Rosemarie's Buns & Brews

We heard about this place from YouTubers who recommended their sliders. The restaurant is located in Ocean Beach on sunset Cliffs. It's mainly street parking. The restaurant is itself is very small but well decorated with only a few inside tables in the front and a few tables in the back sunroom. You order the counter and they bring your food to you after they give you a number. The staff was very friendly and gave us good recommendations. We went for a happy hour around 3 PM and the food came out fairly quickly as there were only a few other people there. The elote fries tasted just like it elote, but it was too salty. The onion rings were amazing! So crispy and fresh. The beef sliders were juicy, flavorful and had very unique flavor profiles. The fried chicken one was crispy and seasoned well. The beef sliders were a little bit too salty as well. Overall, we enjoyed our experience during happy hour, but don't come here for your health!

Wow! We had eaten at Rosemaries Food Truck a few years ago and it was great. On the recommendation from our daughter and son in law, who are obsessed with Rosemaries, we had to try this newer location, first time here and let me tell you, it did not disappoint! First, Mark was working, he was awesome. So excited to explain the menu options to us and so accommodating, just super happy and grateful to have our business. We ordered Kombucha and a beer, after being able to sample them, which is always nice. Mark suggested the Elote Fries, O.M.G! Amazing! We each ordered 2 sliders, hubs had 2 beef, Lil Sal and Luau, loved them both. I had Lil Sal and Lil Munchies chicken. I couldn’t finish the 2nd one, too full, but no problem, because my husband is a bottomless pit. 🤣 While chatting with Mark, he found out we drive from Alpine to eat here, and insisted on giving us a dessert, the Churros with a healthy portion of vanilla ice cream, served with Mexican caramel, aka cajeta, and chocolate sauce, sooo good! Mark was so warm and friendly, we left hugging goodbye to our new friend. Do yourself a favor and try Rosemaries asap! They also just opened a new restaurant in Encinitas which will soon have live music! We will definitely be back!

I had to leave you a good review for the pork slider and experience I had on 12/23/25. A guy walked by me and said "Hey you ordered the special! I made that one. I worked really hard on it! Smoked it for 12 hours." Well Sir, I just wanted to let you know that all your hard work payed off because that was the most delicious sandwich ever. So many flavors! And it's just nice to see someone have so much passion and care for the food they create. As a visitor from Chicago thank you for the San Diego experience. I'll always remember this one!