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2 american diner places in San Diego we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in San Diego | American Diner across every city.

The classic American diner is a small but persistent part of San Diego's eating life, built on all-day breakfast and unfussy comfort plates. Hob Nob Hill in Bankers Hill is the standard-bearer, a long-running room that has held to the diner format for decades.

Hob Nob Hill ★ 4.2

$$American DinerBankers Hill

Hob Nob Hill in San Diego is the Bankers Hill American diner at 1st and Juniper since 1944, the 80-year-old institution reopened in 2025 with a throwback.

OrderThe Monte Cristo at breakfast; the weekend prime rib special.

TipOpen daily 8am-8pm; the bakery starts at 6am, fresh muffins and cakes come out by opening.

Hob Nob Hill ★ 4.3

$American dinerBankers Hill

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.

OrderPancakes, biscuits and gravy, daily blue-plate specials

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