If I could give a zero I would. Although they apologized for not getting my order, I never got my food. My three family members got their food and I never got mine. I honestly don't think they should have opened today. They were clearly understaffed and not prepared to handle the Christmas crowd. I'm never coming back here again. Ever. If you want great service please go elsewhere. Don't bother coming here. Here are some places way better than this one: Eastbound (lakeside) Rockys (OB) Slaters 50/50 (Liberty station) Hodads (OB) Give your money to a place that will give you great food and service. read more

One of the worst places in coronado. After we were seated it took the waitress about 20 minutes to bring drinks (granted it was busy) I ordered michellada and got something completely disgusting with warm beer. Asked for flats only on the wings, literally got only 1 flat in the entire order. Busy or not, can't run a business. I will go hungry before coming again. read more

We were on a long bike ride around the island, so decided to try based on proximity to the water and the simple menu of burgers and beers. I turned out to be a great place. Burgers a little steep in price, so decided for their original for $12 and added avo for an extra $1. It was delicious, however my zucchini slices were pretty dark, so waiter offered to bring me some better friend ones. Had great service and a nice cool beer. Will probably go back , just depending on who i ride bikes with. I usually hit the sushi spot a couple of businesses down if I can. read more

Food was excellent ! Our server was awesome ! No wait during Covid . Outside seating on sidewalk . All around great service . Would have given 5 stars but the place was a little pricey for a burger joint . read more

This review is based on our experience at the bar only we did not get any food we just got drinks and it was such a fun experience. Our bartender was awesome !!!! She was super attentive and her drinks were amazing. We were there easter afternoon and they were slammed busy but not once did we have to wait for her to refill our drinks she was on it. Kim we will be back!!! :) read more

First stop and so yummy!! Started with a Mango Mojito and shared the Bacavo with grilled onions and onion rings. read more

Nicky Rottens - Sports Bars Near Me - Coronado, California

Really great burger and the tots are the bomb. Burger patties are huge and juicy, the combination of burgers are great but they need to bring the stinky bleu cheese burger back. Staff and service here are excellent. Zucchini slices are boring but the onion rings and tater tots are hella good. read more

Loved coming here every Wednesday night for trivia night and $5 pints! If you win trivia night, you win a $50 gift card to be used the next time, on which you hopefully get to win another The staff are attentive and refilling drinks and they have some great beers on tap, which isn't hard in San Diego. If you get there early, you can reserve a pretty good sized table and other tables can be mashed together to accommodate your party. Overall great atmosphere and location with lots of great nightly specials. read more

Had an amazing happy hour! We came at happy hour and decided to get the chicken fritters and split a salad. We ended up getting two orders of fritters because they were so good and the salad was so fresh and delicious. Not to mention the quality house Chardonnay too! All and all for a split salad, two appetizers, and two glasses of wine it was only $40 between the two of us. Amazing value!! Great taste! And I have to give a shoutout to our AMAZING server Danny! He was so attentive and totally cued in to our needs the whole time. Made awesome recommendations and was so sweet. We know who's section we'll sit in when we come back. read more

I was pleasantly delighted to find so many wonderful restaurants on a recent trip to San Diego that Nicky Rottens certainly stands out. I ordered the Sweet Potato Fries as an appetizer, because someone on Yelp had proclaimed its excellence. What I got were under-cooked, still cold sticks of frost-bitten nastiness that were hardly edible. At first I thought I had happened upon one of the haute cuisine places that lives up to its name and makes sure that everything it serves is actually "Rotten", but then I realized it was just plain lazy incompetence. Such casual disregard for anything resembling customer service was certainly the theme of the night. Our bartender appeared far more concerned with chatting and what-not that she failed to stop and check on us for over 20 minutes, leaving my uneaten, ice cold 'Rotten' fries on the bar collecting dust. By the time she finally stopped by to discover the complete failure of my order, she actually seemed put-off that I had the nerve to complain. I really don't think the other 5 people sitting at the bar got any better service, but they seemed content with their food at least. My companion was happy with his meal, as were the two gentlemen stacking their clean-picked chicken wing bones into a log house on the bar. I have a hard time giving the place less than 2 stars - perhaps it just wasn't my night. Still, in comparison to some of the great food and service I received in San Diego, Nicky Rottens is easily at the bottom of the barrel. read more

