Long overdue! My friend & I came here after work for some cocktails. There was a live jazz performer which was a nice treat. Intimate, cozy & dreamy ambiance with friendly service. Located inside Beeside Balcony. read more

This is our favorite place to go to when we're in town!! I love the honey bee theme -- they have some unique menu options and a beautiful seating area if you can get there in time for golden happy hour! Amazing fries, I love the outdoor seating. You can see all the way to the water. thank you for always meeting our oyster needs. read more

The Honey Pot - Fries - Speakeasies Near Me - San Diego, California

The Honey Pot Lounge is the ONLY Speakeasy experience in La Jolla. It's locatedin Beeside Balcony. It can be found behind a large photo on the wall that opens up to a small lounge with a hand full of tables and a DJ. Most of their cocktails incorporate their house-made honey as well as a menu of light bites from options like a charcuterie board to filet sliders with truffle fries. If you're a sucker for lavender like me, you must try their Lavender Bee's Knees made with their house-made lavender honey, which you can even take home a jar of! We ordered: Filet Sliders 9/10 Lavender bees knees 10/10 Walnut old fashioned 10/10 Raw honey old fashioned 10/10 Sensory overload 9/10 Follow @sandiegofoodie858 (IG) for more must try San Diego restaurants, date night ideas, and food experiences! read more

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PROs: It's a cute spot though it really should be a little darker to be a lounge. The drinks were tasty, try the apricot honey house. CONs: making a reservation online is confusing because you have to select a table at the restaurant and then select Honey Pot. Last call is at 930 so I'm not sure why they accepted that reservation (I believe there were later options too). They called to tell me it would be last call so I changed to 8:45. When we arrived it took quite a while to get sat at a table, then actually order. When we got our drinks it was already 930 or past. We could also see them rushing another table out to get a reservation in and they actually sat the new couple with the prior party. It was strange. The prior party got up and stood in the corner with their unfinished drinks. Overall, it'd be a nice place for a drink if it wasn't so chaotic and poorly managed. read more

CLOSED FOR "REMODELING" as of 5/12/26. They are unsure if/when they will reopen. The Beeside Balcony is still open and operating as usual. They have good food and a great location on Prospect read more

A+ for entrance... true speakeasy vibes. Drinks were alright. And we had just eaten dinner at Beeside Balcony, which served some of the same drinks... so I had issues with that from the get-go. If you're going to have a separate speakeasy, you should have a separate (exclusive) menu. We were disappointed going from dinner with a couple cocktails, to speakeasy with the same cocktails. :/ Oh, they also close early for a drinking establishment ~10pm read more

The Honey Pot - Speakeasies Near Me - San Diego, California

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A semi intimate speakeasy. We got here 45mins before closing and luckily they were able to sit us in. We just wanted wine after attending a wedding nearby. We wanted to just wind down. As we get there, group of friends were there just having fun. Plenty of wine selection. I'm glad we asked the server which one is good as it was good. Parking, unsure where to park. But it gets busy around the area. I just hope that they open at a later time. We'll be back here if we're in the area. read more

I would recommend this as a go-to for the great speakeasy experience. Many venues are opening speakeasies and this one is sure to get people to the door for that unique experience. I like the honey secret ingredient so I would find the experience exciting for those wanting to expand on the speakeasy experiences. read more

I was so happy to have found Honey Pot, as I was looking for a special spot to take my cousin for birthday cocktails. My cousin loves bees and good cocktails, and this year her gift was totally bee/honey themed so Honey Pot fit right in the mix. Honey Pot is the "speakeasy" within the Beeside Balcony restaurant. Had it not been for Yelp, I never would have found it. I made a reservation for 7:30 on a Monday. We were led through the restaurant, down the hallway, and through an unassuming door into a dark, chic room, very speakeasy style. As we were the only ones there, we took over a larger portion of the small room, with a couch, table, and some easy chairs. It looked like a place that gets fun and packed on the weekends, with the modern decor and the DJ booth. On Monday night, the vibe was definitely chill. One other couple came in the entire time we were there. Honey Pot has its own separate drink and appetizer menu, different from that of the Beeside Balcony. This menu offers all food and drink items that are made with honey. However, if you prefer, yo can also order from the Beeside Balcony menu. We shared the beet salad, steak skewers, and the cheese plate. We also tried various drinks, some which appeared to be fall-themed. My favorite was The Smoker, a bit of a take on an old-fashioned. I really loved dipping the bread from the cheese plate into the small pot of honey, something I would have never thought to do. Service was excellent, as were the food and drinks. At the moment, it is a lesser known spot, but probably not for long. I will definitely return and highly recommend Honey Pot for a relaxing evening of cocktails and appetizers. read more

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Great customer service! The food, drinks, and environment were also 10/10. Definitely coming back. I got the Mexican Mule with Tito's, and it was delicious. We all shared the sliders, truffle fries, chicken skewers, and a cheese board--everything was super tasty! read more

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Such a beautiful spot with delicious drinks, small bites and a good vibe. Great for a cozy date night or a drink before dinner. Definitely one of those instagramable spots but actually delivers good service and great drinks too! read more

The Honey Pot is an intimate backroom with honey infused cocktails and sweet vibes. The space is best for groups of 2, and you can make reservations by calling Beeside or online via OpenTable. Towards the weekends, they have a DJ mixing music, and two menus - one curated with the sweeter drinks (for example, the "old fashioned" with bee pollen) and small bites, as well as the traditional Beeside Balcony menu. Street parking only, and you'll have to either take the stairs or escalator up. It's a cool escape if you frequent La Jolla Shores and are looking for an intimate nightcap. read more

