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286 restaurants in San Diego, CA that pay Bilt Dining

Bilt Dining pays Bilt Points at these restaurants on top of whatever your card earns. Join once, link a card, and pay with it — values below are what each card earns here. Top neighborhoods: Pacific Beach (30), North Park (23), and Hillcrest (14).

286 restaurants

  • Manor Coffee Bar

    up to8%

    Coffee/Tea · $ · Hillcrest

    American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more

  • Mystic Morning

    up to8%

    Coffee/Tea · $$ · Old Town

    American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more

  • NOLA on 5th

    up to8%

    Cajun & Creole · $$ · Hillcrest

    American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining

    Bilt Dining1x

  • OB Brewery

    up to8%

    Brewery · $$ · Ocean Beach

    American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining

    Bilt Dining1x

  • Oggi's

    up to8%

    Pizza · $$ · Carmel Mountain

    American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining

    IHG Dine & Earn8xAAdvantage Dining5xSkyMiles Dining5x+4 more

  • Phinology Coffee

    up to8%

    Café · $$ · Kearny Mesa

    American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining

    Bilt Dining1x

  • Pizza Cassette

    up to8%

    Pizza · Morena

    American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining

    Bilt Dining1x

  • Plant Power Fast Food

    up to8%

    Vegetarian · $ · Ocean Beach

    American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining

    Bilt Dining1x

  • Rosemonts Cafe

    up to8%

    Café · $ · Beach Barber Tract

    American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining

    Bilt Dining1x

  • Saigon Sandwiches & Deli

    up to8%

    Sandwich Spot · $ · East San Diego

    American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining

    Bilt Dining1x

  • San Diego Chicken Pie Shop

    up to8%

    American · $$ · North Park

    American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more

  • Say Aloha

    up to8%

    Hawaiian · $$$ · Hillcrest

    American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more
Restaurants
286
Neighborhoods
69
Cuisines
90
Dining programs
14
With a card perk
3

The 3 best cards to bring to dinner in San Diego

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. Bilt Dining (286 restaurants) and AAdvantage Dining (199) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 286 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.

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14 dining programs that pay in San Diego

Dining programs pay on top of your card. Join one, link a card, and every meal at a participating restaurant earns twice.

90 cuisines in San Diego

80 neighborhoods in San Diego

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Some restaurant addresses, phone numbers, websites and cuisines come from Overture Maps Foundation open data (Meta and Microsoft, CDLA Permissive 2.0; Foursquare, Apache 2.0; AllThePlaces, CC0 1.0). Overture attribution Some neighbourhoods come from Who's On First boundaries (CC-BY 4.0). Who's On First licenses Some opening hours, phone numbers, websites and cuisines are © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). OpenStreetMap copyright

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