Mastiff Kitchen is one of my local favorites. The food is super consistent, especially the appetizers. Everything is flavorful and clearly made with care. I've tried a good chunk of the menu over time and haven't been let down once. It's also a really dependable "safe spot", the kind of place I know I can bring friends, family, or just stop by solo and get something satisfying. That said, the seating isn't my favorite. Most of it is high-top tables, which aren't super comfortable if you're planning to stick around for a bit. And the staff vibe can be a little hard to read... some days they're warm and helpful, other times it's kind of quiet and distant. Not bad service, just inconsistent energy. Still, the food keeps me coming back. If you're looking for a reliable neighborhood spot with good beer, great shareables, and a menu that doesn't miss, this is it. read more

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The mastiff fries were delicious and the pizza is thick and tasty. A bit noisy but it is a beer place and the service is awesome. To finish we came on Monday and it is happy hour all day. read more

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Way way unorganized. Not worth the wait! . Made me miss my basketball game due to losing an order I paid for on their website! I spent 30 minutes in the takeout parking spot after the website said my pizza was ready. Then we ate the pizza. I was hoping nobody noticed but everyone said it is way too salty. End of story. read more

I ordered food through Door Dash $60 and it never arrived. I called Mastiff Kitchen and they told me to take it up Door Dash! I hope they enjoyed my family's meal! read more

We have been here at least 3 times for lunch/dinner and once for breakfast. Everyone we have had exceptional service. The food we have ordered has been really delicious. The breakfast sandwich and all American breakfast, the sliders and chicken bacon ranch burger, and we absolutely love the pickled veggies. If you order something and it doesn't have them as a side I recommend asking for a side of them for a out 2 dollars or so. Not a lot of seating but I'd says it's good for a small family or small group of people. The beer selection is amazing as well, I believe they also have seltzers, kombucha, and wine for the non beer drinking folks. The only bad thing I have to say is that yesterday that we went, we ordered a Hawaiian pizza with buffalo wings and it was all really salty. Don't let that deter you though I still recommend this place. read more

Nice relaxed brew pub with excellent Detroit style pizza. Seating is high top tables or the bar. Was pretty busy even in the middle of a Saturday afternoon read more

*Update 11/2025 great service good vibes. Many craft beer selections and plentiful bar seats. read more

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We love this place! Took full advantage of Happy Hour, Spencer the bartender was awesome. Nice dude, great service. We had the Mastiff fries which we had not yet tried, they are freaking amazing. They have Athletic Non Alcoholic IPA, which is perfect for us No -drinkers who still love a beer ski. Thanks as always for a date night with good food, good people. We will be back. read more

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We were definitely very impressed by this place! We had not been here but we could see it while we were sitting on the patio over at Mama Mia's a couple weeks ago so I decided to give them a try when we went out to lunch the other day. I had looked at the pictures on their Yelp page and saw the ones for pork belly and was pretty sure that was what I wanted to try. My husband got a chicken ranch sandwich. The girl behind the counter said for $2 more he could get fries and a drink with it as a lunch special! I said sure. He was really impressed with it. It was even bigger than it looks in the photo. I was happy with my pork belly nuggets. I got the larger $15 size and couldn't even finish them all. They made a great dinner with a side of rice that evening. The girl behind the counter couldn't have been nicer. I'm sorry I didn't get her name. She checked in with the a couple times to make sure we were happy with our choices, which we definitely were. I thought the wine bottle with our cold water was how cute idea and the water tasted delicious. I don't normally drink a lot of water in restaurants but I had two glasses of this. We can't wait to go back and try something else! The bottom line....huge portions, delicious quality, excellent service and very reasonably priced. read more

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Having passed by Mastiff Kitchen numbers times, and noticing the $5 Happy Hour Menu along with the all night Monday night Happy Hour on drinks, a friend and I went there after work on a recent Monday. Anyway, when I arrived, just before 5:30, the parking lot was full, but I found easy street parking on the nearest cross street. I arrived first ,and was kindly greeted by staff. It is kind of a fast casual restaurant where you order at the counter, but they ask you to wait to be seated, and also do sometimes stop by your table to see if you need anything. They seated me at the last available table, which would have been comfortable enough, but the door was open, it was a bit cold, and our menus and napkins were blown all over the place. They have a decent sized $5 happy hour menu, and we placed our orders before the end of Happy Hour (6 PM). I was disappointed that they were out of pizza by the slice, as I had decided on the pizza square and the rustic tomato salad. Anyway, between myself and my friend, we shared several of the other items on the $5 menu. The staff was friendly and gave my friend several tastes of drinks before he decided on the hard kombucha. I chose the Pinot Noir. We shared the smash burger slider, the crispy chicken slider, rustic tomato salad, a sausage, and wings. Everything came out hot and fresh and it was really good. I do wish I had been able to try the pizza, but since I wasn't in the mood to order a whole pizza, I skipped. All in all, it is a decent happy hour with a great value. I'm not a huge burger or wing person, so it may not be my favorite place, but I thought they did a good job with everything they had. I may stop by again sometime for pizza and salad. read more

