I've lived in santee for over 20 years in l finally went to junction 52 I have to say the atmosphere is chill this is a sports bar type setup. It was awesome and food is actually good too! read more

The service is always great and all are friendly. We frequently go there and have gotten to know the gals. They are wonderful! I don't understand any negative reviews on service. It's our local go-to place!! read more

The 2 things that got me where the prices for the incredibly simple sandwiches we ordered and that one of the ingredients in one of those sandwiches was missing. It wasn't that there was less of it but there straight is wasn't any mayo on the BLT so it was super bland and not very good. It cost us way too much for a sub like sandwich with literally mean cheese and a little side of soup. 3 ingredients for 15$ or so dollars. Idk what it's like inside the actual restaurant but Postmates says/ charges and extra $2 for the dip part of the French dip sandwich so watch out for that. Beware of the price for the quality of sandwich when you come here read more

I stopped in for a simple breakfast snack with my dog. The server brought out a little bowl of water for her and gave me great service with a genuine smile. Here's the eggs and crispy hash browns along with a couple of breakfast menu pics. I would come back for breakfast again and recommend this spot to friends, which means a lot. read more

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Went to this place for dinner. It was good not great food wise. The service was nice. They checked in with us often and were very helpful and kind. If you are a sports fan there are TVs everywhere with different games on. We sat on the patio which was nice. And they have nice lighting for the evenings but could have turned it on a bit earlier. Over all I would go back if that's where everyone wanted to go. read more

I love this place! Everyone here is so nice and the food is delicious. We usually go to the other junction but this is our new stop. They have indoor & outdoor seating. Nice place. read more

Food is usually great. Tonight I ordered food plus a pizza and I have ordered pizza from here before. $22 for a pepperoni pizza ok not unusual but when it showed up this pizza was the size of a personal size pizza for a child. Not happy and such a rip off. Junction do better cause normally you're pretty good. read more

It's a good sign the place was busy and we had to wait for a table. The waitress was polite with a friendly smile and she knew the menu. Somewhere in the process, information was lost and 3 out of 5 orders were wrong. Wrong sides, not cooked as requested. The Gyro plate was dried out; meat/bread/salad, too much time under the heat lamp? The place seemed clean, however I trip to the bathroom was a bit dangerous. The men's room floor was greasy with grime. Lucky for me, I slipped without falling but it shouldn't be that dirty. I notified an employee but during the next hour nothing was done about it. A very loud burger joint with plenty of TVs to watch a game so there's that... read more

The food is a hit or miss. Not consistent. All 3 of our dinners were bad the last time. I won't go back anymore.

Junction 52 is one of my favorite spots in Santee. The menu is so big!! Every time I go, I can try something new, and I'm never disappointed. The employees are always accommodating and super sweet. I love the atmosphere here because it always feel homey and local. My favorite item right now is the chicken caesar wrap, but seriously everything is so good and the portions are super filling. Absolutely can't wait to go back soon! read more

Awesome place. Came to grab some beers and maybe get a bite to eat. Ordered 2 pupil IPAS and 1 order of meatballs and came out to $21 ....7$ each....that's a steal They have happy hour all day everyday. Definitely a place ima bookmark for whenever I'm in SANTEE area! read more

Junction 52 Bar & Grill - 2 (very good )meatballs with marinara sauce and toast And 1 pupil IPA - New American Near Me - Santee, California

Great menus and fun place to kick back with friends. Love the happy hour prices. Mgmt is very attentive to guests. Enjoy! read more

I've been to this location a handful of times. My experience, pre-covid, was not the best. I really enjoyed the atmosphere and the outdoor dining at the time. We got a side of the vinegar Brussels sprouts as an appetizer and enjoyed them. The service was incredibly slow, though we did go during dinner time. But it took nearly two hours from sitting down to finally getting to eat our food. However, I recently had a hankering for their food. Upon coming to the restaurant to order takeout, i've since come to find out that this restaurant is openly defying social distances measures under the guise of a "peaceful protest". Look. I understand that businesses are struggling and I have sympathy for them. But I believe that businesses that are complying with the rules are also struggling, and it is not fair to them, nor the community that is experiencing increase in cases that this restaurant is opening through this "first amendment loophole". I personally believe that the restaurants that deserve my business are ones that have concern over the safety of their customers, staff, and community. Junction 52 is not proving to be one of those. read more

Junction 52 Bar & Grill - Sign on their door justifying their being open - New American Near Me - Santee, California

