It feels very much like a true local neighborhood bar — the kind of place where everyone seems to know each other, and you can tell there’s a strong group of regulars. It has that comfortable, familiar vibe that makes you feel like you’ve stepped into a community spot rather than a trendy destination.
The food is classic, straightforward bar fare. Nothing fancy, but it hits the spot when you’re in the mood for something simple and satisfying. The drinks were solid as well — well made and exactly what you’d expect from a neighborhood bar.
Service was attentive and friendly, which really adds to the experience. Overall, a relaxed, no-frills place that does what it’s meant to do.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Marty Falasco
My wife and I stopped by yesterday for happy hour, and found not much in the drink list that was considered a happy hour price. The highlight - beer battered pickle spears. Very good - the pickles were crisp and the batter crispy. It went downhill from there. Service was rushed as if we weren't going to stick around - maybe we didn't fit their demographic. After the drinks and food were dropped off, the check appeared quickly. Two final items - the drink my wife ordered was terrible. It tasted nothing like the name implied. Also, for the beers you could offer at least one of the many craft lights available. Some people require low carbs due to medical conditions. Overall, this place is not worth it. We quickly settled up and to a better bar nearby.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Clarissa
Terrible taste, terrible service, terrible price. Had to wait over 10 minutes for the privilege of paying $20 for a watered down mixed drink.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Laura
$23 for a mixed drink seems awfully high
Steven Purdon
Nice little place to hang and drink. Food and service was pretty good. Staff and other customers were friendly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Ed Remly
Wow. Did not expect great food. Just average I thought. I was wrong. The Reuben was outstanding and the French fries are even better! Sat at the bar with great service! Beer selection was vast! And cold! Nice change from the never ending Italian food. Which is also good around here!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Paul Galloway
Used to drink here in 89, 90. Can't believe it's still here. The only English beer on tap now is Speckled Hen, cos no one can get Bass or Fullers anymore. Bartender was great. We had a great time standing outside and reminiscing. The surrounding area has blown up.
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 5
Adam Adair
This is my favorite place in San Diego to drink beer and watch proper football
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Daughter of the King
I arrived around 5pm to order the Torilla Soup. Everything was fine EXCEPT that the Soup had No Taste and Flavor……..Also, the Shredded cheese had the old refrigerated taste. The Vibe was Cool and my Waiter was Sweet. I am a Long time Customer so, it’s Not Always like this… so, I’m gonna take out 1 Star…12/17/25
Edit: I had to take another Star out because I called Multiple times their number but their Line was Busy…I had dropped my credit card Somewhere and Needed to Ask if they Found it.
Brad
If you want dog food with flat beer, this is the place to go. I've visited multiple times, and the quality of everything is absolutely horrible. I'd be surprised if His Majesty didn't personally close this place down and leave on a double-decker bus. God awful, don't go here, because I won't.