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The Double smash burger were exceptional and the buffalo wings excellent. The service was fast and the food came out fresh in minutes. The place has its chill vibe. It was as nearest to perfect as it could be. read more

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Great smash burgers and salad here. They have a fine selection of beers. But we love the lunch specials. This is also a convenient place to meet friends. Close to the freeway. It's one of those come up to the counter, place your order and they will bring it to your table. read more

Very casual place good food and friendly service! Very family friendly type of place but if I remember correctly they also served local IPA's. If your out support small business and give this spot a try. read more

We enjoyed the food here...the pizza and the burger were great! The burger has 2 patties and tasted almost like The Friendly with less grease. The one dish we didn't like was the vegetarian bratwurst. read more

Amazing place to come and relax with friends, the food and service was both pretty good, I came in with a few buddy's and we all ended up with burgers, I got a beer as well which was pretty tasty and we also got a side of buffalo chicken fries to share, everything was good minus two key things which is sadly why I couldn't give this place a 5 star review. My first complaint was the size of the patty, by the time I got to the end of the burger there was no more patty, the burger was super super drenched with aïoli sauce a little more meat would've been nice. My second complaint was the chicken within the Buffalo chicken fries, honestly disgusting in my opinion I spit it out tbh tasted super chewy and I wouldn't recommend it. Overall I would come back and would recommend the place to my friends (: read more

We went to Mastiff from a recommendation YELP as our plans change and we were in the area. As we walked in we were greeted by a staff member who gave us a friendly run down on seating and ordering. Many beers on tap, we ordered 4 different beers and 2 kombuchas. Beer were cold and clean tasting - often time with many beer choices lines aren't always clean. The selection was great with local and semi local choices. Kombuchas were ice cold and delicious. Menu choices were good pairings for what you'd expect from a good tap house and very well priced. We have very tasty chicken wings, excellent double smash burgers and a crispy chicken salad. All well made, very fresh and timely delivered. We highly recommend Mastiff! read more

We were looking for a chill spot to catch the SDSU game and this place had everything we could ask for. Huge beer selection and all week happy hour already make this spot worth it, but the service and food put it over any others. The smash burgers and pizza are top notch here! Get either and you will not be disappointed. We have gotten the pork nugs, sliders and they are OK. Imo the best app would be the wings. I definitely would come back for the happy hour and pizza as they are a can't miss! read more

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5 Stars based on the Mush Love pizza!!! Would def come back for more (and to try the burgers) are you kidding... My friend and I were seated at the bar and our server was so nice! No wait time for water refills and was checked on :) When the pizza came out, we were questioning if it was a deep dish but it's just thick crispy dough! You can hear the crunch biting into it, just need to eat it at a good pace or the bottom will get soggy. Flavorful tomato sauce, toppings falling off the bone. Chill and casual place to dine! read more

Mastiff Kitchen - La Mesa - Mush Love - Burgers Near Me - La Mesa, California

I don't believe the team running this restaurant understands that you lose guests "one at a time". First issue was a couple of months ago on a delivery. I called the location when my order was shorted a burger. The female on the phone asked the take-out employee who replied, "sorry, but I know it was in there." She then acted like she had no idea how to help and really didn't care. Fast forward to 4/24 when a delivery just did not show up. The manager on the phone basically said, not our problem reach out to the delivery company, adding "you chose the delivery company" really? He also noted that "we are really busy right now" Well with these attitudes and complete lack of guest service you wont be busy forever. Thanks read more

Pork belly's, pizza and beer.. pretty hard to top this. A little pricey but excellent quality. Worth checking out, could be your new hangout. I'm not a fan of metal seats... uncomfortable read more

Pleasantly surprised by this place! We visited this location several times years ago when it was Craft Kitchen, which was not memorable, so for some reason we were expecting the same for Mastiff. Wrong. We tried the guava wine cocktail, garlic maple Brussels sprouts, burrata margherita pizza, hatch chile sausage, hot honey garlic wings, and gochujang wings. Except for the hot honey garlic wings, everything was beyond amazing. The only thing wrong with the hot honey garlic wings was that the flavor was pure garlic and not hot honey. Still good though, and both sets of wings were crispy even while doused in sauce. Our joint favorite part of the meal was the Brussels sprouts, which were super crispy and sweet without being TOO sweet. On the burrata margherita pizza, it was covered in cherry tomatoes and they were cooked to perfection. We sat at the bar and the service was casual and easy-going. All of the tables were full when we arrived (probably because of happy hour) and empty by the time we left, so I'm thinking even at peak hours it's not too crazy in this small location. Definitely recommend going for a casual environment with amazing food. read more