When we got there, the hostess was taking a to go order, which took about 37 minutes. We asked her if we could just go find a seat in the bar, and she said, "yes, just grab something" when we got in, we found a lady guarding an empty table, turns out, she was the manager. She said you have to let the hostess seat you, when we told her that the hostess was busy and sent us in to find our own seat, she escorted us back out and told the hostess, who was still taking the to go order, she couldn't just let people walk in, we're full(but there were several empty tables)... We waiting another several minutes with everyone ignoring us, and then walked down to firehouse, set down immediately, and had a nice lunch. Initial impressions are not good, we might not come back, but if we do, I'll change my review. Went back a month later... After waiting 5 minutes for the hostess, who never came.... The review stands. read more

Burgers are delish and enormous! The menu is varied, but you can add and subtract at will to get a burger just the way you want it. The dipping sauce for the zucchini is some creamy wasabi variety and will definitely clear your sinuses, but is the perfect complement to them. A maple syrup comes with the sweet potato fries, very interesting choice. A wide variety of beer and premium liquor round out the meal nicely. We were too full to try dessert, but they had em and they looked lovely on the table next to us. Highly recommend if you're in Coronado and burger hungry. read more

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Ok I know with the advent of all these reality shows like bar rescue, kitchen nightmares, and others of the ilk, I'm going to sound like an armchair quarterback with this review but I will also speak from the experience of someone that waited tables at a chain restaurant so take this review with a grain of salt. However if you take this review with a grain of salt from this particular restaurant, expect to wait over an hour for something as simple as a grain of salt and expect your server to spend more time exchanging numbers and flirting with the local talent than checking up with the kitchen to see why it takes so long to produce this grain of salt. Now with that out of the way, when we first arrived we were seated and while the restaurant had a decent crowd it wasn't "rush hour". A lot of people were already eating so at the most the server(s) would have to check up on their tables. After about a half hour of our server walking around to check up on every one of her tables but ours, and taking time to gossip with her coworkers between table visits, and my grabbing the attention of another server she finally takes time out of her busy day to take our order. In case you were wondering I ordered the BBQ burger with garlic fries and my girlfriend ordered the teriyaki burger with sweet potato fries. Fortunately he next half hour nothing eventful happened, but when we finally got our food, my girlfriend's burger bun was either soggy or burnt with the meat overlooked and the sweet potato fries being somewhere between cold and raw. I'm going to try to be objective and not place too much blame on the server since it's the kitchen's fault the food took so long. Consider this, it takes about 8-10 minutes to grill a burger (let alone burgers cooked at medium well), and about the same time give or take a couple minutes for fried foods. On the other hand, a good server would have checked up on us and at the very least talk to the kitchen to see if our food was being made. I left a $2 tip and quite frankly my girlfriend wouldn't have been as nice suggesting afterward I should've left a negative tip only paying for my food but when I asked why she didn't say anything at first she said "that's what Yelp is for", thus here I am just moments after our harrowing experience advising you all to take your money to better places if you are in Coronado. However, If you are in Coronado and want a good burger, save yourself the money and time and go to Danny's or Burger Lounge. If you want to wait this long for food, go get some sushi instead. read more

