Readers’ Choice: San Diego’s Best Restaurants 2018

Readers’ Choice: San Diego’s Best Restaurants

Posted on January 31, 2018

For the San Diego’s Best Restaurants feature, click here.

New Restaurant
608
760.291.1040, 608oceanside.com
Born & Raised
619.202.4577, bornandraisedsteak.com

Happy Hour Drinks
Casa de Bandini
760.634.3443, casadebandini.com
Cucina Enoteca
858.704.4500, urbankitchengroup.com

Happy Hour Eats
Union Kitchen & Tap
760.230.2337, localunion101.com

Al Fresco Dining
Pacific Coast Grill
760.479.0721, pacificcoastgrill.com
Firenze Trattoria
760.944.9000, firenzetrattoria.com

Place to Take Out-Of-Town Guests
George’s at the Cove
858.454.4244, georgesatthecove.com

San Diego Tradition
Mister A’s
619.239.1377, asrestaurant.com

Date Night Spot
Dolce at the Highlands
858.847.2740, dolcehighlands.com

Hotel Restaurant
A.R. Valentien
858.777.6635, lodgetorreypines.com
Veladora
858.759.6216, ranchovalencia.com

Neighborhood Hotspot
Solace & The Moonlight Lounge
760.753.2433, eatatsolace.com
Cucina Enoteca
858.704.4500, urbankitchengroup.com

Special Occasion
The Marine Room
858.459.7222, marineroom.com

Catering
Waters Fine Foods & Catering
619.276.8803, waterscatering.com
Giuseppe Restaurants &
Fine Catering
858.581.2205, grnfc.com

Baked Goods
Thyme in the Ranch
858.759.0747, thymeintheranch.com
VG Donut & Bakery
760.753.2400, vgbakery.com

Desserts
Extraordinary Desserts
extraordinarydesserts.com
Thyme in the Ranch
858.759.0747, thymeintheranch.com

Steak
Ruth’s Chris Steak House
858.755.1454, ruthschris.com
Donovan’s Steak & Chop House
858.450.6666, donovanssteakhouse.com

Seafood
The Fish Market
858.755.2277, thefishmarket.com
Truluck’s
858.453.2583, trulucks.com

French
Mille Fleurs
858.756.3085, millefleurs.com

Italian
Firenze Trattoria
760.944.9000, firenzetrattoria.com
Vigilucci’s
Multiple locations, vigiluccis.com

BBQ
Phil’s BBQ
Multiple locations, philsbbq.net
Brett’s BBQ
760.436.7247, brettsbbq.com

Sushi
Wrench & Rodent Seabasstropub
760.271.0531, seabasstropub.com

Pasta
Firenze Trattoria
760.944.9000, firenzetrattoria.com

Pizza
Blue Ribbon Artisan Pizzeria
760.634.7671, blueribbonpizzeria.com

Burger
608
760.291.1040, 608oceanside.com
In-N-Out Burger
Multiple locations, in-n-out.com

Californian
Market Restaurant + Bar
858.523.0007, marketdelmar.com

Mexican
Casa de Bandini
760.634.3443, casadebandini.com
Fidel’s Little Mexico
858.755.5292, fidelslittlemexico.com

Craft Beer
Ballast Point
Multiple locations, ballastpoint.com
Viewpoint Brewing Co.
858.356.9346, viewpointbrewing.com

Wine List
A.R. Valentien
858.777.6635, lodgetorreypines.com
Addison
858.314.1900, addisondelmar.com

Wine Bar
The 3rd Corner
760.942.2104, the3rdcorner.com

Craft Cocktails
Campfire
760.637.5121, thisiscampfire.com

Ambience
Herb & Wood
619.955.8495, herbandwood.com

Breakfast
Snooze AM
Multiple locations, snoozeeatery.com

Bloody Mary
T’s Café
858.755.7642

Brunch
Café 21
University Heights & Gaslamp, cafe-21.com
Morada
858.381.8289, theinnatrsf.com

Coffee
Lofty Coffee
Multiple locations, loftycoffee.com
Better Buzz
Multiple locations, betterbuzzcoffee.com

Upscale Grocery Store
Cardiff Seaside Market
760.753.5445, seasidemarket.com
Lazy Acres
Encinitas & Mission Hills, lazyacres.com

Sandwiches
Moto Deli
760.943.6686, motodeli.com
Board & Brew
Multiple locations, boardandbrew.com

Vegetarian/Vegan
Kindred
619.546.9653, barkindred.com
Native Foods
Multiple locations, nativefoods.com

Healthy
Flower Child
858.314.6818, iamaflowerchild.com

Gluten-Free
2Good2B
760.942.4663, 2good2b.com

Juice Bar
Beaming
Multiple locations, livebeaming.com
Nekter Juice Bar
Multiple locations, nekterjuicebar.com

Family-Friendly
Casa Sol Y Mar
858.792.4100, casasolymar.com

Dog-Friendly
Pillbox Tavern
858.436.7016, pillboxtavern.com
Thyme in the Ranch
858.759.0747, thymeintheranch.com