Best place by far to go and watch some good sports games. Aaron the manager is professional, nice, and very understanding when it comes to watching your favorite team play while taking into consideration everyone else thats there trying to watch their game. All in all the service is awesome and the food is great. Recommend spicy ranch and sweet chille wings. I come here about every weekend and I leave a happy person. read more

I love this place...the food is awesome, and the people are very friendly. My favorite place in Coronado.

I've been to this location twice and both times the service could have been better. On my first visit I had finished my drink and wanted another. The server was nowhere to found and eventually my wife's drink was gone too. We waited and waited and nothing. Soon after my desire to have another drink went away so I asked for the check. Unfortunately, there were no staff to help us so I kindly asked the security person at the door to give us a hand in finding someone to help. The bouncer went and took our check and our cash to the bar, where he had to wait too. He came back with our change and apologized for the delay. I know this security guy went out of his way to help us, but I would expect the help to come from the servers. The place was not too busy either, maybe 4 tables were taken and 4 people at the bar. On my second visit the service was better even though the restaurant was much busier. The food was OK but could have been better. I probably won't be going back to this place for a long time only because the food wasn't that great and the service is hit and miss. I must say the pricing was reasonable. read more

The best place for a burger in Coronado. Great beer selection, great location, great view, great food & Service!!! When in Coronado make sure you visit Nicky's!!!!!! Steve RSD read more

Best comic con Bloody Mary by far!!,

I was surprised by how casual or non existent the service was. I ordered the "Hoffa" and the runner gave me the wrong burger. The server wasn't around so i let the hostess know and never saw my server when she came around 15 min. later and wasn't informed she asked me "what i want to do about it" and took our drink orders instead. When she finally came back and I told her i wanted them to cook me a new burger.(my friend got my burger had already started eating) When i received my burger it wasn't the "Hoffa" which I had ordered in the first place...the Jalepeno burger, it was a regular cheeseburger with onions on it..I dont even understand why they brought me that, maybe thats what they do when somethings wrong with your order they bring you some other piece of shit! I do not recommend this place, it was the worst experience i have had and the customer service is ridiculous!! read more

I ended up here with some guests from out of town after we tried to get into Coronado Brewning Co and decided not to wait 45 min for a table. Nicky Rottens has great food. Everyone loved their burgers. Service was average, but the people watching, food, beer, and location was amazing. read more

Very nice, friendly, and helpful. Food was great! I had the bbq ranch chicken salad my wife had the fish tacos and we loved every bite of both. Would go again and highly recommend. read more

Always have great food. From wings, quesdilla, burgers, brunch, etc it's all good! Great place to watch a game. Most of the time we have great service. Sometimes if my boyfriend is drinking beers, I'll order ice teas. One waitress ignored my empty glass during the games but filled my boyfriends beer. And made a snarky comment that she already filled it once... she's the only waitress that has been rude. The rest are wonderful. I will still go here for good food and a game any day! read more

Stopped by on a Sunday at 5:30. Was greeted by the person at the door and told I could take a seat next to the window. I sat there for 10 minutes. No menu, no one to take a drink order. The restaurant was busy but not packed. I did not wait any longer to see how long the food service would be. read more

I am so upset about my experience today at the Coronado Nicky Rottens. I was invited to lunch by a friend, a breast cancer survivor who had been given a gift certificate during the time she was being treated for cancer. The certificate was for $40 and for the Coronado Nicky Rottens. When she presented the certificate for payment for our lunch it was refused. My friend was advised that the original owner of the Coronado Nicky Rottens had sold the Coronado franchise to the current owner and her certificate would not be honored. What kind of company does this, especially to a breast cancer survivor? read more

Had the St Pattys Day burger special. Was very good. The blue cheese wasn't overpowering and the Jameson glaze was delicious. Overall a pretty good burger. The fries were a little soggy, but that was the only thing that was off. I should of got the tots instead. I'll be going back. Great location. read more

