Trophy’s

Used to go here after work for cocktails and beers.
Once they fired the waitress/​bartender (best one they had there) over not wearing makeup, well that was the day I decided to not come back. I also sent a nice email to my entire company with a link to the sign on SD story on it… needless to say an office building with 430 employees stopped going as well. I hope my email led to the financial mess that caused this place to go out of business. The new owner deserves what he got.

I came to Trophy’s not too long ago to watch the Laker’s game. To be honest, I wasn’t too sure if it was still there, cause it’d been years since I had been there, and the one in Grossmont Center no longer existed. But… it was.
I walked in, the hostess pointed me towards the bar, and I walked on over to meet up with my buddy. I had just gotten back from my weekend in Vegas, so I was trying to take it easy on the drinking. And, surprisingly, I was able to watch the entire game without drinking one beer. As a man, I’m not sure wether or not I should be proud of that.
The place was pretty empty at first, but more & more people started showing up once the game started. The staff was friendly, the food looked good (my buddy ordered a bbq pizza), and they have pretty decent happy hour specials. It’s not a bad place to go when you just wanna relax and watch a game. The only thing that really bothered me, was the television setup at the bar, they have some big screen hdtv’s and some regular small screen tv’s. And they must have been on different feeds because the hdtv’s were a few seconds slower than the others. So, it was kinda distracting because I kept wanting to watch the small tv’s cause they were faster, but the big screens looked so much better. Whatever though, no big deal…

Bland food, slow service and overpriced!!! And their specialty drinks don’t taste very special!

I have eaten here only once, nothing to write home about, but when I read the story about the waitress getting fired for not wearing makeup, well… let’s just say I felt compelled to add to the fury here on Unilocal.
I get that it’s OK according to the law. But laws sometimes gotta change. And sometimes people like me gotta cross Trophy’s off their list of acceptable places to watch sports or catch a brew.
Boycott, I say. If there were a half-​star, I’d give it.

Never, ever support a business that blatently discriminates. The owner fired a waitress for refusing to wear make-​up. The courts may not think this is discrimination, but Trophy’s former customers do! I hope people reconsider going here. Ever.

The owner of this restaurant recently fired one of their female employees because she refused to wear make-​up. Mark Oliver, the person that owns the Trophy’s, seems to think that this is 1950… yes, he has a legal right to set this policy, because for some reason the courts upheld this craptastic rule but that does not make it at all right. Aside from the fact that the food truly is crap there, the owner is a jerk.
here is the link

The sign outside says «Trophys» but on the menu it says (in small text) «Trophys» but (in large text) «ALL AMERICAN GRILL».
Are you «ALL AMERICAN KIDDING ME?»
We used to eat here years ago when service was much better and the food was better prepared. Also, the prices were much cheaper too.
I mean, c’mon, $ 12 for a burger? I get a better burger at Red Robin for 4 bucks less and the steak fries are bottomless!
Service was SLOW. I mean, I can bake a cake and eat it before our food would arrive.
Our server was nice but not properly trained nor efficient. During our 40 minute wait for food arrival, she never checked on us, once.
Of course we complained, first to the girl up front (because the server was scarce and non attentive) then to the manager.
We got ¾ of our bill comped because my kids were very hungry and we wanted to leave. I felt terrible for them because they had to face this ordeal.
In the end all we got was an apology, a handshake, a dry burger (had to ask for ketchup and mustard) and a comp on our bill.
«All American Grill» was an «All American Disappointment».
Gordon Ramsay should pay a visit and fix this place up. Seriously.
Otherwise… avoid.

I really like this place. It is family friendly (we take our 15 mo old son) and the servers are always really nice and we have been there many times. I love their pizzas (only served on F/​Sa/​Su which is kinda lame) but we have always enjoyed whatever we ordered.
And they offer a wide variety of food so if you are in a large group everybody can be happy.

If you’re in the mood for mediocre food that’s way over priced, Trophy’s take the trophy! There is only 2 good things about this place: there is always parking and the few times we have been here, we have never had to wait to get seating… hmmmm.

I always get very sad when I enter Trophy’s and take a look at the hat proclaiming the Chargers Super Bowl XXIX champions. Ouch. That’s a wound that will never shut, so I don’t need salt thrown in it. And salt is bad for you, so double negative.
The food here is only okay, and it is terribly overpriced. Trophy’s is very low on my list of places to go to for eating and watching sports. I don’t mind the occasional trip to Trophy’s but I’d rather be somewhere else usually.

Oh goodness how I loathe this place. I used to work at the one in downtown, for a couple of months, and hated every moment of it. They have terrible food and the managers are creeeeepy. They charge too much for their food. The only good thing is that you can draw on the tables.

This place is a joke and a rip-​off. I dont really know how to categorize it. Its way more expensive than an Applebees and serves worse food
I would actually prefer Applebees over this joint and that says alot. They both happen to be in the same shopping center
I had a friend that used to work here but she quit because she told me that her manager kept on harassing her and would not stop asking her out. Hello, hostile work environment. Lawsuits.
Those commercials that they used to air made me cringe. How much money were those patrons paid to praise this place? Were they real customers or actors?
That spot in the commercial where this nerdy Asian dude kept on nodding his nerdy head as he proclaimed that Trophy has the best food is hilarious.
What planet is he from? Obviously a planet thats been feeding him shit for his entire miserable life. Or maybe hes from mira mesa. Who knows. Hes an idiot with deformed taste buds.
2 stars for having a full bar.

