Top Southeast Asian Restaurant in Escondido
Surf Brothers Teriyaki and Catering
1032 W Valley Pkwy, Escondido, CA 92025, United States
My wife, her family of 5, and I just flew back into town. On our way home we decided to stop into Escondido to change the baby, and grab a bite to eat. We discovered this establishment because it looked like a fun place to celebrate our first meal in California. We walked in to order food, my wife indicated to the employee that she needed to change the baby, and to my surprise the employee directed her to a McDonalds across the plaza. This was completely unnecessary to send her with the baby walking across the plaza to use another establishments facilities. None the less I quickly blew it off, and asked my wife if she would just go back to the van and change the baby, and I would order her food for her. As we all started ordering food it became apparent that there were few options on the menu. Basically rice, and meat. The food we ordered was approx. $10.00-$11.00 a plate. Which totaled nearly $80.00 for all 6 of us. Honestly I thought, for that price it had to be pretty amazing. NOPE! It was basically a knock off Panda Express with rice, chicken, teriyaki, or a mix of the meats. Oh and it came in the same kind of to-go container as Panda. But the restaurant went with black. Cool. At this point, I couldnt even stand being in there. But before I left I needed to use the restroom. I got up, tried to open the door and realized someone was in there because the door was locked. I sat back down and waited patiently. Not long after, One of my In-laws informed me that I had to ask permission to use the restroom. The employee must of seen me trying because when I walked up he had the bathroom key in hand, and ever so cooley handed off the presumably dirty key to me. I reluctantly used the facility, dropped the key back off on the counter, and got everyone back in the car. But out of all of this... What really irked me was after realizing I had to have a key to use the restroom, it explained to me why the employee directed my wife off to McDonalds in the first place. You have to give them money first. Bottom line, if you want more bang for your buck, more options, more food, pay less money, and not have to ask to use a dirty restroom key? go to a Panda Express!
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Holiday Inn Express & Suites San Diego-Escondido
1250 W Valley Pkwy, Escondido, CA 92029, United States
We stayed at this location for almost a week. We were staying in Escondido to visit family.Pros:- great breakfast- staff are friendly- room is clean- close to a lot of stores and food options, plus the highway is easily accessible- having the fridge, microwave, free parking and NO resort fee for once was nice!The biggest con is I'm not sure if we just hit a bad time to stay here or if this is the normal “traffic” through this hotel but other guests are very disrespectful in the early morning and late at night. People were yelling in hallways at 6-7am, partying at 1-2am and the biggest issue we had is for Friday/Saturday night the people above us sounded like they were jumping off the walls and onto the floor. We had to call THREE almost 4 times before the front desk even called the room? They sent security up but security apparently just stood there to “see if there was noise” the banging was so bad the mirror on the wall was shaking. Also the pricing for this hotel is a bit extreme for what you get. I mean I get it if I was in downtown Los Angeles but, basically $300 a night for an average 2 star hotel in kinda the middle of no where is a bit pricy. Lastly, if the pool “area” closes at 10pm guests shouldn't be allowed to stay out there drinking and partying in my eyes.Overall we are satisfied with our stay here and if we ever do come back I probably would stay here again as it was actually the best rated hotel in Escondido lol!