Lionfish Modern Coastal Cuisine – San Diego

Lionfish is an upscale seafood restaurant in downtown San Diego inside of the Pendry hotel. The staff were very friendly and brought us a few special appetizers to try for our birthday. The ambiance of the restaurant is perfect to celebrate any special occasion or a nice date night.

We started off with the Mariscos Al Fuego and Wagyu Beef Tataki. The Wagyu melted in our mouths and the garlic ponzu it was served in was great. The Mariscos had shrimp and scallops in a delicious Togarashi Butter. These were two of my favorite dishes and a great way to start the meal. All of the sushi we ordered was AMAZING, the Geisha roll was my personal favorite. All of the mains we had lived up to the hype but the Spaghetti Lobster pasta sauce blew me away. The cognac cream sauce and tender lobster was amazing. I can’t wait to go back, the food and service was amazing!

There is no value or variety of selection. You get very little for the money. The server was very nice and good. Stay away for this place. The value for the money you spend is terrible. We had drinks, soup, and small appetizers for over $100. Terrible value. We when to another restaurant.

Truly an excellent dining experience. Great vibe, kind waitress, delicious food. I highly recommend the grilled octopus!

Chicken was very dry for 50$. Taste very unseasoned. Drinks are overprice, I never seen a bar charge 18$ for Tito’s. I definitely would not wasted my money here

Overall it was an okay experience. Food was decent much like many other places nearby. Ambience was tremendously lacking. Nothing exciting inside. Noise level was so loud it was hard to hear. To be fair there was a large conference in town but was an meh experience

We visited Lionfish after getting engaged and the staff were phenomenal. The food was excellent and the atmosphere was perfect for celebrating a special event. We will certainly be returning the next time we are in San Diego.

I brought a group of 5 to the restaurant during a conference. While I understand that the restaurant was busy our group waited over an hour for our food to arrive with no communication from our server. No one came over to offer more drinks or even to refill water and it felt like we were abandoned. Simple communication from the staff would have greatly helped us to manage expectations.

Booked well in advanced only to show up to a closed restaurant, despite them emailing me the day before to confirm my attendance.

They booked it out for a private event without bothering to tell any of their guests. Amateurs.

Excellent quality. The flavour and quality of the Salmon was fantastic. Whilst a little over priced and limited choice for gluten free we enjoyed our meal. Dessert for my wife who is celiac was sorbet only so we declined.

The food was amazing and Kelly our server was informative and delightful. Would highly recommend this restaurant for a date night.

Amazing cuisine and high quality food. The speciality rolls are delicious!
Great to see constantly high quality over many years already!

Our first experience was a great one, Juan was an amazingly attentive server despite being busy with many tables. Our food came out quickly and every dish was unique with great flavors. We enjoyed the entire experience! We will be back again because of that.

Suuuper good food! The service was great, everyone was super attentive & kind. Happy hour was 12/10. Got to try so many things! Ordered the duck buns, crab hand roll, bang bang shrimp, dynamite roll and LOTS of oysters (sooo good!!). Ended ordering a full entree of the Peking duck because the buns were so good. Love it here!

Food was very average for a high price point. flavor was not interesting or delicious. Service was fine but overall not impressed.

No veg options