Date Spots in San Diego, CA

Dating in San Diego

A San Diego date can start with coffee at Modern Times Coffee, Talitha Coffee Roasters, Cafe Bassam, Harland, Rubicon Deli, Creme De La Crepe, Lestat's, Communal Coffee, Subterranean Coffee Boutique, or Caffè Calabria. Pair a coffee shop or sandwich stop with an outdoor walk at Bayview Park, Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, Coronado Tidelands Park, Harbor Island Park, Cesar Chavez Park, Spreckels Park, Star Park, Dennis V Allen Park, Mission Heights Park, or Tecolote Park. For daytime culture, choose the Museum of Contemporary Art, Firehouse Museum, The New Children's Museum, San Diego Chinese Historical Museum, USS Midway Museum, Mingei International Museum, San Diego Museum of Art, Museum of Photographic Arts, Timken Museum of Art, or Maritime Museum of San Diego. This keeps the date casual and easy to shape.

Evening dates lean on dinner, drinks, and entertainment. Dinner options include Timestead by Modern Times, Topside Terrace Kitchen & Bar, Seneca Trattoria, Nason's Beer Hall, Lola 55, Azuki Sushi, Jimmy Carter's Mexican Cafe, Crab City Cajun Seafood & Bar, Sisters Pizza, and Cocina de Barrio, with Mexican, Italian, Japanese, seafood, pizza, American, burger, and Californian cuisines in the mix. Afterward, pick a drink at Tivoli Bar and Grill, Border X Brewing, Good Bar, Taste and Thirst, Stone Brewing Tap Room, Burgeon at The Arbor - Little Italy, Young Blood, 5 O'Clock Somewhere Rooftop Bar, You & Yours Distilling Co, or Jaguar Paw. Then catch Civic Theatre, Starlight Bowl, Navy Base San Diego Theater, The Lot, American Comedy Co San Diego, Village Theater, Ultrastar Cinemas Mission Valley, Copley Symphony Hall, Old Globe Theater, or National Comedy Theatre.

Neighborhoods in San Diego

These areas are called out in the local notes for this city. They can help you keep a date to one part of town.

• Little Italy Burgeon at The Arbor - Little Italy is a listed drinks spot, so this neighborhood suits a casual drink date.
• Mission Valley Ultrastar Cinemas Mission Valley is a listed entertainment venue, making it a practical choice for a movie date.
• Old Town Old Town San Diego State Historic Park is a listed outdoor spot for a walk-and-talk date.
• Coronado Coronado Tidelands Park is a listed outdoor park for a relaxed date outdoors.
• Harbor Island Harbor Island Park is another listed outdoor park for a simple outdoor date.