Best food near me in Carlsbad, CA

Great views for happy hour on the desk upstairs! Multiple heaters make it comfortable when it’s cold. Apps are delicious. Scallop linguine is made with an awesome pesto. Pizzas are very good! Also, was able to practice speaking some Italian with our server, Michael (grazie mille per tutto)

Super terrific time here with friends. Adriana was excellent server, friendly and funny too. Food was very good, best time with the Swinging Johnsons band! Thank you for a great evening!

food here has always been good. Service was really good. And We so enjoy the outside deck

Probably my favorite Campfire experience yet. We we treating our son’s favorite teacher and his wife to a holiday meal, and we were able to sit at a quiet table out front which was SO nice! I’m hard of hearing and the entire dinner, I was able to hear what everyone was saying! That is rare for me and I loved it. We tried a few different things tonight, and some of the same things we love. We ordered the cornbread which was new for us and it was 10/10. We also ordered the porridge bread as usual. So good, and my son became obsessed with it this time around. It’s a 9/10 for me but if they brought back the gravy drippings to dip it in that they had a couple years ago, it would be an 11/10. We also ordered the broccoli which was a 10/10 per usual. One of our group has food allergies so they were able to make the broccoli without the fish oil which was so great! We also ordered a side of the fried potatoes, which came in a cast iron skillet. Omg they were amazing. 10/10. For entrees we decided to share the pork and also the pasta. The pork was incredibly tender and wonderful flavors. I’d say 9/10 because I wanted more of the sauce or pear flavor. The pasta was amazing. Really unique with the meyer lemon. The texture was so creamy that it almost felt like a gnocchi on the palette. We ordered a few mocktails: The east end 10/10 in taste. You don’t get much of the drink for what you pay so for that I’d say 7.5/10 overall. The other drink was another mocktail and I didn’t taste it but my husband said it was good and my son said it was “tingly.” The s’more’s are always fun. We got five of those. I’m a s’mores purist so I always just like plain old graham and chocolate, but this is fun for a nice change. I’d give them an 8/10 because the cinnamon on the cookie throws me off a bit. The highlight was the waitstaff. So so good. Attentive, knowledgeable, kind, and efficient. 15/10!!!

This was our first experience at Jalisco Cantina. We loved it. The flavors were amazing. The chips and salsa was very upscaled. We tried the Cadillac Margaritas and they were the best we ever tasted. My brother and I had Burritos and my husband had the Enchiladas. We ordered a couple of side of the refried black beans. Those were great. We split the Churro Cinnamon Donut. It was heavenly. We visit Carlsbad every year and December and we will definitely be back for some delicious Mexican food.