Basic Bar & Pizza

This pizza was amazing, very nice char taste like wood fired style crispy crust, great toppings and sauce. Pizza was a small and it was huge, I saw the large pizzas and they were massive 2-4 people for large, 1-2 for small. Great selection of craft beers too. Service was really good, pizza took a little while to come but it was very busy (it was a padres game night) so that was to be expected, was definitely worth the wait! A must try place in San Diego.

Dough is the most important part of a pizza for me and they nailed it. Very flavorful, chewy, crispy and lightly charred on the bottom to perfection. We tried the mashed potato pizza and a make your own red pie, both delicious. The mashed potato works way better than you think, absolutely worth a try. The bar was packed for a weekday but still had plenty of seating in another area away from the bar if you want somewhere more chill to eat. Service was great as well.

My favorite pizza place for over a decade now! Food here makes me so happy! Love the red sauce and their salads are delicious too.Great place to start a night downtown and also a great place to end it as well. The staff here, are some over my favorite people in the industry.
Family friendly. Good for groups, happy hours are better than before, and a free pool table for those who want to run it! Pandemic brought outside dining!!!

My first impression of Basic was with their pizza - a friend ordered takeout and by the time I ate it, it was cold and I wasn't impressed. I've since learned that their pizza is PHENOMENAL when ordered in-house and you get it hot out of the oven, and their bartenders are super friendly. They have a full bar and my husbands favorite beer, so we go often. It's a great place for a group too - they have group seating couches around the room.

Was trying to find a place in the area that would take just over 20 of us (half kids) after a cheer competition. Many places wouldn’t take that size, or kids, but with just a couple hours notice, they blocked off an area for us and took great care of us all. Speedy, friendly service. Pizza was great and surprisingly reasonably priced. Atmosphere was great as well. Will for sure return next time in town. Great white pizza, and the mashed potato and bacon pizza was a good and fun pizza to try. Kids loved the cheese and pepperoni.