The best restaurants in San Diego, according to critics

80 San Diego, CA restaurants featured on published critics’ lists from 4 publications: Eater San Diego, MICHELIN Guide, San Diego Magazine, The World's 50 Best Restaurants. Ordered by how many of those lists agree.

• Addison — Carmel Valley, San Diego — on 4 critics’ lists
• Callie — East Village, San Diego — on 3 critics’ lists
• Animae — Marina District, San Diego — on 2 critics’ lists
• Ciccia Osteria — Barrio Logan, San Diego — on 2 critics’ lists
• Cori Pastificio — North Park, San Diego — on 2 critics’ lists
• Fish Guts — Barrio Logan, San Diego — on 2 critics’ lists
• Kettner Exchange — Little Italy, San Diego — on 2 critics’ lists
• Kingfisher — Golden Hill, San Diego — on 2 critics’ lists
• Mabel's Gone Fishing — North Park, San Diego — on 2 critics’ lists
• Shan Xi Magic Kitchen — Kearny Mesa, San Diego — on 2 critics’ lists
• The Fishery — Pacific Beach, San Diego — on 2 critics’ lists
• Tribute Pizza — North Park, San Diego — on 2 critics’ lists
• Wayfarer Bread & Pastry — Bird Rock, San Diego — on 2 critics’ lists
• À L'ouest — North Park, San Diego
• Artifact at Mingei — Balboa Park, San Diego
• Awash Ethiopian Restaurant — North Park, San Diego
• Birria El Rey — Golden Hill, San Diego
• Books & Records — Bankers Hill, San Diego
• Bosforo — Normal Heights, San Diego
• Cafe Sevilla — Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego
• Cesarina — Point Loma, San Diego
• Choi's — Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego
• Cowboy Star Restaurant and Butcher Shop — East Village, San Diego
• Cucina Urbana — Bankers Hill, San Diego
• Deckman's North at 3131 — North Park, San Diego
• Ed Fernandez Restaurant Birriera — Nestor, San Diego
• Elvira — Ocean Beach, San Diego
• Finca — North Park, San Diego
• Fleurette — University City, San Diego
• Fort Oak — Mission Hills, San Diego
• George's at the Cove — La Jolla, San Diego
• Grand Ole BBQ y Asado — North Park, San Diego
• Gravity Heights — Mission Valley, San Diego
• Havana Grill — Clairemont Mesa, San Diego
• Hawaiian Fresh Seafood — Sorrento Valley, San Diego
• Herb & Wood — Little Italy, San Diego
• Himalayan Yak & Yeti — College Area, San Diego
• Ironside Fish & Oyster — Little Italy, San Diego
• Izola Bakery — East Village, San Diego
• Juniper and Ivy — Little Italy, San Diego
• Kindred — South Park, San Diego
• Kinme Omakase — Bankers Hill, San Diego
• La Perla Cocina Mexicana — Pacific Beach, San Diego
• Little Lion — Ocean Beach, San Diego
• Liv Juice — Hillcrest, San Diego
• LOLA 55 — East Village, San Diego
• Lucien — La Jolla, San Diego
• Marigold — North Park, San Diego
• Meet Dumpling — Point Loma, San Diego
• Menya Ultra — Kearny Mesa, San Diego
• Mezé Greek Fusion — Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego
• Mister A's Restaurant — Bankers Hill, San Diego
• Morning Glory — Little Italy, San Diego
• Mostra Coffee — Carmel Mountain Ranch, San Diego
• OB Noodle House — Ocean Beach, San Diego
• Paradisaea — Bird Rock, San Diego
• Parfait Paris — Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego
• Rosemarie's Burgers — Pacific Beach, San Diego
• Sobremesa — San Carlos, San Diego
• Soichi — University Heights, San Diego
• Solare Ristorante — Point Loma, San Diego
• Sovereign Modern Thai Cuisine — East Village, San Diego
• Sovereign Thai Cuisine — East Village, San Diego
• Starlite — Mission Hills, San Diego
• Stella Jean's — University Heights, San Diego
• Super Cocina — City Heights, San Diego
• Sushi Ichifuji — Kearny Mesa, San Diego
• Sushi Tadokoro — Old Town, San Diego
• The Crack Shack — Little Italy, San Diego
• The Kebab Shop — East Village, San Diego
• The Lion's Share — Little Italy, San Diego
• Venissimo Cheese — Mission Hills, San Diego
• Wa Dining Okan — Kearny Mesa, San Diego
• White Rice — Normal Heights, San Diego
• Wise Ox — North Park, San Diego
• Wolf in the Woods — Mission Hills, San Diego
• Wormwood — North Park, San Diego
• Yakitori Tsuta — Kearny Mesa, San Diego
• Yiko Yiko — Kearny Mesa, San Diego
• Youngblood — East Village, San Diego

The San Diego lists

• The 38 Best Restaurants in San Diego — Eater San Diego
• MICHELIN Bib Gourmand — San Diego 2025 — MICHELIN Guide
• MICHELIN Guide California — Starred Restaurants, San Diego 2025 — MICHELIN Guide
• San Diego Magazine Best Restaurants 2026 — San Diego Magazine
• North America's 50 Best Restaurants 2026 — The World's 50 Best Restaurants

The Critic List — the critics’ “best restaurants” lists, in one place. We don’t write the lists; the critics do, and every one links back to the original.