This place has some monster sized burgers and the amount of fries and tots you get are also voluminous! I will say the service is lacking as we had to ask for napkins even after we had some food delivered and they seem to only offer utensils on a request basis or I can only assume as such since we never got any. I had the basic huge Rotten burger which by it namesake doesn't sound very appetizing but it was good if not formidable. My lovely wife had the Swiss and mushroom burger with grilled onions. It was good but a bit salty and greasy. Fries were good and tots were plentiful. We ordered a side of onion rings which were the only undersized item at $10 I thought a few more than 6 rings and one cold one from what must have been from someone else's plate. In fact the others looked as if they had been refried from some other order based on their color. With that all being said the hot ones were good but not worth it for $10. Would go back again someday but I'd have to be real hungry. Much better burger at Eureka in Carlsbad. read more

We stopped in here because nearby Coronado Brewing Company was packed to the gills. I was craving a burger anyway, so this fit the bill. I was sad to discover, however, that my previous favorite burger was no longer on the menu (it was bleu cheese, bacon deliciousness.) It's been quite awhile since my last Nicky Rottens visit, so it's probably been off for awhile, but man it really was a bummer. I went with the chili cheese burger (no bun) and he went with the spicy bbq chicken wings. He was going to order fries, but the menu listed the price at $8.95 so I just told him to take mine since I didn't want a ton anyway. I guess since I ordered a bunless burger they thought I wouldn't want fries really so they gave me a teeny tiny amount compared to the amount given as a side on the tables around me. Anyway, the burger was definitely good, and the wings were nice and spicy. If you're looking for a sports bar on the Island, this is a great place to check out. read more

What started off as a nice experience ended HORRIBLY! I was in from out of town for Easter weekend. I brought my mom out for lunch. After we were finished I requested our bill. The server comes back and asks me if I put my card in with the bill. She saw me do this btw. Right away I'm alarmed, she says "oh you did right" ummmmmm YES I did! Needless to say she goes around the restaurant looking on the floor for my card. SHE LOST MY CARD! Really!? I understand things can happen, but really if you have too many things in your hand and can't properly secure someone's card, maybe you should put some dishes down! The manager finally walks over, apologizes and comps our meal. I don't want a freakin comped meal, I want my Card! So here I am with no access to any funds on my Easter vacation and the inconvenience of having to go get a new card and change all my bills connected with that card. read more

Just as bad as the one in downtown San Diego! It's almost comical that we weren't served or given any sort of service at two different locations of the same restaurant on the same San Diego trip!!! I really hope they get their act together and I hope one day I get to actually try the food!!! Oh well, there's plenty of good burgers out there... read more

WOW...where do I start?!? The name, ROTTEN, certainly applies to my first and last experience at the Coronado location. I had family in town so decided to go to the Coronado location...what a JOKE! If you ever go, make sure you don't get a waitress by the name of Karen. She is a blithering idiot. She took our order, which was a simple grilled cheese and soup, and 30 minutes later, came back to ask us what we ordered. Another 15 minutes went by and she came back again to ask us what we ordered. So...after an hour of waiting for grilled cheese and soup, she finally brought the order out, but it was wrong. Also, I had to ask the other servers for silverware and napkins and our waitress never bothered to check on us or ask if we needed refills. I had to get refills from another server who was bringing food to the table next to ours. The food was very marginal, and nothing I couldn't get anywhere else. The service was the worst and needless to say, I would never go back again as Coronado has too many other alternatives that are far superior to that dump Nicky Rottens. read more

As always great food and fantastic service. If you're in Coronado you must visit. Wish they had 6 star rating! read more

Nicky Rottens - Sports Bars Near Me - Coronado, California

Finding anywhere with kids is difficult, but Nicky's was perfect. The outdoor dining gave us lots of room and the atmosphere was great. Kids meals were reasonably priced and the chicken strips were fantastic. My wife and I had burgers, which were exceptional, but its the chicken wings I would recommend as they were spot on. Great place to eat. I will return!! read more

