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February 2024 by Ted R.
Neat place with very good olive oils and balsamics. We tried the maple balsamic coupled with the olive oil and was very impressed. Dog friendly too.
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October 2023 by Dennis T.
What a great little find in Coronado. Had no idea there so were many kinds of flavored oils and flavored vinegars. The best part is everything is available for taste testing before you buy. The experts there were super nice and exceptionally knowledgeable about flavor profiles and food pairings with their oils and vinegars. It's a small little shop that's full of rustic charm.
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September 2023 by Caitlin D.
Cool place we stumbled upon. The woman at the counter introduced us to the many shelves they had: balsamic vinegars, spicy oils, oils, etc. She said they have complimentary vanilla ice cream if you want to try it with a balsamic vinegar. Or they have bags of sourdough bread available for dipping. I tried many. Despite the fact I usually do not like dipping in oil etc! These were flavored wonderfully. I like the espresso balsamic vinegar and the strawberry balsamic vinegar. The blueberry was a little too heavy on the blueberry flavor. And the maple wasn't my taste. But the strawberry was a big hit. I bought a bottle of it. The herbs de Provence oil was good and fragrant. And the mushroom & sage oil was surprisingly good as well. I don't even like mushroom! In addition, I tried one of their spicy oils which was also lovely. I think it was green chile? It would be so good on pizza! I think we were in here for a while. Went through 3 snack bags of bread. It was so good and that was basically dinner haha. Highly recommend the place.
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August 2023 by AbiGail Redeaux
Large selection of oils and vinegars. Very helpful and friendly employees. The oils are a bit expensive but good quality and well worth the price. If you're hoping to up your cooking game this is the place to go.
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July 2023 by Kim W.
A girlfriend of mine took me to this amazing place. The second I walked in, we were greeted by 2 very bubbly and friendly staff members. I love to go olive oil tasting, and anywhere that I have been before, there generally is a fee, and in addition, if you want some thing to dip like pretzels or bread, you would have to purchase that separately. I was pleasantly surprised when there was no fee, and you also got bread for free as I started to decide what I wanted to taste one of the staff members came over and asked me if I would like some ice cream to taste some of the balsamic with. Being lactose intolerant, I said, I wish and said only if you had lactose free. Lo and behold she did. The fact that they offered me ice cream let alone having lactose free ice cream was kind of mind blowing. She offered up a couple suggestions, and they all were amazing. I definitely took my time with the ice cream and tasting as many flavored Balsamics as I could and they were all amazing. I ended up purchasing black, cherry and strawberry as they were my favorites. Then, if that wasn't enough, the other employee came over to me with some sparkling water, and then she proceeded to put white balsamic peach vinegar into sparkling water and handed it to me. Mind blown again, I would've never thought in a million years to add white balsamic vinegar to sparkling water, but it was yummy!!! as I was walking around enjoying my sparkling water. I started tasting some of the olive oil's ended up buying one of the Greek ones and then came across a butter olive oil... then I said, if only I had some popcorn to try, and guess what, before I knew it I had popcorn in my hand to spread some of the butter flavored olive oil on, and it was amazing. Since I was flying home that day and I only had carry-ons I was only able to buy the small 2 1/2 ounce bottles, but I cannot wait to go back again. I highly recommend this place as I cannot say enough good things about their product and their employees.
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June 2023 by Douglas Roe
Fantastic oils and vinegars. Huge selection and you can try a sample of them. Very helpful and knowledgeable staff.
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March 2023 by Erfan Pourshaban
Do not miss going to the Coronado Taste of Oils if you ever visit San Deigo. Coronado is just 15 min drive from San Deigo downtown. Coronado is a piece of heaven on earth and this store full fills your heaven experience.The shop keeper is an amazing and very welcoming person.You can taste a unique collection of olive oils and vinegars with different flavors and they are all so pure and refreshing.One takeaway: You can mix some types of vinegars with champagne and it tastes very nice.
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December 2022 by Christina Raff
Disappointed in their shipping policy. For free shipping you have to spend $150.00 in products. I wanted to order a $50. Gift card but the shipping was going to cost me almost $20. I called the shop to verify this policy and the associate told me that if I ordered the card over the phone shipping would be $15.00. I told him that there was no way I was going to spend this much on shipping for a card that is being shipped to Chula Vista a few miles away. They definitely lost a sell, this policy needs to be changed or offer a digital gift card.
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November 2022 by Carolyn C.
This little shop is such a good find. Definitely will be coming back to purchase gifts for the holidays.They offer bread upon entering so you can try the oils and balsamic vinegars. I found an oil that I really liked and wasn't sure what balsamic to match it with. Mike (the owner) was super helpful at suggesting what balsamic were good pairings and suggested we go back and take our time to try each pairing. He really isn't set on just selling you something but really cares about us being happy with our choices. They do gift wrapping and Mike takes great care in making each package look nice; therefore, we waited in line for a bit but it was worth it. He was so nice about offering us Champaign or a drink and was grateful for our patience. By the register there's a whole section of truffle related items that we can try and buy. Make sure you ask him to try the truffle butter-- it's soooo good! I was here during shop small businesses and I spent more then 25 dollars so I got a cute little dipping cups for free! I'll definitely be back here when I'm in the area and will recommend it to anyone! Thanks Mike for your good energy, kindness and generosity! I'll be back!
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August 2022 by Deborah F.
Such a charming store packed full of the most amazing flavors. So many unusual but delicious pairings - ice cream and favored balsamic vinegar, sparkling water and vinegar! They also have a variety of high quality oils. Shout out also to the young woman who helped us. She was so nice and helpful. We will be back!
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May 2022 by Ashley Lanum
It was my first time coming to this place and I will definitely be back thanks to Tina’s amazing customer service. She was very knowledgeable and kind. Overall 11/10 experience. The olive oils & balsamic vinegars are absolutely outstanding! Thanks for such an amazing experience.
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May 2022 by Janel A
Happened into this little store and it was such a pleasure. I came in with my sister and my grandson and the owner was so nice. He offered us ice cream with different balsamic and popcorn, he was also extremely knowledgeable and friendly. We picked up a few items and we’re very pleased. This place is perfect for a little gift for someone. Definitely recommend stopping in for the experience and quality olive oil and balsamic I will definitely stop in here every time I am in Coronado ?
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May 2022 by Anastacia Escovar
I’ve never experienced anything compared to my visit here today. Kent was most gracious and willing to answer all questions. He made our experience here today a memorable one. I’m visiting from out of state, and I very much enjoyed the different vinegar and oil tastings. And the BLACK CHERRY VINEGAR WITH THE ICE CREAM ?? thank you Kent. Best day ever. Left with more goodies than I expected to buy. We’ll be back for more !
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April 2022 by Raymond Garcia
I’ve never really experienced cooking with more top of the line oils like these, I’ve only gotten regular oils from a grocery store but these oils by far are amazing to cook with, it’s worth a stop if you want to broaden your cooking experience and tastes!
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March 2022 by Tyler B.
The Taste of Oils is one of the greatest olive oil stores we have been in. With that being said our attendant Nikki was one of the greatest attendants we have ever had. Her knowledge of oils and vinegars was exemplary and her customer service was extremely impressive. I would highly recommend this establishment and we will definitely return.
