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Upscale Restaurants in San Diego
| Name | Price/ Cuisine |
Location |
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Barona Oaks Steakhouse
The fine-dining restaurant at Barona Resort caters to high rollers... |
$$$ Cuisine, Steakhouse |
Ramona |
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BiCE Ristorante
Go out for Italian in the Gaslamp Quarter and you risk getting... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, Italian |
Gaslamp Quarter |
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Blue Point Coastal Cuisine
If there's a convention in town, Blue Point gets jammed with... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, Seafood |
Gaslamp Quarter |
BlueFire Grill
Fire and water drama defines this signature restaurant that's... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, Mediterranean |
Carlsbad |
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Café Champagne
The Thornton Winery's airy country restaurant, whose big windows... |
$$$ Cuisine, Eclectic |
Temecula |
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Café Japengo
Shiny black surfaces and bamboo trees accent the interior of... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, Asian |
La Jolla |
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Candelas
The scents and flavors of imaginative Mexican cuisine with a... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, Mexican |
Gaslamp Quarter |
Cowboy Star
Executive chef Victor Jimenez cooks up porterhouses for two and... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, Steakhouse |
East Village |
Cucina Urbana
Proprietor Tracy Borkum's casual and stylish Cal-Italian spot... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, Italian |
Bankers Hill |
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El Agave
The area is a bit touristy so you might not expect to find such... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, Mexican |
Old Town |
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El Bizcocho
Locals rate this candlelit dinng room at the Rancho Bernardo... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, French |
Rancho Bernardo |
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JRDN
With some 300 seats, this ocean-facing restaurant (pronounced... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, American |
Pacific Beach |
Market Restaurant + Bar
Carl Schroeder, one of California's hottest young chefs, draws... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, American |
Del Mar |
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Mille Fleurs
From its location in the heart of wealthy, horsey Rancho Santa... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, French |
Rancho Santa Fe |
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Nobu
This outpost of Nobu Matsuhisa's restaurant empire in the Hard... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, Japanese |
Gaslamp Quarter |
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The Oceanaire Seafood Room
Engineered to recall an ocean liner from the 1940s, the decor... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, Seafood |
Gaslamp Quarter |
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Pacifica Del Mar
The view of the shimmering Pacific from this lovely restaurant... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, Seafood |
Del Mar |
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Po Pazzo Bar and Grille
An eye-catching creation from leading Little Italy restaurateurs... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, Italian |
Little Italy |
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The Prado
The striking Spanish-Moorish interior of this lovely restaurant... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, Eclectic |
Balboa Park |
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Searsucker
The much-hyped first restaurant from Top Chef finalist Brian... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, American |
Gaslamp Quarter |
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Sheerwater
This casual but pricey all-day dining room is the primary restaurant... |
$$$ Cuisine, American |
Coronado |
Sushi Ota
Wedged into a minimall between a convenience store and a looming... |
$$$ Cuisine, Japanese, Japanese: Sushi |
Pacific Beach |
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Tapenade
Named after the Provençal black-olive-and-anchovy paste... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, French |
La Jolla |
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Truluck's
This Southern-style seafood restaurant with reasonably priced... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, Seafood |
La Jolla |
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Vineyard Rose
Big and barnlike, the Vineyard Rose is a good choice for Mediterranean-style... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, European |
Temecula |
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The Westgate Room
Normandy-born chef Fabrice Hardel oversees the preparation of... |
$$$ Cuisine, French |
Gaslamp Quarter |
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