Date spots
Date Spots in Pasadena, CA
60 mapped venues for coffee, dinner, drinks, outdoor time, culture and entertainment, all drawn from OpenStreetMap.
Dating in Pasadena
Dating in Pasadena often starts with coffee, and the city has plenty of it: Amara Café, Urth Caffé, Dash Coffee Bar, Mehfil Chai & Coffee, Old Town Caffe, Jameson Brown, Lavender & Honey, Little Flower Candy Company, Sandwiches by Connal’s, and Teamorrow. Dinner options include Green Street Restaurant, Guisados, Baja Cali Fish & Tacos, Mediterranean Cafe, Amigo's Restaurant, Mamma's Brick Oven Pizza & Pasta, Bistro de la Gare, Thai Coconut, Triple Beam Pizza, and Hippo, with cuisines ranging from Mexican and pizza to Mediterranean, French, Thai, and American. The broader cuisine list also includes coffee shop, Venezuelan, breakfast, brunch, sandwich, and bubble tea. Drinks afterward can mean Barney's Beanery, The Blind Donkey, Lucky Baldwins Pub, Club & Lounge 54, King's Row Gastropub, The 35er, Monopole by Wine Rx, Stone Brewery Tap Room, Rocco's Tavern, or Congregation Ale House.
Outdoor dates can lean on Highland Park Recreation Center, Yosemite Recreation Center, Ernest E. Debs Regional Park, Los Angeles County Arboretum, San Pascual Park, San Marino Community Center, Glenoaks Park, Almansor Park, Sycamore Grove Park, and Charles S. Farnsworth Park. Culture-minded couples can visit USC Pacific Asia Museum, Norton Simon Museum of Art, Kidspace Children's Museum, Pasadena Museum of History, The Gamble House, South Pasadena Historic Museum, Nucleus, SugarMynt Gallery, Alhambra Historical Society Museum, and Ramona Museum of California History. For an evening out, entertainment options include Pasadena Playhouse, Ambassador Auditorium, Regency Academy Cinemas, Highland Theatre, San Gabriel Mission Playhouse, Vidiots, Parson’s Nose Theater, Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Beckman Auditorium, and Lodge Room. A practical Pasadena date can move from a park or museum to dinner and drinks without overplanning.
By type
Browse date spots by type
Six mapped categories. Counts and example names come from the OpenStreetMap extract for this city.
Coffee & Cafes
10 mapped venues
Amara Café, Urth Caffé, Dash Coffee Bar
Dinner
10 mapped venues
Green Street Restaurant, Guisados, Baja Cali Fish & Tacos
Drinks
10 mapped venues
Barney's Beanery, The Blind Donkey, Lucky Baldwins Pub
Outdoors
10 mapped venues
Highland Park Recreation Center, Yosemite Recreation Center, Ernest E. Debs Regional Park
Culture
10 mapped venues
USC Pacific Asia Museum, Norton Simon Museum of Art, Kidspace Children's Museum
Entertainment
10 mapped venues
Pasadena Playhouse, Ambassador Auditorium, Regency Academy Cinemas
Shortlist
A shortlist to start
A small, unranked selection of listed venues across the six types. Listing is not an endorsement, and no venue pays to appear.
Amara Café
Green Street Restaurant
Barney's Beanery
Highland Park Recreation Center
USC Pacific Asia Museum
Pasadena Playhouse
Urth Caffé
Guisados
Neighborhoods in Pasadena
These areas are called out in the local notes for this city. They can help you keep a date to one part of town.
- Old Town Old Town Caffe gives this area a coffee-shop anchor for a low-key daytime date.
- Highland Park Highland Park Recreation Center is an outdoor option for a casual, active date.
- San Marino San Marino Community Center adds another outdoor spot for a walk-and-talk date.
- San Gabriel San Gabriel Mission Playhouse is an entertainment venue for a planned evening out.
- South Pasadena South Pasadena Historic Museum offers a culture stop for couples who like local history.
Answers
Frequently asked questions
What are good coffee date ideas in Pasadena?
Start with coffee at Amara Café, Urth Caffé, Dash Coffee Bar, or Mehfil Chai & Coffee. Old Town Caffe, Jameson Brown, Lavender & Honey, Little Flower Candy Company, Sandwiches by Connal’s, and Teamorrow round out the coffee-shop list. These are straightforward daytime options for a first meetup or a relaxed weekend date.
Where can we go for dinner and drinks in Pasadena?
For dinner, choose from Green Street Restaurant, Guisados, Baja Cali Fish & Tacos, Mediterranean Cafe, Amigo's Restaurant, Mamma's Brick Oven Pizza & Pasta, Bistro de la Gare, Thai Coconut, Triple Beam Pizza, or Hippo. Afterward, Barney's Beanery, The Blind Donkey, Lucky Baldwins Pub, Club & Lounge 54, King's Row Gastropub, The 35er, Monopole by Wine Rx, Stone Brewery Tap Room, Rocco's Tavern, and Congregation Ale House are drink options. The mix covers Mexican, pizza, Venezuelan, breakfast, brunch, sandwich, bubble tea, American, Mediterranean, French, and Thai cuisines.
What outdoor or cultural dates are there in and around Pasadena?
Outdoor spots include Highland Park Recreation Center, Yosemite Recreation Center, Ernest E. Debs Regional Park, Los Angeles County Arboretum, San Pascual Park, San Marino Community Center, Glenoaks Park, Almansor Park, Sycamore Grove Park, and Charles S. Farnsworth Park. For culture, try USC Pacific Asia Museum, Norton Simon Museum of Art, Kidspace Children's Museum, Pasadena Museum of History, The Gamble House, South Pasadena Historic Museum, Nucleus, SugarMynt Gallery, Alhambra Historical Society Museum, and Ramona Museum of California History. Pair one outdoor stop with one museum for a full date.
What entertainment venues work for a date night in and around Pasadena?
Pasadena Playhouse, Ambassador Auditorium, Regency Academy Cinemas, Highland Theatre, San Gabriel Mission Playhouse, Vidiots, Parson’s Nose Theater, Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Beckman Auditorium, and Lodge Room are all entertainment options. You can plan around a show, a film, or a performance depending on what is scheduled. These make a natural follow-up to dinner or drinks nearby.
Where does the Pasadena venue data come from?
Venue names, addresses and map links come from OpenStreetMap and are published under the Open Database License (ODbL). Listings are independent venues. No venue pays to appear, and no ratings, reviews or prices are added.
How current is this Pasadena date spot list?
The venue data for this page was retrieved on 2026-09-14. OpenStreetMap is updated by contributors, so a venue may open, close or change details after the data was retrieved. Check the venue's own website or call ahead before you travel.
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