36 Italian restaurants in San Diego, CA that earn more on your cards

San Diego, CA has 36 Italian restaurants in our listings: 35 take a dining program and 2 have a card perk. Most common price: $$$ (expensive). Top neighborhoods: San Diego (5), Little Italy (4), and Barrio Logan (2).

36 restaurants

  • Civico 1845

    up to20%

    Italian · $ · Little Italy San Diego

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%
  • Italian · $$$$ · Barrio Logan

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Upside11%Hilton Honors Dining8x+11 more
  • Italian · San Diego

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%
  • Operacaffe

    up to20%

    Italian · $$$ · Gaslamp

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%
  • Roma Mia

    up to20%

    Italian · Gaslamp

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%
  • Italian · Midway District

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside24%
  • RoVino

    up to15%

    Italian · $$$ · Harborview

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside9%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 more
  • Pasta · $$$ · Hillcrest

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xUpside8%+10 more
  • Italian · $$$ · Kearny Mesa

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more
  • Italian · $$$ · Little Italy

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+8 more
  • Pizza · $$$ · Kensington

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more
  • European · $$ · Midway District

    American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more
  • Italian · $$ · Pacific Beach

    American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+8 more
  • Decore

    up to12%

    Italian · $$$$ · East Village

    American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more
  • Pizza · $$$ · Del Cerro

    American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more
  • Pasta · $$$ · Core-Columbia

    American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more
  • Italian · $$ · Teralta East

    American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more
  • Italian · $$$ · San Diego

    American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+8 more
Restaurants
36
Neighborhoods
23
Cuisines
14
Dining programs
14
With a card perk
2

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. Eat Around Town (24 restaurants) and AAdvantage Dining (23) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 36 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.

13 cuisines in San Diego

Italian in 23 San Diego neighborhoods

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