Oscar's Mexican Seafood ★ 4.5
Oscar's Mexican Seafood on Emerald Street in Pacific Beach, San Diego, the local-vote fish taco champion with battered fish for under five and ceviche.
Try: Fish tacos under $5, ceviche tostadas $7
Lolita's Mexican Food is a californian budget eat in Clairemont, San Diego.
Lolita's Mexican Food on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard in Kearny Mesa, San Diego, the California-burrito counter selling the canonical version for under twelve.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: 7305 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Ste A, San Diego, CA 92111
Oscar's Mexican Seafood on Emerald Street in Pacific Beach, San Diego, the local-vote fish taco champion with battered fish for under five and ceviche.
Try: Fish tacos under $5, ceviche tostadas $7
Filippi's Pizza Grotto on India Street in San Diego's Little Italy, the 1950 family-Italian counter behind a market storefront pouring red-sauce pasta.
Try: Pizza by the slice, hero sandwiches, family-style pasta
Hob Nob Hill on First Avenue in Bankers Hill, San Diego, the eighty-year-old all-day diner with old-fashioned pancakes, daily blue-plate specials and full.
Try: Pancakes, biscuits and gravy, daily blue-plate specials
Pokez in San Diego's East Village, the punk-rock Mexican counter near City College where the vegan burrito runs nine dollars and the carne asada lands.
Try: Vegan burrito, carne asada burrito, breakfast burritos
Hodad's on Newport Avenue in Ocean Beach, San Diego, the 1969 surf-shack burger counter where the single Hodad runs under twelve and the bacon cheeseburger.
Try: Bacon cheeseburger, single Hodad burger under $12
Rubicon Deli on India Street in Mission Hills, San Diego, the Dutch Crunch sandwich counter where the half Rubicon Special runs under seven and the whole.
Try: Dutch Crunch sandwiches, half or whole