We went here on Saturday night of Halloween weekend for cheap espresso martinis, and we are back here in the morning. I am impressed with how clean it is, how good the bar service was, and the quality of food and drinks. Go here!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Megan McIsaac
We stumbled upon this bar while visiting San Diego. Welcoming, amazing service! Great drinks and atmosphere as well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lisa Urbanek
What a nice classy cocktail bar. My husband and I sat at the bar and had a nice cocktail and a bunch of late night half priced nibbles. The potatoes were great The crab cake was amazing The hoagie was amazing and the deviled eggs were just so-so. I would have liked a bit more banter with the bartender but he seems a little reserved but nice. I'd highly recommend the spot I really hope it stays in business in PB.
Great laid back atmosphere with a little bit of class for the PB area. Probably a great spot if you were looking for a date venue! And they got the tvs on sports too! Good old fashioned I must say!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bogy Fit
Wow! This place is what PB needed. Great atmosphere, drinks, and food are excellent. Highly recommend the pork belly
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: French Toast
Robb Murphy
I don’t know if it’s growing pains, but the food was really weak. We had a chopped Italian salad that had one piece of cheese and one piece of salami in it. Besides that nothing special. Had steak bites, but it tasted more Shoe leather bites. Saturday night and the place was almost empty. I’m wondering if quality is the reason people aren’t coming. Too bad, because they really did a nice job on the atmosphere.. I hope they can get it together.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 5
Liora Namiech
We had a bachelorette group for 16 girls for dinner at Bar Ella and everything exceeded our expectations! From the food to the ambiance and service, everything was top notch. The food and cocktails were delicious, with plenty of food to go around with the prix fixe menu, leaving us super satisfied. Meg, the events coordinator, was attentive, detail oriented and went above and beyond for our group. Thank you bar Ella for making our bachelorette event a success.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Greg Bush
The food was fantastic, but what really made my visit amazing were the staff. They made sure we were enjoying our visit and the food. I would highly recommend giving them a try.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Donnie Reynolds
Amazing Topas type bar. Everything was amazing. I'd definitely recommend
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cole Kelly
Visiting my home town from AZ and glad to see a new quality place. My wife and I loved the food and the overall atmosphere. Unlike anything else in PB.
One of my friends recommended this place, and I have finally had the chance to try it out. Rumor has it that this place is too good to survive in PB (in terms of food quality and cuisine and possibly due to the usual placement on Pb surrounded by smoke shops). My boyfriend and I went around 6:00 p.m. this past saturday, there were only about 3 other customers there. We decided to sit at the bar, in hopes for more energy and unfortunately got the opposite. The hosts was super nice, but the bartender was pretty rude. Definitely in the top 5 worst service experiences I've had. No introduction, after she took my boyfriends drink order she asked for IDs (which is not general problem) but didn't seem like she was going to take my drink order at all... They had an expresso Martini special, $6 for the whole month of July, I love a good expression martinis so I figured made sense to order it. We also ordered the deviled eggs and crab cakes. My expresso Martini was super watered down and very disappointing. I was texting on my phone when the bartender asked us what we wanted to eat, which you would think would not a great time to interrupt... after 30 minutes or so, we paid for the bill and we're working on finishing our drinks, I was on my phone and noticed she took our drinks and my water... luckily, she didn't have the hand to take my boyfriend's water, so I had the chance to drink some of that, at least. but wow, I've never felt so rudely rushed out. As a reminder there's Essentially no customers and twice as many employees. and I've not given in to her rudeness. This entire time, I've kept it calm, cool, and respectful. Although our food was pretty tasty, the servicer/bartender really ruined the experience of us. I will not be a returning customer.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Crab Cake
Faiz Lone
This place is exactly what we needed in PB. Food is legitimately incredible, we’ve been back several times to try everything. Great for date night!
I stopped in here for a beer at happy hour and was over charged. When I told the Bartender of their mistake he tried to avoid me at first and finally got his manager, the Manager refunded me. No explanation. Bad experience and should have been handled much better. If you go here, I suggest watch your tab.
Service: 1
dilldaddy1
I very much enjoy my visits to this tasty local eatery! Bar Ella is a cool addition to the Pacific Beach.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Cake
Adhara Mackamul
A great place with great vibes! I had the biscuit with gravy and the cinnamon roll and both were fresh and delicious. The service was great and the servers were very friendly. We will definitely be coming back, sitting on the outside patio deck was my favorite. It has a great view of the ocean too!
