Odette N.
Google
A beautiful day to have a nice lunch at the Coast. Happens to be at the Corner Pizza in Beach town Encinitas, CA, right off of Hwy 101. Menu was simple, the storefront was simple & clean. Staff was friendly, accommodating, and knowledgeable about suggestions as I was inquiring about the menu selections. We had the Mushroom Queen large pizza and a Padrino salad. We sat outside at the patio and the food arrived in 17 mins. We ordered the pizza - extra crispy, and my husband sent it back to crisp up a bit more. Pizza - 12" was OK but over- topped with arugula greens ( why so much?) I added sausage to the toppings (paid extra) and It was obvious that they are cutting food cost with very sparse toppings, covered with the arugula greens so you won't notice? Crust was better after we had it re- toasted. The salad was over dressed with red wine vinegrette, actually pooled in bottom of the bowl. The greens was a good variety - chopped radicchio, romaine, cabbage, etc, a few pieces of mini mozzarella balls & salami bits. I got used to the sourness of the vinegrette after a minute as we were hungry. We spent $55 (incl 20% tip). Not impressed by the food, staff was efficient; suggestions to management - improve the quality of the pizza, the price point is ok as long as the pizza is well dressed. Review your salad builds - specially the dressing. A few more greenery & plants around your patio would make it more landscaped & welcoming. We will stop in again when we're in town.