Mission Grounds Coffee Shop

It's been a long time since I've been to the San Luis Rey Mission. The last time was when I was in elementary school and we had a field trip lol I remember walking around the mission and then having a picnic in the grass lol Unfortunately, what brought me back to the mission, was a loss in the family. I have a couple family members who are buried here at San Luis Rey Mission. A family member recently passed away and his ashes are now in the wall at the mission. The service was...read full review

Mission San Luis Rey escaped my previous visits in Oceanside since it is further away from downtown, about 15 minutes car ride. During my last visit, we realized we had more time to spend in the area, so we decided to check out the Mission. The Mission spreads out on beautiful grounds, it is more to visit that you might think. Lots of outdoors areas, ruins of an old laundry, cacti gardens, a cemetery, many spaces to explore. The place has even a cute coffee shop with a nice seating...read full review

Our first time checking out this mission. Docents were friendly and informative. We added the audio guide to help us navigate the museum portion. I'm a sucks for a good audio tour and this one did not disappoint! So much info and I loved that you could listen to only what you were interested in. My kids 13 and 10, enjoyed the audio tour as well. There was a small coffee shop with snacks. The gift shop was really big with lots of unusual, but beautiful gifts. We had a nice picnic...read full review