📍 Ocean Beach, San Diego
20 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 20 Restaurants
Newport Avenue's laid-back OB strip — diner burgers, Cuban pastries, pho counters, and the unpolished beach-town energy that resists gentrification
Top 10 in Ocean Beach
1
Sine Wave Cafe
A laid-back Ocean Beach breakfast-and-coffee spot a short walk from Newport Avenue and Sunset Cliffs, open 7am to 2pm daily. The focus is fresh brunch staples and specialty coffee,...
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2
Hodad's — Ocean Beach
Since 1969 on Newport Ave — the Hodad's bacon cheeseburger that Guy Fieri made national-TV-famous. A VW-bus-painted interior, a line out the door at noon, and the OB burger that Sa...
87
3
OB Noodle House
Ocean Beach's bold Asian-fusion noodle house — a banh mi bar, pho program, sake cocktails, and a dining room that helped raise the ceiling for OB beyond surf-shack breakfasts. One ...
86
4
The Holding Company
The Holding Company is a three-story Ocean Beach bar and Asian-fusion restaurant with a rooftop looking out over the OB pier and the Pacific. The kitchen borrows from sister spot O...
86
5
Azucar Cuban Bakery
Ocean Beach's Cuban bakery — Vivian Hernandez-Jackson's Newport Ave pastry counter, guava-and-cheese pastelitos, and a Cuban coffee program that pulls OB regulars every morning. A ...
85
6
BO-beau Kitchen + Bar — Ocean Beach
Cohn Restaurant Group's Ocean Beach French bistro — chandelier-lit patio, duck confit, and the crispy Brussels sprouts that became an SD bistro order-this signature. An OB date-nig...
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7
Picchu Peruvian
Voltaire Street's Peruvian kitchen in Ocean Beach, working a proper ceviche bar plus lomo saltado and aji de gallina off a menu that doesn't hedge. The dining room is small, the sp...
85
8
Kaiserhof Restaurant & Bar
Ocean Beach's German institution since 1987 — schweinshaxe pork shank, jaegerschnitzel, a serious German and Bavarian beer list, and the kind of beer-garden patio where SD's German...
85
9
3rd Corner Wine Shop & Bistro
Ocean Beach's retail-wine-plus-bistro — 700+ bottles on the shelves available as retail or in-room markup, a chef-driven bistro kitchen, and one of the few SD formats that works bo...
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10
Wonderland Ocean Pub
A beachfront bar and grill rooted in Ocean Beach, trading on sweeping Pacific views and a coastal-leaning menu of fresh seafood, pub fare and handcrafted cocktails. Local craft bee...
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All 20 Restaurants in Ocean Beach
OB Surf Lodge
84
Northside Tavern
84
Pizza Port — Ocean Beach
83
Culture Brewing Co. — Ocean Beach
83
Olive Tree Marketplace
83
Pacific Shores Cocktail Lounge
83
Sunshine Co. Saloon
82
Newport Pizza & Ale House
82
OB Warehouse Kitchen & Taps
82
OB Brewery
82
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