Jimmy the bartender at Sea & Sky was fantastic. He was welcoming, attentive, and made excellent drink recommendations that perfectly matched the rooftop vibe. Great service really elevated the whole experience -- definitely sit at the bar if Jimmy's working! Love Hotel La Jolla and the Curio Collection by Hilton brand! read more

Laila was very hospitable and engaging. She made my wife and I feel very welcomed. In addition the food was really good. My wife got the salmon and I got the fish tacos. read more

Beautiful location, great food! Very nice service. Eddie was lovely. green eggs shakshuka delish

We had Eddie as a server both days for breakfast and he was so kind and attentive! He made sure to make our visit personable

Laila was an amazing server and food was amazing with an excellent view! Customer service was personable and attentive throughout.

Oh my goodness, our waitress was obscenely rude to us. I hope she was just having a bad day and this wasn't a normal occurrence. We still left her a big tip hoping it would make her day better. Hopefully it did! This restaurant has such a nice view it's sad the waitress was so unkind. The bartender was very nice though! read more

We went there for Father's Day brunch and really enjoyed the view and food. The service however was not at par. When we got there, the host was on the phone talking to another customer so we waited for a few mins. Then she needed to speak to her manager to get some answers so she held the phone and kept calling her manager's name, the manger was talking to someone else and did not respond. We waited for another 5-10 mins watching her holding the phone, trying to get her manager's attention, not talking to the customer on the phone, not talking to us, not even eye contact as if we were not there. While I enjoyed the food and view there, I'd think twice before going again. read more

Visited this restaurant three times during my stay at the hotel. Twice for dinner and once for brunch. For the dinner I got two variations of the special restaurant of the week set menu. I tried both the caesar salad and beets as appetizers and the pasta and salmon as my main dish. All of these items were so delicious. I then got the pavlova for dessert with honey comb on top. The food was incredible and the service was amazing. Super helpful servers and incredible fast service. The ambiance itself in the restaurant was great as well and there is a view of the skyline out of the floor to ceiling windows. read more

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Food , service was outstanding. Lila our waitress was outstanding. The views were amazing

! recently had the pleasure of dining at Hotel La Jolla Sea & Sky, and I must say, it was an unforgettable experience! I ordered the smoked salmon Benedict, and it was simply divine. The poached eggs were cooked to perfection, and the combination of the rich Hollandaise sauce with the tangy capers was exquisite. Each bite was a delightful blend of flavors. What made the experience even better was our server, Rosemary. She was incredibly knowledgeable about the dish and provided excellent recommendations. Her enthusiasm for the menu was infectious, and she assured me I was in for a treat--and she was absolutely right! The roasted breakfast potatoes on the side were equally impressive--crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside, seasoned just right. The ambiance of the hotel added to the experience, with stunning ocean views and a relaxed atmosphere that made for a perfect morning. I highly recommend visiting the Sea & Sky Hotel for a delicious meal, especially if you're a fan of brunch. I can't wait to return and try more from their menu! read more

Sea & Sky - Smoked Salmon Benedict - Seafood Near Me - La Jolla, California

I love each food i have tried. I stayed in the hotel on Monday and checked out on Friday and absolutely love my stay especially when the restaurant is inside the hotel. I didn't have to go out and get food. All i went out for is work and go to the beach afterwork. I tried their breakfast, lunch, happy hour, and dinner and it did not disappoint. Some of the staff and bartender were nice and one staff needs to work on their attitude and be nice to their colleague. What is nice about this restaurant, you can view the ocean from the top. read more

Sea & Sky - Wild Isles Salmon - Seafood Near Me - La Jolla, California

Love the remodel! Still has the beautiful La Jolla view with a fresh new menu. Came in for a quick lunch and tried the Tuna Smashburger- tasted great with the kimchi and I'll be coming back for the fries alone. Food came out incredibly fast and service was beyond 5 stars. I wasn't a hotel guest but live locally and look forward to coming back soon to try more of the menu! read more

Sea & Sky - Tuna smashburger and fries - Seafood Near Me - La Jolla, California

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I remember this place as Cusp when they had that amazing surf & turf dinner and Prosecco special on Wednesday nights. It was wonderful and I ALWAYS brought every out-of-town visitor here to experience the good food and sunset. Unfortunately, I can not stand behind the new Sea & Sky, and it isn't necessarily just the restaurant's fault, but the hotel itself. I brought 5 out-of-town guests in yesterday evening to the bar for sunset. Apparently, we were the last people up in the only elevator that was left working (11 stories up), because while we were here, the last elevator also broke. We finished our drinks and meal, but then had to descend eleven flights of stairs to continue our evening. Not ideal...especially in light of the fact that two of our guests were in heels. Now, this evening, I have a few other family members in town for the holiday, and I thought that, for sure, the elevators would be working. At least one, anyway. But neither are. And two of my guests are elderly, and there is no way they will be climbing eleven flights of stairs just to eat and see a sunset. I came up just to see how it affected business. And, as suspected, there isn't a single person in the dining room, and only one person in the bar.....on a holiday and at the sunset hour. Hotel La Jolla, take notice....this isn't so much a bad review of Sea & Sky, but a bad review of you. Upon speaking with other people, apparently, these elevators have been a major problem for some time. No matter how many reiterations of the restaurant that you make, if people can't even get to it, it is all for nothing. read more

