15 Japanese restaurants in San Diego, CA that earn more on your cards
San Diego, CA has 15 Japanese restaurants in our listings: 12 take a dining program and 4 have a card perk. Most common price: $$$ (expensive). Top neighborhoods: Kearny Mesa (4), Barrio Logan (1), and Core-Columbia (1).
15 restaurants
Japanese · $ · San Diego-Gaslamp Quarters District
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Resy creditUpside11%Rakuten Dining5%+1 moreHarmony Cuisine 2B1
up to15%Japanese · $$$ · Kearny Mesa
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Upside9%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 moreHi Poke Seaport Village
up to12%Hawaiian · $$$ · Marina
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+8 morePho & Sushi - Asian Fusion
up to12%Asian · $$$ · Barrio Logan
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreCoCo Ichibanya - Convoy
up to12%Japanese · $$$ · Kearny Mesa
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreCoCo Ichibanya - Petco Park
up to12%Japanese · $$ · Petco Park
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+8 moreHive Chicken & Karaoke
up to12%Korean · $$$$ · Kearny Mesa
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreOishi Sushi
up to12%Japanese · $$$ · North Park
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 morePB Sushi
up to12%Japanese · $$$ · Pacific Beach
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreFuego Sushi
up to8.8%Japanese · $$$$ · Old Town
American Express Gold Card + Eat Around Town
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+7 morePKI Sushi
up to8.8%Sushi · $$ · Rancho Bernardo
American Express Gold Card + Eat Around Town
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+7 more
- Restaurants
- 15
- Neighborhoods
- 12
- Cuisines
- 6
- Dining programs
- 14
- With a card perk
- 4
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. AAdvantage Dining (10 restaurants) and TrueBlue Dining (10) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 15 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 4 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.
- AAdvantage Dining10 restaurants1–5 miles per $1
- TrueBlue Dining10 restaurants1–3 points per $1
- Eat Around Town10 restaurants4–6 points per $1
- SkyMiles Dining10 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- MileagePlus Dining10 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- Rapid Rewards Dining10 restaurants0.5–3 points per $1
- Hilton Honors Dining10 restaurants2–8 points per $1
- IHG Dine & Earn10 restaurants1–8 points per $1
- Atmos Rewards Dining9 restaurants0.5–5 points per $1
- Dine Out with Wyndham9 restaurants1–5 points per $1
- Rakuten Dining9 restaurants5% back
- Bilt Dining8 restaurants1 point per $1
- Upside4 restaurantsUp to 11% back
- inKind1 restaurant20% back
5 cuisines in San Diego
Japanese in 12 San Diego neighborhoods
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