📍 Cardiff-by-the-Sea, San Diego
5 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 5 Restaurants
A handful of rooms on San Elijo Lagoon and Coast Highway — ocean-view American grills, fish tacos, and a dive bar that's been here longer than the surf shops
Top 5 in Cardiff-by-the-Sea
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Pacific Coast Grill
The Cardiff-by-the-Sea room that has been holding down the same stretch of Coast Highway 101 since long before this section of North County got fashionable. Patio drops straight in...
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2
Las Olas Mexican Food
Cardiff-by-the-Sea's surf-culture Mexican since 1981 — fish tacos and carnitas across from the Cardiff Reef surf break, a 101-corridor patio, and a North County anchor that generat...
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3
Ki's Restaurant
Cardiff-by-the-Sea's surf-culture café on the 101 — ocean-view patio across from the break, a vegetarian-friendly breakfast menu, and the kind of Cardiff morning constant that made...
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4
The Shanty
Cardiff-by-the-Sea's oldest bar, open on Chesterfield Dr since 1964 — a low-key cocktail lounge near the beach where the regulars have been coming longer than most neighborhoods ha...
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5
The Kraken
Flip-flops-only dive right on Coast Highway 101 in Cardiff, where the Pacific is a short stumble away and live music is the main event. No dress code, no trouble -- just cold drink...
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