🍹 Best Bars & Cocktails in San Diego
229 bars & cocktails spots in San Diego, scored and ranked for 2026.
🍽️ Open Interactive GuideTop 10 Bars & Cocktails Spots
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Juniper & Ivy
Richard Blais's San Diego flagship — the 2014 Little Italy opening that helped redefine San Diego fine dining for a decade. Contemporary California menu, produce-forward, with a dining room and cockta...
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2
Born and Raised
Consortium Holdings' proper classic-steakhouse throwback in Little Italy — red leather booths, tuxedoed waiters, tableside Caesar, bananas Foster. The San Diego steakhouse that made the classic format...
91
3
False Idol
Entered through Craft and Commerce's walk-in beer cooler — Martin Cate's Polynesian-pop-tiki temple, routinely ranked among America's best tiki bars. Rum program that runs 400+ bottles, storm effects ...
91
4
Whiskers & Wine Bar
A cage-free cat cafe and lounge on North Park's Adams Ave where a rotating crew of adoptable rescue cats roams two floors and a rooftop catio. It's more than a coffee counter here: a full food and bar...
91
5
The Oasis Patio Bar
Oasis Under the Sun on Turquoise Street in north Pacific Beach is a wine, beer and coffee bar built around a floral outdoor deck and a vintage coffee camper. It doubles as an event space for up to 75,...
91
6
AWOL
A bar on University Avenue in Hillcrest, the heart of San Diego's LGBTQ nightlife district. Details on the drinks and room aren't documented yet.
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7
Herb & Wood
Chef Brian Malarkey's Little Italy Mediterranean — an open wood-fired kitchen runs the entire dining room's menu, sending out wood-fired octopus, wood-oven pizza, and prime steak. The bar fills nightl...
90
8
Polite Provisions
Consortium Holdings' North Park cocktail anchor — routinely named one of America's best bars (Spirited Award Best US Bar 2015). Draft cocktail system at the bar, 100+ rare spirits, and a dining room t...
90
9
Raised by Wolves
CH Projects' Westfield UTC speakeasy — a retail spirits shop fronting one of the country's most-serious cocktail back rooms, with a rare-spirits library that bartenders travel for. A national cocktail...
90
10
The La Bamba Room
A cocktail bar in Barrio Logan from the team behind ¡SALUD! Tacos, styled as a hifi lounge. The room focuses on cocktails in a music-driven atmosphere.
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All 229 Bars & Cocktails Spots in San Diego
Murî
90
Longplay HiFi
90
Charade Speakeasy
90
Ironside Fish & Oyster
89
Cowboy Star
89
Grant Grill
89
Cucina Urbana
89
Animae
89
Noble Experiment
89
Trust Restaurant
89
Craft and Commerce
88
Lionfish
88
Prohibition
88
Callie
88
Wormwood
88
Kindred
88
Water Grill
88
Realm of the 52 Remedies
88
Happy Medium
88
AMICIBAR Caffè + Heritage House
88
Gather Coffee & Kava Bar
88
LJ Crafted Wines
88
Lola 55
87
Eddie V's La Jolla
87
Kettner Exchange
87
Davanti Enoteca
87
Herb & Sea
87
Tahona
87
Morning Glory
87
The Lion's Share
87
Donna Jean
87
Mabel's Gone Fishing
87
Rustic Root
86
The Rose Wine Bar
86
Starlite
86
Bang Bang
86
The Grass Skirt
86
OB Noodle House
86
Roppongi Restaurant & Sushi Bar
86
Madison on Park
86
Cellar Hand
86
HINAR Dessert Bar & Café
86
Burgers, Bait & Beer
86
Pockets Billiards & Brew
86
M Winehouse
86
Juno's
86
Storyhouse Spirits
86
The Reunion Pub
86
Crafted Coupe
86
Alchemy
85
Leroy's Kitchen + Lounge
85
Underbelly North Park
85
The Nolen Rooftop Bar
85
Cloak & Petal
85
Solace & The Moonlight Lounge