My wife and I stayed at Hotel La Jolla for 1 night getaway and decided to try out Sea & Sky for dinner. We picked 6:45pm since we wanted to enjoy the sunset while dining and we glad we did. The weather was perfect and the view was amazing. Overall, the decor, service and ambiance made it a great experience. With regard to food, we ordered the Crudo to share as our first. It was good, not amazing. It was served in a wide bowel and covered in garnish... this presentation didn't showcased the fish as the star. The fish and the dish tasted good. For entrees, my wife ordered the special, a halibut which was very, very good. Both me and my wife loved it. I ordered the half grilled snapper, one of the best I ever had. This dish worth coming back for again and again (and I will). For deserts.... Well, unfortunately the pastry chef was out sick that day so we didn't get to try any dessert :( that was disappointing. With all that said, do we recommend and will we be back to Sea & Sky? The answer is absolutely Yes. read more

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Such a beautiful place. Stunning sunset views, amazingly, attentive and personable, waitstaff, the freshest and most delicious food. I'm so happy we stopped here. read more

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First of all I ordered the salad dressing on the side. Everyone knows that means not mixed with the salad but on the side. I got both on the salad and on the side. I got another one. We had a voucher that I paid $50 for $100 worth of food, alcohol included. We only ordered $89 worth, which I knew. We got charged for a beer and wine we didn't order. The waiter seemed mixed up and blamed it on his boss. It is my birthday so I didn't want to cause a scene. We did get the drinks. Our waiter was very attentive and pointed out various things to look at out the window at our table and in another area of the restaurant. read more

Came here over the weekend had amazing French toast. But what made our experience top-notch was our server Rosemary. We will be back.

We decided on this place for our anniversary dinner. We had been to a couple of iterations of this place before for happy hour and the stunning ocean views. We were not disappointed with this iteration. Beautifully styled and you could see the kitchen, which is a plus in my book. Our primary server Arthur was very attentive and answered our questions regarding the menu. The food was fantastic. In particular I had the sesame leaf-wrapped pork chop (which may not have been exactly what it's called on the menu) and I will have it again. read more

The ambiance lovely and the view breathtaking especially at sunset! The new menu was thought out and creative but enjoying the flavors was challenging! It looked better than it tasted. It wound've been great to have a few simple dishes to balance the over creative cuisines. Bone marrow with tuna,huh? Clams gnocchi, yikes? We had the whole snapper yet it was served with a side dish of cooked chopped tomatoes with lil anchovies which didn't complement the fish drowning in Mayo like sauce. Since we love staying at this boutique hotel, we will keep dining here. Breakfast with a bird's eye view of LaJolla & Ocean is the best! read more

Came to this restaurant because my husband had been here before and he wanted to take us there for his big birthday. (The hostess knew that it was for his birthday dinner). The evening started off with our grandson's highchair not having the correct safety buckles. A lady server kept saying that that's how it was (it had 2 male clips & was missing a female clip). They found another one and it was the same problem. Another server finally found one that had both a male and female clips. (the lady server didn't seem happy about it and was grumpy) Our server "A" was attentive but lacked Knowledge about the menu. We asked him what Kurobuta porkchop was and he couldn't give us an explanation (like other high-end restaurants could). He just shrugged his shoulders and said that it was a porkchop that was very tender and juicy. (I actually knew what Kurobuta was). He also didn't tell us what the restaurant's specialties were nor explained what each entree was or how they were made, nor did he recommended any dish. We were basically guessing on our own. The appetizers were OK, but not superb for the price: oyster dish was too sour, octopus and crabcake were good, Yellowtail Crudo was kind of too thinly sliced. However, the main dishes were surprisingly delicious. We had the porkchop (good portion size), the snapper (I didn't think it would be sliced in half...disappointed about the size), and the 3 pieces of scallops dish. To end the dinner, we ordered a cheesecake and a carrot cake, which were good but again, not extraordinary. We thought they would remember why we came here in the first place, but they didn't. THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR THE BIRTHDAY PERSON...not even a small candle on the cakes we ordered. We were utterly disappointed even more. It's sad that the restaurant has such a beautiful view but lack in service and in many other ways... which did not reflect the high class restaurant reputation it deserved. read more

