YellowBrix Restaurant

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#2 of 85 Restaurants in Carlsbad$$ - $$$, Southwestern, Bar

+1 575-941-2749+ Add website

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Hours

Sun

8:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Mon

6:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Tue

6:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Wed

6:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Thu

6:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Fri

6:00 AM - 10:00 PM

Sat

8:00 AM - 10:00 PM

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4.0

1,150 reviews

#2 of 85 Restaurants in Carlsbad

Travelers' Choice 2024

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PRICE RANGE

$0.00 – $7.00

CUISINES

Southwestern, Bar

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201 N Canal St, Carlsbad, NM 88220-5829

+1 575-941-2749

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About

YellowBrix is a bistro style lunch and dinner venue. Our lunch and dinner menus are both available during all hours of operation,11am-9pm Sun.-Thurs. And 11am-10pm on Fri.&Sat. The menu consists of salads, sandwiches, pastas, and many steak and seafood options from the grill including a 24 oz. Cowboy ribeye. Our signature sauce selections are great compliments to our steaks! Upon request, our chef will "whip up" alternatives for the vegetarian and vegan guest.

PRICE RANGE

$0.00 – $7.00

CUISINES

Southwestern, Bar

Meals

Lunch, Dinner, Brunch, Late Night, Drinks

FEATURES

Takeout, Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Parking Available, Street Parking, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Wine and Beer, Mastercard, Visa, Discover, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Live Music, Dog Friendly, Family style, Sports bars, Gift Cards Available

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4.0

1,150 reviews

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MissMem

Memphis1096 contributions

Totally Overrated

May 2021 • none

We were told this was the best restaurant in town. But....our calamari appetizer was more like tempura. There was very little calamari but the vegetables were good and there were a lot of veggies. People sitting near us received a portion twice the size of ours and it was loaded with calamari. For main courses, we had steak fajitas. Nothing was served hot. The server was pleasant and really tried to please us, but nothing was worth raving about. We did get a discount on the calamari.

Written July 10, 2021

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Barry B.

Friedens9 contributions

Anniversary Dinner

Feb 2020 • family

I had dinner here with my brother and his wife. I bought them dinner for their anniversary. The green chili psole was excellent. Our steaks were very flavorful and his wife’s fettuccine was also very good. We had good service and the food came out quickly.

Written February 11, 2020

Peter C

25 contributions

A Good Experience at Big City Standards

Oct 2020 • none

The first issue in assessing restaurants when traveling is, what's the standard? As they say about sports, every bad team has a best player, so a restaurant could be the best place to eat in a region starved for good restaurants and not be very good. That's not the case here. We live in a major east coast restaurant market, and we would go back to YellowBrix if it was in our city. Portions were big, execution was great: I had the grilled pork chops, which are easy to over cook, and these were done just right. We had Brussel sprouts, which we lightly fried, seasoned just right. The salads were fresh, the prices were very reasonable, the waitstaff were friendly and attentive. Prices were very reasonable. In short, a very good, very solid experience on all dimensions.

Written October 4, 2020

Chris S

1 contribution

No service and bad food

Jul 2021 • family

Skye our waitress only came to the table to take drink order, food order then deliver food. We sat with empty glasses most of our meal. As for the food the salmon and the fried shrimp were over cooked and dry. I had the chicken cordon Bleu and it was alright. For the prices I expect more than chicken with some lunch meat inside. Overall the service and food together gave the place a feel of they are trying to appear to be a nice restaurant bit don't have the skill or knowledge to pull it off. Having high prices for average food and bad service does not make you a good restaurant, it makes you pretentious.

