The Friendly Tavern

2632 University Ave, San Diego
(619) 294-7675

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Paul Moody

Burgers are delicious but the wait was not what you would expect for a smash burger and fries. Took twenty minutes to get it out the window.
Grimy dive atmosphere. Outdoor seating. I’d say if you have the time to do a tour of the best San Diego burger joints, stop in but not a place for a quick bite or a family friendly stop.

Ridley Prewitt

Affordable, greasy smash burger and drinks. As long as those are your expectations, you won't be disappointed stopping here. The burgers are great

Jennifer Barnes

The food was fantastic. The only disappointment was that you can't take ingredients off the burger. Since my spouse can't stand mayo, that really limited the menu for him.
Other than that, we had a great time and will probably return. For me anyway the burger absolutely lived up to the hype.

Rogelio Guerrero

The burger was great..but the fries were way too salty. Nice atmosphere and chill place to come to but the wait is also quite long.

Fernando Salazar

Great smash burgers and fries. Gotta try if you're in SD. Bathroom could be cleaner. 👍

Virginia G.

Best smash burgers!

Tony Lobos

Came to this spot with some friends after being at the park close by. Terrible experience our order never came out. I went up to ask if they had called our names the cook was very rude. The server addressed the issue however orders still kept coming out. Waited over 45 min ended up canceling order to go somewhere else.

Alexis Gutierrez

Absolutely, loved the food! Drake and Slim know what they’re doing! We went to the friendly off university because we had seen the posts from Facebook. We’re new and we didn’t read the fine print of the burgers being certain days and the location, we just wanted to try it because of the hype. The location was great, cooks were great, only thing that killed the vibe was the service. We told Jose we were new, and got complete attitude the entire order. All we were told was there’s the menu, and rushed us through our entire order. I get people have bad days, but if you’re in the food industry, do better. Recommend the food, but not service.

L Belo

The real deal

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: French Fries, Fresh Onion Rings, O G Dirty Flat Top Cheesburger

Marten Linden

Wheelchair accessibility: It's wheelchair accessible

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

go vo

They did not reinvent the burger.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 3

TKSAMURAIJACK The last samurai

Dude servicing acted like a punk when asking for some basic utensils would I come back nah rather eat at crap shack in a crack house?

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Nick Cathey

Great smash burgers and amazing prices on beer. Cool and nice employees. Staff feel like friends

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Joey

Freakin’ delicious burger, it is unreal. The crisp. Oh, with the melted cheese tis’ absolutely decadent. The onion. The bug. What can I say. I need another one.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Hamburger, French Fries, Garlic Aioli, BBQ, O G Dirty Flat Top Cheesburger, Double Cheeseburger

Lexie Gibbs

Ended up here on accident and it is easily the best burger I've had in San Diego. De-licious.

Didn't think they were open at first from the front of the building but quickly figured out you go around to sit outside and chill in a big area.

The onion rings are tasty and the portion is definitely enough to share.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fresh Onion Rings, O G Dirty Flat Top Cheesburger

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