Seaside Rackets

Very knowledgeable staff. Mike and Sunny go out of their way to help with your tennis needs. I recommend this shop if you’re in the North County Coastal area.

Selection good customer service horrible. They lecture you but ignore your input. The customer is always wrong here

I have been a customer for more than seven years and have never had a bad experience at SR. The owners, Mike & Sunny, are low-​key and friendly. They help you select a perfect racket for your game, allowing you to demo several until you find the right one. They are the polar opposite to high-​pressure sales. They don’t try to sell you the most expensive racket, just the right racket. They restring my rackets, helping me find the right strings and tension. Very knowledgeable and reliable. I could say «support a local business» but that would be underselling them, instead «support the best business» Seaside Rackets. Please note that Unilocal may have an incorrect address and phone number. Their number is (760) 436‑1404 and they are located in the shopping center on the SW corner of Encinitas Blvd and El Camino Real.

So I came into this store hoping to pick out a new racket. When I walked in, I noticed that the older guy (owner?) appeared to be the only one in the store… no other customers or employees… and he appeared to be chatting with a friend on the phone. Since I had questions about rackets, I just waited and looked at some of the rackets on the wall for 5 – 10 minutes. Amazingly, he never even acknowledged my presence and continued his blah blah blah on the phone. Needless to say I walked out the door and drove home to research rackets on the web and ended up getting a better price on Amazon. Brick and mortar stores like this need to realize that the only thing keeping them in business (in an online shopping world) is customer service.

Nothing but problems from this store. Purchased $ 100 racket with junk strings that management said they would replace for free if I bought it. So they did the restring was so loose it lasted one game. I came in to have it restrung again and they put junk back on and strung it way too tight. I will attempt once more. If it’s not done correctly this review will stay.

We have been coming to this store for a little over a year on a regular basis and have always found the owner to be extremely helpful in product selection and they do a great job restringing rackets. I have read some other reviews where people convey they have had a negative experience with the owner and I would say that the owner certainly is serious about his craft and tennis, but he always been courteous and professional. I could always go to one of the larger sporting goods store and deal with a bubbly personality, but let’s be honest the staff at the larger sporting good stores generally have very little knowledge about strings, rackets and shoes. From my perspective if you are in North County and are interested in a good selection of badminton or tennis products and commensurate advice, I would recommend visiting Seaside.

The owner is no nonsense and actually sold me what I needed and didn’t try to up-​sell me a racquet which he could have done. How refreshing! I’ll be back.

Super frustrating experience. I stopped in one day in early April 2014 looking for some advice on a new racket, as I’m returning to the game after many years away. First of all, the guy in the shop didn’t seem to have any interest in helping — he was impatient with questions and not at all friendly. Nonetheless, against my better judgment, I bought a racket. It needed stringing, so he told me it would be ready the next day.
I travel a great deal, so I asked them to send the racket to my office in Seattle. They didn’t. After several months (three, to be exact), I called to inquire what ever happened to it. Pretty sure I talked with the same guy on the phone, and he again wasn’t particularly interested in helping. After a couple days of research and calling back, he finally told me that «the girl who’s supposed to ship it forgot to do that.» Hmmm. Well, the guy who was supposed to charge me got that part right, so that was frustrating.
You’d think after a screwup like that, they’d have tried to find some way to make amends, such as refunding the shipping charge, shipping it overnight, offering a coupon, or something. Nope. They waited another day and then shipped it UPS ground, so it will arrive nearly four months after I bought it.
Maybe for folks who live nearby, or who have an acquaintance with the people in the shop, it’s fine. I found them to be disinterested and unhelpful. I would not go back.

Excellent tennis store with many racquets and good price. Their demo service is the best. Mike and his team are very knowledgable about the sport.

The customer service was lacking. Im a beginner but I still deserve polite, helpful service even though I had no idea what I wanted. Thanks to Harry Ill be taking my business elsewhere

My son plays Varisty tennis and we have to have his racket restrung costantly, it seems. We like to have it done at Seaside Rackets because they do an excellent job. When it came to buying my son new «tennis» shoes we went back since we noticed the big selection. He got THE coolest pair of tennis ball yellow Asics that were about $ 24.00 cheaper than what I had seen somewhere else. I could go on and on about the service, incuding having the owner deliver a newly strung racket to me at the Mercury Open while I was volunteering there. Who does that?

This badminton store just blows my mind away.
If you want a badminton or tennis racket, this is your place. They also sell shoes, shuttles, tennis balls and all types of accessories. They also offer racket stringing in-​store.
Sunny, one of the owners, is of great assistance if you are pondering what racket to buy. If you tell her what type of style you play, how hard you hit, offensive or defensive and additional information, she will find you a compatible racket for you.
I just wished they had Victor rackets. I asked Sunny why they didn’t have any, and she says they don’t sell it because they believe Victor is of inferior quality as opposed to Yonex, Head, Gosen and Babolat. That’s one thing I certainly don’t agree with here there…
But in all, this place is amazing and be sure to check out their online shop
if you want to check out their inventory before heading over to North County.

Seaside Rackets has a friendly staff, that is knowledgeable regarding the products of all the sports I play (Racquetball, Tennis, Badminton, and Squash). Their professional racquet stringers are some of the best in the country, and I will never have my racquets strung by anyone else.

Local gem! Great little store for rackets and other tennis gear. Owner is super helpful and works within your budget (he didn’t once try to upsell us).

I think for North County San Diego, this is a really good resource for Badmition and Tennis. I came here specifically to purchase a new tennis racquet. They had some amazing deals on some last year models which are still good and brand new. They specialize in Yonex racquets.
There are only 3 parking spaces in front of the store, but then the store is really tiny so it is appropriate. Also, it is weird because the name of the store on the outside is Seaside Rackets, but on the receipt, it is called San Diego Badmition. I think that was the name of the place before they changed it. I think Seaside sounds better. This place is quite tiny so I think some of the racquets would have to be custom purchased.
Also, I do not know how fast they string rackets, but it is obvious that they do it in the store.

I used to shop here for my court shoes and get my rackets re-​strung here. It is just way out of my way now.
This is one of the historical sport shops that a small niche of people knows of and worships.