We went here on Saturday night of Halloween weekend for cheap espresso martinis, and we are back here in the morning. I am impressed with how clean it is, how good the bar service was, and the quality of food and drinks. Go here!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We stumbled upon this bar while visiting San Diego. Welcoming, amazing service! Great drinks and atmosphere as well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
What a nice classy cocktail bar. My husband and I sat at the bar and had a nice cocktail and a bunch of late night half priced nibbles. The potatoes were great The crab cake was amazing The hoagie was amazing and the deviled eggs were just so-so. I would have liked a bit more banter with the bartender but he seems a little reserved but nice. I'd highly recommend the spot I really hope it stays in business in PB.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Cake, Pickled Deviled Eggs
Great laid back atmosphere with a little bit of class for the PB area. Probably a great spot if you were looking for a date venue! And they got the tvs on sports too! Good old fashioned I must say!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wow! This place is what PB needed. Great atmosphere, drinks, and food are excellent. Highly recommend the pork belly
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: French Toast
I don’t know if it’s growing pains, but the food was really weak. We had a chopped Italian salad that had one piece of cheese and one piece of salami in it. Besides that nothing special. Had steak bites, but it tasted more Shoe leather bites. Saturday night and the place was almost empty. I’m wondering if quality is the reason people aren’t coming. Too bad, because they really did a nice job on the atmosphere.. I hope they can get it together.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 5
We had a bachelorette group for 16 girls for dinner at Bar Ella and everything exceeded our expectations! From the food to the ambiance and service, everything was top notch. The food and cocktails were delicious, with plenty of food to go around with the prix fixe menu, leaving us super satisfied. Meg, the events coordinator, was attentive, detail oriented and went above and beyond for our group. Thank you bar Ella for making our bachelorette event a success.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was fantastic, but what really made my visit amazing were the staff. They made sure we were enjoying our visit and the food. I would highly recommend giving them a try.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing Topas type bar. Everything was amazing. I'd definitely recommend
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Visiting my home town from AZ and glad to see a new quality place. My wife and I loved the food and the overall atmosphere. Unlike anything else in PB.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
One of my friends recommended this place, and I have finally had the chance to try it out.
Rumor has it that this place is too good to survive in PB (in terms of food quality and cuisine and possibly due to the usual placement on Pb surrounded by smoke shops).
My boyfriend and I went around 6:00 p.m. this past saturday, there were only about 3 other customers there. We decided to sit at the bar, in hopes for more energy and unfortunately got the opposite.
The hosts was super nice, but the bartender was pretty rude. Definitely in the top 5 worst service experiences I've had. No introduction, after she took my boyfriends drink order she asked for IDs (which is not general problem) but didn't seem like she was going to take my drink order at all...
They had an expresso Martini special, $6 for the whole month of July, I love a good expression martinis so I figured made sense to order it.
We also ordered the deviled eggs and crab cakes. My expresso Martini was super watered down and very disappointing.
I was texting on my phone when the bartender asked us what we wanted to eat, which you would think would not a great time to interrupt... after 30 minutes or so, we paid for the bill and we're working on finishing our drinks, I was on my phone and noticed she took our drinks and my water... luckily, she didn't have the hand to take my boyfriend's water, so I had the chance to drink some of that, at least. but wow, I've never felt so rudely rushed out. As a reminder there's Essentially no customers and twice as many employees. and I've not given in to her rudeness. This entire time, I've kept it calm, cool, and respectful.
Although our food was pretty tasty, the servicer/bartender really ruined the experience of us. I will not be a returning customer.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Crab Cake
This place is exactly what we needed in PB. Food is legitimately incredible, we’ve been back several times to try everything. Great for date night!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Clam Chowder, Fried Olives, Zeppoles
I stopped in here for a beer at happy hour and was over charged. When I told the Bartender of their mistake he tried to avoid me at first and finally got his manager, the Manager refunded me. No explanation. Bad experience and should have been handled much better. If you go here, I suggest watch your tab.
Service: 1
I very much enjoy my visits to this tasty local eatery! Bar Ella is a cool addition to the Pacific Beach.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Cake
A great place with great vibes!
I had the biscuit with gravy and the cinnamon roll and both were fresh and delicious.
The service was great and the servers were very friendly.
We will definitely be coming back, sitting on the outside patio deck was my favorite. It has a great view of the ocean too!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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