Javier's - La Jolla

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   David

   VIP

   San Diego

   28 reviews

   5.0

   28 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

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

   Always a great dinner at Javier’s. My favorite is the Arrechera. Ask for a side of corn tortillas. It won’t disappoint.
   

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   Maria

   San Diego

   2 reviews

   4.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

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

   A bit over priced. But over all great place. Food and drinks were good.
   

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   Maren

   VIP

   San Diego

   2 reviews

   3.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

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

   Our reservation (4 ppl) was for 6:30. They seated us at 7:22pm. We didn’t expect a nearly hour-long wait *with* a reservation, but the food and ambiance were nice.
   

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   Leslie

   VIP

   Las Vegas

   5 reviews

   3.0

   5 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

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

   Food was just above room temperature. The cheese in my enchilada wasn’t even melted. Everyone in our party said their food wasn’t hot.
   

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   edward

   San Diego

   3 reviews

   4.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

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

   Had an amazing dining experience at Javier’s! The food was exceptional, the ambiance was perfect, and the service was top-notch. Highly recommend!
   

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   Shawna

   VIP

   Hawaii

   2 reviews

   2.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

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

   Food was great. There was one item we ordered, and it wasn’t was any of us expected. None of us ate it and kindly asked the server to remove it. She told us she would have to “ask management”. During our meal, the bus-staff dropped a tray of dirty plates near our table. We were splattered with ranch from the dirty plates. It was in my hair, all over our clothes, table, and booth. The bus boy was made aware of this, but tended to his tray mess, which we understood. We cleaned our space up ourselves. No one came over to apologize, or replace our drinks that now had ranch in them. I finally made my server aware of what had happened at the end out our meal, and she brushed it off like it was no big deal, and handed me the bill. Not sure I would return to this establishment based on this experience.
   

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   Diana

   San Diego

   8 reviews

   3.0

   8 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

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

   We dined on our anniversary and we reached earlier than our reserved time. During our wait time we saw so many people being seated and quiet a few empty seats. After our reservation time lapsed we had to remind them again and was seated after another wait. Our server was very nice and the food was fabulous. We had some of the finest seafood. The overall lower rating is for the poor front desk service and the very loud background music.
   

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   Roselie Paul

   Nashville

   309 reviews

   1.0

   309 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

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

   Waiter was good with a good attitude. The restaurant is nice and fun. The filet was well done when we requested medium with a red center. Upon mentioning this for my mom that had just been discharged from the hospital- zero effort was made to correct the situation. This was her first meal and she wanted a good filet steak and fried. Manager downplayed and placated so he would not have to remake. Fries were skimpy- maybe 10 fires that were very greasy for a $75.00 plate is greedy. Chile Relleno was burnt. So burnt the cheese was crunchy. Beans - cold and hardened. Not the usual. Guac skimpy. Skirt steak tacos over cooked and cold. Enchilada cold. Not a great experience car food wise and it took well over an hour just to get this bad food that clearly sat and was cold. Total failure.
   

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   Rodrigo

   San Diego

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 13 January 2025

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

   The food was delicious and the waiter was so nice and very attentive. Came for a friends birthday dinner. 12/10
   

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    Traci

    VIP

    San Diego

    14 reviews

    2.0

    14 reviews

    Dined on 13 January 2025

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

    Manager Santos was rude when we waited over 45 mins for 2 orders of Steak & Lobster we were offered cold churros as an apology. It's a joke. I personally have several lunch and dinners at this location with staff and vendors. I'm finding another spot. The worse part was Javier's wasn't busy Sunday at 4:30pm for there to be such a delay on our food order that we had entered as soon as we sat down. Extremely unhappy.
    

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