I really wanted to love the hamburger here. It did not taste home made. To be honest it was average, and I really wanted it to be great. The fries were great, but the hamburger seemed like it was a premade frozen patty. The location is great. The view of the bay is great. Seems like a great place to drink and meet friends. It has a great bar feel. read more

Delicious Hawaiian (vegan) burger with sweet potato fries! What an awesome place to eat on Coronado island. Vibe was cool, friendly service, reasonable prices. A good place to watch sports. I'll definitely be revisiting this place! read more

It took us forever to get served and get our food. Great food, but the worst service.

It was alright, slightly above average. The nachos were terrible, but the salad and burgers were fantastic.

First let me criticize yelpers that have poor rating abilities and lack basic writing skills. I don't care if the hostess smiled at you or not and could care less if she is not treating you like a spoiled brat. When I get on yelp, I only care if the food is good or worth the price. I don't care about service either, some people don't deserve stellar service. My reason for saying this is that I almost passed up a great meal because someone failed to get a smile at the door. So, I would appreciate you crybabies keeping your potty face and snotty attitude out of the ratings. Now to my review, everything tasted great. Value was as expected for Coronado. However, being Coronado, I would expect a higher quality chicken wing and not the mediocre range of quality. One should not be charged high quality wing prices for smaller lesser quality wings. This is easily a solid 4. Management even checked with us during the meal. One of the managers got us started since they were so busy, which to me is 5 star service. Yelpers, please get it together and be better more viable raters, if this turns into a place for crybabies and society rejects, I am out! read more

Honestly guys, I don't get how you could screw up. Not only was my burger undercooked, but I was throwing up all night from it. I've been coming to Nicky's since it first opened downtown when Nicholas himself opened it. I guess it's been sold to a new owner and moved to Coronado since, but aside from a poorly prepared burger....it was really sad to see the poor choice of menu change. To the new owner, you shouldn't change something that's already a good thing. That menu was creative, fun, and had roots. The old Nicky's had a vibe. Honestly, you turned it into just another boring and ordinary burger place. Congrats on ruining Nicky Rottens. I won't be back there. I'll stick to the original location that moved to El Cajon. read more

The food was decent and the service was good. I am a big fan of open window seating - I love to sit and watch people go by while sipping a Moscow Mule. read more

Unfortunately we had a terrible mother's day lunch. They forgot our daughters order completely. Then they put maple syrup on the side of a teriyaki burger. After telling them about the mishap they said the fries come with the syrup which is not on the menu.and is disgusting. We have been here so many times and always liked it. However after this experience we will never go back. Very unprofessional atmosphere. read more

Spending a family vacation in Coronado and decided to go to a place we had never been for lunch on 7/7/15. Looked up Nicky Rottens on yelp and we were torn. So good and some bad reviews. We LOVED it. We will go back the next time were there. Great beers on tap, really good burgers and salads. Something for everyone. Service was friendly, attentive and helpful. Perfect place for a casual lunch or dinner! read more

Came here for lunch with coworkers. The ambiance and decor were really nice. This place has a great vibe and would be awesome to go to if their food were as good as their appearance. I ordered the peppercorn burger, subbed lettuce for a bun, and fried zucchini for fries. The food was slightly better than good, but not amazing. I was given a horseradish sauce for the zucchini, which was way too overpowering for that side. My burger was ok. I wanted to avoid eating a lot of carbs, but in the future I'd forgo lettuce for a bun. The peppercorn sauce was good. It was a little sweet, and I couldnt put my finger on it, but it reminded me of some dessert I've had. I was expecting it to be spicy, but it didn't meet my expectations. My burger was cooked to order. The service was good. Not something I'd rave on about, but I wouldn't turn my nose up to it if someone wanted to go. I'd have to make a limit of only a few times a year though. read more

pretty good i'm glad its next door to my work. The pulled pork sliders are good . The bartender and servers were really nice and helpful.

