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Restaurants and Dining in San Diego
San Diego Restaurants and Dining
San Diegans, and the many visitors to San Diego, can enjoy a variety of dining experiences-
from fresh seafood, to many international and ethnic dishes, many at locations with breathtaking views. Of course there are thousands of restaurants to chose from, this page shows many of these restaurants, by type of food, location, price range, and have been personally reviewed for quality of food, but also for atmosphere and service.
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AMERICAN and 'CALIFORNIA'
San Diego Restaurants in this section feature
classic American food and 'California Cuisine'!
 type
name
location
telephone
price range
$ - $$$$$
webpage
50's
Corvette Diner
Hillcrest - Fifth Ave.
California
Napa Valley
Horton Plaza, top level
$$$
American, Diner Hob Nob Hill
2271 1st Ave/First at Juniper, (MAP)
Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101
 (619) 239-8176
$$$
  Brian's
Sixth & 'F', Gaslamp
      
American, California + Hawthorn's 2895 University Ave., - MAP
inside the North Park Theater		 (619) 544-0940
$$$
Cajun, Creole & Bayou
Looking for authentic New Orleans, Louisiana food in San Diego?
Trying to find some gumbo or jambalaya? Look no further!
Gulf Coast Grill 4130 Park Blvd.,
between University & Washington
in Hillcrest		 619-295-2244 YES
Bud's-
'Louisiana Food Shoppe'
 2034 Kettner, Little Italy,
between Grape & Hawthorne		 619-239-4210 YES
SAN DIEGO BACKCOUNTRY
Check out the local village cafes in the 'backcountry' of San Diego's mountains & desert.
 type
name
location
telephone
price range
$ - $$$$$
webpage
Country Barrett Lake Highway '94'
Country Dulzura Village Cafe Highway '94'
Descanso Highway '79'
between '8' & Julian
Cuyamaca on Lake Cuyamaca
Julian on Main Street
Mount Laguna Sunrise Highway
Banner Downhill from Julian, heading to the desert
           


EUROPEAN
San Diego has many fine restaurants from Europe-
including English, Irish, German, Austrian, French, Spanish, Finnish, Polish, Russian & Italian.
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 type
name
location
telephone
price range
$ - $$$$$
webpage
AUSTRIAN
EDELWEISS-closed
3rd Ave. Chula Vista
619-426-5172
$$$
GERMAN
KAISERHOPF
Ocean Beach
GERMAN OLD COUNTRY 7097 University Ave.,
La Mesa		 619-460-7942
$$$
POLISH Seacoast Blvd.
Imperial Beach
POLISH/
RUSSIAN
COTTAGE CAFE
*closed
2321 Fifth Ave. at Juniper,
Balboa Park
619-696-0071
$$$
closed
RUSSIAN-
GEORGIAN		 POMEGRANATE 2302 El Cajon Blvd. 619-297-4007
$$$
SPANISH
OLE MADRID
Gaslamp-Fifth Ave.
SPANISH
CAFE SEVILLA
Gaslamp-Fourth Ave.
SPANISH LA GRAN TAPA 'B' St. /between Sixth-Seventh St.
Downtown
ENGLISH Princess India & Date St., Little Italy
ENGLISH Shakespeare's India at Washington
FINNISH Henry's Fifth & Market, Gaslamp    
YES
IRISH Dublin Square Fourth Ave ., Gaslamp
IRISH The Field Fifth Ave., Gaslamp
ITALIAN Caparell's Restaurant 1428 1st Ave *(inside 'Reiss Hotel)
First Ave., at Ash - MAP
San Diego, CA 92101 		(619) 237-8081

$$$

ASIAN
San Diego has Asian food from Japan to Afghanistan, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai and Vietnamese.
These restaurants can be found in a number of areas around San Diego.