I've been to Junction 52 many times. The food is delish, the customer service is attentive, and I respect and support their 'peaceful protest.' My favorite dish is their pest alfredo pasta dish with salmon. It's simply divine! During my last visit, an intoxicated customer who sat at a table next to us started being rude, boisterous, and obnoxious. We are a mixed race family and the other customer started making insensitive racial comments. Our waitress quickly intervened, asked the intoxicated, obnoxious customer to leave, and comped our beverages (which was not necessary, but appreciated!!) I thank the staff at Junction 52 for their handling of the situation, for our excellent meal, and for keeping the atmosphere enjoyable. read more

After trying this restaurant for the first time a few months ago, and absolutely loving the service and food, we've been wanting to go back. Having a cheat day on our regimented diet, we were excited to be able to order from here again. After looking over the menu and considering many delicious-sounding options, we just HAD to order the Philly Cheese Steak again because we liked it so much the last time. We upgraded to tots and also got the chicken strips which came with fries, and the macaroni and cheese. We were sadly disappointed in the overall food order :-( We always reheat our takeout food in our toaster oven, which in this case badly needed it. This also helps us realize that there were Barely Any tots! For paying $2 extra, we hoped we'd get more than a handful of tots. The meat on the sandwich seemed much less full than last time and just wasn't as good overall. We really enjoyed the mac and cheese and the shoestring fries were our favorites. 3 stars for flavor, correct order, and being open amidst bs lockdowns. We may return, but just not sure when. We understand everyone has an off night, but we value consistency and it will take us a while to get over being so let down. read more

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This was my first visit to Junction 52 because I usually go to the one in Rancho San Diego. The quality of food is so bad here. I have ordered a steak at least 15 times in Rancho, and it is always good. However, I asked for a medium rare steak and it was well done. Their excuse was that it was the "last cut". Then they brought out another steak cooked less (medium to medium well) and it was not edible. Literally it was hard and chewy. Does the chef even know what medium rare is? I am so disappointed that I even had to pay for the meal. I felt bad for the server because it wasn't her fault. Do not waste your time coming here. Food is disgusting. read more

Just finished lunch. Service was great. Catherine Y had a wonderful suggestion for the soup, it was artichoke, jalapeño potato soup. Best soup I have had in a while. Told us of the daily specials. The whole experience was great. read more

The waitress was nice, the margarita good, appetizer was meh (it was pretzel bites, but the cheese was so oily we couldn't get it to stick to the pretzels) and the dinner I got tasted like it was straight out of a box or can. Yuck The menu is too big They need to take out about half the items and focus on the rest and really fine tune them and then they can serve this fresh. I'm giving 3 stars for the waitress and the margarita. read more

Horrible service. Food is awful. bartender Amanda is terrible. If you like bad food and bad service this is the place for you.

Service was great. Food was delicious. Lots of choices in drinks. Looks like a good place to watch sports.

We ordered a burger and lettuce wraps. They tasted as bar food is expected to taste. Tator tots were very good though. read more

Junction 52 Bar & Grill - Chicken Lettuce Wraps - New American Near Me - Santee, California

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I love coming to the Junction 52 Santee! My wife and I love to watch the football game here and other sports while enjoying really good food! My favorite is the Philly Cheesteak but everything else I have tried was really good! Also the staff here are really friendly, fast, fun and provide a nice atmosphere! read more

Food was great and large portion. Greater at the door and was seating within 5 minutes. Great place to watch sports. Service was great and well attended to by server. Beer was great and cold. read more

The food here is amazing and worth every penny! The sliders are my go to and the lemon drop martinis! Also the service is fast and friendly and they are like a family here, everyone helps everyone! Also there's like 50 tvs to watch every sport possible! Highly recommend!!! read more

Great food and service! Half off apps and drinks all day say whaaa?!!!! Ordered sliders and Reuben San which. Loved them. Fries , onions rings and mozzarella sticks were crispy just like how I like them. read more

Junction 52 Bar & Grill - Sliders - New American Near Me - Santee, California

Let me start with PROs this spot has good food and drinks. We go there for lunch frequently. The server/bartender Catherine is so pleasant. She knows us by face. You always have service with a smile from her. Now the CONS the bartender CRAIG is a completely unethical person. I visited on 2/15 my bill was 50.63 When I redeem my points the lowered my bill to less than $12-$15 We go a lot so I had plenty of points I Gave Craig a $5 tip. He asked me if I wanted a receipt. I made the mistake by saying "no" the transaction will be on my card. CRAIG CHARGED my card $55.63 W/O redeeming my points. Some how I feel like he did something shady cause my points are gone but I can't prove it cause I didn't get a receipt! I have given him passes and chalk it up and errors due him being busy in the past.. Now my opinion has changed. WHY? Everytime he's bartending there's always some mathical error with my bill. EVERY TIME! read more