One star for a good idea. A spot to watch some sports, drink some beer, get your munch on.
Another star for the waitresses. She was friendly, got the job done well, and didn’t annoy the shit out of me by being some perky ditz.
The rest of the stars are missing though because this place took a good idea and executed it poorly. The menu is extremely limited. Can I get something besides a sandwich or appetizer? The booths are tiny. There’s no room for 2 grown men on each side. Looks like they made them intentionally small so they can fit more inside so I’m assuming this place gets crowded as hell on gameday. Definitely not the spot to comfortably watch the game.
I went with the wife on a Friday night to watch the olympics and the place was damn near empty. No sound from the TV, just some crappy tunes. Well, maybe not crappy, but let’s face it… there’s a time and a place for RHCP, Kid Rock, and Stone Temple Pilots. My friday night dinner is not the time or place. I guess I’ll go somewhere else next time.

I’m hesitant to write a review b/​c i’m embarrassed that I even came here in the first place.
The food is below average and the wait staff/​hostess/​bartenders are the kind that think its a chore that you walked into their restaurant and put forth minimal effort. Oh yeah and its overpriced. 4 dollars for a miller light?
Well, we came into watch the charger game b/​c we thought it was going to be too crowded elsewhere and tried to drink away our hang overs from the night before.
They should change the name to «Trophy’s, we only have the pity ones that every player the team gets»

blech.
Happy hour is 4 – 7 monday-​friday.
and you should never go.
we got the cheesy fries, quesadilla and au jus sliders. They give you 4 miniscule sliders, 4 tiny pieces of quesadilla and greasy/​hard fries with dried out cheese on top. I could make the quesadilla at home and it would be 10 times the size. the au jus sliders had mediocre meat on them and definetely more bread than anything else. and i didn’t even want to eat the fries but I had already bought them and was starving. All their food is expensive and judging by their happy hour selections, BLAH.
heed this warning. do not go.
oh yeah and weird, their prices are expensive even for happy hour.

Horrible prices for mediocre food.
The Value Menu had the description: «Same great value, smaller portions.» Being still hungry from the regular menu’s $ 10 french toast (which consisted of a measly 2 slices of bread), I almost choked on my glass of water while reading it.
The rest of the menu is even higher priced, with individual pizzas and pasta plates upwards of 15 dollars. If I want to pay that much, I’ll go somewhere that specializes in it.
The wait staff was nice and what little french toast I was given tasted decent, but for those prices, I can find better elsewhere.

It had been quite a while since I’d been to Trophy’s. The last time was at their previous downtown location, during baseball season, when I chalked their terrible service up to a pre-​game rush. Yesterday, after dropping a package off at FedEx in Hazard Center, I found myself with about 40 minutes to kill and a growling belly. I figured that I’d drop into Trophy’s and grab a bite.
Before I get to specifics, I’ll share one of a handful of «acid tests» for an early indication of a dining experience: «the welcome». It’s not 100%, but my experience is that, more often than not, if you’re not welcomed by someone (a host/​ess, passing server, busser, manager) when you enter a dining establishment, it’s a pretty good indication that the joint hasn’t set the bar real high when it comes to quality service. Such is the case at Trophy’s.
Walked right by an empty host stand, (where two servers were chatting it up, but apparently completely unaware of my entrance), and to the bar area. As a former bartender, I’ve got a soft spot for bar service, and my optimism got the best of me as I found an empty seat at the bar. The bartender eventually broke away from a karaōke-​related story he was having with a server at the service well, and asked me for an order. I ordered a pint of beer, and requested a menu. Easy enough.
My second mistake was ordering a chicken Caesar salad, which while it was delivered in almost no time, was pretty ridiculously overpriced for the quality (regretfully, I had not read Jay’s previous post, or I would had cut my losses).
With the exception of slipping my bill in a shot glass in the peanut rail in front of me, that was the last interaction I had with the bartender, who sluggishly went about his duties of pouring sodas for waitresses while chatting them up about their post-​shift plans.
On a positive note, they’ve got plenty of trophies (not surprisingly, none of them are for quality food or service.)

Ah yes, Home of the Famous $ 16 Chicken Caesar Salad and the $ 10 Cheeseburger! Where the #### do they get off charging what they charge for food??? This is really standard, corporate, soul-​less, and completely uninspired food, so WHY do people actually pay that much for it? I just don’t get it…
Admittedly, my girlfriend and I had our first date at the UTC location, but we also ended up ridiculing how expensive it was for what we got. The ambience is nice, I guess, and they will make you a decent drink for a price that is reasonable when compared to the food. There are a lot of television sets as well.
Perhaps their happy hour is decent, but I will never go here for lunch or dinner again.

We went for happy hour on a Friday and the place wasn’t too crowded and the prices were reasonable. The ‘bar baskets’ were tasty but TINY portions (you need 3 to fill up). I recommend the cheesy fries and the jalapeño poppers.
Overall, not a bad place for happy hour but it won’t be in the regular rotation.

This place is right next to Double-​tree hotel in mission valley, San Diego.
They have friendly server, nice food, and good location.
This place is good for watching sport game on big game.
Place is not really crowded and there is lot of parking space.