Came here during their happy hour and they offer some pretty good deals. Got their mastiff fries, Brussels sprouts, and smash burger slider. Each of these were $5. They also offer $5 off all their whole pizzas. Took advantage of this and ordered their That's My Boy pizza. Suuuuuper good. Comes with pepperoni, ricotta cheese, jalapeño, honey, and red sauce. The balance of spiciness and sweetness is perfect. I noticed they had a bunch of beers on draft so it would be a great place to chill and have some drinks, too. read more

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My gf and I were thinking of somewhere to take her mom for a good meal. My gf was craving a burger so we headed here. We grabbed a seat at the bar and got immediate service. The beers were amazing, but the pork nugs stole the show. The smash burgers were amazing as well and really hit the spot. This is a solid spot for a good meal. read more

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Chef Tony knows his shit! The pizza, sliders & hatch sausage was superb. The kraut with caraway was an added benefit!! read more

Delicious pizza conveniently located in La Mesa. I've only ever ordered takeout, but the ambience inside the place looks chill and laid back, a place to hangout with friends to enjoy a beer and some bites. First of all, the crust on these pan pizzas are sooooo delicious, it's a crispy cheese crust. I've tried other pan pizzas/Detroit style pizzas in SD but have found the cheese crust flavor in other places to be way too overpowering. Not at Mastiff though, flavor is just right. I have tried their Choke n Chiken and That's My Boy - both highly savory and delicious pan pizzas. They're soooo good, I wish the pizzas were bigger!! That being said though, 2 slices fill me up plenty, and for my husband he can do 2.5-3 slices in one sitting (but 3 is pushing it). I really enjoy that when you go pick them up, they take some extra steps to pack your order to make sure it's as enjoyable as possible. I've noticed that the team will spread some hot/fresh tomato sauce on top of the pizza and grate fresh (Parmesan?) cheese on top. It's such a nice touch!! The box the pizzas come in are very sturdy, which is important since these pizzas are pretty thick. I also appreciate that Mastiff has a parking lot, makes picking up much easier. This will easily become my go to for pan pizza. read more

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I got the pork bites and pizza and they were good! The only thing I would say is that the pizza I got could have had less jalapenos, and the crust maybe a tad less burnt. read more

Mastiff Kitchen - La Mesa - Thats My Boy - Burgers Near Me - La Mesa, California

This review is partly for Nicky.. we went in yesterday and she was absolutely amazing. Best customer service she went above and beyond. The food is always great and also the beer. But she was definitely the highlight of the place. Businesses need more like her read more

Ordering app said it would be a half hour to make my ranch, chicken sandwich and french fries... I showed up 6 minutes early guy at the the register big burly guy scruffy hair lightly tells me he just bagged it up, I get home 5 minutes later. This sandwich is ice cold. French fries are cold and soggy. I won't make this mistake again. read more

The Food is amazing i got the Veggie Burger with Mastiff Fries an the sauce "Hits" mad flavor, my Daughter had the Double Smash With Shoestring Fries an She now Deemed it her new Smash Burger Spot lol.. The Service Was Nice He Addressed Me As Mr.Frank That was kool, that's a place that would make you feel at home. On Top of it all the place was Buzzing With as many people i seen in Their Place it truly Match the food coming out the Kitchen. So With that i Will be back for the Veggie Bratwurst an more of them Fresh Fries. read more

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Nice little spot if you want to grab just a beer, but they also have delicious food. We especially love the pork belly bites!!

Where to begin everything about this place is absolutely AMAZING. The food- Hands down THE BEST Brussels I've had in a while. All of the items we ordered were delicious and man did we order a lot during their happy hour. The pizza is delicious, my friend even had an off request (she's from Jersey) and asked for garlic powder. Chris made it happen. Drinks- I got a cider and the hibiscus sangria PHENOMENAL there is so much beer on tap! Service- Chris had the BEST customer service super friendly, attentive, informative, and overall just patient. He let us sample some brews checked on us regularly. Happy Hour prices were amazing from 3-6 and there is plenty of parking. The ambiance was vibrant great music very highly recommend. Even if you're not in the area this is worth the drive from anywhere is San Diego! read more