85
Hundred Proof
85
Park & Rec
85
Sycamore Den
85
Basic Bar + Pizza
85
Bottlecraft Beer Shop
85
Neighborhood
85
JSix Restaurant
85
Turf Supper Club
85
Flying Pig Pub & Kitchen — Oceanside
85
Dobson's Bar & Restaurant
85
Solterra Winery & Kitchen
85
Bankers Hill Bar + Restaurant
85
The Smoking Gun
85
D Bar — Hillcrest
85
Hamilton's Tavern
85
Puesto Downtown
85
Poseidon on the Beach
84
Cannonball
84
El Agave Tequileria
84
The Blind Burro
84
The Pearl Hotel Restaurant
84
City Tacos — Normal Heights
84
Nolita Hall
84
West Coast Tavern
84
Don Chido
84
Cafe Sevilla
84
Osetra Seafood & Steakhouse
84
3rd Corner Wine Shop & Bistro
84
Station Tavern & Burgers
84
Duck Dive
84
Bivouac Ciderworks
84
Tiger! Tiger! Tavern
84
Fathom Bistro, Bait & Tackle
84
Harney Sushi — Old Town
84
Havana 1920
84
Zel's Del Mar
84
The Red Fox Room
84
Kansas City Barbeque
84
Spike Africa's
84
The Barrel Room
84
Liberty Call Whiskey House — Kensington
84
Whaling Bar & Grill at La Valencia
84
Public House La Jolla
84
Swan Bar
84
The Corner Drafthouse
84
Taste & Thirst
84
Tom's Watch Bar - Petco Park
84
Northside Tavern
84
Balboa's Tap House
84
Black Cat Bar
84
The Tilted Stick Bar & Grill
84
SRO Lounge
84
The Loft
84
Lucy's Tavern
84
Salt & Whiskey
84
The Lancers
84
Desi's Bar & Grill
84
The Watering Hole
84
The DOT (Dying Of Thirst)
84
CJ's Lounge
84
Searsucker
83
Altitude Sky Lounge
83
Miss B's Coconut Club
83
Urban Mo's Bar & Grill
83
Small Bar
83
Werewolf
83
Waterfront Bar & Grill
83
Osteria Panevino
83
Backyard Kitchen & Tap
83
Rich's San Diego
83
Gossip Grill
83
House of Blues San Diego
83
Pacific Shores Cocktail Lounge
83
Cork & Craft
83
Javier's La Jolla
83
Coin-Op Game Room — North Park
82
Whistle Stop Bar
82
Sunshine Co. Saloon
82
The Tipsy Crow
82
Newport Pizza & Ale House
82
Coaster Saloon
82
Cass Street Bar & Grill
82
The Rabbit Hole
82
The Local Eatery & Drinking Hole — Pacific Beach
82
Kiku Room
82
Botanica
82
barleymash
82
Redwing Bar & Grill
82
Bullpen Bar and Grill
82
MNGO Cafe
82
Trailer Park After Dark
82
Tivoli Bar and Grill
82
Bluefoot Bar and Lounge
82
Patrick's Gaslamp Pub
82
Number One Fifth Ave
82
The Alibi
82
Nautilus Tavern
82
Peter D's
82
619 Spirits North Park
82
Catalina Lounge
82
The Library Tavern
82
Fifth & Rose
82
Fairplay
82
Cherrybomb
82
Chiquibaby's Bar
82
Bub's at the Beach — Oceanside
81
Kous Kous Moroccan
81
Henry's Pub
80
Punch Bowl Social San Diego
80
Bali Hai Restaurant
80
Wolf in the Woods
80
Throw It! Axe Throwing & Game Bar
80
Convoy Music Bar
80
Part Time Lover
80
Coin-Op Game Room
80
Little Thief
80
Gilly's House of Cocktails
80
Pal Joey's Cocktail Lounge
80
Room 56
80
Harbor & Sky Rooftop Bar and Lounge
80
R Place Bar & Eatery
80
Soda Bar
79
Bar Kamon
79
Aero Club Bar
79
The Tower Bar
78
Mothership
78
Open Bar
78
Players Sports Grill
78
Live Wire
77
Vin de Syrah
77
Seven Grand
77
Nunu's Tavern
76
Forbidden Cove
76
Birdseye Rooftop
76
Bar 1924
75
La Sala Lounge
75
Moonshine Flats
75
Jaguar Paw
74
Little Victory Wine Bar
74
Borrego Rooftop
74
Dorothy's Wine Bar
74
Cesar's Cigar & Spirits Lounge
74
The Shout! House
74
Moonshine Beach
73
We Olive & Wine Bar
73
Shelter
73
Rooftop by STK
73
High Dive Bar & Grill
72
The Cordova Bar
72
Churchill Cigar Lounge
72
Rosie O'Grady's
71
Good Bar
71
Mavericks Beach Club
71
PB Shore Club
71
Tiny Giant Taproom
71
The Shanty
71
Brewski's Bar & Arcade
71
Myst Lounge
71
Silver Spigot Cocktail Lounge
70
Club Marina
70
Tavern at the Beach
70
The Kraken
70
Mina Lounge
70
Puff Hookah Lounge
70
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