Understory Bar
Cocktail bar · San Diego ·
Craft cocktails & wine in a stylish bar with unique decor
Craft cocktails & wine in a stylish bar with unique decor
"Understory is a bar in the middle of the Sky Deck food hall where you can drink great cocktails and order dinner from surrounding restaurants right to your table. Soaring ceilings and underwater scenes make for a dramatic backdrop that's a little nicer than your usual food court. We love the VanDam's Vanga, a margarita-paloma hybrid with activated charcoal. Once we've drank up an appetite, we're partial to Kiin Thai's roasted duck, which comes bone-in and with delicately crispy skin, or Glass Box's robata grill, including bacon-wrapped shishito peppers." - ligaya malones, candice woo
"Understory is a bar in the middle of the Sky Deck food hall where you can drink great cocktails and order dinner from surrounding restaurants right to your table. Soaring ceilings and underwater scenes make for a dramatic backdrop that's a little nicer than your usual food court. We love the VanDam's Vanga, a margarita-paloma hybrid with activated charcoal. Once we've drank up an appetite, we're partial to Kiin Thai's roasted duck, which comes bone-in and with delicately crispy skin, or Glass Box's robata grill, including bacon-wrapped shishito peppers." - Ligaya Malones
"Your cocktail experience will reach new heights when you step into Understory, the cocktail bar nestled within The SkyDeck at Del Mar Highlands Town Center. Named for the dark, still, humid layer of the rainforest found between the canopy and forest floor, Understory recreates this atmosphere with towering, industrial-style metal trees surrounding the bar. The cocktail menu is equally inspired by this setting, with drinks like the clarified Astral Margarita. Here it’s reimagined in a tropical way with banana, strawberry, orange liqueur, and saline salt. Guests can also order food from any of the surrounding restaurants within SkyDeck and have it delivered right to their table, making Understory an ideal spot for a full dining and drinking experience." - Mary Beth Abate
"Elevate your cocktail adventure at Understory, the resident cocktail bar inside The SkyDeck at Del Mar Highlands Town Center. The name comes from one of the four layers of a rainforest — the understory is the dark, still, humid area located between the main forest canopy and the forest floor — and is reflected in the tall, industrially-inspired metal trees that surround the bar. The innovative creations on Understory’s cocktail menu evoke the wide variety of birds, butterflies and other animals that live in that ecosystem, like the Satanic Nightjar, a bird represented in cocktail form by with Ford’s London Dry Gin, turmeric, ginger, chili, tamarind, lemongrass, mint, and club bubbles." - Mary Beth Abate
"The Del Mar Highlands Town Center cocktail haven is just one of a handful of Sky Deck tenants participating in an appealing new happy hour that includes deals on food and drinks. Understory is featuring 50 percent off its classic cocktails on weekdays between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. and again on Fridays and Saturdays between 10 p.m. and midnight as well as daily specials ranging from discounted mezcal flights on Mondays and $10 dealer’s choice cocktails on Thursdays." - Kelly Bone, Candice Woo