We didn't have a great experience at Encinitas Fish Shop, no other way to put it.
I didn't like the long line/wait, my partner had to endure, just to place our food order.
While she was doing that, I mosied over to the bar area. The person behind the counter was friendly & quick to serve me. She poured a perfect pour of my Societe Pupil IPA, which was the only beer on tap here, of their 10 or so beers, that I was interested in.
I then chose a table, out on the front patio, to sit. There are 2 fairly sizable dining rooms inside the restaurant, plus a nice long rectangular patio space, with quite a few tables, out front. It was nice, sunny afternoon, so this was a nice place to eat.
I'd finished perhaps a third of my beer, when my partner arrived at our table. She was clearly frazzled at the long wait, to order.
First food to come out, were our large order of Onion Rings, an impressive mountain of plump, golden brown rings, which unfortunately, were barely lukewarm. Also arriving, was a bowl of Clam Chowder, my better half ordered. This soup was nowhere near hot, either. Both of these, we sent back. The person delivering the food apologized, & told us how sorry they were, plus told us he'd remedy the situation.
It took quite awhile, to get the hot, improved versions of each dish. You'd think they'd put a rush on these, considering the circumstances. In the meantime, someone brought me my Fish & Chips. There were 4 finger-size round pieces of fish, that had a crisp breading, & were fried just right, with moist & tasty fish inside. The French fries, on the other hand, weren't hot, at all. So to repeat, 3 out of 4 foods we ordered, didn't arrive to our table hot.
I didn't send the fries back, since the re-done Onion Rings & Clam Chowder showed up then, & I wanted to try the hot version of the rings. There was just too much breading on these attractive-looking onion rings, with the texture, in spots with too much breading, were almost soggy, & not crisp, like when they're ideally at their best.
The Clam Chowder, at least hot this time, was nothing special, flavor-wise, plus needed more and larger pieces of clams, more spices, more flavor of the sea, & more & larger potato chunks, would've also been nice.
We had a disappointing lunch here. I'm not sure, if I'll come back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Fresh Fish
Linda MacFarlane
Last night, 12/27, we called in an order so that we could make it to an event in time. We attempted to order a glass of wine at the bar. The bar tender totally ignored us and went on talking to other patrons. When we finally called out to him to ask for a glass of wine, he proceeded to strongly reprimand us for sitting our take-out bag at a table. He said it wasn't fair to all the people in line to order, even though most of the tables were empty. He said he would get to us, but after waiting about 15 minutes we left. His attitude was arrogant and rude.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
Jeremy Morris
Great little fish joint. Our table has a good mix of dishes. We had a salmon plate, fish and chips, swordfish and lobster tacos, and a couple other things.
All of the food tastes great and we were all satisfied with portion sizes and quality of the food.
Unfortunately, I ended up with food poisoning. Can't be sure it was from this place, but that's the last meal I had before.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Keith Beever
Ok good, nice location.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
syd m
great place to eat nearby the beach!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lillie McMullen
Great spot!! Have been several times to try different items on the menu and have been happy each time. Great atmosphere in and out, the outdoor seating is very nice and it’s a nice walk from downtown Encinitas. Clam chowder is great and oysters are reasonably priced. Will be back again!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kristy Ramirez
I will never support this business again.
Management really needs to undergo customer service training. My friends and I were targeted, treated with disrespect, and condescension; in an unprovoked manner.
I wrote them an email. I’m yet to hear back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
David Valenzuela
Poor professionalism from one of the employees. One specific employee who claimed to be the manager. Unnecessarily rude. Arrogant. Food wasn’t great either. Would never go back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Jazmin Studebaker
This is our number 1 place to go right away when we get to San Diego, and we always go more than once or twice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fresh Fish
Avatar Kyoshi
Worst fish tacos I've ever overpaid for. What good is a seafood restaurant that can't cook fish properly. The mahi was overcooked and cold. The clam chowder had no clams but had an abundance of raw flour lumps. I don't understand why this place is so popular. Must be the booze.
Awesome ambiance. Food is absolutely delicious, the Clam Chowder soup is insane! but some items are a bit pricey but worth it, like the elote taco. No sit down service, order at counter and they will bring your food to you.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Cindy Dapice
Went there and had an order of Shrimp a chips, and an order of Fish a chips, one ice tea , and a small Champagne split that they charged 20.00 !! Won’t go back! Bill was over 80:00
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 2
JG
Blackened snapper burrito and fries were good, skip the grilled halibut, it came out a bit overdone.