The service and food here are the best! I can't get enough of their espresso martinis and chicken Alfredo!! Honestly all of the food tatses great. There is a wide variety to choose from so it's my go to spot for date night, watching a game or even for pick up! Also shoutout to my server Courtney, she always pays attention to detail and provides the best service! read more

Went in to watch a Padre game. Fun atmosphere, great service and the food was good too. Never had to wait for a drink and food service was pretty quick too. read more

Went here Christmas eve, they were closing early for the holiday and we arrived about an hour and 15 minutes before closing. They let us know the kitchen would be closing in 15 minutes so that we could order quickly, then proceeded to provide excellent service and delicious food. I appreciate their communication, and that they still had great service that close to closing early for Christmas. We will be going back! read more

Junction 52 Bar & Grill - Indulgent crispy potato skins - New American Near Me - Santee, California

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The two stars is basically because the service is okay but the food here is completely a hit or a mess like I've had both really good meals and then really horrible meals. Like today. I came in starving so I ordered a burger medium it comes out the onion rings are completely burnt like you could break a tooth, bacon is completely burnt and the burger is like completely like well, well, well done. So I'm starving I eat what I can and walk away just feeling completely flattened you know it's like so disappointing to spend $16 on a hamburger walking out feeling like confidently you would have had a better experience getting some crap through a drive-thru window. Server was nice but, also I don't like the way you guys are putting the default tip at 18% it's like you know the going rate is 15 so you're making us jump through extra hoops for a STANDARD tip, and it's like you know it's just generally annoying I don't think I'm going to eat here again. It's like if I'm going to give 18 or 20 or 25% the server has to be amazing, 15% is just for like doing your job. If she'd come back more quickly ( I could tell she was hustling so I have no complaints about her speediness or anything like that ) I probably would have said hey this burger stinks, it's horrible, send it back and I sat there for a couple minutes with an empty drink too so all together... Meh. This rating is about the food and it being sort of consistently disappointing for me personally. read more

I was excited to try this place out when I saw their flyer in the mail, sadly I was a little disappointed. Don't get me wrong! They a have some good deals during happy hour, and their happy hour is practically all day. But there were a hand full of small "attention to detail" and quality issues. Things like stale tortilla chips, burger buns a little too hard to enjoy, the ribs although meaty, were kinda dry and chewy. Kids pizza is a really good deal! Its huge! Other than the food, the service was decent. The servers (and maybe some hostesses?) Were very friendly and attentive, but being a server myself, there were a few things i didn't care for. We seemed to have like 3 or 4 people serving us, which I truly admire the teamwork but it makes it hard to determine who our server was specifically (for questions and tip purposes). Also, with the limited capacity and small amount of tables and amount of servers that helped us, there is no reason that our table was crowded with empty plates and glasses at the end of put meal, they could have put in more effort to pre-bus and make our experience just that much better. Overall, it was okay. We might go back some day, but its definitely not anywhere close to the top of our favorites list. read more

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I have been in this establishment many time I have seen a few issues with bartenders and letting patrons do n say outlandish things Along with getting away with inappropriate gestures The junction has gone down hill abit It's not an appropriate place for kids n family at all Now that Tommy has left It's lost it good vibes read more

Ashley k needsto ask if we are done and ready for the bill before bringing it out. But food and beer is great

So last time my family went here we were seated right away (there wasn't many people there) but it took almost an hour for the server to come take our order. She was talking and laughing with the bartender she was on the phone for a while it was very rude but when we got out food it was good so we decided to give them another try but.........this time My family of 4 stood in the front waiting to be seated for 15 minutes along with a family of 6 in front of us. We were walked right past like we dint exist. Both our families ended up just leaving. Every time I have been here the service has been atrocious and that is a shame because the food is good. My family will never go back there again. read more

