Just For the Halibut

I was disappointed to find out this wasn’t a seafood place. Don’t be fooled by the misleading name :-)

NUMBER OF VISITS: 1
WOULD I COME BACK: maybe… but likely not.
Visited this place with a couple of friends during a weekend trip down to San Diego. Our target was Cravory next door for some halo halo cookies or something. Anyway, upon pulling into the parking lot, we were intrigued by the huge sign «Just for the Halibut.» The fat girl in me foolishly thought it was a restaurant. Walking in… it clearly isn’t. It’s more like a Hallmark store. You’ll find greeting cards, magnets, mugs with interesting sayings, figurines and all kinds of nik naks people might buy people as gifts and what not. It’s a bit overpriced if you ask me. Customer service was non existent. There weren’t any customers in the store except for the 3 of us. I think it’s interesting though that the only pictures attached to this business are pretty much ours… but that’s just my observation I guess.
Not much else to say about this place. Worth a quick walk through if you’re in the area and want to be able to say you walked in «just for the halibut.» There I go being 12 yrs old again…
Ok good bye.

Seafood market or card store? More like card store. There are no traces of fish products here but the name is catching. Just for the Halibut… Seems as if someone just bought this business cause it’s a catchy phrase for, Just for the hell of it.
We walked in this mom and pop store intrigued. It’s in the same plaza as The Cravory. Just For the Halibut sells memorabilia, greeting cards, and nostalgic items. The sales lady was not friendly at all. No acknowledgement or anything. We looked around for some funny items but were bored after 5 minutes and walked out.

It’s funny that all this time I’ve been shopping at Paper Tales next door, I never thought of setting foot inside this place because I thought it was just a seafood restaurant. It is actually a neat little gift shop with unique knick knacks and cards. They have a good variety of products that amuse and are actually affordable. I shamefully admit that I compared some of the prices to amazon while I was there. There is a small adult corner in the back of the store that could stand to be a little more closed off just in case little people enter the store. But other than that it’s a great store and the ladies working there were very nice to talk to. Definitely worth dropping by if you are in the area.

This place isn’t what it used to be. Always loved stopping in and seeing all their cute knick knacks and random fun items. They even used to carry different, unique jewelry which I bought a few pieces years back and still love. This place is just boring now & almost… dare I say, old ladyish. I’m still able to stop in for cards, but cvs is right next door and I can get my cards there while doing other shopping. I feel like soon this once interesting shop will be gone just like so many other businesses in this strip mall.

A cool little card and gift shop, but I have to agree w/​prior reviewers that their merchandise just isn’t quite as cool and interesting as it used to be…

Cute little tourist shop. Nick-​knacks, kind of pricey for being off the beaten path. Mostly cards.

This place is the pits, seriously. I had heard great things, but why?
The staff, all except the old guy are pretty useless, wrapped up in what they are doing, rather than the customer. Limited and done before product. And the ‘naughty section’ what is that?
Anyway…thats all there is to say.

This place is the worst. Use to go here all the time, but the new owners have driven this shop into the ground. Poor selection of gift items and the worst customer service. The employee never greeted me and kept reading her book. This has happened several times.

Whatever happened to the old Just for the Halibut? This place is awful! Talk about trying to duplicate someone else’s efforts. I know it must be hard to be original, but at least you can try. I miss the old owner and their taste level and true sense of humor. The employees were the best, and kept me coming back year after year — — no more, I tried, but couldn’t buy a thing in this poor version of what used to be a great gift and card shop.

This is a place to go when you need a dirty card, funny card, off the beaten path card. I’ve been picking up cards at this store over 10 years /​2 different owners and the card selection is consistently good for my warped sense of humor.
They also sell various bachelor party /​dad /​grad /​over 40 type gag gifts at boutique prices but I don’t find that stuff that useful. Haven’t had the urge to buy an $ 8 pack of penis shaped erasers yet… And having been on the receiving end of those gifts (the cane prop with the pills and horn and old geezer lube or whatever screwed on to it for the 35 bday) I can say it’s just a short laugh. Shoulda spent that money on beer I’m thinking…