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NeighbourhoodGaslamp Quarter
Hours{'monday': '18:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '18:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '18:00-02:00', 'thursday': 'closed', 'friday': '18:00-02:00', 'saturday': '18:00-02:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}

Tip: Text the listed number for a same-day reservation slot. Walk-in waitlist before 22:00 weeknights. The Bartender's Choice is the house ritual.

Location

Address: 777 G Street, San Diego, CA 92101

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False Idol ★ 4.7

$$$Little Italy{'monday': '17:00-01:00', 'tuesday': '17:00-01:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-01:00', 'thursday': '17:00-01:00', 'friday': '17:00-02:00', 'saturday': '17:00-02:00', 'sunday': '17:00-01:00'}

False Idol hides through a walk-in cooler door inside Craft and Commerce on Beech Street, the Little Italy tiki speakeasy with an indoor waterfall and over 400 rums on the back bar.

Tip: Reservations through Resy preferred; the inside dining room is the waitlist. Bartender's Choice or the Navigator's Niche tiki classics.

675 West Beech Street, San Diego, CA 92101

Sycamore Den ★ 4.4

$$North Park{'monday': '17:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '17:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-02:00', 'thursday': '17:00-02:00', 'friday': '14:00-02:00', 'saturday': '14:00-02:00', 'sunday': '14:00-02:00'}

Sycamore Den on Adams Avenue, opened 2013 by Nick Zanoni, is the 1,500 square foot Normal Heights cocktail lounge in San Diego built to look like a 1970s family living room.

Tip: Live music Thursdays 21:00 to midnight; DJ sets Saturdays. Happy hour 50 percent off select drinks 17:00 to 19:00 daily.

3391 Adams Avenue, San Diego, CA 92116

Realm of the 52 Remedies ★ 4.7

$$$Convoy / Kearny Mesa{'monday': '17:00-00:00', 'tuesday': '17:00-00:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-00:00', 'thursday': '17:00-00:00', 'friday': '17:00-01:30', 'saturday': '17:00-01:30', 'sunday': '17:00-00:00'}

Realm of the 52 Remedies hides inside Common Theory on Convoy Street, a 1920s Shanghai parlour speakeasy in San Diego's Convoy District named a 2026 James Beard semifinalist for Outstanding Bar.

Tip: Tock reservations strongly recommended; walk-in waitlist past 22:00 only. The herbal tonic menu is the kitchen's collaboration with the bar program.

4805 Convoy Street, San Diego, CA 92111

Urban Mo's Bar and Grill ★ 4.5

$$Hillcrest{'monday': '10:00-23:00', 'tuesday': '10:00-23:00', 'wednesday': '10:00-23:00', 'thursday': '10:00-23:00', 'friday': '10:00-01:00', 'saturday': '09:00-01:00', 'sunday': '09:00-23:00'}

Urban Mo's on University Avenue has run as Hillcrest's flagship gay bar and grill in San Diego since 1988, a covered patio room with drag shows, line dancing and a Sunday revue.

Tip: Drag brunch Sunday from 10:00; Dreamgirls Revue Thursday and Saturday late. Walk-in, no cover most nights.

308 University Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103

Rich's San Diego ★ 4.4

$$Hillcrest{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': '22:00-02:00', 'thursday': '22:00-02:00', 'friday': '21:00-02:00', 'saturday': '21:00-04:00', 'sunday': '21:00-02:00'}

Rich's on University Avenue is the largest gay nightclub in Hillcrest San Diego, two dance floors with rotating DJs, drag shows and a Saturday extended-hours license to 04:00.

Tip: Saturday runs 21:00 to 04:00; the rest of the week closes at 02:00. Cover varies by night. The mezzanine has sightlines on the main floor.

1051 University Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103

Gossip Grill ★ 4.5

$$Hillcrest{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': '14:00-00:00', 'wednesday': '14:00-00:00', 'thursday': '14:00-00:00', 'friday': '14:00-02:00', 'saturday': '11:00-02:00', 'sunday': '11:00-22:00'}

Gossip Grill on University Avenue, opened 2009, is the Hillcrest women's bar and LGBTQ restaurant in San Diego, with a year-round outdoor patio, firepit and femme-forward art.

Tip: Closed Monday. Cabaret brunch Saturday and Sunday from 11:00. Happy hour 14:00 to 18:00 daily; Saturday goes 21+ after 14:00.

1220 University Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103

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