Sat at bar. Bartender too busy on her phone and talking to her friends to take anyone else's order. Got a beer and a menu and proceeded to wait 30 minutes before I could get her attention. Left to go eat somewhere else.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 1
Tamara Olsen
Celebrating our anniversary is San Diego. Disappointing Experience from Start to Finish We visited the Princess Pub and Grill hoping for a nice dinner, but unfortunately, our experience was poor from the moment we arrived. Before we could even enter the restaurant, two customers were blocking the entrance while allowing their pet dogs to play and roll around together. A man wearing a security shirt was sitting nearby on a stool but said nothing as we waited. We had to ask the customers to move so we could pass. My husband has a service dog, and while the customers assured us their dogs were friendly, service dogs shouldn’t interact with other dogs while working. It was concerning that security didn’t intervene or help manage the entrance. Once inside, we found the seating was self-serve. The table we chose was dirty, so we asked someone to wipe it down. Our waiter—a tall, slender older gentleman who never introduced himself—handed us menus and immediately asked if we were ready to order. When we explained we’d never been there before and needed time to look at the menu, his demeanor remained rushed and impatient. The restaurant was much louder and busier than anticipated, which was overwhelming. We decided to order our food to go instead of staying. From the start, our waiter seemed to have a negative attitude toward us. He was short with us, spoke down to us, and rushed us through ordering rather than offering any helpful suggestions about the menu. When our waiter brought our to-go order, it came with no plastic utensils, no napkins, and my husband never hit a to go lemonade. There was no ketchup for the fries or malt vinegar for the fish. Every time we tried to ask for these items, our waiter would disappear before we could speak. When he returned with the check, he left again immediately. Unable to get his attention for what we needed and knowing we’d just find a quiet table outside, we took the malt vinegar bottle with us. As we were finishing our meal and cleaning up—before we had a chance to return the vinegar—security and our waiter approached our table, grabbed the bottle, and walked away. The waiter simply said, “Seriously?” Later, as we were walking back to our hotel after getting ice cream at a nearby shop, we happened to pass our waiter on the street. He looked directly at my husband and called him a “cheap bastard.” When Shawn asked why he would say that, I explained that I hadn’t left a tip. This wasn’t about being cheap—I had tipped our tattoo artist generously earlier that day and tipped the ice cream shop employee who gave us a wonderful recommendation. But this waiter provided poor service from beginning to end and then verbally harassed us after we left the restaurant. That kind of behavior is completely unacceptable. I have had better service at Olive Garden or Texas Roadhouse.
I cannot recommend the Princess Pub and Grill based on this experience.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Gregory Smith
My biggest gripe with this overpriced tourist trap is the fact that when my wife ordered a $21 margarita, she tasted it, and turned it back as it was just badly made. The waitress, while expressing some sorrow for the lack of quality, told us to just keep the drink as they couldn’t really take it back. The drink was not taken off of our almost $300 bill for our party of 8. The waitress smugly refused to remove the charge saying that “they’re a small business” and “ they don’t do that”. When we asked to speak to the manager she refused to even get him or her involved. Lesson learned…..tourists beware! I will never darken their doorway again with my business.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Rob Myrick
A group of us stopped in here for drinks while waiting on our reservation down the block. Great selection and service. I liked the sidewalk seating to people watch.
It feels very much like a true local neighborhood bar — the kind of place where everyone seems to know each other, and you can tell there’s a strong group of regulars. It has that comfortable, familiar vibe that makes you feel like you’ve stepped into a community spot rather than a trendy destination.
The food is classic, straightforward bar fare. Nothing fancy, but it hits the spot when you’re in the mood for something simple and satisfying. The drinks were solid as well — well made and exactly what you’d expect from a neighborhood bar.
Service was attentive and friendly, which really adds to the experience. Overall, a relaxed, no-frills place that does what it’s meant to do.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
My wife and I stopped by yesterday for happy hour, and found not much in the drink list that was considered a happy hour price.
The highlight - beer battered pickle spears. Very good - the pickles were crisp and the batter crispy.
It went downhill from there. Service was rushed as if we weren't going to stick around - maybe we didn't fit their demographic. After the drinks and food were dropped off, the check appeared quickly.
Two final items - the drink my wife ordered was terrible. It tasted nothing like the name implied.
Also, for the beers you could offer at least one of the many craft lights available. Some people require low carbs due to medical conditions.
Overall, this place is not worth it.
We quickly settled up and to a better bar nearby.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Terrible taste, terrible service, terrible price. Had to wait over 10 minutes for the privilege of paying $20 for a watered down mixed drink.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
$23 for a mixed drink seems awfully high
Nice little place to hang and drink. Food and service was pretty good. Staff and other customers were friendly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Wow. Did not expect great food. Just average I thought. I was wrong. The Reuben was outstanding and the French fries are even better! Sat at the bar with great service! Beer selection was vast! And cold! Nice change from the never ending Italian food. Which is also good around here!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Used to drink here in 89, 90. Can't believe it's still here. The only English beer on tap now is Speckled Hen, cos no one can get Bass or Fullers anymore. Bartender was great. We had a great time standing outside and reminiscing. The surrounding area has blown up.