Written July 19, 2021

SATXVoyager

San Antonio6 contributions

Honest Review - horrible service from Sophia, way over priced for the value

Jul 2021 • none

Traveling through town looking for a decent meal. Yellowbrix has mixed reviews but we hoped for the best and tried it. The problem with this restaurant isn’t exactly the food. Green chili burger was good, my wife enjoyed her salad, spinach and artichoke dip was awful, absolutely gross. The problem is the service. If you get a good waiter/waitress you typically have a good experience. Well, we had the worst waitress we have had in a very long time.her name is Sophia. Waited over 10 min before I got up to speak with the hostess because we had numerous staff walk past us and all ignore us. When the hostess talked to Sophia I heard her say “I see them, I’ll get to them in a minute”; I want to note she walked by us at least 3 times never once acknowledging us. We got a table by the main area when the staff prepare drinks etc, I overheard Sophia tell another waitress “you’re annoying and I’m going kick your @ss. I understand wait staff and being in the weeds etc but this was just on another level. So, the worst part was Sophia over charged us for a glass of wine. $17! The craziest thing was when she placed the tab on the table she said “let me know if everything looks right”. Huh, why would a waitress ask that? We asked her about it, she discounted it 20% and said my manager approved the discount. I watched her the entire time, she never spoke with anyone. I would never recommend this restaurant to anyone. Some of The worst service I have ever received and then Sophia tried to over charge us? Last thing, my wife suggested I speak with the manager but declined simply because she was walking around ignoring her staff while drinking a smoothie from another business! Avoid this establishment at all cost!

Written July 16, 2021

Ja T

Louisville2 contributions

Awful service ruined an adequate meal

Aug 2020 • family

I haven't tipped under 20% in over a decade until tonight. First off, there's no indoor seating currently. The patio was nice and had misters, although no one could feel them to enjoy being comfortable. It was 108 degrees today. I'm not sure why a server would be unable to refill water, even just once. We ordered a salad to share. She placed it in the middle of the table and failed to bring side plates. My son asked if the children's macaroni could be a side item, she told him yes. But in fact just brought him 2 meals and billed it as such. Then she asked if we needed boxes while half of us were still eating. She brought the boxes and bill without offering dessert. I had to ask if we could order dessert. Meanwhile people were still eating their entrees. Once she brought the check she took so long to return I had to flag her down to ask if I needed to go pay inside. Then, the wait was on again. They were not busy and there were several servers. The expectation of having fine service with fine dining missed the mark big time. Not to mention the flies. They were atrocious. All of us spent half the time swatting flies and shooing them away from our food. The carne asada was good enough, Spanish rice was nice, grilled jalapenos can't go wrong, salsa was excellent. Kids enjoyed their food (definitely not tough critics). The ice cream had an almost floury consistency. The creme brulee was not carmelized. The sugar was barely melted on there and was slightly granular. It was such a shame that a meal was absolutely ruined by such a lack of service. I would never return based on the service and limited menu.

Written August 4, 2020

Joe M

Dongducheon1 contribution

Hard pass

Jan 2020 • family

Don’t lecture your customers about not being able to identify a classy establishment unless you want a lesson in providing good service in turn. (1) Asked for no onions on salad. Got onions. Ok, too easy. Picked them off. After all the food was out, waited about 10 minutes for the order of ranch-on-the-side for an entree salad. Annoying, but not the end of the world. (2) Manager comes out and explains that another table was given our check by mistake and they paid it. He offers for us to pay their check which is “the same price.” Again, no big deal. (3) Wife overheard server saying that we “didn’t know what kind of place we were at” after we had a question about the price of the already paid check. Sweetheart, we did you a favor and overlooked your mistakes. Don’t act like I’m out of place. Don’t worry, we won’t be back.

Written January 2, 2020

slf540

Schertz94 contributions

YellowBrix is listed as one of the better restaurants in town

Mar 2022 • none

We made reservations for 5:30. We were promptly seated, however, the table hadn't been wiped clean, and we weren't given napkins/utensils. Since we were in New Mexico we wanted a green chile cheeseburger. We all ordered a green chile cheeseburger, but we had chips and queso to start. We really enjoyed our chips, salsa, and queso. The $16.00 green chile cheeseburgers were nothing special. It was a manybe 1/3 lb. burger with a slice of roasted poblano chile covered with cheese, onion slice, and tomato. The best value we got was the draft beer in the 22 oz glasses. The price was a bargain! My wine was a deal also. The service was average as I had to ask for small plates and napkins. One of the plates was chipped and another one had food on it. The food was okay, but my husband still wanted a green chile cheeseburger, so I'm making a green chile cheeseburger for dinner tonight.