Horrible experience. Went there last night, party of 9. Told wait was 40 min. 40 min later told 15 more min then 15 min later told 10 min more. Asked if we should find another restaurant, told don't just a few more min. Total wait time 2 hours. Seated, service poor, in a 1 hour period, offered drinks once. Food arrived, at best mediocre. Children's plate is big enough for a 3 year old. Not 6 year old. Never return. It used to be a great burger place. It's gone down hill. read more

Came here to eat as my brother was in from out of town and I had yet to eat at this place. Waiter comes over and we both order burgers and this would be the last time the waiter came over to check on us. It took about an hour for the burgers to come out. The burger and fries were cold and the individual who brought them (not our waiter) was nice enough to take them back and warm everything back up. Both our burgers and fries were good once we finally received them. This would be the last time some one checked in on us though. Our waiter never came over to ask us how the food was or if we needed another round of drinks (which we did). We could see him pay attention to only a few tables while there and basically ignored us. We had to get another waiter to ask our waiter to provide us with our bill. Overall, food was good but the service was horrible. To make it worse, the waiter didn't seem to care. read more

Food was great, but the service was HORRIBLE! The server never checked on us once our food was served (by another server), and everyone at the table needed another round of drinks by the time the food was served... no one checked on us until we were done with our meals. I will turn around at the door if I see the same servers on the floor during my next visit. read more

It took 35 minutes to get a table. You may think "that is not the restaurants fault if alot of people want to eat there", however it is their fault if they are making everyone wait an hour for their food to be made. So we wait 35 min to get seated, we order our food then wait, wait, and wait some more. Our waitress kept checking on us but all she could do was ask if I wanted more water or another beer since anything food related would have to be FedExed to my home the next day. Luckily I had a fully charged iPad and cellphone to keep my 5 and 7 year old busy. I don't even like the interior of this place, no booths, just a bunch of high tables and chairs that remind me of when I was 3 years old trying to sit on a stool. The big tv's are projectors so they only look crisp if you are twenty feet away. Finally the kids food comes out, and I realize they just fried up the chicken nuggets shaped like dinosaurs from Costco and charged me $6 for each serving. I am very familiar with Costco dinosaur chicken because its one of the only things my kids will eat. Next comes our food, and it isnt great. I ordered garlic fries and what I got instead were regular fries with a clump on the side of the finally chopped garlic stuff that I now had to try to evenly distribute over my mountain of (probably frozen, Costco) fries. The burger was okay, and by okay I mean it was edible and I was starving. I do not like burgers that are made so tall with so much lettuce, tomatoes, and raw onions, that it is impossible to get a bite with all the ingredients. It ended up falling apart and I ate it like a burger salad. Throughout all this our waitress tried to be nice and I realize that kitchen issues are not her fault, so I still tipped 20%. The manager had been walking around asking everyone how they were doing and I mentioned that the wait time on food was pretty long. I didn't ask for a discount or anything, I just let him know the wait was long, since he asked. At the end of our meal our waitress gave us a free slice of cheesecake, just one. As if only one of us had to wait. But, whatever, we took it home and nobody ate it anyway. So all in all, $64 including tip for 2 mediocre burgers, 1 beer, and two kids plates. I could have paid $20 and got better food, less wait, and 4 pieces of cheesecake at Jack in the Box. read more

