La Gran Terraza - University of San Diego

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   DebbiS

   San Diego6 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 6 March 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent as usual. The service is exemplary. We will be back.
   

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   Brian VIP

   San Diego39 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 4 March 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   La Gran Terraza always does a GREAT job when they have buffets for special events. We have been to Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day and others and they have always been excellent. This was the first time we have gone for Mardi Gras and it was really tasty New Orleans cuisine.
   

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   Susan

   San Diego1 review

   5.0

   Dined on 4 March 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Beautiful dining room. Fat Tuesday buffet was as good as eating in a fine restaurant in New Orleans.
   

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   OpenTable Diner VIP

   San Diego53 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 4 March 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   La Gran Terraza offers a very nice dining experience, with great service. Their food is fantastic and the environment is welcoming! We’ll definitely return!
   

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   Joe VIP

   San Diego32 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 3 March 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Perfect setting for lunch, and exceptional service by MARY ! Food choices and quality were excellent as well. Lastly, we did have interaction with the Manager ... Rose. Delightful lady and very helpful on a future reservation for Easter.
   

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   David

   Atlanta1 review

   2.0

   Dined on 15 February 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 1

   Can you please dim the lights? The atmosphere felt like a hospital. The service was overstretched and slow. Food was pretty good but left something to be desired on a few of the dishes.
   

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   Felix

   San Diego16 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on 15 February 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great experience on a San Valentin Day. Nice view, great food, and excellent service. Complementary valet parking available.
   

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   Deb

   San Diego3 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 15 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   We had a wonderful Valentine's Day dinner at La Gran Terraza on the campus of USD. Delicious duck confit for me & husband had the surf & turf with filet mignon & lobster. Fabulous desserts too. Our server, Jack, was great. Terrific personality. Only issue I had was the service was pretty slow. I believe Jack was a little inexperienced, but with time, he'll be a top server! Looking forward to many more delightful meals to experience for special occasions. It was thoughtful of the manager, Rose, to come to our table to see how everything was. My husband mentioned to our server Jack that his filet was cooked more to medium instead of medium rare. An extra glass of wine was comp'd & enjoyed by me! Thank you, Debbie
   

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   Trey

   Charleston1 review

   2.0

   Dined on 15 February 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 2

   Please note that this “restaurant” is a large dining room in the student union of the university. From other OpenTable reviews, we knew that this restaurant was run by students from the university, and it received rave reviews. We just did not realize that the restaurant is actually in the student center, which is not the best atmosphere. The dining room does have large windows with views, but the view includes several work trailers and dumpsters, and the windows were very dirty. The room was decorated with roses and rose petals and other Valentines decor. The waitress was friendly, but was not knowledgeable about the food on the menu and had to ask the chef whether a salad was served hot or cold. We ordered two salads, lobster tail and fillet mignon, halibut over succotash, and a couple of desserts. The salads were tasty and presented nicely. The fillet was tough and overcooked. The halibut was cooked well but did not have much flavor at all. The desserts were a vegan pudding and some kind of spongy cake. They looked fancy, but they were fair at best. The staff did bring out to us an extra little sweet treat for Valentine’s Day that had a nice presentation as well. The chocolate heart, however, was not edible. A fork and a knife would not cut through it. Overall, our meal cost $160. Normally, we would be happy to pay that amount of money for a an above average experience, fine atmosphere and delicious food, but this restaurant did not provide that value.
   

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    Arye Z

    Alabama2 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on 6 February 2025

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Well prepared food, some dishes could be increased.
    

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