This incident happened on 4/12/25. I'm still waiting for a return call from them but here we are, 6 months later and still no call from Hotel La Jolla/Sea & Sky. Our family dined at this establishment for a special dinner for my mother in law. Sea & Sky had a promotion at the time for groups who book and dine by April 30 will get double Hilton Honor points. I asked our server about it (can't recall his name now) and he said he was not aware of the promotion. Another server interrupted and said they don't do that. I told them it was on your website. I asked our initial server to ask the manager. I waited and waited. No manager came. I asked the server again and he told me he didn't ask the manager because the other server already said they don't do it. I was starting to get upset so I asked him to have the manager talk to me. A few minutes have gone by and still no manager. Finally, I saw a guy in a suit walking in our direction but stopped midway to talk to the server who interrupted the conversation. The manager had no plans of talking to me until I asked our server to call the manager where I saw him hiding. Marcos Villalobos, the manager, finally came by. He said he was not aware of the promo and that he didn't know I wanted to talk to him. I was very, very upset at this point! Marcos said he will ask the hotel manager about it and call me the next day. I asked for his number because I told him I will call him if he didn't follow up, which he didn't. I decided to call Hotel La Jolla on 4/30/25 to clarify their promotion and to complain about the Sea & Sky manager. He was not available. I left a message for him about the incident. "Joshua" called on 5/1/25 and left me a message that I must have received an email (it wasn't an email, it was all over their website at the time) about the promo and there are very specific guidelines and he'd be happy to discuss. I called back that same week but was told that Joshua was off and did not leave a message. I called for Joshua again on 5/11/25 to discuss and left a message and here we are, still no call. All I wanted was an answer to my simple question. But the way that Marcos handled it at the time was very poor, not to mention he never called me. And as for Joshua, another call back would have been nice. My family spent so much for a very special dinner at this establishment. No one knew any answer about their own promotion which was all over their website. This could have been avoided had they known about what was on their own page! We never expected both managers not to have the courtesy to call and give us answers. read more

Oh my! Are you a foodie? Do you like depth of FLAVOR? If you answered, yes to either of those questions, then what are you waiting for? First let me tell you about the oysters. They are flavor bombs. Probably the best oyster I can ever remember! Every dish we had after that was equally as spectacular! Their wine selection is very perfectly paired with the flavor profiles in their dishes. We live locally, but I would travel miles to come back here again. They have remodeled beautifully and done everything right! read more

The only reason I'm giving two stars is because of the view, which was beautiful. Unfortunately, everything else was disappointing. The cocktails were underwhelming, with a massive ice cube that took up too much space and diluted the already not-so-tasty drink. Service was slow, and the waitstaff didn't seem particularly attentive or helpful. Most importantly, we had specifically requested a table by the window for a friend's birthday but never received it. The hostess was rude and dismissive when we inquired about it, which left a bad impression. read more

Sea & Sky - Seafood Near Me - La Jolla, California

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I've always enjoyed dining in the restaurants atop Hotel La Jolla, in their many reincarnations, going back to Elario's, with live jazz and one of the best wine lists in Southern California. Sea and Sky, the latest, has great views over La Jolla Shores to the Pacific. We reserved one hour before sunset to enjoy some color. The June gloom rolled in, so we missed that treat. S&S offers eight starters and eight entrees. We shared the blue crab cake starter, $28, a tasty, good-sized round portion, about five inches across, with excellent crab content, trout roe, green blueberry capers, and mustard. The spicy chorizo and Manila clams starter, $28, came in a white wine, garlic, and tomato broth, and crostini for dipping, and was a little light on flavor. The daily fish, $47, halibut, a decent portion but bland, came with mashed potatoes, blistered shishito peppers, and Chinese long beans, which didn't seem fresh. It has a decent wine by the glass list starting at $13. Corkage is $25. Service was excellent. To enjoy the setting at lower prices, visit during the daily happy hour from 3 to 5 p.m. read more

great experience! the staff is very friendly, especially Lau'la, and we get great service every time we come here to eat!

