Fish House Vera Cruz has been the same for years. Alway good… seldom great. We used to go there quite a bit… either San Marcos… Carlsbad… or Temecula… but got tired of the carrots. Went to the Temecula site with a client about a month ago… same old story… sweet soft carrots.. :-) Fair value for you money… but nothing to look forward to.

I like Carlsbad a lot and so I thought a fish house on the beach might be nice. Turns out Vera Cruz is a ways from the shore but we were able to drive down and go for a walk on the beach after dinner.

Our party of five took 30 minutes to seat and there is little room to sit while waiting around outside. Which is a pity as it was a lovely evening. Some drinks and an outdoor waiting area would have made the wait very pleasant.

Once sat I had the monkfish and my wife had the tilapia. The monkfish was excellent and the tilapia was “average.” Most of our party enjoyed their meals but no one was wowed.
You get choices of sides, tomatoes sounded like a good idea to 4 out of five of us and then we saw someone walking by with strawberries. We should have gotten that. The tomatoes looked like something you would find on a Wendy’s hamburger.

Service was efficient and attentive; the ambiance was sort of red lobsteresq.