The good news: solid draft beer selection, draft beer temperature is at a perfect cold and I really like the glasses they use for draft beer. Lots of TV's, football! Yay :) The bad news: unorganized, confused staff I tell the bartender to keep my tab open, another guy hands me the check 5 minutes later telling me he closed my tab. We order onion rings, the server brings them to us says they are compliments of the house then the bartender approaches us to say No, they are not compliments of the house, we have to pay 9 dollars for 7 onion rings. I repeat 9 DOLLARS FOR 7 ONION RINGS! That weren't even that good or big. Even bartender guy said "The cook just rips the bag open and grabs a handful so maybe he didn't put the 8 he's supposed to" Oh ok..8 frozen, mediocre onion rings make it all better.....NOT! The general manager tried to make up for it by comping us some flavorless garlic fries which made the whole experience worse. One thing is being disorganized but another way bigger issue is not knowing how to cook, fry or flavor the simplest items on the menu. Advice to the owner: If you're trying to save money by skimping on your portions you are only re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. You shouldn't own a restaurant in Coronado if that's your strategy...you will fail. And maybe keep the kitchen open past 9pm? but before you do, hire cooks that actually love food and love to cook. read more

The food is very average, the atmosphere is decent (too loud if you're trying talk to anyone you're with but ok if you just want to watch a game) but what really drove down the stars is the management. My interaction with the manager could not have been more unprofessional and I definitely will not be back. CBC up the block is definitely a much better option in my opinion! read more

Service was awesome! Danny was nice, friendly and took our drink orders right away! Food: not so good. Sweet potato fries were burnt and cold. My fish tacos almost revisited me at midnight! Our party of 4 had our meals served at two different times?? Danny apologized, but made our food even more cold waiting for the other two meals. Sorry, we'll try another place for dinner next time! read more

The hamburgers were good, but the service was awful. The drinks were late and the food took forever. They also forgot my daughter's order and they never got it to her. The only good thing they did was not to charge us for the drinks, which was a very good discount. This place really needs good management. read more

Unfortunately things have taken a sad (and/or greedy) turn for the worse at Nicky Rottens in Coronado. We've been here about a dozen times and have always enjoyed coming here for the good food, great portions, and fair prices...until now. New reality is everything on the menu has had the price 30% to 50% and the portion sizes have been reduced..some big time. They've also reduced the amount of side items (chips, fries, etc.) that accompany the dinners...are now about half as much compared to what used to be. Even the waitress admitted that prices went way up and regular customers have commented negatively. Glaring example was with the fish taco dinner, which used to be $12 for two huge taco's and a lot of fries...but is now $18 for two tiny ones (less than half the size of fish) and a handful amount of potato chips! If you want fries instead (like before), it costs $4 extra now. We basically got a snack for the price of what should have been a huge dinner. New management or corporate greed?...who knows...but a sure way to lose customers regardless. After many years of patronizing and recommending Nicky Rottens, not happening any longer...better food, portions, and prices are nearby. Hello Brigantine. read more

Definitely a tourist place but they pull it off with reasonable priced food and large portions. Service was average and management was on top of a minor problem. Definitely a place to stop and try for good flavors and lots of food. read more

It is a good location near Old Ferry Landing and has a friendly, noisy sports bar vibe with many large flat screens. Beware the hamburgers are huge and I paid $33.00 (plus tip) for two burgers (comes with fries) and one coke and one beer. Am I the only one who finds that pricey? I think the smart people go to Burger King which is a few steps away and actually has better parking and is at Old Ferry Landing, but of course no TV and no bar. Anyway, the burgers at Nicky Rottens are good. read more

