Candor By Giuseppe

Amazing! We went in craving for pasta and we were thrilled! Their margaritas were so smooth and flavor combination was great (I got fruity) We got white lasagna and meatball and pasta. I still remember their taste after 4 days, truffle in white lasagna was just right amount pleasing all the ingredients! Their tomato sauce was not overwhelmingly tomato but so fresh! Butternut squash soup warmed up from the wind. We would definitely come back next time we visit CA

Bravo Bravo! Hospitality and food through the roof! Came in with my roommate (we're in hospitality) and we both agreed, Candor by Giuseppe has got it! We were greeted by Sofia and sat along the bar. The ambience is warm and inviting with beautiful art hung along the walls. We opted for a week night evening on Tuesday, perfect timing as most La Jollans are asleep by 8pm. For beverage I stayed with Giuseppe's hometown white, which just arrived, supposedly the first bottle the bar opened! Bright and refreshing. For food, we started with the roasted eggplant over a romesco; this paired beautifully with the Capolemole! My roommate said some crunch would've been a nice texture add on; I enjoyed the olive oil and mint. Then we dug into the clams and mussel's. Perfect amount of spice. Rolling along, the branzino. A must! The white flesh was moist and delicate. Potatoes were crisp and the warm green goddess sauce rounded the dish off. To end, a special dark chocolate mousse with fresh whipped cream. Will definitely be back. I hear wine Wednesday's are awesome! J P.S. You have to try the matcha coconut rum cocktail, soo good.

I live in LA and come to La Jolla a few times a year. I ALWAYS make a point of stopping at Candor. Truly the best food in the San Diego area. Everything is fresh, the presentation is insane and the service is incredible! This last trip, we shared the crudo, seafood soup, branzino and the homemade cookies with local ice cream…each course was unique and different! Bravo Giuseppe! You are keeping your bar extremely high for your patrons! We appreciate it!

My new favorite spot! The cappuccinos here are SO GOOD! and the food is absolutely delicious. This is how ALL pasta should taste!! The service is excellent and super friendly, they make many rounds and check in on you! Cozy restaurant, good for solo dining as well as family!!

We found this place by chance and I feel so incredibly lucky that we did!! The decor, ambience, staff, everything was wonderful. The blue and browns the staff wear is relaxing and nice while not being too casual or too formal. Our waiter checked on us the perfect amount of times and was knowledgeable about the menu. We had two appetizers and two entree salads for the adults. For our child, we had chicken tenders. Dessert was a chocolate chip cookie and two scoops of gelato. The appetizers looked beautiful, smelled amazing, and the taste was just 100% on point. I could not imagine any change to improve them. The dinner salads were more of the same. They were not small salads either! They were filling! One of us had a fig salad while the other had the shrimp and peach. The chicken tenders and fries were on the kids menu. We ordered them for our son and were silently apprehensive regarding if it would be enough food since many times kids portions are small. This was a wonderful sized portion!!!!! We were VERY pleasantly surprised. The desserts were also a very nicely portioned. I wanted to finish my gelato because it was so good but I was full and completely satisfied. The others in my party felt the same regarding their desserts, although our son finished the vanilla bean gelato for us! Haha. Sorry for making this so long but it was just so good! I wish I had taken photos of the appetizers and entrees but I only decided to take one when it came to dessert. I highly recommend this fantastic restaurant. My highest compliments to the chef and the staff.