The worst service and food ever. The view cannot make up for how bad this place is. We were not greeted at the hostess stand and the waitress just pointed us to our table at the end of the room instead of escorting us there. I asked her several times for my drink and she blatantly ignored me. I ordered the tuna smash burger and it was completely inedible - it had a very odd chemical aftertaste and was cold and dry. The waitress gave our table attitude and almost was hostile about her responses. Beautiful view, but every thing else is not worth the time or money. read more

Beautiful views And great service. Menu could use more diversity. The beet salad was very good

This is my go to restaurant when I have clients in town! They are always so impressed by the amazing food, service and atmosphere! Bravo Sea & Sky! read more

Great location ! We were a party of 10 for a Birthday dinner, it was difficult to witness the waitress without a Bus Boy so I spoke to the 'reluctant' Manager who apologized for the lack of supportive staff to which I had to remind him that its his 'duty' to help clear the table ! ( he deliberately left some dirty dishes ) I also noticed in another part of the restaurant that a larger group had left & their dirty dishes were left the whole evening ? Sadly not all meals were good 3 at the table had dry Pork & sent back, however my chicken was good, our Host was disappointed that he could not have some particular wines that were listed on Menu ? read more

This location has always suffered from beautiful views and terrible food. Well, that has all changed. We now have beautiful views and fabulous food. A new chef has arrived and it makes all the difference in the world. My husband and I went tonight. We had a fabulous meal. We shared the tomato cherry salad, the bread service with the pickled ramp butter... Which is to die for. He had the salmon and I had the scallops...both entrées were fabulous. We shared a bottle of wine. No dessert for us, but it was a fabulous evening. The view was gorgeous. Dennis was our server and he was excellent. He kept things low-key and, tried to make sure we were not feeling rushed. The ambience is excellent... How can you beat a view like that. Please everyone, go...let's keep this restaurant open and active and profitable. La Jolla Shores has needed something like this for a long time. read more

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Atmosphere amazing bartender friendly and Terri our server was fantastic. Will definitely be back. Had the scallops which were cooked perfectly. read more

Laila was phenomenal. Terrific host. Food was good. View was great. Elevator, yes one for 11 floors of hotel rooms, not so much.

This place is up back and running after going through a remodel. The ambiance here is indescribable. We were greeted immediately by a very friendly host and taken to our seats. Every table has a breathtaking view of the ocean! Our server Shelby was extremely attentive and had wonderful recommendations. My family and I tried a little bit of everything and oh my lord we were blown away by how amazing every single dish tasted. For appetizers we had asparagus, baked mussels & the bone marrow with some type of raw fish. I normally do not like seafood or raw fish but this melted in your mouth, filled with flavor and beautifully presented. My mom is a pescatarian and was throughly impressed by the asparagus. The baked mussels were so good I was only able to snag one before my brother hogged the whole plate. For entrees my brother and mom both got the salmon dish that came with perfectly cooked artichokes and not to mention the presentation was beautiful. I ordered the scallops (nothing I would ever order but the way our server described it left me intrigued) I was not disappointed. Scallops were freaking awesome paired with mushrooms and some crispy delicious things. I know it sounds crazy but we still had room for desserts! We got the chocolate tart, the shaved ice and another chocolate something... crowd pleaser was for sure the shaved ice. There was coconut on the bottom and air dried tangerines? I was trying to find words to describe the flavor explosion but it truly is indescribable. Hats off to the chef and the staff the whole experience was phenomenal to say the least and we CANNOT wait to go back. The whole ride home my brother couldn't stop talking about how it was the best meal of his life!!! The bathroom was also so beautiful I had to take a picture ! read more

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Came for an early dinner with kids. I had the scallops, dad had the steak, and we ordered a burger and fries for my son. The cocktails looked so good but we skipped and opted for wine. Everything was delicious. We also did an order of the oysters. A bit pricey but worth it for the service and view. read more

Service and Friendliness = 5 Food Quality = 5 Food and Drink Price = 4 Ambience and View = 6 OVERALL = 5 read more

Table for two on the 11th floor with unobstructed views of the ocean. While sipping delicious cocktails we watched the floor show occurring in the ocean - blue whales (we think) blowing a watery fume of breath out of their blow holes that was easily seen from our table. Other dinners began noticing what we were watching and it seemed like the entire restaurant was watching the show. Pretty cool way to enjoy cocktails and anticipating our meal. The appetizers, the entrees and the desserts were fantastic. The staff is professional and clearly trained. A great and enjoyable evening. We enjoyed a three hour meal and view. Thank you Sea and Sky - well done. read more

Beautiful view, great atmosphere, good service. Great place to sit and relax to enjoy meal with friends.

Stay away from this place. It was remodel, but the staff don't know what's in menu, every item that came out had something missing or over cooked or just wrong. read more

Wonderful dinner (had the whole fish) and staff!!! View and sunset... amazing! Can't wait to go back.

We came in recently to see our new favorite bartender in La Jolla, Charles. He helped us at Hiatus before Sea & Sky opening and we had to come see the new creations at the bar and restaurant. They did not let down. Charles gave us some amazing recommendations and as always made the best cocktails in town. I highly recommend this new restaurant, the views are breathtaking, the food/drink are spectacular, and you can't beat the service read more