Best Kid Friendly Restaurants in Rancho Santa Fe

We had another wonderful experience at West End at a dinner celebrating the success of our Mozambican colleagues. The dinner was outstanding and the waitstaff was available but not intrusive. Superb evening all around.

Fast service, didn’t like while we were eating our entrees came out before we could even finish our burrata tomato salads. We were sat at a very small table with SUPER uncomfortable metal chairs. At only 8:00 staff started closing down restaurant & taking out trash in front of us, etc, etc. Okay but probably not worth repeating with all the other good restaurants in the area.

Came for Birthday “happy hour” with work team. Outdoor/indoor large corner booth was a perfect spot, they printed Happy Birthday on the menus which was a cute touch. Service, food, beers were great, and the surprise dessert complete with a candle rounded it out. :)

Great meal. Great service. Jad a wonderful time. Very good.

Only 5 of 6 of us ended up making it, & had Gracie as our waitress who was excellent. The Restsurant (indoors) was not very busy (it was a Tuesday evening) …. Yet the lights were dimmed twice & we’re not sure why. Once I can understand but the 2nd time we really felt possibly we were being told it was time to go (it was only getting on 7pm) Other than that, the ambience was great~ temperature great. Food great, Altho it was mentioned a couple of times that it does seem more expensive than places we also go to in Carlsbad. 1/2 this group is from Carlsbad and 1/2 Lake San Marcos. Most had desserts too for the first time ever & raved about them. All had wine. Kudos for Gracie putting up with us!