Very disappointed w Nicki rottens on orange ave in coronado. It use to be a great place in its first two years but it seems obvious to me that either they are under new management or they have completed the first part of their scheme to attract customers. Here's the deal; first, they have two tables right next to the bathrooms that are also in a funnel where everyone walks by. These tables should not be there at all. But not only are they there, they try to seat me and my wife there when, after counting, I notice no less than five other completely open tables around the restautant, three of which are very nice two-person tables and none of which are discustingly close to the lavatories. When I asked to be seated somewhere else, the hostess looks distraught like she has no idea how to overcome such random adversity. News flash sweety; it wasn't a question. Seat me somewhere else. Second, drink sizes have blatantly decreased; a bloody marry use to come in a 12 Oz glass but is now served in a rocks glass and is still the same price as before! Even the burgers have been downsized (although, truth be told, the flavor is still there). But still, less food, same price?? Come on man. Oh, and the seat nazi hostess also forgot about me and my wife even though we were standing not 3 feet from the hostess stand the entire time. So yes, we became those people that watch four or five families of people who arrived long after you, get seated first. Nicki rottens has fallen victim to what I call the island effect, something that has happened to almost every other restaurant here already; they have no incentive to be exceptional or to even strive to please. With a location in coronado, they will always have business and they know it. Ur single customer concerns are no more than an annoyance to them as they worry more about cutting costs in drink and food sizes - and apparently hostess quality - than catering to the dining experience of the customer. It is obvious to me that this is a leadership/management issue and will not be fixed - even if they wanted to although I'm sure they do not care - until they accept responsibility for rottens' dramatically decreased quality of service. For heaven's sake, at least move those two aweful tables away from the lavatories and out of the high traffic area!!! You should be embarassed to even have people see those there and seating people there is an insult. Fyi, the nice couple that were seated there after us, again, with numerous tables open, also asked to be seated somewhere else; one of the nice, acceptable two person tables just steps away from the lavatory-sniffer seats. How hungry for profits must u be to jam such terrible seats into a place. Waitresses are all friendly and professional and fun. So this is not a labor force issue. ...ok so I just read through some of the other reviews. There seems to be a general concensus; there is new management and they SUCK!!! How much u want to bet they're here to suck as much profit out of the restaurant as they can and when customers stop coming, they'll close it down and sell it? Corporate owners have no interest in keeping places like this open long-term. It seems obvious to me that the new owners of this place are in no way concerned about their quality of service or their patrons. That leaves profit. And there is plenty of evidence that shows this to be the case. What a shame. read more

Just left this place and this is what I have to say ....food was very good . ..service was very poor average.... Gabby was our server very nice girl but wasn't very attended..when a server put down your money don't you think they should say THANK You? ??? Nothing. .. very slow also there wasn't anyone there for Taco Tuesday...There was eight people in the corner and they were so loud and they were all employees. Especially the manager she was the leader of the party ....the owner needs to be aware if I own this place I would be very upset how loud the employees are and the manager. Did I say it was Taco Tuesday and it should have been busy it was dead We ended walking back to the hotel and we pass Brigantine and it also was Taco Tuesday and it was standing room only.Also the hostess who sit as was dressed unappropriate and she acted like she could have cared less about her job. Didn't care about the customers that's for sure. I have to say the GM did email me right after this post and invited me back for dinner which we declined but I just wanted him to know what was going on.... the owner should know read more

The food here is good! The reason why I'm giving this place is 5 stars is because our server DANIEL! We were a party of 6 adults and 2 infants. We were seated immediately, which was nice for a Saturday evening in Coronado! This island is a mad house, so crowded, difficult to find parking, long wait times for restaurants. We had NO WAIT! Woohoo! Daniel was our server and he was the icing on the cake! He was very attentive, pleasant, kept checking in on us to make sure everything was kosher! I Genuine kind-hearted guy! I suggest trying their burgers and beer! Its just that kind of spot! The BBQ Burger and Peppercorn Burger are definitely a hit! We also tried the TJ Tacos, Chicken Fritters, and Turkey Sliders... all were pretty good! I really enjoyed grabbing dinner here it was perfect end to a day at the beach! We had friends who drove down from LA with us and they really like this restaurant too! Thank you Daniel for your great customer service... It does not go unrecognized! I'm in customer service myself so I praise those who do their job well! Cheers! read more

Anna at the bar has great service! Oh yeah she will keep us coming back. Singing the Elton John tunes is really fun!

Everything I ordered was great!!! The kickin ranch sauce was amazing and the wings were crispy just like I like them. The burger was also great with a great portion size for the cost. I will be back. read more

Very fun place to eat! Food was awesome and the service was excellent. Great place to hang out and have food and drinks and watch the games!