The Regal Seagull

I frequent here many Wednesdays for wing night. Such a good deal and the wings are on point. I usually go with the sweet thai chili and the old bay style. Talk to Patty behind the bar. Very cool dude and he will save your life if needed… no literally — he will save your life. He heimlick’d a patron that was choking and made the news a few months back. Hit this spot up!

Very cool casual sausage joint, yes they serve delicious sausage! They have two chalkboards, one with the beers the other with the food they serve. We opted to split the sausage sampler, where you try 3 different types. The jalapeño cheddar tasted the best too me because it was Sooo juicy & spicy. They have a mustard bar which I thought was awesome so you could choose your dipping sauce and get as much as you want. The beer went down smooth and I can’t wait to go back!

Great beer selection. Great bartenders. Closes exactly at midnight. Sit at the bar and enjoy the ambiance. The recommendations are spot on. They know the selections well.

The Regal Seagull is a pretty dope spot to get your sausage and beer fix. This place is essentially a sausage house with a slew of delicious options to choose from and topped with a delicious mustard bar. Have tried a couple of the sausages and they’re delicious, the jalapeño cheddar is delicious. The beers served are all pretty dang good and tend to rotate quite a bit but usually there is something for just about everyone on the menu, including wine and ciders. The overall ambiance is extremely chill and the indoor/​outdoor seating makes this joint a solid dining/​drinking option.
Pros–
Sausage selection
Mustard bar
Beer selection
Layout
Pet friendly outdoor seating
Ambiance
$ 1 mini corn dog Monday’s
$ 1 wings Wednesday’s
Cons–
Odd way to order can be confusing
Tough to place order when crowded
Parking limited

Cute little bar. Not very big and make sure you call ahead to find out if they are closing early. Parking isn’t the easiest, but this is a nice little dive bar to stop by and share a drink with friends.

Patrick was most awesome BarTender.
Great beer. Selection changes but always variety.
Great food.

I need to demote my stars for this place. We live two blocks down from the Seagull. Great variety of beers, from ambers to IPA to chocolatey stouts — yea 4 stars. Depth of menu items is limited, sausages are ok, the last 3 times we were here, they are always out of the chicken Diablo, vendor or ordering issues? The veg black bean burger is ok, chips are homemade, slightly greasy. The demotion of the stars is the downturn in service, the waitresses tending bar are allowed to drink beer in front of customers, they are more concerned about sipping beer than tending to customers… we actually had to wave them down to order, come on… the bar is only 25 feet long for god sake. Guess you have to be a cute Surfer boy to be waited on by these chicks. when you look at the cook tending the kitchen and grill, he is drinking beer too!!! Where the heck is management or owner oversight, definitely not tending this restaurant– wow. 1 star for the non-​service. Buzzed employees are no way to run a restaurant.

I love the Seagull. It’s a great place to hang with friends or even take a date if they’re into tasty beer.
They always have a great selection of brews from local and out of town breweries.
There are tables inside and outside but we prefer to sit at the bar to chat with the awesome bartenders.
They know their beer so don’t be afraid to ask for a recommendation if you’re indecisive.

Outstanding rotating beer selection and the staff saves lives!
Check out, «Seagull bartender saves choking customer!»
Sausages and burgers also.
Cheers.

I do love this place when I visit my Leucadian friends its the main place we always end up at. Us and half of the population of the city on a Saturday night. Its a super tight narrow bar, full to the brim at most times in the evening. Go for lunch if you want a more relaxed atmosphere. They have great food and beers on tap. If you like brats this is the place to go. You can NOT go wrong with any of the appetizers for 7 dollars list. For example, my friend ordered the soft pretzels with cheese, it came with TWO large ones! There is also a mustard bar with about 8 different types which is always fun to try out. The atmosphere is pretty hipster like but, I like all types of people so I can go anywhere and be happy with brats and beer. :) Yes they do have outdoor seating and the bathroom is in the alleyway. Funny but true.

