Esca Blu

Great Italian inspired spot close to Balboa park. They have indoor and outdoor seating. We were seated immediately. Food took a little longer to get out since they were busy. Good attentive service. Features a brunch menu during the daytime.

First time, very satisfied,quick service the food was delicious we had a party of 5 we all enjoyed our meals.

I arrived early for their last reservation on a Friday night, ordered the tagliatelle bolognese, which came out delightfully al dente and tasty. Staff was very pleasant and accommodating with my off-menu drink order. Will return to try more.

I visited Esca Blu for the first time on Saturday morning for brunch, we got lucky I guess, because we didn’t have to wait at all to be seated.

We requested an outdoor table because the table we got inside was very uncomfortable, the hostess said she was cleaning the table and she would move us right away, but she forgot… I had to ask again, that took about 30min…

I know it’s a new restaurant but it seems like they’re short staffed. The waitresses were trying but it seemed like they had more people than they could handle. They were nice, but we were having to request what we needed more than once because they kept forgetting.

Kitchen was moving fast, we didn’t have to wait too long to get out food, but they took FOREVER to take our order.

Food was DELICIOUS! We got the Brunch Pizza and the Cannoli French Toast, you can make the toast a full meal by adding eggs and bacon. We loved everything.

They offer “bottomless mimosas” for $20dlls, but they have a 90 minute policy. The service is SO SLOW! They were taking forever to bring the mimosas, first the waitress said it was because they didn’t have enough clean glasses, and at the end when we tried to order another mimosa the waitress said he couldn’t because it was over 90 minutes already!!!!!! THEY GAVE US 4 MIMOSAS!. So I think the “bottomless mimosas” is a scam…

It sucks because I was excited about this place and wanted to bring my friends for mimosas, but I guess not.