The Friendly

A hole in the wall, no frills spot with a simple menu of pizza and smash burgers. $11 for a burger and a Mexican Coke. The burger was greasy and flavorful. Great crust and plenty of melted cheese, soft buns and grilled onions. Easy ordering process and quick service. The music is loud, but it was good, millennial hip hop so I was happy.I'll definitely be back!

Pizza by the slice and flat top burgers that's it. The pizzas a decent slice and they're open til 1am. Cons... There really isn't dine in options unless you can tolerate the heat at the counter and couple of tables. The customer service can be quite rude and orders are not served in the order that came in. Overall, service is not "friendly" as other reviews concur. There are many other options for pizza and burgers in the area.

We went with a friend to The Friendly for a late lunch. Eating inside was out of the question: it was very hot (no air conditioning) and the music was so loud I could not understand the servers questions or answers. Although the website says there is outside seating there were no tables or chairs available outside.So we ordered to go: individual pizza slices are $3.50 each which is reasonable unless you are ordering a variety of 8 slices which then means a large pizza costs $28. Hamburgers are around $8 but they come as they are: you are not allowed to customize meaning if you don't want tomato but it comes with tomato than too bad for you--you get tomato.Pizzas available for pizza slices were arranged in two descending rows in a glass case--none had a label identifying what ingredients they had. The server told me the meat pizzas were on the left and vegie pizzas on the right but I was left to guess what meat and what veggies.I Finally got a mushroom and ricotta cheese and a veggie slice and both were OK but very salty as was the pepperoni slice my husband got. My mushroom and ricotta slice had very little of both ingredients so was mostly a cheese pizza slice. But we both liked the thin crust--just wish not so salty.I do not recommend this pizza and burger place. San Diego has hundreds of better places to get a good slice of pizza and customized burgers.

If I could give ZERO STARS I would. I am not one to write reviews often unless my experience is too good not to show love or so bad the world needs to know. I know a few bad reviews for a super popular business can hardly make a dent sometimes but a bad review is a bad review and people should still see it. We're visiting SD and wanted a burger and pizza for dinner tonight and wanted to see what the hype was about at "The Friendly". Was the burger good? Yes it was an excellent smash burger. I always give credit where credit is due, but great or not, service will always trump taste.The place was packed. There were several people behind us. We noticed that everyone who ordered after us were getting their orders before us. After 45min I finally went up to the lady taking orders and politely asked how much longer ours was going to take. When she took a look at my order after giving her my name she said and I quote, "HE DIDN'T START ON YOUR ORDER BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T LEAVE A TIP AFTER YOU PAID WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD" First of all. I'M SORRY, WHAT? I have never in my life heard a customer service response as disrespectful as that until.... I very politely responded with "I tipped cash and dropped it in your tip jar" then she came back with an even more disrespectful response and asked "HOW MUCH DID YOU TIP?" YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. I told her how much in the nicest way possible and she said he is going to start working on it now. I patiently waited for our order, and when they rudely gave it to us I said "I didn't know tipping determines when you start on a customer's order and just so you know I NEVER NOT TIP because I know it's important and you literally saw me drop it in the jar and said THANK YOU after". She went on to deny it and said she didn't remember, but it was clear she didn't have anything else to say because she knew they were in the wrong. Working in the people business how do you even respond to a customer who basically proves you wrong and made you look stupid because you chose to give bad customer service to people who did in fact tip you for the hard work you do everyday. I mean just basing your customer service on a tip is WILD TO ME. Especially when you typically tip AFTER being served your meal. Oh but that's not all!!! I made sure to point out the fact that a TIP JAR FOR CASH TIPS is there for that exact reason right? So why would you automatically assume that we didn't tip just because you didn't see it on the order receipt? I not only ALWAYS TIP but when I drop cash in the tip jars I make sure they see me so they know I appreciate their service, AND SHE SAID THANK YOU AS SOON AS I DROPPED IT IN THE JAR. After pointing that out they didn't have anything else to say to justify their actions because what else can you say to defend your horrible customer service? So instead her smart comeback was "YOU GOT YOUR FOOD SO GET OUTTA HERE" not "we're sorry for the misunderstanding and the inconvenience, thank you for your patience."She straight up said "YOU GOT YOUR FOOD SO GET OUTTA HERE". Mind you, I was with my kids and she chose to be nasty instead of being accountable like a REAL ADULT. She's average height, tan, skinny, with curly dark hair, you'll know when you see her, but it looks like the dude flipping burgers was calling the shots and he didn't even have any response to our complaint because again how can you respond after being proved wrong. So our take on this NOT SO "FRIENDLY" establishment after looking at their IG acct is: unless you're a familiar neighborhood face or someone famous, don't even bother unless you love being disrespected. I have never experienced such bad service that it felt worse than if they had openly spit in our food.

Been a while since last I ate here. Nothing has changed except the prices have gone up and the parking is much much worse. Burgers now are $8.00 used to be $5.00. You may enjoy but I threw my slice away.Nice folks hence the 2 stars.

The friendly is close by but my snobbiness probably made me not choose them. I tried Tribute pizza first before them although they are a slingshot away from me. I also hate lines for getting food. So on a fateful nice Sunday, while my partner was getting his haircut at Arsenal barbershop, I suggested we order the Friendly pizza. There are several choices in the menu and it was not too busy so the pizza would be ready after the cut. It was perfect timing. I got The Works - pepperoni and sausage with mushrooms and onions and bell pepper. I got to it at home since it was still hot and fresh. Although I'm not for leftover pizza since they dry up or taste worse, Friendly's was as good as the first time and 18" bigger than the one at the other place and price is just right.Probably will order here more often and try their sandwiches too. Glad I finally tried being Friendly! Bravo!

Never disappoints!!This place is consistently good and I found myself craving a delicious flat top burger last night and came in, not as busy which was nice but the vibe was still good with delicious eats!

I give this place 3 stars bc they don't serve ketchup here. I neeeeeed ketchup when I eat burgers. I don't like how they make you eat the burger without ketchup bc they view it as the burger is so good you don't need any ketchup. I like ketchup because it cuts the grease and heaviness of burgers. This burger was veryyy juicy with lots of fat dripping. Don't get me wrong it is good, but it was missing that punch from acidity of ketchup.

Casual joint on North Park serving up few items: dirty flat top smash cheese burgers and pizza. It gives dive bar vibes, and they play hip hop, pop and rnb. No frills service at the cashier, we ordered the smashburger which is a pretty simple but super tasty bite of flavor. The burger is $8 for two tender, crispy burnt end patties, grilled onions, cheese and two plain buns. It's definitely better than In n Out. I'd recommend trying, and the pizza was nothing special.Parking is horrible here, there's few spots by the restaurant itself and then good luck going to residential to finding something.

Do I dare say this is my fave burger spot in SD?! I love the local vibe of the restaurant and don't even get me started on the burger! They have a sign that says, "we respectfully decline modifications" but lemme tell you... the burger doesn't need any! Also tried the pepperoni pizza slice and I appreciated the crispy crust.Overall, such a great spot. Check it out if you're in the area!