Hodad's Ocean Beach

My goodness, this place was awesome! My dad's friend recommended that we eat here while in San Diego. Literally the best burger we've ever had! So delicious! The onion rings were delicious also. So crispy and the batter was very tasty. The atmosphere was cool too. Music you could sing along with and license plates hung all over the walls.

The prices are frankly on par with the other beach eateries. But the quality is fantastic! Wife got a "mini" bacon cheeseburger. The mini was a lie... pictured lol. But, those are the ones that are fun and to your advantage. I got the Guido burger as a pastrami addict, and it did not disappoint! We also got split onion rings and fries. My wife claims the fries are some of the best she's had - which probably is true since i don't like fries - and I rather enjoyed them. Overall a great spot worthy of its reputation! If you're feeling a little frugal the mini burgers are great value as they're double the size of any fast food burger and also twice as good. The burgers are a little messy but not ridiculously so - and the staff is very friendly. Will definitely return!

Overall good experience. My first time there - but those who took me love the place and the food. - We waited about 10-15 minutes to sit - which apparently isn’t that bad cause usually the line is huge… - Service took a while to take our order. Once we ordered food took a while to get to us. The onion rings and fried took even longer to come to the table. So we had the burgers but no fries to go with it for a while 🤷🏻‍♀️ - The taste was okay - nothing too crazy. I loved that the bacon was crispy but it was chunked up in one place and not properly spread out on the entire burger. The burger was very thin. The onion was cut way too thick- i took it out. The ratio of patty size to onion size didn’t make sense. - Onion rings were good. Sweet onion and friend to perfection. Fries were wedges - crispy on the outside (not too crispy though) and the inside… meh. - Overall good experience!