University Club San Diego — Restaurant in San Diego

The University Club will provide you absolutely no value besides a great view. The networking events are extremely disappointing, mediocre food options, and a small number of meaningful connections (the vetting process for this club is essentially if you can pay you are in). The club tries to parallel themselves to a SOHO house but there is absolutely no comparison. There is absolutely no exclusivity to this club, please do not let anyone convince you otherwise. Personally, I would recommend checking out the Reading Club in San Diego. On more than one occasion, the events were canceled without notice, which highlights the disorganized nature of this organization. Their flagship event "Sunset Sips" is incredibly underwhelming. Club members are required to pay extra for this event where it is essentially small wine samplers (basically a "sip" or two and proportionally small appetizers. On numerous occasions the wrong date and time were emailed to members, or the date was changed at the last minute. The membership director Mitch will promise you the world in your tour, but the reality of the club is completely different. Unlike the statements made on the tour, this club is not open seven days a week (closed Sunday and Saturdays 4pm-9pm). In particular, I would be very careful of what Mitch promises you in the tour. I was specifically promised that if I relocated to a different area my membership would be cancelled. Unfortunately, that was not the case and without notice my bank account was deducted 1.3k. After visiting the other membership clubs (LA city club and the Silicon Valley Club) I have come to the conclusion that Invited Clubs is nothing more than a poorly organized office space with...

The University Club Atop Symphony Towers is an unusual and special place. It is a membership club with initiation and monthly fees that are enough to pause and consider them before joining, and to have access other than as invited by members or attending/hosting events, the membership is required. That said, the social calendar is great with many opportunities to meet, mingle, learn and enjoy good company, the food and service are excellent, and with a few months of fairly frequent visits a lot of members become familiar faces and friends. Most members will have their favorite events, but even if you want to have a relaxing morning or make an impression over a breakfast meeting, the member breakfast are a great way to start a day. Many reviews are a bit misleading about what is required to join, or to visit. If you want to consider it, I suggest contacting the membership staff for a tour- in person, the staff are much more helpful than other reviewers on average, and visiting is the only way to get a real sense of the place- to be fair, it does not help that this club gets the treatment of a restaurant or wedding venue on review sites where it is primarily a...

Wedding Venue - Every wedding couple creates an almost unattainable vision of their wedding reception. After all of the planning and decision making, I think most couples would say that as long as their venue looks 85% as good as this crazy image they've built in their head, they'll have an amazing day. We can say with absolute certainty that The University Club lived up to and blew away every expectation we had for our reception venue. The views are truly unmatched and give a unique panoramic, skyline view of San Diego that no other venue can offer. However, it's not just the view that makes this venue, the service is also in a tier of its own. The event coordinator, Claire Somers, is a true professional and went out of her way to meet all of our needs. She provided timely feedback to all of our questions and helped create the perfect layout for our guests' seating and our décor for our cocktail hour and reception. The food is top notch and the staff is incredibly friendly and did an amazing job of attending to our guests and making sure everyone's glasses were full! We truly had the best day and it wouldn't have been possible had it not been for the The...