Echale Encinitas

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   Ryan

   Chicago1 review

   5.0

   Dined 4 days ago

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

   Great low key spot to have some wine and great food!
   

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   Kendra VIP

   San Diego2 reviews

   1.0

   Dined on February 23, 2025

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

   Took 40 minutes to get bread!!! The kitchen staff struggles. We ended up leaving cuz we could not get food and tables around had been there long than us with the same issues
   

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   JoBeth VIP

   San Diego22 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 16, 2025

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

   We LOVE this restaurant!! Everything is awesome. But we hear they are moving :-((((
   

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   Donna

   San Diego1 review

   5.0

   Dined on February 16, 2025

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

   What a gem! The food was delish! Only thing I recommend is don't sit outside if you are looking for ambiance...it's a courtyard by a very popular ice cream shop.
   

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   Steven

   Orange County1 review

   5.0

   Dined on February 15, 2025

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

   Fantastic dining experience! Food was amazing and the ambiance was a nice change with a cozy feel.
   

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   Natalie

   Los Angeles2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 15, 2025

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

   Really good food and great service. Super friendly wait staff and very attentive despite it being super busy. Food was delicious, we got the yellowtail sashimi which was super fresh and had great flavors. The pork chop and steak were amazing as well, will definitely be back here!
   

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   Nicholas VIP

   San Diego8 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 9, 2025

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

   This was our second meal there, it was just as phenomenal as the first time. The food is creative, executed perfectly, and absolutely delicious.
   

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   Katrina VIP

   San Diego36 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 7, 2025

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

   The food and wine choice were delicious. The pork chop and sea bass were excellent, as was the Cesar salad and bread course. We had a hard time hearing each other over the music and chatter but otherwise great night
   

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   Helen VIP

   San Diego5 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 3, 2025

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

   The food is total flavor explosions! A hidden gem!
   

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    Ken

    San Diego5 reviews

    2.0

    Dined on February 2, 2025

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

    Our first dining experience at Echele what delightful. The wine list seemed limited but properly curated, the food was tasty and well prepared, the service reasonably good and the noise level quite loud but manageable. The Caesar salad, bread and corn butter, tuna crudo, street corn and entrées were excellent. Our second visit six weeks later was a disaster. We were seated a table literally 12 inches from the front door. The noise level, which we measured, was 80 dB, considered extremely loud and dangerous to the human ear for any but a brief period of time. The service was… Terrible!  It wasn't our waitress's fault, she was personable, knowledgeable about the menu and worked hard. But we counted only two waitresses and one bus boy to handle some 60 people inside and some 10 outside. Grossly insufficient for the number of tables and people. But ultimately, our rating is based upon the food and wine. We chose a French Bordeaux which sold for $68 on their menu. Vivino listed the customer retail price of that wine for $9.99. In my view, that's an indefensible and absurd mark up, especially since the wine was simply horrid. Our party of four chose the bread and corn butter, Caesar salad, meatballs, duck confit, gambas/shrimp, sea bass, broccolini and papas fries. The Caesar salad was traditional and tasty. The warm sourdough bread with corn butter was delicious, and the duck confit was aromatic and a worthy effort,but overcooked. The meatballs were even more over done, dense and dry, and were returned. They were kind enough to offer a credit for that item. The local Seabass, swimming in a cilantro garlic marinade with roasted tomato, which sounded great on the menu, was too acidic, and completely overwhelmed the fish, which was so overcooked it fell apart on the plate. The gambas were cooked perfectly, but were obscured by its accompanying sauce.  Our two visits yield it to entirely different dining experiences. I doubt we'll return.
    

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