Just moved to the area recently. Drove by this place several times and never thought of coming in because, you would never really know how cool this little place is on the outside just by driving by. When you enter you order at the bar food and drinks! Like that a lot! No dealing with waiting on service.
Before I dig deep into my review let me start by saying, this is a «Minnesota Viking Bar» … If you know me I’m a die hard 49er Girl. Even though Minnesota lost to us. the Bar staff and patrons were super friendly! Great place!
Now the review:
1.) Always! 22 BEERS O TAP! YUM!
2.) They have wine too! Always a plus!
3.) Monday is 25 cent Corn Dog Night! Lots of a variety of Mustard’s to choose from. (Always a PLUS)!
4.) Wednesday is $ 2.00 Wing night for a basket of 6. That’s .33cents a wing. Totally worth it! The flavors are Regular hot (My fave) Then there are Hotter and More Hotter, and Absolutely Hottest! LOL! House favorites. Next time I will be braver and work my way up. LOL! But what was also really good was the Thai Chili Wings. Those were pretty yummy!
5.) *****MOST IMPORTANTLY NOW**** THEIR HOMEMADE BLUE CHEESE***!!! Amaze Balls!!! Made fresh to order. «THE BEST» I have ever had! It’s like instant Crack that has you going back for more. Which I definitely will be.
6.) Staff is very friendly and very helpful.
7.) In the mood for some games… Well just ask the bartenders and they have a variety to choose from from behind the bar. Like: Man against humanity, Jenga, Cards. ecttt…
Note: If you go on a Wednesday plan on getting there early pretty packed!
Enjoy… :)

Woohoo! This is as good as it gets. Where have I been? Why does it take me so long to find some of the places I love the most? How could I not give this place 5 stars?
Great atmosphere here. Love the feel of the place. Friendly bar service too, «way to go Regal Seagull». What a fun menu too. Lots of sausages, wings and other goodies. See my photos, I pigged out. Came here on Wednesday which is ‘Wing Day” and their wings are done right. Crispy, lots of flavor options and served hot with carrots and celery and ranch.
The sausages are amazing as well. Choices I have never seen anywhere else and while I don’t drink beer, wow… they had so many beer choices on tap for those who do. What a great place for beer, sausages, wings and just to hangout with friends or whoever. It’s a small place and it filled up quick — I can see why.
I can’t wait to go back and have more wings, sausages and try their German pretzel.

The Regal Empire and I are quite familiar due to the fact that I live walking distance from its better/​sexier brother, Regal Beagle. I had some North County friends I was meeting in the area and I figured there was no better time to try the Seagull. I didn’t quite know what to expect given the huge difference in people and geographic location. Walking in, it felt North County like, white walls, open windows, less intoxicated patrons… I can dig.
I walked to the bar and took a gander at their beer wall and its many fine ales. I love having options, and the Regal empire loves giving them to you. I settled on an IPA (of course) and sat down to watch the game while my friends found a place to park. I didn’t order food because I had a dinner date with the wife later, but from everything that my friends ordered, the food looked just as delicious and prepared the same exact way as their southern location.
Less crowded (at the time), a little more room (maybe), and the North County vibe makes this Regal different, not better, than its southern brother. Both have their own personality for sure, but my Alma Matter is still Beagle. I’ll be back Seagull, next time I’m up here I’ll be back.

