out severely undercooked. Like the toast was still soggy wet and eggy throughout. I was apologetic because I hate being a bother, but this absolutely needed to go back. It was a shame that the kitchen even okay'd it, which makes me question the kitchen's quality control. The second came out and it was obviously not dipped in the egg batter as much as the first one. It was super bland and I honesty only ate 1 of the 2 slices because I was over it at that point. I also wanted to note for the other syrup snobs out there that they use regular, low quality, high fructose corn syrup. I really expected this place to have maple syrup (which is absolutely superior) just based on their menu prices and the tier of the other items on said menu. It would have made the dish so much better and saved it from total blandness.

Maybe the egg-based dishes are what you should stick with, or maybe this place is just better for dinner. Not sure, but there are too many other places in the area to check out before I give Seventh House...

4.5 stars with 4 stars for the food and service and the 0.5 extra stars for the ambiance. We came here because our original brunch place was closed and the music and decor looked very inviting. The host was kind enough to take walk-ins so our group of 6 got seated very quickly. We got here around 10:15 and it got pretty busy within the next hour or so, so maybe we were lucky time-wise.

Let's talk about the ambiance first: you are transported into the 1950-1960s era with bling in the form of crystal chandeliers and fancy glass lights, muted colors on the furniture, wooden paneling, leather covered chairs, white flooring with the little square tiling....there were plants (artificial) hanging from the ceiling and antique mirrors on the false ceiling which made for some interesting photos. It was gorgeous and we all loved it!! We would totally have fit in, had we decided to dress up as 1950s women.

Onto the food: we ordered the poblano crepe, the apple crisp crepe, the smoked salmon benedicts and the lobster benedicts. They messed up the apple crisp crepe order by getting two poblano crepes instead, which was a bit of a bummer. The food was delicious. The hollandaise on the benedicts was enjoyed by everyone. The salmon and the lobsters were delicious and we learnt that cilantro also comes in red color! Personally, I loved the poblano crepe. It was stuffed with peppers, chicken, corn and yummy cheesy sauce. It was topped with a poblano pepper, which definitely had a kick to it, and roasted onions. The cream sauce drizzled on the side was so tasty, I had to stop myself from licking it off the plate.

They didn't have anything other than drip coffee for the coffee. We got mimosas which were good. The bloody Mary was just ok.

All in all, this is a great spot for brunch. It would come to around $40 per person so it is a bit pricey but on par for North Park.

P.S. park in the North Park Garage to save yourself the hassle of searching. It is $5 for the day until 6 pm, which worked out...