George's at the Cove

I recently visited George’s at the Cove in La Jolla and had a great experience overall. The location is absolutely stunning, offering beautiful ocean views right from your table, especially if you manage to get a window seat as I did. I booked my reservation on the same morning around 8 or 9 a.m. and was surprised to find availability for a 12:45 p.m. lunch. Although there was some construction noise on the top deck, the staff accommodated my request to sit by the window and enjoy the view. The food itself was great; I started with the salmon tartare and had rockfish tacos for lunch. The service was good- and the overall atmosphere was very enjoyable. I’d definitely recommend George’s at the Cove to anyone visiting La Jolla for the first time who’s looking for a great meal with a fantastic coastal view. For those concerned about local wildlife smells, I personally didn’t notice any issue with sea lions during my visit, so it was a non-factor. Overall, a great spot for lunch with a view.

What a fantastic place! We started with the brussel sprouts. Everyone in our group got different entrees and we were all really pleased. Ended the night with 3 desserts. We talked about how wonderful George’s at the Cove was the entire night. It’s also a wonderful place to watch the sunset!

I would give them 6 stars if I could! Came here for our wedding anniversary dinner and they definitely made it very special. They knew it was our anniversary so they upgraded us to the terrace seating and even brought champagne on the house. Servers were quite nice and prompt to check on us, asking if we needed anything and if the food was good. General manager also came and stopped by our table twice and was quite a gem to talk to. Portobello Mushroom - just wow! I was not expecting to have loved this so much! Mushroom cap was perfect and went so well together with that Thai sauce and those shishito peppers! And oh gosh, even those cashews on the side had some flavor of their own. What a lovely combination here! Salad - could be better. Really love the concept of the pair and the blue cheese and the hazelnut, but that cabbage was actually quite a lot in volume and a bit too wrong and crunchy and some pieces were also fairly bitter. I think if the base was mostly mixed greens with a little bit of cabbage, this with salad would have been next level! Chicken - 10/10 What an absolutely beautiful dish! That chicken was cooked so so so perfectly soft and there was that avocado salsa on the side and that creamed corn and the squash. And oh my goodness me! Have everything together and one bite and it's a burst of flavor and texture in your mouth and it was just so so good! 🤌🏻 Only downside is that the piece of chicken was quite small like I think it was a quarter chicken instead of a half chicken like we were expecting. Side of Grilled Chicken Order this because there was two little chicken in the entree. Chicken was quite generally cooked and quite a large piece of chicken breast which actually also came on some pasta so they don't serve it plain. Very nice gesture. The pasta itself was extremely oily though, so we didn't really have any of it. Banana Sticky Toffee dessert - speechless! Everything was just beautiful on this plate. Really really soft sticky toffee pudding and then the bananas on top had that caramelized crispness on top like you get on a creme brulee. That ice cream had a lovely flavor of its own and then there was the sesame crisp thing and the little crunch on the side.. just wow! Definitely recommend this place for a good date night!