World Famous

09/23/08

Sunset on the Beach!

by Gigimil at Citysearch

They have great happy hour specials, but if you are in the mood to spend just a little more, I would try to get a seat by the patio area, overlooking the ocean. Get some of the appetizers, my favorites are the lobster bisque and the crusted brie. A couple of cocktails to relax by the beach front scenery. Sometimes the service is not the greatest, but I try not to let that bother me, after all I am having a drink by the beach. Kinda of thing that some of us are eager to! Then after the lovely sunset, you can enjoy a walk along the boardwalk all the way to the pier! We all need to enjoy life a little more...

07/21/08

Disappointing

by JodyHen at Citysearch

This resturant has become such a disappointment. On our last and final visit to this resturant - on a very nonbusy afternoon - we were made to feel as though we were imposing. Both of the girls "hostessing" were rude and have no idea how to greet a customer properly. I was worried that one of them was going to loose her shirt and expose herself - it's ridiculous that her manager let her greet customers the way she looked. In fact, is anyone managing this place at all? When we finally got to a table at least 3 waitresses went by over 15 minutes and found a way to avoid eye contact with us. Finally, a waitress found a way to take our order after making sure we knew she wasn't "really" our waitress. The food was just okay. Thank goodness for the view because that is the only thing that saves this place. Why don't you people clean up this place? It's dirty, dingy and old. Sad.

07/06/08

The White Linen has turned gray

by Joe92040 at Citysearch

I made reservations well in advance for the 4th of July when I arrived with my party there wasn't a reservation on file. Thankfully (I thought) we were able to be seated in the dining room rather than the patio as requested.

The wait staff was unprofessional, spending the majority of their time with their buddies at the bar. It took 1 1/2 hours just to get the entree(s), only to return half of it because it was either cold or wasn't prepared as directed. However I didn't see one glass go empty if the patron was around the age of 21 and half looped.

The food was ok when we finally did get it however it wasn't ok enough to spend so much time waiting for it.

The was entertainment though. Three of the waitresses had a loud verbal argument as to whose drinks were up next at the bar. Entertaining but digustingly innapropriate for a white linen restaurant.

I have been a patron of World Famous for over 15 years and previously would recommend it to my friends and family from out of town/state. I don't know what happened to the way this place is managed but this was horrible. The bar patrons spilled over into the dining area and were loud and obnoxious and the restaraunt staff was oblivious as to what was transpiring in their own workplace.

I will never recommend World Famous again as a place to go while in San Diego. It now ranks right up their with the other hole-in-the-wall beach bars along Pacific Beach. The white linen needs to be replaced with brown paper so that the drunks can scribble their names on it.