Oceanside Mortuary

I feel kind of odd reviewing a mortuary but in recent years my family has used this mortuary for funeral services and we’ve referred them to friends. interestingly, the funeral business is a very lucrative business and when you call some places, they want you to come in so that you can look and pick their packages. Or some places want you to prepay or give a deposit before even getting information on the deceased. Don’t do any of these things. Hang up and call a different place, a mortuary that is family owned, such as Oceanside Mortuary.
The staff at Oceanside Mortuary is compassionate and professional. Their embalming and memorial service prices aren’t the cheapest but they are competitive. The prices of coffins as an industry is insane — I’m definitely getting cremated after learning about the total cost of a traditional burial (embalming, service and burial) being upwards to $ 20k.
They are responsive to emails and phone calls. The day of the service, they are nothing but professional and the best at what they do. I can’t say enough about this business as they really helped my friends and family through a very tough time.

I recently went through the unexpected death of my mom. As strange as it sounds to say that the staff at Oceanside Mortuary made my mom’s passing easier to handle, it’s true. We have an out of state friend in the business, and he gave us wonderful insight into what to look for in choosing a mortuary. Oceanside Mortuary was everything he said to look for… transparent in the process, options, cost, and timeframe. Ray worked with us on the arrangements. He was very patient and compassionate. We also met with Danielle later to discuss some developments we hadn’t anticipated and we found her to be very accommodating.
My experience was so pleasant with the staff that when I drive by the mortuary, I can do so knowing my mom’s remains and our family were cared for empathetically and professionally. I hope not to have the occasion to recommend a mortuary to local friends, but if I do, it will enthusiastically be Oceanside Mortuary.

I was so happy with my choice to go with Oceanside Mortuary. I primarily interacted with Rachel, and she was great. She was compassionate, professional, knowledgable, and helpful throughout the entire overwhelming process of planning and coordinating the viewing, church service, and burial. She was always patient and quick to respond to my many questions and requests via email, which I really appreciated. Highly recommended!

We were very impressed with Oceanside Mortuary, Rachel and staff. Very professional, kind, caring, sympathetic and efficient. The pride they took in my mom was so comforting to see her so beautiful and at peace after a her illness. I would highly recommend their services because of Rachel, Jesus, Danielle and the rest of the staff. Thank you so much for making it a little easier at a rough time in our life.

Danielle has been amazing from day one. She never tried to sell us anything, she actually cared for us and our grief and has been our advocate. Thank you!!!

I’m usually too lazy to leave Unilocal reviews, but I saw that there were no reviews here so I figured I might as well.
We initially chose Oceanside Mortuary primarily for the cost — they were about ²⁄₃ the cost of another mortuary we called in Sorrento Valley. We needed a cremation with no service, so our largest concerns were cost and cremation policies. They gave us a cost (down to the cent) over the phone before we ever came in, and that was exactly what they ultimately charged us.
The staff at Oceanside mortuary were very kind and professional. We interacted primarily with Danielle, who provided us with all of the information we needed. I’d never have pictured myself feeling comfortable discussing arrangements at a mortuary, but the experience was actually smooth and much more pleasant than I would have thought. Danielle didn’t push us to go for an expensive urn or add any sort of options. In fact, she repeatedly stated that we shouldn’t feel pressured to purchase an urn from them at all.
In the end, they took care of everything very quickly and exceeded our expectations in all regards.