Five San Diego County restaurants were named to OpenTable’s 2025 list of the Top 100 Restaurant restaurants in America, based on star reviews left by diners who have booked tables through the reservations platform.
Lilo, the 22-seat tasting-menu spot in Carlsbad that earned a Michelin star shortly after it opened last spring, earned the highest local ranking of 4.9 stars out of a possible 5, based on 235 reviews.
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Four other local spots earned 4.8 ratings: Cesarina in Point Loma based on 1,067 reviews, Callie restaurant in East Village based on 737 reviews, Cowboy Star in downtown San Diego based on 549 reviews, and Michelin-starred Jeune et Jolie, Lilo’s sister restaurant in Carlsbad, based on 493 reviews.
Three San Diego restaurants also made it on the list for OpenTable’s 2025 Top 100 Most Romantic Restaurants in America: Jeune et Jolie with a 4.8 score, Mister A’s in Bankers Hill based on 661 reviews, The Marine Room in La Jolla with 4.6 based on 634 reviews.
Restaurateur John Resnick, left, and executive chef Eric Bost inside Lilo, their Michelin-starred 22-seat tasting-menu restaurant in Carlsbad. (Elodie Bost)