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We went here for our office Christmas party. The place is beautiful. The room we were in was gorgeous. Had a very art deco/gatsby vibe. The service was excellent and the food was great. I had a perfectly cooked steak! Highly recommend it! read more

Super cute speakeasy! I ordered the honey old fashioned, I was excited to see an old fashioned on the menu made with gin, it was super good! My server, Ryan was great and Angel the DJ was mixing great music. There's no designated parking and it's inside Beeside Balcony. I def recommend checking this spot out read more

The Honey Pot - Honey Old Fashioned - Speakeasies Near Me - San Diego, California

Such a cute little speakeasy offering delicious drinks! We made a reservation for a Friday night and they were able to seat us as soon as we got there. The room is fairly small, but the tables are well spaced out, so you don't feel cramped inside. All of the drinks have honey, which was the perfect sweetness to balance the strong alcohol. The servers were extremely nice, but it did take them a while to come back after they left. I'm sure they had more tables to attend to in the main dining hall. The restaurant is also located along the shore and had a beautiful view. read more

The Honey Pot - Speakeasies Near Me - San Diego, California

Super small and adorable speakeasy. They have really good honey flavored drinks. They also have delicious appetizers. I enjoyed the truffle fries and cheese platter. Our waiter was great. He was friendly and helpful. read more

The Honey Pot - Speakeasies Near Me - San Diego, California

Amazing views!! Stopped in for a HH drink. Some more vegetarian food items on the HH menu would be fabulous! Thank you!

The Honey Pot had been on my list but the experience was honestly a bit lackluster. They open at 4:00PM and for a Saturday, it was completely dead while there were crowds outside at the taco joint two shops away. We had gotten there at about 5:00pm and were the only ones there for quite awhile. They got the music started about 20 minutes after we were seated which made the ambiance a little weird. The service from Eric Was great though. Except for forgetting one of our orders, he was extremely friendly and knew the menu very well! The door to the speakeasy didn't seem to close all the way and it didn't feel like a speakeasy experience. There was no glitz or glamour to it even though the aesthetics were on point. Next time, I'd probably rather just enjoy the happy hour outside at beeside balcony. The food was DELICIOUS and I enjoyed my Honey Sweet Bee cocktail. I recommend everything that we got: sliders (come with truffle fries!), meatballs, beet salad. read more

The Honey Pot - Order of the sliders comes with 2 sliders and a bunch of truffle fries - Speakeasies Near Me - San Diego, California

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Amazing cider and mead. Relaxed atmosphere and clean bar, tables and bathroom. A little pricey but worth it.

Very nice speakeasy! Super small and intimate but you don't feel piled on top of each other. The drinks were very good and the music was great! read more

The Honey Pot - Apple chai drink - Speakeasies Near Me - San Diego, California

The hostess was very rude. My date and I inquired about the location of the honey pot/ if it was in the same spot as Beeside Balcony, and she wouldn't answer the question. She cut both of us off repeatedly asking if we had reservations with an arrogant tone. We're both never one to be rude to staff, so it was very offensive/ unexpected. read more

This place could definitely be better. Unfortunately, I've been here twice now and I was greeted by the same waiter. Unfortunately I don't believe that he has the skills necessary to be efficient and that kind of setting. He's very short with people several times during my second Outing there he didn't even allow us to say what we wanted before he left . The first time I was, there was a little bit more busy than this time, we were probably the only two people in the room and his customer service was just not what I would expect from a place like this. He didn't really know the menu and made it difficult for the third-party that I brought to, kind of decide I mentioned that I had him prior as a waiter and we shouldn't expect grandiose customer service and or attention from him. There's just something off about his service. I love the ambience at this place. It definitely is cute. The speakeasy vibe to it has true benefit. I had opportunity to enjoy my company and we lost in conversation. The drinks are pretty decent. I would definitely give this place a four or five star, but the service definitely needs improvement. read more

Service and drinks were ok. Food was meh. We tried chicken skewers, fries but it was just ok. Overpriced.

Great cocktails and wine menu. Love the spicy margarita. They offer some great apps and events as well with a mixologist. Definitely check them out. read more

Food was great, but the service at this place was below unsatisfactory. They took about 20 minutes to bring us water to a table of 3 and not to mention how long it took to bring us the food (which was only finger food not big platters). Once it was here, we enjoyed the food and some drinks that were also good, but then again, they gave us a last call right at 10, which we didn't know that's the exact time they close, so we asked for our drinks and since the service was taking very long we didn't get our drinks until about 10:10. Not even 10 minutes passed from getting our drinks, and a busser turned all the lights on, completely killing the ambience and asking us, "I didn't know people were still here, we are closed." All the while, another couple was sitting on a table across from us. He then proceeded to our table to remove our water cups we were still drinking, and one of the people i was with still had her beverage more than halfway full, which he also tried to make us understand that he needed to take it. I told him we were still not finished with our waters, and that last drink we got 5 minutes earlier. He scoffed and put the water back, and we decided maybe it was time to finish our drinks and leave. Getting up to use the restroom, we were asked once more by a busser why we were still there if they were closed. We had to explain we needed to use the restroom before we left. Needless to say none of us, will ever be coming back to this place. read more