Viewpoint Brewing Company - DEL MAR

5 for location, vibe and dog-friendly restaurant. The service was friendly and quick. The beer was outstanding. However, overall food quality was somewhat bland and average. I would go back again for drinks and ambience.

I've been wanting to try this spot for awhile as the location is amazing. They have tons of outdoor seating overlooking the estuary. Service was friendly and decently fast. They have a large beer menu but unfortunately no sours. I went with a small flight. For food, I got the fried chicken sandwich which was pretty bland. It definitely needed a different sauce more sauce. Overall, it was super underwhelming. I upgraded my fries to truffle parmesan and they were pretty good!

Although my husband did enjoy the drinks he had, the food itself was not great.Most of the food we ordered was REALLY bland. The ceviche desperately needed salt and more lime juice. I say more, but I 'm not sure if it had any at all which is very odd for it being ceviche . It didn 't have much of a citrus flavor.The desserts were probably the worst I 've ever had. We ordered both options as we had our kids with us. One of them looked like my 8 year smothered a jar of strawberry smuckers and threw 3 vanilla wafers on top. The other was a bread pudding with 1 apple slice and vanilla ice cream. I 'm not sure if they know that bread pudding is a dessert in itself, but this one literally tasted as if they poured milk and eggs on top of bread and baked it as is. No vanilla, no sugar, tasted as mentioned.. milk soaked bread.It was really hard to get our waiters ' attention. I had to ask 3 times to get table settings. Trying to flag them down for more drinks and orders was difficult.It is dog friendly and kid friendly. The burgers were good, too. I 'm not too sure we 'd be back. If so, it 'd be for the drinks alone and not the food.

We came for the first time and we loved it. They sat us right away in the patio since we had two flurry babies. Server came to great us right away and food came less then 10 minutes. Restaurant was all full. We were surprised came almost right away. Korean sandwich was good. The black garlic aioli sauce was amazing. Fish tacos were ok. The most delightful thing on the menu was the bread pudding with vanilla ice cream on top and strawberry sauce. Server was very attentive and checked on us all the time. The ambiance was great, lots of friendly people.

Great location!Nice view with covered outdoor seatings!Ample selections for food and drinks!Quality of my fried chicken sandwich was just so so.We came as a large group while hiking the Crest Canyon Trail nearby. Perfect rest stop.