Hooray for the mighty sausage makers! Fabulous sausages and great craft beers are what The Regal Seagull be serving up when you come a visiting, not to mention some super amazing friendly service.
I ordered the ever so slightly spicy Smoked Cajun or Andouille sausage sandwich with peppers and onions slathered in high grain deli mustard and a refreshing cold Cutback Kolsch to wash it all down. Oh yes, the sausage sandwich came with some killer house made potato chips. Try the chips!
The smoked cajun had some great flavors. The andouille sausage, made from coarsed ground pork not only had that porky great flavor, but I was was juicy. The sausage’s flavors of garlic, red pepper, onions, wine, and salt came through very well. The spiciness of the sausage was something you felt more after the fact. The green and peppers and onions were both cooked perfectly, were tender, and provided great flavor. The deli mustard was typical, but quite good.
The Sadie Rose Buttermilk Roll that came with the sausage was a great vessel for the huge ¹⁄₃ pound sausage because it held up well, was moist, and had a nice fresh baked quality flavor to it. I really liked the potato chips because they were thick and cruncy, had great seasoning, and had a great potato flavor.
The bar keep Gretchen was fantastic and she sure knew what she was doing. She had a great attitude, knew the craft beers well, and had some keen conversation to offer.

Unclean tap lines, all beers on tap tasting stale, old, oxidised, or in one case the nitro tap had not had the nitrogen gas dialled in pouring a flat beer. For instance, Alpine Captains Stout, a world class beer, tasted like grape soda out of their tap line. IPAs tasted like freezer burned vegetables. Ambiance is great. Trivia night on Tuesdays. But I’m here for the beer and it ain’t tasting good.
Tap selection is diverse, but it is glaringly missing local beers. There’s Nevada and Oregon beers, but SD County is desperately missing. Poor showing.
I should add that condensation dripping from the HVAC piping in the ceiling into my beer was a nice touch. Might have improved it even.

I came here recently with a few friends around 12:30 in the afternoon. The female bartender that was working didn’t greet us when we entered the near empty establishment, and barely acknowledged us when we walked up to the bar to check out the beer selection. She gave me a hard time about my (definitely real) ID, and rudely asked if I had something else with my name on it. As she double checked that the ID was real, I kind of looked around at my friends to see if they were experiencing the same attitude. They all rose their brows, so I know it wasn’t just me. She was rude and assuming to my friend and her boyfriend as well. It just really seemed like she didn’t want us there. Maybe it’s cause we weren’t locals. She kind of harshed on our mellow, ya know?
The beer selection is fantastic, and the vibe is hip. They have a nice chalkboard menu with different food options (mostly sausages). We got the mac and cheese bites, which were pretty okay. They weren’t anything special. My friend ordered the chicken wings and when I asked how they were, he said they «are chicken wings, nothing particularly stands out». It seems like a place I would come with my friends after work if I lived in Encinitas full time. I would suggest hiring a more friendly daytime bartender, however.

Great beer selection, bad experience. The bartender working when we went in this past Sunday afternoon around lunch time was very rude and unfriendly to our group from the start. She gave my friend a hard time about her ID in a mean way when she could have nicely asked for another form of ID. Then, my bf ordered a cider and left to use the restroom while the other 3 of us finished ordering. When I went to order, she gave me a mean look and said rudely «I thought you ordered the cider.» No, my bf clearly ordered it. Just because he picked cider doesn’t mean it was my drink. The rest of the transaction carried on in the same rude tone and not once did she smile or make an effort to give us a positive experience.
Food was standard pub food, nothing amazing. We ordered Mac n Cheese Bites and wings. I want to give them the benefit of the doubt, because the selection of beer is large and it seems like a cool place to hang out at night. But the bartender really left us with a sour taste in our mouth.

We’re fans of the Regal Seagull. We dont’ get in there as often as we’d like, but when we are in the area we do stop in. Pretty decent beer selection, and the food we’ve had has been good. We like the throwback 70’s names they give you for your orders.
I’ve noticed it’s a bit of a sausage fest in there. I mean, they serve sausage, but that’s not what I mean. It’s a place for BROMANCE.
Ladies, it’s worth stopping in on Girls Night if you want attention, there’s not a ton of chicks in there. Good times!