A crossover bar that sits at the intersection of dive and nice...but does a pretty nice job with pouring beers and cocktails. Of course it all depends on who you get as a bartender. The good ones have recognition of stuff like old fashioneds and can even churn out a decent one. Others can barely get you a decent martini! I thankfully had a 60% success rate with bartenders so I call that a win. Service was quick and friendly and the food serviceable, though they do have the tendency to drizzle sauces on stuff when it is not mentioned in the description! The chicken wraps for example were kinda satay like in a lettuce cup instead of a cabbage cup, and were drizzled with a super sticky sweet sauce that seeped into your skin! If it were not for the quick intervention of a few squirts of Sriracha (thank god the production line is back on!), I might have had to toss them. The short rib sliders were tender and again with a sweet demi, but at least that worked well as a slider. The side fries were crispy and well seasoned and added a touch of salt to accompany the sliders. Entree's were serviceable, but nothing to make me or any of our party ever order them again. All in all a good place to hang and catch a sporting event on TV...if you get the right bartender or waitress! read more

I went to Nicky Rotten's today with my friends because I have had such a great time on Monday Funday (their all day happy hour on Mondays) in the past. I checked the website to make sure they still had the offer, because I know the Coronado deals are very seasonal. The website specifically called out the all-night happy hour and the prices of beer, wine and well drinks ($3). When we arrived we were told that they no longer have the all night happy hour on Mondays, even though their website specifically features the details of their all day happy hour. They have also increased their prices because everything is $4 instead of the previous $3. We stayed anyway because we had already come all that way, but I was extremely disappointed that they would not honor their online advertisement. There isn't anything terribly wrong with the food or the service, but I won't be coming back because I don't appreciate being lied to. read more

Awesome location with outdoor seating. Great service, we had our main server with the other servers working as a team. Ordered Fish N' Chips and BLT. French Fries was good, nice and hot Rest of food was okay, nothing special. read more

Place is pretty amazing!! Very chill sports bar with friendly staff. We had a very very nice waitress, I just wished i had remembered her name. **Minkya mushroom burger is the bizzzz!! It's sautéed mushrooms, with onions and peppers with melted swiss cheese topped with their house sauce. It was pretty amaze balls!!! I got the side order of garlic fries, and thankfully they didn't drench that ish in garlic. It had just the right amount. **coronado margarita was sweet you couldn't even taste the alcohol, to the point i drank it like water and got a good buzz. Hah! I ended up getting another round of this. Medium sized venue with a good ambience to it. Food/drinks are affordable. They definitely have one of the best tasting burgers. Not sure why some rated them poorly. Will be back when i'm in the area again! Kudos!! read more

Great lunch at Nicky's today enjoying delicious "Rotten" Burger! Since this is an indulgence for my husband and me we enjoyed the hot, juicy burgers to the fullest. Great French fries, too. Teresa was attentive, sweet and watchful. Seated on 1st Street sidewalk with a great view of the bay. Lovely. Jack and Gloria Nedell read more

Typical dive bar joint with over expensive dive food due to the location in Coronado. The staff is not very friendly either. My experience here was not a good one. Highly, recommend checking out other places in Coronado if you you're looking for a place to enjoy a decent meal. Best of luck! read more

Had a great dinner with friends tonight.. great food and service. Our server, Josh, was excellent. I'll definitely go back.. read more

Good burger place, I got the sliders and fries and it was more than enough food. My date got a hot dog and really enjoyed it, it was a pretty big hot dog lol. A bit pricey for me but maybe it's just a Coronado thing. read more

I'm giving 2 stars because the food was actually really good, but the service was unbelievably bad!! I would suggest going right down the sidewalk to the Coronado Brewing Company. Nicky Rottens had the worst service. They did not care that we came into the restaurant on a Saturday late in the afternoon on a holiday weekend!! I have never been to a restaurant that was actually empty, with at least 4 servers literally hanging around, switching off serving our table now and then for over an hour and a half. I'm not sure what the young guys were doing??? Seriously, they stood across the restaurant near the bar literally hanging out. We seriously did not know why they took forever to bring the food, never brought standard things to the table, and even at the end, we waited for 20min after our meal and got up and asked if we could get the bill. They literally did not care that we were spending $200 on a nice meal. We didn't ask for anything out of the ordinary. We didn't even express how disappointing their service was. So shocked that the other reviews said they loved the vibe there and the service. There was no service. read more

