8 restaurants in San Marcos, San Marcos, CA that earn more on your cards
San Marcos has 8 restaurants in our San Marcos, CA listings: 8 take a dining program and none has a card perk. Most common price: $$ (moderate). Top cuisines: Healthy (2), American (1), and Bakery (1).
8 restaurants
Pizza · $$ · San Marcos
American Express Gold Card + inKind
inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 moreL&L Hawaiian BBQ
up to12%Healthy · $$ · San Marcos
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 morePlayers Sports Grill
up to12%American · $$ · San Marcos
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreBoBaPoP Tea Bar - San Marcos
up to8%Café · $ · San Marcos
American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining
Bilt Dining1xThe Pad Thai Stand
up to8%Thai Restaurant · $ · San Marcos
American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining
Bilt Dining1xAlohana Acai Bowls
up to6%Juices/Smoothies · $$ · San Marcos
American Express Gold Card
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+8 more
- Restaurants
- 8
- Neighborhoods
- 1
- Cuisines
- 11
- Dining programs
- 14
- With a card perk
- 0
The 3 best cards to bring to dinner in San Marcos
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 (5 restaurants) and AAdvantage Dining (4) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 8 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
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Chase Sapphire Reserve
$795 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
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Chase Sapphire Preferred Card
$95 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
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14 dining programs that pay in San Marcos
Dining programs pay on top of your card. Join one, link a card, and every meal at a participating restaurant earns twice.
- Bilt Dining5 restaurants1 point per $1
- AAdvantage Dining4 restaurants1–5 miles per $1
- TrueBlue Dining4 restaurants1–3 points per $1
- Eat Around Town4 restaurants4–6 points per $1
- SkyMiles Dining4 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- MileagePlus Dining4 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- Rapid Rewards Dining4 restaurants0.5–3 points per $1
- Atmos Rewards Dining4 restaurants0.5–5 points per $1
- Hilton Honors Dining4 restaurants2–8 points per $1
- IHG Dine & Earn4 restaurants1–8 points per $1
- Dine Out with Wyndham4 restaurants1–5 points per $1
- Rakuten Dining4 restaurants5% back
- Upside3 restaurantsUp to 17% back
- inKind2 restaurants20% back
11 cuisines in San Marcos
2 neighborhoods near San Marcos
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