I came here for trivia on Tuesday night with a few friends. We arrived just a few minutes before 8 pm when trivia started, and got a table outside.
Great beer selection! There are also a lot of ciders and wines available. I tried two different ciders and really liked them both. The only negative to the drinks is that there are not many nonalcoholic options — disappointing for my husband who doesn’t drink.
Trivia was quite fun– it’s run by sunset trivia which appears to run trivia nights at a lot of bars in SD. I appreciated how quickly we moved through the rounds. Plus, we came in 2^nd place so that was pretty fun.
I had already eaten so I didn’t try any food, but menu looks like it’s got some good options.

When you’re living on a budget, and aren’t lucky enough to have a 2-​for-​1 coupon from a mailer, Happy Hours quickly become your best of friends. Living and dining around Encinitas, we’ve found some great eats for great prices. Sakura Bana, D Street, and Quei Bravi Ragazzi especially … you can fill up two people and a baby easily for $ 10-​$ 12 and possibly have stuff to take home. Sure, a lot of that is probably carbs, but it’s still damn tasty. So, after hearing that the Regal Seagull has one of the top five appetizers in the area that we have to try (thank you random Facebook article from a non-​reputable source), we invited a friend to join us last night for dinner.
First off, their Happy Hour is NOT that great. A buck off everything on the menu may sound pretty good, but when most of the stuff you want is $ 7-​$ 8+, that doesn’t leave much room to dine on anything other than drinks and chips. But, we came here because we heard that the Fried Macaroni Cheese Bites were a must-​have. So, with friend in tow, and a split check, we made do and had dinner at the Regal Seagull.
The place itself is kinda nice. Outside it has high, metal tables and chairs with a kid seat that matches. Inside is a long bar with tap after tap of beer after beer. Can’t make up your mind on what to drink? There’s a wheel to spin to help make your choice for you. You order at the bar and they slide tickets to the kitchen on a wire. And to top it all off, board games abound from Connect Four to Candy Land to help pass the already good time.
But, that food.
Like the bulk of bar and grills, the food is made elsewhere and served here. At least Regal Seagull doesn’t keep everything in the freezer until ordered, most stuff feels and tastes fresh. But the sausages are still packaged and bought from elsewhere, the macaroni tasted a bit like Kraft before breading, and the buns are all bagged. Even all the condiments are from giant Costco tubs, which I think is my biggest peeve. If you’re going to serve an array of sausages that you don’t grind and make yourself (which I’m not expecting anyone to do at a bar), you could at least come up with your own recipes for mustards and relishes to go with them.
Mix in your own honey, maybe a dash of wasabi, be creative with a balsamic vinegar, or palm sugar … when you’re making bar food you only get so many places to do something original or truly your own to give people a reason to keep coming back because they can’t get it elsewhere. Eating sausages I could just get on my own and pop on the grill at home, I want something to add to it other than grilled onions and plain sauerkraut.
That sauerkraut, by the way, really felt like it just came from a bag. No tenderness, no fatty flavor from slow cooking in a crock with a package of sausages, nothing but a sour and raw crunch.
Still, the food they do get to serve isn’t bad; it just doesn’t go that aforementioned extra mile. Mixed together with non-​budget conscious prices, a disappointing Happy Hour, and an impressive beer selection that every bar around town seems to have these days, you end up with an average to slightly below average experience. And those Fried Macaroni Cheese Bites that brought us in the first place?
Meh…
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The Happy Hour List!
When you’re on a tight budget and still wanna get out to eat, San Diego can be unforgiving. You want to find a place where you can eat good food, be reasonable full, yet only spend $ 5-​$ 10 so you can do it again. With that in mind…
Cost: Their happy hour consists of $ 1.00 off menu items. Not the best when most of their selections are already up there in cost.
Selection: Everything on the menu, for better or worse.
Taste: With the entire menu to choose from, the average rating for this place stands.
Average food at high prices makes this rating rough. With just Happy Hour in mind, that leaves…
The Regal Seagull — Getting 1 out of 5 Stars!