Barbarella Restaurant & Bar

2171 Avenida De La Playa, La Jolla
(858) 454-7373

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Emily

The vibe was immaculate. I did make a reservation for our anniversary in advance, they brought us to the tiniest street table away from all of the decorations and heat lamps so I immediately was let down and saddened. I went to the front asked for new seating, we waited 30 minutes for a table inside (even though I already reserved for anniversary and put preferred seating inside on the reservation). Anyways our waiter was amazing, he tried to soften the experience, but drinks were mid, overpriced, and the food was so extremely bland I had to ask for literal seasoning... 3/10. Just go outside and take pics of the restaurant. Don't waste your money here it was so overpriced and the food tasted like cafeteria food 🙍🏼‍♀️

Miryam

Excellent place to have that spooky environment and costumer service I had a great time to celebrate my birthday

Paul

We made reservations but when we got there we were not given the choice of whether we wanted to sit inside or outside. They bring us to our table and it was dirty and they still needed to clean it. We sat right near the closed off street where basically parents just let their kids run free. The food was garbage. The wife has chicken parmesan. No cheese in the dish whatsoever. The chicken was probably the most dry chicken I have ever had. You practically needed a sip of water with every bit. The burger I got was way overcooked. It came with marinated grilled onions? So basically they weren't grilled and by marinated I guess they mean pickled?? Disgusting. Yeah the Halloween decorations were pretty cool, but overall because of the food it was a COMPLETE waste of money!

Adrianne

The decorations were awesome! Great energy and spooky environment . Staff were friendly. Pizza and pasta were great. The apple crumble dessert was decorated cute but the taste was very bland. Other than that good experience. Worth checking out!

Michelle

I don't know why this restaurant has received a 4.1 on Yelp. It was awful. The food mediocre at best, service was not great. The decor was amazing! They are ready for Halloween. Drinks were not good. Prices are extremely high for what you get. My husbands pizza was $35, I could've fed all 4 of us for $60. Not worth the price. Then we were charged a 20% service fee for a party of 6 or more, we were only 4 people! Save your money and time go to Pieology instead!

Cynthia

Food was delicious and service was good. Decorations were on point 👌 definitely going back.

Courtney

Our server did her best to overcome a kitchen that was not on her side. Poached eggs shouldn't look like hard boiled eggs. She/the restaurant did try to make new plates and comped some of the meals. It was unfortunate since we brought family visiting from out of town. Bummer.

Tim

We had fabulous outdoor seating for a party of 9. The menu had something for everyone and the service was great. We recommended this place for the gathering and we are now very happy that we did. My wife and I eat healthy and we found that the sides of vegetables and the fish meals with more veggies and quinoa were exactly what we needed for dinner! Others had pasta, pizza and steak dinners. And the kids menu worked well two for our younger eaters, complete with ice cream!

J Michael

Would recommend dining at Barbarella - attentive, courteous service, delicious food, and wonderful atmosphere...

Leticia

Everything was great. Amazing food and service. We all loved it and will definitely be back

Andrew

Incredible food and drinks. The waiter, Art, is so good at what he does. We've had him the last two years while on vacation at the shores and he is truly a gem. We look forward to seeing him every year and eating at this excellent restaurant. Their fish specials are always impressive.

Nancy

Chose this place and was so pleased with it. They have a great menu and i had the super food salad with salmon and their soup of the day. They were big portions and they do give you the option of doing a half salad which i should have done since it was a pretty big salad. The salmon was very tender and flavorful. Great quality food at a reasonable price. The service was also 10/10.

sir ward

Amazing food!

Mark

Really fun underwater decorations were set up. Had the fettuccine bolognese and it was a big portion and very tasty.

Jeff Teters

Had the chicken Caesar salad, it was pretty good. Chicken was a little cold.

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