San Diego is a weekend town, so its best kitchens treat Sunday as a working night rather than a day off. The catch is the three-star room: Addison closes Sunday and Monday, so the city's headline table is out. What stays open is the next tier down, and it is a deep one. Chef Soichi Kadoya runs his Michelin-starred omakase on a Sunday, Little Italy keeps three serious rooms lit, and La Jolla holds the view. Six confirm Sunday hours below, ranked by what each is for.
Addison is dark on Sunday, so book Soichi's counter or Born & Raised instead. Little Italy is the safest Sunday bet.
San Diego joined the Michelin California guide in 2019, and the city's one destination three-star, Addison by William Bradley, runs a strict Tuesday-to-Saturday week. That single closure reshapes a Sunday: the marquee booking is gone, and the question becomes which serious rooms keep Sunday service. The answer is most of them. Little Italy alone keeps Born & Raised, Juniper & Ivy and Herb & Wood running, and the La Jolla coast holds George's at the Cove.
The order leads with the city's lone Michelin-starred Sunday room and the Little Italy heavyweights, then closes with a casual modern-Mexican counter for a relaxed Sunday. San Diego dines early by big-city standards, so a 6pm to 7:30pm Sunday booking is the sweet spot. Hours are checked against each restaurant's published schedule, and every name links to its full review. For the rest of the week, start with the San Diego dining guide.
Sunday hours: Sunday, 4:30pm–9:30pm (seatings)
Chef Soichi Kadoya runs San Diego's standout sushi counter on Adams Avenue in University Heights, and it holds a Michelin star. The format is a tight omakase, roughly twenty courses of nigiri built on warm shari and aged fish, for about $200 a head. The counter seats a handful of guests per seating, so a Sunday booking still needs a few weeks of notice. It is the city's best Sunday table for a solo diner who wants to watch the work.
Sunday hours: Sunday, 5:00pm–9:00pm
Richard Blais opened this glass-and-steel room at 2228 Kettner Boulevard in Little Italy, and the Michelin guide lists it. The kitchen plates modern, produce-driven Californian cooking, and the dessert called the "In-N-Haute," a sly riff on the drive-through burger, is the signature. Expect $60 to $110 a head before wine. Sunday dinner runs five to nine, and the long marble bar is the easiest Sunday walk-in seat in the neighbourhood.
Sunday hours: Sunday, 4:00pm–12:00am
CH Projects built this brass-and-velvet steakhouse at 1909 India Street in Little Italy, complete with a rooftop bar. The tableside Caesar and the Wagyu and dry-aged cuts are the order, with a meal landing around $90 to $160 a head. Sunday is the longest service on this list, four in the afternoon until midnight, which makes it the rare San Diego room for a late Sunday dinner or a nightcap after the rooftop sun goes down.
Sunday hours: Sunday, 5:00pm–9:00pm
Brian Malarkey's wood-fired room at 2210 Kettner Boulevard anchors the other corner of Little Italy, all open hearth, leather and a courtyard. The blistered pizzas, the wood-grilled prime rib and the hearth vegetables are the reason to come, for around $50 to $100 a head. Sunday dinner runs five to nine. The patio is the seat to ask for, and it is an easy, handsome Sunday table for a group that wants fire-cooked food without a tasting-menu commitment.
Sunday hours: Sunday, dinner from 5:00pm (California Modern)
Trey Foshee cooks at this La Jolla landmark on Prospect Street, where the upstairs California Modern dining room looks straight over the cove. Sunday dinner leans on local seafood and farm produce, with a meal around $70 to $130 a head. The fine-dining room serves dinner Friday through Sunday, so a Sunday booking is one of the few weekend-only seats in the city. This is the San Diego Sunday for a sunset table and an ocean view.
Sunday hours: Sunday, 11:00am–9:00pm
LOLA 55 is the relaxed end of this list, a modern taqueria at 1290 F Street in the East Village near the ballpark. The Wagyu and the duck carnitas tacos are the markers, with cocktails and agave to match, for about $25 to $45 a head. Sunday runs all day, eleven to nine, no reservation needed. It is the Sunday for a casual lunch before a Padres game or a low-key dinner that still cooks with intent.
San Diego dines early, so a Sunday booking between 6pm and 7:30pm is the sweet spot. Soichi takes its omakase counter on Tock and needs a few weeks of notice even on a Sunday, the only table here that does. Juniper & Ivy, Herb & Wood and George's at the Cove book on OpenTable and Resy and usually hold Sunday availability into the same week, which makes any of them an easy San Diego first date. Born & Raised runs latest and seats a crowd, the move for a San Diego team dinner or a rooftop nightcap. For a quiet solo Sunday, the counter at Soichi is the seat, a strong solo-dining pick. LOLA 55 takes walk-ins all day.
No. Addison by William Bradley, San Diego's only three-Michelin-star restaurant, serves dinner Tuesday through Saturday and closes Sunday and Monday. If a Sunday is your only night, the city's lone Michelin-starred Sunday table is Soichi, the omakase counter in University Heights, which seats on Sunday from late afternoon. Book Soichi well ahead, since the counter is small.
Several of the city's best rooms keep Sunday service. Soichi runs its Michelin-starred omakase, and Little Italy keeps Born & Raised, Juniper & Ivy and Herb & Wood lit. In La Jolla, George's at the Cove serves its California Modern dinner with an ocean view. Born & Raised runs latest, until midnight, while most others close by nine, so book the earlier end of the evening.
Yes. The upstairs California Modern room at George's at the Cove serves dinner Friday through Sunday, so Sunday is one of its weekend-only seats. Trey Foshee's menu leans on local seafood and farm produce, and a meal runs about $70 to $130 a head. Request a window table for the cove view, and book ahead on a weekend night, since the room fills around sunset.
San Diego closes early. Most upscale rooms stop seating around nine on a Sunday, including Juniper & Ivy and Herb & Wood. The exception is Born & Raised in Little Italy, which serves until midnight on Sunday and keeps its rooftop bar going later. For a late Sunday dinner with a full kitchen, Born & Raised is the most reliable choice in the city.
For most of these, a same-week Sunday booking is fine. Juniper & Ivy, Herb & Wood, Born & Raised and George's at the Cove usually hold Sunday tables and take walk-ins at the bar. The exception is Soichi, whose small omakase counter needs a few weeks of notice on any night. LOLA 55 is walk-in only and runs all day Sunday.
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