Hunter Steakhouse's Hotel Circle location in Mission Valley closed permanently in August 2022 after 52 years in business; the space was slated to become a new concept called The Remy. A separately branded Hunter Steakhouse later opened in Oceanside under the same name/domain, but it is a different address and not a continuation of this Mission Valley restaurant. This page keeps Roger's 2016 review as a record of the original Hotel Circle location, not a live recommendation.
This page is kept as part of the dated record. The order notes below describe the place as Roger recommended it, not as it operates today.
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A historical record of a Mission Valley steakhouse
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Visit history
2016-01-18day precision · source explicit
★★★☆☆
“Mediocre steak.
Not worth it for SDRW”
Roger called the steak mediocre and said it wasn't worth it for San Diego Restaurant Week pricing. (From an unpublished Yelp draft review, never posted publicly. "SDRW" is San Diego Restaurant Week.)
Roger rated this Mission Valley Tender Greens 4 stars, noting it's bigger but also much more crowded than the other Tender Greens locations he's been to.
The Mission Valley outpost of The Kebab Shop, a chain Roger has followed since its East Village original (still his favorite location); lamb doner, shawarma and kebab plates all deliver, though parking and lunch crowds are the tradeoff.
A projection-mapped dinner show at the Hilton Gaslamp. Roger documented the experience with a three-star Google review, so this is a mixed visit record rather than a recommendation.
From the order notes
Steak and fries shown in the documented visit
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An immersive dinner show · A special-occasion experience
