Common Stock - San Diego

Really good chicken sandwich! Service: Dine in Meal type: Lunch Price per person: $10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Crispy Chicken Sandwich

To set the scene, it was Valentine’s Day, they had a pre set menu: soup or salad starter, sous vide steak premade, and dessert. (We were not allowed to order our $65 steak to our desired temperature as they were all made between MR and M) Two bartenders seemed to be working, and at least two servers were seen for a restaurant of about 16 tables mostly 2 tops. A host/manager was also on duty. We were sat on time by the manager and greeted by our server. Our server took our drink order and our choices from the menu. My drink was brought in about five minutes. And then we sat for 25 minutes without anyone in the restaurant speaking to us. The table next to us sat after I had received my drinks received their starters by a different waiter. When they received their second course, I tapped their waiter on the shoulder and asked if there had been some emergency with our server since we had not yet received our starters. He went and got the manager who came and introduced himself and asked if there was any problems. I told him that we had been sat for 30 minutes and had not yet received our soup. I received a sassy answer from him where he told me this was the first he had heard about it. I asked how long a starter should take, and instead of answering, he gave me a retort about how I have to understand that he didn’t know that there was any problem , when I continued to ask who he was, if he was actually the manager, and where our soup was, his response was that he could either stand here talking with me or get my soup, which did I want? Instead of our server bringing the soup, the Manager returned about seven minutes later with our soup, which should have been premade in a large vat in the back. As he sat down the soup I looked at him and said I just want to understand that I’m not getting an apology from you. At that point he said “I would’ve given you an apology but you didn’t let me speak.” And that I “had to understand and give him an opportunity.” When I’m paying $150 for dinner I don’t feel that I have to give a restaurant the opportunity to explain such poor service. I never did see our server again. We left then because we didn 't trust that service would get any better. Our server never did come apologize for the delays. The manager promised to refund our $50 deposit that we had put down for this special Valentine 's Day event.

The Nashville crispy chicken sandwich is highly recommended.. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $20–30 Food: 4 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 4 Recommended dishes: Crispy Chicken Sandwich, Umami Fries

The interior is very nice. Parking is tough. The service was ok. Food wise, I got the Nashville hot chicken for $22. The crunch wise nice and how it was serviced. Rest from price, value and taste it was quite disappointing. It missed everything from spiciness etc. the slaw was good. Wouldn’t come again. Food: 3 Service: 2 Atmosphere: 5

Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $30–50 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Brussel Sprout Caesar Salad, Nashville Chicken Waffles, Cheeseburger, Chicken and Waffles