Maitre D' - San Diego

I've gone here many times over the last 10 yrs and it was great every time. You can't find the customer service and attention to detail that they have at any other restaurant.

We had a reservation for 4 set up at this place for 2 months. Five hours before the dinner we get a call from the restaurant saying that they cancelled our reservation since they had a big party going on and wouldn't be able to handle us. They decided to allow a large party to increase their reservation size at the expense of other customers. I have never heard of anything like this from any business. I hope their one time profit increase makes them happy because they have lost a customer for life hopefully any of you that read this do not frequent this place. I hope that those with reservations have a back up plan.

As we left the restaurant, I told my wife that it was the best meal I've had in San Diego, if not anywhere else. We thoroughly enjoyed everything—from the infused vodka and Escargot Chablisiennes to the salad, Steak au Poivre, and Tournedos Marchant de Vin. The staff was exceptional at their job, and we appreciated the tableside preparation and the lovely touch of serving sorbet in an ice sculpture at each table. Although it's on the pricey side, which makes it difficult to visit regularly, we will definitely return for all our special occasions.

Dining at Maitre D ' is not only a dependable dining experience, it is live theatre in a lovely setting. The menu is old school and there is a definitely eastern Europe ambience laid over the French. What brings us back again and again for our most special dining experiences is knowledge that the meat is high quality, the service is exceptional, the personal attention is charming, the room is beautiful, the table settings are worthy of a private home, and the table-side preparations (dinner through dessert and coffee), are rarely available. And if all that is not enough, it would be the ice-encased vodka, beautiful and absolutely delicious. Maitre D ' won 't get you points for knowing about the latest hot thing. It will, however, provide a singular, gracious, and beautiful dining experience that you won 't find elsewhere because it is the result of personal dreams and most evidently a labor of love. Count yourself lucky if you get to go.

The best of the best can be found only at this restaurant, which is the sole establishment from Vancouver, BC to Tijuana, Mexico, serving exquisite dishes like steak Diane, flambé steak au poivre, beef Wellington, bananas Foster, flambé cherries jubilee, and flambé café diable.