Stopped in here for some drinks and football on Saturday afternoon - great place to watch a game, TVs and projector screens everywhere. We had just eaten before heading to Coronado, so a return trip is definitely in order to try one of their burgers... Maybe even the Challenge Burger (2.5 lbs of beef on a custom baked bun and fries). We did order some wings, which were perfectly cooked and HUGE and tossed in their buffalo ranch sauce, highly recommended. They have rotating taps of modern times, ballast point, saint Archer and Coronado brewing company of course, plus cocktails and domestic beers. Our waitress was very friendly and attentive even with a full section. Overall a good experience, I'll definitely be back soon! read more

Belly busting burgers let down by bad service. Yeah the menu has some crazy stuff on it. The hawaiian burger was intense, and that was with a turkey patty. Imagine it with real beef. This place would be awesome to try out all their stuff. Only one problem, I will not be coming back. Simply put, service was not good. The hostess lead us to a table that had no room for us to even get into the damn chairs. I saw another one nearby and asked the hostess if we could get that one, she had a deer in the headlights reaction. Our waitress was nice enough but very inattentive. And the bus boy that night had a major stick jammed up his @$$, was grumbling to himself when he finally cleared our dishes. Would not recommend this place, go hit up Burger Lounge instead. read more

I had heard good things about their burgers, so while down for a staycation with friends, we stopped in. The hostess said the wait would be about 20 minutes, which was much less than The Coronado Brewing Company down the street. After 20 minutes and the kids getting restless, we decided to sit down in the patio and order beers for the adults and food from the bar (full menu available) for the kids while waiting for the table. After a few minutes the waitress took our order. After 15 minutes we finally got our 4 drinks, however, they forgot to bring 1 of the beers. It then took her another 15 minutes to bring it after we reminded her, obviously forgetting as she served many other patrons. As we still hadn't been seated, and the two young hostesses not seeming to care when I twice asked about the wait, we finally decided to just order at the outside patio, which is less than is deal for 8 people, as there is no table, just a long bar top to eat at, which made talking to anyone but the person on each side of you impossible. Memo to management, if there is a UFC fight on, don't underestimate wait times just to get business, it may result in a $150 in the coffers, but it also results in 1 star Yelp reviews and customer's who won't be coming back. read more

I have been there thee times now, twice on happy hour. (It has been open for less than a week!!) and the last time (Tuesday) when I thought it was as happy at 3:15 as the day before ... it was NOT as I discovered when I got the bill at double the previous one! I should have waited until 4:00!!! Jared, as I previously called him, came to see me as soon as I sat down and he apparently read my review, explained his channel surfing, and bought my first beer. Well the screens are nicely balanced among the Sport and other channels and I am sure that some inquiry will precede channel changes from now on. Everything is brand new and deserves a learning curve. He gave me his card (Jared is not his name :-) and I let the channel surfer remain anonymous, as he faced the music and made good!. To re-cap and slightly edit my previous review: The beers, ales and bar drink specials are absolutely great. A balanced offering of draft beers very good well booze and the food specials are great. I had the fried zucchini with wasabi sauce, the tater tots with the pesto aioli were very good, I needed to get another helping of the aioli. The sweet and spicy shrimp were both very candied sweet and nicely spicy. I (accidentally) paired them with a Racer 5 IPA which played very well. I tried the garlic tater tots today (with pesto aioli) and they are what you'd expect, The service is friendly, smooth and quick. Why only four stars?? Well, my small beef has been fixed, so, if you check, now there are five! read more

