Best Wine Bars in Serra Mesa

We celebrated our anniversary and it was perfect ❤️ highly recommend the sea bass bao buns & the Philly Toast. The live DJ is so fun, loved his vibe and style. Cocktails were great!

Our server Kayla was total perfection! Courtious kind, friendly, helpful, timely, one who made the experience over the top! Nice to have such professional experience! Servers like her is why we keep coming back!

First time to Isola La Jolla. Starting with being immediately greeted and very accommodating with our request for seating, even though they were busy, to the wait staff, our phenomenal waitress Stephanie, and the food...our visit exceeded our expectations. The decor is charming and inviting. We had the Wood Fired Cannelini beans and the Margherita DOP. Both were delicious. All the food coming out looked like I wanted to try.

My wife & I ate here for our weekly date night. Ambience was fair - laminate tables were not in best condition, and chairs were not very comfortable. Music was too loud. Our server turned it down on request, and somebody turned it back up. Caprese included excellent burrata and meaty tomatoes, but also loads of pesto, olive oil and balsamic glaze. Certainly not the traditional Italian presentation. Pasta with sugo & eggplant was really good - cooked perfectly al dente, good sauce, and top-quality eggplant. Shrimp scampi again had perfect linguine and an excellent garlicky sauce, but unfortunately, the shrimp were barely cooked at all - I mean "rare minus" rather than the slightly-under-medium which is in style these days. We had two glasses of wine (Montepulciano and Super-Tuscan) which were excellent, and modestly priced. Service was friendly and attentive.

Great find in downtown San Diego. Terrific wine list and very kind and helpful service staff. Would love to find my way back here anytime.