Written March 22, 2022

KW2011

Houston241 contributions

Good food, great service

Mar 2021 • couples

We came here one night and there was an hour wait, so we left. Came back the next afternoon, before the dinner crowd and were seated immediately in the outside patio. We had delicious chicken Marsala and chicken cordon blue, and both were quite large servings as well. Service was prompt and friendly. Glad we came back!

Written March 8, 2021

moosgang2

Rockport34 contributions

Nice Outdoor Patio for Dining & Good Food

Jul 2020 • none

It was wonderful to find a sit-down restaurant during the partial shutdown due to COVID. They provided tables outside in a secluded area with shade and mist sprays. The food was excellent and it was a great dining experience.

Written August 1, 2020

Lauren G

Odessa64 contributions

Okay if you don’t want fast food

Jan 2020 • friends

It was my first visit to Carlsbad and I found out pretty quick that it’s not known for its food. We were visiting to tour the caverns (amazing!) We were seated here right away for dinner and the service was fine, and the food was okay, just nothing to rave over. We definitely overpaid for the food as it was mediocre. “Famous” meatloaf was alright, mashed potatoes were down right flavorless; honestly it’s not hard to make good mashed potatoes if you just season them. I tried my friends pasta and it was pretty bland too. You can expect to pay a little less at a sit down chain for better food. Cute place, but if the front dining room is full they walk you past the smelly kitchen to the rear dining room. Honestly, I probably wouldn’t eat here again and if I was taking a short one night trip to Carlsbad again, I’d just have Pizza Hut delivered to my room.

Written January 13, 2020

BrooklynRider

142 contributions

A great find among lesser options.

Feb 2020 • couples

We weren't looking for this place, just stumbled on it as we headed into town to find good eats. The exterior was very inviting, so we gambled on it and were not disappointed. The menu ranges from appetizers to salads, from pasta to sandwiches, from entrees to desserts. Prices were midrange and the food was well worth it. Service was excellent and the atmosphere was casual.

Written February 11, 2020

osulou

13 contributions

Unexpected pleasure

Jul 2021 • family

The service and food were excellent and they even welcomed our dog. We ate on the porch and our server (Kaeylynn) didn't miss a beat. We're dairy and gluten-free and she made sure our kids' burgers were wrapped in lettuce and our vegetables were cooked in oil. The carne asada was grilled to perfection the guac was fresher than anything short of homemade. We are so glad we gave Yellow Brix a try. Did we mention our server was awesome?

Written July 12, 2021

3Bohannons

Royse City25 contributions

Waited & Left

Jun 2021 • couples

We were on vacation and looking for a nice place to eat lunch. We decided to stop here. We walked up to the outdoor area where the host or hostess is suppose to be and waited, as per the “wait to be seated” sign. No one came. We looked inside and the restaurant did not look particularly busy. There were two employees standing behind a counter talking. So, we waited. Finally, I opened the door and a waitress with a table nearby saw me. I told her we had been waiting to be seated. She said okay, let me get someone. We waited, no one came and we finally left. Obviously, I cannot comment on the food, as we never got to try any. We ended up finding a nice Mexican restaurant close by where we were seated by the host right away.

Written June 23, 2021

Michael C

Boerne50 contributions

Nice evening hangout

Jun 2021 • none

Live music, good food, good drinks, packed house! We liked it! We (4 of us) were seated immediately. Our hostess was prompt and courteous. We ordered beer, margaritas and wine along with calamari. I ordered chicken cordon bleu and was very happy with how it was prepared and presented. Rest of family enjoyed it and the music varied so as to have you feel quite entertained. When in Carlsbad I will stop here again.

Written June 14, 2021

Barbara R

Thank you. We appreciate your comments. So glad you enjoyed Carlsbad and YrllowBrix restaurant!

Written June 15, 2021

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