5 Best Nightlife in Point Loma Peninsula, San Diego

Paying tribute to Charles and Dinorah, the property’s original owners, this hotel bar is like stepping back into late ’60s Palm Springs, with a modular orange leather sofa, clean lines, and wood accents. The lobby bar is almost as fabulous as the outdoor pool area, where inflatable balls bob in illuminated water and vintage flicks show on a huge screen. Check their website for the line up. 

From June through September, this dining and drinking oasis surrounded by water hosts the city's best outdoor jazz, folk, and light-rock concert series and is the stomping ground of such musicians as the Cowboy Junkies, Kenny G, Dolly Parton, and Chris Isaak. The rest of the year the music moves indoors for first-rate jazz (on Sunday), blues, classic rock, and more.

Grab a seat on the rooftop deck of this brewpub where ocean views and a dozen craft beers are on tap. During happy hour, locals head to this dog-friendly pub for shuffleboard, foosball, fire pits, and some of the best sunset views San Diego has to offer. Check their website for upcoming events.

This bar isn't going for classy with its acid-trip mermaid mural and underwater theme but hey, it's OB—a surf town populated by leftovers from the ’60s, man. A laid-back but see-and-be-seen crowd congregates here for relatively inexpensive drinks (no beers on tap, though), pool games, and pop and rock tunes on the jukebox.