← All San Diego Restaurants

📍 La Jolla Shores, San Diego

5 restaurants · 2026

🍽️ 5 Restaurants

The quiet beach end of La Jolla, with Italian trattorias, a hotel dining room above the surf, and breakfast cafes a short walk from the Children's Pool

🍽️ Open Interactive Guide

Top 5 in La Jolla Shores

1
Sessions Market
American / Cafe / Market
Avenida De La Playa's market-plus-café, a block off the sand in La Jolla Shores. Morning coffee for the surf crowd, a chef-driven sandwich and grab-and-go counter through midday, p...
86
2
Piatti La Jolla
Italian
The Italian neighborhood room a block off La Jolla Shores, where house-made pasta and wood-fired pizza have been the standing order for La Jolla families through several rotations ...
85
3
The Shores Restaurant
American / Seafood
La Jolla Shores Hotel's beach-level restaurant — literally steps off the sand, the most-directly-ocean-facing dining room in La Jolla Shores, and a seafood menu that reads the Paci...
85
4
Caroline's Seaside Cafe
American / Breakfast / Brunch
La Jolla Shores' Caroline's — an Avenida De La Playa café with an ocean-view patio, cinnamon-crunch French toast as the morning call, and the kind of Shores breakfast line that run...
85
5
Barbarella Restaurant
Mediterranean / Eclectic
La Jolla Shores' eclectic neighborhood bistro — open since the 1980s, a dog-friendly patio across from the beach, and a menu that wanders from pasta to paella. A Shores institution...
84
🍽️ Explore Full San Diego Guide
Casual (5) Patio (5) American (4) Local Favorites (4) Iconic (4) Date Night (3) Breakfast (2) Family Friendly (2) Scenic Views (2) Cafe (1) Market (1) Trending (1)

More San Diego Neighborhoods

📍 Carlsbad 📍 University Heights 📍 Solana Beach 📍 Little Italy 📍 Del Mar 📍 Gaslamp 📍 East Village 📍 Downtown 📍 La Jolla 📍 North Park 📍 Bankers Hill 📍 South Park

Dim Hour scores the best restaurants across America. Full guide → · All San Diego restaurants →