Milkissimo Gelato
up to12%Italian · $ · Mission Valley East
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more
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: $$$ (expensive). Top neighborhoods: San Diego (5), Little Italy (4), and Barrio Logan (2).
36 restaurants
Pappalecco
up to12%Italian · $$ · Little Italy
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 morePasta · $$$ · Mission Valley East
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 morePit Stop Pizza - SD
up to12%Pizza · $$$ · Bay Park
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 morePoseidon Project
up to12%Pizza · $$$ · Bay Park
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 morePizza · $$$ · Grantville
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 morePizza · $$ · North Clairemont
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreDeluca's Pizza
up to8.8%Italian · $$ · North Park
American Express Gold Card + Eat Around Town
IHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6xAAdvantage Dining5x+5 moreIl Posto
up to8.8%Italian · $$$$ · Brooklyn Heights
American Express Gold Card + Eat Around Town
Eat Around Town6xSorianos Pizzeria
up to8%Italian · $$ · Barrio Logan
American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining
Bilt Dining1xSicilian-ish Cafe and Deli
up to6%Italian · $$ · San Diego
American Express Gold Card
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.
American Express Gold Card
$325 annual fee
≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner
Perks at 2 restaurants hereCard details
Chase Sapphire Reserve
$795 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
Card details
Chase Sapphire Preferred Card
$95 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
Card details
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.
- Eat Around Town24 restaurants4–6 points per $1
- AAdvantage Dining23 restaurants1–5 miles per $1
- TrueBlue Dining23 restaurants1–3 points per $1
- MileagePlus Dining23 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- Rapid Rewards Dining23 restaurants0.5–3 points per $1
- IHG Dine & Earn23 restaurants1–8 points per $1
- SkyMiles Dining22 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- Atmos Rewards Dining22 restaurants0.5–5 points per $1
- Hilton Honors Dining22 restaurants2–8 points per $1
- Dine Out with Wyndham22 restaurants1–5 points per $1
- Rakuten Dining21 restaurants5% back
- Bilt Dining20 restaurants1 point per $1
- inKind9 restaurants20% back
- Upside9 restaurantsUp to 24% back
13 cuisines in San Diego
Italian in 23 San Diego neighborhoods
- San Diego5
- Little Italy4
- Barrio Logan2
- Bay Park2
- East Village2
- Gaslamp2
- Midway District2
- Mission Valley East2
- Brooklyn Heights1
- Core-Columbia1
- Del Cerro1
- Grantville1
- Harborview1
- Hillcrest1
- Kearny Mesa1
- Kensington1
- Little Italy San Diego1
- North Clairemont1
- North Park1
- Old Town1
- Pacific Beach1
- Teralta East1
- University City1
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