San Diego's Best After-Work Bar

Twin pianos fill the stage, drinks fill the tables, and sing-alongs of familiar choruses fill the bar.

Reviews:

• “Don’t waste your time with these guys – San Diego has plenty of better alternatives”
• “Rude Service”
• “Great during the week….”
• “The Shout! House – Rock n’ Roll, Sing a Long, Dueling Piano Bar – THEY ROCK!”

Tips: Admission is free for the first hour each night. The cover is $5 during the week and $8 on weekends.

The Shout! House or email The Shout! House

Small, casual East Village hangout features a wide beer selection and simple, gourmet burgers and salads.

Reviews:

• “Who do you think you are???”
• “No ketchup, no return…”
• “Great burgers, beer, vibe and conversation. What else could you want?”
• “Hands down, no joke, the best burger around. Best local beer selection.”
• “Best Hamburger, Best Beer, Best Environment”

Tips: Great local beer selection includes Firehouse, Stone and 27 total local microbrews on tap.

Neighborhood

Hip downtown loft restaurant is cool by association to celebs, a locally renowned chef and top DJs spinning into the wee hours.

Reviews:

• “great service!”
• “Great customer service, fun atmosphere”
• “Posers stay away!”
• “Wow!!!!!”
• “Only REAL lounge in Gaslamp”

Tips: The upstairs lounge appears off limits, but all it takes is a request to your server for an escort to a table above.

Confidential

Dive bar offers unique drinks, dancing and DJs to San Diego scenesters.

Reviews:

• “Great local trendy dancing!”
• “Faux Retro”
• “Last night a DJ saved my life”
• “Go downtown? You crazy or sumthin’?”
• “Best Lounge”

AIR CONDITIONED

Join the young and fabulous at one of Gaslamp’s loftiest hot spots, an open-air bar 22 stories above San Diego.

Reviews:

• “Great view of Game – We Got overcharged.”
• “Not recommended in my opinion.”
• “i loved altitude!”
• “Terrible. Pretentious. Expensive. Rude. (But the view is great)”
• “A great view!”

Tips: If there’s a night game at Petco Park, you can watch the action from one of the bar stools that overlooks the stadium.

Altitude or email Altitude

With multiple themed rooms, a well-dressed singles crowd and a Gaslamp-style door policy, it’s not your average PB bar.

Reviews:

• “Classy place on Garnet in PB. open on weekends.”

Tips: Owners are the same team behind PB Bar & Grill and the in-house dance club Tremors.

Johnny V

Nautical-themed restaurant chain with an upscale atmosphere and award-winning menu of fresh, local seafood.

Reviews:

• “Aweful overpriced steaks”

Tips: Early-bird “sundowner” specials are served Sundays through Thursdays from 5pm to 6:30pm. Happy hour in the lounge is offered on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 4pm to 6pm, and on Tuesdays from 4pm to 11pm.

Brigantine Seafood Restaurant

Fun and festive Mexican bar offers potent tequila-infused drinks to small groups.

Tips: The upstairs booths are dark and secluded enough for romantic dates, but not so much that your server will forget about you.

Lime

Since 1987, Solana Beach brewery packs in locals after work and on weekends for pizza and locally-brewed ales.

Tips: The Solana Beach Port’s California Honey Ale
is light in color but heavy in alcohol.

Pizza Port-Solana Beach Brwry