San Diego: Georges at the Cove (July 2018)



My spouse and I visited Ocean Terrace at Georges at the Cove for lunch on a Saturday afternoon in early July 2018. The restaurant is open daily from 11:00 am until 10:00 pm (with extended closing hours on weekends until 11:00 pm). You can make a reservation using the online Open Table system.

Georges at the Cove and Ocean Terrace are located on Prospect Street (the main shopping and strolling thoroughfare) in La Jolla. The restaurants occupy three levels, and each floor offers a different kind of dining: Ocean Terrace (on the third/top floor) offers casual outdoor rooftop dining. Level2 (on the second floor/street level) is known for its cocktails, and California Modern (on the first floor, which is actually below street level) offers a fine-dining a la carte menu. Although most patrons walk between levels, elevator accommodation is available if necessary. All floors offer great views of the Pacific Ocean.

We dined at the all-outdoor Ocean Terrace, which offers seating at mostly regular-height tables or at a few high-top tables designed for diners to see over the other tables. Ocean Terrace also offers an elevated bar platform so that patrons can enjoy the views from either the bar or from banquette seating behind it. The mostly white outdoor furnishings and umbrellas provide a clean look/feel, and a few pops of chartreuse green act as accent colors.

Ocean Terrace serves modern California cuisine. At our server’s excellent suggestion, we shared the ceviche to start. The enormous portion of finely diced white fish and garden veggies (tomato, pepper, onion) was served with house-made tortilla chips. As entrees, we ordered the fish tacos (served with substituted French fries instead of tortilla chips, since we had already eaten the chips as our appetizer) and the banh mi sandwich (accompanied by an excellent green side salad). Portions were hearty, and the food incorporated quality ingredients. For dessert, we shared the banoffee sticky pudding (a delicious concoction of toffee cake served with caramelized bananas, nut brittle, and vanilla ice cream). 

We enjoyed our al fresco lunch at Ocean Terrace at Georges at the Cove; the food was good, the service was great, and the view was stunning!

















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