 type

name

location

telephone

price range
$ - $$$$$

webpage
CHINESE Gen Lai Sen 1065 Ave., at 'C' St.,
N.E. corner of downtown		 619-239-5478
JAPANESE
CLOSED 		Octopus Garden Fifth Ave., at 'J' St.,
Gaslamp
PAN ASIAN-
Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Vietmamese		 Red Pearl Kitchen Gaslamp- 440 'J' Street 619-231-1100
KOREAN Korea House 4620 Convoy Street,
Kearny Mesa		 858-560-0080
KOREAN Tofu House 4646 Convoy ST #116 - Kearny Mesa
SAN DIEGO, CA 92111		 858-576-6433
THAI Royal Thai Gaslamp  
THAI Lotus Downtown,
Market Street 		 
THAI 'Taste of Thai' 527 University Ave., Hillcrest 619-291-7525
THAI   Downtown, Seventh Ave,
between 'C' & 'B' Sts.		  

INDIAN
San Diego's Indian food restaurants are few, but worth trying!
If you want curry, etc., try these locations.

 type

name

location

telephone

price range
$ - $$$$$

webpage
INDIAN STAR OF INDIA Gaslamp- 423 'F' St. 619-234-8000
INDIAN MONSOON Gaslamp- 729 Fourth Ave. 619-234-5555
$$$
INDIAN MARSALA in the Gaslamp !
at Fifth & 'K' St.
INDIAN University and Sixth, Hillcrest

POLYNESIA & the PACIFIC ISLANDS
San Diego has food from restaurants from a variety of Pacific Islands, from Hawaii to Guam to Philipines.

 type

name

location

telephone

price range
$ - $$$$$

webpage
Polynesian,
Hawaiin		 Bali Hai Shelter Island
Guamanian Islander Grill 3645 Park Blvd. , Hillcrest
Embassy Hotel, (at Cypress),
*(just south of Robinson Ave.)		 619-297-3929
Hawaiin Peohe's 1201 First Street
Coronado, CA 92118		 619-437-4474
619-437-8471 fax
 

 

AFRICAN
Looking for a good Somali restaurant? Or your favorite food from Ethiopia?
San Diego has a number of African Restaurants from Ethiopioan to Somalian to South African.
Check out the listings below and go and try out one of the African restaurants in San Diego!
 type
name
location
telephone
price range
$ - $$$$$
webpage
Ethiopian-
Somalian
'Awash' Restaurant
4979 El Cajon Blvd.
North Park
619-583-9225
closed?
'Asmara Restaurant'
-4433 El Cajon Blvd.
619-563-3666
African & Creole
'Monroe's'
*('Aswan')
7404 University Avenue,
La Mesa
619-464-7100
Ethiopian
Harar
2432 El Cajon Blvd.
*( near Texas St.)
619-295-3735
$$
Ethiopian
The Red Sea
4717 University Ave
619-285-9722
Somalian, East African, Mediterranean Safari Restaurant

5221 University Avenue

 619-583-2672
 
South African
Perky's
delivery only
Call 1-858-538-4941 ,
or email- perkysfoods@msn.com to order.

SOUTH AMERICAN
San Diego's South American restaurants include Brazilian and Argentinian.
 type
name
location
telephone
price range
$ - $$$$$
webpage
Argentine
'Tango Grille'
At 635 Broadway, between 'I'-'J' Streets
in Chula Vista, California - 91910
619-420-0384
.
Argentine
Pampas Argentine Grill
Pampas Argentine Grill is located next to Montgomery Field, between the I-805 and the I-15 on Aero Drive in the Kearny Mesa area of San Diego at 8690 Aero Drive.
858-278-5971
.
Argentine La Puerta Boca India and Grape Streets,
Little Italy		 . . .
Brazilian
'Rei do Gado'
Fourth Ave & Broadway,
San Diego, 'Gaslamp'
.
.
Brazilian
'Brazil by the Bay' Restaurant & Sports Bar-
3770 Hancock Street, #G,
Behind the Sports Arena
619-692-1410
.
Brazilian 'Brazil on the Hill' 142 University Ave.,
San Diego, CA 92103		 619-692-1919
Brazilian Churrascaria
The 'Samba Grill' , Brazilian steakhouse

now open top floor of Horton Plaza!

CLOSED! :-(
619-236-1000
.
Samba Grill Brazilian in San Diego