Best Restaurants in San Diego
Baja's flavors, California's produce, zero stress.
San Diego eats like it lives: outside, near the water, without a reservation. This is the best Mexican food on the American side of the border — TJ-style adobada, fish tacos that ruin all others — plus a quietly excellent crop of chefs cooking California produce with Baja soul. Flip-flops welcome everywhere.
The Spots
The spotThe rating
1Addison by William BradleyCarmel Valley · Japanese · $$$$Delicious as F*ck2LiloCarlsbad · Japanese · $$$$Delicious as F*ck3LUCIENLa Jolla · American · $$$$Delicious as F*ck4Jeune et JolieCarlsbad · French · $$$Delicious as F*ck5SOICHIUniversity Heights · Sushi · $$$$Delicious as F*ck6AnimaeDowntown San Diego · Filipino · $$$$Delicious7CallieDowntown · Mediterranean · $$$$Delicious8The FisheryPacific Beach · Seafood · $$$Delicious9KingfisherGolden Hill · Southeast Asian · $$Delicious10Mabel's Gone FishingNorth Park · Seafood · $$$DeliciousBrowse all 205 San Diego restaurantsWhat movedAug 30The HuddleOn the Radar →Worth TryingAug 30Ciccia OsteriaDamn Good →DeliciousAug 29A.R. ValentienDamn Good →DeliciousAug 29Rare SocietyWorth Trying →Damn Good
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