94th Aero Squadron Restaurant & Events - American restaurant in San Diego - 8885 Balboa Ave, USA

Came here with my family on a Thursday for dinner with a reservation for our group of 7. It was not busy at all and we were seated right away. There is the option to sit outside, but we opted to stay inside. Lighting was a little dark. We were served water right away, and our drink orders taken. We were also served bread with a side of butter. The bread was hot, soft and fresh. We ordered the Crispy Calamari to share. The calamari was cooked well, but it definitely needed some seasoning. I ordered the Seared Salmon, and my wife ordered the Aviator Burger. The salmon was skinless, and seasoned and cooked well; moist and flaky. The burger, cooked to a medium, had great flavor and was juicy. The entrées come with either a soup or salad, which I went with a French Onion soup. The soup was good; not too salty or chunky. The service was friendly and great, giving good recommendations and being attentive. In my opinion, the food is overpriced, paying more for the view of the executive airport and seeing planes fly in and out. I wouldn't come back regularly for dinner, but they do have brunch buffet on Sundays, which would be interesting to see their food selection.

We went for restaurant week on a Wednesday evening. Overall, the food was good. One of the better prime ribs I've had, being well seasoned and well cooked. My creme brule was done well but one of the other ones was a smidge over-bruleed. They also ran out of several things on their restaurant week menu, which is understandable since we were a little later in the day, but still unfortunate. The service was very friendly, but a little slow. I would definitely come back though.

First time here, didn't realize we had a cute place like this in San Diego! Very beautiful old building, huge outdoor patio overlooking the small airport runway, and a solid brunch buffet experience with bottomless mimosas. The food selection was very large, tri-tip was perfectly cooked and not over-seasoned. Everything we tried was good. The staff was attentive and made sure our champagne flutes were always topped off. Fantastic spot for group gatherings, or a quiet Sunday date, or anything really.

Mediocre hotel level food, reservations mean nothing, stunning ambience especially outside My husband was very proud that he had gotten brunch reservations here for Mother's Day. We arrived exactly at our time of 9:45. There was a whole line of roughly 40 people waiting who all had reservations. The line moved decently quick but it was still weird to have to wait with reservations. We finally got checked in around 10:05 I believe. But that didn't mean we had a table. Reservations don't mean you have a table apparently. My understanding was that they had a sign out front stating that reservations had priority. But let's say if I had showed up at 9:15. I would have been sat long before my 9:45 reservation. I'm willing to be wrong about this however. It's just based on my own understanding. We had to wait in a very pretty foyer for around 15 minutes. I got bored and went to check out the food. It was hard to believe we were being asked to pay 80 bucks per adult and I believe $40 or $45 per child for what was essentially a Marriott level breakfast as well as some seafood. It was completely cramped with people elbowing each other. Loud noise and kind of hot and sweaty. I did see people with crab legs and in a corner. I also saw the prime rib that was advertised. But I couldn't get close enough to get a photo. Maybe it was amazing. Maybe it was worth that extra money and I just didn't know because I wasn't willing to wait around. My twin kids were hungry and although I gave them snacks before we left, we had not factored in the extra wait time. The lady in the front taking care of reservations did seem very apologetic and mildly surprised when we were leaving. The staff themselves seem to be hustling pretty hardcore. I'm pretty sure this is the fault of some really poor managerial decision that everyone else just had to compensate for in chaos. Maybe a brunch on a different day would be worth the price and wait. As for me and my family, we went to studio diner where I got a free mimosa and got sat immediately.

Beautiful place! A lot of cool relic Aero memorabilia. Food was ok. My braised short ribs were very dry ($46). The French onion soup was luke warm. His crab salad was ok ($26). First the server said it came with Avacado and shrimp ... Then came back and said it now does not. We had to add shrimp (another $18). Then when it came, it was missing cucumber. The building is really cool for a wedding or event. The grounds are filled with beautiful gardens. I feel that the food was over priced and underwhelming.

I love this place. The atmosphere is so cool, it's an old French farmhouse style building with a whole bunch of World War 1 deco. Staff is super friendly, food tastes great and awesome views of planes taking off and landing at Montgomery Field. SO much food available for brunch.

This place was amazing! I made my reservation on Open Table for their Sunday Brunch, and my party was sat right away. This was our first time here, so our server Issac was very helpful in explaining where to find all the different types of food. Most importantly, he kept our Mimosas coming! The $65 per person brunch includes bottomless mimosas, and we never had to ask for a refill. He was just.. there, with champagne in hand! Don't let the price of the brunch scare you away. It was worth every penny!

The food was lacking flavor. 😩 The sides were boring. Mashed Potatoes bland. Seafood chowder, bland. However, we both had the prime rib, and both orders were cooked to perfection! Then desert, cheesecake was bland.