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 5
This is my favorite place in San Diego to drink beer and watch proper football
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I arrived around 5pm to order the Torilla Soup. Everything was fine EXCEPT that the Soup had No Taste and Flavor……..Also, the Shredded cheese had the old refrigerated taste. The Vibe was Cool and my Waiter was Sweet. I am a Long time Customer so, it’s Not Always like this… so, I’m gonna take out 1 Star…12/17/25
Edit: I had to take another Star out because I called Multiple times their number but their Line was Busy…I had dropped my credit card Somewhere and Needed to Ask if they Found it.
If you want dog food with flat beer, this is the place to go. I've visited multiple times, and the quality of everything is absolutely horrible. I'd be surprised if His Majesty didn't personally close this place down and leave on a double-decker bus. God awful, don't go here, because I won't.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
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Sat at bar. Bartender too busy on her phone and talking to her friends to take anyone else's order. Got a beer and a menu and proceeded to wait 30 minutes before I could get her attention. Left to go eat somewhere else.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 1
Celebrating our anniversary is San Diego. Disappointing Experience from Start to Finish
We visited the Princess Pub and Grill hoping for a nice dinner, but unfortunately, our experience was poor from the moment we arrived.
Before we could even enter the restaurant, two customers were blocking the entrance while allowing their pet dogs to play and roll around together. A man wearing a security shirt was sitting nearby on a stool but said nothing as we waited. We had to ask the customers to move so we could pass. My husband has a service dog, and while the customers assured us their dogs were friendly, service dogs shouldn’t interact with other dogs while working. It was concerning that security didn’t intervene or help manage the entrance.
Once inside, we found the seating was self-serve. The table we chose was dirty, so we asked someone to wipe it down. Our waiter—a tall, slender older gentleman who never introduced himself—handed us menus and immediately asked if we were ready to order. When we explained we’d never been there before and needed time to look at the menu, his demeanor remained rushed and impatient.
The restaurant was much louder and busier than anticipated, which was overwhelming. We decided to order our food to go instead of staying. From the start, our waiter seemed to have a negative attitude toward us. He was short with us, spoke down to us, and rushed us through ordering rather than offering any helpful suggestions about the menu.
When our waiter brought our to-go order, it came with no plastic utensils, no napkins, and my husband never hit a to go lemonade. There was no ketchup for the fries or malt vinegar for the fish. Every time we tried to ask for these items, our waiter would disappear before we could speak. When he returned with the check, he left again immediately. Unable to get his attention for what we needed and knowing we’d just find a quiet table outside, we took the malt vinegar bottle with us.
As we were finishing our meal and cleaning up—before we had a chance to return the vinegar—security and our waiter approached our table, grabbed the bottle, and walked away. The waiter simply said, “Seriously?”
Later, as we were walking back to our hotel after getting ice cream at a nearby shop, we happened to pass our waiter on the street. He looked directly at my husband and called him a “cheap bastard.” When Shawn asked why he would say that, I explained that I hadn’t left a tip.
This wasn’t about being cheap—I had tipped our tattoo artist generously earlier that day and tipped the ice cream shop employee who gave us a wonderful recommendation. But this waiter provided poor service from beginning to end and then verbally harassed us after we left the restaurant. That kind of behavior is completely unacceptable. I have had better service at Olive Garden or Texas Roadhouse.
I cannot recommend the Princess Pub and Grill based on this experience.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
My biggest gripe with this overpriced tourist trap is the fact that when my wife ordered a $21 margarita, she tasted it, and turned it back as it was just badly made. The waitress, while expressing some sorrow for the lack of quality, told us to just keep the drink as they couldn’t really take it back. The drink was not taken off of our almost $300 bill for our party of 8. The waitress smugly refused to remove the charge saying that “they’re a small business” and “ they don’t do that”. When we asked to speak to the manager she refused to even get him or her involved. Lesson learned…..tourists beware! I will never darken their doorway again with my business.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
A group of us stopped in here for drinks while waiting on our reservation down the block. Great selection and service. I liked the sidewalk seating to people watch.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cool spot in a bustling neighborhood
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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