Food: 3
Service: 5
Nancy Trotta
Consistently good! Friendly staff, great food, casual atmosphere, sports on the TVs.
We didn't have a great experience at Encinitas Fish Shop, no other way to put it.
I didn't like the long line/wait, my partner had to endure, just to place our food order.
While she was doing that, I mosied over to the bar area. The person behind the counter was friendly & quick to serve me. She poured a perfect pour of my Societe Pupil IPA, which was the only beer on tap here, of their 10 or so beers, that I was interested in.
I then chose a table, out on the front patio, to sit. There are 2 fairly sizable dining rooms inside the restaurant, plus a nice long rectangular patio space, with quite a few tables, out front. It was nice, sunny afternoon, so this was a nice place to eat.
I'd finished perhaps a third of my beer, when my partner arrived at our table. She was clearly frazzled at the long wait, to order.
First food to come out, were our large order of Onion Rings, an impressive mountain of plump, golden brown rings, which unfortunately, were barely lukewarm. Also arriving, was a bowl of Clam Chowder, my better half ordered. This soup was nowhere near hot, either. Both of these, we sent back. The person delivering the food apologized, & told us how sorry they were, plus told us he'd remedy the situation.
It took quite awhile, to get the hot, improved versions of each dish. You'd think they'd put a rush on these, considering the circumstances. In the meantime, someone brought me my Fish & Chips. There were 4 finger-size round pieces of fish, that had a crisp breading, & were fried just right, with moist & tasty fish inside. The French fries, on the other hand, weren't hot, at all. So to repeat, 3 out of 4 foods we ordered, didn't arrive to our table hot.
I didn't send the fries back, since the re-done Onion Rings & Clam Chowder showed up then, & I wanted to try the hot version of the rings. There was just too much breading on these attractive-looking onion rings, with the texture, in spots with too much breading, were almost soggy, & not crisp, like when they're ideally at their best.
The Clam Chowder, at least hot this time, was nothing special, flavor-wise, plus needed more and larger pieces of clams, more spices, more flavor of the sea, & more & larger potato chunks, would've also been nice.
We had a disappointing lunch here. I'm not sure, if I'll come back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Fresh Fish
Last night, 12/27, we called in an order so that we could make it to an event in time. We attempted to order a glass of wine at the bar. The bar tender totally ignored us and went on talking to other patrons. When we finally called out to him to ask for a glass of wine, he proceeded to strongly reprimand us for sitting our take-out bag at a table. He said it wasn't fair to all the people in line to order, even though most of the tables were empty. He said he would get to us, but after waiting about 15 minutes we left. His attitude was arrogant and rude.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
Great little fish joint. Our table has a good mix of dishes. We had a salmon plate, fish and chips, swordfish and lobster tacos, and a couple other things.
All of the food tastes great and we were all satisfied with portion sizes and quality of the food.
Unfortunately, I ended up with food poisoning. Can't be sure it was from this place, but that's the last meal I had before.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Ok good, nice location.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
great place to eat nearby the beach!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great spot!! Have been several times to try different items on the menu and have been happy each time. Great atmosphere in and out, the outdoor seating is very nice and it’s a nice walk from downtown Encinitas. Clam chowder is great and oysters are reasonably priced. Will be back again!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I will never support this business again.
Management really needs to undergo customer service training. My friends and I were targeted, treated with disrespect, and condescension; in an unprovoked manner.
I wrote them an email. I’m yet to hear back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Poor professionalism from one of the employees. One specific employee who claimed to be the manager. Unnecessarily rude. Arrogant. Food wasn’t great either. Would never go back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
This is our number 1 place to go right away when we get to San Diego, and we always go more than once or twice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fresh Fish
Worst fish tacos I've ever overpaid for. What good is a seafood restaurant that can't cook fish properly. The mahi was overcooked and cold. The clam chowder had no clams but had an abundance of raw flour lumps. I don't understand why this place is so popular. Must be the booze.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
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Excellent
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Awesome ambiance. Food is absolutely delicious, the Clam Chowder soup is insane! but some items are a bit pricey but worth it, like the elote taco. No sit down service, order at counter and they will bring your food to you.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Went there and had an order of Shrimp a chips, and an order of Fish a chips, one ice tea , and a small Champagne split that they charged 20.00 !! Won’t go back! Bill was over 80:00
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 2
Blackened snapper burrito and fries were good, skip the grilled halibut, it came out a bit overdone.
Food: 3
Service: 5
Consistently good! Friendly staff, great food, casual atmosphere, sports on the TVs.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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