Best Kid Friendly Restaurants in Vista

Great clam chowder and bread. Wedge salad dressing light on bleu cheese flavor, too creamy for our taste. Perfectly seared scallops. Wish Red Trolley beer was on the menu!

The upper deck is perfect for casual but delicious meals with one of the better views in the center of Carlsbad.

Everything about this place is great. The atmosphere, the food and the entertainment. Today was Chris Fast.. couldn’t ask for better.

We celebrated our anniversary here and had a great time! Although we had a reservation through OpenTable, we waited about 20 minutes. The service was excellent, and the food was delicious. While it's more of a Brazilian-American fusion, the picanha and linguiça were outstanding. Don’t miss the passion fruit caipirinha (the best!) and ask for the passion fruit mousse—it’s not on the menu but worth it! Overall, a great experience and we’d definitely return.

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!