San Diego's Best Singles Scene

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

Stylish and multifaceted, this three-tiered complex in Downtown La Jolla attracts well-heeled patrons to its six distinctive bars and restaurants.

Reviews:

• “Best Italian Food Outside of Italy”
• “GREAT PLACE WITH MANY CHOICES”
• “Fantastic new menu”
• “Overpriced, mediocre food, inexperienced service”
• “Best dining experience all year thus far…”

Jack’s La Jolla or email Jack’s La Jolla

Gaslamp hot spot has A-listers buzzing about the exclusive rooftop patio and top DJs spinning in the lounge.

Reviews:

• “Fun Nights”
• “Place to BE on the weekends! "
• “Stingaree is horrible!”
• “Great Place!”
• “Excellent food and unique rooftop experience!”

Tips: Springing for bottle service in one of the rooftop cabanas is your best shot at a chance elbow rub with celebs.

Stingaree or email Stingaree

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

The beach scene gets chic off Garnet with a stylish restaurant and lounge that caters to the downtown crowd.

Tips: Antonio Fricsia, also Chef of Stingaree, is at the helm of the kitchen.

Bar West or email Bar West

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

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

Martinis, manicures, funky tunes and 1960s beauty parlor kitsch make this retro-inspired hangout a modern day must.

Tips: It’s a popular hangout among some of San Diego’s hippest scenesters, so dress up to stand out in the crowd.

Beauty Bar

The Ivy Hotel’s expansive rooftop sun deck doubles as a swanky lounge in the evenings with VIP cabanas and bottle service.

Tips: The scene on the roof is different from the club downstairs. Less Las Vegas-club, more South Beach-chic. Designer sandals, dresses, sunglasses are perfect.

Eden at the Ivy Hotel

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

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