Jake's Del Mar

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   Laurie

   Atlanta

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

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

   Delicious food, beautiful restaurant. Enjoyed our experience from start to finish.
   

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   Ed

   San Diego

   8 reviews

   5.0

   8 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

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

   Beautiful setting, professional service, and great food!
   

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   Gabriel

   San Diego

   9 reviews

   4.0

   9 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

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

   You pay for the view and the atmosphere. Nothing beats the ocean view at this place for a date. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the view of sunset, but when it comes to food, I’ve had better food at 1/2 the price.
   

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   Cynthia

   San Diego

   5 reviews

   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

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

   Great food, great service and a truly great view of the Pacific!
   

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   Blake

   San Diego

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 7 days ago

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

   Fantastic wine, food, & views! Overall great place!
   

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   Greg C.

   Orange County

   4 reviews

   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on February 28, 2025

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

   Outstanding experience today at Jake’s for my Birthday.
   

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   Scott

   Washington DC

   42 reviews

   5.0

   42 reviews

   Dined on February 28, 2025

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

   Jake’s has a standard that few others approach Great food, service, setting- like few others
   

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   AIDA

   VIP

   San Diego

   27 reviews

   3.0

   27 reviews

   Dined on February 28, 2025

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

   We love this restaurant for the beach/ocean views. We’ve never been here for dinner before (usually go for brunch/lunch) and found it extremely loud and bustling. No Happy Hours ever, which I found unusual since it was a Thursday evening. They have a nice selection of cocktails which I got the Lavender/lemon vodka drink (can’t remember the name) and it was delicious. The food was good, but for the value I wasn’t impressed. The filet was expensive compared to other restaurants and that was with out any surf (shrimp). Also, they don’t list the types of fish on their menu. When it came to the special, it was Barramundi which we were told was basically perch. I’ve found the value has been better at other restaurants for surf and turf. But what really made the dining experience not so good was the noise level and the service. I had to ask 3 times to refill my water before it was taken care of. We had to yell to hear each other’s conversation and the service was so bad I didn’t tip my normal 20% and above. I’ll go anywhere else for dinner but here sorry to say. I usually don’t give bad reviews, but felt compelled to so that the restaurant understands what they can do better.
   

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   Merr

   VIP

   San Diego

   18 reviews

   4.0

   18 reviews

   Dined on February 27, 2025

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

   Good experience overall. Service and Ambiance always excellent. We enjoyed our food. Lunch menu seemed more limited than I recall. Would have preferred a second fish option to Mahi.
   

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    Robert

    Kansas City

    6 reviews

    3.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on February 27, 2025

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

    The lemon garlic roasted fish (Mahi Mahi) sounded like it would be wonderful. Very small serving & it was raw in the middle. The pear & candied walnut salad was also very small. I was hoping The Hula Pie would be awesome. The macadamia nut ice cream was just a lousy vanilla. The hot fudge was great. Not worth the $15. The server was wonderful & offered to bring out another entree of fish but our appetite for fish was dead. She deducted the$40 fish entree from the bill. I was grateful she did that. She really was a great server. Tipped her $20. Jake's sits right at the beach with great views for sunset.
    

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