The Best Seafood in Pacific Beach

A working seafood wholesaler with a restaurant attached — the sourcing is as direct as it gets.

The Fishery has been supplying San Diego restaurants for decades, and eating there means eating the same fish those kitchens buy. The room is plain and the cooking is straightforward, which is exactly the right call for very fresh fish.

Local tip: Ask what came in that morning; the printed menu lags the actual catch.

Counter-service Baja-style seafood, and the cheapest genuinely good fish taco in the city.

Oscar's is a small, fast counter operation that nails Baja-style seafood at low prices. There is almost nowhere to sit and the lines run long at lunch, but the smoked fish taco is one of the best two-dollar-something bites in San Diego.

Local tip: The smoked fish taco is the order — the standard fried version is good but not distinctive.