Joshua Lurie-Terrell

Review of C Level & Island Prime

I'd love to write a great review of this place, as...

I'd love to write a great review of this place, as I had intended to try it for weeks, ever since I found out the conference hotel I'd be stuck at for a week was located just up the island.

I walked about 30 minutes to get here, and while I did balk when the host told me the wait would be 45 minutes, I decided to wait. After all, you can't punish them for being successful, right?

After an hour with no contact, I poked my head in only to find that my name had not, in fact, been written in by the host. Or if it had, it had been crossed out, even though I had been sitting on the bench reading a book and never had my name called out.

I was then told the wait would be over an hour ... making it a 2+ hour wait.

No thanks. I took the long walk back to the hotel and had a grilled cheese sandwich from room service. It's too bad - I had a $100 per diem burning a hole in my pocket and I really wanted to try a little of everything from the C level menu, and I'm a fantastic tipper. But it was not to be.

I'll be back in San Diego late in the summer, maybe. I don't think I'll be wasting my time here, though. The food may be great, but if you're not going to let me eat it, I'm not sure why I should go out of my way to give you my business.