Mothership
Bar · San Diego ·
Interplanetary fusion bar with sci-fi ambiance and vegan bites
Interplanetary fusion bar with sci-fi ambiance and vegan bites
"It may not have the traditional hidden entrance, but this sister bar to Kindred gives the transportive experience of a speakeasy through its far-out space odyssey theme and heavy-hitting tropical drinks like the Heliotropic, a twist on a Mai Tai with kumquats and other exotic flavors. Top-sellers include the Mindkiller — Mothership’s spin on the traditional Painkiller cocktail — with rum, amaro, coconut cream, and a Tang cordial. To accompany the drinks, Mothership also offers a vegan “Earth Food” menu with dishes like a crispy kimchi paella with fried rice, artichoke escabeche, lion’s mane mushrooms, and a saffron aioli." - Roxana Becerril
"A vibey sister bar to the vegan restaurant Kindred, Mothership serves a curated menu of experimental vegan snacks with an Asian diasporic twist, all under the glow of a fiberoptic sky. In early 2025, the menu got a refresh: Beloved staples like Potato 001 — crispy, scallion-studded latkes topped with kimchi cream cheese and everything furikake — remain. New additions include Rice 002, a gochujang-infused paella disk paired with artichoke escabeche and lion’s mane mushrooms, and Tofu 003, a dish of lemon pepper tofu cubes served over a banana leaf, finished with hot honey and opal basil." - Kelly Bone
"A San Diego rum-focused bar that elevates tropical cocktails beyond the familiar, pushing flavors into luxuriant, otherworldly territory to create an immersive, vacation-like drinking experience." - BySam Stone
"I mention the out-of-this-world Mothership as Stetina’s follow-up project, and note that after Mothership he and business partner Arsalun Tafazoli were able to purchase the Park Boulevard property for their next ventures." - Candice Woo
"This cocktail den was recently named one of the best bars in America by Esquire Magazine. Step through an unmarked door and into an immersive world where you linger inside a crashed intergalactic spaceship cracked open into an alien landscape. Pull up to the bar, which serves fantastical tiki drinks, or get a table under the perpetual night sky and indulge in all-vegan “earth food” that explores unexpected cultural fusions." - Kelly Bone