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San Diego

Gaslamp from twenty-two floors, and a garden roof on Sixth.

San Diego stacks its evenings: Altitude Sky Lounge rides the 22nd floor above the Gaslamp with ballpark views into Petco, and The Nolen lays out a refined garden rooftop on Sixth Avenue.

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Gaslamp Quarter

Altitude Sky Lounge

660 K St, 22nd Floor, San Diego, CA
Evenings · check site for hours

Twenty-two floors above the Gaslamp with a straight look into Petco Park, San Diego's highest pour.

Pip’s Tip Twenty-two floors over the Gaslamp with a straight look into Petco Park. Time it with a home game.

Gaslamp Quarter

The Nolen

453 Sixth Ave, Rooftop, San Diego, CA
Evenings · check site for hours

A refined garden rooftop over Sixth Avenue, string lights, fire tables and downtown views without the club chaos.

Pip’s Tip Garden rooftop over Sixth Avenue, string lights and fire tables. Downtown views without the club noise.

Gaslamp Quarter

Borrego Kitchen & Cocktails

509 9th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101
Mon-Thu & Sun 4-10pm, Fri-Sat 4-11pm

Perched on the ninth floor of Hotel Indigo, this desert-inspired rooftop pairs a playful shareables menu with a view straight into Petco Park.

Pip’s Tip Ninth floor of Hotel Indigo, from 4pm. Shareables menu and desert styling.

Downtown/Marina District

Harbor & Sky

900 Bayfront Ct, San Diego, CA 92101
Mon-Thu 5-11pm, Fri 5pm-12am, Sat 12pm-12am, Sun 12-11pm

An airy, breezy fifth-floor perch above the Marina District where frozen margaritas and firepit seating meet wide-open bay views.

Downtown/Marina District

Seneca Trattoria

901 Bayfront Ct, San Diego, CA 92101
Mon-Thu & Sun 11am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11am-11pm

A Roman trattoria terrace 19 floors up, with genuinely panoramic North Bay views over classic Italian plates.

Gaslamp Quarter

The Rooftop by STK

600 F St, San Diego, CA 92101
Daily 7-11am, 12pm-11pm (later Fri-Sat)

Atop the Andaz, this 360-degree rooftop flips from breakfast lounge to a poolside, cabana-lined scene that turns into a nightclub on weekends.

Gaslamp Quarter

Lumi Rooftop

366 Fifth Ave, San Diego, CA 92101
Mon-Wed 5:30-11pm, Thu 5:30pm-12am, Fri-Sat 5:30pm-1:30am, Sun 5:30-11pm

Chef Akira Back's rooftop mixes neon-pink lighting and fire pits with Japanese small plates and sake, one of the flashiest tables in the Gaslamp.

Downtown/Marina District

Garibaldi

901 Bayfront Ct, San Diego, CA 92101
Thu-Sun 4-9pm (cocktails until 10pm Fri-Sat)

A speakeasy-style Italian rooftop at the InterContinental with waterfront views and a menu built around handmade pastas and coastal seafood.

Gaslamp Quarter

Rustic Root

535 Fifth Ave, San Diego, CA 92101
Mon-Tue 5-10pm, Wed-Thu 5-11pm, Fri 5pm-1:30am, Sat 10am-1:30am, Sun 10am-11pm

A whimsical two-story Fifth Avenue haunt where the rooftop terrace turns lively for weekend brunch and late-night Gaslamp crowds.

Mission Beach

Cannonball

3105 Ocean Front Walk, San Diego, CA 92109
Sun-Thu 12-9pm, Fri-Sat 12-10pm

San Diego's largest oceanfront rooftop, set above Belmont Park with sushi, fire pits, and a wide-open beach-club feel right over the sand.

La Jolla

Catania

7863 Girard Ave, La Jolla, CA 92037
Mon-Thu 4-8:30pm, Fri 4-9pm, Sat 11:30am-9pm, Sun 11:30am-8:30pm

A relaxed coastal-Italian terrace atop La Plaza in the Village, pairing handmade pastas with genuine La Jolla ocean-horizon views.

Bankers Hill

Mister A's

2550 5th Ave, San Diego, CA 92103
Hours vary by day, roughly 11am-10/11pm; check site

San Diego's rooftop institution since 1965, white-tablecloth fine dining twelve floors up with 180-degree views of Balboa Park, the bay, and Coronado.

Gaslamp Quarter/East Village

5 O'Clock Somewhere Rooftop Bar

616 J St, San Diego, CA 92101
Mon-Thu & Sun 11am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11am-11pm

Downtown's biggest rooftop pool deck, a tropical Margaritaville escape with frozen drinks and live music that leans into full vacation mode.

Gaslamp Quarter

Leave of Absence

1047 Fifth Ave, San Diego, CA 92101
Wed, Thu & Sun 11am-6/8pm, Fri-Sat 11am-8pm (seasonal)

A rare San Diego rooftop with an actual swimming pool, this Alma hotel hideaway serves wood-fired pizzas and frozen cocktails poolside each summer.

Little Italy

Born & Raised

1909 India St, San Diego, CA 92101
Mon-Thu 3pm-12am, Fri 3pm-1am, Sat from 4pm

An Art Deco steakhouse whose lantern-lit open-air rooftop looks out over Little Italy's rooftops for seasonal cocktails after the chophouse crowd thins.

Little Italy

Kettner Exchange

2001 Kettner Blvd, San Diego, CA 92101
Mon-Thu 5pm-12am, Fri-Sat 5pm-1am, Sun 11am-12am

Little Italy's only true rooftop patio, pairing harbor glimpses and passing airport traffic with a progressive New American menu and weekend brunch.

East Village

Fairweather

793 J St, San Diego, CA 92101
Hours vary with Petco Park events; check site

A low-key, Mediterranean-toned hideaway blocks from Petco Park, best known as a pre- or post-game perch overlooking the stadium.

Ocean Beach

Ocean Beach Brewery

5041 Newport Ave, San Diego, CA 92107
Mon-Thu & Sun 11am-9pm, Fri 11am-10pm, Sat 10am-10pm

A rustic third-floor deck built to be the highest point in OB, pouring house-brewed beer alongside sightlines to the pier and open ocean.

Oceanside

The Rooftop Bar at Mission Pacific

201 N Myers St, Oceanside, CA 92054
Mon-Thu 12-10pm, Fri 12-11pm, Sat 11am-11pm, Sun 11am-10pm

Oceanside's first rooftop, six floors above the sand with a pool deck, live DJs, and sunset views straight down the pier.

Coronado

Dive at The Bower

1417 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA 92118
Mon-Thu & Sun 8am-9pm, Fri-Sat 8am-10pm

Coronado Island's only rooftop bar, three stories up with sightlines running from Point Loma to Baja.

La Jolla

Birdseye Rooftop

1110 Prospect St, La Jolla, CA 92037
Mon-Thu 11am-9pm, Fri 11am-10pm, Sat 10am-10pm, Sun 10am-9pm

Atop the Cormorant Boutique Hotel in the Village, a one-of-a-kind, unobstructed sweep of Pacific Ocean views paired with an all-day coastal menu.

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Altitude Sky Lounge

Twenty-two stories over the Gaslamp, Petco Park glowing below, catch a game inning from the best seat in the city.

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