Rustic Root,

535 Fifth Ave, San Diego, CA 92101, United States

"I was conflicted on rating either a 3 or a 4 star. Edit: I ended up giving a 2 as I thought more about it bc service is really important to me. The food was actually quite delicious. I got the lobster pappardelle, roasted chicken, and Brussels sprouts. The main problem was I had to wait 10-15 minutes before anyone even came up to us to ask us if we wanted water. The service here was horrible. Our server was never in sight. The food took probably over 30 mins to come out and no one checked in on us during that entire time. The food was good though. If not for the service, I would probably come back and try some other dishes. Another thing is I asked if I could take a carrot cake to go or if it had to be eaten at the restaurant. She said I could take to go but failed to mention that there was a 4.5-5% take out charge... my $6 cake literally became $10.50 lol. Because it was 5% charge on the ENTIRE CHECK. That's ridiculous to me. Maybe it was a one time thing and our server was just bad, but it puts me off from coming back."

"Great brunch spot in the heart of San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter. Fun NYC feeling atmosphere, great people watching from the second floor rooftop, service is on point and the food and drinks are top notch. Fun, elevated bar/restaurant in a perfect downtown location."

"We stopped by the Rustic Root in San Diego and Abby was wonderful!! She allowed us to sit upstairs and overlook 5th Ave. to have a few cocktails. The view was amazing and being December, the holiday decor was fabulous. We were near a fire-pit and very comfortable in the open air 59 degree balcony. Will definitely stop back when we are in town!!"

"We made a reservation to eat dinner at Rustic Root for Thanksgiving because they were offering a Thanksgiving meal as well as their regular menu offerings. I’m not a huge traditional turkey kind of guy so I opted to order off the menu while my companion ordered the traditional turkey dinner. But wait, I’m getting ahead of myself….. First off, Rustic Root had three hosts up front when we arrived and they were smiling broadly and welcoming to us as we arrived at the restaurant. I let them know we had a reservation and they immediately were able to walk us to a dining room table. The restaurant was beautifully decorated for fall with leaves hanging from the ceiling throughout the premises. Chill EDM (electronic dance music) was playing at a moderate level and it was a festive scene in 80% full dining room. After sitting down we were quickly approached by our smiling waitress who took our drink order. Quick tip: Their Moscow Mule was really good. We also ordered a side of Brussels to share before our meal. For dinner we ordered the traditional Thanksgiving meal and the Bone-in Pork Chop. The roasted Brussels were really the only thing we weren’t crazy about during our visit. It wasn’t that they were horrible but the spicy honey made it a bit too sweet for our liking. The turkey dinner was absolutely humongous and came with corn, beans, cranberries, a biscuit, mashed potatoes and potato salad. My pork chop came with an amazing Demi-glaze. I subbed a jalapeño corn bread for the broccolini side and it also came with roasted sweet potatoes. The pork was beautifully cooked and the picture doesn’t really do it justice. It’s a good size meal. The sweet potatoes went well with the pork and I absolutely LOVED the corn bread. My mouth has started watering just thinking about it again. Looking forward to our next visit for sure!"

"Excellent food for the price point. Good selection of wines and a nice collection of cocktails. We had the manager Vince sit with us for a few minutes and we had a great discussion on service and good food . Fall off the bone ribs. A tomahawk pork chop and really good brussel sprouts. Again, many thanks Vince. We'll be back when we are in town!!!"