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76 rooftop & views spots in San Diego, scored and ranked for 2026.

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Top 10 Rooftop & Views Spots

1
A.R. Valentien
Californian / Fine Dining · La Jolla / Torrey Pines
Chef Jeff Jackson's Californian fine-dining flagship at The Lodge at Torrey Pines — a Craftsman-era dining room overlooking the Torrey Pines golf course, a farm-driven menu with long-standing SD-growe...
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2
George's at the Cove
Californian / Coastal · La Jolla
Chef Trey Foshee's three-concept La Jolla landmark — the Ocean Terrace rooftop, California Modern dining room, and Level 2 bar — all overlooking La Jolla Cove. The San Diego restaurant most likely to ...
90
3
Mister A's
Contemporary / Rooftop · Bankers Hill · OpenTable Top 100 Brunch 2026
12th floor of a Bankers Hill tower — Mister A's has been San Diego's view-dinner destination since 1965. Downtown skyline and SD Bay on one side, Balboa Park on the other, and a dining room that has h...
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4
Mastro's Ocean Club — Del Mar
Steakhouse / Seafood · Del Mar
Mastro's Ocean Club's Del Mar Highlands location — an ocean-view dining room with a piano bar, the seafood tower and butter-cake desserts that are the brand's national signatures, and one of North Cou...
90
5
The Marine Room
Contemporary / Coastal · La Jolla
Operating since 1941 — the restaurant at La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club, famously on the water with waves crashing against the windows during high tide. High-tide breakfast is a San Diego bucket-lis...
89
6
Animae
Asian-American / Modern · Downtown · James Beard Best Chef (Tara Monsod) 2025 (finalist)
Chef Brian Malarkey's Asian-American modern concept on the SD waterfront — harbor views, a dining room built around a pan-Asian menu that pulls from Japan, China, Thailand, and Korea. The big-room dow...
89
7
1500 Ocean
Modern American / Coastal · Coronado
Hotel del Coronado's flagship fine-dining room — oceanfront, resort-polished service, and a coastal menu that leans on local growers and the Pacific at the door. The defining Coronado special-occasion...
89
8
Stake Chophouse
Steakhouse / Modern American · Coronado
Coronado's modern chophouse — a Prime steak program, a rooftop patio above Orange Avenue, and a dining room that gave the island its serious special-occasion table outside the Hotel del. A Coronado mo...
88
9
Kitchen 1540
Modern American / Californian · Del Mar
L'Auberge Del Mar's fine-dining flagship — a seaside resort dining room perched above the Del Mar bluffs, a chef's tasting that pulls from SD County growers, and the kind of resort kitchen North Count...
88
10
Eddie V's La Jolla
Seafood / Steakhouse · La Jolla
The Eddie V's La Jolla outpost — upscale seafood-and-steakhouse chain with live jazz in the V Lounge every night, Chilean sea bass as the anchor order, and one of La Jolla's better-booked special-occa...
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All 76 Rooftop & Views Spots in San Diego