I had no idea when I first drove by that this place actually has a pretty nice view of the San Diego skyline from the front patio. Great place to sit on a warm night, or a semi-chilly one because there's heaters :) I had wings and sweet potato fries. The sweet chili wings were excellent - highly recommended. Sometimes sweet chili flavored sauces tend to be more spicy, but this one wasn't. Our server was an absolute sweetheart. I was craving sweet potato fries hard, but I knew I wasn't going to eat a giant basket of them, so I asked if there was any way to get a smaller portion. He worked it out and got me a half order, which isn't on the menu. I hope I don't start something, but you could probably also get away with asking for a half order if you're like me and don't have the stomach to pig out on a giant basket of fries. read more

Very average burgers here. I have also eaten twice at the downtown location. I keep regretting coming, but I like giving places another chance. I am done with Nicky Rottens. It is NOT worth the drive or money. P.S. Do not take anyone under 21 to the Coronado location. They cannot enter. read more

Not gonna lie - we came to Coronado for Pokemon hunting This place was recommended by a friend. Sports Bar type ambiance. My son was sleeping in his stroller. Not a lot of adequate seating available for families with small kids. Most tables were tall. Menu was good. My older son ordered the pastrami burger with tots - so yummy. Pastrami Sandwich for my girl also pretty good. For my sleeping 5 yr old, I ordered kids chicken strips to go. RANCH dressing was Amazing!!!! Better than your average nugget dip sauce. I ordered lettuce wraps from the appetizer menu. Not so impressed. Not your typical chicken lettuce wraps like PF Changs or Oggi's. It was more like a lettuce wedge with shredded carrots/red cabbage on top. I would not order this again. We lucked out with parking. It was after 6pm. Which meant it was FREE. Took a short stroll across the street toward the Ferry Landing. Perfect Pokemon hunting spot! I would def return again just for the tots and ranch read more

Nicky Rottens - Needing somewhere to eat while Pokemon hunting - Sports Bars Near Me - Coronado, California

Just ate at Nicky Rottens Bar and the food was delicious and plentiful. My husband loves the fries that went with his burger. I brought home half my salad which was huge. Good service and nice atmosphere. I definitely go back. read more

Heard about this place and since I love a good hamburger, me and my BF decided to check this place out. I love going to a sports bar that is alive with chatter and the smell of good food. This place was jumpin' but it wasn't overly crowded or too loud. At this location, the ambience was very relaxing and a little on the romantic side while you have football, baseball and soccer playing in the background. We didn't have to wait long before we got served.. Wow I was surprised with the size cup they use for the soft drinks and water. I loved it, you don't have to flag down your server for refills. I ordered a burger with tots and it was sooooo good! I love tots! It was seasoned just right and crispy. I ordered my burger medium and it was good, not dry and it was yummers! My BF ordered the steak sandwich and he really liked it and said if they had cajun seasoning on the fries...they'd be perfect. We will be visiting more often! read more

The bar was packed and they wouldn't serve alcohol in the family dining area. BOOO!! Come on! We went for the super bowl! The hot wings were alright but wished they put a little less salt.. Mehh read more

We ended up here because there was a 40 minute wait at Coronado Brewing company. We sat almost immediately here, which was nice, and the view was great from the front patio, lots of good people watching, but that's kind of where it stops. Nothing was BAD per say, but it just wasn't good. They had a very limited beer selection (which is very strange for this area, especially with all the amazing local brews available), so that was really disappointing to start off with. At a glance, the menu LOOKED really great. We ordered the nachos, and the Bacavo burger. The nachos were covered in processed cheese sauce. Not even REAL melted cheese, like that stuff from a can or a jar. Just so much gloppy slop on those nachos, and barely any chips. The burger was nothing great, nothing bad. Better than the nachos, but I've had much better burgers at places that weren't "burger bars". The fires that came with it were very much generic from a freezer bag fries though. Would not go back to this place. Would probably just wait the 40 minutes for Coronado instead, but we were starving... read more