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4.4
Awesome(387)
Price: Moderate
• American • Pacific Beach
Booked 16 times today
Located alongside the vibrant ocean-front boardwalk in Pacific Beach, Waterbar offers only the best in tantalizing menus, innovative libations, panoramic views, and lively entertainment. Our “social seafood” menu is inspired by East coast, West coast and Baja cuisines, and transforms the freshest flavors through our chef’s unique renditions of coastal classics. Flavor-forward craft cocktails, local micro-brews, national brand favorites, and a diverse wine list are offered across comfortable bar seating, community-table dining, and intimate ocean-side tables. Waterbar’s thriving, energetic environment captures the passion of San Diego’s iconic coastline for an unforgettably satisfying experience.
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4.5
Awesome(2996)
Price: Expensive
• Mediterranean • University Heights
Booked 85 times today
With their stunning design, classic cocktails & highly acclaimed fare, Madison finds itself among San Diego's can't miss restaurants! Serving many of Michelin recognized Chef Mario Cassineri classic dishes, perfect for Date Night of celebrating with friends. ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʜᴏᴜʀ - ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴅᴀʏ 4-6ᴘᴍᴛᴜᴇꜱᴅᴀʏ - ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴊᴀᴢᴢ 7-9ᴘᴍᴡᴇᴅɴᴇꜱᴅᴀʏ - ᴅɪɴɴᴇʀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴅᴏɢꜱᴛʜᴜʀꜱᴅᴀʏ - ᴅᴊ ꜱᴘɪɴɴɪɴɢ ᴏʟᴅ ꜱᴄʜᴏᴏʟ ᴠɪɴʏʟꜰʀɪᴅᴀʏ & ꜱᴀᴛᴜʀᴅᴀʏ ɴɪɢʜᴛ - ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ᴀ ᴘᴀʀᴛʏ ᴡᴇᴇᴋᴇɴᴅ ʙᴏᴏᴢʏ ʙʀᴜɴᴄʜ - ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴅᴊꜱꜱᴜɴᴅᴀʏ ɴɪɢʜᴛ - ʟᴀᴛɪɴ ᴊᴀᴢᴢ 6-8ᴘᴍ
A photo of Gravity Heights Sorrento Valley restaurant
4.7
Exceptional(1180)
Price: Moderate
• American • Sorrento Mesa
Booked 25 times today
We’re not out to take the San Diego beer scene by storm or reinvent the wheel because the truth is, there’s no shortage of good breweries in San Diego. Instead, our aim is to pair that good beer with the same delicious food, exceptional service and genuine hospitality we’re known for so you never have to compromise one for the other again. Tucked away in Sorrento mesa, our 12,000 square foot brewpub includes a full service restaurant, an event space, an expansive and lush outdoor beer garden and a pretty stellar team to make sure you always have good food in your mouth and a solid beer in your hand.
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4.2
Awesome(80)
Price: Moderate
• Creole / Cajun / Southern • Hillcrest
Booked 7 times today
NOLA on 5th brings the flavors and spirit of New Orleans dining to San Diego. You will find a casual bar and outdoor patio downstairs, with a more upscale experience in our upstairs room overlooking bustling 5th Avenue in San Diego's famous Hillcrest neighborhood. We've been featured on Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, as well as on A&E and The Travel Channel.Chef Andrew Boyer, a long-time New Orleans resident, has left no detail untouched in our food, from ingredients to presentation. You will find all of the traditional NOLA favorites here like jambalaya, gumbo, po'boys, red beans and rice, and more. We fly our bread in from Leidenheimer's bakery in Louisiana, and we'd love to serve you a delicious Abita beer with your meal. And while they are in season, be sure to stop by for one of our Louisiana crawfish boils, which are some of our busiest and most fun days of the year.
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4.8
Exceptional(525)
Price: Moderate
• American • Solana Beach
Booked 14 times today
Newly remodeled, the much airier Tavern is all about art, music, and above all great food. Open for lunch and soon to include evening dining, the Tavern adds a distinctly Mexican/Pacific Coast set of flavors to the local fine dining scene.We are located in the heart of the Cedros Design District, within walking distance of the Amtrak station. The style is casual with indoor and outdoor dining ( plus bar seating). The patio, which can accommodate 18 guests, looks out onto the shop-lined Cedros Avenue and can be separated from the main dining area for private events.*Please note* Our restaurant welcomes walk-ins during our Lunch hours from 11:30 am- 3:30 pm. *Tavern restaurant will be closed for dinner (Lunch will remain open Monday and Tuesday when the belly up is dark)*Please check our website for the most up-to-date hours*

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  • Elizabeth
    Los Angeles •19 reviews
    5.0
    Dined 3 days ago
    The special menu item, surf & turf, was delicious! Tender fillet, scallops and shrimp with broccolini and mashed potatoes—all tasted divine. A special thank you goes out to Joy who personally contacted me to accommodate an earlier reservation time.
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    TavernPrice: Moderate• American• Solana Beach
    4.8
  • Sierra
    San Diego •2 reviews
    5.0
    Dined 7 days ago
    Our waitress was really sweet and my husband and I enjoyed our brunch and bottomless mimosas. I think her name was Anna !
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    NOLA on 5thPrice: Moderate• Creole / Cajun / Southern• Hillcrest
    4.2
  • Megan
    San Diego •22 reviews
    5.0
    Dined 7 days ago
    Ok so I went to GH over a year ago and had a not so great experience. They followed up and invited me to come back and forever and a day later I did. I have no idea what changed but good food gods everything was delicious and the service was excellent. We ordered about four mains for brunch (the fries, lemon pancakes, biscuits and gravy and Benedict) and we devoured everything. To make what was already a fully delicious meal just incredible, the staff went out of their way to make this experience over the top awesome and we were generously gifted the make your own mimosa special which was also decadent and a huge surprise. If anything, I’ve gone back to places after a so so experience and been treated kindly but this was next level. I’ve never had such a 180 at a place before and my friends were in heaven with me. Even without that extremely generous touch, I feel confident saying that Gravity has stepped up the menu and the service. It was always a beautiful location but I’ve not had a brunch like that with every dish being awesome for quite some time. Hats off to GH folks and thank you. I will be coming back and sharing the delish dishes with HH more folks.
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    Gravity Heights Sorrento ValleyPrice: Moderate• American• Sorrento Mesa
    4.7
  • Deborahvip
    San Diego •18 reviews
    4.0
    Dined on Nov 10, 2024
    My only complaint is that when we arrived at 6:30 it was so noisy that we could not hear each other talk . The noise died down by around 8:00 .
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    Waterbar San DiegoPrice: Moderate• American• Pacific Beach
    4.4
  • Caitlinvip
    San Diego •37 reviews
    5.0
    Dined on Nov 9, 2024
    We celebrated a birthday here and we are glad we did! The ambiance, drinks, food, and service are always great at Madison. We brought in a cake for a birthday and the server put it in the fridge for us upon arrival and also put on the cake topper and candles before bringing it out to the table. Much appreciated and we will return!
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    MadisonPrice: Expensive• Mediterranean• University Heights
    4.5
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