Understory Bar

Love the vibe here! friendly service, tasty cocktails, and happy hour that can’t be beat. Definitely recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

This place is amazing. An exceptional cocktail menu at reasonable prices with the ability to order from ANY of the delicious surrounding restaurants.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Understory in Del Mar Heights is a gem—unbelievable atmosphere, prime location, and drinks crafted to perfection. Bartenders are personable, incredibly knowledgeable, and true masters of their craft.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great service by Caitlin and Amanda! It was a wonderful experience!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This place is a joke. Pretentious and overrated. This place would never make it anywhere else but Del Mar with inexperienced staff and clientele. Don't go here

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 1

Very cute bar with great branding, beautiful ambiance and delicious cocktails with unusual presentation. Great spot for dates and to bring visitors from out of town. It’s inside of my favorite SkyDeck, so you can have dinner at one of the restaurants here and then stop by this bar for a drink.
I appreciate the creativity of the cocktail titles and the overall vibe. The service is also great.

It’s called Understory, like the hidden part of the forest where the insets and small animals live their live, so most of the cocktails are themed accordingly.

I was forced to purchase a drink even though everyone else in my group had already ordered one. I wouldn’t recommend this place based on that experience alone. It felt tacky and unprofessional.

Service can be slow at the booths compared to the Bar, but the ambience is beautiful, Dj is a great touch on friday night.Ramen was delicious. love that you can order from multiple spots from understory.. My mom wished for better wheat beer options.. and happy hour to be 9pm not 10 pm. lol

favorite bar at the sky deck rn. i love the drinks and the vibes ✨🍸

Our party had an amazing time Saturday and we had the absolute pleasure of being served by Andrea. She was very professional, exceptionally warm and brought great energy. This level of customer service and hospitality is rare and so refreshing. So patient with our group. We’d come back based on her service alone. Thank you Andrea, we will be back!!! You rock. 💯🙌🏼⭐️

Loved every second of being in this establishment. From the drinks, to the food, as well as the live DJ! The atmosphere was amazing. If you love a good R&B vibe you should really check out their brunch events! If I could give this place a Michelin star I would lol!

Service and cocktails were great. The Sour and fresh margarita were delicious. You can actually order food from any restaurant and they bring it to you at Understory. The place was busy, but service was good.

The drinks here are well put together, creative, and surprising, but in a good way. I haven't had a bad one, yet. I say, yet, because I'm going to try them all and see if there are any bad ones. So far, none have been bad. Only delicious drinks. 😋

This place sucks. Obnoxious vibe that is totally out of place vs. its surroundings.

Closed an hour earlier than their posted hours, bummer