The Top 11 Wine Bars Near Himitsu
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Rank 1. Marisi
Italian
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Rank 2. Paradisaea
New American
A tropical reverie in La Jolla, complete with hibiscus-patterned chairs and a patio that catches the sun just right. The kitchen applies Asian and tropical touches to local ingredients—coconut shrimp kissed by robata heat, halibut fried golden and set against watermelon radish with green curry aioli. Tiki drinks anchor the bar, and everything tastes like vacation tastes on the best days.
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- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 3. The Fishery
Seafood
A restored warehouse in Pacific Beach houses both a working seafood market and open kitchen, where the catch of the day becomes calamari with spicy aioli, rock crab fettuccine, or oysters that taste like they were pulled from the ocean minutes before service. The menu follows the market rather than the other way around, a discipline that keeps everything tasting of salt water and restraint.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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- San Diego Magazine 2025 · Best Seafood · The Best Restaurants in San Diego
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Rank 4. Wolf in the Woods
Global
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- San Diego Magazine 2025 · Best Date Spot in San Diego · The Best Restaurants in San Diego
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Rank 5. Market Restaurant + Bar
International
The chef's seasonal cooking swings between continents—blue cheese soufflé one moment, miso-glazed cod the next—in a dark, elegant room that eschews pretense. Sushi anchors the menu, but the real draw is the restless creativity that justifies the tony Del Mar crowd.
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Rank 6. Mille Fleurs Restaurant
Californian French
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Rank 7. Cellar Hand
Californian
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Rank 8. Cucina Urbana
California Italian
A convivial California-Italian kitchen where brick oven pizzas arrive with unexpected flourishes—pepperoni studded with Calabrian chili and honey, fresh pastas wound with eggplant and ricotta salata. The room fills with locals on weekday afternoons, buoyed by seasonal raw preparations and a wine program priced at retail with corkage.
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Rank 10. WetStone Winebar
Wine Bar
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Rank 11. The Rose
Wine Bar