Unfortunately this was a EPIC FAILURE for me (and my friends) due to abysmal customer service and terrible management/staff attitudes. Came here with some buddies after first wanting to go to Oak Tree Tavern which happened to be closed for a private event. We were happy to find a place that seemed lively, tons of TVs with sports and races on. Seated fairly quickly which was cool even though it was packed to full capacity around 8pm. Our waitress came over and took our drink orders with a super polite and happy attitude, she came back just as quick with our drinks and then took our food order. We all got burgers or sandwiches. Two came out after about 20 minutes. Another two five minutes later. No worries, good food takes time. They came out hot and looked great. They tasted great, BUT I requested a medium rare burger and the server couldn't tell us which of the three Diablo burgers was medium rare. One the burgers was requested to have an egg on it-but they forgot. We reminded them and they brought it back out a minute later. Our fifth diners food wasn't ready yet. A runner told us it was almost done. Cool. A few guys got more drinks- the waitress brought them out and advised she forgot which beer was which and that "someone could taste one and figure it out" which even in non-COVID times is dumb as hell. Who wants to drink a beer that may be a friends (or a stranger for that matter-what if this was a business meeting or date?) to taste, in order to rectify the staffs forgetfulness? NO ONE. About 15 minutes later (30-40 min after the first burgers came out), we still hadn't been advised of the missing burger. Our waitress was hanging out at the bar, talking with the bartender for at least 5, if not 10 minutes and hadn't checked on us or our missing food. We raised our hands to get her attention. On her way over our friend coyly said "hey, where's my food?" with a huge smile and shrug of his hands. She didn't hear him and so he stated he'd been waiting 20 minutes after we got our food and wanted to know where his was. She went to the kitchen and immediately grabbed it off the counter/window, tossed it on the table, said he should be nicer next time and walked away. Again, he wasn't rude. Asked to speak to a manager, she came over and told us her waitress said that she was cursed at by my buddy. All of us were dumbfounded. Pretty sure I looked like a deer in headlights. We asked for our check, which took ANOTHER 20 minutes and for one of us to walk up to someone and ask a second time. By now the place was at 1/5 capacity. The waitress came back and mentioned again. how rude she thought he was-as he was trying to make up just to calm the situation. We advised her that her manager said our friend swore at her-to which she said she never told her manager that. Terrible communication among the staff here. Maybe that's why they forgot his food. We spent $125 between the five of us. If we hadn't asked to have the severely delayed burger removed from the check and had terrible service it would have been upwards of $200 pre-tax as we planned to get another round of beers and another appetizer. Management should hold their staff accountable for the service that will result in lost profits. Unfortunately I don't think any of us will be back anytime soon. ‍ read more

Well done, steak Alfredo couldn't have been more perfect. I asked for pineapple on 1/3 of the pizza for my fiancée's favorite topping and LET ME TELL YOU the cooks here know their fractions to food... I will be adding this joint to our regular eatery. read more

I think the reviews here are pretty spot on for a lot of the items. This place was not for a quiet/relaxing dinner. Even as a sports fan, the people here were absolutely annoyingly loud. The service was ok. Not great, not bad. We ordered three meals. They brought the wrong item to my table. When I asked the server about it, she didn't seem to want to acknowledge it. I had to point out it was a completely different item. This was also a big mistake. The item they brought me looked fresher, better and a nicer looking portion than what I actually got. However, it's the same type of item. Does that make any sense? No. My wife got a burger. She liked it but when I tried it, it was ridiculously salty. She puts a lot of ketchup on it which is probably why she didn't have that issue. The kids meal pizza was the best item of the 3. The pizza was ok, but it was enough to feed 3 of us. The pizza is what saved this dinner. I wouldn't go here again. I'm sad because I've heard a lot about this place via social media. This is also our second time in there (first time we left due to menu choices prior to the rebrand). read more

If you are looking for loud annoying atmosphere and tasteless frozen food then I guess this is your place. As for me the food is over priced and tasted terrible once it finally arrived after waiting almost 45 min. The service wasn't any better. We won't be back what a waste of time and money. read more

Junction 52 Bar & Grill - New American Near Me - Santee, California

We come here consistently for the best prime rib and today at lunch I felt we were eating prison steak - it was a half burnt end piece of a prime rib and the second one they brought was barely up to par - so bummed - we LOVE this prime rib but today not so much - and we ordered hearty cut which should be called barely cut -however when it's right it truly is best prime rib in town read more

Junction 52 Bar & Grill - Not medium rare - raw on one side burnt on the other - New American Near Me - Santee, California

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Junction 52 is an interesting spot. The menu is vast and really has something for everyone. During baseball games, the restaurant becomes very lively and you will see the "homers" come out in numbers and root for the Pads. I have visited J52 several times in the past year and honestly it has been tough to pinpoint a final opinion about it. This is mostly because of the inconsistencies I have experienced here with the food and drinks. This is my attempt at an honest analysis of my visits... The food has been great at times and abysmal at others. I have started to learn that pizza and the jumbo shrimp, along with some of the other fried foods, are a safe bet. I mean, you can't really mess those up can you? I've had good an bad burgers/sliders. The tacos are a "no-go." I've had terrible cocktails and great ones. (Don't order anything too wild--order basic cocktails). The service has been a little more consistent. The servers are generally kind and work hard. Tweak the foodie concept a bit and this place can be great. Stars: 3.9 read more