Last week was my birthday and to celebrate my 28 years I meet up with some friends at Lei Lounge in San Diego. As the name suggests they do use leis to decorate the restaurant but thet also have a beautiful and unexpected outdoor patio which is furnished with fun Cabanas, beds and firepits for you to lay beside. My friends arrived one by one straight from work and held up in traffic. I sipped on the great cocktails there to pass the time. There signature drink menu features over 28 different cocktails and lets just say I tried a few. Some of my favorites were the pomegranate martini, simple,sweet, you can’t go wrong, the Hawaiian mojito, along with the expected lime and mint was hibiscus juice and a splash of Champagne and the Georgeous Geisha a mix of strawberry liquer and lychee juice, topped with Champagne. All signature drinks were half price during happy hour and their collins cocktails, the lemongrass and aloe vera were half price all night on Wednesday night, the night we were there.
I did also sample the food, Lei Lounge offers a large menu of small plates, perfect for sharing. We tried the the hummus plate, the spring roll sampler and mahi mahi among others. It all tasted good but it was the cocktails that I remember…or not as the night progressed. Overall it was a really fun night but when your surrounded by great friends on your birthday how could you go wrong?