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This was our first visit to Mastiff Kitchen. Thankfully, they weren't extremely busy on Labor Day holiday for dinner. We dined with a party of four and looked forward to our meal since reading the favorable reviews since opening their La Mesa location. We ordered the following items: double smash burger with shoestring fries, pork nugs, & pig fries. We also had a glass each of their Sauvignon Blanc & Cabernet Sauvignon wines which were happy hour priced all night. All food dishes were served promptly, hot, well portioned, and tasty. The restaurant's atmosphere is pretty casual, sound isn't too loud or busy, service was good. We wanted to try their pizza as well but didn't have the appetite to try it this time, but it's on our short bucket list to try the next time we return. read more

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I've always wanted to try this spot located in an unassuming location in the middle of a neighborhood and it did not disappoint! I don't have crazy expectations from a place that serves the standard American pub grubs and libations, but this place has a great atmosphere. The lady who helped us was so sweet and pleasant. The restaurant is clean and the vibe is casual and relaxed. The food was out of this world. It's definitely heavy food, but they have tons of lighter and even vegetarian options. I have to say that the garlic maple brussel sprouts are TO DIE FOR!! The Mastiff fries has me dancing on my seat because not only is it flavorful, it is also GENIUS. I've never had fries cut this way, but it makes me wonder why not? The way these fries are engineered to be loaded with creamy sauce and toppings makes every bite a party in your mouth. Their happy hour bites are worth it and they are all so good! read more

Mastiff Kitchen - La Mesa - Mastiff fries, double smash burger, chicken wings, garlic maple brussel sprouts = post workout meal - Burgers Near Me - La Mesa, California

This place is Amazing. The food is awesome and the happy hour deals are great. Excellent beer selection and the service was super. Entire staff is very knowledgeable and really friendly. We had a birthday celebration on a Friday evening and they accommodated us and made sure everything was perfect. Definitely recommend Mastiff Kitchen read more

Went to Mastiff Kitchen for my friend's bday. Mastiff Kitchen is a small, cozy spot in La Mesa. Our server was super friendly and chatted us up about his fav pizzas at Mastiff. 1 ordered the Brussels sprouts, pig nugs, double smash burger w mastiff fries The Pig nugs are super delicious w a spicy sauce. The double smash burger was super yummy. A very well cooked typical smash burger but so tasty here. Def going to hit Mastiff up again. Parking lot needs its spots repainted cause it's a little bit confusing at night. read more

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Excellent casual dining. Try the Detroit style pizza. Service is very friendly. They do get busy on a weekend.

Cassidy was fantastic. She's the most technologically sophisticated waitress ever. Give this girl a raise!! Great food and great beer selection. Highly recommend brunch sat / sun Planning for happy hour read more

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First off --I have been loyal to this place since they opened ( I should have posted raving reviews and will for my next meals there) but tonight I ordered their pan pepperoni pizza -- takeout -- for my guests who had not tried the pizza yet. I was so excited to have them fall in love with this pizza and it's crisp tasty crust. ( we split the burger fries etc last time-- which was amazing also) WELL the pizza tonight under the unexpected extra sauce on top was so burn that pieces and 90% of the bottom crust were not edible. Literally chard so bad that the taste was something I have never experienced before. I'll be checking my pizza before leaving from now on if doing takeout and I hope they do the same. Again love them but this was a ruined dinner to guests that I was excited to share their food with. read more

Mastiff Kitchen - La Mesa - (Takeout order) Trying to salvage the pizza--bottom crust was burnt to an inedible level. - Burgers Near Me - La Mesa, California

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Overall had a great experience at this place and it was definitely worth the visit. It's in a distant place away from traffic so it has limited seating but plenty of seating for the location. The environment of the location is amazing and a nice kick back vibe. Me and my wife sat at the bar and we had a very polite and attentive waitress. They have a huge beer selection but didn't have any beer. We had several items. 4/5 Pig Fries - Had plenty of flavor, the meet was nice and tender, all the sauces were delicious. A little on the salty side but adding ranch helped very much! 4.5/5 Chicken bacon ranch - Never had such tender chicken and everything fit so well. Can't complain. 3/5 Double cheeseburger- I honestly did enjoy the burger but had too many burnt edges but other than that, great burger. Pricing is beyond reasonable! I will definitely return! read more

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This is not a dog friendly place! You have to sit outside and there's no covering. I came in after I picked up my kid from school, and she wants some snacks. We had our dog because we assumed with the name, it was a dog friendly place. It's not. They told us to sit outside, and we did. It was hot and there's so many flies. That it wasn't really a good experience. But our food and waiter is amazing!! I got the Julian apple cider, which is amazing!! The brussel sprouts are delicious and my fave. My daughter loves the slider! Chicken wings were bursting with flavor. The pizza with burrata cheese is delightful. All in all, food and service are amazing. read more

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