Union Kitchen and Tap Encinitas

We share 3 different plates, the foos was good presentation, amount and flavor. The waitress were friendly, I just have a comment they just come when we call them, honestly I don't know if there was no more waitresses or just the 3 did I see. We set outside and the weather was so good.

Don't normally give a 5 star but here is one. Everything i had (minus the mac and cheese which was still ok but not great) was amazing. Drinks, food, service everything was pretty good

It’s a cool place, pretty friendly staff. The meatballs dish looks great… it’s not. The meatballs themselves are okay, not great. The tomato/ marinara sauce had little to nothing going for it. The meatballs were not hot on arrival and the cast iron dish isn’t hot. The garlic bread looks beautiful too but no salt. This place is being a pansy about seasoning their food.

I really enjoy this place! The beer is great, the food is great. We sat "outside" on a cold day, and they had so many heaters that it was almost hot. The fig flatbread was great, as were the short rib fries. The Ahi was also wonderful, although the portion seemed a little small to me. Recommended! Edit Sept 2025. Fig flatbread still excellent, but the shrimp tacos were meh, with overdone bland shrimp. Still recommend this restaurant, but perhaps not the shrimp tacos.

We went for Sunday brunch, and it was not too busy. We got a table by the window. The food was very good. We had wings, gumbo and salad, all very tasty.