Karl Strauss Brewing Company 9675 Scranton Road, San Diego, CA 92121

"Absolutely stunning setting! Would never have thought that this beautiful place exsited in a downtown area. The food is awesome and the service was good. The only downside was I felt they could have had more people taking orders behind the counter."

"Came here for lunch with friends. I've never been and was utterly surprised by the location. To my utter surprise, a brewery pub that's styled like a Japanese garden. I thought the pictures on Google were just by mistake but nope, the place is gorgeous. It isn't a big "park" around the pub, but it's good enough to wander. The area around is also good for walks around the office buildings (aside from the construction happening next door). Food tasted good, but also ymmv. I loved their brussel sprouts, I probably could keep going just for them (crunchy, savory sweet). I also got the ginger salmon, but I didn't like that as much. It tasted alright, but I also don't like too much ginger and it was close to that edge of too much ginger. Didn't try the alcohol, though they do have a pretty good selection including hard kombucha."

"The food was bad. Greasy and dished loveless. We tried the beeramisu to find out what it tasted like - anyone who likes classic tiramisu will run as the idea to soak the lady finger in beer is a terrible one. Sausages were also poor. Only good note, garlic fries was done well. Great place to let kids stroll around and staff service was really kind. Might return for drinks but skip the food."

"I returned here after 8 years. Before, I came for their weekend brunches, but they no longer do it. So came here as a big party of 15 with a dinner reservation on a Saturday. We were seated right away at our table that was ready even though some of our party members were running a little late. Ordering was difficult. It is being left on each person or a family member to scan the QR code to start a tab and place orders; zero interaction with a server. Some of our party had questions about some of the menu items, but it took a while to get a server to ask those questions. One of the party members was impatient and just ordered a mac n cheese, which was what they thought was the right one, but ended up being a different. Drinks other than water took a while to get. The beer they had from their line and other partners were good. They do offer smaller 4oz tasters of the draft beer if you want to try different ones. The food was okay from what most of the party said. I got to try the seasonal Asada Fries, which was spicy, but not much flavor. I ordered the Grass-fed burger, which was okay, and not a top-five burger for me. I wouldn't order a burger if I came again. Closing out the tab was done through the QR/web, again cutting out any interaction with a server. One party member kept getting errors when they went to pay their check, so they ended up going up to the bar to close the tab. From what I remember, the place and atmosphere looks like it has not changed since being here last time. It's definitely not up to the good memories of the food and atmosphere. I would probably just come back for their beer at the bar, and maybe takeaway a growler."