Encinitas Ale House

1044 S Coast Hwy 101, Encinitas
(760) 943-7180

Recent Reviews

Sort by
Cody Packer

Melt in your mouth burgers all homemade and fresh!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Miquel M

A very good selection of craft, local beers. Especially the IPAs that were recommended to me, excellent. The hamburger was generous and very tasty. The rooms all wonderful, especially the one who served me at the bar with a ponytail in her hair. Unfortunately I don't remember the name. A very nice and informal atmosphere among the customers too. I had a good time. Thanks.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Blake Sorensen

Came in on a Thursday 2/08/24 and wow probably the worst service I have ever received. Came in around 8:20pm, place wasn’t busy and immediately was greeted and the lady behind the bar got us drinks. It was me and my girl sitting at the bar. Things seemed super promising from the start, and then after her getting our drinks we never heard from her again. We understand that there was only a few people inside so probably the kitchen would be closed or closing early, whatever, but it would have been nice as we were sitting down if the lady would have communicated that to us. We then proceeded to see her walking around and closing up, not checking in, not acknowledging us again, and then towards then end, just tasting the beers behind the bar…wow.Since she never came back towards us or checked in we only did one round..There was another lady behind the bar helping other folks out but never really interacted with. We heard her murmur under her breath something like “oh time to start closing” near us (and by never interacting with us, we felt more than like oh okay they want us out of here) and this is all about 8:40, y’all close at 9pm… then she helps her guests or whatever and says to two guys that it’s almost time for closing and if they wanna do another round. Never came over to ask us… until it’s basically 9pm and then was like “oh you want to do another”. They both saw us the whole time and my girl was beyond annoyed by this point because they saw her drink has been almost done for 15 mins, but then said are you sure you don’t want anything we still have to clean up.. felt so unwanted and rushed out..There beers are great, but man coming from the service industry and seeing this type of service and having it, yikes, i hope y’all work on that.

Service: 1

Joe Schuster

Probably my favorite bar in town. Great draft list (especially Belgians), solid food, and good vibes all around.

Eric Culp

It's always a great place to grab a brew and some food!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Surya Narayan AMMA Das

My fave local ale house since it opened. Always has a nice selection. I'm vegan so the food choices are limited. Staff is always nice. Highly recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Paul Zamoyta

A neighborhood pub feel but with really good gourmet-like food and the best beer selection in town including Pliny the Elder on tap, served at the perfect temperature. Can't believe it took me so long to find this place! Waitress was nice and even agreed to settle a discreet, hilarious dispute between my wife and I. It was nice of her to play along.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

J White

Free beer, tomorrow!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jayson Fanning

Food was pretty tasty, but the service was atrocious. Our server was rude and messed up our order more than once. When asked about our food and drinks, she had a bad attitude. I typically don't like leaving poor reviews, but this place definitely deserves one.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 2

Angie Gates

Great food, great beer and wine.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mark

We enjoy the beer and burgers here. Service was great as always, however we were disappointed with the food this time. The french fries were cold and one of our burgers was extremely salty. They replaced the fries with hot fries but they were very salty. We will give the ale house another try but hope the cook reduces the salt.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

SACTOWNOG

Its not the place or staff. Its the fact that I ordered a burger and upon picking it up it fell apart and became a burger salad. Not impressed. Waitress said its because the buns are made in house. Then they should be less greasy and buns should be seared to slow saturation.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

James Sinclair

Great Russian River offerings

C O

Pretty solid

Kevin Landie

Hands down best beer place in San Diego and not kidding when I say they have one of the best hamburgers I have every had.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Grass Fed Kobe Wagyu Burger with Bacon

Loading...