Kettner Exchange
Contemporary American · Little Italy
87
The Med at La Valencia Hotel
Mediterranean / Californian · La Jolla
87
Veladora at The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe
Californian / Modern American · Rancho Santa Fe
87
Trattoria Acqua
Italian · La Jolla
87
Top of the Market
Seafood / Fine Dining · Downtown / Embarcadero
87
Rustic Root
American / Rooftop · Gaslamp
86
JRDN at Tower23
Contemporary American / Seafood · Pacific Beach
86
Pacifica Del Mar
American / Seafood · Del Mar
86
Catania
Italian / Coastal Italian · La Jolla
86
Island Prime & C Level
Steakhouse / American / Seafood · Harbor Island
86
The Hake Kitchen & Bar
Seafood / Modern American · La Jolla
86
Vintana Wine + Dine
Californian / Modern American · Escondido
86
333 Pacific
American / Seafood / Steakhouse · Oceanside
86
Coasterra
Modern Mexican · Harbor Island
86
Sbicca Del Mar
Modern American / Californian · Del Mar
86
Brockton Villa
American / Californian · La Jolla
86
Jake's Del Mar
American / Seafood · Del Mar
85
Mitch's Seafood
Seafood / Casual · Point Loma
85
The Prado at Balboa Park
Californian / Latin · Balboa Park
85
The Nolen Rooftop Bar
Cocktail Bar / Rooftop · Gaslamp
85
The Shores Restaurant
American / Seafood · La Jolla Shores
85
Kono's Cafe
American / Breakfast · Pacific Beach
85
Hacienda de Vega
Mexican · Escondido
85
Pacific Coast Grill
American / Seafood · Cardiff-by-the-Sea
85
Hello Betty Fish House
American / Seafood · Oceanside
85
Tidal at Paradise Point Resort
American / Modern · Mission Bay
85
Carnitas' Snack Shack — Embarcadero
American / Mexican Fusion · Downtown / Embarcadero
85
Bernardo Winery & Cafe Merlot
Californian / Winery · Rancho Bernardo
85
Caroline's Seaside Cafe
American / Breakfast / Brunch · La Jolla Shores
85
Viewpoint Brewing Co.
American / Brewery · Del Mar
85
World Famous
Seafood / American / Breakfast · Pacific Beach
84
Poseidon on the Beach
American / Seafood · Del Mar
84
Cannonball
Japanese / Sushi / Bar · Mission Beach
84
Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens
American / Brewery · Point Loma / Liberty Station
84
Sea180° Coastal Tavern
American / Seafood · Imperial Beach
84
Duke's La Jolla
American / Hawaiian / Seafood · La Jolla
84
Fathom Bistro, Bait & Tackle
American / Seafood / Bar · Shelter Island
84
Drift La Jolla
American / Burgers · La Jolla
84
Beaumont's Eatery
American / Gastropub · Bird Rock
84
Portside Pier
American / Seafood / Food Hall · Downtown / Embarcadero
84
Ki's Restaurant
American / Californian / Vegetarian · Cardiff-by-the-Sea
84
The Crab Catcher
American / Seafood · La Jolla
84
Spike Africa's
American / Seafood / Bar · Downtown
84
Panama 66
American / Patio · Balboa Park
83
Altitude Sky Lounge
Cocktail Bar / Rooftop · Gaslamp
83
Tom Ham's Lighthouse
American / Seafood · Harbor Island
83
Humphreys by the Bay
American / Seafood · Shelter Island
83
Jose's Court Room
Mexican · La Jolla
83
Kairoa Brewing Company
American / Brewery · University Heights
83
Bluewater Boathouse Seafood Grill
American / Seafood · Coronado
83
Peohe's
American / Seafood / Pacific Rim · Coronado
83
The Chart House — Mission Bay
American / Seafood · Mission Bay
83
Backyard Kitchen & Tap
American / Gastropub · Pacific Beach
83
The Brigantine — Shelter Island
American / Seafood · Point Loma
83
Red Sails Inn
American / Seafood · Point Loma
83
Pizza Nova — Point Loma
Italian / Pizza · Point Loma
83
PB AleHouse
American / Gastropub · Pacific Beach
82
Tobey's 19th Hole Cafe
American / Diner · Balboa Park
82
Fisherman's Landing
American / Seafood · Point Loma
82
H&M Landing
American / Seafood · Point Loma
82
Harbor & Sky Rooftop Bar and Lounge
Rooftop Bar · Downtown San Diego
80
NOVA SD
Nightclub / EDM · Gaslamp
78
Birdseye Rooftop
Rooftop Bar · La Jolla
76
Coco Maya
Tropical · Little Italy
76
Borrego Rooftop
Rooftop Bar · East Village
74
Rooftop by STK
Rooftop Bar · East Village
73
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