Wine Spectator Award-Winning Restaurants in San Diego

For a look at San Diego's Wine Spectator Restaurant Award holders, browse these 9 restaurants, including Addison, Callie and Juniper & Ivy. Several are Downtown, and many also have recognition from Opinionated About Dining. We choose venues by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards.

The entries appear in alphabetical order. Each shows the venue's town or city, a short description and awards from independent sources, with its restaurant wine award coming from Wine Spectator.

How this list is chosen: Every restaurant here holds a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award. When more qualify than the list can hold, En Primeur Club chooses among them by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards. Entries appear in alphabetical order.

Addison
San Diego, United States
3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award
Addison is San Diego’s high-form tasting-menu address for California gastronomy, framed through French technique, regional produce, and a resort setting that keeps the room insulated from the city’s casual dining tempo. William Bradley’s kitchen carries heavy external validation, including La Liste 95 points for 2026, Les Grandes Tables du Monde membership, and an Opinionated About Dining North America ranking.
Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde
Barra Oliba
San Diego, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Barra Oliba occupies a corner of San Diego's Kettner Boulevard corridor, where the city's evolving bar and dining scene intersects with European-influenced drinking culture. Positioned among Little Italy's more considered independent operators, it offers a point of reference for anyone tracking how Spanish and Mediterranean bar traditions are taking root in Southern California's coastal dining circuit.
Callie
San Diego, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Callie brings Michelin Bib Gourmand-recognized Mediterranean-Californian cooking to San Diego's East Village, with a wine program spanning 3,500 bottles across France, Italy, and California. Chef Travis Swikard frames the menu around what the region calls Cuisine du Soleil: produce and seafood aligned to Southern California's growing seasons, translated through the cooking logic of the Mediterranean basin.
Also recognized by Esquire, OpenTable, Opinionated About Dining
Finca
San Diego, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Finca occupies a North Park address on a stretch of 30th Street that has quietly become one of San Diego's most competitive dining corridors. The room draws from the neighborhood's relaxed-but-serious energy, and the kitchen operates in a register that sits between the casual and the considered. Book early: North Park's better tables fill faster than their low-key exteriors suggest.
Huntress
San Diego, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Huntress occupies a grounded spot on Fifth Avenue in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, where the city's late-night dining energy runs thickest. The address places it squarely inside a neighborhood that rewards those who look past the obvious. For context on how it fits San Diego's broader dining picture, see our full restaurant coverage.
Juniper & Ivy
San Diego, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
On Kettner Boulevard in Little Italy, Juniper & Ivy has built one of San Diego's more consistently recognized New American programs, holding a Michelin Plate and ranking inside Opinionated About Dining's North America list for three consecutive years through 2025. The kitchen under Chef Anthony Wells works within a California-forward idiom, with a room whose industrial-meets-warm aesthetic frames the cooking as clearly as the plate does.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining
Mister A's
San Diego, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
On the 12th floor of a Bankers Hill building at 2550 Fifth Avenue, Mister A's has occupied San Diego's occasion-dining tier for decades. The panoramic views across Balboa Park and the downtown skyline set the physical terms before a single plate arrives. For milestone meals in San Diego, this address carries a particular weight that few rooms in the city can match.
Solare
San Diego, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Solare occupies a Liberty Station address that positions it squarely within San Diego's most culturally layered dining precinct. The Italian kitchen earns a Michelin Plate recognition (2024, 2025) and pairs it with a 245-selection wine list weighted toward Italy and California. Two-course meals land in the $40–$65 range, making it one of the more accessible Michelin-acknowledged tables in the city.
The Fishery
San Diego, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Among San Diego's mid-price seafood options, The Fishery in Pacific Beach has earned back-to-back Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025, a marker that separates it from the neighbourhood's casual fish-taco circuit.

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