7 American restaurants in Carlsbad, CA that earn more on your cards
Carlsbad, CA has 7 American restaurants in our listings: 7 take a dining program and none has a card perk. Most common price: $$ (moderate). Top neighborhoods: Carlsbad (4), Industrial Corridor (2), and Poinsettia (1).
7 restaurants
The Mini Donut Company
up to20%American · $ · Industrial Corridor
American Express Gold Card + inKind
inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 moreCosta Azul Winery
up to12%American · $$ · Carlsbad
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreGreen Dragon Tavern & Museum
up to12%American · $$$ · Poinsettia
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreKnockout Burger
up to12%American · $$ · Carlsbad
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreSam's Kitchen - Carlsbad
up to8%Mexican · $$ · Industrial Corridor
American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more
- Restaurants
- 7
- Neighborhoods
- 3
- Cuisines
- 9
- Dining programs
- 14
- With a card perk
- 0
The 3 best cards to bring to dinner in Carlsbad
Ranked by what each card earns across this city's restaurants at our point valuations, counting the dining program that pays most at each one. Card credits aren't counted. AAdvantage Dining (5 restaurants) and TrueBlue Dining (5) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 7 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.
American Express Gold Card
$325 annual fee
≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner
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Chase Sapphire Reserve
$795 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
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Chase Sapphire Preferred Card
$95 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
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14 dining programs that pay in Carlsbad
Dining programs pay on top of your card. Join one, link a card, and every meal at a participating restaurant earns twice.
- AAdvantage Dining5 restaurants1–5 miles per $1
- TrueBlue Dining5 restaurants1–3 points per $1
- Eat Around Town5 restaurants4–6 points per $1
- SkyMiles Dining5 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- MileagePlus Dining5 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- Rapid Rewards Dining5 restaurants0.5–3 points per $1
- Atmos Rewards Dining5 restaurants0.5–5 points per $1
- Hilton Honors Dining5 restaurants2–8 points per $1
- IHG Dine & Earn5 restaurants1–8 points per $1
- Dine Out with Wyndham5 restaurants1–5 points per $1
- Rakuten Dining5 restaurants5% back
- Upside4 restaurantsUp to 26% back
- Bilt Dining3 restaurants1 point per $1
- inKind2 restaurants20% back
8 cuisines in Carlsbad
American in 3 Carlsbad neighborhoods
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