Americana - DEL MAR

Looking for a great location and terrific food. Then the Americano is your place. Great service, great taste and super clean and everyone was so nice!

I've been here for breakfast a few times and it is great. Dinner experience not so much. Food was not good. Staff is friendly, good location and they have outside seating. Will try again for breakfast but there are much better dinner spots in the area.

Have loved this great place for almost 20 yrs!! Brought friends this time and unfortunately the evening was nearly ruined by the out of control children running around screaming just outside on the patio! Since parents seem to allow that maybe restaurants need to start intervening! But won’t stop us from returning!! Still a favorite

What a great find....and just a few communities down from where we live. Can't wait to try them for lunch and breakfast.

The day of our visit was a sweltering hot Santa Ana weather pattern we have a couple times a year in San Diego...temperature hovering close to 100 degrees and we were eagerly looking forward to relaxing at an air-conditioned table for a great meal. As we walked in, an oven blast of wilting air hit us. We don 't have air conditioning, remarked the hostess/server. Would you like to sit outside? We debated that, but decided to sit at a north-facing table where occasional breezes would provide some relief from the heat. But any relief was negated by a large squadron of flies that had us waving our arms like we were conducting the San Diego Symphony. I haven 't seen the flies this bad since the horse racing season stopped (at nearby Del Mar Race Track) said our server Linda. The flies landed directly on our food countless times as we attempted to eat. I ordered the Jidori Chicken and a side of asparagus. My friend ordered the Grilled Vegetable Stack. Linda emphasized it was happy hour, and we ordered the Baja Fish Tacos for $6 (regularly $10.25). The Jidori Chicken, was dry and lacked flavor. Particularly unpleasant was the accompanying lemon-pepper faro risotto, which was very salty. My friend tried it, also finding it unenjoyable. The asparagus had been taken back and re-served and had lost much of its appeal during the wait. My friend enjoyed her grilled vegetables very much. We also received fresh, hot bread. When the bill arrived, Linda had charged us the full price of the fish tacos. I called her attention to it and she claimed that, because we received a discount on our meals, we must pay full price for the tacos. I answered by saying the happy hour price was offered to ALL patrons BY THE RESTAURANT who entered during the stated hours. She, and another server who identified herself as the manager, insisted we pay the full price for happy hour tacos.