5 Cocktail bars in San Diego, CA that earn more on your cards

San Diego, CA has 5 Cocktail bars in our listings: 2 take a dining program and 3 have a card perk. Most common price: $ (inexpensive). Top neighborhoods: San Diego (2), Hillcrest (1), and Mission Hills (1).

5 restaurants

  • Cocktail bar · San Diego

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%
  • Common Stock

    up to20%

    Cocktail bar · Hillcrest

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%
  • Carlo

    up to6%

    Cocktail bar · $ · Mission Hills

    American Express Gold Card

    Resy credit
  • Cocktail bar · $ · San Diego

    American Express Gold Card

    Resy credit
  • Cocktail bar · $ · North Park

    American Express Gold Card

    Resy credit
Restaurants
5
Neighborhoods
4
Cuisines
1
Dining programs
1
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. Of the 5 restaurants here, inKind pays at 2 — the widest local coverage of any dining program. 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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1 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.

Cocktail bar in 4 San Diego neighborhoods

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